She reach out and grab Biddy’s arm and yank hard. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Thomas had the same strange urge he’d had the night before—to reach out and take one of her hands. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The ground was uneven, with roots protruding from the forest floor, and when she reached out to steady herself on a nearby tree trunk she felt something move beneath her fingers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she reached out to calm him, she felt his fur rising stiffly down his back. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She reached out her arms and bear-hugged me and I hugged her back, and she whispered, “Okay, go.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, as she reached out and squeezed my arm, I realized without any shadow of a doubt that she would have done the same for me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom reached out and squeezed his hand as they sat quietly. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The man reaches out a gloved hand and grips the rim of his cart. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the scrub lay Barnard’s Forest, which stretched for about seven miles, lying like a dark animal pelt across the back of the land, and reaching out into the next county. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

If a chimpanzee can reach out to help a human, then surely we humans can reach out and try to help the chimpanzees and all the other creatures we live with in the world today. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He started to reach out to me, but stopped when he saw me move away. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Whatever you have is fine, Phil. I’m just worried about the pain—” Mom reaches out to tuck a strand of hair behind my ear, and I shove her hand away. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The wind generated from such a column could reach out hundreds of feet and might attain hurricanelike speeds. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed not to have noticed anything amiss, but very casually he reached out his hand and covered Hannah’s worn fingers with his own. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out and grab her hand, squeeze it. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shae looked up at him, reaching out for his hand, muttering something that he could not understand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He reached out and squeezed Mark’s shoulder.“Boy, The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As they sweep the grounds, I sense them reaching out to me, trying to seize me with their illuminated tentacles, trying to expose my face to the light. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He started to turn around, but Thomas reached out and grabbed him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Madoc reaches out his fingers like he is going to help me, but I hop off the saddle on my own. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His hand reached out and came away with a blond hairpiece. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Justice, a voice said, a newer ghost in the house stretching phantom limbs and reaching out. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Sierra reached out a hand and touched a cool brick pillar. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

His mum didn’t say anything, just reached out the hand closest to him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And the hand reached out and gently touched him and he said, 'Now, you must take on the burden. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out to the pile in front of me and pull out a single doubloon. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The suffragists started their state ratification campaigns by reaching out to governors and urging them to consider the amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

One of them reached out to her, and her fingers resembled roots twisting up from them ground. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Glass reached out and drew the metal wastebasket in close to her and used it as an ashtray for the lighted cigarette she had brought in with her. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Hanako fingered some loose hair back behind her ears and eagerly reached out. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I kept reaching out to touch it, trying to make it steady. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But she reached out to him after wiping a tear away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He reaches out, his gloved hand gently touching my face, his blue eyes dark, serious. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I reach out for him and say something like his name and he’s there, holding me and patting my back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I reached out with my other hand and petted him, trying to soothe him as much as myself. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Johnny put the cup back in its bag, but before he could tie the strings to his belt Mr. Lyte’s long fingers had reached out and taken it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fool you into believing that everything you ever wanted was so close all you had to do was reach out and grab it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Gran,” he said, and reached out to her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As the two drew closer, C.P. smiled and started to reach out to shake hands. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches out her right hand, and here, just inside of the doorway, she discovers something big and rectangular and hard, covered with cloth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He reaches out his right hand and grabs my left index finger. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mine was brief—I mean, if I was too cowardly to reach out and touch a sweatshirt, you’ve gotta know I skipped the shower, with its killer curtain, altogether. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Kneeling down by her side, I reached out and touched her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way home from school, I felt like reaching out to any one that had a similar story. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then something stirred behind her, and a hand reached out of the dark and grabbed her wrist. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He wanted to reach out and touch it, though, to lift it off her neck and then let it settle back against the hollow of her throat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Trees stretched up into the darkening sky like yearning giants, their thick branches contorted and mean from reaching out for something they could never grasp. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The cop’s gaze drops straight to it, and he reaches out in one quick motion and scoops it away from me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, reaching out to squeeze her arm. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But she only reached out and patted the girl’s own necklace of yellow pop-beads. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mother was thrilled, and her arms fluttered like wings, reaching out to embrace them. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Father Cham reached out to the shiny black set of drawers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She reached out for Dulcet, who took her from Gregor’s arms. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches out and accepts his father’s offering. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I reach out and take her hand, squeezing it gently. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s hot!” she yells as she reaches out and squeezes Mark’s hand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know where my energy is these days,” she said, waving away my concern when I reached out to help her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even when Thomas had still been reaching out, I had pushed him away. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I reach out my arms to her, bend down, hands open to show I have no weapon. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out to run her hand over the bristly top of his head. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The editor reached out and put his hand on Jethro’s knee. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says they should reach out to each other, see the other’s faults, and “forgive them & try to nurture whatever is good and noble in one another.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He reached out for the discarded overalls and pulled them partly over her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to greet them, but Hammie just shakes her head and reaches out to pull me into a hug. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now I reach out for the envelope, tear it open, and pull out a thick, heavy black note with gold print. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The elephant reaches out with her trunk and taps him on the shoulder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Doc stumbled and reached out his hands to stop his fall. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Pray up to the plaster Jesus in rose- colored robes, his arms reaching out? Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out a hand and pushed away the cakes on the table. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“All I am saying is, she was better at reaching out to people than your dad and I are.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I reached out and took hold of her hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No!” cried Fadi, reaching out with his other hand to get a better grip, but he missed. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Vincent nodded, reached out cheerily, patted Chamber- lain on the arm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t have insulted her when she was trying to reach out, even if I didn’t want to be part of her “endeavor.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Fern’s fists balled from behind her nightie and again I reached out, but Cecile glared, like, Girl, I will knock you down. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed, a little wild, and reached out fast as a striking snake for his leg. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as his grovelers duck for cover, he reaches out and claps August on the shoulder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He did not have a chance to finish his accusation because my father reached out and grabbed him by the collar. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out, just like his father, and quietly began to stroke Nunu’s head. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Although it was surely an illusion, the city, with Table Mountain looming behind it, looked agonizingly close, as if one could almost reach out and grasp it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, slowly, she reached out and took hold of the hand. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“OK,” she said, reaching out across the narrow space. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

It flared for a while, before he reached out and squashed it underneath a gleaming black boot. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The antlers reach out, motionless, as still as the treelimbs overhead or the stars above the trees. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out to touch him, but he moved back and away. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He looked up at her, reached out a little hairy hand, and patted Anya’s softly. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She reached out her hand and let it hover for a moment over Baachan’s back, then laid it firmly on the curved spine. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Standing close to him, she reached out a tentative finger and touched his wooden torso. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Come in,” Mother says as she reaches out, putting her arm around Allys’s mother. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She reached out, through the miles and the storm that wetted and shook her window; she reached out with her heart to her friend, wandering wherever he was. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Impulsively, Jonathan reached out and tried to hold it. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Horatio reached out his hand, pulling me to my feet again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Ella’s there, too, reaching out for me, but I don’t want to be touched. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heartened by the impression of walls, Nailer reached out again. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she reached out and held his hand tightly as the elevator rose to the ninth floor in a single great swoop. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out to me, and my heart thumped unsteadily. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He’s curled up on his side, fast asleep, facing us, arms reaching out and hands curled in the soil. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But then, from nowhere, someone reached out and grabbed his hand! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The child delicately reaches out her toe and squashes the spider. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t reaching out to airwomen in particular, but she was certainly including them, as she urged the youth of the Soviet Union to fight for their Motherland. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I reach out to touch Ben, then pull my hand back. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Besides, Michael Clark obviously doesn’t need me to reach out. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And would the Lord now reach out His hand to Florence and heal and save? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

As the dancer flung herself about with a detached expression on her face, the men began reaching out to touch her. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt it was important to reach out to kids multiple times and in multiple ways in order for them to feel that it was all real. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I reach out my hands to him, but the farther I reach, the farther away he moves until he fades away completely. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girl reached out and touched the purple coat sleeve, first tentatively, then curiously. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He could have reached out and slashed off her head with the knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As she spoke, she reached out and poured herself a glass of water from a jug that was always on her desk. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Esperanza said, encouraged to continue, “we’re definitely thinking that there needs to be some sort of protest. But we just need to reach out to as many people as possible first.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Volunteers have reached out to the program; the Fugees currently have seven interns who help with logistics. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He wanted to reach out and touch him, but all that he could do was watch and listen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the end she reached out and pulled him into an awkward, one-sided hug. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Trembling, the girl reached out her hand, held it well above the flickering candle flame. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She reached out fondly and rumpled Billy’s hair, which didn’t need rumpling. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The male walked toward them, unafraid, and reached out for his muzzle, a touch as light as a summer breeze. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then I felt a small hand reach out and grab mine. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I reached out to scratch behind his ears. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A tree that, as he watched, reared up a giant face to look at him in the sunlight, its arms reaching out, its voice saying, Conor— A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The fox reached out feebly for the water jug. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Is that—?” he asked, reaching out a trembling arm, and I nodded. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Again he dreamed, but this time in the dream the shadow was inside his house, beside the door, reaching out to him through the darkness and whispering words he did not understand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Except she’ll have to cry more than she needs to,” Daddy spoke suddenly, and reached out and took Marly onto his knee. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

My hands were still tied, but I was able to reach out a finger to touch Nyame’s adinkra charm on my opposite wrist. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I was about to reach out for Jamie, and I was about to get stung. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She reached out her hand to shake with his. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I reached out for his hand and laid it against my cheek. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches out and takes me into his arms as my eyes water and my bps tremble. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilfrido’s security reached out for me, but before they could grab me, I swung the sign like a weapon and sprang back. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Earlier, they had watched a sparrowhawk overtake a small bird, in mid-air, reaching out and pulling it back with its claws, and then gripping it to death as it flew on. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The priest reached out for our hands and joined them under a small cloth of silk. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He waited for me to look at him, and when I didn’t he reached out and took my hand. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I reached out and found three grenades and lined them up in front of me; the pins had already been straightened for quick throwing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he rotated in a slow circle, the other kids snickered and stared; some reached out and poked him with a finger. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She reached out and brushed the tip of my nose with her fingertip. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She laughed so long and hard that tears of laughter glittered in her eyes, and as she laughed, for the first time she reached out and squeezed her new husband Njord’s hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

A thin arm reached out of the passenger-side window and tossed the Sunday edition of the Tangerine Times onto the driveway. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frantic, she reached out for the door frame and screamed as she pitched backwards. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I remembered reaching out a hand to steady myself and finding the strong iron bands on a wagon’s wheel rusted away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He reached out and playfully caught Callie’s nose between his knuckles. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She sat down on the edge of the bed and she reached out for him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

To her right, a long pier jutted into the lake, and there were other docks farther east, wooden fingers reaching out from the town. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Down here there was no wind, no snow, no ice, no dead things reaching out to grab you, only dreams and rushlight and the kisses of the ravens. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was only too easy to picture his white, moist hand with its filthy fingernails reaching out stealthily, but there was no way to prove such a suspicion. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Gregor reached out and grabbed the claw on Ares’s left wing with his right hand. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out, not expecting anything, but wanting desperately. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Knowing I could reach out and touch him—if he ever came down from the roof. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

There was a door at the back of the plane, and when he turned off the engine mechanism in the yo-yo, he was close enough to reach out for the handle. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He reached out to straighten the sleeve of my shirt. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I agreed for the sake of argument, then reached out to move one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And why was my brain suddenly alive and reaching out for whoever was closest, whoever was stupid enough to let me in? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She’s near me now and she reaches out her hand and puts it on my arm, the one still holding the knife. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The old man reached out and, with a metal handle, touched me on the neck. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand was still extended, reaching out of the covers, searching. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He gently reached out for Deedee’s hand and scrunched the paper up into her palm. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He reached out and I took his hand. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He reached out to me with his loofahlike hand, and I half hung in the air as I grasped two of his fingers and walked beside him. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Without raising his body, he reached out a nude, inflamed-pink, right arm and flicked his ashes in the general direction of the night table. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She tucks one brace under her arm and reaches out her other hand. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Quickly I found the door leading back to the familiar, but as I opened it the awful story reached out and tried to grab my ears. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out for a mushroom and before anyone can stop me, I pop it in my mouth. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

We shook hands, and then he reached out and put a hand on my shoulder. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I reach out, trying to be as gentle as possible as my exhausted hand pats her stomach once, twice. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He reached out to turn her back toward the city, but she ducked away from him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I sat up and reached out to turn on the lamp—or I tried to. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mohammed reached out and squeezed her hand and held on to it as they drove past a crowd of young men on the roadside, chanting, “Araba, araba!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She reaches out and calls his name, but he disappears before she can rescue him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I tried, you remember? I reached out but you were gone, you went down through those little branches underneath, and when I reached out there was only air.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out to poke her in the arm, but a second before my fingertips reached her, her eyes opened. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I reach out and let my hand sink into the thick white fur around his neck, and he drops his head into my lap with a sigh. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She reached out for a piece of lumber. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I reached out my right index finger toward the baby, hoping to scratch the top of her head. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He reached out a hand to Naomi next. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lucky Girl and Pima guided him down, going slowly, both of them helping, reaching out to support him like he was an old lady made of sticks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They spent the afternoon playing with Boots, trying to make each other eat and often, without any particular reason, reaching out to touch each other. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He smiles and reaches out for my hand. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The witch reached out a gloved hand and grabbed me by the hair but I twisted free and jumped away. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was a secret smile, as if she knew things nobody could ever know, and she reached out and touched my wrist and said, "Timmy, stop crying. It doesn’t matter." The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mum reached out and put a hand on Aunt Gloria’s wrist. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not comprehend the words “no money,” who all his life had but to reach out his hand and fill it as often as he would. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I reached out and took Dadi’s dry, brown hand and squeezed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The security guard comes up and is reaching out for me, but I dodge him, which gives Farooq the opportunity to escape through the nearest doors. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Aru thought that if she were to reach out, her fingers would meet a thin sheet of glass. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Madam reached out and grabbed at the coat of an officer striding toward the Battery fort. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing he wanted to know was that his father was nearby and making no effort to reach out to him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Dimple reached out to grab his arm, but Rishi steadied himself against the wall and blushed a bright and furious red. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he’d reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The image of Neil Armstrong reaching out into space to give a hitchhiker's thumb cracks me up every time. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Helped my hand reach out to a shelf holding a book with my name, and it saved me from the pain of losing her and from a city I hated. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Mom reached out for my hand, but I pulled away. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Isa took down her violin and found herself reaching out to touch his arm. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Her mother reached out and touched her chin. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my eyes shut, reached out toward the mist, and tried to bring the little cloud boy back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t be sure.Her other mother reached out her free hand and beckoned, gently, with one white finger. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He came quickly to Getheren, reaching out his arms to hold him, and seized him by the left hand. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing Kapu did not understand, she reached out and softly stroked him, singing: “Lie still. Lie still.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His inner mind, reaching out to turn the corner for him, had heard the faintest whisper. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches out, and I know she wants to take my hand. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I think I was about to reach out and take her hand for a third time when who shows up but Spider Webb. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Harry reached out, straightened the half-moon spectacles upon the crooked nose, and wiped a trickle of blood from the mouth with his own sleeve. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He reached out then and touched my hair. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could think of what to say, he reached out and slapped my lower leg. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Amari reached out to grab him, he darted out of her reach, giggling. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches out for me, then closes his hands into fists, frustration filling his eyes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then he turned and looked at me and reached out and touched my head. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When people reach out to me to lead, it is no longer a story on paper. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Loo?” she whispered, reaching out to touch his arm. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He reaches out his hand, which spooks me and I jump. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she dreamed about the ones who’d given her away, and she woke up running from faceless brown-haired people, their arms reaching out for her, Maya sweating from the effort it took to escape. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Quietly, I reached out to Denna, touched her shoulder lightly to get her attention, and held my finger to my lips. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dicey stood up and reached out for a firm grip on the wood. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, she reaches out her car window and presses 3 pesos into his hand. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The one eye we could see under all that matted hair, his right eye, was warm and friendly, and his smile was genuine, so the twins reached out and shook hands with him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The woman reached out and fingered the material of the cloak Ash was wearing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ape-man could reach out and touch the thin leaves that shaded its cage. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to reach out, to touch him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Their hands reached out as if to touch the other’s face, then returned to their own, the fingers checking the grooves in the forehead and along the sides of the mouth. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one of his huge hands he reached out to the congregation, pulling them in. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had reached out and killed and had not solved anything, so why not reach inward and kill that which had duped him? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out, groping, and found her arm. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Emboldened, I reach out and pull at the edge of his mask, which has never seemed like a part of him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She reached out and put her hands on the backs of two matching armchairs just in front of her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out to touch Phil’s elbow, but a terse voice makes me drop my hand. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She reaches out her hand—she never does this, other than when seeking repayment after I borrow things from her wallet—and smiles. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then Sarah bounded into the room before him, and his mother looked up, reached out for the package, and saw him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

My hand shakes as I reach out to take it from him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Randolph reached out and felt for the boy’s head and patted it. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Like his brother John and Dr. King, Bobby had reached out to the poor and disenfranchised—especially inner-city, impoverished blacks. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Before she or anyone else could bow, the tsar reached out a hand. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

My bloodied hands reached out and clung to his legs, but he shoved me away. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I really am very sorry,” the woman says, holding the kitten with one arm while reaching out with the other to grab the doorknob, giving us the sign to leave. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Moss reached out to his friend and a shiny boot slammed his own fingers down, too, and the rage and terror finally overwhelmed him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I could reach out and touch him if I wanted to. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Above, clouds like dyed cotton wool hang low, so low I feel I can reach out and squeeze the moisture from them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to reassure Dylan that Samantha will reach out when I see Hudson and Harriett sitting on the front steps of the school. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Surely, this Bavarian peasant is worthy of framing; and this basket of apples! never have I seen anything more lifelike. One might almost be tempted to reach out a hand and take one.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard reached out to pluck a wildflower that looked like a poppy. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thorn reached out slowly for her hand, and Valley pulled away, shaking her head. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Kamal reaches out at last and takes my hand in his, his thumb against my wrist, on my pulse. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was actually nice to be able just to reach out and hold her sister’s hand while they lay in their beds. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I jogged over to Drew and reached out to give him a low five. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

This is one of those moments where Mark has the ridiculous urge to say something about liking her, ask her out on an official date, reach out and take her hand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Robbie Ray reached out for him to help him to his seat, though Mr. McCrary didn’t look like he was quite ready to sit down. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sandi ignored her mother's fierce look and reached out for the doll. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

From this he carefully unfolded a narrow ladder that made Bridge think of a tongue reaching out to taste the floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to reach out real quick to see what he said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Toby reached out and gripped the steering wheel, already exhausted by the conversation. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He reached out and dug his fingers into her arm, and he saw her fear. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, he reaches out to adjust the side mirror with his thumb. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When Secretary Clinton’s office reached out again, I was happy to accept the position. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Conner reached out and touched my arm, then dropped his hand. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

What had she done that she must spend the rest of her years reaching out with yearning for them, making secret trips to long ago, making no journey to the present? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then she reached out and took the ball from me. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out to pat me on the shoulder, then thought better of it when he remembered the bandages on his hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

By then, Fuchs had returned home to England, and Lamphere reached out to his counterparts in MI5, the British equivalent of the FBI, to track him down. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I watched, fascinated, as one of her hands reached out to stroke the fabric, only to pull back at the last second. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I reach out and tuck his leg under her arm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

If only he could reach out and tug at her lips to remove the sad smile on her face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to do something here, reach out and take her hand, something. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then she reached out and grabbed me and kissed me all over my face and I had to close my eyelids otherwise she would kiss me right on the eyeballs. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi reached out to get the door for her, but with a flourish, she opened the door herself and walked in. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Before he pulls away, I reach out to touch the cut on the side of his lip but stop when I realize what I am about to do, my hand hovering. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The troll ran a tongue over his incisors and reached out a shaggy hand.... Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Come on!” she said, reaching out one hand to him and another to Ess. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I reach out to touch one, and they both skitter away. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She kneels by the grandma and reaches out for her arm. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faber held his hand over his left coat-pocket and spoke these words gently, and Montag knew if he reached out, he might pull a book of poetry from the man's coat. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She throws her arms around me, and Jay reaches out his beak and nips my ear excitedly. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The Frenchman listened to the boy intently, nodding, shaking his head, occasionally reaching out and touching the boy’s face, his hand, his arm. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lily closed the bottom dresser drawer and reached out for it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Me too, dude. Thanks for reaching out to me over Last Friend,” Rufus says. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then he reached out, hand scrabbling through the sand, searching for something. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He reached out often to push his glasses up, a small push with his finger, and she thought this endearing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Cole reached out and tried to grab it. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Her hand reaches out as if she could pat Spot. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I try to reach out and touch the corner of an Arabian newsmagazine. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She can reach out, touch my wrist, and say, “Timmy, stop crying.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, though, when the three of us went out to the Big Barn to milk, Joseph went to Rosie first, and he reached out and rubbed her rump again. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Grab on to this!” she said as she reached out with the branch. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The classics are classics for a reason, okay?” he says, reaching out his hands and holding onto my shoulders like he’s trying to school me. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

After a moment he reached out and brushed the unruly red hair back from his face, like a mother would with a sleeping child. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Glass abruptly leaned her weight forward, without getting up, and reached out and picked up something from the top of the laundry hamper. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She reached out and punched him in the ribs, seemingly as an afterthought. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Count Olaf reached out one of his spidery hands and stroked Violet on the chin, looking deep into her eyes. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh, man,” Hudson whimpered, reaching out for the sand dollar. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A few people gasp, some keep turning their heads back and forth while others reach out with their hands to see if they can touch anything. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Although we were near enough to reach out and touch her, we could do nothing but watch. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I disliked being hugged and had been relieved that the Courters in New Hampshire hadn’t been touchy-feely, but when Shirley reached out, I didn’t want to seem impolite. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He was holding out the paper, his chest still heaving, and she stood there not reaching out for the paper. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“This is it. It’s happening. You’re going to reach out, right? This is amazing. Hollywood will make a movie about you two. And a Netflix spin-off about your gay children.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She reached out and grabbed his hand, but Mark pulled it away, knowing it was all sweaty. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The infant Flint reaching out to his human companion. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

What was left of the brambles and the trees around them reached out and caught on their cloaks and rucksacks. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted desperately to text him back, to tell him that I loved him, too, but I worried that if I reached out to him, I wouldn’t be strong enough to walk away again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She reached out and found the hand of one of the children. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before I could make my escape she reached out and grabbed my shirt. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She reached out and took my hand and squeezed it. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was holding her bag tight against her with her good arm and looking down at the ground, ignoring his hand as he reached out to help steady her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I tried, persistently but in vain, to reach out for his love and understanding, and each time he reciprocated by becoming more distant and inscrutable, more morose and frightening to me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as she reached out her hand, the fairy flew back to the window—and Basta opened the door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Your mother wants to talk to you,” Leo says, and Alex automatically reaches out until Leo holds out a hand to stop him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I reach out my hand, place it on the left breast. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Old-Green-Grasshopper reached out and touched him carefully on the stomach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out and selected the game, and a teleportation voucher instantly appeared in my avatar’s inventory, good for one free round-trip to OPS #0571. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I reach out to Prim and she climbs on my lap, her arms around my neck, head on my shoulder, just like she did when she was a toddler. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was Charles’s voice, his hand reaching out to her. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy looked at it, curious, but didn’t reach out. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He reached out a hand and stroked Violet’s hair. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I reached out and grabbed the straps of my backpack and the handles of my duffel. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s never too late to reach out to someone. That’s what he told me, actually.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Boots reached out her arms and Gregor took her, pressing his nose into her damp curls. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi’s eyes were shining as he reached out and took her hand. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then, with all his might, he reached out and slapped her across the face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The cop reached out and grabbed Moss’s other arm. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I reached out, wiped the tears off my father’s face, and tasted them. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Is it your real hair?” strangers would ask, and then reach out to touch it reverently. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For a second, Toby reached out his hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The Beauty Minister reaches out a hand to me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He started to reach out a hand to Daenerys, but as he lifted his arm Drogo grimaced in sudden pain and turned his head.. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

All around us, there was a vastness to the world, an unpeopled rawness, just the trees and the sky and the water reaching out toward nowhere. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out and took a windblown curl of Sparrow’s hair into her plum-sticky hand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Indeed, a few white students were trying to reach out to us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found his watch lying on the table beside the bed and he reached out for it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She'd let me reach out to touch it, but when I was about to put my finger on it, she'd yell, “Boo!” making me jump and sending me into giggles. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The first guard stepped forward, reaching out to grab Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

As I place my fingers on the doorframe, a hand reaches out and grabs mine and pulls me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She reached out for her glasses that lay on the chair beside her bed. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Corporal reached out, took Jonathan’s arm, and eased him forward. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The grip of the strong force reaches out only to about 1/100,000 of the diameter of an atom. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She reached out and took the letter in trembling hands. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Thomas reached out and shook the boy’s hand—he seemed a lot nicer than Alby. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He would turn as she stretched her legs beneath the blankets, and his arm would reach out, and his breath would be hot and sour-sweet in her face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

My father reached out and pulled me towards his lap. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I reached out and rested a hand on his shoulder. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A few times, Dad reached out and held my hand. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I reach out to her but stop because her appearance is changing. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Help me stand," he said, and reached out for my shoulder. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It reached out of his head and enfolded him in its swampy arms. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was very big of Julian to reach out to that boy, Jules. It takes a lot of guts to do that.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

One of the paramedics was on his knees and reaching out his hand. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

My breathing stutters, and I reach out a shaking hand to the table to steady myself. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

My eyes widen and I reach out, nudging her parents awake, and we all stand, studying their faces anxiously. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Dawn is just reaching out to it across the valley below. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He reached out and stroked her hair, and she could feel an icy chill emanating from his hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurried to her side, reaching out automatically to touch her hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had to reach out to the global pharmaceutical companies, to governments, to foundations, and educate them that all lives had equal value. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Though I don’t suppose they’re radioactive or anything,” Charles Wallace said, “or that they’re going to reach out and grab us and chew us up.” A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And could you not reach out and touch the sky, too?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

My room was so small I could’ve reached out and grabbed the leather book, but that would mean dealing with it, and who deals with their problems by choice? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Dill was about to win the game when Lydia casually reached out and flicked it onto the floor, scattering the pegs. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She sat on a corner of the bed beside him, reached out, and gingerly touched his shoulder. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The man, in an almost deliberate provocation, reached out and touched the fence. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Please feel free to reach out to me at any time with any concerns either of you may have. It may take me a while to get back to you, but I will.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain reached out, patted the man happily on the arm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The NBA had heard about Reggie and wanted him to reach out to its players because the league felt that so much pressure was mounting for them to be connected all the time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He walks toward me, reaching out, his arms almost wrapping around me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I reach out and take her hand, and fall back asleep. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Squatting down, I felt a brittleness come over me, a hollow sensation, as if someone could reach out and crush me like a Christmas tree ornament. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose from his chair, reaching out a hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The fire in my mother’s eyes brightens and she reaches out as if some current is tearing us apart. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out—out—got the cat in my hand, my hand under it, lifted it up from the limb. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ash reached out and grabbed her arm and asked, “Please, will you show me the way back to the path? I think I’m lost.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out and put her hand on the cold brass handle, and it opened into a corridor lit with candles placed in pewter sconces molded into the shapes of tree branches. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crouching down, I want to reach out to her, but my mind is on fire. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She reached out to hug him, for his eyes were mellow and his fuzz irresistible. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she’d even fully thought about it, Dimple had reached out and sliced him with the edge of the map. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Shay reached out and gave Tally’s heart-shaped pendant a little flick. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He reached out and ran his hand down her arm while she answered. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Once, I reached out, feeling a warm presence, but I near tipped the boat over and had to grab for the oar before it slid away. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

One hand clung to a wood post, the other reached out for me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She was smiling now and reached out and pushed me gently, and I thought, here it goes again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He considered reaching out to take her hand, which rested gently on the table. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I took a moment to work up my courage; then I reached out and took her hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He moves to me and his rough hand reaches out. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make me want to reach out and touch it any less. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If Axel wanted to, he could reach out from under the table, from under the table cloth and run his hand over a smooth wheel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But the girl keeps smiling as she reaches out for the strap of her book bag. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brambles, reaching out like cat's claws, tore at their fine garments. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

All the way up the aisle, people were reaching out to touch Alfred's robe. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Closer to the house, vibrant bushes of hibiscus reached out and touched one another as if they were exchanging their petals. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu held back from reaching out to touch the cement wall, to see how different it would feel from the mud walls of his mother’s hut that still bore the faint patterns of molding fingers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to do the same thing, reach out and touch all that possibility waiting to be unrolled and made into something. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

And then, out of nowhere, as if it were the most normal thing imaginable, Lydia reached out and took Dill’s hand. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The other children had organized a system so that in case of visitors, whoever was closest would reach out and stop whatever might be moving on the table before the guests noticed and were startled. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the leather sofa closest to her, close enough to reach out and straighten her wrapper. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m ready to show the world what I have inside me, to reach out and make that connection. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She relapsed with the cutting, but this time she reached out to me about it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She reached out and patted Theodora’s head and said, “Thanks. I guess I was kind of shaky for a minute.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Alex held his breath as he slowly reached out to scratch the dog’s ears. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“But what do you think?” he asked, reaching out to help me steady myself. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He reached out to touch the keys—and heard Felicia’s listless voice in the hallway. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope I can, Tally,” he said, reaching out to her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I reached out quickly for my glass and took a sip. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma stopped and reached out to brush something off Mamas blouse. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

As much as I want to reach out, my hurt feels too raw. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though this isn’t all that funny, I start to laugh uncontrollably, and I stumble enough for James to reach out and steady me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The cameras are tight on me as I reach out my hands to the man, to the wounded, to the reluctant rebels across Panem. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The night had a quilted, weighted-down quality, as if somehow burdened, and all around us the Minnesota prairies reached out in long repetitive waves of corn and soybeans, everything flat, everything the same. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alec had reached out and closed the door after Mark came through, maybe buying them a couple of seconds. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They twinkle and dance above my head, close enough for me to reach out and touch them. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

All around, I could feel a kind of sympathy reaching out to me from every boy in the school, but nobody moved or made a sound. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out with her other hand and took her own wrist back from him. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She backs away from the roller coaster like it might reach out and swallow her, and I suddenly wonder if this whole thing was a bad idea. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Rishi tucked his hands into his pockets so he wouldn’t be tempted to reach out and stroke her cheek. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then she reached out a hand and took hold of her water-jug. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment Hamlet drew up on his horse and reached out to grip Horatio’s hand and salute Laertes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Laura reached out her cold hand, and squeezed Shadow’s hand in hers. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I reached out and touched on the strings. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The bouncers reached out and lunged, but I was already in the air, falling sweetly to freedom. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then Pearl had reached out one timid finger and traced a vine in the wallpaper, and Lexie had felt a warm gush of pity for her, the sad little mouse. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I reached out to retrieve it from him, knowing by then that I hadn’t dropped it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But when I reached out to steady myself, my hand didn’t come to rest on leaves and dirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She reached out again, but as she did so, Silver closed her jaws on Miyax’s shoulder and held her immobile. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I automatically rise and, as I do, I sense Peeta reaching out for me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why, instead of reaching out and helping each other, were some black people bent on hurting one another? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certain that Pond had stopped singing, Nathan reached out to grab a falling flake. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

One of them reached out and pushed Sal in the chest—not too hard, but Sal stumbled back a few steps. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Mankind reaching out to Mars to send people to another planet for the very first time and expand the horizons of humanity blah, blah, blah. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Let's start with them paws," she said, reaching out for Gregory's right hand. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Carefully Rupa moved closer to Neel and reached out to stroke the tiny animal. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out for years, but I didn’t appreciate it at first, and James might not, either. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He reached out a hand to take the change. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lizzie felt it, too and she reached out and took his hand for a moment—as if for balance—and then dropped it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Countless times on that long Santa Anita backstretch Seabiscuit’s legs reached out over the track, stretching to gather up the ground, pounding down into the dirt, then folding up under his belly. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad reached out and turned off the radio, which was very unusual for him. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to bark again, and reached out a long paw. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk over to him and stand there awkwardly, and he reaches out and pats my cheek. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

All I had to do was reach out and claim my tray, and the world would be perfectly normal. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Instantly my mother reached out and grabbed me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches out for my dad, her arms, her entire body, shaking. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt the ridiculous urge to reach out and touch them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A perfect tongue, smaller than a newborn kittens, reached out for the drops of milk on her lips. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever Barrone’s reason for reaching out to my father, he didn’t call her back. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She reached out and gave my shoulder a gentle push and offered me the other half of the smile she’d given me before. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I reach out, putting my hand on the other side. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then he reached out and held my hand, and I felt as though my mouth were full of melting sugar. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had to force herself not to reach out and grab the baby from Clay. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out and grabbed Finn by the shoulders, pulling him closer. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I actually have to steady myself against my bedpost, and nearly miss it when I reach out. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The women follow, still wailing and reaching out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His long arms reached out, caught Abel before he could move away, and flipped him easily into the air. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia reached out and smacked her dad on the forehead, as if swatting a mosquito. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And you simply reach out and take one! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I reach out my hand and turn the box so I can check the stamps on the other side. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

A delicate young man in what looked like a Boy Scout uniform crouched down, reached out his arm, and laid hold of the stern. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He reached out to stroke her hair, as though doing so might make him like it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mae reached out to her, but she twisted away, her hands over her face, and gave herself up to weeping. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old monk reached out a white hand and touched the bracelet on Pong's left wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I was close enough that I could reach out and punch dude right in his pretty-boy face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I reach out a hand and touch her shoulder. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She reached out, and I felt the current brush my face like a caress. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out and seized a handful of Harry’s robes, dragging him closer, though his eyes were staring over Harry’s head. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She reached out and grabbed the camera he was holding in his hands, apparently forgetting that the strap was around his neck. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When she gets back to her seat, she reaches out to hold my hand. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tab’s mom said that when people reached out to hurt your feelings, it was because they secretly felt they deserved to be talked to that way. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She reaches out to touch the mom who went missing from the holograms halfway through her baby book. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I bet if I reached out, it’d be as soft as a cloud, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She reached out a hand and touched him, and it broke the spell. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at me with a strange expression on his face and took a few steps forward, reaching out for me; I took a few steps back in response. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I want to reach out to him, but instead I turn and walk away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out a goose-fleshed arm to pull up a quilt, but of course there wasn’t one. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Pong wanted to reach out and pat him on the shoulder, or pinch his arm, or do something, anything, to break through that wall of silence. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She would nod acknowledgment and turn back to her machines, which at least did not reach out and pat you when you weren’t watching. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, so it looked like he thought he might bum himself by touching me, Miles reached out to shake my hand. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He reached out to grasp the lip of the boat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He wanted to reach out and hold her back from the destruction she so ardently pursued—to fold her in him, and hide her until the wrath of God was past. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Just about the time of the April hearing, the county attorney, George Daines, reached out to Bunderson to talk about the possibility of a plea bargain. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her gloved hand suddenly appeared, reaching out of the black water. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He nodded to me and reached out to take Joseph’s arm. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The vines had never reached out for him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She reached out and hugged all three kids, pulling them together so tightly that Emma could barely breathe. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We reach out our hands and seal our pact. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He then reached out and shook my hand, and expressed the hope that everything would turn out well for me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to reach out for her, but Father held me back. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Just as the child was about to reach out and grab the elbow, Dad would slide it into his lap. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to reach out and take his hand, make him remember, tell him I won’t let anyone hurt him and he no longer needs to hide. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Some deep instinct made me reach out and grab his arm, hold it tightly as if I could keep him right where he was, alive and sound. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She reached out a finger, stroked him above his left eyebrow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I’m not used to kids reaching out to be friends with me. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She reached out and pushed a lever, slamming it forward until it couldn’t go any farther. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She just reached out blindly and pulled one down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Once they were gone, Nok reached out and picked up the peel. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I guessed I would have to open it, so I reached out to grasp the handle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Luna reached out a pale hand, which looked eerie floating in midair, unconnected to arm or body. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I reached out my hand to touch her, to speak to her, to try to tell her of my life, my feelings, my doubts; and she leaped to her feet. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of my hands reached out to hold the sliding door open as I leaned back into the minivan and pulled the book out of the passenger seat’s back pouch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Behind them, the wind swooped down from the painted mouths on the hill over the ruined land as if it could reach out fingers to tap them on their shoulder, turn them around. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“At home, when I said that I liked Stephen King and James Patterson, you looked like you wanted to reach out and knock me upside the head.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lying down in the blackness of the room, I reached out to touch Janina. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Rose’s hand reached out toward her sister as though to adjust the silver ribbon across her forehead. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She took a step and reached out to take my arm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Shrugging, I reached out and pulled the door open. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I reached out and clawed a button eye from the bear’s face. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She reached out with her other hand and grabbed the first thing she touched, the belt she'd hoped to give him, a heavy chain of ornate bronze medallions. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Here chick,” she called, “here chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick—” Ellen slowly reached out with her hoe and broke a clod of dirt into crumbling fragments. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out to take it, but he places it over my head instead. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It drives Alex nuts that Henry thinks he gets to have the last word, and without thinking, he reaches out and pulls Henry’s shoulder back. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And reaching out his hand to his friend and companion as I now stretch out my hand to you, he said, 'Come closer. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry reached out and was glad to find that he could touch him: He gripped his arm tightly and Dumbledore gradually regained control. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I’m still smoldering a little, so it’s with a tentative hand that Caesar reaches out to touch my headpiece. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fahim started to reach out but withdrew his hand when one of the snakes hissed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I have to fight all my instincts, which tell me to reach out and take her hand. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“What black, shiny hair, look at her brown, smooth skin! That heart-shaped face makes one want to reach out and pinch those dimpled apple cheeks. Look at those full lips and her smile! Ugly!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d just taken another step when a man reached out and poked his shoulder with a finger. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The shadows seemed to bend toward him as he walked, like they were reaching out for his attention. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

As Netscape began to grow, they reached out to Barksdale for guidance and insight into how best to go public. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll never grow old with you, honey,” she whimpered, and reached out for his face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That’s why I was so surprised when I reached out to push off the cool blue metal of the mailbox to see his hand there, too. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Grinning, he reached out and slipped me some skin. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I reached out but didn’t grab her arm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Memory came rushing back: the stone man reaching out with cracked grey hands, the blood seeping from his knuckles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When we dipped our hands, I thought that the dead would reach out and haul us in, but only our own faces stared back at us, one indistinguishable from the other. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I wanted to reach out to her to let her know she wasn’t alone. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He reached out and patted me on the head. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The boy who had reached out to me in the mikveh had been afraid. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She reached out and tugged my sleeve, then pulled her hand back. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The scythe stood and reached out to offer Rowan his hand, but Rowan didn’t take it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Elation swept through him, and with it his new sense unfurled, growing and reaching out, seeking and finding and knowing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She reached out and touched my hand like she was making sure I was real, then said, “Thank you, boy!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She reached out with her mind, fumbling for the cut tether, as though she might revive the moth and draw it back home, but it was lost to her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I blink, and Moreau is face-to-face with me, so close that he could reach out and grab me if not for the glass. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He looks at his son, desperate to reach out. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

She reached out, but didn’t touch him, afraid he would break under her fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She had reached out for the house telephone and given her orders for the day, swiftly, efficiently, and run her pencil perhaps through an item in the menu that had not pleased her. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling as though she had something to prove, Ash reached out and grasped the apprentice’s hand firmly and said, “Good morning.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his room, he could reach out across the city, the country, the globe. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He can feel the circus all around him, as though it hangs on him like mist, like he could reach out and touch the iron fence despite the distance from it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And he reached out a hand to her. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She reached out to push the wet hair off my face. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She reached out and touched Sansa's hair, brushing it lightly away from her neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Like a dog who has had all the fight whipped out of him, Hodor would curl up and hide whenever Bran reached out for him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Instantly, several strong arms reached out to brace her fall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ophie reached out and took Clara’s hand in hers, the ghostly fingers melting into hers just a little bit, not chilly at all but warm, as though Clara were still alive. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Mamá is in a lot of pain right now. She needs to hear that we still love her. Think about it. When was the last time you reached out to her?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ned Stark reached out his hand to grasp the flowery crown, but beneath the pale blue petals the thorns lay hidden. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He reaches out to her, as if to put his hand on her shoulder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I reach out, and she doesn’t even flinch when I turn off the monitor in her suit. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I too reached out and touched Ruth on the shoulder. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself up from his knees, winced, and reached out for the picket gate, not caring much whether he got blood on Mrs. Cobb’s grandfather’s work. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then she reached out her hand, so that Finn could place the key in it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

To his surprise, she reached out and patted his shoulder, which made him feel slightly better and a lot weirder, all at once. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Part of me wants to reach out and touch that hair, grab a thick chunk, and brush it against my cheek. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Eventually she reached out and tilted his chin up with her fingers. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the women smiled back at her and reached out to touch her as she went by. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he dared not reach out his hand, he lay stiff, his eyes wide open. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Jimmy walked past them without so much as a sideways glance until Corky reached out and grabbed him by the arm. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I reached out to dry his arm, very aware that my hands were still shaking. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She climbed a crumbling staircase to the ruined ceiling, then reached out to grab onto the beam. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

With a sudden forceful movement, he reached out his arm, his collar falling open so Pinmei could see a silver pin sticking out from the imperial gold silk of his hidden robe. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Impulsively, she reached out and embraced me tightly, then with a sigh pushed me away. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out slowly and dosed my hand on it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lazlo reached out a shaking arm and yanked the curtain closed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Try and make your scarf tighter, Mama,” I say, reaching out to touch her shoulder. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She listened attentively, reached out and took a triangle of buttered toast from my plate and ate it as she listened. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I reached out again a second later, though. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m really happy your son reached out to me on what could’ve been the worst day ever. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She reached out to me and we hugged on the bench in the courtyard and walked home together. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But my mother, who had been standing alongside the door, reached out and grabbed my arm as I turned the doorknob. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deeper breath, reached out, and pinched the spotted old skin on her lifeless forearm. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The blind man reached out for the bird and took it. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He reached out across this distance to try to steady himself against the walls. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tears streamed down Poppy’s face now, and Seven did not reach out and hug her like she had so many times before. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

They nodded and murmured respectful greetings to Danny, and one of them, an incredibly old man with a white beard and a bent body, reached out and touched his arm as we passed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But if he gets caught despite NOT reaching out to us, Noah will be completely crushed. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He reached out his arm, slowly, slowly...a foot away...but his will must’ve gotten crossed up in the tall grass, because instead of the bird coming his way, it took flight. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She reaches out and gives my arm a comforting squeeze. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They broke and parted and it was there, huge and beautiful and so close I could reach out and touch it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As he started walking to the trees, he was already thinking of ways he could reach out to Toby once all the tempers had settled. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Slowly, he reached out and lightly touched the door. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could pet her hand the way she does Biddy’s when Biddy is all in a knot, but my hand won’t reach out. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. White reached out and grabbed Horace by the chin, trying to force him to look right into his horrible blank eyes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I reached out and tilted the shade on the bedside light so it wasn’t completely blinding me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden the chaplain reached out and took off Andy’s glasses. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he said a word, Jimmy reached out and turned Toby’s face side to side, inspecting the damage. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Kennedy,” the mother says, “you reach out your little hands and pick that up right now.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Despereaux waited until she was gone, and then he reached out and, with one paw, touched the lovely words. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

You could have reached out but you didn’t. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The man lifted a tearstained face to Redemption and reached out a shaky hand. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As she let the door flap close behind her, Dany saw a finger of dusty red light reach out to touch her dragon's eggs across the tent. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A strong feeling reaches out in front of me and drags with it a knowledge that I have to go in order. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I reach out to lower the book, but he shifts his body back from me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I scrambled away, kicking him, clawing the hands that reached out for me, trying to bite, lunging up toward his eyes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I put her down on her feet, give her a kiss on the forehead, but then she reaches out to me again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I blindly reach out a hand for my brother, and then I remember that he’s no longer there to take it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“You have to reach out and make them.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out and placed my hand on Alexia’s back. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

As my avatar neared it, I reflexively reached out and grabbed the joystick of a Time Pilot machine. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Toby reached out and flicked Luke’s arm, trying to distract him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He reached out and took it from her hands. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, swinging her hips slowly, and then the shadows burst into life, reaching out from the corners of the room with long, pulsing claws and screaming faces. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He reached out and grabbed his foe’s shirt, squeezed it in his fist, then growled two words that somehow calmed the storm within him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Longstreet reached out, gripped the young man in a metal clasp. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put the cigarette in her mouth and reached out with both hands and yanked the paper from the typewriter. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I longed to reach out for her, but I knew it was futile. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And he reached out with one arm to grab the jiggeh. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

A ghostly, skeletal arm reaches out from behind it, scratching and clawing to reach me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She reached out and ran her fingers across a lily pad that lay on the water beside the boat. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out, her hand on top of his. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Genie thought about reaching out and touching it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The firefighters were already engulfed in a wave of withering heat, and the flames were reaching out toward them. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ged reached out his hands, dropping his staff, and took hold of his shadow, of the black self that reached out to him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out to touch her hair, and then he lifted a lock before dropping it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit reached out and clawed at the ground in front of him, then pushed off again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anything that deprives them of their sport will also reach out and affect a large number of economic interests. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The King reached out and grasped Kaisa’s shoulder and said, “Well done,” and she bowed her head to him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jellyfish was hovering above him, the tentacles reaching out as if to grab hold of him and stop him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He passed close enough that I could of reached out and touched him, but I don’t think he even saw me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To get connected, you’ve both got to reach out, you’ve both got to be willing to give a little. My problem always was I wouldn’t give an inch.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

A breeze tossed a piece of my hair across my face, and he reached out and brushed it away. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a brief moment I want to reach out to her and give her some comfort, but I cannot and turn away from her staring eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me a long look, then came over to me, reached out hesitantly, and touched me with a sooty hand. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We swam a few strokes and she reached out and held on to me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Bright enough and close enough for us to just reach out and grab them. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

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

I know it’s some kind of subconscious warning signal, and now instead of waiting for the memory to come to me, I close my eyes and reach out for it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped closer to the girls and reached out a hand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If you reach out your hands and run them along the white walls, streaks of rainbow paint sweep across the surfaces. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as Natalie and Ms. Morales scrambled from the porch into the house, Emma reached out and yanked the door shut, slamming it as hard as she could. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She reaches out and straightens the brim of his hat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mama’s got a full laundry basket tucked under one arm, but she reaches out with her free hand. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

My mom reaches out for me so that she’s holding both our hands. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He pulls me into a side-armed hug and reaches out, taking a handful of dirt. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ophie reached out for her, trying to get a grip on the fabric of the old woman’s dress. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

A small, white hand reached out and flicked a bit of dust off the table. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I stepped closer to him, and he reached out and hugged me, tapping my back with his fist. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She reaches out and tucks a loose strand of my hair behind my ear, then pats my cheek. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mesmerized by her glory, I reached out and touched the sleeve of her emerald gown. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was a continuous dream that was not interrupted even when she reached out for him again and pulled him on top of her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea that she would die the next day, but she knew all right and she wanted to reach out and speak to me for the last time. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he came to the bank Ogion, waiting, reached out his hand and clasping the boy’s arm whispered to him his true name: Ged. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches out and takes a bag from a woman. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Legolas looked up at the boughs of the tree reaching out above them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He reaches out and straightens the lapel of my coat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She impulsively reached out and pulled Ash into an embrace. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I said, reaching out with one arm to give her a half hug. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Each of us reached out to touch him—thinking he would belong to the one who touched him first—and we all touched him at once. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Finn and Roza walked past each person, some of them reaching out and pulling back as if they were afraid that she wasn’t real, that this wasn’t happening. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I reached out and gave her a hug. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I walk slowly to it, reaching out to lay my hand flat against it, knowing she’s on the other side. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Darin put so much life into his drawings that it seemed if you just reached out, you could pull them from the page. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I sat at my bedroom window after I changed; the cashew tree was so close I could reach out and pluck a leaf if it were not for the silver-colored crisscross of mosquito netting. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

August acted like she was waiting for me to reach out and take the mirror. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out to pluck a fruit from one of the vines. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Lady Isobel reached out and stroked her daughter’s cheek, answering, “No, my dear, you must look like a queen.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because this is so much better,” Maya said, then reached out and patted his arm. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Instead of just leaning down and lighting the cigarette, he reached out to make a cup around the match with our hands, which is something we all do when it’s windy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“So—it’s settled,” he said, reaching out as though to pat her again, but Lyddie quickly shifted her arm to escape the touch. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It floated with its door to the sty I reached out, grabbed the handle and lifted the door open. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her trunk reaches out to us, moving like an independent creature. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He reaches out for me, saying, “No! Leave Rex lone!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Yossarian reached out instinctively for balance and then launched himself forward In a prodigious dive that crushed the three combatants to the ground beneath him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

From behind me a hand reached out to pull the window shut. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know,” said Mother, reaching out to the woman. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He reached out his hand to shake, but Ms. Morengo hurried Stanley away. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You poor girl,” said Nina, reaching out to rub Hazel’s head. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, take several deep breaths, and reach out and press the button. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There had been terrible deaths, with bodies brought out strangled by vines or branches that had reached out malevolently around the throats and limbs of those who decided to leave Village. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I reach out my hand to receive the magical camera. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out in the dark and felt plants all around her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found myself reaching out to touch him, lest I fall behind. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I came to the top of the mound, reached out with my gloved hand, and touched the ceiling. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, a strong arm would reach out and catch me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches out a hand for me and his hand comes out sort of sideways, thumb crooked up. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be back tomorrow,” from Shannon, reaching out for my hand. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I want to reach out and pull him back to me, but I don’t want to cross any lines. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

An Erudite girl by the door reaches out to grab the boy’s hand, straining, but he is too far behind. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I reached out and clasped his hand shortly before we went into the dining room. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jensen reached out and touched the good leg. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lindsey Lee Wells,” she answered, reaching out a small hand, the fingernails a chipped metallic pink. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He reached out for me, and instinctively, I ducked. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Impulsively, as if to, see if he was real, Jonathan reached out to touch him again. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. Thanks,” he says, reaching out to take it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Violet was feeling the same way, until she reached out with her right hand to grasp the banister, for balance. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you’re telling us now,” she says, reaching out to hug me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When I had reached out to Yakov in the mikveh, I hadn’t realized how exactly he wanted me to help him, or what sacrifices it would entail. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She reached out and picked off a piece of lint from his hair, and then hit his head lightly Their fluid, bantering rapport made Ifemelu uncomfortable. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Scipio reached out—how long his arms had become—and gave Prosper a bear hug. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out my hand and lightly pet his little head. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When he gives me an encouraging smile, I reach out and accept the headphones, then slip them on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Everything here feels wrong somehow, everything about this room—as if it’s all an illusion that will shatter if I reach out and touch it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Erica reached out her hand to shake ours. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps after her, wishing I could just reach out and grab her hand, so I can fix it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Crow wanted to reach out to the pretty child; she wanted to take her in her arms and say: "Poor, poor baby, go ahead and cry." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man reached out his hand, and Will tried to take it, but his fingers closed on the air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He exhaled sharply through his nose, opened his eyes, and reached out for me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She felt such a stir of pity and gentleness for him that she almost reached out to touch his matted pelt, and only a sense of courtesy toward those cold ferocious eyes prevented ter. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

People reached out to touch her silky lavender robe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Her arms reached out, desperate to possess him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Jaja was waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs, and he reached out to take my bag. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled, reached out, and held me by my shoulders. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Voldemort reached out his hand, without invitation this time, and held it up to the light, staring at it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You know I won’t go,” she said gently, wanting to reach out and touch her mother’s perfect skin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If she wished it, if she reached out and touched her, Taisin would come to her easily; she only wanted a bit of suggestion. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe a few days into senior year, after everybody stopped bothering me about the boat, I reached out to Dri on Facebook. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out and yanked Flora over the threshold of 267 and into the apartment. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Dede can still picture the long, lanky body holding in tension, not saying a word, and then, finally, Lio reaching out his hand and saying, “We could use men like you, Jaimito.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out a hand and found that his clothes were already caked with the sandy clay of the riverbed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out a hand and grabbed a fistful of air, crowing, “I got one now!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches out to knot it again as loosely as before. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to reach out, to grab her hand, but the swarm of people around me pushed me down, jostling forward. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I slowly lowered my left hand from the ceiling to reach out and take his. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Her eyes—which are red from crying—rove over his face, and he’s so relieved to see something other than pity burning in them, he almost reaches out to hug her with his good arm. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her smile widening, Dimple reached out for the tray full of pink drinks and downed one quickly. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Are you all right?” he asked tenderly, reaching out slowly, carefully, to place his marble hand back in mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then little Jacob reached out and took her hand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He reached out a hand and held it carefully over the location of the cold. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She straightened up and reached out to touch the jewels around Ash’s neck, her fingers warm against her skin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out a hand for his hammer, which he always kept within reach while he slept. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Afraid to refuse, Esme reached out and placed her hand in his, and rose from her hiding place. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I reached out my hand and we shook again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Nailer reached out, fingers straining into the blackness. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out and touched his arm again. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He reached out and took one of my curls between his fingers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I reach out and close his fingers over the pill. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Its arms reached out for me, smoke flowing from beneath its skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Be careful,” said Kaisa, and reached out to take the knife away from her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand was just reaching out for the handle when he remembered: CL 475/19. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She reached out and touched his brown tooth necklace. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I reached out to feel the language on my skin for the first time since Minerva had breathed her words over my forehead when she thought I was sleeping during her nightly check-ins. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The man knelt beside him and reached out a hand gingerly, running his fingers over the thick links of the chain. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Hanako had to stop herself from reaching out to touch it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He reached out—to help her, she guessed—but when he touched the skin of her elbow, she was so startled she stumbled. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Some of them came toward Mary as if they wanted to tell her something, and reached out their hands, and she felt their touch like little shocks of cold. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His mother’s face was all creases and lines of worry, and he reached out to stroke it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He reached out and ruffled her hair, and he let his hand linger, warm and firm, on her forehead. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set her trunk down in the aisle and reached out a hand to help Olive on board. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, Professor, see —” “Harry, Harry, Harry,” said Lockhart, reaching out and grasping his shoulder. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Interpreters were enlisted to reach out to workers in their own native languages and to translate speeches for them at rallies. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A regular landline dial tone, reaching out from the past like a security blanket, a sign that the world beyond this fence still exists. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He slowed a bit, wavering off to the side, nearer to the trees, reaching out to lean against a birch as he paused. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But when it did reach out to its south and west, Tiwanaku transformed itself to become what Alan Kolata, an archaeologist at the University of Chicago, has called a “predatory state.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He took a couple of steps toward me and reached out his hand. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Whom can she reach out to for help? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He reached out for Moss, and Moss danced away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He reached out wanly for the vial of eagles’ blood and crushed it in his hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

And then the old woman reached out and gently touched Thor on the leg. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I reached out to snag Vonetta but she was quick and leaped away, laughing. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But the skiff keeps drifting closer and closer and when I can almost reach out and touch it I let go the keg and kick like mad and pull myself into the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Omer reached out and insisted on carrying almost all her bags to their car. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The men reached out eagerly, their faces breaking out in smiles as they mumbled, “Arigatō.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bring my cot in here. Then you can call me if you’re frightened. You can reach out and touch me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out and touched the dog’s head, stroking him gently. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then every hand reached out upon good meat and drink to take them, driving away hunger and thirst. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Alfhercht reach out a hand and hook his finger in the air, drawing down and out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then he reached out and flicked it from his desk and onto the floor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed taller lying down, occupying the length of the mattress, and I remembered what he had said about simply reaching out to pluck icheku from the tree, in his youth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was reaching out my window, picking berries off the mulberry tree that grew outside. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He reached out, and she took his hand. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Louise again reached out to touch Cook, and this time Cook allowed her to put an arm around her shoulder. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She reached out and took her little sisters hand. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reached out to her, and Jam stared at its blank face, glowing gold in the dimmed lights of Redemption’s house. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She reached out, in a sudden jerky move, and pushed the radio off the table. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I reach out and retrieve the disk that hangs from a chain around his neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was magnetic, my DNA reaching out for the iron in the blood. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can almost reach out the window of that room and touch the el tracks. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blindly he ran, and as he came by she reached out and tripped him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His brain itself seemed to have frozen as he pushed through the dark water to the bottom and reached out, groping for the sword. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A muscle twitched in Mama’s cheek, and Ophie reached out for her hand. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He sat up, one hand still on his scar, the other reaching out in the darkness for his glasses, which were on the bedside table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She suddenly reached out and hugged me to her. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I retrieved the ball and did as he said, bending my knees and reaching out toward the basket with both arms. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out to take the locket back. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

At the same time, Ray reached out for more nails. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She’d reached out a hand and put it on my shoulder, but I shook her off roughly and glared at her through the tears. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reg reached out and grabbed the edge of the metal detector, but the cop yanked him free. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She reached out her hands, and Wielaf let his find hers. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t get the sight of that hand, reaching out of the water, from her mind! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I reach out and let my fingers graze the wheel, then jump as the ship jerks forward a few feet. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Dropping the bag she held, Mrs. Brenner reached out to steady me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her letter was like a handrail fixed to reality, one I could reach out and grasp when my mind began to spin. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I reached out and took Mama’s hand, then Jay’s, and watched as he reached for Doc’s. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He reaches out and takes my hand and I smile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Shephard says my idea touched a lot of hearts, and companies have reached out to Mrs. Priest because they want to donate whatever they can to make the room nice. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I see the bakery window... reach out and touch it... cold and vibrating, and then the glass becomes warm... hotter... fingers burning. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to reach out and put her hand on his neck or place her fingertips against his face. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He reached out, as if he was thinking to take her hand, then stopped. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She stops by my chair, then scooches back on her hind legs and reaches out to me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Bubbling, churning, even leaping onto the land, it seemed to Amari that the ocean was reaching out to grab and devour her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t go,” I said in a whisper, and reached out as if to grab her hand, but she wasn’t close enough. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“If I were Lina—” she began, and her right hand reached out as if grabbing a bunch of grapes and squeezing the juice out of them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chronicler reached out to take hold of the cord, his hand trembling slightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I must look really pitiful, because even Mouse Girl reaches out to give me a swift pat on the back. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“You’re getting so broad and lovely,” she said, aloud, and reached out to touch the small of his back. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He reached out, and as Buckbeak’s wings fell, was able to tap sharply on the glass. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I reached out and flicked her ear with the tip of my finger, hard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the blue twilight, he reaches out and touches my hair, then takes me in his arms and lightly presses his lips to mine. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wished he could reach out and twist the sky and bring victory to Biafra right away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he reached out and took a large coin, golden and shining, from the air. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She paddled clumsily to Jinny and reached out for her, dipping under the water as she raised her arms to clutch Jinny’s shoulders tightly. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I knelt down, reached out and touched him gently. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Emilia reached out and touched the German’s knee. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Even Page, who had burst out crying a few days ago when she was alone with Ifemelu, saying, “I just can’t believe he didn’t reach out to me.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Elnora made shushing noises and reached out as if to soothe me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The ship had righted itself, continued to fly forward—though at a slower speed—and no one was reaching out of the window to offer any help. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Neither Mr. Townsend nor Lily said anything for a long moment, and then Lily reached out and tapped Bob’s hand lightly again. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I cracked some walnuts, got down the acorn flour I had pounded, with a bit of ash to remove the bite, reached out the door for a little snow, and stirred up some acorn pancakes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I could reach out into the past of my memories, I would make her see how much she was hurting me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out a hand and touched one finger to the spine of the closest book; a warm shiver passed through her finger and up her arm, and it settled in her heart. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I crawl toward him and tense as I reach out to him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She reached out and plucked gently at the sleeve of his coverall. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He gave the prince's sleeve a quick tug, and the prince reached out for Jemmy's hand. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Moss could hear voices coming from the next room and, feeling unusually bold, he reached out and grabbed Javier’s hand before leading him into the dining room where their friends were. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A voice reached out to her like a lifesaver in the water. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They were smoking cigarettes and reaching out to touch the sweating forms of the starters as they glided past them. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He really wanted to help reach out to her. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I came out from behind the table and reached out in a tentative way, inviting an embrace. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They made him think, for an instant, of shadows in a dark room, of a shut door and shadows reaching out to him from the corner by the door. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly he reached out and stroked her gleaming black head. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Penny reaches out her chubby little hands and claps. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It had a message for her, and when she had heard it she reached out and plucked the fairy from the air, pinning its wings back. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dad’s lawyer friends are going to reach out to the Innocence Project, to see if they will help. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Dasch reached out and clasped it, shaking it up and down. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I want to reach out my hand and hold hers, but I know I can’t. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

After a while one of them reached out her hand and cupped my ear clump. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He reached out and took it off his head and handed it to me. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Around this time, a producer for a big women’s conference in New York City, the Women in the World Summit, learned about the exhibit and reached out to me through the gallery. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He reaches out a hand to touch it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I reached out and clung for life with my good left hand like a claw, grasping at moving legs to raise myself from the dirt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out and lifted a few strands of her hair, drawing them across my tongue, through my teeth, tasting her shampoo and the icy flavor of snow. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

So he’d gone across the country without even trying to reach out. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“His mack, though,” the bearded one said, reaching out to pinch the sleeve of my jacket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As Lev stepped aside, I reached out to tuck the arm back into the shroud and froze. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hannah reached out and smoothed it back for him and he smiled up at her gratefully. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My only memory of her is early in the morning in her apartment in London—she’s smiling and reaching out to take my box of KittyBix. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Kaede reached out and wrapped her fingers around one of the rings—it was as thick as her own wrist—and when she lifted it, the door swung open. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She sat up and he immediately reached out to hold her, but she shrugged him off and walked a few steps to the wardrobe and then back to the bed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looks at my outstretched hand and slowly reaches out and holds it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I reach out to grab the code, pull forward an enormous block of it, and swipe it away. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He seemed hardly out of breath, in spite of climbing, but his hand trembled as he reached out to take hold of the railing, and his face was wet. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m in the middle of a story about our cute math teacher when Sonia reaches out and touches my hair, which hangs loose to my waist. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the sun moved, the shadow of the tower moved as well, gradually lengthening, a black arm reaching out for Theon Greyjoy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I smile at Mama and reach out to touch her arm, to calm her. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

His aunty reached out and pinched his arm. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I reached out and seized upon the gunwale of the boat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She reached out and touched Tally’s real nose. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t been around, but maybe he’s been too shy to reach out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Thousands of hands reached out from the infield, stretching to brush his shoulders as he blew past. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can almost reach out and touch that memory. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then I reach out, tap the words with a finger, and the world around me goes dark. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had only to reach out and God would touch him; he had only to cry and God would hear. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I reach out to get a larger sample and two water butterflies dart back to safety. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I reach out to touch her hand and wince at the pain that shoots up my arm. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He reached out to me again but didn’t grab me, just kind of touched my shoulder, like he wasn’t sure what he was doing. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Newt said, reaching out to squeeze Thomas’s shoulder. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Marmeluc reached out his hand to Jacob, and they grasped wrists. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was sore confused when the boy reached out his hand and said, “It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Charlie Bobo. Please forgive my rudeness.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The room was so dark he could not see the tears on Robb's face, so he reached out and found his hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I felt I could reach out and touch it; it was so unlike home, where the high ceilings gave our rooms an airy stillness. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then Janina reached out and touched the skirt of the lady’s black-and-white checkerboard dress. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Ma, her face frozen, reaches out to comfort Pop. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then she turns, disappearing before he can reach out to pull her back. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She reached out to shake my mom’s hand. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He reached out for something, or someone, then seemed to wake. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He reached out then, held his pigeon out to the people, slowly turned so they all could see, so they all would know. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Emboldened, I reach out and lay a hand on her shoulder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then a woman in the group reached out and touched the arm of one of the men. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lock eyes for a few seconds and then he reaches out to take it from me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He reached out an old hand, and patted Shadow’s arm with it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They rubbed shoulders and hips, heads snapping up and reaching out together, legs gathering up and unfolding in unison. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we tried, we could reach out and grab that laughter, the way a person can catch sparks flying out from a campfire, or dandelion seeds carried by the wind. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Lettie and I used the upturned bucket to stand on so we could reach out the window and grab hold of Ruthanne. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well!” said the pale young gentleman, reaching out his hand good-humouredly, “it’s all over now, I hope, and it will be magnanimous in you if you’ll forgive me for having knocked you about so.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I pass the stone angel, I reach out my hand and touch hers. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"I like the way you look," she says, reaching out to touch my cheek. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I started by reaching out to some of his old connections, German expats in Johannesburg, a woman who used to date one of his friends who knew somebody who knew the last place he stayed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She begins to stand, but Father reaches out and she sits again. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She glanced over at her companion, then reached out and pulled the hood off the boy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He wanted to reach out and touch the old man, but that was impossible. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ifemelu reached out to shake his hand, he bowed slightly, hand on his chest, and smiled. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They stood all around her, yet they seemed unable to reach out their hands and grab her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She reached out and lightly rubbed the back of my hand with her fingertip. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

We were all laughing and talking at once, and then Laura—typical of her—got up on her seat and did a hysterical impersonation of someone reaching out and getting electrocuted. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mom reached out and put her hand on Dad’s arm. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The demon landed in a crouch and sprang at her, painted claws reaching out. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have to tell me how you two met, though,” Eugenia said, reaching out to stroke her son’s arm. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Something flickered on her face and she reached out, removed one pale heart from the cluster, and inserted it into her mouth like a chore. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His smile falls, and he reaches out to touch the monarch butterfly on the cover. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I reached out and grabbed hold of the bunk, clawing my way into my bed. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And when Emma lay in bed with her, the baby reached out to touch her mother. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't say anything, and he reaches out and touches my face real gentle, as if he'd never hurt a fly. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hideo nods, then reaches out to the mangled portion and taps it once. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I say, reaching out to reassure him, but he's bolted away. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out for the book, which was lying on the floor, and sat up against the bedhead. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I reached out my crooked arm and touched the hem of her royal blue robe and her matching cloth slippers. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He lifted his fingers from the keyboard and sat perfectly still He felt his hearing sharpen and sharpen until it seemed like another sense entirely, reaching out and around him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Tears left shimmering trails down her deep brown cheeks, and every now and again she reached out toward Miss Alice, as though trying to get her attention. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And they would rather reach out, in all their sanity, and push my four-year-old son as though he were merely an obstacle in the path of their too-important day. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Liam’s hand reached out and touched the small of my back. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He reached out and punched the man again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I started to get up from the table, but he reached out for me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She reached out and touched the screen, rubbing her finger from one cell to the next. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The shadowy back alleys seemed to be closing in around her, long, clawed hands reaching out from the darkness, that horrible breathing. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

At dinner the other night with Wambui and some friends, Curt had reached out and refilled a wineglass here, a water glass there. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When she got to the car, Papa reached out to help her with it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

For a terrible moment, the phantom hung in the air, a reverse shadow, long, dusty fingers reaching out toward Sierra. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I wanted to reach out with my hands, crush the air into little pieces, stuff them down my windpipe. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the rainstorm I remembered our bowl and reached out to get it, filtered off the stuff that was swimming on the top and drank the water down. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you. We just gotta reach out to more people, get ’em on our side.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She reaches out to me, but I retreat farther into the flower bed. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Shadows rose behind and reached out long arms from the East. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I wanted to close that little distance, to reach out and touch him, but I was afraid he wouldn’t like me to. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Here you go,” said one of them, reaching out a hand and offering him johnnycake. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Leroy Wobbles and Finch reaches out and steadies the bike and me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Henry reaches out to touch his shoulder, but Ronan leans just enough away to avoid it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He could see the doctor clearly then, the dark thick hair growing on the backs of the doctor’s hands as they reached out at him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each tree stood in a space of its own, and the branches zigzagged against the clouds and sky like arms reaching out for heaven. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out to touch her but quickly pull back my hand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama reached out again, this time to tap Papa’s hand. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

One arm waving wildly, Bridge reached out with the other, grabbed Sherm’s wrist, and held it up. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And the nephew of the preacher Ob had needed so desperately to find looked on Ob’s heartbroken face and saw his pain and he reached out and put a hand on Ob’s shoulder. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hylla rose with a murderous look on her face, but Reyna reached out with her senses, trying to share with her sister the most difficult kind of strength - restraint. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In the gloomy hideout his paw reached out and felt something. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The white hand of a uniformed officer reached out toward the car, opening the door and pulling me toward him as his urgent voice ordered us to hurry. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he reached out and grabbed it, our palms making that popping sound. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She reached out and touched a bit of denim. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out and touched the words fair maiden in the book. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She reached out and took one of my hands, which I found I had balled into a fist. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am on a stretcher, and my father is reaching out to me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She even granted leave to one pilot to visit her child, and she reached out in person to comfort a parent whose child had died. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be brave enough and good enough and normal enough to reach out and grab what he was dangling in front of me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It had altered its course and was almost on him, reaching out with its.clasping claw. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But—reaching out to touch the rough metal of the plane—safe. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She reached out and placed her palm against the door. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He reached out to squeeze my shoulder but I shrugged him off, then scraped back my chair and stood up. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted to reach out and smooth his hair, but I restrained my hand and only returned his greeting. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Dona Ester reached out her hand, but not in greeting; the gesture was intended to hold him back. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It glowed hugely in front of her, like something she could reach out and touch. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

His enemy halted again, facing him, and the shadow about it reached out like two vast wings. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I reached out to her instantly, hitting the tips of my-fingers on the glass. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He reached out and straightened the rope that dangled from the rearview mirror. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He calmed, and then, staying low to keep out of the way of any passing bullets or buckshot, she reached out with her mind to the other two. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She reached out and rested a heavy hand on me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her blood was hot—she reached out and came up with a rock that she slammed into the boy’s skull. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was simply reaching out for a drowning boy. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn't even reach out and touch them. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He’d just reached out to pick up the red truck when Grandma yelled from downstairs, “Rise and shine, babies! Breakfast is ready!” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I reached out the whisky bottle without getting up, poured half a tumbler, smelled it, and poured it back in the bottle. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man stands in front of us for a minute, then reaches out and squeezes Dutchy’s arm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She reached out and touched me softly on the face with her rough hands. she said before she took her leave. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out my hand and run it gently across her flowing teak-wood hair. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

What if, we said, what if in another universe, a split reality, God reached out his finger and lightning struck the Clairmont house? We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Seated in his rocking chair, perhaps thinking of their carriage ride that afternoon, Lincoln reached out and held Mary’s hand. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a seat by Mamma, and then, after the briefest of pauses, reached out and snagged a Milano. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She reaches out a hand to touch me, but I push it away. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I timidly reached out and took the money. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had poked it, and jumped back every time its claws reached out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

First she reaches out to somebody, to someone outside her world. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he sees you in the street below, he reaches out and drops a bomb on your head. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

His right paw reached out and curved over her shoulder. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin was standing behind them, almost like protection, and Grace steadied herself and reached out to the tarnished brass knocker shaped like a lion. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They reach out to people, hosting dinner parties, bequeathing little bits of themselves to their friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Celia reaches out her hand to him and he takes it to help her up. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A voice reached out, as if to grab him. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Three of the men stepped forward, and reached out to Bear. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out and place my arm around Mama’s shoulder and she leans toward me and smiles. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stand and reach out a hand to help her up. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The man reached out, gently cradled the back of Olakunde’s skull, and forced my friend to look down, and then to fall upon his knees. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She reaches out to touch the image in the mirror with a gesture of longing and apprehension. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom reaches out and grazes my back with the tips of her fingers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She smiled, then came close to me and reached out with the comb and touched my head. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fair boy reached out and touched the jagged end of a trunk. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Werfel reached out his arm and slammed Spurge to the side. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The baby gurgled, showing pink gums, and reached out for his father’s glasses. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dad took it for a while and then suddenly reached out, clutched the little man’s leather jacket, and lifted him right up off the ground. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, impromptu, he reached out and stroked the nose of Cinnamon, who was perched on Stargirl’s shoulder. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She reached out and grabbed Tino, who was closing in on the Lake Windsor fullback with murder in his eyes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No doubt about it,” Mr. Huffer agreed sadly, and I imagined he struck his classic one-hand-on-hip mournful pose while his other hand reached out to pat someone on the shoulder. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Frank reaches out for his son, puts a firm hand on his round shoulder. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Instantly sorry, I reached out for him, but he was already running toward the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I reach out and touch his arm, to distract him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He reaches out to pat the bed and then shifts over to sit on the edge of the mattress. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Layla reached out and squeezed Ivy’s hand, and she didn’t let go as their parents flipped through Ivy’s life. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He reached out to grasp her and drew her to him by the raised calf of her leg. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My parents both stand up, my dad reaching out to take my hand. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Seven reached out to touch her outfit, and her eyes welled with tears. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I remembered my grandfather’s compassionate heart for the poor—how he reached out to them and in Christ’s name met their needs—both spiritual and financial. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Standing behind Eric, the Trunchbull reached out and took hold of the boy's two ears, one with each hand, pinching them between forefinger and thumb. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out and tried to rub it off. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Even so far, it looks large enough that its landing gear legs could reach out and pluck us up. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Rowan reached out his hand to help the man up, but Emerson just glared at him and refused his help. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She wanted to reach out and close the monkey’s eyes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And being a father, I could sense that he was just trying to reach out for help. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christina reaches out as I pass her and squeezes my shoulder lightly. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out with her foot and tapped my sneaker. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

As the Washington boys backed their shell into position, the official in the stake boat for lane three reached out a hand and laid hold of their stern. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When I reach out to touch the colors, they ripple under my fingers, sending waves across my room. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They looked at each other, and she reached out and pinched the skin of his neck. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And so they went a-courting, reaching out to members of the black Refined and also to white business leaders. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Some of the mice pulled away from Despereaux in disgust, and others, thrill seekers, reached out to touch him with a whisker or a paw “The princess put a finger on him. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Before I could step out of the van, my backpack and food in hand, Chubs’s hand reached out and slammed the door shut again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Urged him to give the relatives he barely remembered a chance to reach out. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Impatient, Shackleton reached out and dragged the boy up by his arms and hoisted him over the side. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Her thin arm reached out from the open window and grabbed the fruit. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly around the table, and, pausing a few feet away, he reached out to touch his fingertips to my cheek. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Henry has carefully approached the window, and Alex watches from across the room as he reaches out and grazes his fingertips against the glass. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I dropped the mop and tried to reach out to grab a desk, but I could not lift my arms. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

His hand reached out on its own, his fingers grasping for the key chain. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was about to reach out for me when Ema said, “Troy?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She reached out to touch my bare shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I reach out and take her hand, squeezing it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then he reached out both trembling hands and placed the crown upon the lion's head. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi reached out a finger and swept it into her mouth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe a private group to reach out to people? And we can make ourselves admins so that we can approve every person who is invited. Just to make sure.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“So the Shadow went to his master and reached out to him with ashen hands....” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She leaned over Ulysses and reached out a finger to touch his ear. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Millard ran tap water into a glass and brought it to him, and Dad reached out and took it, as though floating glasses weren’t at all unusual. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He reached out to pet him, his hand trem-bling like a leaf. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The last thing Luke saw was Petey’s arm, reaching out in one last panicked motion before they disappeared. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He reached out a hand to stroke the dragon’s head. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

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

“Strawberry, stop sign, ladybug, Kool-Aid, tomato, tulip....”He slowly raised his arm and reached out, feeling for the bedside table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

If I reached out to the wrong person, it would be difficult to escape, and something about this man didn’t feel right. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bod reached out his hand and found himself touching fingers with, and gazing into the grey eyes of, the lady in the cobweb dress. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Immediately I reached out for it and noticed it had no return address. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He reached out his hand to help me up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches out for it but hesitates just before his hand reaches it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She reached out to straighten a cornrow that did not need to be straightened. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra reached out to him, but he stepped back. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But she reached out and squeezed Lauren’s arm before letting go and heading back to sit next to Joaquin at the pool. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The past felt so close, I could reach out and touch it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He dropped to his own knees at the side of the pit and reached out a hand futilely. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I place my fingers on the doorframe, a hand reaches out and grabs mine and pulls me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She stumbles on a cobblestone and I reach out to catch her, steadying her with a light touch to her elbow. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Salim reaches out to wake the man, hoping that he is doing the right thing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He reached out and grabbed a paper and in the act of grabbing it he turned and looked at the man who was looking at him, a cigarette slanting whitely across his black chin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Go swiftly,” Gwydion said, reaching out his hand. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I went over and reached out to touch his arm. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out to take whatever it is and she give me a funny little handshake. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Both of them just looked at it before Miss Thomas reached out and picked it up. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Walking over behind the counter, he reached out and got a sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then was able to reach out and touch him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out to tap on one hovering menu item. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When she reached out I retreated, spuming her tentative touch. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

His legs are submerged in the bay, and he, too, is sinking, but he reaches out and grabs her hand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The officer reached out and pulled his glasses from his face and flung them into the bush. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pet reached out with its impostor hand and absentmindedly picked out part of Jam’s sleep-flattened afro with its fingers. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I spat into the dirt and stumbled forward, blindly reaching out to feel my way when the closeness of the trees allowed the darkness to circle in on me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

So, Cullen reached out and took the money, worried they would kill him if he didn't. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

His arms reach out from his sides, first one and then the other, until they hang below his head. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I reached out and squeezed his arm on an impulse. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I climbed a little higher and then stopped on a branch that reached out to one side, nothing beneath it but open air. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Gen is still holding my bag, so I reach out for it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

So she reached out and slowly unwrapped it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She reached out and I felt chills on the back of my neck as her nails slid over my cotton shirt. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I look at the counter, grabbing a kitchen mitt and putting it on so I can reach out and take his hand in mine. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He reached out toward her shoulder, but pulled back before making contact. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Startled, she reached out and grabbed for the crab. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The first villager reached out his hand to Amah for his completed job, a cloth embroidered with the dark blue color of a burial robe. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He reaches out toward his brother as the detectives hustle the handcuffed teenager out the door. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, suddenly, the great, wide net of a fisherman reached out and grabbed the rabbit. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Waves were splashing over the dwarfs’ heads, and they were gulping air, and their eyes were round with fear when Suttung the giant reached out and plucked first Fjalar and then Galar from the waves. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Ban-didge!” insisted Boots, and reached out to grab the crooked antenna. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out his hand and I took it and we shook, and his hand felt...strong. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Not you, Manchee,” I say, reaching out and rubbing his ears. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I reach out and take her hand and we both watch the TV screen. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He did not like the women who reached out and touched him with their gloved hands or the ones that leaned down to kiss him, bumping his head with their wide hats. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out the other side of the door and made another x. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

One without the other, and you’d just have a lonely squirrel reaching out for something that wasn’t there. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I could have reached out and touched her with my finger. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Tenderly she reached out and brushed back his soft blond hair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He then reached out and put his other hand on Mrs. Barnes’s shoulder. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I sat against the edge of the couch and balanced my tea on my kneecap, but Dad reached out and pulled me closer. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He reached out to grab his drink from Genie, then patted the cushion next to him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

At the word “Reverend,” he wanted to strike her; he reached out instead and took both her hands in his. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’m not used to reaching out to strangers like this. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He reaches out a hand and touches the ridge of Henry’s shoulder blade, the skin where the sheet has slid off him, where his lungs stubbornly refuse to stop pulling air. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In spite of the threat of a beating, hands reached out to grab for anything and everything. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

And he reached out and took her hand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Chronicler hesitated for a bare moment before reaching out quickly, as if he were sticking his hand into a fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Holding his breath, he reached out, gently lifted the lid, and looked inside. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Not one of them reached out to slap away the fat flies. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Twig reached out and squeezed my hand so tight, and I squeezed back, and we counted the stops—five, four, three, two, one. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My heart started jumping around in my stomach as soon as I reached out for the shotgun. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Colin reached out and felt the granite, cool despite the hot sun. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The deputy shook his head and gently pushed her arm away even though she was reaching out and calling his name. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” said Harry, reaching out to place a finger on it, ready to leave. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He reaches out to the fallen tree, tugs at one of the leaves, which pulls away easily from its branch. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But Lee smiled, reached out for the papers in Taylor’s hand. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches out to pat my leg, then seems to think better of it and rests his hand on his hip. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tears came to the swineherd’s eyes as he reached out for the big bow. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows flitted and swarmed around her, reaching out. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

So maybe she did reach out to FDR. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I reached out my hand and he shook it. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Esperanza knelt in front of him and reached out, grasping his shoulder. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The wizened hand reached out to pat Miss Love’s arm. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When she reached out with her rough-skinned hand and touched the dark hair that dusted his chest, he let her touch. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He reached out his arm and pointed a chubby and accusing forefinger at the guest. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I see her hand reach out, with its short, smooth fingers, and stroke him. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was craggy like my Baba Haji and in my memory she reaches out to cup my face in her hands. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It is something I could reach out and touch if I were to turn around. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And this man reaches out both hands and clasps mine. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We will write press releases, organize speakers, post flyers, reach out on social media, and more. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He reaches out and tussles at my hair. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth was gaping and his arms were reaching out helplessly toward the luminous water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I reach out to touch it gently, feeling the weight of the bag in my palm. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The one where Nicole reaches out to her reflection, exactly as the girl does in Picasso’s original. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She smiled at him, then reached out to him with her free hand. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pollux, pale and sweaty, reaches out and latches on to Castor’s wrist. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She reaches out with her good hand to take it, and I guess out a habit, her nub reach out too. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The only person who might’ve been able to reach out and save her from herself. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Then she reaches out and takes hold of the kitten. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I reach out without getting up and open the door to the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then I reach out and grab hold of Mama’s hand, too. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Moss reached out and began to fiddle with the tape on the handlebars of his bike, impatience rushing over him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Ivy reached out and took June’s hand, palm to palm, no lacing or tangling at all. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I could reach out and touch the walls, which were made out of greasy glass. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out to wrap me in another hug. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Faith moved next, but when she tried to escape I reached out to stop her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He reached out a hand for her knapsack. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He reached out to stop her, to tell her that it was okay, that he only wanted to help. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Rachel,” he says again, and I reach out to touch his back, but he stands quickly and turns to face me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to reach out to grab his jacket, but it hurt too much and he was too far. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He reached out and took a rag from the bed-heap—a goat-hide, it might have been years ago, but it was now all tatters and black grease. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She broke into a wide smile, then reached out to pat Nunu on the head. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Lucy?” she asked, walking over to the snout, reaching out her gloved hand. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She started to reach out, but remembered to press back flat against the wall. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ben reached out to touch Jinny’s shoulder as she came back ashore. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be so afraid all the time,” she said and reached out to touch Eleanor’s cheek with one finger. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

His touch was firm and warm, his reaching out somehow unextraordinary. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was fully two feet tall and its long red leaves had reached out and in rainbow arches curved over the graves of my dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Humanitarian groups reached out to me, asking me to get involved. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He looked like he wanted to reach out to her, but he didn’t. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He looked down at me, reaching out to hand me a dozen roses, my first roses, just like in the magazines and on Stella Dallas on the radio. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Miig could start his run, before I could lose my nerve, I reached out and took two chain links in my fingers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He reached out with his finger to swipe at the icing. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

A soft glow filled the air with the kind of light that made everything look sharp and clear and close enough to reach out and touch. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out to touch her shoulder, but my hand passes right through it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She reached out and poked his stomach, making him jump. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t want him reaching out to Aimee before I can. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Despite feeling desperate to reach out, Reggie had been instructed by his lawyer that doing so could be an admission of guilt. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She reached out and rubbed his right shoulder. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And as I reach out for her, she’s gone in a shimmer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She reached out her hand, all the while staring into my face, and placed it on my cheek. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out and gave her braid an affectionate tug. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He held out a closed fist, and she reached out to receive the clover. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Finally the mountains around the valley reached out and swallowed the sun. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Anthony immediately reached out to every donor she could think of. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She bent down to peer through the glass case, but she could only see Mrs. Castleman’s hand reaching out to retrieve the pastries. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

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

When I reach out, to put my hand on her hand, she slaps it away. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Hestia didn’t show you the frill story. Perhaps if you understood ...” The Titan reached out. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s weird how six days ago I met Arthur at a post office and the universe reached out with both arms to pull us together. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He reached out a hand and felt the air behind him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then he smiled, shook his head, and reached out abruptly to slap Longstreet’s knee. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey would have preferred to stick to the water’s edge, to follow the shoreline down, but this countryside had too many fists and fingers of land that reached out into the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out, pretended to catch the invisible kiss, smacked the side of his cheek, and grinned. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded her of Ba, reaching out with his last chopstickful of rice for her fish. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He knows you get punished if you reach out for other people’s things. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out and took the rope in one hand. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They were both still for a long time until he reached out and touched her arm. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Come on," she says, and reaches out for my coat and pulls me down the sidewalk. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He reaches out his hand to shake mine—as if I am his equal. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She reached out a small hand and took hold of the edge of my cloak, pulling it out to the side so the slow wind caught it, filling it like a sail. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she reached out and grabbed hold of my arm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She reached out halfway to me with one hand, then hesitated and let it fall back to her side. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She reaches out and strokes my long, long hair, then links her elbow in mine. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he reached out, grabbed Inigo just before he stumbled, brought him back to an upright position. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was smiling his gently indulgent smile, and she reached out and traced his lower lip with the slight fuzz underneath. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I reached out to touch the mikveh’s walls, but there were only even greater depths and the bitter taste of salt flooding my mouth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sticky, having recovered a bit of strength, came over to hold Reynie’s legs as he reached out and lifted the frightened girl through the window. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kilvin reached out and extinguished the one remaining lamp, bringing the room to near total darkness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hagrid reached out a great hand and patted him painfully on the shoulder. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She jumped up quickly and reached out to help Tommie up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He finally started to back away from the steps, pushing against Mark until they were both in the hallway again.Without a word,Alec reached out and slowly closed the door until it clicked softly. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Strange, imaginary shapes flitted about in the gloom; eerie cries pierced the still air; trees and bushes reached out their branches to catch and scratch like living things with claws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She was genuinely surprised when Polly reached out and grabbed her hand to help. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poor, dead boys in army uniforms from every era, their pale skin even whiter in death, clung to bridges and passenger cars, their grasping fingers reaching out for the memory of life. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Diana reached out and took Miss Willis’s hand. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and steadied her breathing one two three, drank in the quiet, reached out with her hands. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He knew that if he reached out and touched her face, it would feel like butter, the kind Master unwrapped from a paper packet and spread on his bread. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She circles me once, just as Zero had done in the Pirate’s Den, and then she reaches out and takes my power-up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His parents’ eyes often met, and sometimes they reached out to touch each other’s hands. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Miyax reached out, petted Silver on the shoulder, and felt her bony back. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stands and reaches out for her, but Maya takes a step back. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was the same as when her hand sometimes seemed to reach out by itself to grab a piece of food. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches out a paw and bats at the string on my sweatshirt. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then he reached out and gave me a hand getting up over the stem. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He burst into tears, and Mama and Papa both immediately reached out for him, Mama getting there first and sweeping him into her arms. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

No thoughts, and I was reaching out and cracking Rondell in his face with a closed fist and his head was snapping back and blood was trickling out his nose. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I reached out to touch a grape, and Helen slapped my hand. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He reaches out with his pointer finger and draws a glowing white bird onto my shoulder. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I see!” she called back, trying to smile, and clenching her hands together under the water to keep from reaching out to the smaller girl. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He reached out from the groggies, lifted the hem of the shade two inches. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

So I just cranked up a chuckle of my own, reached out and took her hand again, and headed back out to the dance floor. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Before them, the shadow reached out and ended in knife-edge abruptness into an all-but-unbearable blaze of white light, that glittered from myriad crystals along a rocky ground. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I reach out and push the pistol a few inches in his direction. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Exactly,” Cardan says, reaching out a finger to trace the shape of my ear. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Next to her, Grace was still wiping her eyes, and when Joaquin turned toward her, she reached out and hugged him around his waist. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She almost fell once, but I reached out and grabbed her arm. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Thanks, Mr. Charles. I'll tell you how it goes," I said, reaching out for his hand. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The man’s hand reached out and opened the door; a feeble red glare lit the man’s face as he stooped and looked inside at the bed of smoldering coals. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches out a desperate hand towards his dad. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The voices from the radio blur and reach out. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The Vale was narrow here, no more than a half day's ride across, and the northern mountains seemed so close that Catelyn could almost reach out and touch them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The golden monkey leaped into Mrs. Coulter’s arms, making little sounds of distress, reaching out to the snow leopard as she paced away, and Mrs. Coulter’s face was a mask of tears. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

SO YOU SHALL, Tehlu told her, and reached out to lay his hand on her heart. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then he’s there at the foot of my bed, his hand reaching out to touch me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Rachel had gone, whenever Brigid or Diana had tried to reach out to her, she had shaken them off. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sometimes reach out and touch her hand with mine. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Come with us!” whispered Meggie, reaching out a hand to him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I saw the innkeeper reach out and press his fingers onto the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then his father reached out a hand for Conor’s shoulder, but Conor ducked it and pulled on the door handle to get out. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He crawled, reaching out to the pointed heel of one sitting lady, and mimed the word Help. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Madeline reaches out once more, her hand trembling slightly, arid this time she does brush it against my cheek. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She flopped down on her shaggy pink wall-to-wall carpeting, glanced at her digital clock, and reached out automatically to turn on the TV. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Finally he reached out a long tongue to lick and taste it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I couldn’t take it any longer, I reached out and grabbed some of the dust the Amagqirha had kicked up, and some of the shadows stretching across the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I inched over until I was only a foot away and reached out. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So I took off my goalie gloves and reached out to touch the kitten. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But just then she reached out one long finger, and touched the bridge of his nose, between his eyes, and he found he could not say anything at all. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mother reached out like to a hurt child, and Miss Love stumbled into her arms. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I reached out my hand to rub his back. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out to the heads of the agencies to see if they might be willing to answer questions from locals at a town hall meeting. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The kind that means he can’t reach out and touch it, know that it’s real. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Styx reached out and smacked us each on the shoulder. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She reached out a shaky hand with a dollar. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted to reach out and help him, but I was frozen by my fear. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dri reached out to stop him, but I grabbed her arm and eased her away. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out a bony hand and stroked Crookshanks’s fluffy head. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she reached out and hugged Cole, clinging to him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And Heidi reaches out to put her hand on my shoulder. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I could touch it if I reached out. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The great strides of the pursuers brought them closer, so close that in a fearful backward glance Taran saw one of them, teeth bared in a snarl, reach out to clutch the stirrups of Lluagor. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

Marguerite smiles and reaches out her hand to grasp his tiny fingers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She reached out, toyed with a button of his shirt; in slow, facile twists she began unbuttoning it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mamá reached out and pulled Lupita to her, stroking her hair. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

George reached out and made a clean catch with one hand. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out tentatively, as if she wanted to take his hand but was afraid he might evaporate. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He threaded my free hand through one of his and reached out for you with his other hand. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He nodded and reached out with his cane and tapped tentatively at the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The woman on the porch reached out with contempt for them all, and struck the kitchen match against the railing. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment, Sefia reached out, feeling the familiar shape of her pack and the book inside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I reach out and touch the green rail, running my thumb across a ridged section where the paint is chipped and flaking. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fascinated, Fadi pressed his nose against the glass, feeling as if he could reach out with his hand and touch the cool water. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Otto rode on my back, occasionally reaching out to grasp a leaf or twig whose beading water interested him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Beck reached out his arm and pushed off the edge as they passed through. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was reaching out her hand to haul me up, and she was trying not to laugh. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Like I could reach out and touch it, but I could walk all day and night and never get there. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Now the enormity of them reached out to catch him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She reached out to touch it, and saw the moonstone ring still on her hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas reached out and grabbed Newt by the arms before he could go any farther, then pulled him backward. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I reached out for the table to steady myself, but before I could touch it, it was gone. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Even after Mrs. Bradley brought it up, you did nothing to reach out. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But before she can turn away, I reach out for her arm. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It felt as if I could reach out and touch it, and I wanted to. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he leaned forward and reached out with his long arms to pick me up, gripping the tops of my arms like I was a toddler. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I reach out, taking the strap off it, and hold out my hand to help her stand back up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But Pechvarry's face was all bloated and pallid like the face of a drowned man, and he reached out his hand strangely as if beckoning. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could deny that accusation she reached out with her short muscular arm and grabbed my shirt. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My mom leans in and whispers, “Why don’t you move down and sit with them? They’re reaching out, Ally.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He reaches out and the tips of his fingers brush against my shoulder. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She reaches out her hand and holds me by the arm. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She reached out and playfully pinched the skin of his neck, a gentle pressure between her fingers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Start hyperventilating and reaching out for Diego’s shoulder and trying to keep my head above the water so I could breathe. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I said, reaching out to pull her back. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The Godslayer smiled, eyes warm and crinkling, and reached out to thump him on the shoulder. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As streams of people walked past, they reached out and grabbed a “fortune” from the opening. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh God, look at you,” she says, reaching out. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It feels like I can almost reach out and touch them. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Tonight I am reaching out to every single South African, black and white, from the very depths of my being. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out and wiped the spot on my leg with a finger. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bo reached out has hand and touched a small tin drummer on Barbarossa's desk. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aron reached out and grabbed her hand and pumped it up and down three times. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the painters reached out and paddled the rump of the painted man, setting off a new round of howls. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Aware of the growing sense of alarm in Jules and the others, the mate reached out and took a few halting steps, adopting the bent shuffle he’d never thought he’d have to use again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The hands of the Masks reached out to him from all sides and carried him to the chair in the middle of the room. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out with a foot, pressed it into the wall, and anchored it there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Stumbling and torn and reaching out to stop his descent, but the ravine was too steep, and nothing could be done. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to reach out his hand and touch her sunburned, tousled hair—not as he had ever touched a woman. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She looked intently at it, then bit her lip, reached out, and pulled the hem of his trouser leg down over his knee. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I clear my throat and reach out, carefully sliding the container from her spindly fingers. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I reach out to refill my glass, and Lily stops me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She looked at him, and he reached out to squeeze her hand as she walked away. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They both reached out at the exact same time and held hands. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

His sad brown eyes stare back at me, and I reach out, picking him up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But he seemed to be examining the door itself, and even reached out and touched the frame with his hand. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I reached out and traced black Mary’s heart with my finger. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Giant reached out and rolled the stone to one side as easily as if it had been a football, and now, where the stone had been, there appeared a vast black hole. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I have to do is reach out my hand. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Just to show him, I turned, reached out, and without really looking tapped the nearest female and said, “Want to dance?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He saw her coming slowly toward him, and when he reached out to touch her, she hurled her package to the ground, shattering its contents at his feet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled and reached out to her again. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Look,” I said, reaching out, ready to help him with the next rep. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He made his way to her slowly, reached out and put a hand on the arm she held loose at her side. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But then, Ivy saw herself reaching out and holding June’s hand. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Coraline reached out her left hand, scared that if she took her eye off it it would vanish, and she fumbled for the burning thing. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

If I reached out my ghostly hand to his, would he feel me? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s always telling me to acknowledge my support systems; to reach out to them, and express gratitude to them. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had even reached out to tenement owners on Maxwell Street. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Meggie could see his face before her so clearly that she might almost have reached out to touch it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she would reach out along the length of that bond, and at the very end, she could just sense the quiver of the Queen’s heartbeat. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Grandpop reached out and palmed Genie’s cheeks like Ma did tomatoes in the grocery store. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Finally he reached out and touched her hand. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out, and in the darkness found the worry stone resting in his hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was shapeless, scarcely to be seen, but it whispered at him, though there were no words in its whispering, and it reached out towards him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

Last, he reached out as if touching the Spirit Bear. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

On impulse he reached out his hand and tried to turn the doorknob. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know that tears slipped down my cheeks until Father Amadi reached out and wiped them away, running his open palm over my face. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And women pulling their lips up to their noses when they reach out to take your money. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever so quickly I reach out my right hand, grab a sleeve, and give it a swift tug. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He reached out to her and then dropped his hand midway. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I reach out to grab him, to force him to stay and answer me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Its lowest limbs reached out over a hollow; its upper branches glinted blue with feeding jays. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He reached out for years, but I didn’t appreciate it at first, and James might not, either. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Camel struggles to his feet, so stiff that at one point I reach out and steady his elbow. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had done this many times—just reached out and grabbed something— in the hope that by accident he might come upon the very piece of information he needed. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was gracefully done, but even so, she had to reach out a hand and steady herself against my chest, lest she stumble into me due to her sudden stop. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His head crashed into the chin of his captor, who swore in pain; the other robber reached out and slapped Tree-ear’s face viciously. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Some had reached out to me on Facebook, gaining access to computers wherever they could, like at internet cafes in nearby towns. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The Corporal, still squatting before him, reached out and shook his shoulder to get his attention. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out, cupped my chin, and raised my face so I looked her in the eyes. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He reached out for the line and held it softly between the thumb and forefinger of his right hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out and poke it, hoping I won’t find a rat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“How come you never called me back? I must’ve reached out to you ten times.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Then he reaches out to take the crab from me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Rishi reached out and casually tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, and without meaning to, she sucked in a breath and leaned in to his touch. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Until the crane arrived, that is — a colossal arm reached out of the sky to stage a resurrection. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rose had reached out and grabbed my shoulder. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Her mom reached out and touched Eleanor's shoulder, just for a second. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Poor babies,” sighed an old woman, timidly reaching out her hand to touch Kuda. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We reached out to them on the off chance that they'd be willing to speak with us, and we were astounded when they eagerly agreed to talk. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As Ellidyr had ridden up behind Taran, his steed had reached out her long neck and given the stallion a spiteful nip. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She extended her gloved hand, and Ash reached out with her bare one and they clasped fingers firmly, and the huntress looked a bit confused. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slammed the mirror down on the table so hard that it cracked, and when she saw the crack she reached out and slapped Ash across the cheek. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, three corridors down, two hands suddenly reached out and yanked him into the adjoining hallway. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They reach out too, and we stand in a little circle of linked hands. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Ophie’s nervousness must have shown on her face, because Mama reached out and squeezed her hand encouragingly. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He opened the window, and before Nipper could step in he reached out and grabbed him in both hands and pulled him in. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He reached out and she surrendered the bottle. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Jacob reached out for Jeanne’s hand, and she gave it to him. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Michael and I had reached out to Chapman once more before the hearing to see if we could persuade him to reopen the investigation and independently reexamine whether McMillian was guilty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Here, let me help,” Gloria said, reaching out to hoist the suitcase to her side. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, baby,” she says, reaching out for my arm. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I hesitate—and then I reach out to tap it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I reached out and touched the end of a muddy wooden stick, a digging tool of some kind, sitting next to a small wooden hoe beside me on the boat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Rob’s hand—my hand—reached out and ripped the hood off the woman, sending her dark hair flying over her face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I reach out and extract one of the fronds floating on the surface. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could almost reach out and touch her. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I meet my mom’s eyes as Julie puts the O₂ mask back over my mouth, watching as my mom reaches out to gently stroke my hair like she did when I was younger. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She stretched over my lap and reached out her hand to Mami. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

This was followed by an arm, an arm as thick as a tree-trunk, and the arm, the hand, the fingers were reaching out across the room towards Sophie’s bed. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches out and touches the monk's fleshy red hand, as if he wants to test his physical existence. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

You reach out to stop him, but it’s too late. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Trepid reached out tentatively, touching one of the red stones. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hamlet reached out and took the flowers, not touching my fingers nor marking my words. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Don’t shoot!” little Willy yelled as he reached out and touched Searchlight gently on the back. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ash tried to back away but Ana reached out and grabbed her wrist, digging her nails into Ash’s skin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his stupor, he was unable to react in time—the man reached out and tore the Transvice out of his hands, breaking the strap in the process. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I reached out and pulled his button-up shirt to the side, looking for a hole. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

William reached out and grabbed the heads of the two nearest fiends in his great palms. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

No reaching out for him when he walks out the door. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I reached out and knocked on the corner of the screen door. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He walked over and knelt behind her, then reached out and squeezed her shoulders. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She reached out a trembling hand, took another step forward. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Iggy reaches out and he flicks his fingers at Freak's nose, whack. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Brian reached out and took the wheel in a grip so tight his knuckles were white. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly my hand reaches out on its own and with a twirl of my fingers, Dylan’s sprout grows and blooms with petals of sparkling clear glass. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Crane-man reached out with his crutch and poked the dying embers of the fire. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Gentlemen of the All-City Jazz Band, we have an opportunity here to reach out that helping hand to one of our own. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I reached out and unlocked the door, the metal handle began to jiggle violently. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The night before, as they lay side by side in Pearl’s little twin bed, Mia had reached out to rub her daughter’s back, something she hadn’t done in years. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Close enough to touch, although she didn’t reach out to me or let me touch her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Temp, whose antennas had drooped down over his head, reached out and touched Gregor with a feeler. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out and stroke her back, like she just stroked mine. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Bailey hesitantly reaches out, expecting his fingers to pass through Marco’s hand as easily as they did before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She found herself standing, reaching out both arms, in the direction the boat had gone. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And while her father played another song, a song about the deep purple falling over sleepy garden walls, the princess reached out and touched the top of the mouses head. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Approaching the door, he reached out a hand, withdrew it, and gazed back toward the soldiers. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione reached out for a copy of the Evening Prophet, which somebody had left abandoned on a chair. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But Bill reaches out and grabs my arm. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Jonathan stood up, his hand again reaching out. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches out, taking it in her hands. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And when you catch the spirit, that don't mean you reach out and grab it like it's ball or something. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

While many of my comrades thought we should disavow those leaders, my inclination was to reach out to them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several of his arms reached out, but twice as many slapped them away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She reached out for the smaller of the two strings, being careful not to brush his hand with hers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he saw the man’s hand reach out from behind one of the pillars with one finger curled back, summoning the kids forward. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Alice appeared beside him and saw the men, who were now close enough to reach out and take hold of the canoe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s not for true,” the boy said, reaching out with the knife again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I swallowed hard and reached out for a five, holding back my tears. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As if moving on its own, his hand reached out and held hers. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She reaches out to me to pull me toward her, but I jerk away from her. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She can’t understand why we wouldn’t want to reach out to each other. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to reach out and take her hand in mine. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I wanted to reach out for him, to put my hand on his shoulder, to let him excrete stress hormones or scream or do whatever he needed to do. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Amari wanted to reach out and comfort Tidbit, but she dared not. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slave-girl stands in the shadows near the stairs, and as Marcus passes her, he reaches out and yanks her close. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Victor reached out and fixed his clenched fist in the middle of the circle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out, questioned the radiator with his hand. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never moving his broken body, he reached out all the same, and for an instant he was seeing double. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t speak, so she reached out quickly and slapped Mary’s face. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Javier reached out and ran his hand up and down Moss’s arm. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He led the way out of the hall, smiling and waving at the many hands that reached out to grasp his white tunic as if touching him would heal them of an illness. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then Miss Garcia reaches out, taking George’s hand on the right, Charles’s on the left. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I reach out and take the book, which has a picture of a kid holding a goldfish bowl. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Will wanted to reach out and stop their bikes from rolling. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Thomas reached out and grabbed a vine two feet to the left of where he hung. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Wanda said, and she turned around and reached out for Moss, but he was already getting out of the car. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Spiky red flowers aim their petals toward the dwarf sun like a spiny crab reaching out with its claws. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He set the phone down and reached out to take Mark’s mom’s hand. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He reaches out a hand and gently runs his thumb along my eyebrows the way Mama does sometimes. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She nuzzled my arm and then curled up, occasionally reaching out a paw and touching my chest to let me know she was there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He laughs and reaches out for my bike, holding on to it before I can take off. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I reached out to shoulder-hug her but she pushed against me and out of my arms and ran to Ma Charles. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He sniffed around, wrinkling his facile nose at the unfamiliar smell, then reached out a long curved black paw and tapped the white head. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dad”—he juts his lip out—“my mom”—she nods, all smiles—“and my sister, Sarah”—she reaches out a hand. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a hand reached out from the thick grass at the side of the path and grabbed my shoulder. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand reaches out and I pass her my two cans. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But he reached out and pulled the child from the woman’s embrace and ran. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I reached out to link my hand with the girl beside me, she pressed her hand to her mouth and looked at me with horror. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moonlight fell upon her face, and Celaena’s hand trembled as she reached out and touched the smooth, youthful cheek. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Lydia reached out and accepted Chester the bear. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But the Glow-worm didn’t stir, so the Centipede reached out of his hammock and picked up one of his boots from the floor. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Toby reached out and ran a hand along the plane’s rusted frame, almost testing if it were real. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The twigs of the trees at its foot were stretched out stiff and still, as if reaching out to the warmth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Robertson chuckled and reached out, “Let’s see the contract. I’ll sign it.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She reached out to touch his face when his eyes snapped open. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Hesitantly she reached out and stroked the horse's neck, ran her fingers through the silver of her mane. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She reached out for her brother’s hand but could not find him by her side. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Hands reached out to stay me, but I was a confirmed Master of Dodging, and left them with a handful of air. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out for Taisin’s hand, but she had already turned away to finish the ritual. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I look at her for a second and then down at her outstretched hand and I reach out and I take it and press it inside my own and a second later I let go. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Beneath her nightgown, her ribs reached out from inside of her, showing bones where flesh and meat should have been. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He reaches out his hand and says, “Spare change, please?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“If you eat enough, they can,” she insisted, and reached out to pluck another one. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My trusting boy smiles and reaches out to touch Horatio’s red curls. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They reached out for the branches of nearby trees and twined up into the canopy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Georgia Boy reached out his hand and I placed the letter in it. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smoky blur of the mountains in the East was lost in a deeper blackness that was already reaching out westwards with long arms. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I touch my shoulder to be close to my octopus tattoo and imagine my tentacles reaching out to cover Lydia’s notebook and suck up some of its confidence. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He thirsted for life and reached out ravenously to grasp and hold Nurse Duckett’s flesh. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He had one of my arms trapped beneath his knee, but with the other, I reached out, desperately searching for the dropped revolver. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her body tumbled forward, hands reaching out to break her fall, the container slipping from her grasp. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she reached out her hand and touched him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He reached out and put his hand on my knee and squeezed. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s never too late to reach out to someone. That’s what he told me, actually.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I reached out and hitched the receiver onto my pillow so the mouthpiece rested on my collarbone and the earpiece lay on my shoulder. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She reached out a hand and put it on Violet’s hair, and Violet felt more comforted than she had in some time. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

His eyes fastened greedily upon the bag and his hand reached out without his order. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She reached out and touched Tally’s hair, tangled and knotted from two weeks of camping out and riding all day. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The swineherd, roused, reached out to get his sandals, tied them on, and took the road. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I reached out the window and dropped the poker chips. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

When she saw Coraline she reached out one long white hand, and she crooked a finger. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Owens reached out a hand, touched her son’s shoulder. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He reached out and pulled the edge of the bloody blanket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he finally reached out his hand for the money, his haggard expression was the same one I was used to seeing on pawnbroker’s faces. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Brangwain Spurge reached out and touched the metal box that held the gem. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She climbed shakily to her feet and reached out her hand. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She reached out a paw to pat something in the air in front of her, something quite invisible to Will. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed the Lady Mayoress, standing on a corner, and as he watched, she reached out and pinned a little white flower to the lapel of a passing businessman. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But whatever it is, good or bad, they got no right to reach out by night and pluck little children out the hearts of their families. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

And I was too paralyzed to reach out and select a gem. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Because no sooner had Fezzik’s great hands reached out than the man in black dropped and spun and twisted and was loose and free and still quite alive. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey reached out and patted him on the shoulder. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out and squeezed his arm before leading him across the room to another door Toby hadn’t seen. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She’ll reach out and take my face in her hands, turn it so Diego can see my latest war wound in the light. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He reached out and took her by the shoulder. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand reaches out and I clutch it like a lifeline. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She reached out and pulled my left breast. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once Daddy even reached out and slapped Joe’s face, hard, and Mother hurried and took hold of Daddy’s arm and said, “Don’t you dare!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out a paw and hit a key on the typewriter. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I reached out my hand to touch the wall and tasted my fingers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

A dizziness swept over me and I reached out a hand to steady myself against the wagon’s wheel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’s blocked her number and has no interest in reaching out. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I imagined her reaching out to touch his shoulder, the way she did sometimes when she was asking for something. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

George rushes across the room, reaches out his hand. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The other two lay facing the nest, their necks reaching out. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He reached out for Genie’s hand and squeezed it for a second before going back for his drink. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He reached out and poked Thomas in the chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Jon reached out to tear off a leg, then had a better idea. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I reached out to hand the man a cigarette. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

To keep my hand from reaching out to brush the one he had put on the armrest of my seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Small hands reached out uncertainly, touched, grasped, unpetaling the transfigured roses, crumpling the illuminated pages of the books. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas reached out and squeezed the younger boy’s shoulder. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Others reached out as if to shake hands in greeting. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Valerie, my dear friend of more than fifteen years, reached out to squeeze my hand. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There he paused again, trembling, before he reached out for the latch. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I felt that I could almost reach out and touch it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last few steps of the way, hands reached out to pull us to our feet. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I actually reached out for her hand, but Bat Lady stiffened. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I nudged her with my foot, and she slowly reached out one hand and placed it over all of ours. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I only half pay attention when he reads, because Gat has not kissed me or reached out to me since we agreed to act normal. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

When her hands reached out and poured the tea, it was as if she also poured something into me while I sat there sweating in my cab. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She reached out and untucked my hair from behind one of my ears so that it fell forward. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He reached out and patted her on the knee, which seemed stupid in that situation, but Alec and Lana were just returning from getting fresh water from the stream. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I reached out to comfort him, but he tore away from me with a low moan, as if my touch had burnt him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The blind man reached out his hand and the puppy scampered to it and licked his fingers. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

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

The little one reached out, but Hanako said, “Don’t let her swallow it, even though it’s very delicious.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The man reached out quicker than Moss expected and wrapped the front of Moss’s shirt inside a fist, and he lifted. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He reached out his finger and crushed it. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He reached out and gently moved my hair away from my eyes. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

What he did not know then was that the Mexicans had reached out to the Restaurant Opportunities Center, a workers’ rights group. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Working more on instinct than reason, I reached out and grabbed her arm, holding her in place. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

At that time, early death was commonplace: Families often lost children to disease, and thousands of people wanted to reach out to loved ones who had died in the Civil War. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She reaches out and rubs it with her thumb. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mom reached out and took a swipe at me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lannister reached out and took her hand, and gave it a squeeze. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She reached out and gave the girl a poke in the ribs. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I reached out to touch her, but the light was as hot as a bonfire. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, she thought of her mother’s hand, reaching out to her after the last miscarriage. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out toward the beam of the loom to steady herself. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“As a library reaches out to the community surrounding it,” said the bizarro billionaire, “so do the games of the first Library Olympiad!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Distant sources of food are somehow sensed, and long lines, like tentacles, reach out over the ground, up over walls, behind boulders, to fetch it in. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out and grabbed the man with both hands. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He began to fall, his eyes wide and panicked, and he reached out and grabbed my arm. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It took everything in Jam to not reach out and touch his arm, but Pet’s hand was locked around hers, and she couldn’t spoil the hunt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A toy fell out of Avik’s hand, and he reached out the window to catch it. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She reached out and found my hand and placed her wooden fingers around it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pilate reached out her hand and placed three fingers on the edge of the coffin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came to the door and through the crack her hand reached out and took the reed. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

If I just reached out and took her hand, what would happen? The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

More time for the railroad to reach out, or for another opportunity to present itself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But even with all his layers, I still see air between the elastic cuff of his bubble coat and his glove when Ambrose reaches out his hand to take back his hat. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He winked and reached out to smack my knee, smiling. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

White light from the kitchen stretches into the lounge room, and the Doorman’s paws reach out and lightly scratch me, asking for a pat. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Kamen reached out to Lawrence for a deposition attesting to his loyalty, of which Lawrence in fact had no doubt. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She reaches out and we hold each other, crying and laughing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Somehow she confuses the clues, thinks that his hands reach out for a different reason, not to say no, but to say yes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I reached out and tipped my candle on its side, forcing him to make a grab for his before it did the same and rolled away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He reached out and ripped my blouse open. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out to Jethro then for aid in helping him to rise. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chou reaches out for my hand and holds it gently as she wipes her eyes with her sleeve. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly I reach out and take the colors. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mo stepped away from the long tree branches that seemed to reach out for us. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s nice to meet you,” Jordan says, reaching out his hand. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wipe the side of my neck with the antiseptic, but when he reaches out with the needle, I pull back. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Why would she ignore me after reaching out to me in Schmidt’s office? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She begins to reach out like she is going to touch my knee, but then she pulls back and returns her hand to her lap. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

His father reaches out to him with the thick, sinewy copperhead and Dill extends his hands. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Then Mrs. Granger reached out and shook Nick’s hand, and looked him in the face. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I reached out and picked up the key, a chime sounded, and my score on the Scoreboard increased by 25,000 points. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Moving as little as possible, I reached out and pulled a book out of my travelsack, then laid it on her desk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The president of Hampton Institute reached out to Parks, offering her a job as a hostess at the university’s faculty dining room, the Holly Tree Inn. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Julie reached out, but she was too short to reach him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Olanna reached out and grasped Odenigbo’s arm and the screams came out of her, screeching, piercing screams, because something in her head was stretched taut. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It had altered its course and was almost on him, reaching out with its clasping claw. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

I reach out and touch my father’s hand. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Richard was to tap a pressure point on his chest while reaching out to me with his other hand, and Mother was to hold a point in her palm while touching Richard with her foot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Undeniably the instinct to support the arts went - and still goes - hand in hand with a desire to reach out to larger numbers of people, but the two aims were often contradictory. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Like she could reach out and touch the answer, if only she knew where it was. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He reached out to rub the fabric of my new clothes between his fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Everybody had to reach out and hold the hands of the person standing in front of them. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She wanted to reach out and pull him close and slap him across the face. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Hooke also did away with the vortices, introducing the idea of what we would now call ‘action at a distance’—gravity reaching out across empty space to tug on the Moon or the planets. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He reaches out to take her hand, slowly brushing his fingers against hers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He felt that he ought to be able to reach out with his bare hands and carve from naked space the concrete, solid reasons why he had murdered. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She flung the frame of bees as far from her as she could, then ran forward, reaching out both arms, to catch Ess before the girl could hit the hive. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Summer cooled to the final autumn, and when the leaves blew yellow past the windowsill and the air smelled like coal smoke, Izio reached out and held my hand in the dark. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She reached out and took his neat stack of bills, counted the money while she spoke. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few more steps and Mo would only have to reach out a hand to touch him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

If Booth wished to, he could reach out and tap him with the muzzle of the pistol. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I take those last few steps, laying Helene down against the tower and reaching out a hand to touch the stone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I stood up and reached out my hand and said, “May I have this dance?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

A hand reaches out to me, my fingertips wrapping desperately around it as I’m heaved effortlessly out of the water. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He reached out his hand, but it fell short of touching the friar’s frock by almost a foot. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I reached out, felt the presence of my family, my ancestors surrounding me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Georgie reached out over the water to prod a few leaves loose with his stick. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

You may reach out and embrace all of Manhattan in sweet aloneness, or you can go to hell if you want to. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We kiss our baby brother good-bye in his hospital bed where he reaches out, cries to come with us. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I reach out for that peace right now, that strength, but it feels like grasping at air. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Ann was dumbfounded, but she reacted instinctively by reaching out and taking his hand in her own. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out to touch my arm again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He reached out and tapped the boy’s shoulder. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the still-open seam, a man’s arm reached out, swiping left and right as his hand grabbed for them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It seemed to reach out towards him, and to whisper, and to call to him in a whisper: but he could not understand the words. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out with my other arm and hug her, too. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He holds on with his right hand and reaches out with his left. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

But then Uhmma reaches out and pulls me close to her side. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It looked at her in a daze and reached out and grabbed her by the hand, the one that was holding the syringe. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out to pick one of the ants up. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

People will reach out to her and offer their condolences, much like they did when Christian passed. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As Sergeant Prothero scampered behind the Delta 88 and began to lift his head, a black-gloved hand reached out the window holding a handgun and let off three shots, striking Prothero at point-blank range. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He is holding Frightful out from his body; I reach out to grab her. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart finally starts to slow down as I reach out for his elbow again. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I reached out with my right hand, grasped the neck of the guitar, and pulled. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Finally she reached out and took it, let him pull her up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The Tribune warned that “the hawks, buzzards, vultures, and other unclean beasts, creeping, crawling, and flying, of New York are reaching out to get control of the fair.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Four dark hands reached out and pushed the silks open, and two small furry heads thrust out. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Shadow reached out a hand and cranked down the window a few inches. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It licked its lips and reached out for the panicked goblin. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

My hands reach out for something to hold, but the round walls of the guardhouse are smooth. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She reached out and turned the air conditioning down a couple of clicks. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He reached out, touching my skull gingerly, and said something encouraging, as though I were a child. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of hands reached out and seized the back of my uniform shirt, twisting the fabric for a better grip. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She reached out to adjust her green headgear, worn low on her head, almost covering her eyebrows. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Ma,” my arms reach out to her, pleading with her to take me into her arms and tell me I can stay. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pet reached out to lift Jam, with Bitter’s obscene dead hands around her ribs, and set her aside firmly. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His head snapped up, and he reached out to take Ivy’s hands. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You know if you ever need anything, you just reach out, okay? The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

From the tiny barred window of their cell the women could see them, so close that if they had been able to reach out they could have touched them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z