Several of them turned to watch her as she walked past them, and one asked if she were late to the ball, but she did not answer. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was a boy we occasionally found cannon balls and rusted bayonets in the area. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, I thought someone had died in our family until I noticed Minerva eye- balling me as if to say, watch what you say, girl. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tore off my ball gown and donned my tattered servant’s wear, rubbing the sooty skirt across my face. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like a malefic kitten with a ball of string, she would tangle his emotions until he lost all distinction between love and hate, joy and sorrow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I kick a soccer ball around with Marv at the local grounds on Thursday night and watch him get drunk afterward at his place. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was just a big metal ball floating in a bigger metal room. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

All in the day’s work, I thought; that’s the way the ball bounces. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old Trueba’s got his balls in the right place,” the President said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay down and curled into a ball, adjusting the blankets over me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was as if something all wound up in a ball inside of her had let go at the sight of him just that minute. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

To be consistent, buying seven bags of balls and seven bags of blocks from one toy store has to be the same thing as buying seven combination packs from the neighboring shop. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He holds the ball under his arm and gives me a weird look. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

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

He had talked with his father, Ivory senior, about it, and he told him he wasn’t sure he wanted to play college ball even if he had the chance. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held a bowling ball, attached to a cable that hung from the ceiling, right in front of his nose. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Bigger rose and sent the balls whirling with a sweep of his hand, then looked straight at Gus as the gleaming balls kissed and rebounded from the rubber cushions, zig-zagging across the table’s green cloth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

For a second, I think it’s the third goal, but luckily Simón stops it at the box and clears the ball. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It got to the point where I'd see a baby in the bakery or grocery store and instinctively ball up my fists, jealous over how easy he had it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I balled up my shirt and stuffed it into my backpack. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Deep down I know I’ll always believe that I was so wrapped up in myself that I dropped the Mango ball. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Once her leg is straight she lowers her second foot so that she’s standing on the ball. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Shirley, you play right field. If a ball comes your way, catch it and throw it to me. I’ll take care of the rest.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He balled up his fist and looked around the room. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Because you are taking up this court not with a real game but just hitting tennis balls this way and that.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I was getting Nurse Hickey to talk about my balls. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a handful of the backpack, balled my fist around the strap, and punched the Bottle Tree with all my might. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The old man gave himself up willingly to his exhaustion and drifted off like a lazy, sky-high fly ball. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ash had been fingering the stem of her goblet, looking at its fine workmanship, when Kaisa asked, “Will you come to the ball?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mandela tapped the ball out to Muamer, the new Bosnian forward. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Inside my head, thousands of monsters played a painful game of catch, but instead of a ball, it was a brown leatherbound missal that they threw to each other. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Didn’t she ever want to go out and grab the world by the balls? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

From a flat upstairs, an adult yelled, “Nee any a, if you children make patches on the garage walls with that ball, I will cut off your ears!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She sails through the air, tucking her body into a ball and rolling forward twice. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He fought for every ball, and didn’t hesitate to put his body at risk if he thought he could gain an advantage. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was a lovely, perfect evening as I kicked the row of soccer balls into the net one by one. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I balled up the maps and threw them in the garbage can. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The referee put the ball down and blew his whistle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I tried to steal the ball from him, he’d cross over and breeze on by to the hoop. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She’s bent over the table, stretching a little ball of dough into a perfect circle. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“He’s got this ball of string his girlfriend gave him, see. And he’s using it to find his way back out of the maze.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He had the ball of yarn stuffed in his pants. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Probably gloating and bragging about the ball game to his friends. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ben manages to get the bottle underneath his robe without showing us the world’s purportedly largest balls, and then we all sit and wait, too disgusted to look. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lily glanced at them and served the next ball. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Her ball gown is the exact pink of her eyes, deepening to red, and seems to be made of enormous petals that spread into a train. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But they would talk about past failures, like the cereal in the shape of little bowling pins and balls. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But what if...what if Nehemia unleashed whatever creature she controlled at the ball? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Think of a glass ball twirling on your fingertip.... The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Must have no balls, let girl beat you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t reply around the ball gag, so I just shrugged and gave him the finger. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She cut slashes in mutowa trees and collected a ball of sticky sap. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In games, he would chase the ball from one end of the field to the other, switching from defense to midfield to offense and back, running himself to exhaustion. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Both teams were sloppy, kicking the ball away. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we’re done kneading flour, water, and yogurt into a smooth ball, Mrs. Hameed gives each team sliced garlic, spices, and fresh coriander. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I know it was hard because Mom has chopped off your balls and baked them in a testes casserole, but thank you for trying. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He splits the hairy exterior and out pops a slimy white ball. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The head ball that he put into the net must have reopened the cut, because it was sure bleeding now. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo summoned a white-hot ball of fire into his right hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I know my coming back is a big deal but I didn’t know it was big enough for a ball gown.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There were no bumper lanes to keep my ball out of the gutter. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

My jacket was too tight and I lost the ball on the way up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was a tall, fierce man and would drive his bowl down the other end of the green so fast that when it connected with another ball it sounded like it was splitting an atom. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We each have a ball, but neither Brayden nor Malik does. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

‘Well, it’s the only pig ball I have. So don’t ask for an encore.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then, if you had any balls, you’d tell him to go to hell. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and curled into an even tighter ball. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I stuffed the crumpled ball back in the bottom of my bag. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I went to bed dreaming of getting a glove and a ball and perhaps a bat as well. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“What do you think about this Daylight Saving Time plan?” she asked, tugging on the yarn ball to free up more yarn. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Dress robes will be worn,” Professor McGonagall continued, “and the ball will start at eight o’clock on Christmas Day, finishing at midnight in the Great Hall. Now then —” Professor McGonagall stared deliberately around the class. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

All around, the neighborhood of roofs, black-tarred and A-framed, and in their gutters, the balls that never came back down to earth. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black sock balls press into the bottom corners. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

My thumb went for the red scuff mark on the back of the ball, trying to rub it out like I always did whenever I got bored. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I guess this lady figures if two high school kids have the balls to go trick-or-treating this late at night in the nicest neighborhood in town, we deserve some candy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I got within ten feet and hit something like an invisible beach ball. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The massive star winds up being a gigantic ball of neutrons: a neutron star. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“What’s your story? Love told me you used to play ball.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He pops a lacrosse ball straight up in the air. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Drugs were hid-den in tennis balls painted grass green and thrown over the double rows of twelve-foot fences and into the exercise yards. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“You idiot! You ball of hyena dung! How could you leave that knife behind!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

June shoved them off, and her fingers balled into fists. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We found two clubs but couldn't find a single ball, not even in the bottomless shed. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Taylor and her ball sack are gone, and Garrett’s already left for a piano lesson. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I heard him chuckle as I went into Gladys’s room and undressed, crumpling my dress and pretty ribbons into a ball as solid and round as his stuffed potatoes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Flossie was in costume waiting for an escort to take her to a masquerade ball which started soon after midnight. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I was to stay at the ball after midnight, I couldn’t wear Lucinda’s jewels. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He got crazy upset and chucked that ice ball. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

That ball of spinning rage—the churning reactor of heat and fire and pain that had been building and building within his chest— finally exploded once and for all. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She has to claw around the girls’ reaping ball for quite a while to snag the one piece of paper that everyone already knows has my name on it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the same moment, Erik, who clearly did not expect Antoine to pull the ball away, kicked at nothing but the air. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no! The children in our section never drop balls! They’re all perfectly trained. We haven’t had an Aberration for three years.” A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went up to throw the ball to Nick, who was open, but Ice was all over it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Where did you learn to hit a ball like that?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Six large woolly, fluffy cotton balls, each about two feet across, rolled silently out onto the floor. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I cut the balls halfway across the middle for the mouth, and then with a squeeze, they opened up to hold coins. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Until when another ball was thrown out from behind the backstop, Deacon Hurd called back, “How many more you got in there?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to be running more than the other teams, kicking the ball a lot more. And I’m not going to be nice. So if you thought I was mean these past two weeks...” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In my closet are balls for sports I still don’t know the rules to. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He took the ball on a pass from Fornatee and dashed up the middle of the field, fighting his way through the Phoenix defense and shielding the ball with his large frame. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Last month, in another part of the forest the Khmer Rouge razed to create more farmland, I found an armadillo curled up in ball, its shell burnt and crisp. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get the ball on the left side. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

This was made up into little balls, fried and served with hot ketchup. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up a few tennis balls and stuffed them into my bag. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Stuffed in another pocket were some biscuits, to wad up into dough balls to bait the hooks with, and five pieces of Queenie’s fried chicken in case I got hungry. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Luma got out, opened the trunk, and took out a mesh bag full of soccer balls. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I collected the ball from the yard and tossed it to Dwyer, then went inside. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Arthur Bauer is holding the ball for him today, crouching low and spinning the laces away, just like Dad, just like Mike Costello. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he thought love worked like a Ping-Pong ball and would bounce around between the three of us. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Not sure what to do with them, I hold my hands at my sides, my fingers balled into a fist. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As soon as the door closed, Shirley turned on the radio and twisted the dial until she found the familiar sounds of the ball park. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The colors appear in geometric shapes like spirals or balls or zigzags, that sort of thing. Or sometimes just a hazy patch of colored air.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was good to be home, throwing the ball for my dog, eating what I wanted, having a bathroom all to myself again. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

His whole face had been balled into a knot and tightened. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

One thing he always said was that he could look the ball onto the bat, that he could track it right to the point where he made contact. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was like being inside a giant hamster ball. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The following Wednesday she wore a red dress and lots of perfume and her brightest big-mouth smile to the ball park for Grandpa’s funeral party. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Grossly fat, yet he seemed to walk lightly, carrying his weight on the balls of his feet as a water dancer might. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’ll get to go to debutante balls and dinner parties, but the best part will be volunteering for local organizations that work with children. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Scrimgeour, Ron, and Hermione continued to gaze avidly at the now partially concealed ball, as if still hoping it might transform in some way. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Rex got to the ball, hoovered it up, and started back towards Alex. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then we went out on the porch and tossed a tennis ball to Wishbone till he got tired and went to sleep at my feet. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Apparently, we were a shining example for our teammates as we lay on the court like cats fighting over a ball of yarn. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“We can’t have the Ophiotaurus tossed around like a beach ball. Be good, my son. We may not speak again for some time.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I have decided to introduce the crystal ball a little earlier than I had planned,” said Professor Trelawney, sitting with her back to the fire and gazing around. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But as Jinny opened the cabin door and stepped inside, Ess peered longingly down at the beach, where the others all seemed to be playing a game of catch with a ball of rags. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the distance, fireworks began going off—rockets, scattering fiery balls in the sky. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Right. Well. It’s great weather today, don’t you think? If you want, we could go outside and toss a ball.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the wire screen was a wide area, and Mr. Galanter kept us busy there throwing balls around. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I continued to spin the ball on my finger. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But Fern balled her fists, banged them at her side, and then she spoke. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get a ball in front of me on the field and you’re going the other way, yeah,” I said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Being the center of attention felt something like it might feel to be in a pinball machine—as the ball. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I give her the camera and my ball of ones, and she comes back with a little bag holding the jar wrapped in newspaper and the camera. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

We got some outs on a fly ball and two line drives but not before they had scored two more runs. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it sat like a heavy ball in my guts. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked over, got the ball, and cool as could be, said, “We’ll go to ten.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Gramps is staring into the dregs of his Styrofoam cup, peeling away the top of it so that little white balls collect in his lap. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath the drop slot, there are two more stickers—a soccer ball, and a soccer net—along with the word GOAL! in gel pen. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

George was bouncing on the balls of her feet with nervous excitement by the time the barnyard animals began to greet Wilbur. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

All summer long, kids playing punchball—hitting a pink “Spaldeen” ball with your fist and then running bases drawn in chalk on the streets—had tried to steal home to copy Robinson. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

On my way back to the infirmary one afternoon, I see a rice ball left unguarded beside an old woman. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were throwing the ball in our backyard when my dad asked, “Have you heard from your pen pal?” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I leave the bat at the plate, head for the balance ball, and pull the old-school Astros lid out of my back pocket. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

All the way up the stairs, the ball was hurled against his head. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw kids kicking a soccer ball around in one yard. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She opened the hatchback and heaved the sack of balls into the backseat. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

There were seventeen of them, each as round as a ball, and white. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black hole begins, like all stars, as a big ball of hot gas—mostly hydrogen. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I'm already in mid-swing, and I hit the ball straight into the policeman's face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And then a big, squishy ball of dripping snow smacked into the back of his head. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They stalled around, trying to set up a play, and finally got the ball in to their center who had positioned Jimmy deep. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

You might have a ball, but if it pops you shouldn’t cry. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The new floor was streaked with water stain, and a clutter of old papers and darkened nail bags with their nails rusted to prickly balls filled the corner of the room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Victor jumped up, screaming, “I played the ball, man! I was going for the ball!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Josh tosses it back Mr. Schneider throws the ball to Dad and he catches it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wouldn't go inside, he had to get out the ball of string and his penknife, to cut it with, and then tie the anorak on. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t have stayed long at the ball if he’d beaten her back here. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The toes, the ball, and the heel were so clearly outlined as to leave no doubt that a woman had left the print. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She smoothed the front of her sundress, picked up her towel, and with careful hands rolled it into a ball. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I like to avoid the early shoot-around, the chaos of just throwing the ball up and having it bounce out because someone else’s shot smacked it away. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But once, I grabbed his side, cause he was shielding me from the ball—and he winced. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’m out in center field for fly ball practice, and I’m wearing a bright orange wig underneath my Renegades cap. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“She’s not like that,” said Rowan, choosing a striped ball and sinking it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I ball up our jackets and toss them out the half-open window. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gino can drive the ball harder than anyone I have ever seen, on a straight line, from outside the penalty area. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three of them were doing the juggling bit with a ball, like Tommy Acoso does, but they were passing it back and forth, too. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he picked up the ball and tossed it lightly into the air, nothing but net. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“If there are any peels left,” she said, “the balls come out gritty and the customers complain.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As Monique climbed into the back of the ambulance, an orange ball of fur leaped in front of her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My gaze flits from the sticks to the balls to the can of white powder on the side of the table. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I threw the ball past a few heads at him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The castle had been abandoned when King Jerrold was a boy, although it was reopened on special occasions, for private balls, weddings, and the like. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands of musket balls flew through the air. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

In desperation, Percy scooped up a giant marble and hurled it underhanded like a bowling ball. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Other boys were jumping rope, jerking up and down like mechanical jacks-in-the-box, or straining on leather floor mats until their neck cords popped, or slamming medicine balls into each other's stomachs. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four of them continued toward the other side of the field, still stubbing the ball along the ground ahead of them. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly, these balls begin taking the shape of skulls. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mirrored disco ball descended into the Nereid exhibit, making the water dance with multicolored light. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Reynie helped him shred the other attempted drawings, too, most of which resembled misshapen balls of yarn with numbered threads. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tossing two balls between my hands was quite another matter. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The ball hit the backboard before it went in. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I even hit a gorgeous fly ball that arcs over our right fielder Noelle’s head and almost reaches the fence. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She never did say anything about all the balls of scrunched-up paper around my desk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Dicey watched them playing, proud that she had thought to get the ball. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he kicked his checkered soccer ball along the streets, he could feel it lurking in shadowy doorways, behind shaded windows. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’m hurrying along, too—mostly because I just want to go home and curl up in a ball on my bed. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

That invisible ball of twine was right there in her hand, and she had to hold it tight, because if she let go of it, she and Dallas would be lost out here. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

According to string theory, they are rolled up like little balls, too tiny to see. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Out on the lawn, Bunny had just knocked Henry’s ball about seventy feet outside the court. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger picked up his juggling balls and put them back in his bag, which was standing open on the grass behind him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My brothers played at soccer with a ball they had fashioned from old rags. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple wondered why that thought sat like a ball of lead in her stomach. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He taught me to play soccer with his friends, using makeshift balls made from wadded-up plastic bags and rubber bands. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“A fine affair. All of Frell came, everyone who counts anyway,” he said, as though Mother’s funeral had been a tournament or a ball. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I gotta pair of punks on my team that don’t know a barley bag from a blue ball. You guys ever bucked any barley?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was staring at Toby’s hand—open, like he was about to catch a ball—when Annie came running into the clearing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Beats me. All I know is the balls don’t go over very often,” Annie says. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull kept chanting, “Cry, cry, cry,” each time the ball ricocheted off his son’s skull. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to fear, because the ball was far enough away from the dog that there was no way Brutus could get to him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

After one ball, Emma wrote home to Elizabeth: The whole Theatre was quite full and it looked very pretty. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ripped it out, balled it up, tossed it on the floor. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Prince Hamlet joined the charade, tugging upon the jester until he rebounded like a tennis ball and jumped upon the king’s table, where he commenced singing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

There was Oscar, but tossing him a ball just did not appeal to me. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Every night, Ash helped Ana dress for a different banquet or ball, and when her stepsister finally departed, she had to prepare the next night’s gown. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry could tell he was trying to sound disdainful, as though what Moody was saying was barely worth his notice, but his hands gave him away; they had balled themselves into fists. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The table’s legs, crossing through the ring of brass balls, were now pointing to the ceiling. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Perry taught him several tricks: to play with a paper ball, to beg, to perch on Perry’s shoulder. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, Mrs. de Winter, you get round your husband. You are the person he will listen to. He should give the ball in your honour as the bride.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

That remained deadly serious behind the whirling balls, as if it had nothing to do with his dancing hands, nothing to do with their skill, nothing to do with their carefree lightness. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He stood down in the far goal, where I usually stand, and, as usual, the ball never went there. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They turned the ball over on a traveling call. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, the clouds pull together, forming many tight balls. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Eddie had that ball in his hand, it was something else. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He took some wax, mixed it with iron filings and shaped it into a ball: when he had the mixture right it floated just below the surface of the water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She sat down on the floor, across from the girl, and gathered her magic into her hand, letting it float just above her fingers like a bright, shining ball. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The knight came thundering down on him, swinging the spiked ball of a momingstar around his head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I take a swing at the ornament, fully prepared to see it fly off like a golf ball, but instead it gets knocked over and pops back up into place. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Winchell threw the ball with more authority than he had all day. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of children ran through the cavernous space, kicking a ball against the brick walls. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Pratt looks good, but he gets too nervous. He’s trying to hit an ace with every serve. Those courts at Wallace are too new. He’s not gonna be able to control the ball like that.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Man, that boy ran that ball that night! Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran over to the other letter, dipped the nozzle, flipped the switch, felt the heat steam up through the handle and off the sides of the can, and ignited the first ball. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They wore gowns and jackets so elaborate that she wondered if the ball had been moved to lunchtime. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In Seatown, her father had attended a ball at a grand estate on the cliffs. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once fat Madge made him sit before her, holding a skein of yarn from which she wound a ball. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like he’d crumpled the bills up into a ball before stuffing them into his pocket. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In rugby, when you’re tackled, you have to let go of the ball. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She balled her hand into a fist and pounded—sort of—her chest. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Craig and I threw balls and chased each other around the apartment. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I was counting on the commotion of the Queen’s ball to distract folks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those kids on the ball field looked big, like they wouldn’t appreciate having their ball stolen. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

When we arrived, Father went in straightaway to see to details of the ceremony and of the masked ball that would follow. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie was there, too, bustling about in a floral-print dress like the belle of the ball—albeit a matronly belle—making sure all her students had arrived with sheet music in hand. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At six o’clock, the guests would arrive at the ball, with trumpets playing and drums beating a welcome. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My job was to bring the ball forward and pass it to the strikers; it was their job to score the goals. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fumbled for the bright Ping-Pong ball in her pant leg. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The fire sputtered at first, but as it found the drier branches it hissed and crackled then whooshed up in a ball of yellow fire. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like Ralph and Helen to leave Mona and Callie alone — Theresa found the girls tossing tin foil balls to the cats. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fern balled both hands, banging her fists at her sides, her ticket now completely crumpled. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harold lofted the ball high into the air, then delivered his serve. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I bounced the ball hard a couple of times and when the kids turned around I started my move to the basket. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But in the time between when something gets thought and when it gets done, the ball hit me square across the side of the face. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Grace’s mom took the ball and ran with it, as moms often do. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Players rolled their bowl—a heavy ball you could just barely hold in one hand—so that it ended up as close as possible to a smaller white ball, called the jack. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

If he were captured, he was to swallow the ball. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a good day I could have hit a ball that far. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know the rules of the game, but there are so many cute boys that I don’t even care to pay attention to the ball or the score. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Once they got the ball across mid-court they went into a kind of a lame weave. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Brothers was calling when number 9, Trip, got the ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Each paper made great play of the fact that Rebecca’s body had been found the day after the fancy dress ball, as though there was something deliberate about it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“All you really need is a round ball.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kenzi set the ball down, opened his bag of chips, offered Simeon some. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

"It's a whole new ball game," Bruce continued. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time the ball touched Jeffrey, a piece of him would instantly turn black. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he felt only the bite of a nail in his boot, which pierced the ball of his foot whenever he came down on it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some highlights: Maya stopped on a dime and passed the ball back to Tino, who drove it into the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She places a bandage over the stitches to protect the wound, and gathers all the wrappers and soaked cotton balls into her fists to throw them away. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He crossed the ball between his legs, causing one defender to slip. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I put down the ball and slowly slid toward the right, near the garage. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I must have new gowns for the balls,” Ana said fervently. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wincing at her scrapes and bruises, she struggled out of her wet clothes and climbed under her blanket, pulling herself into a ball with her hands clasped around her knees. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The ball of smoke hung in the sky like a shrapnel burst, and as I watched, another rocket came up to it, trickling smoke in the bright sunlight. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He beat me to the ball but lost to Todd right after me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Plus he had an exercise wheel and a glow ball he could run inside. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He pointed to two huge balls of fondant—one was gold, and the other was silver. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It felt so good to just run and not have to think of a thing but playing ball. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Once all of the needles are in place, the balls instantly reappear. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The ghost of the tennis ball is coming to haunt the man. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She lobbed the ball back over their heads, and guess who was standing there, all alone, in front of the goal? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were kids playing dodgeball with makeshift balls made of wadded-up plastic shopping bags, tied together with shoelaces—the same kinds of balls we played with as kids. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we play set ball before the boys come?” he asked. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A number of times he halted to gawk at the transparent and magnified moon balanced atop a nearby mountain like a ball on a seal’s nose. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of the time my mother took me to the park with a soccer ball under her arm. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For a penny apiece, an elderly Italian man scraped up careful balls of lemon ice into miniature glasses. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My team never passed me the ball, so that was good, but I fell down a lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I wasn’t looking, the Mango ball bounced across the floor, rolled right out the back door, and settled two feet under the ground. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Down below, Ambrose Spike was rolling about like a whirling ball of needles. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“We heard that the British shoot first. And if you don’t die from a musket ball to your gut, they’ll finish you off with a quick stab in the heart with a bayonet.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I told Maya I thought that was really dumb and she agreed, but she still wouldn’t touch a ball that August just touched, not if she could help it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We have to wait for thunder to play ball — you’ll see why,” he promised. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“That was a ball. It almost hit me.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He trampled and kneaded the hay for a while, purring in a deep rumble, before curling up in a ball at the old dog’s chest. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our living room windows face that way, and I heard him dribbling his ball back there from about three-thirty to five every day. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

And then it jerked, spontaneously, like he was kicking a soccer ball. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m better with puzzles,” she told Brandon as she chased the rolling ball. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Tribune called the ball “the strangest gathering since the destruction of the Tower of Babel.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Aru wrapped her hand around the glowing ball in her pocket. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But how would you make your shots curve through the air, with no gravity to pull at the ball? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, yeah. I do,” I said back, retrieving the ball from the grass. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Malik whips his ball at me, but I block it with mine, and the ball goes right to Ben-Ben, who catches it with both hands. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The slave girl never opened her eyes; she just curled herself into a ball and huddled in that corner of the wagon. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ghosts wearing yellow silk ball gowns with flowers in their hair, and waving silk fans. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I stay curled in a ball until the sun sets. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Like Freak says, reading is just a way of listening, and I could always listen, but writing is like talking, and that's a whole other ball game. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I understand why Russ needs to play ball. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She curled up into a ball on the ground with grief. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They attract the ball and are one with the ball.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Artemis felt a lead ball drop in his stomach. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Every time I jumped up to grab the ball, the crowd cheered louder and louder. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But Fern balled her fists, banged them at her side, and then she spoke. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A big rambunctious ball of energy. I always make Lloyd leave whenever I see him here.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As they unrolled the leather ground cover to sit at the side of the road, they found a package with a generous supply of rice balls, most likely smuggled in by Sifen or Old Sai. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was balled up on the side of the road. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

As usual, I get right under the ball with a satisfying smack that sends it far into the outfield. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Dude, Joey’s gay. You can’t make him look at my balls. But you could charge him to. And he hasn’t actually seen them yet.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Harry bent over the crystal ball and stared, stared as hard as he could, willing it to show him something other than swirling white fog, but nothing happened. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I blinked the blood from my eyes and saw it was one of the brass balls from the ring in the table base. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But without the ball, without the floorboards under my feet, without the mid-court line that takes me halfway home, you can get to me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, I force myself into a dress to attend an impromptu ball with Thomas on my arm. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Bridge ducked into a stall and came out with some balled up toilet paper. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I had heard many stories of people who had seen the bright balls of fire. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My paper’s crumpled into a ball in my right fist. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Oliver jogged over and Jimmy L passed him the ball. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Barbarossa's head was as bald as a glitter ball. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

You find, on making the test, that the larger ball beats the smaller one by two inches. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

This is a little more challenging because they have to keep control of their bodies, voices, and a ball. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell me,” shouted the Queen, moving her hand so that they could see a ball of handkerchief in it, which she had tom to pieces. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cold ball of dread formed in my stomach at the thought. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Fang was on the floor, crumpled in a fetal ball position, propped upright on one dark leg. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Jennifer bounced the small rubber ball and scooped up five jacks. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Willis held the ball a long while, still smiling, then slowly leaned forward, swung his arm down low, and lofted the ball into a high arc. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And the ball dropped onto the granite plate, bounced up against his knee, plopped back onto the plate, and rolled still against his ankle. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Ben slid the ball off to Art, who scored an unmolested layup. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So we have a mirror and a glowing ball,” said Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I started to pick up the fondant so I could shape it back into another ball. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He told her to keep her eye right on the ball. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Nearby, in the playing field, children were running around with a ball that they passed back and forth; he could hear their shouts. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The ball and a bottle of Johnny Walker—King George Edition,” and he adds, “for your father.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Below, and far to the right, closer to the boathouse, three boys stood on the rocks at the foot of the bluff, one of them holding what looked like a ball of fire. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The muscles in my arms knew where to aim the ball, how high to arc it. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Taft has a Bakugan arena on the floor, a soccer ball, books about wizards and orphans. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Boobie, under the glare of all those screaming, raging, madcap fans, had trouble holding on to the ball. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paced around the room, trying to form an image in my head of the ball dropping through the net. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

So I just stayed under the covers, curled into a ball, knees to stomach, and I cried. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Aint I told you you cant go up there. They’ll knock your head clean off with one of them balls. Come on, here.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed the ball to the off guard and got it back and started dribbling between his legs. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then, in the way of dreams, the picnic was done and they were playing in the meadow, running and shouting and tossing a glittering ball from one to another. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When Gimpy has finished working his dough into a ball, he stands back, and so does Charlie. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In one deft motion she plucked the wool from the teeth and rolled it into a fluffy ball. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby jumped on top of the haint’s head and fired sap ball after sap ball into his face, until he wore a mask of sticky dark amber. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

One lion held a round ball underneath his forearm; the other held down a lion cub that seemed to be grinning at him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

A sharp ping sounded: the ball ricocheting off the armored back of one of those ankys. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Cecile knew she had us baffled and took control of the talk like she had grabbed both the ball and the jacks. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He talked to me about the possibility of playing ball in college, and I was encouraged. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He thought for a moment of trying to see if, by any chance, there was a ball game down in Thayer’s haymeadow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And the old man studied it awhile and said, slowly, gingerly: “I.. . see . . . the .. . ball.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peach was holding a sycamore ball in his hand. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t really beat the tag; Rex had just dropped the ball at his feet. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I see Stuart and his two brothers as babies, Stuart holding a red ball. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She made a neat move with the ball to get loose in the corner, then she crossed it, hard and low, right across the front of the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It puffed its feathers into a ball and did its best to scan the forest. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The ball was held firmly in a vise as Chapter Eleven sawed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Children kicked soccer balls back and forth on the dirt-covered road, with large rocks serving as goalposts. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I hop-skip backward to the side wall and pick it up, and as I bounce next to Ben-Ben, Malik picks up another ball. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

One was tall and gangly with bushy black eyebrows peeking from the edge of his backward ball cap. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They picked up Trip and he bounced the ball into me and I was one-on- one with their center again and I was deep. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She balled up her fist and pounded it on the arm of the wheelchair. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

So, as I was saying, the ball was losing speed. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Another balled fist slammed down on it, and the bonnet closed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a few low-key rides, and a game in which players threw tennis balls at papier-mâché likenesses of Idi Amin and Richard Nixon. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

One of the pups came slowly toward me, a round ball of fur that I could have held in my hand. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

For three and a half hours I stared at the wall, curled in a ball, rocking. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

According to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the Seneca Falls Convention “set the ball in motion.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Suppose I were to bet you ten pounds a ball?” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

This time the bat somehow made it around in time to smash into the invisible ball. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Now, the ball will be open only to fourth years and above — although you may invite a younger student if you wish —” Lavender Brown let out a shrill giggle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There it was, the thing and its two balls. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball would have been perfect for that. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They were young and elegant, dressed for a ball, the women in long gowns that left their arms and shoulders bare, the men in black-and-white evening dress, and they each carried a glass. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s hot as sin and steam’s already rising off the blacktop, kids are throwing balls, kicking cans, skipping rope. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Here’s this gazillionaire treating me as if I’m belle of the ball, when my own dad is treating me like I don’t exist. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It takes all my self-control to not ball up my fist right now and knock the smile off Tremaine’s face. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The ball’s light blinded Madame Bee, and she fell back. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I roll up the top into a ball and bury it at the bottom of the laundry hamper. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The others were deferring to him, allowing him the clean shot, giving him back the ball more often than they gave it back to each other. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The hall. The fire. Tiger balls. Riding the Carousel.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

We tossed balls for Fatima and Prince Philip in silence. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

It’s like basketball again: once someone is tall enough, then we start to care about speed and court sense and agility and ball- handling skills and shooting touch. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They did things together, like building forts or kicking balls or fighting. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few layers I came to leaves that had lost their stems and were flatly glued to the ball. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ben-Ben swings at the next pitch and smokes a hard ground ball past their first baseman into right field for a base hit. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I'm barely on my feet before the third ball hits the ground where I was lying, sending a pillar of fire up behind me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Their chubby bottoms rolled them over like playing balls, and she laughed out loud. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The cat stirs, stretches, and then curls herself back into a ball. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I rigged up a figure-four trap under the log, and baited it with elder berries rolled into a ball. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several nights later, I dipped a ball of crushed ice into a can of gasoline, let the oil coat the ice in a thick layer, and lit it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And then whoever got the ball next would run around with it, and the kids would try to tackle him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Sucks donkey balls,” Maya had written back, then regretted it when Grace didn’t respond for a few days. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Madeline Ryan stopped at a flower stall, bought a bundle of peonies wrapped in green tissue, the buds still balled in tight hard fists. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he ripped his hands down, and a huge ball of water shot out of the river. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Panicked, the boy threw the ball directly into the arms of Jim Don Cooper. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This room. We used to have a ball in here, exposing our minds and souls, composing anti-Talc manifestos. I guess that fraud is still hanging around that school.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There sure was plenty balls at that ball, but I still got my honor,” Darlene said carefully to the bird. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, how glorious to be young and going to a ball.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As my mom rushed her to a hospital to have her finger sewn back on, my sister hardened her expectations for the world into a tight ball. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We’re talking the whole way on the train, talky talk, chattering at each other across the aisle of the swaying car like edgy ball players. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls a bucket of clay from under the pottery wheel, breaks off fist-sized balls, and tosses one to each of us. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He watched, his eyes heavy with exhaustion, as she took his bowl to the sink, placed it there, and then, leaning on her stick, gathered some stakes from a shelf, and a ball of twine. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Anya tore a tiny piece of dough from each of the challah loaves, rolled them together into an olive-size ball, and set it aside. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Reese would always lend us a couple of old bats if we wanted to play, but balls were something else, because we kept knocking them out of the sandlot. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Each cannon could blast a twenty-four-pound ball that would streak through the air faster than a person could blink. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Curled up there in a protective little ball was another kid, about my age, or maybe a year younger. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A scan had found a lump the size of a golf ball in her brain. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

To the billiard-room I hastened: the click of balls and the hum of voices resounded thence; Mr. Rochester, Miss Ingram, the two Misses Eshton, and their admirers, were all busied in the game. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Gino looked at the ball bouncing away in the distance and then looked back at me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled over on my stomach and balled my fists and held them against my gut like I was praying. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Baba pushes Mustafa over on the sofa and starts pounding him on the shoulder, while Mama laughs and throws balled socks at them. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

To prove it, he threw the ball back. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I bounce my ball and think Ju Mi is talking, talking like she always does. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Drew lunged at me, swatted the ball, and stole it away. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When I stand up and hold my belt, I want you to slow the ball down. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked back at me and I knew she wanted me gone, but I just picked up Oscar's ball and threw it across the lawn. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He throws another ball that stings my hand. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He felt his heart ball up in his throat in a hard, sharp lump. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Moving through her room, trembling with excitement, Celaena gathered two balls of yarn from Philippa’s sewing basket, along with three sticks of chalk and one of her makeshift knives. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When the soccer ball rolled his way, he would draw his foot back, swing his leg with all his might, and usually miss the ball. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

One guy would throw the ball off the board and the guy in the other line would tap it in. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The possessed Taser ball lashed out with its tendrils and sent another shock through Hazel and Frank. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ice called for the ball and told his team to clear. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Leave his balls alone. Like I said, I’m planning on taking him back.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then he took up the paper bag in his teeth and gently shook it so that more treasures rolled out, among them a balled- up piece of heavy white paper. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the field between our building and the next, a group of boys are playing with a bat and a small ball. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I was reaching for the ball, busting every play, and trying not to tense up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She neatly wraps her trash into a wax-paper ball and deposits it in the garbage can. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a thick ball, very tightly rolled. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was just wide enough to square off into two small teams for a quick game of hover ball, otherwise known as football with no hands. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Jax says something, and I miss what he says and the ball, which rolls under a parked car. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Arriving there, she staged hit-and-run raids on three of the saloons, tossing billiard balls into huge, expensive mirrors and plate glass windows. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Interspersed amid these totemic items were stray Q-tips and cotton balls, lip liners, Max Factor eye makeup, mascara, blush, and everything else I used in a losing battle to make myself beautiful. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

With a ball in his hand, the park handyman became a professor. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paolo is in charge, which does not seem such a smart decision because he is doing most of the bouncing of the soccer balls. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Emma held out a hand and flicked her wrist, but rather than producing a ball of fire her hand glowed a scintillating blue. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

By daybreak, our flat was heavy with the odor of fried sesame balls and sweet curried chicken crescents. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Turner, there was nothing but the ball and the sky and the light and the bat in his hands and the fire in his gut. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Our fullbacks, Dolly Elias and a big guy they call Mano, were able to clear out every ball that came close. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hill open for the first down over the middle but the ball floppy and fluttering and out of his reach. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That one’s Daft Donald—he likes to juggle bowling balls. Tam Lin is the one with the interesting ears.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was some ball game,” I said, a little awed by what he was telling me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Granny unraveled sweaters and picked apart dresses and jackets and pants; she wound the yarn into balls and the thread onto spools, and people bought them to use in making new clothes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Brandon asked her to take a step forward, then he grabbed the ball. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mini was still holding up her compact and when she saw the ball, she gasped. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Beside him, Minerva was now beginning to snore, her head slumped to a shoulder, a ball of string clutched in her hand. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He stuffed the remainder of the chocolate-covered cotton ball into his shirt pocket and edged his way back gingerly along the branch to the smooth gray trunk. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to use a big foam ball?” asks Tim. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Tino ran the ball down in the left corner, pivoted, and crossed it with his right foot. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked the ball as hard I could. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I looked to one side and saw one of those glass spheres people put in gardens— a gazing ball. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The girl who had dressed for the fancy dress ball the night before had been left behind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Europa turns out to be as smooth as a billiard ball despite the network of lineations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They got the tip and Brothers brought the ball down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The novelist Jim Harrison once wrote of dancing for five hours in Mexico with “a maiden who resembled a beige bowling ball.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The musket balls don’t even come close to them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

When she picked out a frilly ball gown that covered almost everything and buried my legs under layers of ruffles, I thought it was absolutely right. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly had enough on-the-job experience to realize that she was under fire, and immediately curled her elfin frame into a ball, minimizing the target. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I felt like a soccer ball after a game. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I sit down at the kitchen table and hum while I smear the thick pink polish all over the spoons with a cotton ball and watch it pull off the layer of black. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She took a couple and balled them up, gently pushing Moss out of the way. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At the crack of the bat, everyone jumped to his feet and did not breathe until the ball hit the concrete wall to drive in the winning runs. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The goal would not have counted. You had the ball in your grasp.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the first court a Barbie look-alike had a pail of balls and was practicing her serve—one ball after the other. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Jimmy grabbed him as he started to go up and the ball went straight up in the air. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“When you were balling that little redhead and what’s his name—the Irishman? ...” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The mother cat walked around her babies a few times, rounding them up in a tight writhing ball of fur. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Qhorin tested the edge of his sword with the ball of his thumb. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the darkening light, I can see a ball of bright white fur. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

One of the stars answered by plunging down from the sky, landing in a fiery ball behind a hill. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And when the ball hit the ground, it took the worst possible bounce right into Ms. Adams's yard, where Brutus the Rottweiler lived, chained to a tree. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The enormous ball got smaller and smaller until, finally, it was only a glowing circle on the black silk of the night. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

This way, if somebody misses, we aren’t as likely to lose the ball in the bay or bust out any apartment windows. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s a two-hundred-pound human wrecking ball. Did you really think I was going to stand there and wait for him to hit you again?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

My right leg lifts onto the ball of my foot, and my heel taps uncontrollably. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I ball my hand into an angry fist, crumpling the note with it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Rounded shoulders, hips, arms, legs—even his head was a ball. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

There, in the middle, hangs this enormous ball, the size of a small planet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And in the center of the floor, on a bare mattress where I had once slept, was a brown-haired girl curled up into a ball. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was too slow to track the other players, or the ball, or even the score. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Joe had to admire a tomcat with that kind of balls. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So a lot of us played ball with him in hopes of picking up skills over the summer. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I scooped up the ball and dribbled to the spot Drew had made his perfect shot from. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes sir,” Ben said in reflex as he brought the ball up the court, eyes pinned on that rodent face of his enemy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doug dropped two fly balls, struck out twice, got hit in the chest by a line drive, and let five grounders go between his legs. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I noted the thinning leaves and felt a ball in my stomach. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

As they approached the ball they began to hear the music drifting down the corridor, and when they turned the corner they came to a balcony overlooking the ballroom. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mong asked him to describe what it felt like to be so good at ball he got a giant smile on his face and shrugged, took a long swig of beer. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

If she couldn’t get clear, Omakayas knew she would have to roll up in a ball and endure the bear’s fury. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He took off his sweatshirt and balled it up, set it between his shoulder and the window. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It unfurled from the ball, unspooling in the air like loopy cursive letters. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But things weren’t going to be all right— and this secret was my ball and chain. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We got into our uniforms and threw the ball around the stage a few times and each player was introduced and got a cheer. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

So let’s go home before we get sore throats. 8TH JUROR: What’s the difference whether you get one here or at the ball game? 7TH JUROR: No difference pal. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball skittered off his hand, underthrown, overthrown, nowhere near its intended target. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, she knew he wouldn’t be pleased when she appeared at the ball tonight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Everything Chacho had mentioned—and more—was thrown at Matt like balls of sticky mud. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where the table’s legs crossed like an X, there was a ring of brass balls, each walnut-sized. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Abby was so excited, she sprang off her stool and bounced up on the balls of her feet. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She has tiny gold balls in her pierced ears and a gold bracelet that says “Rosa” wrapped around her pudgy wrist. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Those balls of tapioca are like chewing snot.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It felt like getting kicked in the balls by both of them. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then he stepped up again, set his left leg, fixed his eyes, and waited for the quick swing of the pitcher’s arm, the flashing slant of the ball through the blue-and-white air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

From it he took out three balls, each made of stitched leather. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was so nice to think about their scary dreams and not about a ball of fur. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine that a toy store sells balls in groups of two and blocks in groups of three. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was one Sunday, I remember, when we had an invasion of visitors during the afternoon, that the subject of the fancy dress ball was first brought up. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Deborah and Cheetah first met, he threw a bowling ball at her on the sidewalk in front of her house. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Soon it will be too dark to see the ball clearly. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father told me having Natalie as a sister is like playing ball when you’re 100 times better than your opponent. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Want to come to the ball with me?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Now they were off fishing, playing ball, indulging in all the usual summer pastimes during this brief holiday from school. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jake balled up his fist, Noah balled up his, and they knocked knuckles. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Kate brought the bottle and pushed a little ball of saturated cotton into the tooth with the point of the nut pick. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a better state, he would have recognized that it wasn't his balls that hurt, but rather his brain. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

And the lion held out the round ball he held in his hand and showed Dragon an old, deep fracture that was slowly being filled with the dust of the earth. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

This concept can be taught using an object like a bouncy ball. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Now, that was like getting kicked in the balls again. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s eyes watched the balled newspaper in a white man’s gloved hand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Permian’s Robert Brown took the ball and barely got to the 15 before he was smothered by a crowd of Odessa High defenders. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He would have admitted climbing the golden stairs and cutting St. Peter’s throat with a bowling ball,” the judge said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I toss the ball up in the air and catch it just as the four o’clock bell rings. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm is gamely hanging in there, though he clearly hates to stand at home plate as the ball whizzes toward him. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She slipped a freshly made ball of butter into a stone crock. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the ball from them and bounced it a couple of times, dribbling it back and forth between my legs. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

From a nearby crab apple tree, a small ball of confused bees hung like a ragged skein of yarn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Marco picks up a ball from the billiard table and hurls it at the man in the grey suit. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Well played. The grips deal with lighting. So fiddle with the light bulbs and see what you can do with that disco ball and all those random reflections.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Not in a “how clever to ball up like a bag of chips” way, but in that “you have disappointed me with your very being” way that teachers are so good at. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

That made everyone laugh—except the Beast, who turned from the free throw line and walked calmly, with the ball, toward us. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Aru flexed her hand and Vajra changed from a ball to a glowing circlet around her wrist. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At least if he carried the ball, he’d be in full view of everyone and not as vulnerable to a sneak attack. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went up with both hands on the ball and jammed it through. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He shoves a ball of clay right in the middle of the face you’ve made. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

As soon as I said this, he let the ball roll away and came to sit down beside me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled out the glowing ball and poked it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her little granddaughter, the one who lives in her own world, takes a bright blue ball of yarn from my mother’s knitting basket. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Luma knew they were quick, but her eyes were opened to the boys’ potential at that moment in the Blue Springs game when Robin had appeared out of nowhere to clear the ball. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He pushed the ball to the right and vaulted over him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a small ball forming at the back of my throat. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He balled his fists like he wanted to hit somebody, but he couldn’t attack the entire school. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The ball bounced right back to Gino, who tapped it in. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball bounced off my face, knocking my goggles up and knocking me back into the goal net. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilfred, wriggling into his white Adidas sweater, said to me, “Can you please pick up the balls and take them with you to the clubhouse. I’ll be with you in a minute.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, a little colored boy in overalls watches me, wide-eyed, gripping a red ball. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My dad catches the ball and walks up closer so we don’t have to shout. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one hour, Helena stands at the gate to the ghetto, playing with her ball, the note in her pocket, and I am at my post beside the old ice cream shack. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He gave me that ball and said, “You practice with it, George. You’ll be a hitter someday too.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I’m telling you. Traditionally, the champions and their partners open the ball.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He brought out a small wooden frame strung with thin rods on which were blue, red, yellow and green balls. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After everyone else had gone, Simeon walked over to Mr. Davanzo, and they slapped the backs of their hands together, knuckles knocking like tiny pool balls. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I could have jumped aside and avoided the ball completely. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Come on, let’s play ball with him. I’ll throw and you can race him for it. You’d better let him win,” she added with a little smile. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Tasha takes the ball from the floor and says, “I feel like my veins are full of sand.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Nick slams his foot back into the ball, sending it flying toward the house. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

When I started walking toward him, Digger gave the ball to Hank and said, “Go on inside, okay?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I missed jump rope and dodge ball and field trips. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I stretched out on the floor, balled up a One Drum shirt and stuck it under my head. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then, with a bright white flash and a crack, a crystal ball fell on top of his head, and he crumpled to the ground and did not move. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We saw the President and his lady right up close and we saw the packed thousands below in crushed and snow-dabbled ball gowns. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kicked the ball to me as she grinned and raised her eyebrows. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Another new ball from behind the backstop and Willis roughing it up again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Rosie curls her trunk, lifts her right front foot, and sets it gently on her ball. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Watching Rondell play ball was like watching those seagulls fly through rain. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Here’s a present from an apikoros, I thought, and let go the ball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Religions bring the sacred into our lives with Gothic churches, Muslim mosques, Hindu ashrams, Torah scrolls, Tibetan prayer wheels, priestly cassocks, candles, incense, Christmas trees, matzah balls, tombstones and icons. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to the NBA I’m just going to keep concentrating on ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He ran the ball five times for fourteen yards and seemed even more tentative than he had against Abilene High. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat with her hands out like paddles while I unwound the skeins and rewound them into a ball. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I showed them guys how the Bells ball. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The girl knelt on one knee and held out the ball to Boots, but she kept her fingers wrapped tightly around it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But there had also been a pilot in that ball of flame, a living young man with not much more training than Maddie herself. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The news soon spread about the fancy dress ball. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was the custom in those days for passengers leaving for America to bring balls of yarn on deck. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I ball up my fist and tap my chest, then my forehead, then Richard’s chest and his forehead. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I’m up on the balls of my feet, and my eyes are laser-locked on the feed chute. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

There were nine seconds left when the ball came across the midcourt line. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The experimenters predicted that the infants would look longer at the ball if it had been swapped with another object than if it had been there all along. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He moved nice and knew how to handle the ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He scowls as if the sight of such a thing turns his stomach, then balls up the dress in his hand and throws it on top of the pile. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The ball is an expression of our feelings,” she says. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I shouted, and my fists balled up and I could feel that surge of energy run through me like nothing in the world was going to keep me from doing what I wanted. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Way to be patient, Twenty-Five,” Webb says as the next pitch to Ben-Ben sails wide for ball two. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, technically, I guess it’s Fred’s. I don’t, you know, chase rubber balls. Not as a rule.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I made a valiant effort to win a stuffed whale by pitching a ball at a pyramid of bottles, but never managed to knock down more than two. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Did she come to these balls, as every other maiden did, hoping to wed a prince? Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know I’m supposed to shoot the ball, but I try to force it into Wes, which results in a turnover. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as she hit the ball, it resulted in shameless bragging. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Alfred, who had heard the trouble from across the street, attacked from the rear with his favorite weapon, an indoor ball bat. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How does your head feel? Is this where the golf ball hit you?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In its place floated a golden orb no bigger than a Ping-Pong ball. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Soon as I got the ball I had one thing on my mind, a reverse slam. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I dressed for bed swiftly and climbed under my quilt, curling into a ball, hugging myself to keep warm. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was me, burning on the court, doing the wild thing with the ball, slamming and jamming. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Watch it curl up into a little ball at the tap end. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

We were delirious with it, tossing the chorus back and forth between us like a ball, making up new lyrics as we grew bored with the old ones. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“You feel sick?” one of the dropcops asked as he removed my ball gag. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He never could time the descent of the ball. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Until a year ago when a little blue ball went bouncing off the sidewalk into the street. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He pulled a ball of water out, floating it in the air, and Anya scooted away. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The woman and the pony were posed before velvet draperies which were fringed with deedlee- balls. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was fixed in a course, like a ball in a groove. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know that, don’t you? They are going to the ball, of course.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She puts the soccer ball between her knees and smacks them both. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

My eye was dead on the ball as he put it softly against the backboard. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Connors tells me to hit the ball. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nick took the ball out and put it on the floor like he was going to go by me, then pulled up and took the jumper. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The ball must have grazed a ledge above. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children will sense instantly that they cannot come into her yard to retrieve a ball. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down the sidewalk, two little boys tore after a rolling ball. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He went on to say how he had bragged that “one of the best basketball players at Fisk sank his first ball right here at Lafayette County Training School.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he would just take a couple of practice swings and knock the ball down the middle and pick up his clubs and walk off into the afternoon. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll give you a case and a half for the jersey, the ball, and the bottle of Scotch.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, it was a pretty hot ball game,” I said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

A professor with a head like a pink bowling ball hurried in the direction of the pool, towel under his arm. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the foot grinding the ball, the name into the sidewalk. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Fifi sniffled as she patted her half into a small clay ball. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

For instance, imagine swinging a ball on a string around your head. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how hard to shoot the ball. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see,” she teased, “Matt bought you a can of tennis balls and Karen bought...” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think that playing ball could help you too,” Russ says. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

One arm up, the other outstretched, fist balled around a pretend sword. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be carried in a medevac chopper while guys you could be home playing ball with were banging on your chest, trying to get your heart beating again. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nervously, she transferred the hankie from one hand to the other, coiled it between her fingers, unwound it, squeezed it in a ball, took it in the other hand, lit another cigarette. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A ball of paper hit him in the back of the head. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“The last time I saw you,” I told her, “you yelled at me for bouncing a ball in the hall!” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I gritted my teeth and wiped off the ball of sap she’d flung at my face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And what sort of a person wore gray to a ball? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We got the tap and Nick brought the ball down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Slight sting of the ball against my palm feels real good. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the hissing of the radiator or my little brother talking in his sleep in the other bed, it was the idea of not playing ball that was bouncing crazylike through my head. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I still had the balls/haiku expression on my face, so I guess Joey thought I didn’t trust his evening beverage selection. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He balls them into fists and streaks of silver light pour out of Moreau and into Dylan. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The tennis ball I used to strengthen my right hand, by squeezing it constantly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still shivering, and soon he gathered me against him, and Stew Cat came back to be a warm ball against my feet I could now smell Timothy, tucked up against him. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped the ball with my foot and turned around—it was the girl I had briefly spoken with in science class on my first day of school. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The pitcher’s a lefty, and I love facing lefties because I see the ball so much better leaving a lefty’s hand. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The kiss following the ball two days ago hadn’t been so bad. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Using Nick's dagger, I cut off the sleeve of his linen shirt and pressed it into a ball over the wound. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she thought, what the house really needed was the wrecking ball. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He unwrapped the package and balled the paper into a knot and threw it into a corner of the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Trying," Kenzi followed, holding the blue ball up, as if she could look into it and see the day's behavior. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The red ball of the sun appeared to her left over the gray-green smudge of the shore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Volleyball, he told four guys that they were going to stand in the middle of the court and try to retrieve balls that were spiked down to them. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was left with a ball of black resin slightly larger than a pea. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Craig shrugged and tossed the ball under the net to Chip, who was serving next. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Dad picks another tennis ball from the pile on the grass at his feet. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He charges onto the ball, I line him up, go forward, and all I hear is the sound. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Spin to win!” she shouts over the thumpety-thump of the spinning plastic men as I collect the ball from her goal. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

For a full minute he grunted with the effort, and again the ball popped back to shape. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped and curled himself up into a small, tight ball. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She is bouncing on the balls of her feet, as if she’s cold. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was a huge facility, a place for the casual workout experience, but also a facility where professional athletes—and high school and college ones—could work out, play ball, lift weights. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The museum is located in the main room of an old schoolhouse that the local historical society saved from the wrecker's ball by having it declared an historical landmark. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Rather," as Timothy Ferris explains, "the negatively charged fields of the two balls repel each other...were it not for their electrical charges they could, like galaxies, pass right through each other unscathed." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

At the barn, Billy showed him how to fix a ball of cotton on a stick, with which to swab out the breathing hole when it became clogged with mucus. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

More ice balls came sailing up from below, and the men jostled to catch them. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“See the spiny, spindly creature? A round ball with spikes? Like a rolling porcupine?” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Millet’s big coup was the great Midway ball, held on the night of Wednesday, August 16. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The ball sails into the net, but before I can throw my arms up, I see Papi and Manny crash like two Mack trucks. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I heard about a globe. A map on a ball. I wasn’t sure I understood it correctly because I couldn’t see how it would fit on a ball. Have you seen one?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a wild fraction of a second I lost sight of the ball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Just about everything a field hockey ball could symbolize. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The cabins were decorated with tiny flickering lights, like Christmas lights, except they seemed to be balls of real fire. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Odessa High got the ball back on the kickoff with less than a minute left in the half. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t eat a bag of peanuts at the ball game, you’d have to eat peanut after peanut after peanut. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got to the house, I turned around and saw the dog tearing at Lynn’s pants as she huddled over into a ball. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Em’s brother was tearing down the aisle toward them, his hands balled at his hips. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Thoughts were bouncing around my head like the balls in a pinball machine, and I didn’t want to hear any of them. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They weren’t just going to leave us with a ball and a mirror, right?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Strike three took dead aim at the kid’s knees, and here was the kid, swooping back and at the same time swatting at the ball like a golfer teeing off. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They brought the ball up slow, confident, and Brothers took me in deep. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When they crossed the road, they would begin to take canister fire and thousands of balls of shrapnel wiping huge holes in the lines. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smells like the Boys and Girls Club—rubber balls, oiled wood, a whiff of mildew, and the tangy sweat of playing. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Would they be curled in furry balls, or would they be running joyously through the first storm of the winter, following their noses to game? Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flashes of my father appear in my thoughts—then, myself curled in a ball on my foster-home bed, struggling to find a reason to live. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shortly after lunch, a boy came in from the other ward bouncing a ball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I balled the blanket in my fists, and my arms trembled. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He’s walking next to Maddie, formerly of student council and currently known as the Nutcracker—ever since she punched David Silvera in the balls for beating her in the school election. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I heard my mom yell when the ref handed me the ball. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes were the size of tennis balls behind his goggle glasses. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

We shared our rice balls and seaweed with her, and she shared sandwiches with me and Sam. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word, he walked over and jammed a ball gag in my mouth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And all the while he must keep his hatred locked up inside him like a ball of matter which was part of himself and yet unconnected with the rest of him, a kind of cyst. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Come on, Luster said, I going to take this here ball down home, where I wont lose it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I settled for hitting him on the shoulder and then letting him hit me back, a good balled fist to the shoulder that hurt. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Plastic toys, colored little balls, and fountain pens charged with explosives.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Hall’s new job was to help figure out what happened to a ball of metal when it was surrounded by explosives and blown inward. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never didn’t catch a ball that was thrown to me in my life. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She’s made a big vat of dough and is weighing it, shaping it into balls, and plopping it into trays that will go into the freezer for tomorrow’s pies. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, you have great pyrotechnics. And a good announcer’s voice. And, um, a disco ball—” “It’s true!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I dove for the ball, brushed the grass off my shins, and tossed it back out. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Erin looks around the room and then looks at the ball for what feels like an eternity. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I know exactly what I’m going to do if the ball is hit to me and exactly what I’m going to do if the ball is hit elsewhere. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I was assigned to the infantry with the understanding that I was going to play ball for Fort Devens. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was furious about not being invited—sort of like the witch at Sleeping Beauty’s ball. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

But Jinjoo picked out pieces of fish from the soup that she tucked in the middle of the little rice balls she made out of the barley and grain rice. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He still liked candy, hard candy—not divinity or caramel—sour balls being his favorite. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her brow was furrowed as she manipulated knitting needles, and Franz’s eyes were glued to the unwinding yarn ball. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I centered the ball right between the posts and put it down to score a try, and I did think about Annie as soon as I got to my feet. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mom threw back the covers; I curled into a ball. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was his son Don down there on that field with the ball. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tosses the ball to Dennis, so he can then toss it over to me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

My gown for the last ball was my favorite: white, with a low neckline edged in lace. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of us let go of the ball. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“You dont want to buy no golf ball neither, does you.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be so easy to go back inside, huddle into a ball, and live with my memories of my brother in the safety of those rock walls. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Darlene minced out on the stage, sashaying demurely, and making a rosebud of her mouth, said, “There sure was plenty balls at that beau, honey, but. . .” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Working together, half a dozen big tuna, keeping the little fish in a big ball so they can slash in and feed from underneath. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I balled my fists and dropped into my stance, but before I could swing again, Thandiwe shouted and smacked three clear across the room with her club. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Annabeth produced a red rubber ball the size of a grapefruit. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They had noticed how I had been ducking all invitations to join them for ice skating at Fivemile Creek Park or for kicking a soccer ball around. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise drove the putter home beside the fire tongs, gathered up the golf balls, and threw them at the spittoon. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He figured he’d just run the play he always ran: Toss the ball around. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Ben takes a ball out of our supply bag. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I stood up, dribbled the ball from side to side, but never took my eyes off him, probably more to practice keeping my head up than for any other reason. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Luke threw the ball in the air, then scampered off with Mr. Tom. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I balled up his sweater and threw it into the darkness as hard as I could. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I rolled into a ball in the middle of the mattress, cold sweat nipping my back. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I get in my defensive stance, eyes on the ball. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The odds were tremendously against the ball carrier, so that Phineas was driven to exceed himself practically every day when he carried the ball. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his top drawer he pulled two pairs of sweat socks rounded into uneven balls, stepped back toward the door, and lofted both pairs of socks toward the open bag. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I circle back to the ball, pick it up, and walk it back toward him. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Coach threw me the ball and said, “Go.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every point on the ball has a shadow on the complex plane; in a sense, every point on the ball is equivalent to its shadow on the plane and vice versa. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I balled up a piece of paper and threw it at her. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I veered away from him, hanging on to the clumsy ball. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ball of fufu slipped from my fingers and into the soup. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I threw the ball a little softer so he was sure to get a good hit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Billy stands on the touch line with the ball over his head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She flicked her wrist and a ball of angry red flame sprang to life. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I cut down the path to the terrace below, where the ball is caught in the prickly thistle of a blackberry bush. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She curls into a ball to protect her side, and I kick again, this time hitting her in the stomach. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He glanced at her quickly and then back at the ball coming his way. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The ball hits off the side of her knee and bounces toward the steps at the end of the deck. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The challenge was to rig the machines position so that the ball—the Mercury capsule- landed as closely as possible to the navy’s waiting racket. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Effie Trinket says as she always does, "Ladies first!" and crosses to the glass ball with the girls' names. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Ben, if you get pee in my brand-new car, I am going to cut your balls off.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as I got on the court, I had the ball in my hand and started working. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The giants were playing ball with the BFG, vying with each other to see who could throw him the highest. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru clambered atop it, shoving the ball back into her pocket. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There had been a succession of professional ball teams in town since May 24,1890, when the Seattle Reds took on the Spokane Falls Spokanes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The sky was streaked with high, thin clouds that looked like a cotton ball stretched apart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I think we can win the tourney,” Todd said, picking up the Ping-Pong ball from the table and bouncing it once before catching it again. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

As backup quarterback, his son Mike would be handling the snaps and holding the ball for the placekicker—in this case, Erik Fisher, a placekicker who can hit with deadly accuracy from fifty yards. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re getting the knack,” approved Mercy when a few misshapen little balls finally lay in the basket. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But Luma also had a new ball, and the one the boys were playing with was scuffed and ragged. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to keep up with the speed at which the ball flew, the rate at which their bodies raced around the field. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Leo just had time to think: A hamster ball elevator? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And Nate’s musket ball joined theirs in the blizzard of metal sweeping up the hill. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

She wound my braid into a tight ball, then arranged and snipped the loose silk strands until they fell into a neat tassel. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tosses the Kleenex ball into the trash, then yanks out another stack, wads those up, and slam-dunks those into the basket with the others. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Poet’s short frame was concave, like he had caught a large ball and never put it down. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I stared in disbelief as Edward sprang from the fringe of the trees, ball in his upraised hand, his wide grin visible even to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The season was over by now, but the army-green burlap bags still stood ready for the next ump to call, “Play ball!” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was this latter that remained of Mrs. Shigemura: Hatsue still moved with a wholeness of being that began in the balls of her feet and reached right through to the top of her head. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I heard a cricket, and I heard some kids yelling for someone to pass the ball. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Not to mention throwing up on one of the women who was offering and then passing out and having somebody shave my balls and paint my face and stuff me into a trunk. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He bent over to take the ball out of the cup, and the sun went behind a cloud. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled onto the bed and curled up in a ball. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately, five young women flocked to him and began asking him to dance, how he fared, if he would attend the Samhuinn ball. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I know what happened that time Grandma’s kitchen blew up in a ball of green fire.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mandela charged his way through traffic, using his large frame to shield the ball, and scored a goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Fig curled into a tight ball under my hand. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He dropped down and landed, catlike, on the balls of his feet. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Remember the greats, my dad likes to gloat: I balled with Magic and the Goat. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

A rainbow arced suddenly across the field, connecting the two balls of light. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had the ball and was running downfield when I got caught up in a tackle from a flanker who was playing on Seanie s team. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Curled up into two little round balls on my bundles, they were fast asleep. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t make any mistakes, but he just looks to get the ball to the other backups so they can try to score. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He holds out his glove and the ball falls right into it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Cowboys took over at the Permian 49 but couldn’t move the ball and had to punt. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I balled my fists in the hem of my sweatshirt. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The ball bounced once and went in the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother took the ball of yarn and tied a knot on one end. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In my stomach the food balls itself together, a handful of damp cardboard, squeezed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma had made a torch of her hand, a tiny ball of flame that seemed to hover just above her palm. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I stared at a jar of cotton balls on the metal table. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She took back the golden ball, cupped it in her hand, and the light vanished. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I notice that Jacqui, however, has given up on her own machine, with a ball still in the chute. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She has four hanging from the ceiling of her room and a disco ball lamp/clock contraption. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Tell him that bulls have no balls," Mike shouted. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But Mike Costello was not there to spin the laces away from the kicker and set the ball down. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, floating about two and a half feet off the ground, lying wrapped in a tight little ball with her nose tucked under her tail, was a small black-and-white border collie—dozing in midair. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At anything, including playing ball with Diego at the park or even writing this book. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He missed the ball and took out the Blue Springs forward—a nasty foul. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Besides fortunes there were little balls of sawdust to amuse the children and a special powder that was supposed to cure impotence, which Marcos sold under his breath to passersby afflicted with that malady. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With all those eyes focused on him, the ball popped loose from Don’s hands without anyone’s touching him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d already failed at Little League—never hit the ball, not even once—and Boyd Middle School didn’t have football, so that would have to wait. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The effect is rather like the behavior of a roulette ball on a roulette wheel. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed it to the pitcher and shouted, “Here we go! Play ball!” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Boots’s unearthly shrieks were causing many of the spiders to curl up in cowering balls. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Eyases are a whole different ball game,” Flip Pearson went on. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He called for the ball and then placed it with care on the penalty line. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just the thought of falling down sent my balls ferreting up. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

That night she served asopao with a solid dark ball floating on top of each of our bowls. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was a violent thud, and the ball shot back toward the lanky striker who had kicked it, sailing over his head and bouncing into the empty space at midfield. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She balled her hands up into little fists in her lap. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed heavily from working with the ball. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My bottom thumps against the saddle like one of those rubber balls tied to a wooden paddle. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Oliver Wood took off for a warm-up flight around the goalposts; Madam Hooch released the balls. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He retrieved it, found some thin line tangled in a ball, and untangled enough to cut and tie ten feet to the handle of the bucket. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love dribbling without looking down, the feel, the sense of trust, of control, almost as though the ball were on a leash. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then the picture tilts and blurs the memory of Lio throwing the ball at Jaimito’s chest and of it knocking the breath out of him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because ‘duodecimalthon’ sounds a lot like ‘Dewey decimal system’ if you say it real fast with a mouthful of malted milk balls, don’t you agree?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Simon’s eyes cut to the soccer ball, and he gives it a halfhearted nudge with his foot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

They turned the ball over early on clumsy passes, and then let the Lightning sneak past for a pair of early shots that went wide. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I cheer for the little kid with a tiny child-size ball who finally hits a pin, and try not to stare at the man with so many tattoos that I can’t see his natural skin. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

They arrange themselves at four corners around me, unlatch the hitches, grip the levers jutting from the sides of my glass ball, and lift me off the wheeled bottom like I'm only a soap bubble. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I could see a mixed group, girls and boys, taking turns shooting the ball at a big, tall girl in the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was curled up in this ball, like doing a cannonball, but on carpeting, with my arms wrapped around my leg. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the help of a couple of other boys, I tried to roll him like a ball along the trail, but that was no good. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love the rebound, boxing out, figuring angles and positioning myself, willing the ball into my hands. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I can feel myself getting mad, my fists balling up at my sides. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes into the second half, Josiah tapped the ball past his defender on the left wing and then ran after it, leaving the Blue Springs player frozen behind him. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She drew an imaginary square as she bit into a rice ball. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

That some time in the last hour he became so annoyed at something—maybe the juggling brothers threw a ball at his head—that “the creatives,” whatever that means, had a meeting and decided E.T.: Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When play started again we inbounded the ball on the side and I took it at the top of the key. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that I would feel a pressure to give in, to let a rebound go over my head, to take the outside shot when I knew I had to take the ball inside. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped the ball mill, washed out the color gun and filled it with blue mass. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached their little barrack, she fell into bed and curled up in a ball. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Gobstoppers, costing a penny each, were enormous hard round balls the size of small tomatoes. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chaol would be beyond furious if she infiltrated the ball, but she could handle it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He dribbles an imaginary ball on the ground, fakes left, right, then pulls up for a shot. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

At last McNab was back on the mound, fingering the ball in his glove, a demon’s gleam in his eye. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his sword, Backbiter, met Thalia’s shield, a ball of lightning erupted between them, frying the air with yellow tendrils of power. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I know how much you want to play college ball. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ball of glass, up on the mantelpiece. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

There were animals too, and the clanking suits of armor brandished swords and spiked balls on chains. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

For the case of a dropped ball, x = gt2/2, where g is the acceleration due to gravity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Nice play. The last liner? That ball had hair.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He kicked the rice balls at her as she flinched in dismay. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Trip hadn’t even let me try three balls at first. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I set that ball down on the gravel. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

At random times Aru’s weapon, Vajra, liked to shift into lightning-bolt form and zip across the sky before turning into a ball and bouncing in front of her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Teachers are like the machines that take quarters for bouncy balls. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Right behind the eight ball. I tried to work it backward through the ‘finger,’ and couldn’t. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She scooped it up, turned, and threw me a fly ball. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They shrugged and waved us both in and checked the ball inbounds. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Mustafa gets nervous before his games, knowing that everyone is watching him and that at any moment he could fall on his face or shoot an air ball. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Miss Woodhouse, I hope nothing may happen to prevent the ball. What a disappointment it would be! I do look forward to it, I own, with very great pleasure.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Mars Bar handed back the torn page, but not before he crumpled it into a ball. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just to be safe, she tied a new ball of string to the end of her rope ladder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It took several strokes to regain the place she had lost, and when she got there, the other side had nearly won, for Kate’s ball was the last but one and lay near the stake. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The End Days. How do you know? Some list? Crystal ball? Calendar from the future?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I do. Whenever I play, even in the play-ground, I’m checking out how to protect the ball and do all the other stuff I do. You got to work on your game, man.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

A ball of orange flame bounced next to Tally, cool as an autumn wind, driving away the darkness around her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

After the brutal reality of things Waterside, it seemed to me as if I had stumbled into a formal ball. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just outside the entranceway I saw a group of guys with a soccer ball. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I released the ball, no one was there to get it, so Seanie stepped right over me and poached the ball away for his team. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Time after time, Bull brought the ball to eye level, almost resting it on his nose. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon as he touched the ball with both hands I get up in his face. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Right hand, left hand, right hand, left hand, the ball drummed against the cement as Ben waited for his father to move out against him and Bull held back, fearing the drive to the basket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helena tosses the ball toward the guard—an SS man, though not the same one—and he barks at her, yelling something unfriendly, though it’s hard to hear because a car is honking. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Hades loosed a ball of gold fire from his palm. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Made baskets get the ball,” Drew said, passing the rock to me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I pictured her socks in the air, her little tennis socks with the balls at the heels, those ensanguined balls, bouncing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But he could come close to dunking the ball during warmups and had the great spring that one comes to associate with tall, skinny boys. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I will make you a dress! You can’t attend a holiday ball looking like that. The dressmaker jerked her head in the direction of Penelope’s plain frock and apron. “ The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The other thing I carried was a tennis ball. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plastic Christmas balls rocked back and forth while he looked at me like I had escaped from someplace I shouldn’t have escaped from. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

What I had was winning at ball, and I took it serious. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I play scrub ball I just do my thing and don’t worry about it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

No one I know has ever hit a white ball. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t thought about those balls in years. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was snowing and my mom was still there, and when the ball came down in Times Square, I ran outside, barefoot in the snow, and I yelled “HAPPY NEW YEAR!” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He fingered the ball, tips digging into the red stitching. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coach replied, “Lake Windsor, home of the only other undefeated team. But they couldn’t put the ball in the goal yesterday.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them were wagons full of boxes and bags—powder and balls and such, I figured. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

—CO, can I have some soap balls to mop out my cell? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held the ball in both hands at her waist, and then, like the strike of a cobra, her right hand flicked out and the ball smacked into Jasper’s hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She spun and leapt and balanced on the balls of her feet, darting this way and that, knocking pinecones flying. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We would each roll a piece of the kaunga into a little ball, then dip it in gravy, until it was gone. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The kid and the geezer base- balled their lunchtimes away, and the after-dinner- times and weekends. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care if Spielberg directed it. It’s a chick flick disguised as a sword-and-sorcery picture. The only genre film with less balls is probably….freakin’ Legend. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He palmed the ball and held it out to me. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A street policeman wanders through our alley as I'm getting ready to hit the ball back to John. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

After a few more tricks she tucks the ball beneath her arm, grabs her bag, and walks offstage. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Chasing after their lost ball, a pair of teenage boys ran to the base of the centaur, followed by a young girl. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Children in colorful T-shirts and shorts kick soccer balls on sidewalks with their bare feet, ignoring the grunts and screams of the food cart owners. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to get rid of the ball back to number 5, but Trip picked it off. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why we haven’t cut his balls off yet.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

He’s trying to tell me he remembers that one time we danced at the masquerade ball back in sixth grade, just like I do! From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I think Jessica is too beautiful to be working at a dreary clinic with rubber balls and rusty gym equipment. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He got the ball back and asked if I was ready. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But the last giant, Joe Bob, had wisely held on to his own ball, waiting for an opportunity. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Taking the ball behind the foul line, Ben saw that his father was not coming out to play defense on him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning Hattie told me about her share in the ball, bidding me to sit on a low stool while the family ate their breakfast. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Coach Privett concluded the meeting and the cheerleaders dispersed, Celia still stood there, hands balled at her sides, jaw clenched. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I throw the ball of fabric at him as hard as I can, my jaw clenched. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Had a bad night, kid. Comes from playing ball. Never could see anything in chasing a ball around.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I saw Dov Shlomowitz whirl and start back to first, and I pushed myself up into a sitting position and threw the ball awkwardly to Sidney Goldberg, who caught it and whipped it to first. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Fifteens displayed a new energy and determination, and took control of the ball. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Mercer Day’s number two is a tenacious defender! It is going to be hard to get the ball to Majidi under that kind of pressure.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I watched the other boys do their jobs and within half an hour I had another golf bag and was following a ball. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was the only ball I had. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The second baseman looked over toward first, then threw the ball to the pitcher. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I looked at the picture of a player dribbling a ball. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I curled tighter into a ball under the covers. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Assassin balled her fists until the leather glove on her left hand creaked. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She’s a short round ball of a woman with a sturdy build and hair the color of plumbing pipes. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nah, you planted that ball. Your first baseman would be lucky to catch a cold by himself. No offense.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Art tipped the ball to Pinkie, who snapped a quick pass to Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not like a lump of clay the size of a golf ball,” Inigo answered. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Bull pulled up his knees and wrapped his arms around the ball. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Tyson had batted two of the balls back toward their owners and blasted them to ashes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he’s in what I’ve begun to think of as his resting position: bouncing lightly on the balls of his feet with his hands tucked into his pockets. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The ball missed his head but nipped the bill of his cap and sent it spinning like a flying saucer out to shortstop. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was hitting balls on the backboard by myself,” Miss Skeeter say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

You and I both know I couldn’t catch a ball or swing a bat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Holding on to Mama’s leg with her left arm, Rorra extended her right hand and offered me two red gum balls. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You just got to work on it during practice, especially the way you handle the ball. You act like you’re scared out there.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Colonel looked over at me and said, “Do you suck at this game?” and then, without turning back to the screen, shot my skater in the balls with a blue paint blast. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“After I sink this shot, you’re going out of business,” I told him as I bounced the ball three times on the foul line. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

After reciting all her mas and grandmas that was owned by the Tanners, her hand was balled in a hard black fist. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Helmut is a small, unpromising child from the south who keeps his hands balled in fists nearly all his waking hours. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The ball stuck in my outstretched hands like they were Velcro. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half the team wanted Bien on defense, where he could clear the ball with his powerful kick; the other half wanted him at forward. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I twirled around the room, ready for a ball, curtsying to the east corner, and then the west. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared as the white ball hit the cushion and rolled behind the pink. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Thinking about it,” I said, passing the ball to him. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Coach Quatrini scrunched the paper in a ball and threw it at me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

POW!—Coby’s cleat, aiming for the ball, finds your—THWACK!— ankle instead. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I nodded and added five more apricot-size balls to the bucket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She tied a string to the back of the chair, knotting it five times, and held the ball in her spare hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m the only guy I know with the balls to give a honeybunny what she wants, and the only one with no opportunities.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Yep, we were, like, ten feet off the ground, but I was still able to reach out and steal the ball from Rowdy. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was proud of him when the team gave him the game ball. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man, who was as bald as a beach ball, introduced himself as Curly. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the first light of dawn, I poured the stream of black liquid into a small bottle and stopped it with a ball of wax. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He was a known womanizer; he didn't have the balls to admit he didn’t recognize me when I threw myself at him in that frosty little debriefing room, laughing and weeping and exclaiming in German. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Fern didn’t bother to ball up her fists or bang them at her sides, her warning that she was about to strike. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin wadded the tape into a ball and stuffed it into one of the horses saddlebags. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the far end of his office three boys were tossing a foam ball into the hoop above the window. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Esther's eyebrows moved up and down as rapidly as a bouncing ball. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tommy floated the ball across the grass, the game went on, and Arthur H. didn’t try anything else. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cupped my palms around it, compressing the ice into a compact ball. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I say, “Run at me next time you get the ball.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then Windy holds the ball next to Levi’s head. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Excited, I resumed, continuing to make music while he paused to scoop up his leather balls. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Boots tried to take the ball, but the girl didn’t release it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He paced by me several times, tossing his big ball of clay from hand to hand like a baseball. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“You can learn a lot about government from donkey balls,” I said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It felt like balls of dandelion seeds passing over my face and I shivered, which made Fiona stop. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He had balled his hands into fists, and he was looking at the ground, not at Enoch. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We should have made it a period ball, not the hotch-potch of humanity it was bound to be, with Giles, poor fellow, well-meaning and hearty in his guise of Arabian sheik. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the game near enough to the ball to not get done for malingering, but far enough to avoid having to touch it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It said, “Mind the starlight blanket. The last human to touch one became a ball of fire.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then he did the same with the bread, rolling it into doughy balls. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“You really do got big balls, kid. You better watch it.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His last ounce of strength disappeared, and he curled into a ball on the ground. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The ball went about as high as a young pine, then turned, slowly spun its seams once or twice, and sauntered on down until it bounced softly on the granite plate. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The children laughed as the football hit the garage walls; the dust-covered ball left the walls polka-dotted brown. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next few times up and down the court and St. Peter’s was moving ahead slow without playing any real ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

You know how baseball players sometimes talk about games when the ball seemed to be coming at their bats in slow motion, looking like a gigantic freeze-frame cantaloupe just waiting to be pounded? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when the first smack hits the house, like a bat to a ball. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A white-haired Tribal woman sits in front of the tent, peering into a crystal ball as two Scholar girls wait to hear what she'll say, their faces skeptical. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It surprises me to hear this, because black people generally don’t go to the Irish Pride Pub, although Rod did play ball for Coach back in the day, so they know each other. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He needs you to concentrate on playing the kind of pattern ball that he thinks is going to help the team win. What’s wrong with that?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

By pulling the ball back in front of his face, a certain amount of energy had been placed into the ball. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When he raised his foot, the foam ball reclaimed its roundness. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve played ball with the guards twice to see if it works, and it does, so it’s easy.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Behind me, in the playground, Ross Wilcox was willing me to balls it up. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

To his surprise, he had broken completely free and laid the ball in effortlessly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isn’t my place where I imagine, dream I’m playing college ball. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“Yes to thinking it’s great weather. No to wanting to toss a ball.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t care about anything except playing ball again. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I screamed, “No, you come on now! You see if you can kick my head in! You see if you or anybody else here can get one ball past me—one ball!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s an excellent athlete, and Mirren is more inclined to hit the ball and then do happy dances, without caring whether it’s returning. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I crashed on the floor at the end of one of the stacks and was just sitting there, balled up inside my hoodie, when Ms. Banks, the librarian, tripped over me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The spiked ball swung in a lazy circle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You really are a complete idiot if you believe that,” Henry hisses, the note balled in his fist. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I felt like something ill was festering in my stomach, and my head felt like a piñata stuffed with cotton balls. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

My stomach feels like it’s tightening into a tiny little ball. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, as I watch the Wicked Witch of the West peer into her crystal ball, I realize it’s probably the most comforting thing I’ve ever known. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I felt the ball in the base of my throat hardening as I watched him pull a cigarette from his pack and stick it between his lips. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Madam had two soldiers hang a ball of mistletoe in the front hall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I had the ball he was in my face, and when I didn’t have it he kept his hands on me to know where I was and kept his eyes on the ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I bounce on the balls of my feet as the lights grow larger and larger, and then the front of the train glides past me, and I start jogging. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Twice today she was hit on the head with the ball. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I’ll go near the fence and play a game with my ball, and I’ll call out things like, “Maxi! The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Everybody was watching us, so I fired that ball right back at him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Coach yells, “Russell, just play ball like you can. Please!” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke later on, I opened the lunch bag Mameh had packed for me and inside, tucked between the knishes and matzoh balls and chopped liver, was her Polish passport, with her picture inside. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was liable to ruin his batting swing by striking at a little jacks ball. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Very well. That reply will do for the present. Perhaps by and by I may observe that private balls are much pleasanter than public ones. But now we may be silent.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Each noise bounces around the walls of my head like a rubber ball. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

There’s cotton balls and Kleenex, so I could make a cloud costume, but that’s really dumb. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“You guys were right this morning. I don’t want to be a ‘ball hog’ again.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She has been so busy concentrating on her ball that she hasn’t noticed the ridiculous sight behind her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Evenings, I threw the ball for Tilly, helped Dad repair some of his broken crab pots, and even offered to help my mother with the dishes one night when it wasn’t my turn. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Anytime the ball rolled over to the tables of an outdoor cafe, the old men would pick it up and kick it back. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I lay there, curled up in a ball, and attempted to fall asleep. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was the difference between being a spectator at a ball game and one of the players. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It grew a tripod of legs and clattered over to the Taser ball. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Aunt Nina is holding baby Allen, who is a ball of sleep cuddled up against her chest. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There were car parts and tires, and hundreds of tennis balls abandoned by dogs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But in America, the dung ball cannot be dodged. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the verdict had been announced, she’d heard a terrible keening, so sharp she’d clamped her hands over her ears and collapsed into a ball. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You want to kick the ball with me now?” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Slowly, keeping his elbows out exacdy as Gimpy does, he rolls it into a ball. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Life gets blurry, distorted, stretched out, balled up. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And on the bridge of the Queen Mary, the astonished Captain was standing with a group of his officers, all of them gaping at the great round ball hovering overhead. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Into this Ralph would sometimes fit a cool, balled- up washcloth, as a special attention. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Brutus's excitement got the best of him, and he ended up knocking the ball just past the length of the chain restraining him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

John laughs as he turns and jogs over to the ball. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I curled my toes into tight angry balls in my shoes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He took up a second ball, and along with the first, began to throw it back and forth. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She took stock of the ball of yarn in her hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I thought of the grand preparations, the hours of ladies in beauty parlors, the hundreds of thousands of new and delicate ball gowns, the spike-heeled satin shoes a passing out might sully. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t, but if I can play ball for them I know I’ll get in,” Nick said, looking at me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The little one’s got her a set o’ balls, though. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I'm sorry Coby says, juggling the ball with his thighs before passing it. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

If you have ever seen a small dog trying to get its teeth into an enormous ball, then you will be able to imagine roughly how it was with the sharks and the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, I stood there, wearing the same clothes I had worn on Sunday for the ball game. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I never touched the ball until right before the end of practice, when the coach called Shandra over to talk to her. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A giant metal ball doesn’t plow through a building by accident.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

The offensive line started pushing Cypress Bay back, letting Antoine move the ball steadily down the field—five yards, six yards, five yards, seven yards. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to curl up in a ball on the hot deck and close his eyes, but he couldn’t; he wasn’t done yet. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She thought now he looked like a puppy that had success-fully retrieved a ball. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Setting and spiking the ball were the same in any language. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered when my dream had turned into Cinderella’s ball, but then I realized it was broken glass in their hair, and it wasn’t rouge on their cheeks, it was blood. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luma reached into the backseat and retrieved a soccer ball, then got out of her car, approached the boys, and asked if she could join in. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

After Vajra had revealed its true form, it seemed reluctant to revert to the size of the ball. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Palmer opened them: a soccer ball, a book, a pair of sneakers, a Monopoly game. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He’d been having a kickabout earlier with two other boys, but now he was alone, juggling the ball about in the air. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop back to our ledge, to find Alice balled up like a little caterpillar and sound asleep. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he did so, he realized his mistake and tried to recover, but by this time Ben had flicked the ball away from him and retrieved it near the porch. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve despoiled me, you beardless boy. My lord husband will cut your balls off and put you in a dress.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I take one last lacrosse ball smack in the middle of my back. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, I mean, I’m not on the team. But I kick the ball around with my brothers.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

That might have worked fine except I racked my balls against the windowsill, which hurt so bad that I groaned, which was a pretty sizable mistake. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

You start to see green balls in front of your eyes every time you look away. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His father, off balance, poked him in the stomach as he went up, but the ball went in. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Basketball players did passing drills on deck, but the wind kept jettisoning the balls into the Atlantic. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I would do the same to the other big toe, then to the ball of each foot, the heel of each. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

How could I have gone to the balls? Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He unwrapped a hollow wooden ball with a loop of string attached on one side. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pause for a second as John runs to fetch the ball again. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In the excitement of hurling the ball, she couldn’t remember how to say the higher numbers, especially after she had missed every ball when the other team called “eight.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Felix had complete control over the ball and was probably the second fastest. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a tiny bit self-conscious as we carried our rackets and basket of balls to the empty court. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Our ball could not reach the minute figures who annoyed us; nor could their rifles reach us; and so both their aggression and our defiance were but shows of force. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The guys on the block said he could really play ball, too. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I say my final words…well, probably not my final words, but the last words on these tapes…it’s going to be one tight, well-connected, emotional ball of words. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She does something with her wrist, then the ball is in the goal. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a scrap of paper balled up in her fist. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The number of times the ball has zipped past her and clanged against the back fence is...well, that’s certainly part of the reason we’re running laps. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I fell back into the couch, my eyes focused on the TV and a kitten Fig swatting at a jingling ball. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

His brother laughed, a short burst, and asked for the ball. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This ball is at the lobe of the brain.’ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was naked, curled into a ball, his back to us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Let me explain the physics of having your balls stepped on. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I just floated to the top of my leap, stopped and let the ball go. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine a ball of sun sneaking through the clouds. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Out on the grassy pitch, someone kicked a ball too hard, and it flew up into a giant topiary animal and got stuck. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I scrambled to second, stood on the base and shouted for the ball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her ball had taken her in that direction. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the ball out of the glove, held it in my right hand, and turned around for a moment to look out at the field and let the pain in my wrist subside. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

If we couldn’t afford a proper cricket ball, we made one out of an old sock stuffed with rubbish; and we drew wickets on the wall in chalk. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The ball came back to Rostelli who dribbled it to the right of the key, Ben overplaying the right hand again, watching, tensing, until the moment Rostelli moved the ball to his left hand. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I duck out of the way just as the bright yellow ball flies past my face. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“We want an aunt,” she said, one fist balled. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a ball flew overhead and the crowd was running toward her. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a robot, a skull with a bow on its head, a kid kicking a soccer ball, an owl, and more. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Back to Roget’s Thesaurus. the ball is in your court. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made his move, quickly tapping the ball into an open space to his right: he had a wide-open shot. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The ball rockets out of the feed chute, and this time it’s heading for short right-center. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It’s still absolutely scary to play ball, to compete, to try to win. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, there’s no ball and no shoulder pads, and nothing in your way except the string across the finish line. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Darlene sighed hopelessly and said, “There sure was plenty bones at that ball, honey, but I still got my honor.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As naturally as she could, Seven grazed the top of the chair where Mr. Dimblewit’s ascot was and balled the scarf into her fist before stuffing it into the pocket of her robe. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

JP stood up, leaving the ball at his feet as he tucked his jersey back into his shorts. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, It’s almost midnight and I feel like Cinderella when she was racing home from the ball, knowing that her chariot is about to turn into a pumpkin. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Late in the program Cody himself demonstrated some fancy marksmanship, dashing around the arena on horseback while firing his Winchester at glass balls hurled into the air by his assistants. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Pull back farther still and the curved horizons of the planet revealed themselves—a beautiful ball of green, white, blue, slate, and brown. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It would take a lot more than a shiny Soviet ball and the threat of international disdain to completely break the Byrd organization’s commitment to racial segregation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Sissy took a ball of stiff yellow dough, rolled it flat with the rolling pin, then rolled the flat dough up like a jelly roll. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, he’d split his mental gymnastics, leaving his imaginary board to swing a fantasy baseball bat and knock an invisible ball into the left-field stands of the Ebbets Field in his mind. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some dropped balls here and there, and nobody throwing or running as confidently as usual. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while she picks a lint ball off her dark blue wool sweater. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever known a ball at Manderley not to go with a swing?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His hands trembled and he balled them into fists and hit the ground. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ron couldn’t see what was exciting about a game with only one ball where no one was allowed to fly. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The ball bounced down the street and into a neighbor’s front yard. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

No. The last thing he’d ever do would be to invite her to a royal ball. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It went wide left, but at least he ran after the ball. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Duh,” Darren said as he held up the ball to serve, and Sage snorted as he passed me to go to the back of the line. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s g—” A ball slammed into my gut. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers were higher than the ball and straining toward it so I pulled it down and stretched my body out and pushed the pill with my fingertips. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She balls the dishrag under one set of finger bones. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I draw diagrams of the arcs a ball might take from inside the prison wall to the free space outside. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was struggling against the cold, gray winter wind, carrying a huge round ball in her arms. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A good ball player always listens to his coach, especially when his coach is as smart as mine. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dribbled the ball for a few seconds and then took a shot. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I can wind balls of yarn, at least. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Noodles took five of the dollars he had, five of our dollars, balled them up, and threw them at Black. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Marcus, I want you to keep feeding the ball into the paint.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the half, whenever he got the ball, Mandela turned and made a lonely dash for the Santos’ goal, refusing to pass to his open teammates. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone around us started clapping for whoever threw the ball. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He looked for flanker Robert Brown down the right sideline and threw the ball crossfield on a dime about forty yards. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grins and bounces lightly on the balls of his feet. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Watch, unable to breathe, as our center fielder, Britt-Marie Hogan—my best girl friend—runs with everything she’s got to keep up with the soaring yellow ball... Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Fearless, Ben scooped up the hamster with one hand, plopped him inside that ball, and snapped the little door closed. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

From time to time the Chief of Staff, the President, and so on, dressed in sequins and feathers, will entertain the leaders, i.e., the perverts, of all the other countries at balls and parties. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This ball of liberty, I believe most piously, he predicted, “is now so well in motion that it will roll around the globe. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I balled up one of the shirts in my bag for a pillow, laid down and closed up my eyes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The ball and Frank Millet’s other inventions imparted to the exposition a wilder, happier air. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I was still a little off balance from the pitch, but I managed to bring my glove hand up in front of my face just as he hit the ball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She catches the ball with one hand and holds out the other. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The players threw the ball around for another minute or two, and then slowly came off the field. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Safer starts throwing the ball for the dogs to fetch. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ivan whipped ball after ball of water at Sigurd’s face, forcing the Varangian to keep his head down and his eyes shut. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I bounce the yellow ball, one two three. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Craig looked back at me as he scooped up the ball. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Dallas had been showing one of the younger boys how to throw a tennis ball over the roof of the Boxton Creek Home. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s it! Keep feeding the ball inside the paint,” Coach Johnson yelled as we ran back on defense. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as I saw it, I felt a ball of shredded nerves unwind and whip around my stomach. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Dari grinned and ducked his head as he grabbed a cotton ball. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Professor Trelawney whispered, lowering her face to the ball, so that it was reflected twice in her huge glasses. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

This would be her first ball where she wasn’t there to kill someone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mine is the opposite: balled up like a sock in the laundry. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Three Chasers,” Harry repeated, as Wood took out a bright red ball about the size of a soccer ball. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Davey Cantor came past me, chasing a ball that had gone between his legs. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to open it, check to see if I had somehow picked up a stray bowling ball, but this wasn’t the time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A curly-haired third-year Hufflepuff girl to whom Harry had never spoken in his life asked him to go to the ball with her the very next day. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

All his questions and his made-up parents and the way he dunked on fools playing ball and called me Mexico and never complained about anything. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"You ever seen this, Ricky?" she asked, holding up the ball of yarn with the long silver needles jammed through it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He had planned to do our street last, so I suggested we go outside, while we still could, and kick the soccer ball around. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes that girl is like a walking wrecking ball. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“This here’s Finley McManus. One of the finest young men on my ball squad. Good people here. I promise you that.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cue ball shot all around the table, creating general chaos. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Lake Windsor players started to get desperate, started to kick the ball away. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball went through the rim, stopped for a second as it got caught up in the net, and fell through gently as I headed downcourt. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She looked like she was trying to swallow a billiard ball. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She smacked the ball and it hit the ground just where she intended it to go. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He went for fifteen yards and it was only a scrimmage but he wanted more, he always wanted more when he had the ball. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought the ball up, then pulled it down and laid it against the backboard on the other side for a reverse layup. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I kick a piece of balled-up loose-leaf paper as if it’s a soccer ball, working on swiveling my feet around the front as I go. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Chapter Eleven tapped into the pneumatic system in the basement and spent hours sending a Ping-Pong ball around the house through a network of vacuum cleaner hoses. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I got tickets to a ball game tonight. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“New York is a ball tossed between the Loyalists and Patriots,” he said, scratching at the scar on his face. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The SS man smiles and throws the ball to her again, pointing toward the brick wall of the building. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Only in my dreams when the ball falls off the rim it breaks up on the floor and everybody on my team gets cut. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dude, what if basketball was like soccer and you couldn’t touch the ball with your hands?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Slowly at first, but soon each dingy white ball bounced and hopped as if in an earthquake. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The Green Boys kept an eye on Old Mom, and when she “accidentally” dropped a ball of yarn over the cliff, they watched where it landed. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet bounced over rocks — bright pain blossoms — and then he pulled himself into a ball, dangling low off the ladder. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He brushed some cheese crumbs off his fur, curled up in a ball, and was snoring loudly within a minute. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cheer table, which consists of anyone who does anything at a football game that doesn’t include a ball. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“She’s a fine ball player and a fine young woman,” Coach says. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Char continued to describe the visit of a trade delegation and the same ball that Dame Olga had attended, although he didn’t mention what he had worn. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled a pill-sized ball of green goop and jogged to Hazel’s side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She took off all her clothes, and squashed them into a rumpled ball that she threw at a corner, staring at it for a while. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He kept a small ball in his waist pouch and experimented with it whenever he had the chance. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I said let’s play ball,” Bull growled in a lower, more frightening octave. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid the ball last night has made a lot of work for you,” I said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Matt Cain pitched a curveball, twenty balls flew across twenty screens. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There were many iron shrapnel balls in the rubble of the houses and on the road beside the broken house where the post was, but they did not shell near the post that afternoon. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He came with speed and momentum, dazzling speed for a boy encumbered with the ball, and Jim Don moved out heavily, menacingly to stop Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elderly men with handkerchiefs full of crusts for the birds, children with their kites and balls, and young couples under the spell of romance took their shifts. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He balled up his tiny fists and pummeled the cuco with forceful blows. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He balled his fists to keep his fingers from moving. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“My, he had no color at all. He was bloated like a ball.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His form was horrible—elbows out, knees straight, ball held chest high. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She ripped the page out of her notebook, balled it up, and put her head down on her desk. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Nicole can do anything that involves a ball and a whistle. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I think he sees about as much as Santa Claus,” I said, opening my journal back up, ripping out my last entry and crumpling it in a ball. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Cade and I were spending the afternoon hitting golf balls at Vista Driving Range in Burnt Mill Creek. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t seem like he really wants to play ball.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In an elegant way, though. And, no, you don’t have to show me the printout of your balls, Seanie.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mother’s family wasn’t as wealthy, but still fairly well-off, and we’ve listened openmouthed to stories of private balls, dinners and engagement parties with 250 guests. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Art looked undernourished and lost as he stepped into the circle to jump ball with Sanders. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bandmaster signals the band into a fast number, and Rosie moves the ball a dozen feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I was up and had the tennis ball gripped tightly in one hand. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Switch on the light. The balls are racked,” Doc said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it took some work on my part to uncurl the ball and get to the tasty cooked meat inside. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it true there are four balls? And two of them fly around trying to knock people off their brooms?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

So for half an hour the boys stretched, jogged, and passed a ball around, all the while watching for Luma’s yellow Beetle. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He looked like he really played pro ball. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Gino kept hammering penalty shots into the upper left corner of the goal while a tall kid in a gray sweatshirt retrieved the ball and rolled it back. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no danger of an uprising here among the privileged, among those whose names, are never placed in the reaping balls, whose children never die for the. supposed crimes committed generations ago. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What the hell is the matter with you, Renault?” the coach had asked in disgust yesterday.“Do you want to play ball or not?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that effort just to hit and catch a silly little ball. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The whole thing happened super fast: B-Cubed shifted her stance in a way that let me know she planned to steal home the moment the ball was released. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The thing was that everybody had to be about something, and I was about ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The ball had been tossed quickly to second base. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We got Grandma Smith’s old wooden tennis rackets and pedaled off to Phoenix University, where we tried to play tennis with the dead balls other people had left behind. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were still in a man-to-man and they worked the ball around until their big man, I mean their fat man, picked off one of our guys and they had another easy two. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He hit the cue ball, sending one of the reds straight into the middle pocket. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Antoine spiked the ball in the end zone, and all the Lake Windsor players, except Erik, ran over and jumped on him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m pleased to have found a friend at these balls, where I expected to find only tedium. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We play fast and furious for several minutes, neither of us missing, sometimes making such ridiculous jumps to get the ball that Eden falls over laughing. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They lit patches of ground like the reflections from some tropical disco ball. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Of course she longs to have a ball in her honour,” gushed Lady Crowan. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them devise a game that involves kicking the ball through one doorway or the other, and we’re lucky it never lands in the slop bucket or the soup. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She rose slowly up the side of the centaur; when she was level with its chest she reached into the branches for the ball, but it was stuck deep inside. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He would never be able to throw the ball, never be able to get a grip on it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Got it,” he announces, emerging triumphantly with a soccer ball. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

When her hand tightened on the golden ball, it turned into a dim flashlight. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I have learned to keep out of his way while he pretends to hit the ball as he watches the screen. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

You get ready to drive the ball home. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We found some pieces of metal that could have been musket balls from the Revolutionary War. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

With both hands, she clenched the stone ball above his head. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t use real Quidditch balls, which would have been hard to explain if they had escaped and flown away over the village; instead they threw apples for one another to catch. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

What stubble is left is covered in little balls of plaster, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Koffi had dropped to the ground, her body curling into a ball as she writhed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She tucked into a ball and stared at her feet. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In their right hands they held snowballs as big as bowling balls. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Nico curled into a ball and made retching sounds while his throat recovered. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When my bat meets ball, the ball takes off like a missile toward right field, and I take off for first like a Thoroughbred exploding from the starting gate. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when the kids play catch they let him play in the middle and he tries to get the ball before one of them catches it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The leather grip pulled on my hand like a bowling ball. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

"Exactly. You my brother," Kenzi confirmed, bouncing the blue ball as they approached Chestnut Street. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The ball not only has its own website, it’s listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I ball up the front of my shirt, stuff it into my mouth, and begin to scream. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I balled my right hand into a fist and drove an uppercut just below his sternum. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jason dives for it anyway, but the ball tips off the end of his glove. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He bounced the ball three times again, looked up, and swished in another one. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t recognize the song, but it’s enough for me to ignore the way my toes pinch together and how the balls of my feet feel like they’re on fire. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

You sniffed suspiciously at the dark, sticky ball and then nibbled at it as daintily as a princess, while the rest of us hungrily cleaned off one leaf plate after another. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Looking back, I didn’t even need that soccer ball that Ali Shekari popped, because JR wouldn’t have played with me anyway. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Beans cursed and stomped on the ball with both feet, flattening it, grinding it into the sidewalk. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I caught Joey’s kick and rolled the ball out to the next guy so he could take a shot. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrap my love for Marie into a tight ball of mental swaddling. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He had an Afro-pick stuck in his ball of black hair and he was talking loudly to someone on the telephone. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The whole time I was worrying about these things, I walked home slowly to the sounds of Jay and his friends tossing a ball and laughing fifty yards ahead of me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The ball came in and I ran along the baseline and past Glen with Brothers on my hip. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They brought the ball into their center and two of them cut, crisscrossing near the foul line looking for somebody to lose their man for the ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The White House is where our two girls played ball in the hallways and climbed trees on the South Lawn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At practice today, I wasn’t raking the ball to every field and chasing down every ball hit my way. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

See, when I play ball, I’m on fire. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s just you, the basket, and the ball. Put it all together.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no noise; all the multicolored balls, zigzags, and spirals are coming from inside me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The right fielder fields the ball and throws home, but the ball never makes it, and Luis scores easily. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Okay, then Trinity get the ball and Brothers brings it down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’m here in my ball gown, with my partner, and it’s wonderful. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My whole body tingles with nerves and it feels like my tummy has balled itself into a knot. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There are moments that I feel like I might suffocate, as if all my insides are tied into a tight little ball. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Usually, there were ball games out here under the lights; but tonight, the fields were empty, the lights out. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

More talks followed: You need to act tough, sit up, stand straight, fight hard, play ball, look me in the eye, think before you speak. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Kanue was dribbling downfield and had just passed the ball when one of the older players took him out with a vicious tackle. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He balled the horseshoes up and threw them at Sigurd. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Soon there would be no trace left of the fancy dress ball at Manderley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And unless it was your jacket that was balled up in Byron’s fist with a crowd of kids bunching up, you’d have to say he was pretty funny too. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I chased the ball down, and threw up another jumper. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Kind of like a supernova rather than a black hole—the opposite of having your balls stepped on, as similar as the experiences may actually be. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Where are all the shouts and thumping balls and squeaking swings? Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

A week before the ball, Madam ordered that Lady Seymour be moved to the parlor bedchamber downstairs so she could reclaim the largest bedchamber for herself. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Large, light, cotton ball flakes gently sifted through the air, blanketing the campus in a kind of idyllic innocence. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The squirrel didn’t know, but he held the crumpled ball of paper to his chest and tried to comfort himself. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The soft clunk of pool balls diverted my attention. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Just before Jason blacked out, the comet intercepted the ball of fire above them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I hope you enjoy the ball and your stay in Frell.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pretended to hand me a very delicate ball, and just before I took it, she made like it fell to the ground and shattered. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Crack—I loved the sound of the bat hitting the ball. Loved running ’round bases and sliding into home.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“Have you got that ball.” the boy said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he closed his eyes, and curled into a ball on the grass, and drifted into a dreamless sleep. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

They kicked the ball around for a while, then Beans said, “Let’s go to the park.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I dropped off the oil tank, slipped on a golf ball, got up, dashed over the lawn, fell over an invisible croquet hoop, got up, then misjudged my jump onto the fence beam. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

David swings too late and the ball thumps against the side of the porch. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joey made that problem go away by bowling, with Rock and some of his guys as the ball and the pins. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ball of white yarn rolls across the floor. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The balls of flame that erupted from the parachutes shot over the barricades, through the snowy air, and landed in the crowd. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It was something I could feel as much as I felt his balls of excrement in my hand: mastery in the making. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You guys. You think everything’s about hormones. Hormones and periods. If men ever got periods, believe me, you’d all be in a ball on the ground from cramps.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The defense got the ball back upfield immediately. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I landed flat on the ground, fully extended, holding on to the ball. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he did not see the ball go in, he heard the shouts of his mother and sisters; he saw Matthew leaping up and down on the porch. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of them had been a compatible, attractive, and charming couple, making the rounds of the black community’s fall galas, debutante balls, picnics, and fundraisers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

A ground ball scored a run, but now it was two outs with a runner on third. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sorry to Lucy Hummer for calling her a witch after Rafik's ball skipped into her yard and she kept it a week before pitching it back. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, with a wry, sardonic little shudder, Bernabe said, “Welcome, ball fans, to the World Series of Sex,” and he pushed down a little, dropping his thick lips over one breast. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowdy had been an absolute terror, scoring twenty points, grabbing ten rebounds, and stealing the ball seven times. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She lets us each choose a plastic ball out of the wire bin, and she buys them for us. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The bubbles grow and multiply, thin, trembling balls of rainbows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So...what? You wait for someone to hit the ball, then you go get it? That’s just reacting. Don’t you want to hit, too?” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Tyson pulled him out from behind the exercise mat just as the ball exploded against it, blasting the mat to smoking shreds. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps today pales in comparison to the fun I had at the ball last night.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

So Mr. Galanter stood near home plate, shouting instructions and words of encouragement, and we batted and tossed the ball around. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was invited to dozens of parties a week: art-gallery openings, benefit balls, movie premieres, book parties, and private dinners in marble- floored dining rooms. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She nearly balled it up and tossed it toward her garbage can, which was already overflowing with other drawings gone awry. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I shoved my hands into my pockets, balled them into fists. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Sir Fig Newton lay by my side in a tight ball, wheezing softly. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I looked up and saw the ball coming and went up for it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but it’s just my luck to drop one of them balls on my toe. I got bum feet already.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end as she curled into a ball and covered her head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Perfectly okay,” commented Finny, running forward at top speed, “perfectly okay for the ball to touch the ground when it is being passed.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote, then crossed out, balled up the paper, threw it in the trash. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Dobrynya artfully yanked a magic thread with only his thumb, and a ball of water intercepted the axe, knocking it off its path. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I tried to swallow the dry and hairy tennis ball in my throat. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Idwar extended his leg and the ball ricocheted off his instep and into the back of the net. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Granny always wore her skimpy gray hair pulled straight back behind her ears and fastened in a ball. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When he ran to get the ball I’d kicked, I followed right behind him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The ball blasted where Ivan had just been, smashing into a tree on the other side. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I molded my fufu into small balls with my fingers, dipped it in the soup, making sure to scoop up fish chunks, and then brought it to my mouth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Next came my shirt, swatting it out of the tight ball it had been in for the previous five days, the wrinkles deep and seemingly permanent. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A fortnight after the invitation to the Souls Night ball had been delivered, Lady Isobel and her daughters left Ash at Quinn House while they went into the City. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still a crumpled ball of loose-leaf paper, now with a water stain. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You had a home, and you put a wrecking ball through the front door, Bolliger. Don’t look for sympathy from me.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And once, when our team is out on the field, I dash from the edge of the trees where Shanti places me and race to catch the ball. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We are right for the fight tonight! Hold that ball and hit that line, every Big Creek star will shine! We’ll fight, fight, fight for the green and white...” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured bombs as black iron balls about the size of a sauerkraut kettle. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

As he neared Peanut, Ben suddenly flipped the ball directly in Peanut’s hands, stepped aside, and with a flourish of his arm offered Peanut Abbott the whole court and an easy layup. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball lands nowhere close to the bleachers. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He said, “Dude. Come downstairs with us and have some fun. But put some clothes on first. I can see your balls.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was curled in a ball, his coat pulled over his face and head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He put the ball on a steep grooved slide and let it run down to the bottom. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

ThtArgo //streaked across the sky in a ball of fire, shedding burning chunks of mast, hull and armament. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Octavian would be remembered for saving Rome by hurling himself into the sky in a fiery ball of death. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then Darlene swept onstage in a ball gown that trailed yards of nylon net. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the ball on the floor one time hard, take a big step outside his left foot, shoot past him, and go up like I mean it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Its big .44 caliber ball, weighing in at nearly an ounce, was a solid, deadly round. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bops me on the head with the ball. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I balled my hands into fists and held them tight against my sides. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They were hitting ground balls to each other and trying to field them. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Raw liver is stuffed with tapeworms, little boy. Once they’re inside, they grow in a bunch until they’re as big as a soccer ball.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cherries were smooth like marbles and round like gum balls. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Our poor ball must be quite given up.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Ultima cried triumphantly and with clean linen she swept up the evil, living ball of hair. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere you look is life; even the little ball of spit on the weed stalk, if you poke it apart, has a green worm inside it. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The defender took off after Maya, who looped the ball over him, right to me, in front of the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A low bush nearby had blossomed in tiny gray balls. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her thumb and forefinger like she was balling wax. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She got him a black trash can and filled it with popcorn balls. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, he sees me, jumps up, and gets me the ball with like two seconds to go.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He placed their cues on the rack, arranged the balls, and returned to the slumbering assassin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Sohrab hung back, kicking the ball around with me while the others cooled off and headed for the locker room. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The sick woman was curled up in a ball as though her stomach hurt. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got to look for the basket. You treat that ball like it’s radioactive.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It raises a lump in my throat the size of a bowling ball, and I start to wonder if I’m going to be able to mumble a whole bar mitzvah past it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He threw mud balls until Yellow Kettle gave her hoe to him and told him that if he stopped working just once she would take away all of his play warrior weapons. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The whole village had come to dinner in ball. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a good arm, you know. Fastball, curve ball—you call it,” he says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Tillie, the Finnish cook, was a tall, ageless, red-faced, raw- boned woman with long, snow-white hair which she balled in a knot at the nape of her neck. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The yarn is easily found, a ball of it sits precariously on a pile of books. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Beginning with one ball, he demonstrated how to toss it back and forth between his hands. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was a slim, fair-skinned boy with a ball of curly auburn hair curving over his forehead, and he devoted himself to playing two things, tennis and the trumpet. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball rises and almost seems to freeze in the exhausted air, spent by so much cheering and hitting and incomprehensible effort. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I balled my right hand in a fist and punched her. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

That old cow had eyes as big as a pitching ball at the fair. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I know I’m probably not going to play college ball anywhere, not even at the division-three level. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled as he spun the ball in his hands. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We let the mirror ball dance over us for a while, not saying anything, reclining in the stands. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

So he got into the waterhole for a swim, and I put his balls on, and left him my own little spider-balls. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She brought him something even more crazy—a ball of yarn and some knitting needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Likewise, if you know the way an object moves—whether it be a toy ball or a giant planet—the differential equation can tell you what kind of force is being applied. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I spiked the ball in the end zone and did my TD dance, which I was never allowed to do in school. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“I said I lost my balls! Can’t you hear me? I’m wounded in the groin!” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He does a whistling imitation of a ball in flight. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He balls his hands into fists and then extends his fingers out. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He and the other boys stood with her father in the court nearest the stands, softly lobbing tennis balls to one another. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I returned the ball to the cup and added a little water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tommy and Gino were now going all the way back into their own end of the field to pick up the ball. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They started picking the ball up at midfield and either dribbling it themselves or passing it to each other. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the glow of the ball, Aru could make out the shapes of two giant dogs. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I block my face with my hands and bring my knee right up into his balls—hard, but not hard enough to prevent him from having future little demon spawn children. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were twelve of them, all Rhode Island Reds, huddled into a ball at one end of the chicken house his father had built years before. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their number 5 took the ball out, threw it into Brothers, and he spun around with a big step and ran smack into Trip for a charging foul. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so impressed with the work he’s put in. He’s been raking the ball all year.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

When he returned, Freebie had a half-deflated soccer ball in his mouth. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shin saw a soccer ball for the first time when he was twenty-three, after fleeing to China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The powder and ball were rolled up in a paper cylinder. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimitri crushed the program he was carrying into a wadded ball, and tossed it at the young man. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The first four shots he takes are air balls or bricks. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he saw Rex go tearing after the ball. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

You had a bottle in one hand and a ball in the other, and your mom thought I was crazy. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

And with a cannon ball and a lantern, he showed Johnny how the earth goes around the sun. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls a hunk of tissues out of the box beside my bed, squeezes them into a tight ball. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She is still just a puppy, a little ball of white fur. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A mid-level staffer lobs a ball of paper at the screen. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They spurted hundreds of scattered bullets before dark balls rolled out from underneath, as if the planes were laying large eggs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Cleon Jones camped under the final fly ball against the Orioles, all hell broke loose. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Murphy is rewarded with attention from Levi, who rubs his belly, and the tennis ball from Windy. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because if Dad hadn’t had the ball, then he wouldn’t have tried to dunk. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I used blue painter’s tape for the diamond, flattened shoebox tops for the bases, and a balance ball for the pitcher’s mound. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Of course, Rowdy got hot, hit fifteen or twenty in a row, and I rebounded and kept passing the ball to him. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The walk came back to him when he did not have the ball, during time outs, when he walked to the foul line, or when he walked to the end of a line in practice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You left the ball without saying good-bye,” he said, and braced an arm against the wall beside her head. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I want to curl up into a little tiny ball and let them hug me and kiss me all over. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“There will be obstacles,” said Bagman happily, bouncing on the balls of his feet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the reason for this was that the boar season happened in the two winter months, when the old English snow would be liable to ball in your horse’s hoofs and render galloping too dangerous. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the ball and went up with Brothers all over me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She shouldered the sack that contained all the dirty linen and the evil ball of hair. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama was on her bed, curled into a ball on her side, clutching a piece of cloth to her chest. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I ball my hands up into fists and pound on the wall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I went up strong, spun, and slammed the ball into the rim. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

With some effort, she reached down and scooped up the ball. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And instead of a net, they just have a metal hoop for balls to pass through. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“It had nothing to do with the ball game,” he said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The ball in her hand glowed so bright she couldn’t make out the books anymore. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

All the stuff that does not work gets balled up and hyped up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“If this country spent half as much time on science education as cheering some idiot with a ball, you’d know who Jonas Salk is.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

And when he turns around I toss him the ball. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I was throwing that ball as hard as I could against the backboard. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The ball came off the boards and Brothers got past me and tapped it back in. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He powered through the Lightning defenders and worked the ball back toward the middle of the field before blasting a shot that hit the right post and bounced in: 1-1. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He rolled them all into a big water ball, then threw it back at Ivan. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I remembered the time Mrs. Wheeler had locked my ball in her toolshed, and when she had yelled at me for falling off my bike. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think there might be a bowling ball sitting in my stomach.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It was too cold to hope for a game but I got my ball and went out anyway. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

May dropped her cotton ball on the table and left the room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t play no ball but there was something in the way he moved, something in the way he walked, that was me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He did not have that crouching on the bat and hopping out to the pitch of the ball. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a ball and he was somehow kicking it in a circle so it came back to his foot. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tagoe rushes toward Peck and I swear he’s about to kick him like his head’s a soccer ball, but he grabs my phone off the ground and answers the call. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My stomach tightens into a ball, but I run out the door and down the steps toward home. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

It looked like a tremendous silver ball lying there in the grass, silent, mysterious, and wonderful. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the early evening of November 10, Bull and Lillian dressed with great care for the Marine Corps birthday ball. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As another example, if you want to find out where a ball will come to rest at the bottom of a hill, you look for a point where the tangent line is horizontal. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I got up and poured some water in the flour and mixed the dough quickly, forming it into little balls, then flattening them into circles. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Piper said they play ball on Alcatraz. The prisoners, I mean. Maybe you could play with them. Or better yet, get us both in the game.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would say “If we are on a round ball, how come the folks on the bottom side just don’t fall off?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She barked a warning to the four furry balls behind her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The group holding the ball was clear to all. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

There was a small click, and the ball of light from the lamp flew back to the ceiling and illuminated them all once more. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“That’s how most guys drop the ball,” he said as we crossed March Ave, walked past the burrito spot with the huge sombrero on the roof. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“That is exactly what I mean,” Ignatius replied, aiming a paper ball at the bowl of the milk glass chandelier. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’d’ve ducked that ball I would still be wondering,” he said, and put his hand back into his pockets. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was like pulling teeth to get me and Bobby Gene to play ball. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I knew he was hoping to do something dangerous, like learn to throw a ball of fire at someone. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Didn’t you want to go to college to play ball so you could get a chance at professional basketball? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You were playing ball—I don’t know if it was basketball, baseball, or what—but you couldn’t come over until later. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

My socks balled up on the hardwood floor made a greater statement than any of their hokey claptrap with the carefully matted frames and big curly signatures in the lower left-hand corners. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

For a while, he tried to get me to hike the ball to them. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Two. Five-tool talents hit for power and can blast the ball out of any park.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She reached for the ball in the pocket of her pants. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The ball was just a little high and slightly left of where I wanted it to be. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Your prince commands you to. I want to spend the rest of the ball with you.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He swung just as the ball slid into its curve, and the bat cut savagely through empty air, twisting him around and sending him off balance. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Reverend kept on throwing out phrases like home-run balls and Sister Monroe made a quick break and grasped for him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five...four...three...Just as a third plasma ball ignited, the microwave shut off and the timer countdown vanished, along with the kitchen lights. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe there were magic powers hiding in the way your older brother made all the worst thugs in the neighborhood play basketball with you even though you double-dribbled every time they threw you the ball. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made a loud, scary whimper, then dropped the ball, now slimy and bitten nearly in half, at Annabeth’s feet. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Ice puts the ball on the floor, he fakes left, then goes left and leaves Brothers standing in his tracks. He looks away, then goes up and rips the net with a bodacious slam!” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

As the referee handed me the ball, Finkle waved to the fans sitting behind the basket. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nurse Duckett bounced out across the aisle once more like a ping-pong ball with legs. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Covering the field with his fantastic quickness, he swatted the ball down. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were playing stickball on 122nd Street, and a foul ball went up on the flat roof over the church vestibule. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

One day the kid wrote on the blackboard: I see the ball. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Papi scooped out balls from the windowsill of their hotel and threw them at each other inside the room. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

"Ain't no thing," one of the girls whispered, crumpling a pad into a ball. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The green swirls of the gazing ball must be distorting it, making it look worse. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped to the line again and bounced the ball three times. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Shorty, the guy I met over bets with Fat Frankie, is in there corralling balls atop each table with a wooden triangle. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” he said, handing me the new ball. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She’d also understood that the only thing our girl could do, that day and every day after it, was get back on the court and hit another ball. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At least there was the chance the ball would bounce off the backboard and drop in. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ronan takes a running start and swings the ball out in front of him, but doesn’t let go. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She dabbed at his face with a cotton ball soaked in peroxide. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The elderly couple had shared their food and water supplies with the children, and Jinjoo had in turn given them some of their rice balls. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He explained that the Earth was like a big ball of candy, with different layers. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

By the time of the Crusaders it was long swords and arrows, and at Gettysburg they were blasting each other to bits from cannons filled with lead balls, iron chains, railroad spikes, and door knobs. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care if he’s passing bowling balls, I want him on this phone.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had the ball, backing into me as he dribbled. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He reached high, higher, trying to stick the swinging rod into the barrel so as to set the ball snug proper. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy was standing around the paint so much he got called for two three-second violations, and our forwards looked like they were just throwing the ball toward the backboards and hoping for the best. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He went to the vestibule and swung through the door into the street, feeling that ball of hot tightness growing larger and heavier in his stomach and chest. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The tiny golden ball was held tight in his fist, beating its wings hopelessly against his fingers. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was standing close to me and grinning as the ball spun. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

What else came back to me, as the hockey ball zeroed in? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It’s like a ball got rolling down a hill. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It's been rehearsed, yet I can't stop my fingers from trembling and my body from quivering like there's a tiny landquake inside my glass ball. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds he begins bouncing lightly on the balls of his feet. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She rests the back of her neck against the sofa and looks up at the disco ball. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped it with the back of his hand and stared into the cup like it was a crystal ball. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He moved under the basket and started grabbing rebounds and passing the ball back to me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Bella drew the ball back underhand and launched it like a softball pitch. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches for the ball I spiked and starts pounding me on the head. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

That the committee would view the expense of this ball and other Millet events as frivolous seemed certain. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It knocked over the lantern, which spun and spun on its side so that the whole treehouse seemed lit by a disco ball. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Still glued to Gran’s heels, Viper snoozed in a curled ball on the plush carpet. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Take a deep breath,” she said to him; and with a jerk that took all her strength, she yanked the ball off his head. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it jumps from one memory to the next, bouncing like a rubber ball. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Valley turned around; her face was bright red, and her hands were balled into fists. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She laughed and bounced the ball off his nose. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

We strolled along the walkway between the road and the beach, past pushcarts piled high with corn and peanuts and hawkers selling multicolored plastic balls and cricket bats, flimsy kites, toys, dolls, pinwheels. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They got the tip and Ice had the ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you enjoy dancing with him at the ball?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Whenever Lucky gets the ball, I let Safer deal with the slobber. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She mashed them into a ball and then dropped the ball into the nest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He looks for Hill, who has already caught eight passes for 198 yards and cannot be stopped if he gets anywhere near the ball. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fuchsia rips off another section of the flyer and starts balling it up between her fingers. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Though that was what it seemed like—signs of the ball of furious fire nowhere to be seen, the slanting shadows of morning absent. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was alone in the middle of the driving range, surrounded by acres of golf balls. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cerberus panted expectandy, the tiny red ball in pieces in a puddle of drool at its feet. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I found it hard to believe they were made of flesh and blood as I watched them display complete mastery over the racket and the tennis ball. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pinkie took the ball out of bounds and passed it to Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My man wasn’t doing squat, just running in circles like he was waiting for some dynamite pass, but I think he just didn’t want the ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Baby, it’s not ball, it’s coaching, Dad tells her. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I try to forget all that as I check the ball to Seven. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Then he ran to the light switch and turned out the lights so we could sit cross-legged on Ben’s bed-that-looked-like-a-race-car and watch the ball glow and roll around the bedroom floor. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Stopped a ball with your eye, I hear,” he said, smiling at me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Fadi looked at the sadness on his father’s face and wanted to hide away in a ball of shame. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

His Wallace teammate had to duck once to avoid the tennis ball smashing against his jaw. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Later, he would replace his cowboy hat with a fedora and, like Hoover, take up golf, putting the ball across the immaculate greens, where the new American men of money and power and leisure gathered. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Before practice, he hid within his headphones and juggled a ball, not speaking to anyone. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She set them in a pit in the middle of the fire and heaped live coals around the balled mound of mud. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Millie is a lavender cotton ball in her matching sweat suit, socks, and headband. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Really? I think your mom was just busting his balls.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

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

The young Cicero was a shrimp and dweeb, confessing that he wrote poetry in the hours his contemporaries dedicated to “parties and gambling and ball games. ” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her eyes fill, and she dabs at them with the kerchief she keeps balling in her hand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked at us placidly, his eyes balled and heavy-lidded like a tortoise’s. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He did the same thing each time the ball left his fingers to hunt the chords. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

You wait right here while I go back and get that ball. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time you hit the ball and your opponent couldn’t return it, you gained fifteen points. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I toss the ball high in the air and capture it in my feet. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Her eyes bugged out and she balled her fists. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy lifted his hands—and caught the water balls. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She examined the wooden ball and the soggy string with some distaste. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Must have looked pretty angry, too, because Digger stepped back and balled up his fists, lifting them up above his waist, like I was getting ready to take a punch at him. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He took the wretched ball away from her with a gesture which was almost rough. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When no other cars drove by, she rolled up to one of the flaming metal balls and opened her door. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion drove the dagger’s point into the ball of his thumb, watched the blood bead up, sucked it away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On the ride home Palmer held the foul ball in his own hands. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then Coach blew his whistle, the scrimmage started again with new combinations, and the squeaking of sneakers and the ball on the court followed me into the locker room. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But I was drawn by the sight of the cool-looking “cats” standing around inside, bending over the big, green, felt-topped tables, making bets and shooting the bright-colored balls into the holes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pitched the ball and glove away and crouched down to eye him, one hand wrapped around a clutch of feathers she wore on a rawhide strip around her neck. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

As her eyes slowly adjusted, she could see women—dozens of them—lying on the floor, huddled against the walls, curled into balls. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood balancing the medicine ball, enjoying the feel of it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelly started to giggle, and George joined her until the two of them curled into howling balls of laughter, occasionally shouting things like “I can’t perform under these conditions!” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I stood in front of the closed doors and concentrated, imagining myself a princess, making a grand entrance at a ball. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The questions about his family still knocked around in his head like billiard balls. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He squeezes the ball at me again, but the opening is at the wrong angle, and the paint sprays into his mouth instead. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The Fugees soon controlled the ball again, making crisp passes and moving within range of the goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Clarisse climbed aboard with a batch of javelins, spiked balls, caltrops, and a bunch of other nasty toys. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I would squish my body into a ball and jet away—fully camouflaged, of course. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When Flora came back upstairs after dinner, she found Ulysses curled up in a tight little ball, sleeping on her pillow. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He waited until one of them passed close by, a man with only one shoe, walking gingerly on the ball of his bare foot. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I bounce on the balls of my feet as I wait for the first fear to appear. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The pitcher threw as hard as he could, the ball came flat and fast, or maybe spinning into a curve, but still fast. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Immediately above his head there hung three discolored metal balls which looked as if they had once been gilded. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She smiled and took his hand, still keeping one eye on the ball around them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

This left a hole in the middle of the snozzcumber large enough for her to crouch in so long as she rolled herself up into a ball. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I had a feeling Mike might be holding the ball for Erik when he told us he was the backup quarterback.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She balls up a sheet of paper and tosses it at Michael’s table. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He loped across the grass, easily outraced them all, and gobbled the ball up, sweeping it into his jaws with that huge tongue. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

You fear that one ball might drop, and then what? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Ryan scooped up a handful of snow, squeezed it into a ball, and threw it at the branch of a pine tree. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Natalie sees this, she curls up in a tight little ball on the wood slat seat and will not move. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I did not expect to see was a giant metal ball blasting into the gymnasium, scattering players like tenpins. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I bounce the ball, spin, pass it between my legs, and toss it back to her. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Go on. Find your balls and give the order.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Pops, we just came to play ball,” Seven says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Gregor tossed the ball down the alley between the washers and the dryers. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Moments after the Gran ended the ceremony, the Oracle swept through the square, their long holographic cape billowing in the night breeze, their crystal ball suspended in the air beside them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll give you the autographed Peyton Manning ball,” he says, making the first offer, which already puts him at a disadvantage. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When we got closer we could see the words e’er ball! The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He showed me how to do the spider drill, how to dribble with two balls, how to tuck my elbows when I shot. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In the beginning I used a sawed-off broomstick with an old tennis ball stuck on one end. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember watching once when James B. tried to trip her as she went past him with the ball, and he was the one sent flying instead. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When two objects come together in the real world–billiard balls are most often used for illustration–they don’t actually strike each other. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It takes balls for a chick to propose to a guy.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We threw a ball around for a minute. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Kinnow players never recovered from that assault, although they did manage to move the ball into our end of the field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I should bring the horse tomorrow. She can take you to see Amber, since you don’t have the balls to go on your own.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Definitely. You have really good control over the ball.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

Ideally, attacking players should fear the keeper, especially when they took the ball in to the goalie box. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I went back to dribbling the ball around, focusing all my attention on it, trying not to think about the group of girls standing on the other side of the field. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“They don’t play ball in the morning,” he said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He takes one of the soccer balls lying in the yard and pancakes from one foot to the other. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I set up on the post and called for the ball. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The ball went up, and up, and up. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One rainy day, with his mother shut in her room, he occupies himself bouncing a ball against the living room wall. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The colored balls spun out in all directions. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Fuchsia proceeds to spin her handles like a maniac for the next five minutes, missing the ball nearly every time it passes by. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Taken by surprise, Leper looked up in anguish, shrank away from the ball, and voiced his first thought, a typical one. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sayle was back at the table before the balls had even stopped rolling. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Trying to answer a question with Hermione next to him, bobbing up and down on the balls of her feet with her hand in the air, was very off-putting, but Harry had a go. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Croquet is a Protestant game.They hit the ball with the mallet, pock and pock again, and laugh. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The junkie wouldn’t take an unmelted ball of foil because too many kids put iron washers in the middle to make it weigh heavier. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Much more rational, my dear Caroline, I dare say, but it would not be near so much like a ball.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Only just last Tuesday Flossie was thrown from a horse that had apparently been stung in the flank by a ball bearing or BB fired from an unseen slingshot. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light was stronger, die sun was a blood red ball just over die hills. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The buzzer went off as the ball went down and the referee pointed to it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw children playing with a soccer ball near a field of grain, a field that Rameel had helped to get planted for them. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He dodged every rubber band, coconut custard pie, mud clod, and wadded-up sock ball they flung his way. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Much to his surprise, Zubaid found himself alone, still standing and with possession of the ball, which he quickly passed to a teammate at midfield. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Emmett says I’m supposed to help you,” she says, balling her hands into fists. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Far, far away, someone was yelling, "Stick, stick, stick and run . . ." Up on the balls of your feet, chin in, here he comes, left, left, pop-pop, circle, left, shift, cross. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Supposed to put the ball in the hoop!” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I run back to John Mark’s office, grab my ball and shoes, and hurry back out to the lanes. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Not afraid of anything?” he said, acting all surprised, shooting his eyebrows up under the peak of his ball cap. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I would have cut his balls off,” I told her, but Lorena looked more depressed than mad, and didn’t respond. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I had coasted along the lower wall of the orchard—turned its angle: there was a gate just there, opening into the meadow, between two stone pillars crowned by stone balls. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The first time we came up the court, Eddie passed the ball to me, and this dude didn’t even pretend to play defense. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I stick a ball in and take a practice shot on goal with one of the white guys. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Nick was feeding me the ball from every angle and we were moving away from them. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then Duncan Priest and Mark Badbury appeared with a tennis ball. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Dolores’s voice softened as the ferret curled into a frightened, hairy ball and sniffled a sad sort of sniffle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z