I leaned into her, pressed my lips to her cheek again. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray pressed his lips tight, obviously frustrated that he couldn’t get it out. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Harry pressed his ear still more closely against the keyhole... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There’s still no sound, but the Play button is pressed. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It felt as though we always had a white foot pressed against the back of our necks. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had massive, soft hands, which he pressed flat against his temples when he spoke. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she pressed against her father all was forgotten except joy. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, with her hands pressed gently against her stomach, Carolina fell asleep in her chair by the window. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flipped the tape and pressed Play, and waited for Robert Smith to start singing before she climbed up onto her dad's brown leather couch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

Even when I pressed down on the button to start the spray, I still didn’t know. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He sat in edgy silence while I finished my dinner, swiveling his head to check out all the windows, expecting to see a fat, angry face pressed against the glass. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie walked at the front of the line, his hand pressed over his side. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The hairs on her legs were pressed like coiled wires against her translucent white stockings. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his advantage and leaped off the well, still baring his fangs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A man was hanging out of the door, a loudspeaker pressed to his mouth, his slow Hausa words resonating. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now she pressed into Kiyoshi’s scars, moving her nails up and down and across his skin. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then Ma Costa folded her great arms around Lyra and pressed her to her breast. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

A gentle kiss at first, lips pressed to lips, then their tongues were touching and she felt boneless against him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She pressed an embroidered handkerchief against the corners of her eyes and looked away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She pressed her fingers to June’s back, but then made herself pull away. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Judge Woodward’s wheels had been squashed, bisected, pressed into the usual rectangles. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I pressed my foot to the ground, and it hugged me. 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

His palms pressed gently at the insides of my thighs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed both hands to the wet tiles. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He took another unsteady breath and pressed his face into my cheek. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He pulled it out and pressed its bumpy,.cold exterior to the place that hurt. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Pippin cowered down with his hands pressed to his ears; but Beregond, who had been looking out from the battlement as he spoke of Faramir, remained there, stiffened, staring out with starting eyes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Throwing his hands forward, his palms pressed into the hot, soft sands. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But I hadn’t yet pressed my hand to the black Mary’s heart in the parlor, and I was too afraid to say all this without having done at least that. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed into her side, and she sat up, instinctively, trying to spread herself thinner. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Knees pressed together, smiles frozen on their faces, arms pinned to their sides, chests swiveled to face the photographer. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few were lying in the center of the floor, but there was still room, and when the match went out he pressed down on Turner’s shoulders to make him sit. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The massive creature simply pressed and tested and forced Nailer to memorize and then to write. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was lying flat on my stomach, my face pressed uncomfortably against something cold and hard. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his elbow and part of his wrist popped open—a rectangular hatch in his skin. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I pressed a fistful of dry grass to it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The air around him pressed in a little tighter. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was shut, her lips were pressed together, and her fists were clenched. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

As it opened, the door made a tiny wind that pressed the sheet against her body, outlining her nudity in perfect profile for a moment. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Doc pressed a small bottle of blue liquid into my hands. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Bodega pressed a button and the tinted window slid robotically down to frame the five newly renovated tenements. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She threw her arms around Cap and pressed a long kiss right on his mouth. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

In his nervousness he accidentally pressed the shutter on his camera; the whirring noise of the advancing film excited the monkeys, and the one with the stick began to beat Bobby more intently. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

The twins pressed in close as he tore away the wrapping. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the reflective surface showing again, the swarm pressed close. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

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

I know, I could still feel them pressed against me, like I was being crushed by a stone wall. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Her face was pressed against his shirt, so it was hard to tell what she was saying. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

No wonder the whites wandered the park in the growing darkness, Cora thought, her forehead pressed into the wood. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

Celia laughed a watery laugh and pressed a finger to the corner of her eye. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She spotted Brandon sitting against a shelf with his knees pressed up to his chest. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then, quite suddenly, Harry felt as though an invisible pillow had been pressed over his mouth and nose. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Arthur detached his own footmen, under Merlyn, to deal with the infantry battle which was centred round the camp, and he himself pressed on with his cavalry against the kings themselves. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed my hand harder to his chest. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I pressed my ear to the seam around the hinges. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

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 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

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

“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

Mother pressed her Ups together tightly and set a second piece of chicken on my plate. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hat, for once, is pressed against his chest instead of on his head. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

My left hand grasped the yellow ripcord for dear life as my right hand pressed against the side wall of the C-130 for balance. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He pressed down on Mole’s chest, then let go. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

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 went inside the arch and pressed a small button on the wall. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He has his arm around her neck and her head is pressed up against his pit where all his sweat rubs against the top of her hair. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He pressed through the throng to the communications console. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

And when footsteps fell within the room—several songs after he entered the room—I pressed my back against the closet wall…waiting. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Perhaps because he had pressed his hand over her mouth a little too hard. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She picked up the little god statue and pressed it into my hand. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Colin pulled into a rest stop near Paducah, Kentucky, around three in the morning, leaned his seat back until it pressed against Hassan's legs in the backseat, and slept. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I turned and pressed my ear up against her breastbone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

That day she had felt a deep sense of foreboding, an indescribable wrongness that had nothing to do with the way the walls pressed in against the steps upward into the dark room above. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The skin was firm, so she pressed the cotton wool until he flinched. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

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

He kept his eye pressed against the sight as he tracked the deer between the crisscrossing tree trunks, and all I could think about was my twitching sphincter. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her arms around the trunk and pressed her face to die rough wood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One hand was pressed to the head to hold down the large hat against the warm June breeze. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips together and looked down at the remains of his lunch. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When caretakers doled out the food, they trimmed a boy’s ration card and pressed his finger in invisible ink. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo’s hair was combed back in neat furrows and he wore a pressed guayabera open at the neck. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I pressed on through the boundless mist, my damp feet sucking soggy soil, the road went up an incline. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

His lips pressed together; the skin around them twitched, as if he were trying to speak but couldn’t. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Jason pressed his hands against the arms of his chair. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

Pita was pressed against the wall, shivering, while a lechuza pecked gently at her head, as if it were picking nits out of her hair. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Silver Star’s muzzle is pressed up against the end of his stall, his ears twitching. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dany wrapped her arms around her captain and pressed herself against his back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I pressed a small button set into the barrel and the gun emitted a tone. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

I pressed my fist to my forehead, my stomach twisting itself into knots. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I reached down into the stocking and pulled out a small silver compact of pressed powder and a tube of pink lipstick. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

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

Her face pressed against Pillow, which was, in fact, a pillow. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I wiped the tears away from my eyes and pressed my forehead against the window, trying to see more clearly. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra’s face was pressed into the fur of her kitten dæmon, but not for long, because as soon as Asta flew down to the crib, Pantalaimon woke up and spat fiercely. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

Her lips were pressed tightly together, and she was deeply asleep, there was no doubt about that, for her dæmon lay coiled and unconscious at her throat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

List upon list of phone numbers and email addresses were taped up to the lower half, interspersed with handwritten notes held up with thumbtacks pressed directly into the wall. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Damp though it was, I pressed it against my chest. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

Julie had her nose pressed tightly to the window, for she could see the long threads that spoke of a clearing. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judge Willmore pressed him on who would pay for college and when tuition was due. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

In the absence of an open space to form a line, people pressed in on me all around the bookseller’s table. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were trapped in that stairwell, our bodies pressed against everyone else’s in one shivering mass of nerves and exhilaration. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The Gran pressed the tips of her fingers to her mouth, then gestured at Seven: a blessing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He concentrated on the texture, the way it crumbled if he pressed it too hard. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He dropped and swerved with no apparent logic, his ears popping, his stomach pressed against his ribs. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After half an hour, she shaped the dough, pressed it into cinnamon, and slid the rolls into the hot oven. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When pressed he admitted that his argument had a woolly component. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

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

Glad for each other’s company, Lissa and I pressed closer together. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together to hold back the tears. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ship, no longer visible to the naked eye, pressed onward toward orbit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am pressed against the bleachers, right by the entrance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Sweat streaks had washed away her pressed powder in parallel lines of darker-colored skin down the sides of her face. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

Sergeant Prothero was now being held by the neck, a gun pressed against the back of his head, his hands high in the air. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Botany smells like glue and blotter paper and pressed flowers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She flittered around some peanuts in the carton nearest her and pulled out a small, pink cordless drill, pressed the On lever. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I actually pressed Dad to buy that one,” Davis said. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then she pressed the plates together and moved them around to spread the oil evenly, and held them a hand span apart once more. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed it on my head and started to pray. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

With my forehead still pressed against the metal, I turn my head just enough to look into the nearest hallway, toward the always-open door to first period. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

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

“You need an antidote. He pressed something into your skin. It lessens your judgment. He’s a wizard. Did you agree to anything?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In a very human gesture, he put his arms around me and pressed his face against my hair. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Meggie cast Mo an anxious glance, but he only made an encouraging face at her and pressed the bell. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was her constant response when she was pressed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The water pressed in on my eardrums and on my heart. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Izzy, noticing that he did not contradict her, pressed her advantage. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Coach's mouth hung open as he pressed everything into my hand. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

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

Father walks around with his lips pressed together, and whenever he hears his name, he looks up in alarm, as if he’s afraid he’ll be called upon to resolve another delicate problem. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

But then again, it was me who pressed for Needles to go with us to that stupid party in the first place! When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Jake scowled and pressed his knuckles to his soft, wide, trembling mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I pressed my fingertips to my lips, not wanting to cry in front of Chase. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Big Dub spent every night with his ear pressed to his wife’s stomach, listening to the movements in her belly. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stopped and pressed his palm against the wall. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Kendra pressed her hands over her ears, trying to augment the dampening power of the earplugs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

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

Sugarcane plantations stretched in all directions, worked by imported slaves and native Arawak Indians who were pressed into service by Dutch and Portuguese plantation owners. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I slide underneath the truck, shaking, my face pressed to the concrete driveway that smells of motor oil. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a long moment of consideration, I dropped to my belly and pressed on, pushing my lamp ahead of me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

He pressed on until, from the dark, Mariam said, “I’m here.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

This vortex both held the planets in their orbits and pressed objects down towards the surface of the Earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She pressed her pen to the page and continued to write, remembering the anger she’d felt when the ship’s lieutenant had told her the Assassin was missing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I pressed one of them and the engines roared to life. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Reyna pressed her hand against his forearm, making the bandages crinkle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I did not bother to reply; I only pressed on, burrowing through the tangle of arms and legs like a hare through briars. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nicasia pressed against my shoulders harder as she stood up from kneeling. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Baba’s lips, formed from the tree trunk’s bark, were pressed tight, his ligneous face full of a quiet sadness. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Patterson, dressed in pressed pants and a button-down shirt, held the urn tightly to his life jacket while we pushed on into the bay. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They take a few minutes wandering from stone to stone, among thick and thin tablets, some leaning back as if pressed by a wind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a tradition, Evie! I buy you and Cil—” She stopped talking and pressed her lips together so tightly they turned white. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together tight and tried to force an answer into her vision, but nothing came. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Velia took it, reached over me, and pressed the money and the paper into the man’s hand and smiled at him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He walked over to Lily, holding the folded tarp pressed against his chest. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

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

I put my hands over my ears and closed my eyes and rolled forward till I was hunched up with my forehead pressed onto the grass. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then she shifted slightly under her blankets, and her whole body pressed against mine. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The KGB pressed Powers about every detail of his mission, from the technical capabilities of the U-2 to the altitude of his flight and the identities of his fellow pilots. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he pressed both hands together and whispered something between them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

Attached to her bodice and pressed against her bosom she wore a stomacher she had embroidered all over with ivy and butterflies. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and pressed his head deeper into the pillow. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

But when Rishi dipped his head down and pressed his mouth to hers, his rough stubble scratching against her chin in the most delicious way, her brain shut up entirely. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She pressed a finger against the side of Granny’s throat to feel for her pulse, as the doctor had shown her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

I sighed, picturing Annie and me pressed up against that painted wall in the sawmill. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pressed the warm iron to Seema’s uniform, hoping what I said was true. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

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

I was 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

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

Jam pressed her hands to her face and tried to calm the trembling inside her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Greatly alarmed, I pressed myself upon the ground and lifted my head just enough to see the road. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the accelerator and they were traveling again, moving down a dark southern highway, moving, rolling again as they had done so many times before. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later Lucy was holding the rabbit as quiet as she could while Doctor Adams pressed it gently here and there with the balls of two fingers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Wes was incapacitated, the side of his head pressed against the cruiser, but he still had the boy who’d punched him in his sights. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

At the makeshift camp, the guerrillas set up their tents and open cans of pinto beans and pressed meat the color of dung. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

He picked up something that looked like a TV remote and pressed a red button. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed his hands, as if in prayer, against his nose. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She lay holding on to Roger on the floor of the basket, pressed down by the acceleration. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She slid closer to me until the left side of her body was pressed close up against my right. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There’d scarcely been a moment in the day when they had not been pressed together. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed the intercom button that linked him to speakers all over the house. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The reporter pressed him for a statement on how I was dealing with the controversy. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He could not feel the cold of the water, but he felt the steel when Stiv pressed his dagger to his throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Wash stifled a chuckle and pressed his face back into character. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ford! it was too revolting, in another moment she’d be sick—pressed her against the bulge, the bosom, and began to kiss her. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She pressed her bosom against Claudius’s arm and murmured in his ear. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Soon as I could get away from the customers who pressed around, asking more questions, I ran back to Aunt Loma’s. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

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

“February 6 “The deer have pressed in all around me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Lips pressed to a line and eyes straight ahead. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Pima pressed her lips together, ignoring the words. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

One tiny monkey with yellow frames around his eyes pressed against the bars of his cage to watch me take the Pigman’s Wrist. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Amaroq stumbled, pressed back his ears, and galloped across the tundra like a shooting star. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her face into the horse’s warm neck, which smelled of sea salt and apples. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The slave-girl leads us to a door at the end of a hallway, straightening her already perfectly pressed black dress before knocking softly. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Will felt a dull horror at his heart, and Kirjava pressed herself against his breast, feeling it, too, and trying to comfort him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could still feel the spot where Colin’s head had pressed up against mine. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Bigwig squealed, pressed down and thrashing from side to side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Armed with that I brought up our sole demand and stood ready with our reasons, as if my Safeway S were pressed to my chest. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Mr. Quisling’s expressions were like a closet of pressed gray suits. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She pressed her eye to the spy hole, shifting around to capture the entire view. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The sun pressed against her with an almost tangible weight. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed the button and the shield spiraled out to full size. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke with my face pressed to the desk. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His whole body starts shuddering, but I keep my lips pressed to his until I have to come up for air. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Exactly,” said Harry, and with his heart beating fast, he pressed his mouth to the Snitch. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We rolled in the mud together, Otto grunting as the breath was pressed out of him when we slammed into a trunk. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Afraid to go any farther, I sank to my knees, too, pressed my hands together, and simply stared with wonder at the church itself and then at the people. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had both palms pressed to my ears, but after the initial boom I dropped them, listening as the shot echoed through the ravines. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He lifted the broom and pressed the bristles against the light bulb that burned in the ceiling. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in the street, with the drunks staggering out of the Men Only, my hands pressed to my mouth, crying and feeling stupid. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin felt the blood singing in her veins; all of her was surging up to meet Kaede, who pressed her closer. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

Odenigbo had insisted on installing it himself, at first, and each time she pressed it, there was a fire spark at the wall connection. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pressed my teeth hard together and folded my fist, holding back my anger. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

And I sat there with my palms pressed into my forehead, thinking about Violet, at home, being smart. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She fitted in close to him and pressed her face against his hot little naked shoulder. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Its two soft door-posts of custard, Its dais of curds and butter, Beds of glorious lard, Many shields of thin pressed cheese. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slid the new tape in, pressed Play, then—carefully—put the headphones over her hair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Was it really worth it?Anxiety’s cold fingers pressed against Dimple, trying to find a way in. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dimple's mouth was soft and small and full against his, her body was warm as it pressed into him, and the smell of her skin and hair flooded him like a thousand stadium lights. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

All day long the round board settled slowly under the weight of the rock, and whey pressed out and ran down the grooves of the board into the pail. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

For now, she pressed her lips together tightly and set her knife and fork down in a neat X across her plate. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pressed my lips together to keep from answering him. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He pressed gently for her to explain the initial text. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Everything about him was smooth—his pressed clothes and perfect shave, his cavalier voice and blithe expression. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She picked up the coins from the table, added a dollar from her purse, and pressed the money into my palm, “Will you whisper their names in my ear?” she asked. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The Sister pressed her lips into a thin line. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She was not a maternal drudge, her mind pressed flat, her shoulders hunched under the burden of housework and care of others, brutalized by a bear of a man. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

She pressed his hand warmly, and Lancelot took it away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nnesinachi’s eyes met his briefly, boldly, before she walked on, and he knew he had not imagined it; she really had pressed herself against him when they hugged. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Hugo pressed his fist under Felicia’s chin until he choked off her breath, until she could see the walls of the living room behind her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The image she was resizing was shot through a crowd to focus on Emily perched on the fountain with her hands pressed flat next to her thighs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And that I was bound to make things worse for myself if I pressed the issue. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that the deputy was watching him and he sat rigid, his hands pressed between his knees. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As she pressed forward, she realized she had shouted to the man in English. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And so we pressed on to Monson, over hard trail and more rivers, collecting bruises and scratches and insect bites that turned our backs into relief maps. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed for this for many years, without success. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Finn’s eyes flooded, and he balled up his fists and pressed them against his eyelids until the tears went away. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pressed on with more care and a queasy uncertainty. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mo pressed his palms together and bowed as if praying. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed a button on his workbench, and metal shutters opened along the wall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We keep ourselves pressed as closely against the side of the bank as we can so idle soldiers and drunk workers above can't see us past all the grass and rocks. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He lifted her hand to his mouth and pressed it against his dry lips. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

He wears a pressed white oxford shirt, new blue jeans, loafers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

People pressed against Pong on all sides, hurrying in both directions. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

They’ve had plenty of opportunities, and there were definitely a few times I might have pressed the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

I picked her up and pressed her cheek against mine. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Tears started to build up, but I wiped my face hard and pressed on my eyes for a second. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Instead he held his tongue and pressed the pad. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

With some difficulty, he pressed a button and waited a moment. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Anya pressed her lips together and reached out to put the backpack over Germogen’s wings and clip it around his chest. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

Resting a knee on the pew, he moved in tight so he was crouching over me and pressed the cloth firmly against the back of my head. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

She sat down and pressed her brood patch against them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It still said “parsecs,” the figures still ended in “1,000,000” and the indicating needle was still pressed hard against the zero mark. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She pressed her hands on the blood ball to stop the internal bleeding. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a clang, the two swords met, and they pressed each other’s blades. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I pressed my hands against my eyes, trying to fight back the urge to vomit. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I pressed myself against the wall so she could rush by me, then followed her down the stairs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I go back under the grill, pressed against the side of the truck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Matt pressed his hands against his temples to keep the idea inside. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi curled up in a ball and pressed his back against the inner edge of the trunk just as light spilled inside and two faces peered down at him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Shay has pressed her mouth into a flat line. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise pressed the drive button and the car moved slowly down the road. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

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

He reached over and pulled the letters out of Hercules’s hand and pressed them against his own chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

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

Bacchus winced and pressed his hands to his temples. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

Thomas was pressed between Newt and Teresa—he could feel Newt trembling. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

For one thing, Griffith, when pressed, did not want to defend his exact reasoning too strongly. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

As she pressed against her father all was forgotten ex-cept joy. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna felt less of a visitor in the house when Odenigbo came back; he pulled her forcefully, kissed her, pressed her to him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sat with his shoulders slumped, his hands pressed between his knees, his tears streaming steadily down his pale, soft cheeks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

She sat so close to June that their shoulders pressed together. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He winked and she pressed her head against the window. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we reached the gates, Raizel’s mouth pressed into a tight line. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There she pressed and curled and beautified the hair of the ladies of the Hill. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

With his face pressed close to mine, I could hear his labored breathing in my ear. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my pen hard into the paper, and I signed it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She shook his shoulder and pressed a piece of mango in his mouth, but he didn’t stir. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Peach put his elbows on the table and pressed his fingers against his closed eyelids until the tips of his fingers turned white. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Matt moved to one side and pressed his ear to the wall again so he wouldn’t miss anything. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When she didn't take the present, he took her hand and pressed the box into it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

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

Mother pressed the gas pedal, and we gained speed. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But most of them pressed the button eventually, even when the screams got louder. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I hugged her leg and pressed my face to her knee. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He pressed the little piece of canvas into the resin and let it soak up as much as it could. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I pressed my knees together, held my bladder. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded, and with the knife in his right hand, he pressed with his left the spot where her tear still lay on his cheek. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now he dragged himself painfully to the curtain at the entrance of the tent, pressed his cheek against the cold ground, and tried to peer out. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

I rapidly pressed the print button again and again, urging the machine to do its job. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She pressed her hand into the top of his leg. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

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 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

The landlady’s black face was pressed hard against the windowpane; her mouth was moving violently and her eyes were glaring. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay where he had fallen and sobbed, his legs folded, his face pressed blindly to the gravel. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad slipped out of his flannel shirt and pressed it to my leg. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I felt the cloth pressed into place, and frowned so that it would be loosened when I relaxed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pressed inside the two rooms and sang “This World Is Not My Home” while others quietly shuffled in and out to pay their respects. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

We squatted on the floor with our backs pressed firmly against the wall, our knees pulled up to our chests, our heads lowered and protected by our crossed arms. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Red roared, and pressed another egg into my hands, so hard this time that it broke. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was anticipating what June would say to that, when Neil came through the door without warning and caught me pressed against the wall listening to their most private sayings. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed some more buttons, and made a face, and said, “Nothing.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

His whole body is pressed against the window as if he’s trying to make himself a part of the landscape of colored paper loops inside. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

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

His father pressed something cold into his hand. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

At this point Sam began to listen more attentively and pressed his ear against the stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

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

Instead of being seated and chained to the benches at the sides, they were standing, pressed up against one another. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Kabuo only pressed himself harder and measured his life according to his success at bringing salmon home. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stumbled to the bathroom and found a towel, which he pressed against the gash he had opened on the side of his head. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She studied my face for a minute, and then pressed her hands to her cheeks, smiling. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Will pressed his face harder against the grate, until he was sure the metal zigzags were patterning his nose. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It made a few protesting shudders, as he pressed down with both hands on the pommel of the sword. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I pressed play, the TV screen filled with Beakman wearing his green lab coat, the same lime green as Fig’s eyes, and his dark hair teased toward outer space. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I pressed my cheek to the cold rock. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Asha pressed herself against his back and slid her arms about him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When asked if he anticipated the violence, she pressed her lips into a line and said no more. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Long, flat anchovies in oval tins, and curled-up anchovies pressed against their glass jars. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He pressed the Play button and headed for the creaky staircase. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Pauline and Mal pressed her to stay for dinner, until she finally admitted she had to go to work. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then his cold, marble lips pressed very softly against mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Below the initials, pressed into the crease between the pages, someone stuck an upside-down photograph. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He punched a few buttons on the console, rotated the turntable, and repeatedly pressed the A button on his Wii controller really, really fast. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Maggie hooked her arm around me and pressed my head into her chest. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They deposited him on one of the benches pressed against the back wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As his fingers pressed the last inch together, he felt a shock of air—but it was gone, he was safe: it was the spear that would have passed through him in that other world. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

Ishmael pressed himself against Hatsue while they held each other, and Hatsue pressed back, her hips leaving the moss, her legs open beneath her skirt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Suddenly I hated the crowds, hated the way everyone pressed up against one another. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

Estha pressed his Parry’s sweets into her hand and she felt his fever-hot fingers whose tips were as cold as death. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scrolled through the playlists until I found the one labeled On-the-Go and pressed play. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I stumble along in the sewers, my vision going in and out of focus, one of my hands pressed hard against my side. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The vicar seemed a little pressed for time, and was many feet ahead of the rest. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I pressed my face against my mother’s chest and sobbed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When pressed to explain the discrepancy between his hypothetical antislavery position and his actual dedication to self-imposed paralysis, he tended to offer several different answers. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

Hornet,pressed her cheek against the cold glass. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

I tore off my helmet and pressed my forehead against his. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling’s expressions were like a closet of pressed gray suits. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We remain pressed together as more people flood the dance floor. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It shows the entire globe, pressed flat like kneaded dough. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She looked at Luna, and pressed her lips to the child’s forehead. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

He doubled over and coughed, but before he fell to his knees, I caught him and pressed him to the wall again. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my credit card into the nurse’s hand. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

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

Speed was their only hope, and long after nightfall they pressed on. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The dark shadows of a crowd of people pressed in around them, pushing nearer; Harry felt the ground beneath his head reverberating with their footsteps. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We pushed our Formica cupboard up to the door and pressed against it with our bodies as the noise got closer and closer, until it was surrounding us, engulfing our home. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Bobby asked Gardar what religion, if any, he believed in, and when he was told it was Catholicism, Bobby pressed for more insight, wanting to know the nuances of that theology. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She has the back of her hand pressed hard against her mouth. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young man staggers out from the station, one hand pressed against a bloody cloth at his cheek, the other dragging a gun. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed us into himself for a long time. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The room was not air-conditioned, and as Colin pressed the record button of the digital mini-recorder and placed it on Starnes's coffee table, he felt the first bead of sweat form on his neck. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was, I knew that I'd have to keep it pressed down. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach knotted as I watched my eyes open in terror, his lips pressed against mine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop gave me my very first “Darlene” eight years ago and a brand-new one every year after that—custom-made of pressed, dried wildflowers spanning every color of the rainbow. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He took off his T-shirt and pressed it against the cut, then tore a strip from it and made a tourniquet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

On the walk home, exhaustion pressed down on me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Arm pressed his fingers to the earth and felt the vibrations. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his sword tip against one of the eggs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A laughing teenage boy in a soiled tank top handed Otto a cigarette and, when he didn’t take it, pressed a beer into his hands. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

If they didn’t have wood or kindling, they curled against one another, barely touching, but by morning, they’d be pressed together, breathing in tandem, cocooned in muzzy sleep, a single crescent moon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His ears were pressed to his head and his legs moved so swiftly they were a blur. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The door to the bedroom beside it was open and the room unoccupied, so Kaz slipped in, moved aside a still life, and pressed his face to the wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

Zu began to whimper, her cries muffled as she pressed her face against her knees. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her chin was pressed to the foot of the cliffs in a passion of devotion, and occasionally she gave her tail a wag. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred Loomis was brought into the talks; after hosting the British delegation for a week at Tower House, he pressed Bush to make radar a priority of the NDRC. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

His arm was about her waist and his ear was pressed to the top of her bead. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his reflection, his head is small and pressed in on one side, and his arm looks like it is bending backward. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

Hatsue pressed against him, crying in this silent way, and breathed in the smell of Ishmael’s throat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His mother drew her arm round the child and pressed its face against her breast. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

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

Thomas’s heart dropped at the thought of maybe having lost his memory forever, but he pressed on. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

My head was tilted, and my chin was pressed into my chest. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He twisted her palm up and pressed his fingers down on her wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

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

Migrants huddle around the San Jose church like cattle pressed up against a barn seeking protection from a cold winter chill. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Encouraged by Father’s good example, Mother pressed her prayer book into my hands. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

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

I pressed it against the hull and turned it on, but it wandered all over the place. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adele was running in our direction, and I pressed myself into her outstretched arms. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We’re all pressed up against each other and swirling around in a circle. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Suggs pressed his face so close to hers that she could count the blackheads on his nose and said, “The crowd will be even bigger when it’s you squirming on a stake.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I think I can keep up,” he pressed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

Moss was onto something, and so he pressed forward, more certain than he was before that this was the best idea. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Genie pressed his hand over his eye, but he kept pumping—two calls—hurdling over the fallen trees, the bottom of his feet pulsing in his flimsy Converses. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mary Magdalene pressed her head to his feet. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He shut his eyes and pressed his fingers against them, trying to squeeze out the vision that kept recurring. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I have three minutes to get to Modern Social Thought and I am being pressed into the back corner of the library wing bathroom by a thousand Charlies. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were closed, and she pressed her beaded tadidnn pouch against her chest. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The masked man pulled the hose over to the center rat hole and pressed the plunger over it, covering it completely. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I looked up into Miss Corrie’s cat-eye glasses, she pressed her thin lips together. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Anya pressed her lips together, realizing his shushing was a warning. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They pressed close to the riverbank, avoiding the middle channel for fear they would lose all orientation in the fog. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed the heels of her palms into her eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When he got up to the street, he pressed in the number. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

We stood next to the main doors with our backs pressed to the wall. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“What’s that on your forehead, Vernon?” he asked softly, his breath foul in Harry’s nostrils as he pressed a filthy finger to the taut scar. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I pressed the bottle against his mouth, poured some milk on my fingers and tried to dribble it in. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was so pained at the waste of money that she couldn’t enjoy any of the new things, though she was pressed to wear the shoes home. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

I pressed the paper with her name into a cranny that seemed right for her, giving her to the wailing wall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The stranger surveyed the scene, a small smile pressed into her mouth. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

His bloody face was pressed against the wolf’s ruff, his eyes tightly shut, his lips moving. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His hands felt before him and then pressed against the surface of a crystal. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

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

And then Mona was smearing an ointment over the cut, and she pressed a cloth against it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“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

My backpack was still on my back, pressed against the sand. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His red-dened throat showed deep white gouges where the links had pressed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When he opens his eyes, June is sitting up against the pillows next to him, bitten nails pressed against her bottom lip, still in her bathrobe and keeping watch. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mom took a short breath and pressed her lips together. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She woke up and in seconds pinned me down and pressed her face to mine and said, “So what’s up, Doc? You gonna be even or odd today?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Mini pressed the image of the last key on her hand, the wave of water shimmering across her fingers. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Miles pressed up against me and buried his face in my hair. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He applied one single drop to the button, then pressed the gluey button to the axle, sat on his bed, and held it there for what seemed like hours. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I pressed on her arms, using her to support my weight so I could step lightly. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a white shirt worn buttoned to the throat and gray, neatly pressed trousers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He removed his hat, pressed it to his chest, and looked up at Tristran. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He kept one hand pressed protectively on her stomach. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Mama and my sisters sipped tea while I pressed my nose to the window glass, drinking in the comings and goings of the street, and when it was time to go I cried. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

I kept my shoulder pressed against the door and one hand on the handle, just in case. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

She sat by the open door, pressed against the jamb, listening to the purring sounds of the cats. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed ahead, continuing to brandish the sword back and forth wildly. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heat pressed in on me like an aunt I didn’t want to hug. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed the record button, cracked his left knuckles with his right hand. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I knelt and pressed my face against Kutti’s warm neck one last time. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Major Danby pressed forward avidly with a look of vulturous well-meaning. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

He found two catches on the lid and pressed. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

"Good-bye," I whisper with my back pressed against the door to the small but perfect world that was my mother and me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

She pressed the button and the lift came up and she got in. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I could feel Mother’s hand pressed against my pounding heart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I pressed a hand to my stomach and sucked in air, but bile rose to block it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

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

The teenager had his hand pressed against his eyes as he cried. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once it is out of sight and no longer pressed to my skin, my head feels clearer. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She crept to the edge of the hallway and pressed herself against the wall. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

Haie squatted down, laid the cushion on his knees, felt where Himmelstoss’s head was and pressed it down on the pillow. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My uncle pressed his lips into the top of my head. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I couldn't see and there was much confusion and suddenly someone spun me around, pulling me off balance, and I felt myself pressed against warm feminine softness, holding on. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still weak from her tropical illness and pressed for time, she was forced to hire others to etch and engrave most of the copper plates based on her paintings. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The preacher passed Bigger and pressed his arm. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stares at me with a hand pressed to her mouth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Will stumbles to the side, one hand pressed to his face, and blocks Al’s next punch with his free hand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The man pressed ahead with the dogged persistence of the inebriated. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their embrace was close, their bodies pressed warmly against each other. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She pressed the back of her hand to my forehead. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was about to kiss the other cheek when my mouth met his, and we pressed our lips together. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She pressed her soft lips to his temple, and he could swear she was crying. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her lips pressed together, pulling down into a frown. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She pressed the buds into her ears and scrolled through until she found one of her dad’s playlists. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He moved away from the door and resumed his position next to the opposite wall, hand pressed against it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Over the long years they pressed the empire’s enemies back. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She pressed play on his small stereo, and I waited to hear something. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hauser’s doorbell was made from a gold Sovereign dating back to the reign of King Edward IV. I pressed it. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

In the attic she had struggled with the words, pressed on, doubled back to difficult verses. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He sat now with his lips pressed tight together. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed the button over her seat so a sharp circle of light fell onto her lap. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I lost track of how many times I pressed the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Chronicler’s face was calm as he pressed the metal disk firmly onto the table with two fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She released a little chuckle and pressed a hand to her side. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She pressed her ear to it, but heard nothing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She caught up my hand and pressed it between her own. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They pressed on, covering not quite a mile before Renly's outriders came swooping down on them, twenty men mailed and mounted, led by a grizzled greybeard of a knight with bluejays on his surcoat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And so the day Kainene did not give him the usual goodbye kiss and instead pressed her mouth to his, lips parted, he was surprised. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She pressed one hand on her hip and smiled at Milkman. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The three numbers are pressed so quickly I barely have time to hold the phone to my ear before a voice comes on, “Nine one one.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

I felt kind of suffocated by his T-shirt, but it felt good to be held so hard, pressed into the comfortable smell of my dad. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a pair of blue suit pants and a crisply pressed white shirt and a red tie. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my body against the crates and tried to make scenery of myself, fumbling with the revolver. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Jordan pressed the sweatshirt to her face and held it there for a long time, her body shaking into it, shaking like her coat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

He didn't want to make anything worse for her—he'd put his hands in his pockets and pressed them into fists, and held them that way all morning long. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He pulled the mask away and wiped his face, then pressed it back over his mouth and nose, willing the stickum to seal but not holding out much hope. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

When they were silent for a moment the quiet weight of the house pressed down from all around them. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the first compress was dyed red, I had Sander cut another and pressed it to the wound until at last the bleeding slowed enough to allow me to bind it in place. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ranofer wandered over and inspected it, just in case, and found the usual fresh wad of clay covering the latch, with the imprint of Gebu’s ring pressed into it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

My fingers had fastened on her hand which lay outside the sheet: had she pressed mine kindly, I should at that moment have experienced true pleasure. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The world spun around him, pressed in, crushing his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain pressed a button on his chair, and the office door slid open. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They continued being pressed into the crowd as the warriors from the back herded them forward, and continued moving carefully toward the side street. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She swallowed with a dry gulp and pressed it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Of course, I thought, remembering Ambrose’s smile as he pressed the candle into my hands and hurried me through the door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She knelt beside him and pressed an ear to his chest. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ruth pressed her hands together in her lap to stop the shaking. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

More pressed flowers were strewn across the desk. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

There are twelve beds total: a row of eight crammed together along the far wall, and two pressed together on each side, leaving a huge space in the middle of the room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed at the sides of his head. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Annabeth had been afraid the spider’s barbed legs might puncture the silk, but Arachne’s legs were pressed so tightly against her body she could barely move them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He pressed his blade into the girl’s flesh. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the button to display the first photograph that Mullet Fingers had taken. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bilal stood to the side, his back pressed against the wall. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

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

Then he bent, pressed the key of the intercom. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Henry pressed the revolver farther up under Wash’s chin until his breathing turned to a shallow wheeze. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Pastor jackknifed forward, leaning in so close his soupy breath pressed at my face. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The headache pressed on the backs of my eyes with rude, sharp fingers. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed me hard, not giving me time for any more questions. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Jesse fought the centrifugal force and flipped onto my panel, straddling me, his curly blond hair hanging in my face, his body pressed against mine. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

Inside the office, the old broad’s face was pressed in close to Frank’s. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

And maybe the big picture is nice, maybe it’s amazing, but if you’re standing with your face pressed up against a bunch of black dots, it’s really hard to tell. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The hard ridge of his glasses pressed into my temple. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She pressed her way to a chair in the middle of the room and sat facing the experts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She pressed the white cloth to it, the red blooming like a rose, and her finger smarted from the cut. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She pressed the pad of her thumb into the shaking center of my hand, then let it go and walked away. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

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

The maid brought her a length of cloth, which Roza pressed against her damp cheeks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Martin and Teresa waved goodbye, but she did not see them, for she had her face pressed against the feathers and her eyes closed. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That must have taken you all day. Why didn’t you get them washed and pressed at the dry cleaner?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I sat on my bed, knees pressed to my chest, and listened to them shout. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Climbing vines had grown up inside the room and had pressed against the glass of the windows, seeking warmth and light. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing so much further into the future than he did, she pressed towards it with passionate tread, wrecking the present because the future was bound to be a wreck. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to draw my own sword, but everyone is pressed in too tightly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The bigger cub urinated with fear, then found a corner, pressed himself tight to the cold wall, and lay down. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

His chin pressed on his chest as he looked for his bow guard. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He pressed the little bottle into her hands and Winnie took it, closing her fingers over it. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed a doorbell and stood there at the door, without looking back. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

That my own father could joke about his only daughter being pressed into domestic slavery. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

After being pressed up tight to life and death, it’s what I believe in—a distilled hum that I plan to follow through this life and maybe the next, like my own personal anthem. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Someone behind him had pressed a gun to his neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His face and his gray gabardine suit both seemed to be neat and freshly pressed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His naked body was pressed to hers and yet he was limp. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Winnie was standing with her cheek pressed into Tuck’s chest, her arms flung tight around him. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was asked again and again, and as she repeated herself, the burden of consistency was pressed upon her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

She pressed her snuffling, wet face against mine and, for the first and last time, we kissed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Archer caught her hands and pressed them flat, holding them hot and bruised in his own. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Sooner than Thomas expected, Teresa had found him and was sitting next to him, her body pressed against his despite plenty of room on the bench. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He could taste the wine on her lips, and feel her small firm breasts pressed against him as her fingers moved to the lacings of his breeches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She pressed the flashlight into his hands and he fumbled with it and then the world lit up. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

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

We heard the piano start up in the parlor, a limpid, haunting melody; Harry had been pressed into playing for our visitors. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When my lips finally pressed against his, I felt something coil deep inside of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I pressed the dagger’s point into his neck. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I pick it up and throw it back at them, watch the unidentifiable mush splash against the bars, messing the clean pressed uniform cloth and white ruddy cheeks. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heat pressed down on him, wringing him out, though there was nothing left in him to sweat. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He pressed it and the tiny powerful motor inside the yo-yo began to turn. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Robin and I pressed close to one another for comfort. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed stop and stuck the whole thing in my pocket. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Clayton pressed his ear to the air but couldn’t hear the oncoming rumble. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips to hers and gestured to the old boubou she was wearing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Stores pressed against other stores on either side of us, large signs in Urdu and in English towering on billboards overhead. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

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

I thought of Lettie and her friends, with their beautiful new dresses and pressed hair and shoes without buckles. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

Gregor pressed Boots’s fingers against his lips and felt scalding tears begin to slide down his cheeks. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the fluffiness of her underpants and pressed down, sliding under the elastic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My eyes began to ache, and I pressed my hands over them. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

As he pressed it in with his thumb, there was a clicking sound as it slipped beneath the metal tines that cradled it and solidly held it in place. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

With his face pressed between the balusters, he watched a line of dark turbans file into the house, met by Habib, his back straight and tense. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She forced a smile and pressed her trembling hands flat against the front of her apron. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

And they were: Mama, Doc, and Jay were staring at me so close, I pressed my back into the pillow. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Henry pressed down on his finger, and the gun fired. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my fingers on my eyelids to hold back my tears and wished that I could have my family together again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

I stood with my hand over my mouth, staring in disbelief at the empty field until I realized there were splinters of brick and small white plaster tiles pressed into the dirt and grass. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

As he pulled and pushed at the dough, Malcolm pressed the nun with questions. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Minutes later, his back once again comfortably pressed against thick layers of ivy, he fell asleep. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Ma got up, pressed the back of her hand against my forehead, then to my neck. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

An expanse of pressed popcorn, of tasteless rice cakes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His customers, always pressed for money, promised payment after harvest, and then after Christmas, and then after—until at last they forgot it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tightened the belts, pressed his thumb against them, then went out once again and stood leaning against the port gunnel. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As if it had disturbed her, Pearl yawned and stretched and Mia had cuddled her closer, stroked her hair, pressed her lips to that unbelievably soft cheek. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

“Are you going on another one of your trips?” she pressed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I pressed one thumbtack to hold it in place, and Ms. Taggart got up to help me fix the rest of it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my lips together, biting my lower lip, so my mouth would not join in the singing on its own, so my mouth would not betray me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ernie did so, and Dr. Maris pressed her thumb against his chin, opening his mouth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

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

I gasped, then pressed my lips together to keep the sound in. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Barbarossa stared into his plate, his lips tightly pressed together. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tanin pressed the pads of her fingers to her paper cuts. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She felt like a fool, but she pressed on. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I sing the song over and over again, quietly into the windowpane, my forehead pressed against the cool glass. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Victor pressed the release, wound the film, and took another photograph. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled her to her feet and pressed his lips against her mouth. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

She flattened her palms against the door and then pressed her body to the oak. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew every game trail in the thick canebrakes, and every animal track that was pressed in the mud along the riverbanks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at quarter speed it was painted on his face: the lips pressed together in a look of pure smugness. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She kept her thumb pressed hard in my hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She pressed her face into his shirt and kept her eyes closed tight. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Once on the fourth floor, I look down again and see Officer Khan still pacing, still with the phone pressed to his ear. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake found that he was part of a small army that had been pressed into service to clear the wreckage in public places and bury the dead. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mo's pressed flowers were hanging on the wall. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

“Over two centuries,” he pressed, “there had to have been thousands of children.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was pressed into a tight line. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rafik said, “I don’t think she likes having her wings pressed down.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The silence pressed upon him: There was no bustling or talk or swift footsteps here; the purple-carpeted corridors were as hushed as though the Muffliato charm had been cast over the place. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Not long after this, Hagrid became tearful again and pressed the whole unicorn tail upon Slughorn, who pocketed it with cries of, “To friendship! To generosity! To ten Galleons a hair!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Father pressed me back against the door so we were hidden in the shadowed doorway. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diana pressed down a curling corner of a poem. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I smile at my uncle, glad to see him out of the house in a freshly pressed shalwar kameez and vest with a topi pressing down his gray hair. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He released his mother’s hands and pressed a kiss to her cheek. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She pulled a sword out of thin air, swept Percy off his feet with the flat of the blade, and pressed the point under his chin. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Now, Manman sat with the Madonna pressed against her chest, her eyes staring ahead, as though she was looking into the future. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

After a minute the weighty piece of furniture was pressed against the door of his room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She waited for the blood to coagulate, and then she pressed the Band-Aid over the cut, drawing the sides of the cut together to seal the wound. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As floes pressed against her, leaks sprang in the hold. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Papa,” I said, and pressed my pencil to the paper, feeling an electric tingle go up my arm. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He reached up and pressed my hand against his cheek. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

With my forehead pressed against my knees, I realized how much I must’ve drank that night. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I stood pressed against the back wall, waiting for the receptionist to be free. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She pressed me to her warm bosom and I felt her catch her breath. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Chilled to the bone, our throats parched, famished, out of breath, we pressed on. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The man pressed the button to call his mom and lifted the phone to his ear, winking at Moss as he did. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I pull my hair back into a tight ponytail and tuck the tail into the shirt so it's pressed flat against my back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When I pressed the bell I expected the same long wait as that day of our first meeting, when I did not have a key. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Mellower pressed his thumb to the lock, which hummed as it considered his print. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff’s brown hair was damp around the edges, and his shirt was still pressed straight with sharp creases in it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Toby pressed the slip of paper to his forehead and walked three times around the temple. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She's rocking in her chair, hands pressed together, prayer beads looped around her palms. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I lifted them up one at a time and pressed my face to their soft cheeks. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

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

Pima pressed the knife to the girl’s finger again. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I drank some And then pressed The icy glass Against my throbbing toe. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, he was host and priest as well, so when he pressed me to confession, I couldna well refuse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Finally I pressed a poultice of certain herbs over the whole wound, using a trowel-like instrument to plaster it on. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They patted Natalie’s shoulders and pressed their hands against the shattered wood and the wall of dirt. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The others wear stiffly pressed SS and military uniforms. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had stopped and had a light snack, gained his second wind and pressed forward, taking care not to create too much noise lest he disturb any predators. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He found the button, pressed it, but his fingers slipped. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

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

Through the window, Mariam saw neighbors milling about, chatting excitedly, transistor radios pressed to their ears. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jackson pressed a speaker button on the wall. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her face against the chest of this man she did not know, so different from the scrawny boy with whom she had exchanged such passionate caresses only months before. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I love the worn wood walls and the low light, and the quiet old men who sit around the bar in their nice pressed suits and talk about their street days. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips to mine and wrapped his arms around my waist. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

He took my hands and pressed them against his chest and he felt strong. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The innkeeper’s mouth pressed itself into a straight line that was not quite a frown. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His foot was pressed down, the gas pedal against the floor. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

My mother pressed a clump of money into the palm of my hand, along with a gray phone. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He leaned over the gear and pressed his face to mine. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed onwards, leaving his senseless enemy bound to the tree. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon she visited, she stood outside the door of their flat for a while before she pressed the bell, suddenly and wildly hoping that they had gone out. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Nali shook her head and pressed her knuckles against her lips. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

Mother keeps her white-gloved hands on the steering wheel, her lips pressed together. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A wall of snow pressed against the plate-glass window, scaling the door that once opened to the parking lot. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark scrambled around and got onto his back, pressed his elbows against the ramp, then, with all his strength, kicked out with both feet, connecting against the man’s middle. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I pressed my cheek against his, letting my hands wander until they found his steady heartbeat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Theodora rolled convulsively on the bed and pressed her stained hands against her eyes. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Clyde and Hobbs pressed themselves flat against the wall to clear the way. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She had a rapt audience as she pressed her ear to Grace’s hot pink T-shirt, listening for a heartbeat that wasn’t there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He sprang to his feet, and pressed himself against the wall beside the road. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We repeat so often we lose count, propelled by Mother’s wild eyes and pressed mouth, frightened of what her expression would be if... Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Kate stopped glancing back and pressed on, hard, until she and Constance came to the stone wall. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And the change pressed at your ears and you were suspended in the waiting time of the coming storm. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

One end of the thing was pressed into the bank, but along its length it diverged, sticking out slightly into the stream. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers pressed into my shoulders, her nails dug into my skin. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

“This one makes me get out of bed,” Taryn said, her face still pressed to her pillow. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Finn had crossed his arms over his chest and didn’t say a word until the door slammed behind Roza, until she pressed both hands to the glass, eyes wide, wide, wide enough to fall into. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her face was stubborn, her lips pressed together, her fists clenched. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They looked as though if you pressed them they might say Mama in empty battery voices. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the beer as soon as he tasted it, but the boy caught the bottle and pressed it against him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed his fists down on his eyes with horror. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

She went about the business of gathering breakfast items, her lips pressed together against saying anything. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She took a sip of her drink, then ran her hand across the cold moisture on the glass and pressed her palm to the front of her neck. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Those old ladies seem to be dropping like flies,” he said, and pressed more tobacco into the charred bowl of his pipe. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The lonely-sickness came over her again, and she pressed her fists to her temples to force it away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woods pressed close around them, and the steady pattering of rain on leaves was accompanied by the small sucking sounds their horses made as their hooves pulled free of the mud. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I took my pigtails, pressed them against the glass, and stared the nearest lobster straight in the eye. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

As I shook it, something hard pressed into my palm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Just the thought of it had me pressed against the wall, praying Pa would stop talking. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was holding one arm crooked and the other pressed against her stomach. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vogel and Beck were pressed against the wall of Airlock 2. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maya flopped down on the bed and pressed her thumb against Claire’s face in the photo, scrunching up her nose. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She groans, clutching at a roll of gauze that is pressed to the wound in her side. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I felt the same way last night when we were passing out with my face pressed against his shoulder, breathing in his T-shirt. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Such heaviness of spirit as there was, pressed not on her but on us, her parents, and of us Nathan was the most burdened. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my palm down on his forehead and it was almost slippery, like a well-polished mask. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

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

She set her hand on the wall and pressed against a tiny fissure, which began to glow blue. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I stand in the hallway, leaning so my backpack is pressed against the wall. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Ma ran over to Dad as he pressed his head against the peeling wallpaper, and put her arms around him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He pressed the cloth tighter to his nose and mouth and forced himself to look away from the carnage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

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

The person in that painting would have pressed the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I can see them within her, the courage and the beauty they pressed into her like a handprint. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

She bent her face into the palms of her hands and pressed hard against her closed eyes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But when he got to the bathroom, he was shocked to see his reflection, with the gun pressed to his temple. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But I hadn’t imagined how warm they would feel pressed against my own. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fingertips of his right hand were pressed deeply into the soft fibers of the rug and his whole body vibrated from the wild pounding of his heart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

I went the long way around, hit the Burger King, and leaned against the stall door in the bathroom with wads of toilet paper pressed to my lips until the bleeding stopped. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Like the number of squares on a chessboard—an irony that nevertheless cannot be pressed too far—he was sixty-four. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Xan folded her knotty hands together and pressed them to her mouth. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Chubs pressed his own hands against the wound, his eyes wide and unblinking. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

“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

I wasn’t the only one to stand there hypnotized, for within a few minutes a whole circle of men had formed, their noses pressed against the window. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her hand to her mouth and shook her head. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

He rested with his back pressed against the opposite wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The more he pressed her for an explanation, the more troubled and adamant she became. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

After that, we lay on the floor in our pressed uniforms. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Father ...” I pressed, “was God angry at her . . . and me?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He acknowledged them with a nod and pressed farther north. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ron pressed his ear to the cold barrier. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Hastily straightening his glasses and unsticking his cheek from the glass, he pressed his nose against the window instead and squinted down at the pavement. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And for some reason, his feared lack of genius made him miss K-19 more than he had since his face was pressed flat against his bedroom carpet. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He pressed at the pain in his eyes and suddenly the odour of kerosene made him vomit. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down streets, through alleys, my palm pressed over my nose to block out the nauseating odors rising from trash heaps. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She ran out into the fields, far enough from the house so that she could no longer hear their voices, and pressed herself against the earth, her own land no more. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked out at me, but I pinned him with my whole body and pressed harder into his chest. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I really blew it,” Seth said, palms pressed against his temples. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The book would stay open at the very page she had pressed flat with her hand, and no one would complain about the field not being plowed or the leak in the roof. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cold fingers pressed my skin, chilling me to the bone. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Hear the Turk’s voice, even though the phone is pressed to Baba’s ear. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The soldier pressed her lips together, as though trying to force her words inside. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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 pressed his forehead against hers until it hurt. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And when I kissed him, when my lips pressed against his one last time, slipping inside of his mind was as easy as taking his hand had been. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I pressed my forehead against the window as the bus passed by rolling green fields dotted with black-and-white cows grazing. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He pressed the heels of his hands into his eyes. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I pressed my thumb against the edge of the piece of glass and felt an unpleasant tugging sensation followed by a sharp pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

I’m pressed up against the outside of the menagerie tent, pulling the laced seam open so I can peek through. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Rumbles of anger and confusion swept the space, but I pressed on. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The Grand Elder steepled his fingers together and pressed them to his bulbous lips. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Using a pair of blunt scissors, she clipped wedges out of the liver and pressed them on glass slides. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together and fingered the large manila envelope she clutched in her left hand. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I thought of their voices and I could almost hear them and almost smell the food they pressed into my hands and I took a step forward. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

They were so very near already, her body pressed against his arm. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The creature in the sac seemed horribly unformed and unfinished, as if two plasticine people had been warmed and rolled together, squashed and pressed into one thing. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Then Marie swam over to me and pressed herself against me in the water. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Grasping the handles for balance, she pressed hard with her feet. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

She pressed at the corners of the screen and then lifted it up. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He put the letter on his lap and pressed out a crease with his fingertip. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

His little nose was pressed against the window. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

The artificial life force animating them seemed to fail if pressed too far...at least in some of them. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She saw herself shining back at her, very smart, very interesting, her hat on straight, her coat nicely pressed and her new gloves just completing the whole effect. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

But Daddy had found him, brought him home, and they’d pressed a cool, wet rag to Tommy’s bruises and stitched up a cut over his eye while the boy tried not to cry. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She said nothing, but her lips were pressed together and her face was white with anger. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The cleaning lady is working downstairs, so at the moment I’m seated at the van Daans’ oilcloth-covered table with a handkerchief sprinkled with fragrant prewar perfume pressed to my nose and mouth. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A law-enforcement official pressed him about his brother: “You understand he is the last person seen with this woman, Anna Brown?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Mini made little goggles with her hands and pressed her face against the door. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His face was pressed up next to hers and their hair blended together. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together as she studied the circles and lines that covered my paper, then looked up at me suspiciously. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the side button and said, “The package—it is ready to deliver.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“That is a button, which is a knob on a piece of machinery that can be pressed to operate it.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Gerris pressed the ape mask to his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

The rabbit’s fur pressed through the wire, and white wisps of it floated away in the sunlight like tiny clouds. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He pressed his ear against the guest room door. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She backed away from him, until she was pressed against the heart tree. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

It would have been easier to just tell his brother he’d made a mistake and return to Dowa, but my father buckled down and pressed on. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mama wore her black dress without her hat this time, and the breeze, mild for early December, ruffled her pressed hair. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They slathered each plate with ink, hoisted it onto a groaning press, and pressed it in to thick, creamy paper. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I kept my ear pressed to his chest, my eyes closed. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Kvothe nodded to himself and pressed the pen back into Chronicler’s hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rabi stitched together the new lab’s sponsoring consortium, known as Associated Universities, from nine large Eastern research institutions that would have been hard pressed to compete individually in the multimillion-dollar world of postwar high-energy physics.* Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She held the dog pressed against her chest like something precious. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

Already, he was being pressed to give input on whatever issues were under discussion. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

His eyes shone as he pressed buttons on the walkie-talkie, and waited while the hook-handed man answered. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“What if the ship leaves before?” she pressed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland laid his spectacles on the table and pressed his shrunken fingers to his eyeballs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She dug her feet in and pressed forward: Wick still stood just behind his haintj staring in horror as his creation came apart before his very eyes. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

As we rolled out of our makeshift bed and looked around the sunlit room, we found our clothes washed, neatly pressed, and laid out for us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A metal disc about the size of my pinkie fingernail is pressed against my skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Her father hugged her tight to him, and she pressed her face into his shirt. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

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

She pressed her lips tight together, then blew out a breath. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

Lacking this, I tore a piece of fiber from my skirt and pressed it into the crack, which held back the water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fingered dried plants, pressed between paper to preserve fine details. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

The crowds that pressed around the cars were so dense there was no space between people and they blended into one another, wrappers blended into T-shirts, trousers into skirts, dresses into shirts. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She ran down a shadowy colonnade and pressed herself against a wall to catch her breath. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He took Sybil’s ankles in his hands and pressed down and forward. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the engine accelerated, the wing flaps pressed down, and the craft climbed, banked, and sailed down the river like a migrating bird. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She slid her arms inside his jacket and pressed herself to him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A very pretty young girl with long blond hair rushed up to him and pressed a warm cake into his hand and he was embarrassed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water pressed at his chest, demanding that he part his lips. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The pastor did not say what the worse was, and Mama pressed her lips into a pale pink line at the pastor’s words. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He took his weight off the car, turned and pressed a foot against the front tyre as though to test it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are curved into the backseat, pressed up against the back window. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I'm pressed against the door of another room. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He pressed his face close against the glass and strained to see into the night. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

As she pressed it into his hand, she pleaded with him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A man on his knees with« gun pressed to his forehead. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

I knew the brake pedal was next to the gas pedal, and I moved my foot in that direction and then I pressed the brake pedal very hard. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Our bodies pressed together in a giant class hug. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

His full lips were pressed so tight together they were colorless. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

She pressed her swollen eyes with fingers dipped in cold water. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I pressed them down with the pestle, the white marble cool and heavy in my hand. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He pressed a button, and El Monstruo vibrated to life, hissing angrily like we’d woken it up from a nice nap. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I pressed up the wire fastener and poured it for him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

Many miles away the chilly mist that had pressed against the Prime Minister’s windows drifted over a dirty river that wound between overgrown, rubbish-strewn banks. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Hindus killed my family,” he sobbed into his hands, his face pressed against them in the dirt. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

Dr. Cable pulled another object from the briefcase, a necklace with a little heart pendant She pressed on its sides, and the heart clicked open. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Naomi snapped the book shut and pressed her face into her hands. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

She curled around him and pressed her cheek to his hair, muffling his trembling with the pressure of her body on his. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He lowered his right foot and pressed the toe of his sneaker against the well, then brought his right hand down to the next iron bar. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He pressed the numbers carefully, and was rewarded by the sound of a ringing telephone on the other end. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Reynie, who had been watching Sticky in bleak despair, noted which button Mr. Curtain pressed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he pressed his hand on it, it gurgled. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Sister Ignatia pretended to wave the comment away, but she pressed her lips together, suppressing a grin. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He had his hand pressed against his forehead, trying to stop a trickle of blood from running down his face. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stewardesses,” Mami said, admiring their sleek uniforms, pressed white blouses, stiff navy ribbons tied into perfect bows in their hair. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lunelle pressed her fingers to Mary’s heart, then kissed each one of them in a slow, deliberate way, a way that brought tears to my eyes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms pressed against her head, she couldn’t move a muscle. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She caught hold of my hand and pressed the pipes back into it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She pressed her fingertips to the damp headline, examined her inked fingertips, then made fingerprints on a sheet of white paper. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Head Nurse, who was standing by a switchboard at the other end of the room, pressed down a little lever. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 pressed Wash into the tree every chance she got. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred jammed his hands into his pockets, and pressed his fingers through the cloth into his thighs. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the advantage and so I pressed it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you what I want you to stop doing,” I said, eyes pressed shut. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look at my palms, tracing the remnants of the tiny crescent marks that I pressed into my own skin. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Hermione pressed her lips together, looking angry and disapproving, but was distracted by a third owl landing in front of her carrying that day’s copy of the Daily Prophet. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Apparently, the bodies made little impression on Herrod, however, for despite his lagging pace and the lateness of the hour he pressed onward to the top. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

Unfamiliar bodies pressed in on me from every side. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He pressed every part of its surface, looking for a secret catch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

The right side of Connor’s face is pressed against my arm. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He pressed Play and listened to the messages again, and again I pressed Stop after the fifth was finished. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The air in the room seemed to freeze into solid ice, and Thomas pressed his fists against his eyes, the anticipation of the attack killing him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

No. He looks away from me, his lips pressed together. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

“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

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

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

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

Lindsey put her arms around her mom's waist and pressed her face against her chest. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He reached into his pocket, pulled out a handkerchief, and pressed it into each eye. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

My day-to-day life indeed felt like a car ride where my foot always had to be firmly pressed down on the gas, but I had gotten used to the speed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She carried me to the house pressed against her bosom, fragrant of curdled milk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They pressed in close, reaching toward the little girl who could see. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

His clothes, visible in the parted cloak, were pressed, almost stiff with creases. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

I pressed zero and followed the prompts, first dialing Marcus’s number, then speaking my name into the receiver, and, finally, waiting. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I pressed my water bottle into her hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’d felt so good pressed against her that she hadn’t wanted to stop. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She did not turn to look when Jalil’s palms pressed on the glass, when his knuckles rapped and rapped on it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It could be there still, in somebody’s backyard, but the cotton fields and the colored neighborhood around , them were churned up and pressed down. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Margarita scowled at the large bill I pressed into her hand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I pressed one, it made no sound at all. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sohrab stood in that crimson light, forehead pressed to the glass, fists buried in his armpits. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Why can’t we work hard in Japan and start a restaurant?” she pressed him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

I pressed the tip of my nose into his feathered belly for further warmth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The woman had leaned down so close to the box, and then she had rushed down the walk, her hands pressed to her face. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Olly’s standing at his window, his forehead pressed into his fist, his fist pressed into the glass. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bull straightened up and pressed a fist to his throbbing ear, trying to stanch the invisible bleeding. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He pressed the moist crumbs to the roof of his mouth and closed his eyes, wishing that he might someday be the man who was the perfect fit for such a cake. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

The traffic light turned red, and the pedicab slowed down as Ji-yong pressed the hand brake. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her fingers to her temples and discovered the electrodes still attached to her skin. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sweater had bulged beautifully, her schoolbooks pressed against her rounded breasts. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper pushed Bo behind him and quickly pressed the golden button. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the golden metal to his lips and whispered, “I am about to die.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

I pressed my back against the counter and slid down to sit on the floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

With that, he pressed a piece of the fish against his teeth, sucking at it noisily. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sean sat back on his heels, the barest hint of a smile on his face, one palm pressed over his heart. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Oksi pressed up against Frightful and crawled deeper into her feathers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

From across the room he checks my form and instructs me to make adjustments—hands twelve inches apart, arms straight with elbows pressed against my knees, fingertips splayed—until I’m just right. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

She went over and pressed into him, exhaling into his shoulder. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“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

He pressed his face into the pillow and pushed his head hard against the bed frame. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He got out of bed and pressed his forehead against the window. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Never, never,” she breathed into his fur, and he pressed his beating heart to hers. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed myself to him just a moment longer, gently, holding my breath because of the strong, unpleasant smell of cassava that clung to him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

On July 16 a record sixty thousand people pressed into Hollywood Park to see Seabiscuit try for the Gold Cup, while millions more crowded around radio sets to hear NBC’s national broadcast. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kissed her index finger and pressed it to his forehead. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Doc kissed a tiny bottle of some liquid he pulled from his pocket and pressed it into the dirt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her closeness pressed the breath out of my chest, as if I’d suddenly been thrust deep underwater. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed his hands to the side of his head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her sound in the kitchen gave me the courage I needed to leap out of bed and into the freshly pressed clothes my mother had readied for me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully pressed the thorns off their stems with my forefinger and thumb before laying them on the cradle of her shirt. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The school seal has been pressed over a photograph of my mother at the age of thirty-seven. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped my hand to the table, moving my left hand so that my palms were pressed together. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Beto sat rooted, his face pressed to the truck’s back window. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan wrapped his arms around him and pressed him to his shoulder. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together to stop a smile. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the nail gently against the fish’s eye. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The curved ridges of the culvert pressed against his spine, and he could feel tiny pebbles and fine sand that had been washed inside. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

I tried to shout but my face was wedged under the seat, my cheek pressed to the floor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Sweat poured down my face, and I was pressed against the back seat of the Cadillac as we motored along. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Laika pressed up against my bare thigh, and I patted her fur. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was a metallic crash of rings, bracelets, and cuff links as some of the guests pressed together in a comer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garria’s tongue tried to pry open her lips while his hand pressed against her jaw until he forced it open. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Back then, he probably liked the way her fat bottom pressed at the seams of her skirt. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited, a look of deep anxiety on her face, her hand still pressed to her heart. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

They each pressed a palm against the door and pushed on. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He had his legs pulled up to his chest and his face pressed into his knees. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

His lips pressed against mine hard, with enough force to drive them apart, to steal breath, and sense, and the feel of the bed under me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

Now they were pressed to each other, side to side. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I pressed my forehead against the mirror’s cold surface, poised my fingers over it, feeling as if any moment I’d sink through the pane as though it were a pool of quicksilver. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As he pressed the newspapers deeper into the garbage pail, Eliot felt that he and Mrs. Sen were disobeying some unspoken rule. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

Her foot pressed against the brake, she wipes a finger beneath her eye. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t seen me coming down the hallway, so I pressed my back to the wall and crept closer, positioning myself around the corner. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She pressed into my hand a Book of Hours with a tooled leather cover and gilded pages. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A crowd has gathered, and people watch with their hands pressed to their mouths. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

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

The bats staggered together and pressed into a tight, trembling knot. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed the drug into their gooey center and then gave the morsel to Songololo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought the Negro paper believed in reporting the truth,” Stella pressed, frowning. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the far side of the house I found him pressed close against the old ironbound oak door of the chapel. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed on, hoping his palms wouldn’t become too slippery to handle the weapon properly. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She took it and pressed the flat of my palm up against my chest, over my beating heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned her hands towards Dr. Tandlemann and then towards her husband, whose face was pressed up to the window. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

An image floated out of the darkness into Tree-ear’s mind—that of himself with his eye pressed to the knothole of Kang’s shed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

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

I cowered to the back of the cage, which was just what he expected me to do; one hand pressed me flat against the wire wall; then his fingers gripped my shoulders. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

I pressed onward, leaping from platform to platform, attacking in midair, dodging the relentless onslaught of blobs, skeletons, snakes, mummies, minotaurs, and yes, ninjas. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Against her better judgment, Desdemona had pressed a button on the wall. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The girl pressed her bloody fingers to her temples, rubbed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

As she reached the kennel the cat looked up and spat at her, keeping one paw pressed down on the rabbit’s neck. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She took her hands off her belly and pressed them for several minutes against her face, saying Hail Marys until the fear imparted by the dream faded. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Her father had been a fastidious man, impeccable, close- shaven, with razor-sharp creases pressed into his trousers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Riccio pressed his hands against his ears while all the others ducked. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Xan closed her eyes and pressed her feet to the ground and felt the magic flow through her fragile bones. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

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

His uniform was pressed so sharp you could have cut paper with the cuffs on his khaki shorts. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Next he ripped down one of Mo's pressed flowers and broke the frame into splinters. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

He had already crossed the whole length of the hall and was pressed close to two rabbits, a buck and a doe, each of whom was fully as large as Cowslip. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

With trembling hands, her grandmother had pressed her thumbs to the tears streaming down Ashima’s face, wiping them away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Aunt Cecile saw him with those two guards from Rahway, she crossed herself and pressed her handkerchief against her mouth. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

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

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

Then she did what startled Ugwu: she got up laughing and went over to Master and pressed his lips close together. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pressed my lips gently to the back of her hand for the space of time it takes to draw a quick breath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon was saying something, but her mind was ablaze, and she didn’t hear until he pressed his wildcat claws into the back of her hand to make her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Gritting my teeth and squeezing my eyes shut even tighter still, I pressed my cheek against the cool wood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I slipped one of the discs from the garage into the CD player and pressed the play button. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The crowd pressed in, driving us even farther from the podium. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

As they approached the bus, Laila saw faces appear in the windows, noses and palms pressed to the glass. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Apples were ripening still, but the early ones were picked and pressed into cider. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Riccio just sniffed and pressed the back of his hand against his nose. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I went straight to the wall, plunging through drifts to my knees, and pressed up against it for its warmth. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wide-brimmed hat covered her black hair, which she had pressed straight with a hot comb off the stove that morning. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her neatly pressed jeans have creases down the front. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third day the forest pressed close around them, and the rutted roads dwindled down to game trails that soon proved to be too narrow for their larger wagons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sefia pressed her fists to her eyes and shook her head. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a crisply pressed black suit with a burgundy tie. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I ran my fingers through the sand; I pressed both of my hands into the dirt and left my impress in the earth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I leaned over and pressed a kiss to his forehead. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He pressed his palms against them until it hurt. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It made me feel ashamed, but he sensed that I knew something and pressed me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed forward my face, feeling wet cool, hearing the infant joy of fountains. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was pressed into her hair; his words tickled her scalp. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Gregor pressed his face against the window, drinking in the buildings, the cars, and the lights! Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the razor to the bone and guided it through the hair, describing an arc across the top of the deceased’s skull literally from ear to ear. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Each time, after he slipped out of her, she pressed her legs together, crossed them at her ankles, and took deep breaths, as if the movement of her lungs would urge conception on. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The rich people pressed enough cash into someone’s hands to keep it lush and vagrant free, and a new, all-American bandstand stood whitewashed against the greenery at the back of the property. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I pressed my back into the wall, the white white walls Mama had painted to make our room bright, and tried to imagine my brother inside that stone place. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

All I can see is that man’s face pressed up against our car window. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Dunstan noticed how the silken fabric of her robe pressed itself against her body; he was aware of elegant curves, and of her violet eyes upon him, and he swallowed. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the latch on the right side of the camera and opened its back. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I pressed a hand against my forehead, to the place where the gun had burst the skin in a jagged line. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He pressed her down upon the grass, among the fallen bluebells. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

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

He held his breath and pressed his feet very softly into the ground. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She noticed me and ex­pressed nothing about it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced at my finger—no blood yet—but to be on the safe side I kept my hand pressed over my mouth like a window awning. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Aloe was visibly distraught, but he pressed his mouth closed. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He stood and Nailer struggled to his feet as well, but his father pressed him back. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A sickly green creature with sharp little horns had its face pressed against the glass, pulling faces and flexing its long, spindly fingers. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Why should this thing rise now to plague him after he had pressed a pillow of fear and hate over its face to smother it to death? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We hurry down the steps, pressed against the handrail with heads lowered. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I gripped the family photo of us at Disneyland so hard that the edge of the glass frame pressed into my hand and I wished I could escape into the memory. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The image she was resizing was shot through a crowd to focus on Emily perched on the fountain with her hands pressed flat next to her thighs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

Cora hunkered and pressed her face to the wall. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Whin pressed himself against the wall and the blanket fell off his bony shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were two peepholes inside the airlock— with yellow eyes pressed to them. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I am standing against a building, the back of my head pressed against the bricks, watching adults take my place over Max. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her mom gazed at her, lips pressed together, and Hazel could hear all the things she was not letting herself say. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In the almost darkness, I couldn’t see much, but I could feel the cold smoothness of the gold ingots, the pictures pressed into the coins, the perfect facets of the gemstones. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He could feel the softness of her breasts pressed against his arm as she lay beside him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

The whale’s teeth pressed down on the sphere, causing faint lines to spider across it, but the protective device held, and finally the jaws relaxed. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Bertha pressed her lips together and shot me a look out of the corner of her eye. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The madwoman pressed her hand to her mouth, the touch of her fingers as light as paper. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I pressed the rectangle of suit material onto the helmet with both hands while using my knee to keep pressure on the arm's seam. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed upon her through the coat until she spewed frothy brine onto the sand, and coughed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

Falconer suddenly lifted the point again and pressed it against my chin. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The two men pressed themselves against the wall. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed myself against a tree trunk, hoping the sunlight and shadows would camouflage me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear stared at it, and he could not stop the tears that pressed hot behind his eyes. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

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

The weight pressed down on her, forcing her breath out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

We bumped foreheads trying to see into the hole at the same time, and then left our heads pressed together, which was something I hadn’t expected to do. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The monster pressed its face close to the window. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She pressed the knife harder against my throat, her hand shaking. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The hammer’s head—a thick metal block marred with pits and scrapes—began to glow with blazing, red-hot light, and John pressed it against a tangle of roots. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The computer voice recited the number, and Colin pressed 1 to be connected immediately free of charge, and on the third ring, a girl picked up. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“A ministering angel,” said Bono, and pressed her free hand to his lips. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Lauren had a towel pressed against her head, trying to mop up the blood. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

So she pressed the button and listened to the swoosh that meant it was on its way to Leo. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His doll fell to the rushes, and he pressed himself against his mother. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mom pressed the back of her hand against my forehead. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got an affidavit here,” the sheriff pressed on, pulling it free of his shirt pocket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Toady pressed his face right up to the crack. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Ron pressed a tiny silver button on the dashboard. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

As soon as she pressed down on it, he groaned and started to cry. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias followed, hands gripping the rope, bare feet pressed against the wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The sounds of Papá’s coughing, the rattle of his aspirin bottle, and the rolling of Mamá’s twelve-inch lead pipe as she pressed dough to make tortillas were absent. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He walks me backward through the lanai doors until the backs of my knees are pressed into the bed. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed herself against him and wound her limbs round him, as though to reassure him with the warmth of her body. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

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

From this deficiency of nourishment resulted an abuse, which pressed hardly on the younger pupils: whenever the famished great girls had an opportunity, they would coax or menace the little ones out of their portion. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

I cannot describe with what feelings I actually pressed my hands against the earth where the great Prophets had trod four thousand years before. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hot air pressed against my face, and my hair was like a hot, heavy blanket draped on my neck and back. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

For a second I thought she’d remind me about that, but she pressed her lips together instead. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The maid lays pressed chicken on our plates, tops it with a perky dollop of mayonnaisey dressing, and we all smile, glad for the mood breaker. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

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 and Jakob kept their faces pressed to the window, fascinated by the thatched roofs of the simple country cottages and the sight of farmers plowing with horses. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jam pressed herself against the dresser, practicing being invisible and waiting for when she, specifically, would be in hot water, as Aloe liked to say. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Instantly the man on his left did the same, and pressed his hand also. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His forehead was pressed into her shoulder, his cheek was against hers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Their delicate winged bodies, prone and limp, were snarled in the girls’ hair, attached to their clothes, even stuck to their bare arms and legs, like dried pressed flowers. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His other arm wrapped around my left side, until there wasn’t an inch of his body that wasn’t pressed up against mine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He pressed on long after he knew he should turn back, a growing sense of anxiety gnawing at his belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The hard, cold ground pressed sharply into her shins, and the dreadful wind was worrying at her hair. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Annie stood at the back screen door listening to the night howl, her hands pressed against the metal webbing that left indentations in the pads of her fingers. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He swallowed thickly and pressed his knuckles against his mouth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The others pressed on, but he was ever hindmost, pursued by a groping horror that seemed always just about to seize him; and a rumour came after him like the shadow-sound of many feet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

I run my fingers over the tiny valleys made by the pen that pressed against these pages so long ago, and I remember the only thing Gram ever told me about her childhood. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

While he pressed a few buttons on the screen, I peered around the station. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I unfolded the letter and pressed out the creases, one, two. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the nearby drinking fountain, I pressed one finger over the hole, making the water squirt high in the air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I pushed a button on the dashboard, which had a big D for Drive on it, and tentatively pressed down on the gas and we inched forward. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

Virgil pressed the heels of his hands against his eyes. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

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 face against the window and watched him lope along the side of the road and then turn and disappear into the woods. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Ekon crumpled into a ball, half his face pressed into the dirt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She pressed her hand to her stomach—still as flat as ever—and imagined a single cell pulsing and dividing deep in side, like in the videos in biology class. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fat men pressed their faces, snaked with purple veins, against her cheeks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Cooke dropped the Chicago Daily Tribune and pulled a long knife from his pocket; his thumb pressed a button and a gleaming steel blade leaped out. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I collapsed down in Clancy’s office chair and pressed my face against the dark wood. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I stood up for a long time again with my face pressed to the steel mesh of the window, breathing clean air that cut my throat and lungs like a razor. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Blue Eyes stood over him, one hand pressed against her gushing wound and the knife still embedded in her neck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had a camera pressed against his squinty face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The wind howled, and branches scratched and clawed my face, but I pressed on. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The child grabbed the phone, pressed it to his ear, and ran for Day. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Crooks seemed to grow smaller, and he pressed himself against the wall. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at Winnie’s frantic dancing and then he looked at the toad, who had pressed down close to the dirt, eyes tight shut. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl shook her head, eyeing him mistrustfully and keeping her knees pressed together. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Yossarian and Orr were mystified and mute and pressed close against Milo for security. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She pressed a small roll of papyrus into the nurse’s hand, knowing she couldn’t read. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Already pressed up against the grate, she was smiling her best smile for me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Timothy pressed me tightly against die rough bark. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patchface covered his ears, Princess Shireen pressed her face into her mother’s furs, and the boldest of the queen’s knights moved forward, steel in hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

I lay my hand on her head and under the pretext of lifting her eyelid a little, I pressed my finger against the bruise on her temple, hard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I reached out to link my hand with the girl beside me, she pressed her hand to her mouth and looked at me with horror. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would barely have recognized you, the North has changed you so,” he said, wondering if she had really pressed herself against him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She pressed a hand to her face, shuddering. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

When I pressed myself against a porthole’s glass, I lifted my face up out of the water and so was unaware of the eyes studying my mollusk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, that wasn’t so bad,” I said to Bill with a mountain man chuckle and pressed on to the hut. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, in exasperation, I pressed down the receiver and dialed the twins. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lovey pressed her hand against my chest softly, just for a second, then said, “Just water it sometimes. Think you can handle that?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He pressed it into my hands and told me to think of him every time I used it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

When we reached the car Jamie took hold of the back of my head and pressed my face against his shoulder to shut me up. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She slapped a hand over her mouth and scrambled backward till she was pressed against the planks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We pressed through the curious, anxious crowd and they parted to let us pass. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seth pressed through dense undergrowth until he reached a faint, crooked path, the kind made by animals. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He glanced around the bathroom over my shoulder, his mouth pressed in a grim line. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

He quickly did what he had been doing for weeks to set things right: he pressed his hands hard against his temples. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Dill buckled his seat belt the instant before her acceleration pressed him into his seat. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed his hand to his chin to steady himself, but the obstinate trembling was difficult to control. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

His heart sank, and he pressed his ear to the door. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She had both hands pressed up to her mouth. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Naomi pressed a towel into her mother’s hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He placed one of his stocky fingers on my cheek, then pressed it to the back of his own hand, leaving a faint green smear. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

His other, fisted hand was pressed against his mouth like a child’s. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They pressed on south and southwest, until the wooden towers of Deepwood Motte were lost to sight and the sounds of trumpets had been swallowed by the woods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He went over to the wall and pressed a button. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

He lifts a hand to wave to me, his mouth pressed into a line that could be a smile if he was trying harder. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She wore neatly pressed clothes and scuffed but carefully polished high heels, read books like Praying Your Way to Prosperity, and was superior with the drivers and ingratiating with the editors. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was just sitting on the track with his feet pressed together, his long legs butterflied. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

There was Mother with her eye pressed to a metal tube called a microscope. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fingers pressed against my temples as a mass of thoughts played tug-of-war. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But she just put her hands on my shoulders and slowly pressed me back into the chair. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother knelt on the floor beside me, pressing my plastered hand the way she pressed Luke’s, dabbing my forehead, praying. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It pressed its beak tightly shut and rubbed its head with its wings, trying to force a memory. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

He smudged a few more in Max’s shirt, did a backward somersault, and pressed himself up to his feet quickly. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor had pressed his forehead against the screen for so long, he could feel a pattern of tiny checks above his eyebrows. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She asked us to sit down and pressed a button on her desk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He picked up one of my hands and pressed it lightly to his face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

Ignatius embraced Myma and pressed her and her guitar flatly against the wall. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carmine sits on my lap with his bands on the window, face pressed against the glass, gazing out at the streets and buildings, all lit up. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Does the castle look as you remember it, milord?" the captain's daughter asked as she pressed herself against his arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They pressed him to inform on the old man. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I was closest to the wall, and Dadi sat pressed against my wet arm. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Thomas yelled when Newt caught up to him, a small towel pressed against the wound on his head. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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 pressed the trigger, hoping my aim was good. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So that child gets punished for his family’s wrong?”I can easily imagine my mom shaking her head in the way that she does, lips pressed together. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The engraved wood pressed back, like a cat nuzzling her hand. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

The sharp sight on the muzzle pressed into my arm. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“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

“It’s just makeup, Fred,” I said, my voice a little distorted from my chin being pressed up into the air. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The young children pressed close to their mother, and Jethro patted their heads awkwardly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

His skin was sallow and his bones pressed tight against his skin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They pressed in, almost like a tide in the ground. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Madam,” I pressed, “I have it on the best authority that among the finest mantua makers of London, the pannier is no longer the mode.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The instant I pressed my lips there, I jumped back, a flash of white burning inside my eyelids. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I sank to my knees and pressed the flat of my hand against his back. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then one day, the drüskelle had crowded into the hold dressed in freshly pressed uniforms of black and silver, the white wolf’s head on their sleeves. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

We set like that, Minny staring at the brown moth pressed up on the wall, me staring at that flap a red meat, left dry in the pan. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I bend lower and keep my fingers pressed against the track. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I pressed it into the leaves of a silver maple and recited it to the Waterloo Vase. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

One man had died, but now the remaining sixteen, with their eyes clear in their heads and their faces pressed to the thick glass ports, watched Mars swing up under them. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his face to the grass, inhaling deeply, trying to settle his quivering nerves. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

His muscles flexed taut as steel and he pressed the pillow, feeling the bed give slowly, evenly, but silently. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her fingertips to her temples and waved toward Virgil’s older brothers, who were tall and lean and muscled, even then. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

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 king pressed his jeweled forefinger to his fleshy lips, contemplating his next move. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As Grandpop crunched and chomped, he pressed the top back on the can and handed it back to Genie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I pressed the phone tighter to my ear. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Lydia pressed her hand over her mouth of a dead rodent. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A gift from the chickens,” Deirdre explained, winking as Grunt pressed it into my hands. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Obediently, he pressed his hand to his shoulder and looked at the blood on the dock, the corpses. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His weight pressed what little air I had out of my lungs, but I didn’t push him off. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Bodies are pressed up against one another just like they do on the narrow, crumbled sidewalks of Delmas. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Others had their faces pressed up against the glass. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Big Dub pressed his hands together, then slowly pulled them apart. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When we’re done, he presses me back against the table, lifting me so that I am seated on it, so that our bodies are pressed together. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He struggled to kick the mattress again, but Miranda pressed against him. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some prints, with ink still wet, were pressed to fresh vellum, transferring a reverse image onto the vellum. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

When Kaz met his gaze, the man cleared his throat and pressed his fingers together. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There are few surviving accounts detailing the relationship, but it was likely an arranged marriage: youths—Mollie was only fifteen at the time—pressed together to preserve a vanishing way of life. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In one smooth motion, he had Adam up against the wall, his forearm pressed across his chest, and Adam looked wide-eyed and scared, a fish out of water. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She slides closer to me so our shoulders are pressed together, and peers down at my phone. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The reaction of the terrible strain came as he took the old man’s hand in his, and raising it to his lips, pressed it, and said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Instead of wheeling your cart out to the parking lot, a cart boy in a pressed poplin shirt hung a number on it and handed you a matching red-and-white tag. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As he reloaded, he felt something so rare his heart nearly failed; he felt Hester’s face pressed to his own, and it was wet with tears. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slotted one of his legs between hers and pressed himself in closer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

"I'm just saying we could have found a spot on the street," she said as she pressed the elevator button in the parking garage. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

My little sister, Prim, curled up on her side, cocooned in my mother's body, their cheeks pressed together. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I pressed both hands against my mouth and squeezed my eyes shut. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And then I see him, behind the gray curtain, his back pressed up against the wall. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When we heard her screams and throes in the night, when her wrists were bound with ropes and stinging poultices pressed upon her, we named her in our prayers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Rufus cuts through our circle and he’s so close his shoulder is pressed against mine. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She pressed the blade under the river god’s chin. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

But she kept her focus on his brown eyes, on his tightly pressed lips as they parted and whispered, “Get up.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, when Snyder was pressed on his figure of 3 million homeless, he admitted that it was a fabrication. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He stuck out his thumb and pressed the button. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

She stopped and pressed herself against the wall as Kin burst out of the back of his forge. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I kissed her neck and the bone between her breasts and I pressed my face maybe too hard against her belly. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I sat up and pressed a finger to my lips. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When the tournament began, Bobby made his first move and pressed his clock, which then started counting down against his invisible opponent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

I pressed on, staring back down at my notebook, because I didn’t really want to know the answers, but also, I really did. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They and others pressed around me, asking questions. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

With deft hands she pressed her sleeping skin into the envelope, then undressed. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed buttons on an old wooden cash register. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She reached out with a foot, pressed it into the wall, and anchored it there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I kneeled down and pressed the palm of my hand against the pig’s belly above the nipples. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The pocket of air constricted, and we pressed our mouths and noses up into the fabric on the van’s ceiling. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Their bus-driving leader left the Gladers in the hands of a small staff—nine or ten men and women dressed in pressed black pants and white shirts, their hair immaculate, their faces and hands clean. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He waited for a while before he tiptoed across the corridor and pressed his ear against the wood. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Coach Ted passed out sign-up slips to house swimmers for our own meet, I didn’t even put the paper in my bag but rode my bike home with it pressed against my handlebars. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She leaned toward the baby’s face and pressed her lips against the child’s brow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He pressed a hand against the side of his head and startled, sitting straight up. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He could see his reflection better than anything outside the train, so he pressed his hands against the glass to block out the light from inside the car. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The beady eye of a crow stares back at me, its wing feathers pressed to the side of the pot, its fat body covered with boiling water. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He led them to a wall of doors, pressed a button and bowed slightly to show them in. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he bent over, pressed his palm on the ground, and lifted his hand up to rest it against his chest. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his hand against it as they came up the last rise before the village. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Next to her, Grace’s mom leaned over and gently pressed down on Grace’s knee with her hand. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They even pressed their faces against the windows of their compartments to get a look at him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They pressed together, thighs, groins, stomachs, like slow-motion, enchanted ballet dancers. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips were pressed together and her eyes were dark. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I scooped up the soft, worn doll and pressed its fabric against my nose. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was silent, lips pressed together, staring out at the blackness and the reflections of torches and LED beacons on the waters. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Edward pressed his fingers to his temples and squeezed his eyes shut. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ned kept his face pressed to the rock and tried not to look down any more often than he had to. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Their authority was so new that occasionally if they pressed a little too hard it had to be overlooked. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom’s lips were so tightly pressed together, they could have easily been one lip. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She kept her mementoes in there—toys she used to play with, blankets she used to love, odd-looking rocks, pressed flowers, leather-bound journals densely scrawled with her thoughts and questions and pictures and sketches. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

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

It pressed close to me, pushed its way inside. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

The symbol had a meaning, and a sound, as if it had been plucked from the real world and pressed flat, like some strange dark flower, between the pieces of paper. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Exhausted, I pressed my cheek against the side of my steamer trunk and pushed the bowl away. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He swiveled the barrel, took aim at the lead ogre, and pressed the trigger. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

Her lips were pressed tightly together as she stared at her screen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

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

She pressed down on the front of my shorts with both our hands, and I couldn’t have seen straight if my eyes had been open. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

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

But his body was already whittled by a lack of food from his time of fever and now his belly pressed against his backbone. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mama pressed the ringer that dangled above the table on a transparent wire from the ceiling, and Sisi appeared. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

She pressed the flat of her hand on Macon Dead’s desk and, holding the gleam steady in her eyes, pushed herself up from the chair. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I grabbed a bag of chips, reached into my bag to grab my cell phone, a random lady tripped over me, and the next thing I know I was getting pressed out by the officer. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A cuff on her arm was inflated, and someone pressed a metal disk there, at her elbow. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Breathing heavily, I pressed my hands over my face. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lurz opened to Elsie’s page, then quickly closed his eyes and pressed the book to his chest before we could see anything. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nicole pressed the nozzle and Harris got a face full of The Corporation’s ’Do Me Right with Long-lasting Hold. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He felt Koffi's back pressed hard against his chest, her body shuddering against his as she tried not to make a sound. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Closing my eyes, I pressed the ice-cold Snapple Apple bottle to the tiny bruise above my eye. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He pulled his purse from inside his drenched doublet, took out two shillings, and pressed them into the unconscious man's hand. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

As if summoned, Taylor walked past, a finger pressed to her lips like a preschool teacher motioning for quiet. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She flipped through its pages and carefully extracted a delicate green four-leaf clover that Joe had given her and she had pressed between the book’s pages. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I pressed the camera button and snapped a picture of death. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

Koffi took a deep breath as she pressed her hands to the dirt again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

When pressed further she said she was acting on “instructions” from Mr. Woodall. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

The singing got louder still, and then to his horror a line of nuns, hands pressed together and eyes lowered, came around a corner and straight towards him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The sister pressed the starter and to everyone’s surprise, the engine fired. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed the back of his hand to her forehead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

From the moment I pressed the firing button the following weekend, I knew it was our best rocket yet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And last, there was a picture of two rocks that were pressed against each other. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Dimple kissed him back, mouth pressed against his with a fevered hunger. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She took small steps backward until she stood on tiptoe, the seat pressed against her behind. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I may have pressed pause on curing my parents’ blues with my mood-music playlist, but I couldn’t quit on Operation Save Fig. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ezra is slouched in the same position as yesterday, his arms crossed and his chin pressed into his chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

With tiny lips pressed together tightly and a severe frown crinkling her forehead, she moved determinedly toward the two-story building up past the driveway. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Luna pressed her hands to her forehead, trying to keep her skull from flying apart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I straightened the broken wing then gently pressed my thumb to its toothpick rib cage. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Pastor Tom’s wife must have washed his clothes before they sent him home because everything was clean and pressed like he was going to church instead of coming home after half a week away. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Piper pressed a wad of euros into the captain’s hands. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I see her face between the bars of the barrier, determined, her lips pressed together. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

“So, what? All those other times I pressed it were just practice?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Flopping on the ground like a fish gasping for air, the man continued to howl as he pressed his hands against his eye. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One of the prosecutors pressed him about why it had been so important for the nurse to leave the room. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Right,” Valerie agreed, and the minute Max had shut the trap door, she clambered silently up the ladder and pressed her ear to the ceiling. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The weight of years, decades, centuries of hate and violence—it all gathered in the air and pressed down on my shoulders. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

Wilson pressed a button below the traffic light. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Her black button eyes were expressionless, but her lips were pressed tightly together in a cold fury. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Then, seeing her dancing eyes, I pressed my lips together and tried to fight down my embarrassed flush. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had been carrying it all day, and he hadn’t noticed how it had nearly pressed him into the ground; but now he felt light and free and at peace. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man ignored us and pressed on steadily. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the card are a receipt for a yearly subscription to Feminist Monthly, a pressed violet, and a letter folded into the shape of a rabbit: Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She just wanted to get under my skin so I’d leave her alone, but instead I pressed her some more. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She pressed it against her head while he filled out papers at a desk, followed by a period of poking around for keys in a file drawer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started running the story down and got about halfway through, just up to when the cop pressed me, when Spoony lost it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I stopped when I saw Spaghetti and pressed my head to his. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The women gathered around and I showed them what I had while they laughed and did the things women do: flicked lint off my jacket, pressed me on the shoulder to make me sit down. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Rachel Madsen,” she said, and she smiled, a quick gesture with her lips pressed together. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Something pressed on his chest, just below his ribs. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley jumped up and hurried to it; with one hand on the doorknob and her face pressed against the wood she called softly, “Arthur, is that you?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We end up side by side, our backs pressed to the wall, and he tilts his laptop toward me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

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

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

I winced as my mother softly pressed at each finger, which, believe me, did not feel good. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“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

My father’s wife and I were now alone with him, both our pelvises pressed against the bed’s railing. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I went with Father, feeling a certain pride in the Company’s craft as I carried the clean, pressed, and starched clothes wrapped in the crisp, blue paper and tied with twine into neat parcels. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I entered my stronghold’s hangar and pressed a button on the wall to open the launch doors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Some buildings still smoke, and though von Rumpel keeps a damp handkerchief pressed over his mouth and nose, he has to stop several times to gather his breath. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

Her mother pressed a kiss to her forehead, and her lips were warm. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my room Kat lay face down on the lilo, her fist clenched up and pressed between her eyebrows. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s lips pressed into a straight line, but he nodded. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He pressed the stop button on his boom box. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

The policeman said, “I am going to ask you once again .. .” I rolled back onto the lawn and pressed my forehead to the ground again and made the noise that Father calls groaning. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He brought her waist close and pressed against her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alvin Hooks tugged at the seams of his pants, rose and swiveled around the edge of the table, then settled in his chair and pressed his palms together. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I keep mine pressed close to my body with a sports top for now. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The hallway was a surging river of arms and legs and terrified faces, all pressed together, straining toward the front of the house. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Here, in a vast open space—greater than Stromford’s entire commons—buildings pressed in on all sides. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I could smell that funny grapefruit smell again and feel his face pressed up against my hair. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She reached up and put her arms around his neck, and pressed her face into his fur, unable to speak. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

One hand destroying the letter in his fist, the other pressed against his eyes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She pressed her thumb against the charms, separating them a little. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

He squeezed his hands into fists and pressed them against his eyes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Hermione moved closer to him under the Cloak, her arm pressed against his. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I stood up and he hugged me, pressed me close so that I felt the beat of his heart under his soft chest. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

I pressed my head against the rock, digging it deeper into the cut on my scalp, clutching the pain, using it to drag me out of the fog. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She ran to her bedroom door and pressed her ear to it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I pressed my lips to his once brilliant and now rayless eyes—I swept his hair from his brow, and kissed that too. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had only a little while, he was so pressed, he said; he had to leave that afternoon himself for a speaking engagement which had come up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I pressed my face to the window, which was fogged all around except on the spot I’d rubbed so that I could look out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He pressed me to him and started dancing again, but I knew this was not going in a direction I wanted, and I resisted him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sat stiff and straight-backed, tweed suit perfectly pressed, white handkerchief in his breast pocket, hair slicked. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We look at each other in the momentary flashes of light, and with pale faces and pressed lips shake our heads. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her hands against the rocky ground. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then I stood up and pressed it back in place but the blood sprayed out in a circle like a shower nozzle. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Clutter, who wore rimless glasses, removed them and pressed her eyes. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed harder on both ends of the egg. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Dad pressed hard so I felt the Biro trace each letter through my clothes and onto my back. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Beto pressed his hand over his mouth and gasped with laughter. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Uh—let me think—” He pressed his palms to his forehead and spoke rapidly. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Each coin made a hard click as I pressed it to the table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju pressed the lever with her foot, the trash can slid out, and she threw in the empty yogurt cup. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Quick as that, the black brother's sword was pressed to the apple of the officer's throat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The skins seemed to slip off easily enough for Aunty Ifeoma, but when I pressed one end of a tuber, the rough brown skin stayed put and the heat stung my palms. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her pressed hair was in a neat bun on top of her head. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

Sanjeev pressed the massive silver face to his ribs, careful not to let the feather hat slip, and followed her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then she pressed her shoulders back so that her breasts swelled forth, and looking from Hamlet to Horatio, she sighed at length. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

She rolled over onto her stomach and pressed her face into the carpet. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Because we’re not pressed into darkness behind Harpy’s or huddled together in the cab of his truck and because even though neither of us has ever said so, we are a secret. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

Ekon obeyed, ignoring the sudden cold of the room’s stone tiles as he pressed one knee to them and bowed his head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He pressed the back of his wrist against his bleeding lip and then held his arm out and showed me the blood on his wrist. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

Then another white shape moved close by, and Hermione, coated in dust like a second statue, pressed her finger to her lips. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The throngs of people, all in an uproar, pressed forward for a better view. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

She opened her legs a little, pressed back against the crumbling interior of the tree, and slid a hand under her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She held it up to her ear and pressed play. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Slughorn raised a pudgy hand and pressed his shaking fingers to his mouth; he looked for a moment like an enormously overgrown baby. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

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

Luna pressed onward with an ache in her heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

He kissed me and pressed down against me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Somerset stood right in front of the piece, one hand pressed to her mouth, the other on June’s shoulder. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my hand in my T-shirt, as she’d told me to do, leaned forward, and—as softly as I could—pressed my finger against his forehead and then quickly wiped away the Veet. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Blinded by the blaze of their own torch, they did not see her pressed flat against the stone, only a few feet away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Edward was walking past the front of my truck, looking straight forward, his lips pressed together. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He wrapped his arms around Grandma’s waist, pressed his head against her stomach, and slowly, drunkenly, painfully started sobbing. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A boy my age sat in a dark corner, his head pressed against the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were lines on his forehead and his lips were pressed together, which meant he was angry. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Mary pressed the hot iron against the apron on the table. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re fine, clean guys in straight, pressed suits—well-off cats who earned their bank on the slant. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean forward, my back pressed to the stone, to see who the familiar voice belongs to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Taking the pigtail in one of his paw's, he pressed it warmly to his wet moustache. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed his own finger on the bell. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the window seat, Edna pressed her face flat against the pane. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

A high and merry time was being had by everyone, and I was pressed to make a short speech. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every few seconds, pressed between expensive fabrics and glittering jewels, he could pretend that he was lost among them, invisible in his simpler kaftan. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Kote pressed the iron shim to the black side of the creature, and there was a short, sharp crackling sound, like a pine log snapping in a hot fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Potters smiled and waved at Harry and he stared hungrily back at them, his hands pressed flat against the glass as though he was hoping to fell right through it and reach them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It pressed against his thigh in his pocket. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The men in the cab — four of them, pressed shoulder to bare shoulder — were all wearing evening gowns. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Beto scratched the cat under its chin and pressed his fingers gently against the soft pad of one small foot. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I pressed against the side, like I’d seen people do on television, and the barrel dropped open. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She pressed a hand to her temple and turned and went upstairs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland pressed his head with his hands, but still the steady trembling would not stop. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The silk ropes pressed her against his back as they encircled his chest. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom’s hands are pressed over her ears. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the girl he said, “Drink this,” and pressed a cup into her hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The skin on my neck crawled as I leaned forward into the damp dirt, hands pressed tightly against my ears, shoulders tensed to take the hit. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I held the Beta Capsule high over my head and pressed its activation button. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They have lunch at Cafe Pamplona, eating pressed ham sandwiches and bowls of garlic soup off in a corner. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

We pressed the toes of our shoes against each other. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

I would buy their lunches, take their suits out to have them pressed, pay their light, telephone, and gas bills, and deliver notes for them to their stenographer girl friends in near-by office buildings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got on the train and pressed our noses against the glass. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She led them through another gate to the inner courtyard and past the side hall, her finger pressed to her lips for silence. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

And when Edmund pressed him back nearer and nearer to the wall, he jumped up on a mounting block and stood there raining down blows on Edmund from above. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Tori brought her phone down from her ear and pressed it against her chest. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

June’s face burned bright red and she pressed her hands to her cheeks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was growing very stout, and his voice was hoarse with the fat that pressed on his throat. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ethyne threw her arms around him and held him tight—and as she did so, she pressed a piece of paper into his hand. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She pressed her fingers against her temples and began to massage them. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe he would have saved the world because it deserved to be saved, or maybe he wouldn’t have pressed it because he figured we’d only wind up finding some other way to annihilate ourselves. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and pressed his head back into his pillow. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I took my foot from the accelerator and lightly pressed on the brakes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

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

She pressed her swollen face against the shoulder of this man who had stood beside her through all the worst moments of her life, and she began to cry. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I saw a device with a button for each apartment, so I pressed the button for A. Black’s apartment, which was 9E. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands trembled and made the lantern bob, casting wild shadows on the ground, but she pressed on and tried to ignore the frightened voice in her head that told her to go back. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as Dr. Packard was closing the door, Stella pressed her hand up against it. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She hesitated for a moment and then pressed the door handle down. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

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

She had her back turned to me, her face pressed against the minister’s chest, and was quietly sobbing. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She pressed her eyes closed and gripped Wash’s ring more tightly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They pressed us back, keeping us at baton’s length. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I pressed my hand to my nose and mouth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Firstly.—We must differentiate between what he did in London as part of his general plan of action, when he was pressed for moments and had to arrange as best he could. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The woman nods but keeps her lips pressed together in a straight line. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

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

She dipped it into the cool water in our earthen pot and pressed it against your bleeding lip. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

He pressed his back against the wall separating the kitchen from the dining room, and stood still. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Beckendorf grinned as he pressed a button on his command console. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

But that afternoon I just pressed on, explaining to her how it was something from a television series. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

I pressed my hand to my nose, and it was immediately covered in blood. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

I pressed it and cleared my throat, then opened the first page in the journal. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

The side of Stanley's face was pressed flat against the dirt. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z