I twisted his hand away and pressed in on the buckle to click the release. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The locals at Santa Anita and the press outside the Bay Area greeted the raving headlines from San Francisco with incredulity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, press the headphones into my ears, and look out the window. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Turned, too, his jaw to the light of the bulb so she could press out between her thumbnails the hair root caught in a pore the dog. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took nearly an hour to press out all the wrinkles. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Reportedly, the murder was only routinely reported with little special interest by the press in Cairo, Beirut, New Delhi, and Saigon. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press the visitor pass across my shirt, making sure it sticks with a couple pats. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lying on my back, my back ribs pressed into my chest. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He handed the cloth to me, shaking his head as I pressed it against my bleeding nose. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I stood up on my toes so that I could put my arms around his neck and then pressed my cheek against his leathery face. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I closed my eyes and pressed my fingers to my temples, trying to push the guilt and sympathy out of my head. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I move behind him and press into the handles of the wheelchair to get it moving. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The press was calling him brilliant, intense, unpredictable. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We never entered the house of God without our hair pressed and smelling of Dixie Peach hair grease. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can think of students currently enrolled in the Arcanum who would be hard pressed to complete a double binding, let alone draw enough heat to ‘blister a man’s foot to the knee.’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One of the dancers, a guy in electric blue with an enormous package, presses play on a boom box. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Asher leans forward, then presses something on his own display in midair. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He presses her to the bed, lying on top of her, his face to one side, his body suddenly trembling. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe my finger, so numb inside its glove, hadn’t pressed the button all the way down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And within months of her starting the job, tragedy struck: Harold Washington abruptly had a heart attack and died at his desk, thirty minutes after holding a press conference about low-income housing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know I was watching him from the hallway, how he’d collapse against the refrigerator, his forehead pressed against the cold door, his eyes closed, his dreams outside of his body. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She presses her ear to the false panel on the back of the wardrobe. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He presses his lips into an imperious line. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My body is pressed down by the black and the fog, into the floor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In March Burnham ordered Dion Geraldine, his chief construction superintendent, to press the matter “with the utmost vigor and see that no delay occurs.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In the press center at the Poughkeepsie railroad station, the nation’s sportswriters sat down to typewriters and began to pound out superlatives. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Four rabbits were crowded against the wire, pressing their noses through the mesh. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to speak with you alone, if you don’t mind,” I pressed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I tense and shiver as his hand presses against the small of my back. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He came to rest with the side of his face pressed tenderly against my chest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

After staging a false “burial at sea” to throw the press off the trail, Booth’s body was buried in a simple crate in an unmarked grave at the Old Arsenal Penitentiary. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sliced a few more chilies, and I twisted and pressed the pestle into my coriander powder even though it was fully crushed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I thought about how those weighty biology texts that I had used to press flowers or smooth bent photographs had served other purposes for her. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He pressed the chrysanthemum into her small, sweaty hand. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Hazel could have pressed his chin glands for satisfaction, but he replied merely, “We shan’t need to go down the hill so much, after all.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran back and pressed the newspaper against the window. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not press down hard with a knife. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of obeying the old woman, I pressed my back against the door and pushed Lissa away with all my strength. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

My body presses back against the seat with the acceleration. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He climbed the steps, but stopped when his shoulders were out and pressed his fingers into the grass. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Cinna keeps pressing me to eat and, when that fails, to drink. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the wild, animals stick to the same paths for the same pressing reasons, season after season. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Alex told you to scrap the statement our press secretary drafted and write this whole thing?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"We managed to stay together on the transport. Once we were on the train, we were pressed together, a hundred people to a car." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Caroni watched the chalk in Brother Leon’s hands, the way the teacher pressed it, rolled it, his fingers like the legs of pale spiders with a victim in their clutch. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A grumble of thunder brought my dog, Dismay, to the kitchen, where he shoved himself at my feet under the table, pressed his shaggy black body against my legs, and shuddered. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the darkness of an autumn sky pressed in through the glass of the salon, Pattie looked down at her calendar. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

My own hands were sweating as I pressed the button and looked up at the others. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The press secretary shrugged with barely concealed rudeness. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

You pressed your palms into the bed like you were trying to lift it off us. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She looks straight into the camera and smiles, hands on hips, dress suit neatly pressed, lips painted deep red. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I put the car in D and press it to seventy, praying, Please, Hilly, resist the temptation to rummage through my personal business “So what’s the big secret, what do you have to do today?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I used to press my ear against it and listen for Chinese rickshaw pullers or Japanese Zeros or a monsoon puffing away a village on stilts. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She swallowed hard and passed it to me, and I did the same, thinking as I did that her lips were just pressed to the same place, and wondering if she was thinking that too. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

To the end she reminded me of us: her eyes ex­pressed fear in such a humanlike way, as did her strained whimpers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I jerked away enough to lift my lips clear of the water and spit out the thick liquid, and that movement pressed my tummy forward into the puddle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Ice cubes covered my stomach and ribs and pressed up against my cheeks. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Falconer grew more confident as the duel went on, pressing his advantage, driving Mr. Armin backward first one step, then another. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed the cold metal of the recorder to my cheek and stared at the picture for a long time. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She stopped and quietly pressed her lips together. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When I got in, I held my breath as I pressed my thumb to the ID scanner. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I close the distance between us in two strides, tearing off what remains of my shirt, wadding it and pressing down on the wound. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Watching intensely, I saw that those trying to get into the town had formed two lines, which pressed through a gauntlet of soldiers. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I press the switch and flick the light off, and then turn it on again. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It takes all the willpower I have for me to steer myself toward the chair and sit down in it again, pressing my skull into the headrest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I press my face into the pallet I’m sleeping on, so hard it hurts my forehead, just to force the memory out, out, out. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The lingering effects of the booze and a general exhaustion pressed me into the carpet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His dad swore under his breath and pressed his fingers into his eyes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I hope I can avoid flinching if he presses on my palm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The close walls around her seemed to press in all the excitement. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I picture his hands running through my hair and down my back, his body pressed against me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He pressed his fingers against the skin as if to force the life back in her, back into the place it was escaping from. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climbed around him and pressed myself against the door, struggling to stay cool in the hot, cramped quarters. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I hear him and feel him moving around me as the door closes, and then his knees are pressed to mine. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She presses her face to the top of my head. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed a pump that dispensed cellulite gel and massaged it into the back of his ungloved hand. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I throw my arm around his neck, and press my lips to his. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Consuela pressed a button, and a door slid open to show a scene so unexpected, Matt wondered whether he was dreaming after all. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems I cannot press the button,” she said. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I am pressed against soft bosoms, poked by veiled hats, and engulfed by jasmine, lavender, and rose water. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Free speech and press hadn’t done too well in the ante bellum South. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Have no fear, my dear sir,” said Mr. Wonka calmly, and he pressed another button. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

What he didn’t know was whether California had something even more exceptional, as Ky Ebright seemed to be hinting in the press. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Did you just say W? You think I’m gonna put up with this punk again? I can still press charges against him for ruining my Camaro.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My brother is standing with his face pressed against a leg of the table and he’s asleep. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Agent Fiona puts both hands on her hips and presses her lips tight. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You know, we got another complaint on Mancuso today from somebody who says a small man wearing a sombrero pressed up against her in a bus last night,” the detective said. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The press was there, of course—craning to get a view of Sasha, like paparazzi angling for a shot of the royal family. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Curious, I press my face against the glass. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I slept all the way to JFK, with my head against the window and my knees pressed up against the seat in front of me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Before the Claremonts, the Kennedys and Clintons shielded the First Offspring from the press, giving them the privacy to go through awkward phases and organic childhood experiences and everything else. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even if God’s need for him was the greater in normal times, now it was obvious that his first love’s need was pressing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bogert shrugged, and pressed the buzzer that would allow the entrance of Number Fifteen. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“And you’re not supposed to be here without Scythe Chomsky to spot you,” she pointed out, then sat down on a bench press showing no sign of leaving. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The silence pressed down on us like a hand. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The trees pressed close, leaning over the path to make a rustling green roof that shut out even the moon, so it seemed as though they were moving up a long black tunnel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“They’re getting ready for a press conference. The news teams got wind of it and have been showing up left and right, so we said they’d make a statement at three. So I’d better go.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Anderson wheezes as she coughs, a handkerchief pressed to her lips. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When they pressed their faces to the dark windows, they saw that everything was gone—the tables and chairs and big copper urns, the chalkboard where the figures for the day’s trades had been posted. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Each afternoon, she presses her eyes shut and tears fall. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Pilate turned it all around to show it off and pressed in the catch. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The NACAites ran their giant turbines into the wee hours if necessary, engineers pressing the machines for answers to their research questions like night owls on the hunt for mice. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I press the top of the urn and a stream of dark coffee spills into the mug. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

President Wilson was growing tired of the protests, and he asked the press to limit coverage of the protesting suffragists. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed his hand against his eyes to stop his tears, and nodded. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The trees pressed close and shut out the light of the setting sun. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

During those early months, when there was a warrant for my arrest and I was being pursued by the police, my outlaw existence caught the imagination of the press. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something there pressing against the surface of her words, but Maya couldn’t tell what it was. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mark held his arms up to protect Trina and Deedee, backed up and pressed them against the wall by the stairs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He presses his lips together and doesn’t look away, not for a long time. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

One woman is shouting so loud, a sergeant grabs her red cheeks until his fingers press them white. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her weight pressed into the machine and down on the metal and paper. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed the receiver hook and heard the line go dead. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He pressed his badge into his chest, and the message upon it vanished, to be replaced by another one, which glowed green. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The last time I had watched a movie, it had been a Disney tape, so I pressed the play button on the Pottses’ VCR remote. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I knew I wasn’t the only athlete who wanted to avoid the press. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There had been much speculation in the press that our first witness would be Chief Luthuli. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean back, pressing my shoulders to the wall, and say, “What’s Divergent?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Everyone started pressing in, trying to get a look at my injuries, but I pushed them away and jumped on my board and took off, fast. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Every time they passed the third-floor corridor, Harry, Ron, and Hermione would press their ears to the door to check that Fluffy was still growling inside. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The station wagon sputters as Uhmma presses on the gas pedal. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

His stomach and face pressed against the warm metal of the Berg, the crazed man still clambering for some kind of position on his back. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I shove one hand into my jeans and hold the phone with the other, pressing the volume up button each time the screen goes blank. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Polly’s stomach suddenly growled, and she pressed her hands against it. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother gave her hand a tender squeeze and pressed her lips against the girl’s black hair. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We press our knees together under the table. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She pushed the key into it and pressed. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I press my fractured elbow, grimacing through the pain, then grip it harder still to see how much I can bear. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

His hair is pressed off his forehead and sticking out at the sides. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The puzzled menagerie men and a handful of others stood outside, their ears pressed to the seams of the great canvas tent as a torrent of angry screaming began. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Wednesday pressed the top button on the gouged metal intercom box. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“But please, when you see an opportunity . . .” He presses his hand to my cheek, cold and strong, and tilts my head up so I have to look at him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I wanted you to press the button because you wanted to, not for me or anyone else. If you can’t see how amazing you are, then...forget it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Once again, we fell into our spying positions, angling ourselves at the cracked door to see, while pressing our ears against the air. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

From the moment he had pressed the bell he had nothing to lose. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The rest of the media would have to satisfy themselves with the live AP feed, and await a press conference. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put a hand to his forehead and pressed his temples for a moment, as though trying to remember something. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Adam let out his breath gently, pressing down the dismal fear. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands trembled and she pressed them together to make them stop, for Kapugen had taught her that fear can so cripple a person that he cannot think or act. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was trembling hard and feeling sick, because pressing at him was the knowledge that he’d killed someone, that he was a murderer. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few strides, War Admiral swooped up alongside him, his head pressing Seabiscuit’s shoulder. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood with the petals on my toes and pressed my palm flat and hard against her heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bony ribs of the wing stood out as high as a hill, and the arteries and veins gleamed like wires of fine-spun ruby and turquoise pressed into a thin sheet of jade. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as the fund received more press attention, ordinary people gave amounts as small as a dollar. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He lay down for half an hour, pressed under the fallen tree where he had hidden, to give time for the thing to go right away and for his own heart to cease thundering. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He presses a hand control on the arm of the chair and wheels out of the room. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He would be pressing his hands tightly against the edges of the speaker’s stand, to support himself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand reached for Kit’s and pressed it warmly. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Miss her strut and the way she shakes, shakes, shakes next to me when we dance, sweating out her hair and complaining that her press and curl is ruined. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dylan leans over and presses it for me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Celia leaned her back against the wall, one knee bent, her foot pressed against the wall. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She looks like she is crumbling inward, caving like a terrible weight is pressing on her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Billy stood by one of these, and, as the crowd pressed against him, he climbed part way up a diagonal corner brace to make more room. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt him take her hand and press something into her palm, and when she looked down she saw a ring set with a moonstone. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press my nose against the glass and watch her walk away. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I pressed my fingers against my lips to keep from crying. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But he also had his own printing press, and he was fortunate that, after he died, Kepler saw his unpublished works into print. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Piper pressed the knife harder against his throat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My seat belt feels like it’s pressing hard against my chest, and I have to pull it away from me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I press my back against the wall, as flat as can be. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Pair an intrusive, usually ignorant, and often suspicious press corps with an intensely private trainer, and you have a volatile mix. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garfield's medical team received some support from the press. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He presses his face to my neck and kisses me right above the collarbone, kisses my cheek, kisses my lips. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A leaf falls from a branch, and I press my fingernail into the space between its veins, cracking it into pieces. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"Make sure it's exactly five minutes, not a second more."Then she presses a hand to her ear and starts barking out more orders. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He’s crying, pressing his hands against his mouth. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was curious about what she held but didn’t wan to press her for too many secrets at once. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their friend pressed his hands against his head. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The other pressed the muzzle of a revolver to his head. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He pressed the tip of his golden sword against Percy’s sternum. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The next one showed him frowning in concentration, hunched over the flower press, not even aware of the photo being taken. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I slowly made my way back up the tree, pressing sloshy, squeaky sneakers onto branches until I was up high again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can only press his hand; “It’s all up, Paul,” he groans and he bites his arm because of the pain. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He presses a hand to his chest, drumming jeweled fingernails. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She pressed herself against him in a hug. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

So we pressed on to a spot called Gravel Springs Hut. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What if it’s a criminal who helps society?” she presses. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Our bodies jerked around, and we were pressed tightly against the building. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The dog still didn’t bark or nothing but his front paws pressed like fists into my ribs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Tab and Bridge went to wrap their arms around her, sitting on the floor so that they could press against her from both sides. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I pressed up against a storefront, close enough to Mr. Ebgard to see sweat beaded up on his nose and forehead. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Frowning at whatever he saw, Arwyl picked up one of my hands, pressed the tip of my fingernail firmly, and watched intently for a second or two. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The bricks were fashioned out of grass and clay, which was pressed into a wooden mold about seventy-five centimeters long. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I pressed clothes—baskets of giants’ BVD’s, long underwear even in summertime, T-shirts, sweat shirts. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clouds spun in my mind, pushing, pressing against the back of my eyes. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I ducked around the corner into the hallway, but pressed up against the wall to listen. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then Mama pressed her palms on Hanako’s cheeks so hard it was actually uncomfortable. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His fingers occasionally pressed up against the mirror-smooth texture of the crystals. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Finally she took the good skillet we’d brought from home and pressed it into Mama Mwanza’s hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darius says, and walks over to a small box against a wall in the living room and presses a button. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Under black wool, boiled leather, and mail, sweat trickled icily down Ion's chest as he pressed the attack. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Inches away, I pressed my chest flat to the ground and reached out to hook my fingers over the ledge, then dragged myself forward until I could peek over it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

My sister pressed her handkerchief into my thumb. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ebright, Bolles noticed, had been making more than the usual amount of noise in the Bay Area press lately about how thoroughly his freshmen were going to shellac Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I press my face to the viola case and smile to myself. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Let me call you back,” I said, and pressed End. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

On the observation train, in a press car full of Washington coaches, alumni, and sportswriters, George Pocock and Tom Bolles paced up and down the aisle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After he exits, Widget presses his nose to the nearest window, watching him as he passes beneath the streetlamps before disappearing into the darkness. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Abed, the walls pressed close and the ceiling hung heavy above him; abed, the room was his cell, and Winterfell his prison. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I pressed it a second time, the light would go off again. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Now, finding that something he had said made Ralph smile, he rejoiced and pressed his advantage. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Max stops abruptly and presses her hands against her head. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I put the blade back in the box, and the box back in the bag and press my hand against the wet cuts until the credits roll. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

On the sister’s next round I hold my breath and press it up into my head. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reyna grabbed the knife and straddled her, pressing the blade against her captor’s throat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t press him about it, because he could be stubborn and not want to talk at all. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Afterward my mother asked the Captain to come home and have supper with us, but when he refused, no one pressed him to change his mind. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explored her slowly, learning by heart the smoky scent of her body and her clothes, which had been washed with ash and pressed with a coal-filled iron. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the slave pressed his master to try to get him some. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi perched on the toilet, feet pressed against the stall door, in the girls’ room by the gym. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I made one statement on my way in here, and I'll be holding a press conference in a couple of hours." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A face pressed close to hers, long black hair and tangled beard and rotten teeth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If she pressed the corner of a textbook against it, the sensation was pleasurable. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The words would just sit on his chest, pressing down on his lungs, pulling the air out of him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The barrel of a gun presses to my temple, a cold circle against my skin. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She flung herself into his arms and sobbed, clinging passionately to his shoulders, pressing her nails into his back and her face into his neck, and all he could hear was, “No—no—no...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The press was informed that a march from Selma to Montgomery would begin on Sunday, March 7, and that it would be led by Martin Luther King. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just closed my eyes as his lips pressed against mine, a little rough but warm, and I kissed back. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He’s ignoring me, lips pressed together, his eyes straight ahead. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Joaquin pressed the car keys into his palm, pushing so hard that he thought they would pierce his hand, go straight through to the bone. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Annabeth pressed next to him at the rail, her warmth reassuring. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She pressed a finger to her lips and I wisely shut my mouth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I pressed my ear to the door but the big old house gave nothing away. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Tori takes my hand and presses it between her palms. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I step over them and find the next person’s finger, pressing hard with the toe of my shoe. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in his fatigues which were cleaned and pressed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand pressed against the ragged hole in her armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His hand pressing down on the clipboard, pressing it into the desk. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I could read more about myself in the European, Asian, and African press. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, Luna pulled the notebook close, and pressed these words next to her heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I press on it, even though it hurts, I press on it so hard a small bruise begins to form. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sergio put a hand on either side of the turnstile, pressed down, tucked his knees to his chest, and in one smooth motion lifted himself to the other side. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He’s home now, pressing a frozen hamburger patty against his bruises. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Hagar scraped up as much of it as she could and pressed the wilted cellophane disk back into the box. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning forward, he pressed his lips to here. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I crouch by his head, my knees pressing to the pool of blood, and put my hands on his shoulders. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We linger in the background and then press ourselves into the herd of green shirts, not in the back where we'd be noticed, but coming in from the side so we're quickly surrounded by them. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The news shows Mayor De Roos venerably bowing his head at a press conference. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a printing veteran whose hands bore the scars of the clunky outdated presses, several fingers misshapen from old fractures and curled inward like claws. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Mom,” I said matter-of-factly with the binoculars still pressed against my face, “how come blood on a sword dries red, and blood on cloth dries brown? How come?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I press send and wait for a bit. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I turned around, tiptoed to the guest room door, and pressed my ear against it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I let go of the curtain, turn away, and press my back against the wall, breathing hard. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A cursory examination of the body pressed up against his back: Henry, very comprehensively naked as well. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She sank down into her chair and pressed her forehead against the cool body of the sewing machine he’d given her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I feel it pressing down on me like a stone. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second floor of the Idisher Kuryer was all office space, while the ground level was devoted to the printing presses and the supplies associated with the trade. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I press my hands into his desk and lean forward. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Through all of this, the press and public remained obsessed with Carrel’s immortal chicken heart. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In late July and early August, fewer spectators gathered to watch the picketers, and the press coverage dropped off. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Grandma took the phone, pressed 1, and put it to her own ear. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” Maya kept saying, and Joaquin’s hand was both strong and soft against her hair, and Grace pressed her face against both of them and quietly, steadily, lost her mind. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Bravo,” Lili cheered, pressing her son into the folds of her apron. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

A shadow crossed his face whenever anyone mentioned Bucky, and every day it seemed to stay longer, pressing his features into a perpetual frown. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

But instead of saying anything, she pressed her lips together, swallowed hard, and looked away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He pressed a palm hard to his forehead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, after the factory shift was over, Comrade K. N. M. Pillai waylaid the workers of Paradise Pickles and shepherded them into his printing press. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the stands and press box seemed to be sagging. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I press it to my chest and wish that somehow I could bring her back, like she could be remade from parchment and sinew and ink and memory. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

With the dish towel still clutched in her hand she pressed it against my forehead. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I waited a moment, then pressed my ear against it. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Pollard was looking down on him from the press box. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips together and his eyes narrowed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Every living creature up and down the fields and copses must be muted, pressed down as though under a great, soft paw. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She presses her free hand against her hip as though supporting it. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He held her tight, pressing her to his chest, feeling the wild beat of her heart against his ribs. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You”—he pressed the tip of her nose with his finger—“are girl wonderful. And he is boy wonderful.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She leaned well out, with her feet off the floor and the sill pressing breathlessly across her stomach. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after lying there for a moment, trembling in the dark, I pressed ahead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I sit back on the bed and press my hand to my heart. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe I felt guilty for pressing pause on helping Dad out of his funk. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I knelt on the ground and pressed my hands into the cinders, wanting so badly to pull my father free. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She won’t draft a statement for him or make any more phone calls to confuse or delay the press. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she lifted her sodden shoes now for the Executives to inspect, Reynie reached across under the table and pressed the hunk of licorice into Sticky’s hand. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yet before the constable had arrived, Rab was out of it, back cleaning his press, and he had got Johnny out of it, too. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grinned, and bent to press his lips lightly to mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We press on, and I squeeze the gel into my mouth a little at a time as I run. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I press my forehead to the nearest tree trunk, though it scrapes my skin, and fight off tears, Later that morning I walk through light rain to the main greenhouse. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Lets just sit over here,” I say, pressing my lips together. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I sat on a stool, my head pressed against the cold counter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When the orchestra and the press left town, the lights went out again. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

So I got up and walked back over to the hospital bed, then bent down and pressed my lips against my father’s cold forehead. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But just at this moment the crowd pressed them together and their hands accidentally met. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Just to be sure, he pressed 1 anyway, but there weren’t any saved messages, either. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

My hands are shaking so hard I can hardly press the unlock button. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He pulled Maria to the closet, pressed the hidden switch and heard her gasp as the secret passageway opened. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux pressed the shutter button, and a sun-bright flash obliterated shadows for a microsecond. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pressed END, and Bran reached for it again. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the incident with the detective, Mosca had drilled a spy-hole into the door, but it was already dark outside, so when Prosper pressed his eye against the hole he could hardly see anything. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The key he would press into Ethyne’s hand. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She presses a button on a pad near her fingertips. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I used the lull in conversation to reach across the table for more pasta, but Dad pressed the salad bowl into my hands instead. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was best to move a little faster than usual across train tracks, past saloons and shanty homes, pressing quickly toward the safety of the Yard. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I sit up and press my hands over my ears, close my eyes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I press against my earmuffs until the noise lessens, twenty steps later. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her hand tightened around the bracelet and its perfect circle pressed back into her fingers as if resisting. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Roy and Beatrice had left before the impromptu press conference was over. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grass was spongy with dew and the air was cool and sweet, filling his lungs until they pressed against his ribs and a stitch ran up and down his side. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some places he pressed the nib so angrily that the paper tore. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If no member of the group presses the button, he’ll allow each of you to leave safely. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pressing deadline was looming, for a story on the Nature Center’s annual plant sale. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mateo is about to press the elevator button until he remembers we re not about that, especially not this late in the game. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The image of Bucky’s face pressed against the sidewalk flashed in front of me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

“Here we go!” cried Mr. Wonka, and he pressed three different buttons on the side of the machine. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

But I held it up and I pointed it and pressed my gloved finger on the button. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When she plugs it in and presses a red switch, a white square of light appears. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Those closest to the fire jumped back as a spray of sparks rose up like demonic fireflies, but the bucket brigade pressed forward again as soon as the embers settled. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Bobby, dressed in a light zip-up jacket that wasn't warm enough, pressed on despite the discomfort, his pieces occasionally sliding off the cement tables slick with rain. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed on and on, until at the door of the room the middle gendeman stamped loudly with his foot and thus brought the father to a standstill. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I press the tip of my pencil to it. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed to get the first chapter, “Nightmare,” into a shape that he could review. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the flat of the knife against his calf and tried to imagine slicing off a nugget of flesh because it offended him, because it wasn’t perfect. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t move for a while, keeping her hands pressed to her face and her body against the rubber floor. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“We’re growing, however,” Basil sniffed, taking a big flowery silk handkerchief from his vest and pressing it to his nose. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Our mother stopped, looked at our father with a tiny smile on her lips, and then pressed them together to keep more chatter from spilling out. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I started the engine and pressed down on the gas to make the engine roar. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’m still on the stoop, my face pressed into my knees. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The truth was that the authorities were afraid George would leak a written statement to the press. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Webb steps to Malik, gives him a high five, and then presses him back onto the bench. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She presses the towel hard against her eyes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was a greater press of bodies in a narrower space, greater irritation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I press myself all the way to the carriage floor to thank the queen and the Beauty Minister and the crowd for watching my exhibition. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I remember going through my fear landscape with her, our bodies pressed together in the wooden box that enclosed us, my palm against her chest, feeling her heartbeat. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Guys will press him like, “Yeah, but they had it coming, right?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She had chosen the date for her parade to get attention from the spectators and the press already in town for the inauguration. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“They can wait. Their situation wasn’t as pressing as yours was. When the time is right, I’m sure we’ll go back for them, but in the meantime, don’t worry. They’ll live.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Sherman went first, pressing his eye against the eyepiece. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie watched with her nose pressed to the windscreen and for a second didn’t notice the passenger door being opened. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Frankie leaned down to press a hand against the man’s throat, then picked up the gun and rose. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

In airplanes circling overhead, press photographers struggled to keep both boats in the frame of a single shot. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He pressed the ice harder against his forehead and glared out over the block. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She looks at the number and presses the button to ignore it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

If she could, she’d find the feelings that lay behind the voices when the grown-ups were talking, hunt without moving, just with her hand pressed to the floor. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The soldiers pressed in on us from all sides, keeping their weapons hidden. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The clothes were worn, but clean and pressed. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not enough strength to press a single button on a stereo. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

To the press, however, he displayed nothing but confidence. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

She presses her lips together and takes my hand between hers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There is only room for me to send my love, and some pressed pansies from the root I have been keeping safe in the house for Father to see. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He presses his lips together and stares down at me and then at Apa. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

After a while, he told me to close the eye, and he pressed down on the lid with one of his fingers. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

A video’s on the screen, and I press Play. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The problem was not so much what they did as who they were—a married pair of cryptanalysts, one of whom was getting coast-to-coast press coverage. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, she pressed her razor-sharp knife into the bark. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Those words kept him moving forward, even as the crowd pressed in around him, constantly threatening the grip he had on Emma’s hand in front of him and Natalie’s hand behind him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Kaz stepped into the barrel of the gun so that it was pressed directly against his chest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Don’t say it unless you mean it,” I said, and pressed Pablo’s nose back into her ear. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, thank you,” I replied as I rubbed each wrist with the opposite hand, trying to ease some of the pain of the metal handcuffs pressing against my skin. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Laura’s separated from me now, folded into a press of onlookers wanting suddenly to get close. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Elizebeth’s surprise, the blackboard story “set the press on fire.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Next to me, Four gasps and presses a hand to his chest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Even if he had had some motive to use me, he knew that I was separated from Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam, my “power base,” according to the press in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could still feel that sister foot pressing hateful on her back. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Forty-two years earlier, Lemon explained, another government insider had set off a firestorm by leaking secret documents to the press. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We walked slowly, Tica with both hands pressed firmly against her lower back, me admiring the blanket’s intricately woven patterns of leaves and feathers. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They sneak out quietly, and Henry touches Alex’s shoulder at the gate near where his SUV waits, presses his palm into the wool of his coat and the knot of muscle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He took away basic freedoms, such as the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Hunched in a corner seat beside the window was Lily, her face pressed against the windowpane. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At a press conference later in the month, Johnson announced he would send forty-four more combat battalions to Vietnam and would double monthly draft calls to 35,000. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The road is uneven, not quite paved, a mixture of heavy gravel pressed into dirt. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He slips his hands over my neck and presses his thumbs under my chin, tilting my head back so his forehead meets mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

That night, she had the first Dark Swoop: A thick blanket descended from above and pressed itself over her face, firmly, while she struggled to breathe. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It all happened so fast, Reggie. They decided to press charges, negligent homicide.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ranofer flashed him an uneasy smile but pressed on with his questions. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He opened all the doors and pressed a button to slide all the windows down. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And now Charlie noticed that every single button had a tiny printed label beside it telling you which room you would be taken to if you pressed it. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bleeding won’t stop, no matter how hard I press the rag against my nose. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slide my hands around my head and press them against my temples again. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I hesitantly walked into the congested box and the boys laughed at me, as I stood there unaware that I had to press the button for the box to start moving. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I would not tell the story of my love to this hard-hearted fiend should he press my thumbs and threaten to pull my limbs apart on a great wheel! Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My face was pressed to the sidewalk, but they heard me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He turned to look at Rashid, who was staggering to his feet, still pressing the shirt to his head. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I think that I will shut down. But I think you could simply press the button again to restart me.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Already a great press of Orcs and Men were gathering again beyond the stream. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Four, however, crouches and presses his back to the metal support, breathing heavily. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Peeta presses his hand against the surface and I put my own up to meet it, as if I can feel him through the wall. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

To ease the pain, we took turns lying flat on our stomachs in the furrows and pressing down on each other’s backs with our hands. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Day after day the heat pressed down on us. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We went inside when he needed meds, which were pressed into him along with liquid nutrition through his G-tube, a bit of plastic that disappeared into his belly. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

We sat all pressed together in the pew, with me wedged between Father and Stick. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Painstakingly, she put a dot of glue on each of the scraps and pressed each one into its place on one of her precious few remaining whole sheets of paper. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was puzzling it out, whether to press him further or to play it casually, when Call blurted out, “You don’t seem like neither spy.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry pressed on through the crowd until he found an empty compartment near the end of the train. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Miss Riley’s book was safe, comfortably pressing against my stomach, my belt cinched tight against it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sam took a sip of water, but pressed Frodo to drink, and when his master had recovered a little he gave him a whole wafer of their precious waybread and made him eat it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The sky and the driveway and the house and the car and Susie gurgling and Mom’s hands pressing me, and my skin stung and I couldn’t get the words out. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The first is that the only machine that he lists that was new in the Renaissance was the printing press. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She pressed on her cheek, like she had a toothache. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The imminence of her leaving made him press his feet hard against the ground. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It takes her a little while to realize one side is spring- loaded; she presses it and the box flips open. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was pressing me to marry this fat guy whom I didn’t even know. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I pressed them for details of what they’d learned, they would tease me. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the women tried to press coins into Eliza’s hand, but Eliza politely refused and put the money back in the sisters’ shabby purse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together to stop them from trembling and looked up at Capricorn. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

Then he came up with a stock press release. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

What was real and inescapable was the awful pressing feeling in his chest.... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When pressed, the mayor wasn’t willing to get into specifics. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

One moment they are there, Celia’s dress fluttering in the wind and the rain, Marco’s hands pressed against her back, and the next they are only a blur of light and shadow. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Too big to fit in the sick bay with the rest of them, Horse pulled up a stool and wedged himself in the doorway, his bulging muscles pressed against the walls. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There is no greater antidote to the public cynicism about the press than seeing the labor and thought and scrupulous care that go into producing a masterful piece of journalism. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

He presses a key, and I hear a mix of keyboard and drums that’s simple but catchy. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You created the Gutenberg Bibles on your printing press!” gushed Sierra. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

"Perhaps we are doomed if we press on . . . but I know for a certainty that we are doomed if we turn back." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, he’d twist his handkerchief around a cube and press it to his temple. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her face pressed against mine, I could not tell whether the tears I felt on my cheeks were hers or mine. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

His thesis, “AIDS and Accusation,” won a prize and was published as a book by a university press. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

My fingers are trembling as I press the numbers, and even more when her cell phone starts to ring. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For these dances the boys send corsages, which I press afterward and keep in my bureau drawer: squashed carnations and brown-edged rosebuds, wads of dead vegetation, like a collection of floral shrunken heads. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later, with astonishment, I heard that the American press carried stories that my Beirut speech caused a “riot.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The printing press represents an information revolution, and secure facts are its consequence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Despite the press of people, no one heeded us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Emily pressed her forehead into her hands, her elbows anchored to the library table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And then, at the mercy of an overwhelming impulse, he bent forward, pressing the flaring end of the clarinet to Tessie’s bare knee, and blew a long note. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Thomas wondered at Chuck’s reaction, but pressed on. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

Gradually he pressed harder and harder with the nail until it punctured the eye and clear fluid trickled out “Shoot, no blood.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Farid jumped and pressed close to the wall of the house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

That made Leo even more curious, but he decided it might be better not to press her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“How ashamed,” he went on, in spite of the unsteadiness of his voice, “how really . . .” The Savage cut him short and, taking his hand, affectionately pressed it. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear pressed his lips together so as not to grin too widely at the potter’s departing back. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

On the other side, pressing for a development program at top speed, were Lewis Strauss and Gordon Dean, a veteran of the Roosevelt Justice Department now teaching law in California. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

So I pressed £50 and five £10 notes came out of the machine, and a receipt, and I put the notes and the receipt and the card into my pocket. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches down, presses the button again, and picks up the box without even burning herself. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Along with promises made by the agents of the northern factory owners, thousands of African Americans were influenced in their decision to migrate by the black press. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I grab it and press the barrel to the top of his head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I was pressed so close to her I felt her heart like a small throbbing pressure against my chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You simply step onto an elevator and press the number of your district. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

For that, each of my best dresses must be dusted off, pressed, and refreshed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The sight of her turning the body over and pressing and prodding at the head and torso with her bare hands turned my stomach. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I wished her luck in the rest of the competition, but before pressing Send, I stared at the screen for the longest time because I would need to know if she read it. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Yet as she went by, she pressed a silken cloth to her nose as if to block the offending street stench. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

His posture was wonderful and his shoes were shined and his trousers were pressed, and he was a leader of men. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since I was little, I’ve pressed my right thumbnail into the finger pad of my middle finger, and so now there’s this weird callus over my fingerprint. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Because of the PAC’s anticommunism, they became the darlings of the Western press and the American State Department, which hailed its birth as a dagger to the heart of the African left. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down in the chair and pressed his trembling lips with his fingers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He reaches into his pocket, pulls out a crumpled green bill, and presses it into George’s hand. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

What pressed on our attention was that it was happening, sex was happening. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I also bought a small canister of mace, then paid for everything by pressing my right palm to a hand scanner. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Tiller pressed his hand to his chest and sank onto a hay bale. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Emma shouted, “Train!” and we split apart and pressed our backs to the walls. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She put on her brushed and pressed gray suit with all the braid on it and tilted her jade-green velvet hat over her right eye. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena kept her hands pressed against the maroon bodice, trying not to wring them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She was giving the super-tired smile, and he saw how deeply pressed into her pillows she was, like she didn’t even have the strength to raise her head. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Clips of the press conference would later appear as part of short newsreels shown before movies in theaters nationwide. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He put his hand upon her shoulder, pressing it just softly enough to let her know that he was thinking about her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mother throws her head back, her newly pressed and curled hair gleaming her smile the same one she had before she left for Columbus. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Nita presses the horn with her fingertips, and the deer moves out of the way. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“They receive commands from our computers in the transmitters we injected them with . . .” At this, he presses his fingers to the injection site to show the woman where it is. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The phone in his office was dead, however, and gave him back only a hollow silence; so was his printing press dead, for that matter, he realized now with a start. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His death was little noticed; jockey fatalities were so common that they rarely earned more than a slim paragraph in the press. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My palms press into the wall to steady myself. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I press my sleeve to it, and it comes away red, but I nod. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I press on, and then through the misty air I hear my name. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Creatures of every sort zigzag, bolt, scream, swing, gallop, grunt, and whinny; they are everywhere, swinging on ropes and slithering up poles, hiding under wagons, pressed against sidewalls, and skidding across the center. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When that happened, I pressed my lips, agonizingly slowly and precisely, against hers. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They crammed into the press box and hid themselves, keeping the lights out and spying through peepholes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press in, too, watching the weatherman with a big head of blond hair. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Soviet press and government seemed conflicted about the presence of women in space, however. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the winds built up speed across the tumbled floes, the frozen sea began to shift and creak and press against itself. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I got it cleaned before I came here,” Kasim says as he presses the button that starts the car. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I press the magazine to my heart and close my eyes. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The leaves were nearly all fallen now, and the forest allowed the autumn sun rays to press through. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help but think there were things he wasn’t telling us, so I pressed on. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Across the narrow aisle between two beds is Christina, her face pressed to the mattress with her pillow over her head. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Journalists misinterpreted the press release as saying that the dictionary listed ain’t without comment. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The differences extend to most other significant technological advances, from printing presses to glass and steam engines. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hiroshi presses his hands together like he’s praying and rests his chin on the tips of his fingers. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He pressed it against his nose and leaned against the kitchen counter, his head tilted back, his eyes teary. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The New York press corps went into a huddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the clients sometimes wanted press attention, I was extremely resistant to media interviews about pending cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

To smile at the sheer loveliness that pressed in from the windows and touched his grief, making it a pleasure to behold. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When we stopped at various points to discuss the state of the sanctuary, Otto would quickly lose interest, pressing his face against me and play-biting my shirt. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the threat of violence often deterred blacks from pressing legitimate claims, making the “civil rights” of former slaves largely illusory—existing on paper but rarely to be found in real life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

The police held a press conference last night, they’re showing clips from it on Sky News. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m crooking my neck, pressed against the tinted window, to get a better view of our house. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The man’s stomach was pressed against the glass, his shoulders squeezed into the corners. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She pressed against his chest and belly, and he clenched himself tight until he felt the warmth and softness of her legs and belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She presses the stamp onto the back of my hand and I show David. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry leans across the pillow to Alex and presses a soft kiss to his mouth, and Alex feels fingertips brush over his jaw. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

To keep them from spilling over, I reach forward and press my lips against his. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

By then, having consulted her American education, my mother decided it would be cruel to press charges. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then he just sat back in his chair, his fingertips pressed together, and looked at her. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was dark, and something squishy pressed against my arm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My head hurts and I press my index fingers against my temples to try and stop the explosion. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips together, so hard that a bit' of them went white. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Feeble sunlight pressed through the filter of clouds. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Ignatius rolled down one of the rear windows and studied the fender that was pressed against the wall. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if that’s true, then it would mean they’d considered what would happen if I do decide to press the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And then I pressed my luck and asked her for some fat- back. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His scalp was bleeding thickly and felt as if a red-hot iron had been pressed against it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, she moved closer and took my arm and pressed her breasts against me for a few seconds before walking around to a different place to get a better look at Miss Riley. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lionel did as his mother told him, crying as the soldiers laughed at him, pressing the gun barrels farther and farther into his neck. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t have to be this way,” I pressed on. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

From eight billion light-years away we are hard pressed to find even the cluster in which our Milky Way Galaxy is embedded, much less the Sun or the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She presses her whole weight on it, and the antenna makes a faint grating noise above the roof as it telescopes upward. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The opposing coach calls a time-out to set up a press break, and, as my teammates jog off the court, they stare at me too. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in 1985, a university press published a book by Michael Gold, a reporter from Science 85 magazine, about Walter Nelson-Rees’s campaign to stop HeLa contamination. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips together and let his head drop forward. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Our bodies press against each other as the hammock folds over us like a pod protecting its peas. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scoop up a handful of snow and press it against my cheek, numbing a bit of the pain. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I was publicized, identified with the organization both by word and image in the press. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t the team that bothered me, it was the press. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Please, no, don't make me, I beg you ..." Joffrey pressed his lips together. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Despite a clear and pressing need, subsidized housing wasn’t considered, primarily because it ran counter to the economic interests of slumlords who held powerful positions in and out of government. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

All that heat was pressing down on me and making it hard for me to go on. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together, but he knew this wasn’t the last he’d hear of it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Nina,” he said, hand still pressed over the smooth skin on his chest where a bullet wound should be. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He presses something in front of him, and the shuttle spins toward the open sky of the launch portal. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Can’t I press out a dress for you, Madam?” she said, looking up at me with swollen streaming eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

While she pressed her hand against a painful stitch in her side, she heard a booming sound in the distance. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She proceeded to pump me about my family and circumstances, pressing me until I said, “I hadn’t thought it was the custom here to interrogate visitors.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She simply listened, and then she took his hand, pressing it as she had before. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He hungered for "positive taxpayer feedback," so he called a press conference. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

With our faces pressed closely together, I can smell his skin. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He presses his lips together and stares at his lap. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

"Reporters from all over the world. Our press rooms just don't have enough space." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wounded leg burned, but not as much as the rest of him, and he pressed her back onto the blanket. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The pawnbroker presses a buzzer and the second door opens. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Crossing slowly in the rain a few feet above the flood, pressed tight in the crowd, the box of an artillery caisson just head, I looked over the side and watched the river. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Aggo grabbed her hair and pressed a knife to her throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A printing press, and friends among the judges, who forced Ridgeway to relinquish his charges on no less than three occasions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And then he flipped open the phone, pressed the voice button, and said “Katherine.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He reaches over and presses a button on his metal armband. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She stood with her hands pressed to her chest, not held out like she was about to make flame. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mack pressed some pus out of the evil-looking crater on the dog’s shoulder. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was pressing her nose to the glass when suddenly she knew she was being watched. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Were you even thinking about what could happen to her when you followed her?” he pressed on. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Our boys back here in the white marble halls of the Order of the Clean Hand have a sort of receiver attached to a printing press. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He knots it three times, binding the book closed with the loose page against the cover, the cards securely pressed inside. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And he presses his fingertips softly against mine, just for a moment. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The women stumbled back, dropping their wiping cloths and pressing their hands to their mouths as the coins tumbled and leaped about their feet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I pressed my ear to the closed door. “—grateful that he’s healthy,” Rahim Khan was saying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, holding the saucer in one hand and the cigarette in the other, he pressed on the stub until it bent, then broke, and squiggles of tobacco poked out of the paper wrapper. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up, pressing my chin to my chest to focus on the doll at the front of the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Malvolio made her way down to the hardwood floor and listened to her “academic ambassadors” talk to the press. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he pressed himself back into the opposite side of the hollow and stood. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

This time, when she pressed it to the rope, it cut through like butter, and in a matter of seconds the rest of the rope fell away around Adiah’s body. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, her mother's hands were pressing firmly on her shoulders and turning her toward the house, delivering her into Betty's care. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was rather pleased, but when she looked at Baachan, her grandmother’s lips were pressed together. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The dizziness left and I managed to stand, holding onto my brief case, pressing a handkerchief to my head. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As everyone continues to press in around us and yell questions, I start to feel invisible because no one says a word to me, even though they obviously know Boy21 and I are tight. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to reach out and press her lips shut and get some of that shiny bronze lipstick on my fingers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the hall between our rooms, he presses a button, and a door slides open to a small open room, four toilets lined side by side like a row of desks in a classroom. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She reached over and pressed the button on the machine the hospital had given her, which administered painkillers so strong she was never able to stay awake after she took them. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

We press against each other as if we both had prizes at the back of our mouths and we could only get them out with the tips of our tongues. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

As I walk, I get a glimpse of David’s hands, pressed to the armrests. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I would pantomime putting the hat on my head and work on just the right bland lines for the press: “Our team works hard in practice, and it pays off in the games.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The wind, with a wild cry, slipped under the umbrella, pressing it upwards as though trying to force it out of Mary Poppins’s hand. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

"I can’t," I begin, but I feel more people pressing in, more voices asking for help; it's confusing and disorienting and everyone's faces are dark and shadowed. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And her smile—an opening of flesh like celluloid dissolving under a drop of acid—was accompanied by a press of fingers on her chin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been strangely quiet the entire time, his lips pressed tight together, but his face otherwise perfectly devoid of emotion. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Thomas wondered at Chucks reaction, but pressed on. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Behind the fragile facade of greenery lived a press of people who could gather at a moment’s notice. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were pressed into work with the others and hired yourself out.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to press the surrounding area of the wound to see how far the infection has spread.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Choking for breath, I pressed my shirt over my mouth and nose and eased away from the second glow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It pressed itself into the ground like it wanted to die. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The Deep South white press generally blacked me out. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And clean? Dress hair, press clothing—" “Make soap, wash dishes, barter—yes. You've just described every free-woman in the Scholars' Quarter." An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then I feel the darkness pressing down on me; then terror. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed the doorbell, counted to thirty-five, and then pressed it again. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I spent so many days with my forehead pressed against my glass window, bruising myself with my futile wanting. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There I stood, pressed to the wall, trying to recover my breath, which seemed to have been squeezed from my chest. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I dream of being alone on the top of a mountain, surveying the land around me, greens and yellows—and the sun directly above, pressing my shadow into a tight ball around my legs. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Semyon Borisovitch talked and talked, pressing Will for details of his life, his family, his home, and Will, a practiced dissembler, answered him fully enough. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was her sister Hermione she was soothing—Hermione, stealer of scenes, little mistress of histrionics, whom she pressed against her breasts. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“If I don’t press the button, I’m definitely dead. At least if I press it, I’ve got a chance at a long life. I like having choices.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Ah!” said I, pressing him, for I thought I saw him near a loophole here; “but would that be your opinion at Walworth?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly,” said Harry, but he could not press the point, because so many people were trying to listen in to his conversation, not to mention staring at him and whispering behind their hands. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He presses his face right up to the porthole. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

So I got some larger rubber bands and wore them around my whole head, pressing against my front teeth. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There had also been wild speculations, in the press and within the ANC, that I had been betrayed by someone in the movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Goodbye, Leo,” I say, pressing the note into his palm. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus the beginnings of something else—a new heaviness, a dull sense of apprehension, a burden of doubt and fear pressing down on his small shoulders and his perpetually congested chest. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He presses his lips together so hard, they go white. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed them down, hard into my flesh. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wherever it pressed, he picked up new red smudges. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He had his hand pressed against his injured side. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Today I work in colored pencil, but I hold them so hard and press so powerfully, the pencils keep breaking. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

During that period some medicinal substances were being pressed into service as substitutes for liquor, being exempt from the prohibition law. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” Bull retorted, his face pressed against the rug. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Putting down the half-eaten bun, I walked to the mirror on the big wardrobe that divided the room and pressed my forehead against its cool surface. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed her neck with his eerily smooth gloved hand, pressing into her wound so that pain sliced through her, and drew her face close to his. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His attention remains focused on the flames despite the press of patrons around him as the fire is amplified through a rainbow of hues. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Of the chores I did for the regent, the one I enjoyed most was pressing his suits, a job in which I took great pride. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand trembled; Bran felt a trickle of blood where the knife pressed against his neck. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He didn’t interrupt me once—Ben was a good friend in the not-interrupting way—but when I finished, he immediately asked me the most pressing question in his mind. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I unwrapped Otto from her head and pressed him to my chest. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Still holding the DS against the door, he pressed the wire into the socket and slipped the earphones over his head. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then she was pressing her little proud broken self against his face, as close as she could get, and then they died. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As sleep stands above me, I gently press my finger to the edge of the Ace of Hearts. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He backs slowly out of his parking spot, lips pressed together. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Stopping time wasn’t just a matter of pressing the on button, there was a series of delicate procedures that had to be performed with utmost precision. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I stand on my tiptoes and press my lips to his. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was a thing he did with me a lot, pressed my hands against his chest, and I wasn’t sure why. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he adjusts the light in the room to mimic twilight and presses a button just inside the fabric on my wrist. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lincoln telegraphs his heartfelt reply: “Let the thing be pressed.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mark presses against Trina and the wall behind her, wishing they could somehow disappear into the brick. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“But have them come quickly. I leave tomorrow evening. I have pressing business to the south.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My body shakes, and I drop to my knees, pressing my hands to my face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He reached out his left hand swiftly, and found the switch and pressed it before he could stop himself. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The print is taken off the press and hung to dry. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ralph used one hand as a fulcrum and pressed down with the other till the shell rose, dripping, and Piggy could make a grab. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She gasped at this new pain and then he pressed his thumb to her forehead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed the two twenty-dollar bills for the Chinese food on the table into a neat stack so they were one right on top of the other. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her face against the window, staring enthralled at the sprawl of ivory buildings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Man in the White Shirt dialed; his fingers were shaking as he pressed the keys. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

To ease the pain, I lay flat on my stomach in the furrow and Roberto pressed down on my back with his hands. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Both men were already stretched thin with other commitments, and Jim suddenly seemed to be backtracking on his promise to attend an important banquet and press conference in Tomsk. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I reached for the king’s hand, which he granted unwillingly, and I pressed them into the flesh of his hot, moist palm. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The Incorrigibles stood with their three noses pressed to the glass of the nursery windows, watching as the carriages pulled up. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

A leaky pipe destroys an entire rack of pressed botanical samples: it’s the diamond. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She was already up and bustling about, and as they came in she pressed a cup of coffee into Mama’s hands. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He pressed a stethoscope against Fig’s heaving chest. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I press air from my lungs and tip the contents of the vial into my mouth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Because nothing like the full-blooded machinery of a modern political party system existed, Adams conveyed his tentative scheme for a bipartisan initiative informally through letters and conversations sure to be picked up by the press. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I press on Mae’s doorbell, and a minute later, she opens the door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I reach the fields that separate the city from the outside world, I press down the accelerator. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Reporters lucky enough to be in the front rows rescued one elderly woman by hauling her over a railing and laying her out on a press table. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She pressed the tip of Seward’s boot, and the statue stood up, its quill and paper ready. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She had pressed roses from the blue cross-stitch counterpane on her cheek. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went up to the boy and pressed the wooden horse into his hands, the only present I could give him. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man pressed the receiver to his chest. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas could tell the boy was being less than honest but decided not to press him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I was pleased by the familiarity of the arrangement: me, pressed into the corner, away from the other children, a precise reproduction of every Sunday school lesson from my childhood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I hold the keys in the air and press the panic button again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Get me onto Dead Man’s Vlei, and I might as well give you the bus. Get out of here before I press the panic button.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her heels pressed into the sides of her mount, rousing the silver to a gallop. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t speak, my mouth pressed shut tight. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“If you wish to go to Yankee Stadium to search for your missing family member, press one.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I quickly looked down at my feet, pressed my hands together, and bowed my head. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She pressed her hand over her heart trying to feel a jagged edge under the flesh. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the small closet behind the two empty beds hangs two pairs of black pants, two neatly pressed white blouses, and polished black shoes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She looked at him, lips pressed tightly together. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They hit it off and went on a few dates, and pretty soon the press was bugging her as well and that was too much. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The prisoners pressed their palms together and dropped to their knees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She hummed the wedding march while she rocked him, only sometimes she had to press her lips together to keep from laughing out loud. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I pressed my face to the door glass and studied the sky. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She stood and pressed her palms together just as Ritu auntie rounded the corner in her wheelchair, pushed, as usual, by her silent, watchful new daughter-in-law, Seema. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He jabbed a finger at Maniac’s nose, pressed it, flattening the soft end of it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she pressed her fingers to her lips. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

At the end of the year, newspaper editors and press groups listed the Martian broadcast among 1938’s biggest news stories. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The pulse turned into a pound and Moss closed his eyes, then pressed into them with the thumb and middle finger of his right hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He presses his finger to the bud and whispers something. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Jamie raises his shoulders but keeps his hands pressed in his pockets. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The man pressed the number 1 button and waved to me as the doors closed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore did not press her, though Harry could tell that he was interested. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His lips press together and it almost looks like a smile. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no matter my wild thrashings, with relish the loco leader slowly presses the brand into my hand. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shaking with anger, he shot a nervous look through the window, as though expecting to see some of the neighbors with their ears pressed against the glass. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was his fault that he pressed the wrong button on the camcorder and none of the film turned out, so there was no movie of the day I broke the single-season scoring record. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She pressed her ears forward aggressively and lifted her tail. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tobias presses the down button for the elevator and doesn’t look at me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt better when the real press briefings began. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips together, staring at me through narrowed eyes, deciding again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But Mom presses onward, and I snap back to earth. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She pressed her face to the crack to see more clearly, and she could see the Scholars near the screen leaning forward too. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, he added, the most important relevant law was the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

So, working with Stanley Rader, the chief counsel for the Worldwide Church, he called a press conference in August of 1973 to publicly discuss his plans. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her cheek is pressed flat against the pillow. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

James pressed an index finger to his lips as he looked her up and down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips into a thin white line and disappeared into the kitchen. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

"Well, press this down," he instructs me, handing me the handkerchief. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Not yet, my boy. I sense you will be needed here. Which reminds me ...” He brought out a sand dollar and pressed it into my hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

His lips were so thin that when he pressed them together they seemed to vanish altogether. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The girl’s shoulder, and her arm right down to the elbow, were pressed against his. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

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

He did not prohibit the publication of such inflammatory presses as the Observer. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let the rug fall back into place and go to the door, pressing an ear to the wood before I turn the lock. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“He showed Borgin something we couldn’t see,” Harry pressed on stubbornly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A child with a slice of bread came to the window and pressed his nose against the pane. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Because I had to lean back in my chair to keep Otto from pressing into the table, I couldn’t see what the joke was until the food was in front of me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I fondle my pendant, press it to my lips and think, “What do I care! Petel is mine and nobody knows it!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Those favoring a more gradual view of colored progress traded barbs with those on a more pressing schedule. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure half slides, half falls down the ladder and presses her ear against the false back of the wardrobe. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together against the pain. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that the Orcs had pressed on with all possible speed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In the hall, I find Jordie just outside the art room door, his face pressed against the tiles. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Papa was tilting his head, his lips pressed slightly together. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I can have fun for just one night, can’t I? she thought, and vowed to ignore the ghosts that pressed in all around her out in the city. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But neither does she, dresses and socks and ribbons, our hair pressed and curled. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He fell to his knees, then collapsed to the ground, still pressing his hands against his head. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

So far they had described an artichoke, a butterfly press, a sneaker, a ring of keys, a potted hibiscus, a carved Christmas angel, and a sandwich. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“It is barbaric to press the child into playing,” said my mother. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

For a second, Harry wondered how it had got there —- but there were more pressing matters to deal with. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

After all, these press briefings had been his idea in the first place. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

While it was understandable that the press might be interested in these things, I nevertheless found their curiosity difficult to satisfy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the sheaves of rice in Joseph’s dream, like a press of eager natives petitioning an English magistrate, the old houses had been arranged around the History House in attitudes of deference. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the press of combat, Taran glimpsed a white steed galloping to the charge. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I press closer to the white support so I don’t fall, but that makes it hard to climb. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He sets his hands on my shoulders, his fingers pressing, squeezing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Before anyone could stop him, Beowulf unbuckled the fancy collar that Reginald wore and pressed it hard against the hand of the dog’s owner. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Taran saw the warrior stumble back and drown in the press of struggling men. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t talked much about her marriage, and he hadn’t pressed her on it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The rats in the ditch were ordered to continue pressing home the attack until Cluny and his party scaled the walls from behind and fought their way across the grounds to open the Abbey gates. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I pressed my nose against the glass and squinted. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I press my hands into the porcelain of the sink. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew how the little boat would quiver and plunge, the water gushing into the steering well, and how the sails would press her down, suddenly, horribly, in that gust of wind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai pressed his hands against the mesh, and his little brother pressed his hands on the other side. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ethan pressed me, but I had no trouble defending, even without a shield. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Louis Swift and the other packers pressed hard to keep the workers from coming together. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Notes and cards were pressed into my hands. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

With shaking fingers, I pressed the last drop of liquid from the root and poured it back into the wine. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

"We’re all caring for people at home," the woman presses on. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Bono pressed his hand to the dirt, that his fist might be pimpled and scarred. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

His sister says his name more urgently, and he presses the earphone to her ear. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She gets up and heads for the door, stopping to kiss her hand and press it to the top of his head. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dolls with twists and dreads, pressed hair and hair wrapped in fabric with African print. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jeet was immaculately dressed in a pressed button-down shirt and crisp black trousers. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He said I love you, Spanish girl, I love you, and pressed his sour mouth to mine. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The English-language press had widely publicized the campaign until a few days before it was to begin. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he placed his front paws on the keyboard and pressed down, creating a discordant chord. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Alex could feel Jordan’s hips flex as he pressed his feet into the floor, shoving his body harder and harder against Alex’s, mashing him against the side of the bus. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

You’re hunched over with your butt sticking up, your feet pressed hard against the pedals, your itchy palms raised, with just the tips of your fingers on the gritty track, waiting. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I sneak another spoonful of lentils into Jaimito’s mouth and press my lips together to keep from smiling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of all magical beasts the fairy might be said to have received the best Muggle press. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the dog only followed them with its eyes, keeping its chin pressed firmly to the chest of its beloved master, and giving them the least suspicion of a wag from its tail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Reynie decided not to press him on the matter—Sticky seemed uncomfortable enough as it was. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he pressed me, I told him what his mother had said, verbatim, without comment. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swept my hair aside and pressed the cold compress to my forehead. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Hassan pressed record, and then started up with his best Star Trek voice. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I press down and feel Dad’s rosary hanging around my neck under my clothes. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I pressed my hand over my eyes and sucked in a deep breath. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After holding each one up, she presses it to her face. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep my hands pressed against my side for good measure. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He pressed the fingers of his hands together, the same gesture she had seen her father use a thousand times. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I held it in both hands, the leather boards pressed between my palms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In a sluice of seconds, they were dressed, back in the living room, Play pressed on the video recorder. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She slid a knee over my thighs and pressed closer. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The sluggers have fallen in love with Kerouac and Keats and Woolf and Shakespeare, and hope I’ll press the button to preserve our literature for other alien races to explore. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

After a while, he pressed the power button on the remote and the TV went quiet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He, fortunately, understood English, recognized the discourse as that which Shaw had broadcasted the previous evening, realized the significance of what had happened, and sent a letter to the medical press about it. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Close up on the stalls he sees that the shapes are tubs, sacks, lumber, wheels, a broken plow, a butter press and a metal trunk. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shamblers are reaching through the bars, their faces pressed into the spaces between, their mouths agape. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I tried not to concentrate on the feeling of his breath, light and warm, on my leg, or his fingers pressing on my bare skin. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They pressed round their young wizard and asked for the tale again. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

Wyn pressed his back against the wall next to the doorway leading into the Meditation Room. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

With as much strength as she could manage, she began pressing down on it in a steady counting rhythm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“He could have his ear pressed up against it.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Though his interaction with the Lilliputians wasn’t the strongest section, you would be hard pressed to find equally clever interplay of parody and originality. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

With a jab of the thumbs, he pressed the sodden cloth between Mr. Sharpe’s lips. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His mouth is pressed to the top of her scalp, but his eves are on me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed a button, and a lance of flame jetted toward the tossing, swaying zeppelin. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She uncrossed her arms and pressed a hand against her cheek. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But she remained incensed by the NSA’s 1958 raid, and she continued to press for the government to return the books and papers it had taken then. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

I’d jump in the Jeep and roar off into the countryside, my foot pressing heavily down on the gas as if speed could set me free. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said you can dress hair and press clothes? Can you barter and handle yourself in the market?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As Rasheed watched with anticipation, the way people wait the simple tricks of street magicians, Zalmai pulled on the TV’s wire, pushed the buttons, pressed his palms to the blank screen. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He wanted to be in the mobile home on his hard mattress and feel the gentle weight of the tattered blanket press against his body. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They did no more than loudly ex­press their frustration. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on the back of an ambulance while the cops questioned me and paramedics pressed gauze to my head. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Instead, the three of us held hands with the number 16 pressed between Twig and me, and it wasn’t even weird or embarrassing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A gust of wind lifted the red woman’s scarlet skirts till she pressed them down again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He felt light-headed and weak and had to press his hand against his chest to ease the sudden fluttering inside. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I try not to wince as he presses the last pad just below my knee. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Tonight they were dancing together when Lexie felt someone press up against her from behind. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The moon was hidden somewhere behind the blinding glare, and it felt like the city itself was collapsing, pressing in, taking only the shallowest of breaths in the squeeze of lost space. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She kept her knees pressed together, the high heels she never removed pressed into the pear-colored carpet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

After several big rallies, Mr. Muhammad directed that we would admit the white press. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom Bolles and Al Ulbrickson climbed into the train’s press car, along with John Roosevelt, who had overnight become an enthusiastic Husky fan. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips together; cleared his throat. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her finger moves to the cradle, ready to press down. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Told me and Mama that they’re holding a press conference for us.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The madwoman pressed her face to the thick bars in her thin window. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Bo, in his pressed khaki pants and black polo, is leaning against the passenger door, waiting for me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She presses the bundle of pine needles to her nose and closes her eyes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She presses a finger gently against a pad on the wall, then walks inside as they slide open. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

He was pressing his Omnioculars so hard to his glasses that they were cutting into the bridge of his nose. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Over at the writing table, Zooey, pressing down heavily with his pencil, was filling in the “o”s on the advertisement side of a small blotter. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I press myself flatter against the wall, trying to disappear. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My father pressed both hands against the wall and splayed his fingers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

An image appeared of a policeman pressing a woman’s finger into an ink sponge. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After lunch, Jack and I went to the microfiche room to look up press on John Kwang. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie pressed another one into my hand, but I barely felt it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He grabs my left arm with one hand and presses a gun barrel to my forehead with the other, smiling down at me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sahil pressed end, swung his legs back down, and we all burst out laughing at the same time. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the opposite side of the quad sat the senior lockers, pressed up against the wall, the yellowed sun from the skylights casting them in a pallid tone. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mayor Thompson is expected to hold a press conference shortly—” I choke then. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Wash found the glasses and pressed them into Mr. Crane’s hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We all stood—I reached up to press down my yarmulka—and he carried the Torah back to the reading desk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She turned to run and heard the click of the gun pressed to her temple. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I pressed my cheek to its wet, solid surface. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They are busy and thinking of ways to be busier because such a space of nothing pressing to do would knock them down. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood off to the side as Clancy knelt in front of them, completely unbothered by the wet earth staining his own pressed pants. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The woods were in full chlorophyll-choked glory now, which made them seem even more pressing and secretive. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

No one lingered, neither the press corps nor any of the townspeople. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good because I didn’t feel so pressed in, so enclosed, but bad because of the crickets. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Jet Stone Boy kept his arrowhead pressed against the ground. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The Mask presses the shard of glass deep into the soft skin below Nan’s eye, and her nostrils flare. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We do those little golf claps,” Zach says, demonstrating with his hands stretched far out in front of him and his wrists pressed together. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw was in the middle of them all, pressed in by the arms and legs and backs of the others, smelling the boys' smell, of hair and grey woollen jerseys. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I feel like a hitchhiker caught in a hailstorm on a Texas highway,” President Johnson confided to his press secretary. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, there was perspective painting, grounded in geometrical abstraction; on the other, the printing of engraved plates, supplemented by text produced on a printing press. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He paused a minute, pressing it tightly in his hand. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If she was making even the slightest attempt to address centuries of bad press for stepmothers, she scored a Big Fat Zero. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The callouses on his fingers pressed into her hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My first reaction was to press down on the brake with all of my weight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She took small steps backward until she stood on tiptoe, the seat pressed against her behind. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

A few concerned citizens were pressing in on Lance, all eager to be interviewed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

This last piece of physical business has been so distorted by the press over the years that it has entered the “Bobby Fischer Urban Legend Storybook” as proof of his “insanity.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were to press the war home to its real lords—until they themselves were ready to refrain from warfare, being confronted with its reality. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed the phone tighter to my ear. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

After, Jude spent days with me in front of a mirror, pressing her finger into my tongue, again and again, trying to teach me so I could have The Sweetwine Gift too. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The prime minister is going to press the button that will bring all the computers on-line...the whole lot of them. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

I press my palms against the tiles and stand up. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She crouched, pressing her palm to the ground. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I'd shoot the Soviet airmen with tranquilizer darts as they pressed their ejector seats. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Smith, knowing that returning the horse to racing was controversial, took the offensive with the press. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one final attempt, I press the comm-button in my suit. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The stories circulating in the Philadelphia press suggested that Adams had acted impulsively because his politically savvy wife had not been available to talk him out of it. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

If you don’t know, there’s always an alternative, like head instead of chairman, press officer instead of spokesman, firefighter instead of fireman, representative instead of congressman, and so on. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In among the press of all the ghosts, there he was, his familiar features wan but his expression as full of delight as a ghost could be. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"They smelled bad," she recalled, "a stale, sweaty, male odor, their bodies pressing on me to restrain me." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A face flashes past, pale and waxy, one ear pressed to the floor of the car. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“February 6 “The deer have pressed in all around me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the map away, pressed his hands over his face, and closed his eyes, trying to concentrate.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When we slow-dance, he presses himself against me and I feel his hardness against my thighs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The darkness and silence of the church pressed on him, cold as judgment, and the voices crying from the window might have been crying from another world. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

After all, these little atoms had to move around somehow; if there were no such thing as a vacuum, the atoms would be constantly pressed against one another. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Percy understood about ten percent of Leo’s story, but he decided it was enough since he had a more pressing question. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Prawn steps inside with us and presses floor two. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We walk out to the elevators—and Abby grabs my hand, squeezing it quickly, before pressing the button for the fifth floor. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Her sweater had bulged beautifully, her schoolbooks pressed against her rounded breasts. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would wait for him, but the crowd presses me forward, out of the stairwell and into the room where I will decide the rest of my life. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She gave him a tiny jab in the side so that he could feel the point of her second dagger pressed against his kidney. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The girl shook her head, eyeing him mistrustfully and keeping her knees pressed together. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

An oxygen tube lies across her upper lip, and a large patch is pressed against her chest. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

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

Charley did not wander about but sat close and pressed his shoulder against my knee, and he does that only when I am ill, so I suppose I was ill with a kind of sorrow. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s typing in a command, pressing his thumb to the screen for print recognition, speaking a string of letters and numbers in response to a prompt. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

One of the two men, a great tall beanpole, looked as if a giant had pressed his face flat with his thumb. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I watched her press it along her chin, her lips fluted out like a flower, then spit a curl of black juice inside it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the numbing medicine wore off later that night, it felt like someone had pressed a red hot coal to my loins. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because he was the youngest, Aaron got to press the elevator button. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heat pressed against every inch of my skin—a dry blast so hot that my sweat evaporated before it made it out, and yet the shadow crow made it with little effort. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She held the dog pressed against her chest like something precious. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The cousins pressed their fingers into her stomach again and again. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He pulls me into his arms and we’re wrapped around each other, his face buried in my hair and my face pressed into his chest, no daylight between our bodies. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jam wanted to stay awake and think about what to do, what they had talked about once she’d left, but she was tired, as if a blanket made of world was pressing down on her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The crowd of dark-skinned figures in neatly pressed suits and church dresses had set off for the block-long federal courthouse just after dawn because Browder v. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

More pressed flowers were strewn across the desk. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When he learned that the press was reporting on the crash without giving the crewmen’s names, Phil ran out of a meeting to get word to his family that he hadn’t been on the plane. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mo and Dustfinger stationed themselves by the doorway, one to the left and the other to the right, their backs pressed to the wall. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I pressed on her arms, using her to support my weight so I could step lightly. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guards surrounding them started forward but then pressed back in fear as the tattoo on Pong's left wrist began to glow. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then he took one of his black-smudged hands and made like he was going to press it onto my white shirt. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed a hand to her temple and turned and went upstairs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I press my forehead and fingertips against the glass. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Emily and James pressed against the wall to let them run by. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The goddess fished something from the pocket of her shirt—an old-fashioned subway token—and pressed it into Annabeth’s hand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One of Robbie’s hands landed on her hip as he found his way back to the rhythm and fell into step, his body pressed up against hers. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I pressed my fingers against the darkened glass, watching the market slide past me, out of sight. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Had Jean Harlow been dancing stark naked around the sixteenth pole, the press box could not have cleared out any faster. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held his head but did not press it into her. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He released his mother’s hands and pressed a kiss to her cheek. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The people behind me press me forward, away from my family, who will be the last ones to leave. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of hesitation, and then his hand was on her neck, his thick fingers slowly pressing the knobs in the back of it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Someone’s elbow presses me to a wall, and I just stand and watch the pandemonium intensify. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She presses the phone to her ear and stands, murmuring something under her breath, but I don’t even try to eavesdrop. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Everything about him was as crisp and elegant as freshly pressed silk. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She leaned forward, her weight pressing into him, and as her feet gradually slipped down the stone, their lips met. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Anya’s legs pressed into the fabric, and she thought they had finally reached the bottom. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Gramps suggested we press on to Coeur d’Alene, about an hour away, where we could spend the night. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He never pressed his clients, but when the bill became too large, Lee cut off credit. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips and pretended to be angry. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I unwrapped the fish carefully, keeping a hand pressed down on it, fully aware that it would try to jump away to save itself. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ernest and his crews tinkered with the setup through the spring and into the summer while Conant and Bush pressed for faster progress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He saw the squat, buglike printing press, the trays of type, the strings on which printed sheets were hung to dry like clothes on a line. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ernest had pressed Oppie to return to Berkeley after the war, but their wartime experiences had widened their personal differences into a gulf. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her arms around the trunk and pressed her face to die rough wood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But as soon as the deputies asked if anyone wanted to press charges, the entire bar acted like they couldn’t get away fast enough. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Goebbels had his sights set on far more than controlling the German press, however. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Small children have their faces pressed against the glass, which is a couple of feet away from the pool. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I sat in the backseat as far away from JT as possible, pressing myself into the side door. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men in the cab — four of them, pressed shoulder to bare shoulder — were all wearing evening gowns. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred felt the tenseness in Donatelli's arm, pressed against his own, and the ice ball grew larger and colder. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the elevator, she pressed against Zakariyya, one hand leaning on her cane, the other gripping her tattered dictionary. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We inched forward for a minute or two but were then forced to stop by the sheer press of bodies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press down on the strings, not too hard, not too soft, “with purpose,” like Ty told us. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She came back after a few minutes with two beers pressed against her chest and a bowl of tortilla chips in her free hand. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed the Message Play button, which I hadn’t done since the worst day, and that was on the old phone. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my pen to my bottom lip and mulled it over. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A chaos of men and women press against the glass, drumming and beating each window. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Her ears were very little, without lobes, and they pressed so close to her head that even with her hair combed up they made no silhouette. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to press in,” Stockdale shouted aloud in the cockpit. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe he can absorb some of the “much” from the place where their shoulders are pressed together. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was speaking, and she felt the cold glass pressing against her lips. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Yet in another way she was not surprised at all to find herself, at the age of twenty, pressing herself against Carl Heine beneath a cedar above the West Port Jensen dance pavilion. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A crowd presses around him, and so I don’t see him until he’s almost at our table. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other half of me was focused, in every moment, on the warm, strong body pressed against me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nobody approached Harry, but he felt their concentrated gaze; it seemed to press him harder into the ground, and he was terrified a finger or an eyelid might twitch. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Tanin pressed her cheek to the top of the Assassin’s head, her senses filling with copper. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When we reach the end of the alley, Tobias presses his shoulder to one wall and leans forward just enough to see around the corner. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once it is out of sight and no longer pressed to my skin, my head feels clearer. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Stretching his back with his fists pressed into his muscles, Pa said, “Well, guess this means we better get the hay in today.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

A toy soldier, sighting down the barrel of a rifle pressed tight to its hard green cheek, aiming at whatever happened to be in the way. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then she placed her hands, vertically, over her eyes and pressed the heels hard, as though to paralyze the optic nerve and drown all images into a voidlike black. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had probably interrupted her in the middle of her own quiet time when the boiler and presses were off and the cool night flew against the windows in moths and crickets. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood next to the main doors with our backs pressed to the wall. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together for a moment, as if she were deciding something. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blunt must have pressed a hidden button or else he was being overheard, for at that precise moment a door opened and a waiter—in white jacket and black trousers—appeared carrying three plates. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A damp greenness lived there, made by the evergreen that pressed against the window and filtered the light. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The unanswered questions wheeled around her as she pressed her hands to her head to stop the throbbing in her skull. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My father said, “Any press is good press.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

His feet ached from pressing into the stone cracks. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He felt gently around the bag and found a Rita-sized lump pressing against the cloth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I stood pressed against a wall, waiting, the feeling faded. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In despair, he sank to the damp ground, his head pressed against the unyielding oaken planks. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Desdemona pressed her face to the glass, but now, because she was alone, she had a few more words to say to Lefty. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She presses her fist to her mouth and moans. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Someone behind him had pressed a gun to his neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He already had his eye pressed against a hole in the school’s tall wooden fence. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Even after ten stitches on the cut above her eyebrow, two stitches on the corner of her lip, and taped ribs, Uhmma will not press charges. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I press my hands to my mouth and vomit into them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

All I had to do was to press my front paws on to a tiny wooden platform and hey presto, a spring would stretch and a weight would drop and the door would swing open. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It came as no surprise that he held the Permian record for the bench press with 345 pounds. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lips pressed to a line and eyes straight ahead. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I could, uh, press the fibers under and sew them down. Or how about cutting the fibers off?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hungry for green vegetables, and that night as I went off to sleep, I thought of the pokeweeds, the dandelions, the spring beauties that would soon be pressing up from the earth. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to kick it off but couldn’t, so I crawled beneath it, my hands and knees pressing into the ceiling of the van, which was upside down. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was like the ceiling was slowly pressing down toward her face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain, meanwhile, had pressed a button on his chair, and the Whispering Gallery’s metal door was sliding open. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine the awesome and awful sight of these three sisters pressed together, presiding over his crib, determining his future. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed Play, then picked up some papers and started grading. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He presses his body against the wall, careful to stay in the shadows while awaiting his cue. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the base, from left to right, are Kepler in his study, a map of Brahe’s island of Hven and a printing press. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

One held what looked like a piece of black coal and a piece of white chalk, and where the two pieces were pressed together, an angry red flame burned outward in all directions. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And I repeated them, too, as Kevin drove me home on the last day of school, my report card tightly pressed to my chest. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd has gathered, and people watch with their hands pressed to their mouths. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Mother keeps her white-gloved hands on the steering wheel, her lips pressed together. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Barrel's eyes narrowed as he pressed his huge chest across the bar, looking suddenly sad. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reached the first of the modern buildings and Mr. Grin pressed his hand against a glass plate next to the door. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a crisply pressed black suit with a burgundy tie. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Her finger pointed at, but never pressed, the print button. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He pressed a different button, and the elevator dropped lower, and soon it was hovering just above the entrance gates to the factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mateo holds on to my shoulders, pressing down on them as he gets on the pegs. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Momma wraps her arm around me and presses my head onto her shoulder. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Just naked treetops and peaked roofs and a band of darkening sky wrapping around the car, pressing against the window. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My little sister held on to our grandma, her tiny fists grabbing the cloth of her blouse, her face pressed against her shoulder. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Reciting a short prayer, the driver pressed his hands against his face as though to comfort himself, then hit the horn until everyone in front of the truck moved aside. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

All her jumbled pieces slumped into herself, and with her forehead pressed against her tucked-up knees she fell into a deep sleep. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At the murky press of daybreak on May 20, Pollard took Seabiscuit to the track, jogged him around to warm up, then walked him to the training track and into the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom sat beside her, pressing an ice pack to the back of her head. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Time might as well not exist in this place, except I feel it pressing against me as seven o’clock inevitably draws closer, pushing me into the floor tiles. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her thumb against the charms, separating them a little. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She sat down and pressed her brood patch against them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She reaches over, puts her hand on my forehead, and pushes me backward until my head presses against the wall. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe I would have pressed the button when the sluggers abducted me from Diego’s house if they’d given me the chance. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The right side of Connor’s face is pressed against my arm. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There’s still no sound, but the Play button is pressed. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She tried to measure all his talking and stops in that same interval, so if they ran a clip of him on the news they’d be pressed to play the whole thing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Incredibly, an armored column was forcing its way against the forward press of traffic, soldiers and refugees. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A metal ridge cut into Mark’s back as the pilot pressed on him from above, leaning forward with his forearm dug into Mark’s neck, cutting off the air to his windpipe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She takes the letter and presses it in thirds with her thumbnail, making two perfect crisp folds. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam’s mom decided not to press charges against Grace, which was nice of her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Elsie sets it down on the floor and presses a few buttons. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In Paris and Western Europe, the story was “essentially a one-day sensation,” with the West German press handling it “as if it were in the Chicago gangster tradition.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curly shuddered and pressed on with the hunt. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I trembled as I watched Mrs. Moss press Luke’s clenched cheek with her thumb and forefinger, making him look like a fish. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Teddy watched her press down on her stapler. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It is colder than normal and a sea of mostly unfamiliar faces press too close, saying some version of how sorry they are. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Yet the printing press alone does not explain the unique authority now given to eyewitness testimony. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I think I want you to want to press it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His lips pressed together into a hard line. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

Pixel managed to get the phone out, prop it on the edge of one of the boxes beneath her chin, and press the answer button with her nose. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Heat pressed in on me like an aunt I didn’t want to hug. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I clamp it down and press the airlock. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The afternoon sun failed in its attempt to light the room through the single window, and the press of bodies and scents and sounds melted to give us an aromatic and artificial twilight. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips together, but she could feel him suppressing his excitement as they left the house and set out for the library. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They pressed on, urging the last strength from the laboring horses, until they were obliged to halt for breath. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then I push her back, grunting with effort, until I can press my foot to her stomach. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed a thumb over half of the word for a second, then switched to the other side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I move to Gale, press my forehead into the body armor where his chest should be, feel his arm tighten around me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She made him stand in a dark basement corner on one foot, nose pressed to the wall, dirt filling his eyes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was very aware of Rachel’s shoulder pressing against mine. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was clear that he knew almost nothing about the ANC, and what he did know was gleaned from the propaganda of the right-wing press. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm pressed against the door of another room. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Only the wind is alive, pressing her robe to her fat, loose hips and bosom. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What really happened to your nose?” he asked, once they were at the very back of the throng pressing out of the Hall, and out of earshot of anyone else. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was a second locked door and set of buzzers, so I pressed 602 and held it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

But if this argument is pressed too far it becomes difficult to explain why, in the eighteenth century, modern chemistry established itself not as a continuation of but as a refutation of alchemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She had risen from her chair; her hand was pressed over her heart and she was staring out of the kitchen window. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He pressed his ear against the metal and listened. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The teenager had his hand pressed against his eyes as he cried. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pressed a copper jot into my hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I prayed for guidance as my mother had done, her small cross pressed between my hands. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then solemnly pressing pinky upon pinky, she said, “Swear unto death that it will be our secret no matter what.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Our bodies pressed together in a giant class hug. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Aech smiled wide, then began to bob his head and press his palms to the sky, as if dancing to some unheard rave track. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I press above my head to see if I can force the box open. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Has me lie back and presses on different places on my abdomen. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When he’s done massaging the plaster, he smooths it down with his hands, then presses his thumbs around the bottom part of my kneecap, getting a good impression of that area. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Why, children!” she exclaimed, wiping her lips on one of the pressed linen napkins. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Eventually she pressed her foot to the brake pedal, manipulated the automatic gear shift as if it were an enormous, leaky pen, and backed inch by inch out of the parking space. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He would be Mrs. McCormick, their public school principal, pressing his lips together until they almost disappeared, fluttering his eyelids. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though his face was pressed coldly against the floor, Gabriel whispered quietly and with certainty in his voice. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“But that doesn’t make any sense,” I pressed the back of my hand to my forehead, squeezing my eyes shut against the dizziness. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

With the last number pushed, I pressed the phone to my ear and leaned forward against the booth and closed my eyes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The dreadful word was stamped on his mind as if by a printing press on a sheet of paper, and the ink was red. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He lowers his head over his desk, discreetly presses his hands against his ears. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, turned aside, and pressed a switch on the wall. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Riccio pressed his hands against his ears while all the others ducked. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed it against Dad’s upper lip, giving him a ridiculous bumpy pink mustache. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The pathetic creature knelt before us, quivering as he pressed his paw against his wound. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Again he pressed the bell, holding his finger hard upon it until the door buzzed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kennedy assured the press that his goal was “to bring Americans home” and “permit the South Vietnamese to maintain themselves as a free and independent country.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then, without really thinking about why, Eleanor deliberately pressed a key. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

We pressed ahead in our efforts to get compensation for him through a lawsuit, but there were obstacles. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My interview outfit is freshly pressed, and all the matching accessories are packaged with it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Every movement was a reminder that I was a joke, every pain a reminder that I was better off not pressing the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was like a stone pressing down on my chest. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Dimple found a comfort in her old seat, her arm pressed up against Rishi’s, everything like it had been for the last six weeks. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Hear the Turk’s voice, even though the phone is pressed to Baba’s ear. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She presses her lips into a line and looks away. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Without intending to, Galileo had devised an elementary hydraulic press. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Whenever there was special press coverage on us, the abuse we later suffered at Central was in direct proportion to the size and quality of the story printed or aired. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the spectators’ gallery was full, and it was standing room only for the local and foreign press. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t sound like a woman playing power games to me, but I didn’t press the point. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We believed Miss Geraldine was the best guardian in Hailsham, and we worked on presents to give her—a large sheet with pressed flowers glued over it comes to mind. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day, new ideas and images flew from the wood-and-iron presses like birds: a river filled with gold, fish with wings, a lizard as big as an elephant. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

State Department regularly brought African dignitaries to the city, to show the world that the stories in the sensationalist press about race problems in America were exaggerated or exceptions to the rule of racial comity. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She sat with her knees pressed together, her eyes focused on the pile of newspapers on the center table, her face blank. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Whatever you tagged it—a roll call of evil or a litany of character flaws—Laura’s list had pressed into all my dark places. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

After his father’s situation, the thing pressing most on him had been the condition of the Underlanders. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Uhmma discreetly wets her fingers with some spit and reaches up, pressing the lock of hair back down. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He was just sitting on the track with his feet pressed together, his long legs butterflied. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I pressed the button to end the call and crossed my arms. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He pressed a buzzer as I turned to leave. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I touch my forehead and imagine a spindly cactus pressed there, my face bloody, like Jesus. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I stayed pressed against the window for a while, then went and cleared off a few pieces of glass from the floor in front of Our Lady. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The winged hags pressed in, their breath sour, their eyes burning with hatred. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her words go well with the smell of a roast chicken dinner that is about pressing out the walls of the house. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Naomi pressed a towel into her mother’s hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chilled to the bone, our throats parched, famished, out of breath, we pressed on. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press a few more buttons on the binocs till I find the ones that take me in closer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mamá let out a short, heavy breath, and she pressed her fingertips against the frown that puckered her brow together. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“This woman!” my dad said, looking up at the ceiling and pressing his hands together like he was praying. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They were offering her something to drink—pressing the glass against her lips. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

For some reason, that impossibly clean, carefully mended, perfectly pressed T-shirt struck me dumb. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He pressed his hand to his forehead, conjuring up a coolness that would not come. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She wanted to watch Mo giving Elinor's books new clothes, pressing fragile gold leaf into the leather with his stamps, choosing endpapers, stirring glue, fastening the press. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She squeezed me so tight it felt like she was pressing the breath out of me. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Cate watched me for a moment, a hand pressed to her mouth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Alex pressed against the fence; the sharp steel stung his fingers, but he held on tight as his world turned upside down again. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The very idea of Bobby Fischer wanting to talk to the press was astonishing, but this new Fischer called for a press conference the night before the match was to begin. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jake knocked impatiently and pressed his nose against the screen door. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My initial thought was that pressing charges was a bad idea. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He leans forward, presses his forehead into the steering wheel. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knelt and pressed my face against Kutti’s warm neck one last time. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I would wave at the general, perpetually dressed in his shiny over­pressed gray suit, and he would wave back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The headache pressed on the backs of my eyes with rude, sharp fingers. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You’re out of your mind! The first thing the Marxists are going to do is destroy freedom of the press!” several voices said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press my palms to my face, covering my eyes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It looked like a gigantic tin can that had been cut in half, lengthwise, and then pressed down into the ground. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our hands turn pages of books, press fingertips to keyboard buttons, hold pencils and pens. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

At night she sleeps beside him, always rolling onto her stomach, waking up every morning with a pillow pressed over her head. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They also found that a piece from one of the spear points was pressed into the dirt surrounding a bison bone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The hard winter and the confrontation with the press had given her a new sense of her own strength. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She closes the door behind her and presses her nose to the glass to check once more if anyone's spotted her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Smoke has weight—its layers press down on me. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

They shared a heavy blanket—the weight of it pressed against Hanako, but she liked it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I paused and pressed the back of the pen against my chin. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I press the page to my chest and take a deep breath. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He was pressing his hand to his knee, and it was bloody. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I pressed a hand over my mouth to keep from laughing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A new term began to make the rounds in policy circles, the press, and private conversation: the missile gap. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

His back ached from having been pressed so long against something solid, about the size and shape of a small ceramic bird. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

No need to turn on the mood organ, Iran realized as she pressed the button which made the windows of the bedroom opaque. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Although the press in South Africa and around the world had been speculating for weeks that my release was imminent, Mr. de Klerk’s announcement nevertheless came as a surprise to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One would be hard- pressed to pick which side was the lucky one, since both were equally dead. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I kept my ear pressed to his chest, my eyes closed. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He pressed it and the engine coughed into life. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She pressed her cat face into his neck. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I started to tell them that I’d seen the snake—that I’d been seeing it all year in the science hallway—but they pressed on, sweeping the conversation away. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A roar radiated outward as successive strata of the crowd learned that the key had been pressed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Tm going to press down and roll the crank,” she said. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nok lay on the floor of her stall with her face pressed to the bars. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Dinah smiled and pressed on the intercom and asked for someone to bring my dog. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I press my trembling palms against the grass, and when I do, I realize it’s not just my hands that are shaking. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the press, a boy tried to reach into his purse, but a hard elbow put an end to that and spread the thief’s bloody nose across half his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Wrist bones and forearms press into my back, and then palms wrap around my arms and pull me to my feet. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

—Well, if you won’t press charges, if you’re not sure if you even can press charges, then you have two options. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The only noise was the continued chugging of the printing press, and a slight rattle from the tray as Xenophilius’s hands shook. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She thanked the Wrights, and when Mrs. Wright pressed some extra cookies on her, she declined, embarrassed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Because I’ve felt you giving me curious looks all evening. So I figure there must be something pressing you.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

His lips press against my hair, sending calming vibrations through me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The crowd, full of good feeling, replete with food and drunk with the music, vicariously excited, pressed round, eagerly thrusting over their heads garland after garland of flowers; the earth was spattered with petals. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed her arm, and for a moment she was afraid of him, afraid of his hard hands pressing the fabric of her shirt, thin and weak as he was. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The noise and press of bodies and damp tobacco air satisfied a homesick yearning for a Saturday night pub. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

With some difficulty, he pressed a button and waited a moment. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Joanna pressed her cheek to her baby’s face and her tears mixed with its blood. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed them flat and laid them in a pile. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Izzy, noticing that he did not contradict her, pressed her advantage. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the press coach on the observation train, Al Ulbrickson watched silently. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His beige uniform was clean and pressed sharp. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Glad for each other’s company, Lissa and I pressed closer together. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She pressed into my hand a Book of Hours with a tooled leather cover and gilded pages. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Hanako looked to Papa, but he was pressing his lips together sadly. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Archer caught her hands and pressed them flat, holding them hot and bruised in his own. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The other dancers pressed to the sides of the room to give them space — no one wanted to stand in contrast with such radiance. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She pressed the back of her hand to his cheek and smiled, her face so close to his that he could smell coffee and makeup. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

As they prepared to take their leave, many of the surrounding elves pressed in upon them, offering snacks to take back upstairs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Moss shouted, and the panic pushed at his throat, burst out of his eyes, pressed at his heart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The little head he had pressed protectively to his chest had left an invisible imprint there that called insistently to be filled. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, he and Amit are using shoulders, elbows, legs, and chests to clear a path through the curious crowd pressing around us. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sun felt like a hot piece of iron pressing down on his head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As a result of the non-event event, the resulting press coverage was practically nil. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck out his thumb and pressed the button. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He got up and walked to her, and, bending, pressed the adhesive pad of sensitive grids against her deeply tinted cheek. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The gray darkness seemed to press on the window from outside, with promises of bad things to come. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She stamps on his sword arm and presses her scim-point to his throat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He knew that Jinx had come to Manifest on the run, but until now, he had never pressed him for an explanation. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s going to be a lot of press. Some big headlines.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Judge Woodward’s wheels had been squashed, bisected, pressed into the usual rectangles. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The presses would start rolling in a few hours. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She grabs my hand and presses herself against my side, liquid and warm and sweet. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was going to say For Good, but even now I don’t want to press my luck. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step in, press 6, and face the door. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She pressed the bell button three times before she entered the hallway so that Mama could be on the alert and make sure that Francie wouldn’t be attacked by someone lurking in the hallways. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to know why her gomo lay as still as death, her eyes pressed tightly together even as tears coursed down her face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

To the world, to the press, to the government, he was a retired lawyer of fading distinction, yesterday’s man, of no interest. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was listening, and jotting in my notebook, as press, radio, and television people called, all of them wanting the Muslim reaction to the quoted attacks of these black “leaders.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned over and pressed a kiss to his forehead. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The noise of the traffic seemed to press in on his ears, on his very body. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

To press towards the Self, towards Atman—was there another way that was worth seeking? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

His palms pressed gently at the insides of my thighs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Shetani’s eyes widened with shock, then understanding, and it pressed its head harder into her hand. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I sense that Ma’s patience is thin today and decide not to press my luck. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other ropes snap pretty quick from the sudden shift in weight and I cover my head and press myself away as the silage rolls start to tumble. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Dr. Hamid is there, a stethoscope pressed to Stella’s chest as she listens to her lungs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to Browne that the notion of intellectual property owed as much to Columbus as to the printing press. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And I wrote to my loyal assistants at my newly formed Muslim Mosque, Inc. in Harlem, with a note appended, asking that my letter be duplicated and distributed to the press. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sweet, rotten smell of the leaf-mould came up between his knees, and under the palms of his hands as he pressed them down. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Henrietta lay back on the table, feet pressed hard in stirrups as she stared at the ceiling. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I would he on the cot with my fingers pressed into my ears, but when I drifted off to sleep my hands fell away, and the noise of the traffic would wake me up again. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He pressed himself into the darkness of the chassis by the front wheel. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She pressed against her locker as much as she could without actually crawling inside and read the message. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A tall, broad-shouldered white man wearing a neat, well- pressed uniform sat at a desk. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess that’s silly, but, well, I wanted it to be true, so I—” I pressed my lips together and tried not to cry. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

His arm settled down over my shoulders and he pulled me close, pressing his face against my hair. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Those that had pen and paper wrote their last letters to their families and pressed them on me and begged me, if I survived, to see them delivered. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Michael Shank has suggested that in the course of this reading Copernicus obtained a copy of the compendium of astronomical texts published by the Giunta press in Venice in 1508. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Tobias turns me around and, keeping one hand on my arm and one on my waist, to avoid my shoulder wound, presses me toward the staircase. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ben asks as I press the button for the third floor. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She presses a side button and I see the screen light up as it turns on. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mark’s hand was warm on his back, his fingers pressing down and grounding Joaquin. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Oh, once I heard some footsteps, but I saw only the faces of my half- sisters pressed to the door window. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shay has pressed her mouth into a flat line. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She split the wad and pressed the gum into her ears. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She spritzed some water from a bottle onto the cuff of a shirt and pressed the iron against it, making the steam rise up to her face. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Riccio just sniffed and pressed the back of his hand against his nose. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, there had to be laws on the books before one could press to enforce them. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Today’s papers, fresh from the presses!” he announced in German, thrusting a paper at me expectantly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her lips pressed together like she’d tasted sour lemonade, like that time we added salt instead of sugar. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He squinted in, examining the inside as he pressed his strong fingers against the sides of my face. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips lightly against hers as he kept talking. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Arguing that Y-12 was the most reliable option for meeting the new specifications, he pressed for a major expansion of the plant, encompassing additional Betas and a new, more productive Alpha design. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He pressed the shutter button and took a dozen or so shots. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He pressed at the sides of his head. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There is a table along the wall under the window and a press opposite with cups and saucers and vases. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Bricks of twenty different colors pressed close around them, fading to grey and black beyond the lantern light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“We have no desire to press charges. With your permission, Captain, I shall take Katherine home.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he pressed Mr. Benedict with another question: “But how did you finally disable the Whisperer?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She spread a circle of dough over the pan, pressing the edges into place. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Virgil would have preferred French vanilla, but he didn’t want to press his luck. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, too, pressing my hands over them. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dark pressed against her, and she wondered if her father had given up his vigil because of the weight of the night on his back. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the cut on his swollen hand against his mouth and sucked it hard. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

A gust of air presses against my left side, throwing my body weight to the right. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The way to play it, Nixon instructed, was to hire someone to dig up dirt on Ellsberg, and leak it to the press. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Its editors, rewrite men, and typesetters would compose “extra” editions as firemen shoveled coal into the boilers of the paper’s steam-driven presses. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

One hand was pressed to the head to hold down the large hat against the warm June breeze. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I press print on a picture of a clouded salamander on bright green moss, and once the printer stops, I think I have enough. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The boys hung back, their pomaded hair and scrubbed faces serious, their pressed pants making them look as stiff as paper dolls. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I caught it with one hand and pressed it to my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The cinnamon was the same color as me, so I pressed my fingers into it and spread some of the powder onto my face, like Mama did with her makeup when she went to church. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He pressed his fingers against his eyelids again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She pressed the reject button to send it to voice mail when her eyes caught on a piece of paper that had fallen from her purse. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana wore a neatly pressed pink shirt, a bolo tie, beige, tapered western pants, and cowboy boots, and he carried a pack of filtertip cigarettes in his shirt pocket over the heart. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wedged my spine against the wall, pressed both feet against the big refrigerator, and pushed. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Predictably, the press began talking about “the New Fischer,” interpreting Bobby’s sartorial upgrade as a sign that he’d crossed into young manhood. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was having trouble getting the words out with his woodsy smell swirling all around her, with his heat pressing closer to her than the fog. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Finally, in exasperation, I pressed down the receiver and dialed the twins. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And the loss pressed down on her chest and came up into her throat. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She grabs a piece of paper and presses her finger on it. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

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

The man got off the steps, pressed his back to the wall and started sliding against it to the cellar door. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then a hand shot out of the press and closed round her arm like a wolf trap, so hard that Needle went flying from her hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I stepped into the alley and pressed against the wall, sick with fright. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, reaching over my shoulder to press the bandage to my skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Each week, I responded the same way: I pressed my lips together and stared at my feet. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After resting her cigarette holder on the dashboard, she pulled out the choke, waited the requisite five seconds, and pressed the ignition button. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mom gets me, which is why she didn’t press me for the reason I wasn’t doing karaoke. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She pressed her fingers to her eyes, her temples, to the sides of her head. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He pressed his hand to his face to protect that fleeting kiss and he did not smile, because he was filled with sadness. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled like cologne and wore an iron-gray three-piece suit, shiny from too many pressings; the gold chain of a pocket watch dangled from his vest. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After that, Debbie and Karl drew up a short list of approved visitors along with a plan for dealing with the press. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Before I leave the office, Mr. Kreuk takes my hand and presses something into it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Bruno Latour, in an important essay entitled ‘Visualization and Cognition: Drawing Things Together’, which originally appeared in 1986, claimed that the printing press made facts ‘harder’; before printing, facts were too soft to be reliable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her stepsister sounded carefully nonchalant about it, and Ash did not press her for further details. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The coaches were furious, and I would not have pressed it,” Volpe says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She picked up a card and almost pressed her globular nose to it to look at it closely. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Naomi snapped the book shut and pressed her face into her hands. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pinned and powerless, with Jordan pressing into him with all his might, Alex found it hard to breathe. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Robin and I pressed close to one another for comfort. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He presses his palms to my face, his index fingers sliding behind my ears, and pulls my mouth to his. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The press speculated that scores of fairgoers must have disappeared within the building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She was mortified that the press had made so much of the “mystery-lure of the word code,” added to “a woman’s name.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In between record changes, while the girls fan blouse necks to air damp collarbones or pat with anxious hands the damage moisture has done to their hair, the boys press folded handkerchiefs 'to their foreheads. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad pressed the button to close the trunk and got back in. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Madison’s more judicious arguments, published as the Virginia Resolutions, were circulating in the national press and achieving the same goal—condemning the Sedition Act but without recourse to nullification. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She twisted herself round and pressed her bosom against him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Their pressed smart-fitting uniforms, their polished black boots, their confident eyes filled her with that hollowness that came with having been robbed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When this book went to press, they were contemplating class action. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Curious, I press my face into the glass to get a better look. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips together, trying to hide his amusement. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We selected them as the most immediate burden pressing on the lives of the people, and the best way to engage the greatest number of people in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” she said, pressing her palms against his chest. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He did not press him; he did a great deal for him and always saved the best morsels for him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chickens clucked in their enclosure, pressing their beaks to the willow walls, keeping them inside. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Celia laughed a watery laugh and pressed a finger to the corner of her eye. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

With one leg over the windowsill and her body pressed up under the window frame, there seemed no way to run. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nick presses his hands down on the table. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was getting late and I didn’t want no trouble from Ma, so I left Mr. Leroy sitting on one of the steps with his face pressed down on that box. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Chantal presses her hands to her forehead as if to say that Donna is not using her head. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I took out a ballpoint pen and started pressing it against a piece of scrap paper, making dents in the paper but not making a mark. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her fingertips to her eyes and shook her head. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He did not wish to bear the spectacle of a trial that would put him on public display for the amusement of the press and curiosity seekers. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same stewardess who let the large white woman gawk at us and press money into Fern’s hand wasn’t so quick to hand us over to the woman I said was our mother. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, you decided to go for a midnight swim?” she finally pressed. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She pressed herself tightly against Vayu’s stone legs. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was dark, with an enfolding blackness that pressed on Lyra’s eyes so heavily that she almost felt the weight of the thousands of tons of rock above them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Is this because I’m a—” I start to say, but she presses her hand to my mouth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The press had, of course, fed the flames. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pomodoro presses a finger to her picture and then turns to the little boy’s picture and does the same. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

After a moment he touches the small of my back, pressing me closer, and smooths his other hand over my hair. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The air around him pressed in a little tighter. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The old scar on his forehead, which was shaped like a bolt of lightning, was burning beneath his fingers as though someone had just pressed a white-hot wire to his skin. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You little FILTH!” he screams and presses his thumbs into my throat. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Doon clasped his arms together and pressed them hard against his stomach, trying to stop the queasy fluttering. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he leaned in and pressed his lips to the corner of her forehead, just above her temple. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One could assume that Withers and his associates were now in disgrace, but there had been no report of the matter in the press or on the telescreen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And just like that, I see the solution play out in my mind, complete with the MacGyver sound track: Nino Carlitos walks through the doorway, eager to press against me, but this time I’m ready. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was forced to admit, however, that from the moment it had been passed its consequences became as real and as serious as the wall against which I pressed the length of my body. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The two cubs huddled together, their front paws intertwined, their heads and flanks pressed to each other. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you what I want you to stop doing,” I said, eyes pressed shut. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gingerly he pressed it against the thin cut on his lip. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press my ear to the ground and hear footsteps. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with my pillow pressed over my face, I could smell the booze on him, the atoms from what he’d been getting drunk on wheezing out into the universe with each breath Cade Hernandez exhaled. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Alex is frozen, registering the press of Henry’s lips and the wool cuffs of his coat grazing his jaw. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The word “eradication” still came easily from the Department’s mimeograph machines; this time the press releases were promising the eradication of the fire ant. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In one, the woman pressed a kiss to Robin’s cheek. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The side of Stanley's face was pressed flat against the dirt. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I debate going back into the office to press her for more details but decide against it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Franny was now sitting with the flat of her free hand pressed against the side of her face, like someone with an excruciating toothache. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Jenny pressed her lips tight together and poured coffee for Lockton and for Mr. Robert. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diegos skin pressed against mine as he kissed my lips and my neck, lingering only long enough in one spot to make me want more. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He takes a deep breath and presses his lips together, then says, “Let’s go.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not as big as the royal wedding crowd, but it’s huge, filling up the pavement and pressed up to the gates. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He pressed the side button and said, “The package—it is ready to deliver.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I pressed it and I pressed it, but nothing happened, and I can tell you I thought my heart was going to stop beating. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Numerous articles and editorials declared that the Mercury broadcast was an illustration of why radio was less trustworthy as a news source than the printed press. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I know Simon would want me to challenge this somehow, or at least press for details. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The union leadership had repeatedly pressed the Chamber of Mines for a minimum wage of ten shillings a day, as well as family housing and two weeks’ paid leave. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There she pressed and curled and beautified the hair of the ladies of the Hill. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I had the advantage and so I pressed it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her new press policy meant that most reporters left her alone, but a few still concocted glitzy stories that were riddled with fake facts. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As he squeezed in beside her and felt her whole left side pressed against his right, he had to take a clandestine deep breath—she smelled like fruit and flowers—and force himself to focus. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His father pressed something cold into his hand. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a machine in the kitchen which could extract the juice of two hundred oranges in half an hour, if a little button was pressed two hundred times by a butler's thumb. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The year 1450 is best remembered for one of the most important technological breakthroughs of human civilisation: Johannes Gutenberg’s development of a moveable-type printing press in the German town of Mainz. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Several minutes later, an AP reporter repeated the denial at a White House press conference. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then I realized I was the one doing the yelling as I pressed my hands down onto Georgia Boy’s neck, trying to stem the flow of blood. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The press had good reason to play up the event. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I pulled the lever and pressed the button and dried the first rack, then the next and the next. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

With the reflective surface showing again, the swarm pressed close. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"It's only a question of pressing the right button." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

But most of them pressed the button eventually, even when the screams got louder. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Father was pressing a wet towel against my forehead anxiously. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Carol presses down the hold button and smiles. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I turn to the side and press my back to the stone wall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When I say goodbye to Isabela, I press my face against her side and run my hand over her back. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As they squeezed through, Chess’s face pressed painfully against the stone head of a creature that might have been a demon or just a man caught in the worst agony of his life. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There's a loud ring, and Officer Khan pulls his cell phone off a clip on his belt and presses it to his ear. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I pressed my nose close to the plastic case and studied the jelly donut and the twist with chocolate frosting. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It is too much effort to press the girls up against the padded walls of the Ball Room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As the room grew lighter, he thrashed and chewed away and either didn’t notice my face pressed up against his jar or didn’t care. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I press my lips together and think for a minute. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you just hate it how people say ‘I’m pressed’ or ‘I want to ease myself’ when they want to go to the bathroom?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Near the middle of the bus, two men leap from their seats and elbow through the press of people trying to escape. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was little positive published about blacks except in the black press. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I hissed as we pressed our faces up against the window. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then his cold, marble lips pressed very softly against mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She wanted him by her side, wanted his smell all around her, his goofy smile pressed up against hers. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He massaged the president’s heart by pressing hard under the ribs. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held the Beta Capsule high over my head and pressed its activation button. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He presses a button on its handle, and the Cog glows purple. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He pressed upon her through the coat until she spewed frothy brine onto the sand, and coughed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Over the field he drove them, pressing the plow down firmly and casting the dragon’s teeth into the furrows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His forearm presses against my windpipe, I can feel the blood pulsing at my temples, my eyes blurring. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought her hands slowly together, pressed them palm to palm in an innocent, prayerful display of flesh on flesh. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His hair is thick and wavy, his jaw is held tight, and his lips are pressed together sternly. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Don’t press the gold one though, whatever you do. It will make you hover on the wind and people will think you’re flying.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He left the path presently and pressed through the trackless growth of rushes and bushes, which he seemed to know as well as Ranofer knew the Street of the Crooked Dog. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

We pressed through the curious, anxious crowd and they parted to let us pass. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the way he inclined his head her way, pressing his chest to the table edge — wasn’t he behaving politely? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall old man with bulging eyes and a big goiter on his neck pressed a five-dollar gold piece in my hand and got back on the train without saying a word. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The second I opened the closet door, Stradlater's tennis racket--in its wooden press and all--fell right on my head. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as Team USA put out a press release announcing me as the first United States athlete in hijab to qualify for the Olympic Games, the phone didn’t stop ringing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I took another deep breath and pressed the Player One button once again. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Cressen pressed his lips together and fought to still his rage. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I pressed him, “What about strategy? A plan? Shouldn’t we be mounting an attack now? While it’s dark?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She presses her face to the top of his head, her headscarf coated in the grime from his dust-thick hair, the front of her dress imprinted with his sooty silhouette. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She arranges all of her stuffed animals around us in a circle, everyone facing the TV, then presses PLAY. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I press the phone closer to my ear and stand still in the middle of the steps. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to press him further when he rises to his feet and immediately falls over. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He pressed through the throng to the communications console. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odenigbo and Mama were talking beside a water tank, for so long that mosquitoes began to bite Olanna as she stood waiting, so she climbed into the car and pressed the horn. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t surprised to learn my great-aunt, like her sister, preferred her cotton sheets lightly starched and didn’t trust the feel of permanent press fabric. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I pressed Nasreen Baji's clothing that night and hung them in her armoire while she reclined on her bed and listened to me describe the wedding. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If the world, at least the Hungarians, had missed his anti-Semitic remarks during his press conferences in 1992, they certainly couldn’t have missed his near hysterical posturing on Calypso Radio seven years later. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Within a short time, the Cherokees achieved almost 100 percent literacy in the syllabary, bought a printing press, had Sequoyah’s signs cast as type, and began printing books and newspapers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that his wand was still stowed beneath his robes because he could feel it pressed between his chest and the ground. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then, experimentally, he began to press the other buttons, for other tenants, with no response. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Shae kissed him, her arms sliding around his neck as she pressed her body to his. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

First, he pressed his hands into the springy softness of the mattress. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I can feel the press of the pasty substance as it hardens against my teeth. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She fed them on the afterdeck, pressing honeyed biscuits on Young Griff and hitting Duck’s hand with her spoon whenever he made a grab for more bacon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At first, the man and woman were just annoyed and pressed past Fred to ask other people if they’d “seen a boy, six years old, in a Lion King T-shirt?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Anne put the books on the reserved shelf and pressed a buzzer, which would sound in the senior assistant’s office. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The room presses in hot and heavy the way it does when you wake up from a nap in the afternoon sun. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

All of the stuff had been cleaned, starched, pressed, shined, and spit polished. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was standing at the ironing board, pressing one of my father’s dress shirts. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He felt Eleanor's hand on his throat, on his chest, then took her other hand and pressed it to his face. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Looking relieved, Teashop Aunty pressed two large bananas into your hands and a few vadais, hastily wrapped in a banana leaf, into mine. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We rise, dismissed, and she takes each of us in turn, pressing her chilly mouth against our cheeks. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He felt the coarse hair of the mane and pressed his ankles against the warm coat of the animal. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her chest felt as if the weight of the moon pressed against it, but she slowly nodded. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He pressed the bell and waited for the buzzer to ring. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his heels into the mare’s sides to make her run faster, but the lava rock was already scattering from under her feet, and she was fighting to keep her balance. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is my hope that everyone finds their own sword to wield in a way that brings them happiness and success, and that the word “no” becomes their motivation to press forward. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I squeeze into the back, next to a woman who flinches when I press against her shoulder. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Scooping the clay crumbs into his palm, he spat on them, softened and mixed them with a careful finger, then pressed them into the crack and smoothed the edges as well as he could. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The flies crawled upon it, and here and there the sharp points of gravel pressed up through the flesh. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aim and press the trigger. A man knows how to fire a weapon.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had no pressing reasons to stay in touch with his parents. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You were never interested in flowers. Daoud taught me how to press them." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I crouched, panting, pressing the cold, smooth egg to my lips. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

"Come dry," she says to Helmuth, pressing a dish towel into his hand. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We did not choose to be the guardians at the gate, but there is no one else,” Johnson said at his midday press conference. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Call and Caroline were waving back and calling out to him, but I was standing there shivering, my arms crossed, my hands hooked up under my arms and pressed against my breasts. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood pressing myself into the doorway until Newcharlie looked over at me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

On Halloween afternoon, October 31, CBS arranged for Orson Welles to meet the press and answer questions. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He ran a few steps down the hall and spun around, pressing his back against the wall. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of laughter and comments like “Somebody’s in trouble” from the press, and Peeta dropped my hand and sidestepped away from me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d felt so good pressed against her that she hadn’t wanted to stop. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then, just before she died, she breathed into the doll and pressed it into my hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Food had little meat, each person s piece the width of two fingers pressed close together and the length of half a finger. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

“How could anyone live on a bridge without getting run over by traffic?” the waste man said, but he didn’t press us with any more questions. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Branches reached for him, and he tried again, pressing the device against his body for leverage, then pushing the button hard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then Ma Costa folded her great arms around Lyra and pressed her to her breast. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

That was Daniel Ellsberg’s response to the renewed bombing—the “Christmas Bombing” as the press dubbed it. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As I ride my bike to Amelia’s house, I can feel the wad press against my leg each time the pedals rotate. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sees a submarine asleep in the lightless depths of the Atlantic; Jutta presses her face to a porthole and breathes on the glass. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Am I a good girl?” she said, pressing up to his leg. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

"Your Grace," Ned Stark said, "we must talk . . ." Robert pressed his fingertips against his temples. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The case, then commanding headlines as far east as Chicago, as far west as Denver, had indeed lured to Garden City a considerable press corps. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I pressed one hand to his chest to restrain him, should he start when I pierced him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure how long it was before Fang came by and found me clinging to the tree, my forehead pressed up hard against the bark. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His face appears over the edge of the upper bunk, or his silhouette presses binoculars to the windowpane. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was silence in the Hall now, the kind of silence that presses against the eardrums, that seems too huge to be contained by walls. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But neither do I want to listen—I finally steel myself and press my mouth to the flap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I look back before I walk through it, and Christina gives me a pained smile, her hand pressed to her thigh. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A train whooshed past and she pressed her finger into her other ear to hear Aunty Uju’s voice better. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Our lips were tight together and then she turned away and pressed against the corner of the seat, as far away as she could get. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Fresh and shining in the army fatigues Sweet had washed and pressed, he had tramped along feeling ready for anything. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except now the power’s been cut and he’s pressing his forehead into the belly of the sculpture. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if you can hear me, but I’m ready to press the button now.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

For five endless, unbearable hours, Alex is shuffled from room to room in the West Wing, meeting with what seems to be every strategist, press staffer, and crisis manager his mother’s administration has to offer. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The child is no longer restless; for the past few days, apart from the occasional flutter, she has not felt it punch or kick or press against her ribs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At any other time, he would have put them to instant flight; now he had more pressing business and chose to ignore them. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t respond, he snuck an arm past my shoulder, on the pretense of sorting through my work, and pressed me into his chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Rafe waited for her to go on, flipping his hand over so that their palms were pressed together. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He lifted her hand to his mouth and pressed it against his dry lips. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You won’t press the button to save the world because you don’t think you deserve to live in it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The farther in they went, the closer the cliffs pressed to either side. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The woman deftly plucks out the few she needs, and then presses into Orleanna’s hand a gift: the tiny wooden okapi, perfectly carved. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their haste they tumbled onto the floor, their bodies pressed together in the narrow space between the seats. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The most pressing health problem is one never encountered on Rass. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sadna’s own fists gripped the machete as well, fighting to keep the edge from pressing home. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Very carefully, she lowers herself off the bench and presses her ear to the floor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Now, it plunged the book back under his arm, pressed it tight to sweating armpit, rushed out empty, with a magician's flourish! Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was it normal how easy it was for him to just forget Gillian, or not care about her, as soon as we were alone and pressed together? Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re joking, right? If I were spying, I wouldn’t want to be seen, would I? And so pressing up. against the window like this would be a pretty dumb idea, wouldn’t it?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In books hatred is often described as hot, but at Capricorn's festivities Meggie discovered it was cold—an ice-cold hand that stops the heart and presses it like a clenched fist against the ribs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I press one and hold it, I hear the voice mail welcome. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I press my fingers against my eyes because I don’t know what is going on right now. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But if you won’t press charges and you won’t confront him, you need to consider the possibility of moving beyond this. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Every day the hulk took one drink from the watercooler and went once to the bathroom, stumbling between the presses into the back of the laundry, big shoes clumping. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doc pressed a small bottle of blue liquid into my hands. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Tad started to unbutton his shirt to use as a bandage, but Rashid was already tearing a piece of his own shirt away and pressing it to his head. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

To underscore his point, he sent a gigantic barrel of ice-packed champagne to the press box, complete with a card. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s in Heaven, with Papa Dios,” Abuela said behind me, startling me out of the brooding sorrow that pressed against my chest. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He stepped daintily over the heather, scarcely seeming to press it with his airy trot and the wind made waves in his long mane, which had been freshly combed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I really blew it,” Seth said, palms pressed against his temples. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I pressed my nose against the glass and cupped my hands around my eyes to stop reflections, and saw a bucket smeared with a dry brown crust. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His foot was pressed down, the gas pedal against the floor. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The death, which wasn’t considered suspicious, received little notice in the press. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The darkness seemed to be pressing on their eyeballs as they stood, terrified, waiting. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They each pressed a palm against the door and pushed on. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I unfolded the letter and pressed out the creases, one, two. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The dwarf rolled over, pressing half a nose deep into the silken pillows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was pressed into a tight line. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But if the train suddenly brakes and the inside container shifts, it can press them against the other container and kill them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Migrants, who are often afraid to press charges, make ideal victims. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

So now I lost me a week and a half and time’s pressing on me hard. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I step up on one of the barrier’s crossbars, pressing my hips to the railing to keep my balance. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We're pressed up against the back of a blue banner, a barricade between us and the street. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

All it did was inspire a hearty laugh in the press box. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the Rochester convention forward, Stanton no longer feared bad press. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

You pressed its tail and it opened its mouth and you put the coin in between its tusks, one of which had been broken off and glued back on. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The men wore pressed slacks and freshly shined oxfords and cardigan sweaters. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She sets the tray across my thighs and presses something that raises me to a sitting position. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I pressed a hand to my chest to make sure my heart hadn’t given out on me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Hooper rolled slowly over on to his stomach again, face pressed into the ground, and began to cry. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Liyana felt the weight of centuries pressing her into a small ball. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the midst of the presses stood the sleeve machine, looking like twin silver spaceships. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phrase “who did he beat?” appeared over and over in the press. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was telling the truth: We did have to press on. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As she pressed forward, she realized she had shouted to the man in English. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you understand what I mean?” he presses me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because she hadn’t pressed hard enough, hadn’t stopped enough of the blood? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We had breakfast together the next morning, just before the press conference when Cassius calmly made the announcement which burst into international headlines that he was a “Black Muslim.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back down at the ground where our bodies had lain side by side, the wet grasses pressed down, perfect depressions in the earth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not just in the immediate press cycle, but for decades to come. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Come now, he says, pressing a little with his hands. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left the midway, and I moved closer to the foot of the ride, pressing against others who, like me, watched the night sky while wearing an expression most people reserve for fireworks. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Dr. Golan tented his fingers and pressed them to his chin, the very picture of a thoughtful brain-shrinker. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“And Lot said unto the sinners who crowded at his door, I pray ye, brethren, do not do so wickedly! For the sinners of Sodom pressed their evil will against the entrance to his household.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Muti hadn’t stopped his yelps and howls, and as we placed our hands on him and pressed him into the dirt floor, his cries grew even louder. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Beneath his weight the top of the door was pressed slightly outward and the upper of the two leather hinges gave slightly where the outer nail held it to the body of the hutch itself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mitsima rolled out another piece of clay into a long flexible cylinder, hooped it into a circle and pressed it on to the rim of the cup. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour later, I was under a stream of warm water, hands pressed to my face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I pressed on with more care and a queasy uncertainty. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing perfectly pressed khakis and a red polo shirt under a deep blue sports coat—relaxed authority was what her stepmother called the look. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then I press my finger to the GO button and the two of us dash into the night sky. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She never talked of her past when we were together, and I was always careful not to press her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She embraced me for a few priceless seconds, pressed the bread into my hand, and pushed me out the door. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He took out the Nintendo DS, inserted the Speed Wars cartridge, and pressed the start button. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“She has an ugly voice. She quacks like a pressed duck.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai pressed her palms to her ears and darted past her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The event was less elaborate than the parade, but it, too, generated press coverage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The day before the strike, I was driving Ida and her twelve-year- old son home, and I mentioned that I needed her to wash and press some shirts for me the following day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outstanding oarsmen were lionized in the national press, even in the era of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Joe DiMaggio. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Arrivals Lounge was a press of love and eagerness, because the Bombay-Cochin flight was the flight that all the Foreign Returnees came home on. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They felt the air whip past their faces, flinging their hair back and pressing on their eyeballs. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I press the memory away as if stuffing it into a drawer that is too small for it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Lyra wasn’t sure what he meant, but she didn’t want to press him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman had never in his life seen a woman on the street without a purse slung over her shoulder, pressed under her arm, or dangling from her clenched fingers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lovely, lovely cement,” said Rita, lying down to press her cheek on the cool sidewalk. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Progress through the press of bodies was slow, and then, just as they converged, their way to the door was blocked by a tight wall of backs forming around one man. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Maya felt Grace’s hand press against her own, and she wrapped her fingers around Grace’s and squeezed tight. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Kasim tries to talk to me, but I can only keep my eyes on Imani, who has pressed herself against the car door trying to be as far away from Dray as possible. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I bring my hand up to my face; I press my fingers against my eyelids, trying to rub away the ache. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe I’ll call them anyway,” I pressed, even though my underarms were beginning to prickle with sweat. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She puts her hands to her ears and presses. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He had awoken from a vivid dream with his hands pressed over his face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She pressed me to her warm bosom and I felt her catch her breath. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nali shook her head and pressed her knuckles against her lips. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I pressed the camera button and snapped a picture of death. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"What is table five's answer, please?" the lawyer pressed. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s still here somewhere. I haven’t had time to press it.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I press my lips together and stare at the floor, hoping this will conceal the emotions starting to boil up inside of me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Diana pressed down a curling corner of a poem. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Please leave me alone. I’m fine, just a little sick,” Wes yelled out, but his voice was barely audible through the pillow pressed tightly against his face. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I press a button on my phone and the voice of my brother’s murderer fills my living room. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Morris, who had sunk to the ground, leaned on his elbow, holding his hand pressed to his side; the blood still gushed through his fingers. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips together and looked down at the remains of his lunch. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“That’s right,” he’s saying, talking to someone in the studio, his hand pressed to his ear. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lies on a table, and for a moment I think she’s just sleeping, and when I touch her, she will wake up and smile at me and press a kiss to my mouth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And then he is pressing me against the wall, his hand at the small of my back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Before he left he kissed her bare feet with his pale blue lips and pressed on her a gift, a jar of ointment that he swore would let her see the spirits of the air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tanin pressed the pads of her fingers to her paper cuts. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One of the conditions for Dusty Muleman dropping the criminal charges was that Dad stop ranting to the press. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together and the bun of hair atop her head appeared to tighten. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone had BlackBerrys pressed to their heads and there was a sea of cables underfoot for all the computers and printers and copiers they’d brought in. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I walk nonchalantly behind Leo, he presses a note into my hand. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His red-dened throat showed deep white gouges where the links had pressed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to cause problems for science,” Sonny told me as this book went to press. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In the privacy of the bathroom, alone and unseen, the weight of the experience pressed down upon me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It felt as if an iron hand had gripped his heart and was pulling it out between his ribs, so that he pressed his hands to the place and vainly tried to hold it in. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I decide to turn off the colors for now, then press the first button. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Grace listened, then scooted over until their legs were pressing next to each other. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She turned and spotted her father standing next to the porch swing with his cell phone pressed to his ear. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I pressed my knees together, held my bladder. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The boxing world feels cheated by my obvious lack of passion, but the press loves me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The prison children would press their faces against the metal gate and sniff the sweet scent of mangosteens and rambutans, the acid aroma of the pomelos and green oranges. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She pours the oil into the baby’s mouth, turns him over, presses on his back, turns him back over, sticks a spoon down his throat and brings up a white ball. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A crushing force pressed against her back, pinning her down. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But with her cheek pressed against the cool white porcelain she could swim through imaginary waters and sometimes fall asleep. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Hound, ever faithful, bowed and slid away quietly through the press. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A bright bud of blood blossomed where his sword pressed into Mycah's flesh, and a slow red line trickled down the bby's cheek. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The heat pressed heavily on the roof, stifling sound. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She pressed the heels of her palms into her eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I straightened my legs out and pressed my arms in at my sides. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They were simply meant to force me to see that there was a causal relationship between whether I pressed the button and whether the planet exploded. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He pressed the leaf against his cheek until the cool went out of it, and then he rolled it carefully. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone must have expected Marcela to drop the redhead off there; ahead of her was the press box, den of the exclusively male radio and newspaper corps. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press on my earmuffs and don’t speak. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I tap on his contact info and almost press the green call button on my phone, but decide not to at the last second. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He pressed his back against the wall separating the kitchen from the dining room, and stood still. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The scythe stepped closer, and Easley suddenly found a blade pressed to his neck, to the right of his Adam’s apple. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together and shook her head, all the while keeping those soft eyes on me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Paul refused to wait patiently. $he had learned about the power of the press and planned to use it to her advantage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A brass money clip with an elephant pressed into its face, all of it a crusty green. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Lately, we had danced there, skeleton and snake pressed against the walls. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The humiliations, so commonplace in the United States that they barely raised eyebrows, much less the interest of the press, were the talk of the town in the envoys’ home countries. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

There was a big task pressing in on us, a big responsibility: to shoulder some power, to uproot the dictator’s thugs, to be effective and thorough with-out becoming vengeful. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so hot she burned her lips and had to quickly press the cold blade of a knife to her mouth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She pressed the blade under the river god’s chin. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jam puffed out a hard breath and focused on the soles of her bare feet, pressing them into the wood of the floor, uneven with age and paint and rough varnish. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to press the issue in case it made the princess change her mind. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Ginika's tone, when she said, “Ifem needs some time, I think she has depression,” had felt like ice pressed against his body. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They ordered Shin to kneel and pressed him to explain why his family wanted to escape. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I pressed my palm against the mesh screen on her window, and Julia’s hand met mine. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He wanted the words to make a cloudless blue sky, pale with a summer sun pressing across wide and empty horizons. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In a subsequent press poll, not one Congressman or Senator with a previous record of opposition to civil rights said he had changed his views. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t look, because everyone presses in too close and I have to lean away. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

After while, Mae Mobley come over and press her cheek up to mine and just hold it there, like she know I be hurting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He pressed his case in a letter to Conant, reminding him that Y-12 stood alone as validation of the feasibility of the bomb program. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I pressed my own hand on top of his, weaving our fingers together. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Oliver takes the box back and sniffs it and tries to hear something by pressing his ear to the top. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Despite these inconvenient truths, though, we can press on. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Chess fell asleep Friday night feeling like he had a weight pressing down on his heart, and he woke up Saturday morning feeling like the weight had done nothing but grow overnight. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

‘Then you’d best learn something, if you wish to understand what is happening. But not just now, and not from me: I have too many pressing things to think about.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Wilson pressed a button below the traffic light. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Loping unsteadily over, Joe also pressed his nose against the window, merrily tapping on the glass with his knuckles. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He presses a button marked 39, but nothing happens. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They are curved into the backseat, pressed up against the back window. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

He ate his food in tiny, fastidious bites, hideous bites, napkin pressed to carved lips after each forkful. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“My folks got a call this morning. Mr. Christensen is pressing charges against me for ‘assaulting’ his son.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The FBI holds a press conference at the site, corroborating hearsay that a passport found at the crater belonged to Kamal Aziz, an Egyptian national. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I forwarded to the next track and pressed play, and a new song kicked on. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I would dearly like to hear more about Elves; the dark seems to press round so close.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I nod as he offers a slightly inaccurate characterization of the police department's accusation of biased press coverage. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon was a lemur, with the biggest eyes he could manage, clinging to Lyra’s shoulder, pressing himself into her fog-pearled hair, peering all around and seeing no more than she did. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The young woman pressed both hands to her left side, and on that peach-bright, doll-beautiful face of hers appeared a strangely incongruous expression of yearning distress. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like, in the winter when it was freezing cold, did his fingers have a magical way of keeping warm while they pressed the keys? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Generose pressed Play on the VCR, and the screen came to life with the blurry images of a Catholic choir from Congo, singing hymns outdoors against changing backdrops of mountains and green forests. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He found two catches on the lid and pressed. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I put my head against my knees, pressing my eyes right into my kneecaps. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I want to draw my own sword, but everyone is pressed in too tightly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Pippin pressed forward as they passed under the lamp beneath the gate-arch, and when he saw the pale face of Faramir he caught his breath. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

After all, one wrong move, and Daines could face bad press, an angry electorate, and then a motivated opponent. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They were pressed together, and the pebble in his mouth was her tongue. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her expression into something closely resembling a scowl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

His rifle, its butt pressed tirelessly against his face, was buried to the hilt in leaf litter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She shook her head furiously and pressed a finger to her mouth. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She pressed her hand to her belly as she spoke, and the men were ashamed before her and went out one by one, for they were not evil men except when they starved. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Before long, he was jolted awake by a fierce-looking man pressed against his window, demanding to know why he was trespassing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A heel of bread was pressed into her hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I almost say, but then I recover my wits and press my lips together. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I watched his strong body wither, then bloat, saw him suffer, night after night, doubled over at the dinner table, pressing on his stomach, his eyes shut, his mouth contorted in pain. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite all of the evidence presented at our hearing showing that Walter had nothing to do with the Pittman murder, the local press invoked the case to scare up more fear about Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If the state police did not stop them, they expected the march to last at least four days, allowing plenty of time for press coverage. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I went up to the door and I pressed the big button and the doors slid open and I stepped through the doors. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I press my hand over my closed mouth. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As my captors waited, I stepped out of my shoes one at a time, pressing down on the heels with the opposite foot, wobbling and nearly losing my balance without my arms to steady me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They took away the sanctity of home, privacy of mail and telephone conversations, and the freedom of speech, press, and assembly. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the coin return and got back nothing. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

A baby starts crying, and I press against Dad. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

To draw life-sustaining oxygen into the lungs, Leale pressed Lincoln’s chest and ordered two men to manipulate Lincoln’s arms like levers on a water pump. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as it's one here, I press call. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dudley stood with his nose pressed against the glass, staring at the glistening brown coils. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z