| 单词 | right hand |
| 例句 | As the man dug for his wallet, the Owner, quietly and stealthily, slipped his right hand into his own pocket to find the small glass jar he always kept ready for a ripe opportunity. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He was holding the long net in his right hand. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I raised my right hand and told him, “Mr. Leroy, sir, I swear on my mama’s head that I’m coming right back.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I plugged the pipe — rolled the glass — twirled it on the marble slab, and now my right hand burned and ached and the glass was off—lopsided! Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Despite her fear of him, however, she took her spoon in her right hand and began to eat her oatmeal. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “My hand is kind of numb,” he said apologetically and reached across with his right hand and brought out a yellow government postcard. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I lower my camera, grasp it tightly in my right hand, keeping it running. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He ran to Secretary Seward’s bed, clutching the knife in his right hand and the pistol in his left. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He stooped, and stood up with his father’s pillow under his left arm and the glass ashtray that belonged on the night table in his right hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Father scratched the little finger on his right hand. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She carefully takes it in her right hand and sweeps it over my head while she recites a quiet prayer asking God to remove the evil eye and keep me under his protection. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z At that point Grandpa held up his right hand like a policeman. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He cleared his throat and spoke with a deep bass rumble as he stalked forward, his right hand raised and thrusting an imaginary sword. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Vivian laid her wineglass down on the coffee table and took a small handful of peanuts in her right hand. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His right hand, though it had been salved and bound, was burned on palm and fingers. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She turned to the terrace—which was the outstretched right hand of the huge metal seraph—and went out to meet the night and the newcomers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At her side, her right hand rested on the hilt of a curved sword. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He waves the ever-present trunk away, wipes his right hand on his thigh, and offers it to me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The Corporal carried a musket in his right hand while his left rested on Jonathan’s shoulder. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The ball came back to Rostelli who dribbled it to the right of the key, Ben overplaying the right hand again, watching, tensing, until the moment Rostelli moved the ball to his left hand. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Dona Maria gently rubbed Torito’s stomach with her bony right hand. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She stood straight up, shaded her eyes with her right hand, then threw the rake to the side and commenced running at me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He tripped on something that he could not see in the dark and sprawled into the ditch on the side of the road, his right hand sinking into several inches of cold mud. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z On his right hand, a silver skull ring glittered. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The icy swirl poured through her; Sierra slapped her right hand against the eyes, and they sprang to life, each set swerving across the pavement into the night. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z With the knife in his right hand, Will balanced himself carefully and looked around. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She knew where the answer was—the second paragraph in the right hand column of page 157. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He caressed it with the fingers of his right hand, wound it around the index finger, released it, then caressed it again, all the time looking at me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She was putting each one she retrieved with her right hand into the cup of her left hand, like picking blueberries. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Very carefully, he put the goblet in his right hand in front of Vizzini and put the goblet in his left hand across the kerchief from the hunchback. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Ever so quickly I reach out my right hand, grab a sleeve, and give it a swift tug. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Bigger’s right hand gripped the steering wheel and he wondered if he ought to shake hands with this white man. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He wiped the sweat out of his eyes with his right hand. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the foot-stool from beside the bed, balanced it in his right hand, and took a last look round the room. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In her right hand, he put a bunch of the purple grapes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Reg shuffled in his chair, his right hand massaging his thigh just above the spot where the gauze ended. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And after it, in the pause that came, Lee found that he was wounded; there was blood on the rock under his cheek, and his right hand and the rifle bolt were red. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The left hand of each was raised palm outwards in gesture of warning; in each right hand there was an axe; upon each head there was a crumbling helm and crown. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 As my body swung around the end of it, I plunged my right hand down underneath the docking collar and found some wires to hang on to. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a black silk cord tied around his left forearm, and now he was tugging at it with his gloved right hand. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He held up his right hand and spread his fingers out in a fan. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He is wounded severely in the Wilderness, 1864, but returns to be Lee’s most dependable soldier, his right hand until the end at Appomattox. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His back was bent with the weight of the line across it and he carried the fish in his right hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He had spent five years with the company, rising from the ranks to a place of honor at Toyne’s right hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dad held up his right hand to his face, as if to shield it from Mom’s riveting gaze. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I cracked my knuckles and grabbed the Player Two joystick with my left hand, poising my right hand over the Flap button. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Papá turned around and slapped me on the side of the face with the back of his right hand. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The fingertips of his right hand were pressed deeply into the soft fibers of the rug and his whole body vibrated from the wild pounding of his heart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As it was passed from ragtime to early ‘Dixieland’ jazz bands, though, syncopation became more sophisticated: now, instead of the right hand cheating the left, one instrumentalist was playing against another. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Four on his right hand. He could still hold a sword. A dagger.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He shakes my hand—his right hand to my good left. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The tattooed face of a cat, blue and grinning, covered his right hand; on one shoulder a blue rose blossomed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Spires held the syringe in his right hand and stroked Fig with his left. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z At this, he dismounted and extended his right hand. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Slowly, my left hand patting Schwarz to encourage a hiatus in her meowing, I worked the top off my drum with my right hand. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “I can do anything with my right hand that I can do with my left!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “This is him,” she said softly, placing her right hand on my shoulder. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “All right, Cletus. You know your right from your left? Put your right hand behind your back nice and slow.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z And when they switched me on again I was sitting on the carpet with my back against the wall and there was blood on my right hand and the side of my head was hurting. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z All the color had gone from his face, and he was nursing his right hand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Quickly, he felt his right hand with his left; but even that did not tell him anything. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When we're settled, I take her right hand and press my money into her palm. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He showed me his right hand and there was silence. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He held up his hands: his right hand had a huge mittenlike leather glove on it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z A glowing circular saw blade of electric-blue energy appeared in my right hand, spinning fiercely. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z First of all, he would go to the drawer of his desk and take out a pure-white cotton glove which he slid with much ceremony on to his right hand. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Peggy stood near the steps holding her right hand tightly over her breast. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He had to carry the chair and reach up with his right hand. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z And with my right hand, I feel around in the dark until I find the controller, then the dial, and then the little switch. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat back and used her right hand to place her left hand in her lap. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabs my right hand in his left, and we look to Cinna for confirmation. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It landed neatly in the palm of his right hand. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She and Aaron spent about as much time apart as me and my right hand. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The palm of her right hand still throbbed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I started creeping through the hall, the bat clinched tight in my right hand, my left hand sliding softly along the wall to guide me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z My right hand deftly held three throwing daggers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z His door stood open to the morning, and he hummed under his breath while his right hand practiced legerdemain. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I have a television remote control clicker attached to my wheelchair, very close to my right hand. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z As we walked away, he erased the map with his foot and waved us off with a raised right hand and a nod. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I tried to figure out what they were saying by reading the elaborate gestures that the man made with his right hand. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Dad listened, sucking on his cheeks while his right hand fiddled with the gearshift. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He pulled me to my feet with my right hand. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Along the right hand was a row of torches burning with a smoky orange light, but the only doors were to her left. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her right hand shot out and took the brunt of the fall. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Leroy picked up his axe and swung it ’cross his left shoulder then put his right hand on my head. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z His right hand described the circle of the hills, the sloping fields and the mountains, and ended at his hat again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The cap’n’s left hand was yanking rough on the woman’s hair, pulling her head backward, and his right hand was clamped on his pistol, which was jammed under her chin and pointed upward. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Papá cleared his throat, ready to respond, but Mamá quickly placed her hand on Papá’s right hand and burst out, “Of course you have our blessing.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He didn’t say anything; he just took the fingers of her right hand and held them in his, his thumb brushing the ring she wore. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z My left hand grasped the yellow ripcord for dear life as my right hand pressed against the side wall of the C-130 for balance. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Holding it in her right hand, she places her left palm down on the billiard table, over the scattered cards. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z With his right hand he felt for the knife; it was still there at his belt. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Jack Rabbit Jones on keyboard laid down smooth chords with his left hand while the fingers on his right hand hip-hopped across the twelve-bar blues trail. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Right hand, left hand, right hand, left hand, the ball drummed against the cement as Ben waited for his father to move out against him and Bull held back, fearing the drive to the basket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The scars on the back of his right hand seemed to be tingling again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Measuring how quickly the flames were engulfing him, he hopped forward, the carbine in his right hand, the butt plate balanced against his hip. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You want it,” Troy said, leaning close enough for me to smell his morning scrambled eggs, holding the laptop in his right hand and wiggling it, “take it from me.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Then I lifted my right hand with the razor and let it drop of its own weight, like a guillotine, onto the calf of my leg. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I passed up the street, looking as I went at all the houses to the right hand and to the left; but I could discover no pretext, nor see an inducement to enter any. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A rush of coolness burst through her; it streamed along her raised left arm, past her chest and down to her right hand. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Finally, he raised his right hand and used it as if to check whether his collar was still open. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She played a chord, then another, added in a few silver notes from her right hand, pushed once on a pedal, and was gone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His right hand suddenly ordered divine retribution to stand by. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Hector frowns, watching as she absently toys with the ring on her right hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I kept a finger of my right hand on the appropriate place in the text, flipped the Talmud to where the commentary had been printed, and read from it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He stretched out his right hand and gave me five as I dropped onto the couch opposite him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She placed it in his right hand and closed his fingers around it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Their white faces and wide-eyed stares saved me from getting the good side of Big Ma’s right hand. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He used his now-empty right hand to clutch the table, and put the other crutch on the table. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She stabbed and parried with her right hand, occasionally shooting tomatoes from the cornucopia in her left, while yelling at the suitors, ‘Save yourselves! I’m too dangerous!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Nicholson, looking detached, was using his right hand to give himself a slow, sensuous massage at the back of the neck. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He had a sack of bread dangling from his right hand and a big wheel of cheese under his left arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He felt for it with his right hand: there it was, safe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Once his right hand slipped, though, and grazing the soft metal came away bloody, but Carl did not halt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And his right hand went behind the desk and pulled another coin from his pocket, and the coin rolled back and forth over the knuckles. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z His staff, black yew-wood, all radiance quenched, was grasped in his right hand, and he would not let go of it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She steadied her right hand with her left. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When he was seated she stretched her right hand toward him, and he took it in both of his. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He had a hook where his right hand should have been. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His hands were deep in the pockets of a dusty brown jacket, but even with the hands out of sight, Abanazer could see that something was clutched extremely tightly—protectively—in the boy’s right hand. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z With a last effort Frodo, dropping his sword, slipped the Ring from his finger and closed his right hand tight upon it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “And Glenn Burke smacked Dusty’s right hand with his own right hand.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z If the guy has the needle in his right hand, you stand on his left. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My uncle sat quietly for a time, stroking his mustache with the little finger of his right hand. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody except Bud raised his right hand as ordered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit on the bed and hold Grandpa’s right hand. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z On the forty-first move, after five hours of play, with his heart slightly pounding, Bobby lifted his rook with his trembling right hand, quietly lowered the piece to the board, and said, “Mate!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I took the ball out of the glove, held it in my right hand, and turned around for a moment to look out at the field and let the pain in my wrist subside. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Cross your thumb over your pointing finger, like this....No, not with that hand....You must always use your right hand,” she said, holding it out to make sure I knew the difference. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He had his arms crossed over a great big stomach with his head-wiping rag hanging out of his right hand. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z "Stupid!" screamed the innkeeper's wife, furiously, and she advanced upon the unicorn, a knife in each hand, blood staining her right hand and forearm the same color as her dress. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Then, to show Byron how serious she was, Momma raised her right hand and said, “I swear that with God as my witness!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The Trinity must be tainted by it; there must be a certain stench at the right hand of God the Father. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He suddenly reached down and picked up Nicholson’s right hand from the armrest. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z All you have to do is to lift up your right hand and cross your right thumb over your first finger in the form of the cross. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The chief foreman grabbed Shin’s right hand and held it down on a table in the superintendent’s office. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I feel the baton smack into my left hand, I curl my fingers around it, I switch it to my right hand and take off down the chalk-striped brick-colored lane. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z He saw him and that red cap, and Martin’s right hand was raised high, his middle finger a sign of defiance in a sea of anticipation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Major lounged behind the wheel, guiding the big car with the fingertips of his right hand. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But soon his staring eyes were aware of a dim light at his right hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Charles raised the match and peered around, and Adam could see the hatchet in his right hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z No telling our scary, crazy mother about Big Ma’s quick right hand. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “The pink boy had a claw for his right hand!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Slowly, she manipulated herself down the long flights of stairs, two crutches under her left arm, the right hand grasping the banister. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And then he reached his right hand into his pants pocket for the jar, squeezing the icy chill out of his palm. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Come,” she says, and walks with her cane tapping back and forth in her right hand. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then I put him back on my right hand. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The fingers of Pong's right hand wandered absentmindedly to his left wrist, the way they still did whenever he thought of his life on the run. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I made a sweeping gesture with my right hand, and a three-dimensional hologram of Castle Anorak appeared, floating in the air in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Like most fourteen-year-olds, she was right-handed, so the rocks skipped farther across the murky water when Violet used her right hand than when she used her left. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “I am already married” she remarks to the empty air, twisting the ring on her right hand that covers an old, distinctive scar. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He put his right hand out like he’s expecting something to drop in it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He was looking at the T pentomino in his right hand. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z They only knew that they had come to the end, when suddenly they felt no wall at their right hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then his right hand rose slowly to the side of his face and with his thumb and forefinger he gently caressed an imaginary earlock. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Tally held out her right hand, the scarred palm facing up, sweaty dirt tracing the lines on it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She held the ball in both hands at her waist, and then, like the strike of a cobra, her right hand flicked out and the ball smacked into Jasper’s hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Then he easily switched the dangling bird from his right hand to his left, freeing his right hand to grab another. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z As he heaved a large, rough log, an arrow of pain shot through his right hand. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Her mother, her hair twisted into the shape of a spiraling shell, sat at the King’s right hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The person’s bare right hand, naked to the frigid wind and grotesquely frostbitten, was outstretched in a kind of odd, frozen salute. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In his right hand, he’d hold the shutter release and a toy of some kind, which he’d shake and rattle to get our attention. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stick out your right hand over your broom,” called Madam Hooch at the front, “and say ‘Up!’” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He held the line tight in his right hand and then pushed his thigh against his right hand as he leaned all his weight against the wood of the bow. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He threw the ball to Mr. Savo, who had to stretch his right hand high over his head to catch it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Soon Bull began to work the bones of the boy’s right hand against each other, applying more and more pressure, until the boy began to scream for his friends to pull Bull off. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Liam and I turned to see Zu, her bare right hand splayed out against a checkout lane. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As he brought his right hand up to his face, he caught sight of the crude bandage. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She’s about six years old, in a plaid jumper dress, white T-shirt, bobby socks and shoes, her hair loose from its braids, right hand gripping something against her chest. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The old man sat on a stool by the front door with a red rubber fly swatter in his right hand, watching them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She waved it in the air for a few seconds, then began painting the nails on her right hand. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Holding one of the nails in his right hand, he showed me the right angle. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat still for a moment, holding her cigarette, but without dragging on it, in her left hand, and with her right hand fixed tensely around the base of the glass of milk. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z "Let's start with them paws," she said, reaching out for Gregory's right hand. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I was propped up in bed in the sickroom of the Big House, my right hand bandaged like a club. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I remove the mitten on my right hand to swipe my thumb across the touch screen, unlocking texts. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He was feeling Will’s right hand carefully with his free one. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened his right hand, which had NO tattooed on it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Charles took a swallow of his drink and ran up another octave, trilling nonsensically on the keys with his right hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When he gave to charity, his left hand never knew what his right hand was doing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The old man motioned me in with his right hand with a courtly gesture, saying in excellent English, but with a strange intonation:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He moved forward delicately, his right hand outstretched. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A flicker crossed the corner of his vision, and his right hand darted up at once, and he found he was clutching a robin, a dæmon, red-breasted, panicking. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It is only my pinky gone on my right hand, Theon reminded himself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He managed to raise his weak right hand to hold the wrist of my hand that was on his side. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z With his right hand Bull hit the dashboard to emphasize his major points. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad, who had changed into thick gray sweats, was standing there at the front door, grinning, my denim book bag in his right hand. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Yes, and he looked around the table, already jovial again, but rather watchful now, too, of him—and he wondered who, of all these, would sit in glory at the right hand of the Father? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z And so, as everyone slept peacefully on, Milo stood on tiptoes, raised his arms slowly in front of him, and made the slightest movement possible with the index finger of his right hand. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He kept his left hand at ten o’clock on the steering wheel and his right hand at two. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Before I saw it coming, I got the one thing Big Ma always promised in her scolding: the sting of her right hand. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I hold the knife in my right hand and touch the blade to my palm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The tennis ball I used to strengthen my right hand, by squeezing it constantly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She hit the handle with the heel of her right hand. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Over and over again, ordinary Germans greeted them by extending their right hands palms down and shouting, “Heil Hitler!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He lay forward cramping himself against the line with all of his body, putting all his weight onto his right hand, and he was asleep. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary raised her right hand as if swearing an oath. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At step twelve I planted my right hand down on one of the playing cards strewn across the stage by the previous act. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z She expected the doorman to remain upright, but he dropped his right hand and executed a deep bow to the princess. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “We’re the chorus line,” she said, pushing her hair back with her right hand. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z There was a woman on Weylin’s plantation whose former master had cut three fingers from her right hand when he caught her writing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Lee Chong tilted his head back and stared at Horace through his half-glasses while his mind flicked among accounts and his right hand moved restlessly to the abacus. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The knuckles of my right hand jammed against something I hadn’t remembered was there: a jagged piece of bright-purple fluorite that I’d nicked from the Earth Science room during mineral lab. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Unsteadily he fell against the front window of the bus and his right hand grasped for the handle to the front door. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands unclasped and her right hand moved toward the paper. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She put her right hand on the bar, then lowered her head—bowed it—and put her left hand to her forehead, just touching it with the fingertips. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Sixty minutes of me turning library-book pages with my right hand and June taking notes with her left hand. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She didn’t move, not as she stared at those black eyes barely inches from her own, not as she saw her right hand held between its black teeth, her blood already oozing down its chin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The hillside path which they were following became narrower all the time and the drop on their right hand became steeper. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The second time Con threw the rope Kaede caught it, rough and wet, in her right hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I hold my right hand up and close and open it three times. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I sat up, put the heel of my right hand on his chest, covered it with my left, and pressed down. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The empty knotted sleeve lay crumpled against her gray hair, and he held her small right hand in his big bony one. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I’d already had one so I’d look respectable when I raised my right hand and swore to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z And Juan Tomas, who squatted on Kino’s right hand because he was his brother, asked, “What will you do now that you have become a rich man?” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The two-faced doorman held a silver key, which he kept passing from his left hand to his right hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Silence fell; then he asked, “Where’d you get that scar on your right hand?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She spread her fingers on her right hand and held it in Keegan’s face. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “You got to do this milking. I cant use my right hand no more.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The young man started, his right hand going to the lapels of his terry-cloth robe. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z His brow was crisscrossed with wrinkles, his dark eyes brooded and burned with some kind of invisible suffering, and the fingers of his right hand played aimlessly with a long, gray earlock. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He held out his right hand to Chuck Muckle, who stared at it as if it were a dead mudfish. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They had camped for the night in a small clearing, and Tyr was scratching the furry neck of Loki's second child with his huge right hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “I recall raising my right hand, shoulder high and shaking my fist on the plane’s second pass,” McCunn wrote. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she lay down and sucked the knuckles of her right hand, as she had done when she was a small child. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He brought the ball in, took a dribble with his right hand, pulled up and brought his left hand toward the ball for the jumper. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Here, boy,” 1 said, holding out my right hand. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He was lifting the edge of his cap with his right hand and wiping his head with a handkerchief with his left at the same time. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z As she set down the teacup she noticed something on her right hand, and she turned her palm up to the sunlight and saw a pale, circular scar. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo’s right hand blazed, but the wind swirled around him and doused the fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The exile knight rode at her right hand, as ever. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At his right hand, and only a few feet away, the whole thicket bent and the roots screamed as they came out of the earth together. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “But remember”—she balled her right hand into a fist—“first to the nose, like this, and then a left up to the eye, like that.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “You’re right-handed, man. Your right hand is the strongest. I’m giving you equal power, so your punches will be deadly from both sides.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The Wart walked up to the great sword for the third time. lie pot out his right hand softly and drew it out as gently as from a scabbard. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I braced myself for either the scolding or the sting of Big Ma’s right hand. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He felt forward with his right hand and found himself touching the man’s chest, where the heart was beating like a bird against the bars of a cage. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z For one second, before the metal cooled, the inside of his right hand, from wrist to fingertips, was coated with solid silver. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Horace Whaley placed the heel of his right hand against the solar plexus of the dead man. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He reaches out his right hand and grabs my left index finger. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Lashing my right hand is much harder, so hard it brings tears to my eyes, but I finally manage to pull the knot tight with my teeth. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The second he was close enough, Malcolm brought his right hand round and stabbed the knife as hard as he could into Bonneville’s thigh. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The Commander has hold of my right hand, as if we’re teenagers at the movies. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He is feeding himself with his right hand while his left gently touches a slim bamboo stick lying on the kitchen table. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I switched the glass from my right hand to my left hand, wiped my right hand on my jeans, and switched the glass back. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Her small right hand with the signet ring on the middle finger was stuck out too, but it made no move toward Aron’s hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Isabelle made a fist with her right hand and brought it down on the arm of the wheelchair. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z He cupped it near his face, in his right hand. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Softly, Max laid his right hand upon Bigger’s knee. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She turned the page with an eager smile, her right hand over her heart. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Pol took off his shooting glove—an odd, three-fingered leather glove with a bulging, padded thumb—and showed her how to strap it onto her right hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But then there came a loud knock on the door and the man jerked awake, raising a wand in his right hand and a short knife in his left. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Using only my right hand, I brush, splash water on my face, and fumble-strip down to my underwear, leave my clothes in a pile on the floor, and climb into bed, cell phone in hand. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z "The Greatjon's the Young Wolf's strong right hand, all know that to be true. Who better to protect the widow's lands than an Umber, and what Umber better than me?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But he reached for the ball with his right hand, and that put him a little off balance, so I spun-dribbled around him, did a 360, and raced down the court. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z "It's the truth, man, here's my right hand." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mami stood over me, crushing my arm, right hand at her side, the fingers trembling. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z And Kaede stood as still as stone, her face ashen, her right hand streaked with the creature’s blood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then he held up his right hand and extended his finger toward the steering wheel; kind of like the way a kid might pretend to be holding a gun. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The split knuckles on Kino’s right hand burned when he saw who they were. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached down for a rock and held it in my right hand, looking all around us at the playground. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Even after receiving the “right hand of fellowship,” Sunday school bored me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a toll to pay, so Velia put the three dollars in the dead man’s right hand and rested it on the right shoulder pad of the driver’s seat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He pulled out the Beta Capsule, held it aloft in his right hand, and activated it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “If I had I’d have cut off my right hand before it had a chance to do secretarial work for him!” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z At some point a knife had made an appearance, gripped in his right hand. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z After he judged that his right hand had been in the water long enough he took it out and looked at it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened his right hand to display the quarter that had been there all along. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He's got his sax case in his right hand, and that big red book in his left hand. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I touched her with my right hand, and I was missing her already, I wasn’t having second thoughts, but I was having thoughts, “It’s not vain?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z If he had been a piano player instead of a guitarist, one might say bebop grew from the solos of his right hand while rock and roll grew from the accompaniment of his left. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Had Violet signed the marriage contract with her right hand, the law would have made her a miserable contessa, but because she signed it with her left, she remained, to her relief, a miserable orphan. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The knife had sliced through the middle of her right hand, on the palm. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He held up his right hand like he was counting off. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 The woman raised her right hand, and even from far away, Luna could feel the fingers on her throat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Even if they were society’s pariahs, they were going to be angels in a marble white heaven and sit on the right hand of Jesus, the Son of God. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In the hall, however, he stretched out his right hand away from his body towards the staircase, as if some truly supernatural relief was waiting for him there. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z He slipped his right hand around my waist and took my right hand in his left. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z That night, at dinner, the supposed Aureliano Segundo broke his bread with his right hand and drank his soup with his left. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I held the cotton shells steady from underneath with my left hand while I picked the bolls with my right hand and piled them on the ground. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I raised my right hand and put my left over my heart. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He had a gun in his right hand. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The scythe patted the seat beside him for Rowan to sit, and Rowan took his place at the scythe’s right hand. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He soon mastered his right hand and expanded his use of the two fingers that remained, continuing to compose songs about hens and hunted foxes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He peered intently as her right hand picked up the needle threaded with green. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z It was the territorial line between where the right hand and the left hand traveled, between the treble and the bass clefs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Fenrir lay on his side, and Tyr put his right hand into Fenrir’s mouth, just as he had done when Fenrir was a puppy and they had played together. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Cade Hernandez raised his right hand in front of his chin, nodding confidently and gapping his thumb and index finger about three-fourths of an inch. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z And in his right hand he carried a green-striped lizard, too. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z She lashed out with her right hand, focusing all of the raging spirits inside her, and caught the demon haint full across the face as it rose toward her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I look at the doubloon still gripped in my right hand. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She opened the box and looked down on a small, dark green jade button, and carved on its surface was a human right hand, a lovely hand, the fingers curved and in repose. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He gripped his trident loosely in his right hand and stretched his left hand out like he was blessing Leo, or possibly attempting to levitate him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z An arrow came whistling out of the gloom: it was aimed with skill, or guided by fate, and it pierced his right hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He stood alone, with nothing between him and his enemy but the staff of yew-wood in his right hand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Francie began using her right hand instead of the left after the vaccination and never had trouble afterwards. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding on to Mama’s leg with her left arm, Rorra extended her right hand and offered me two red gum balls. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He curls his right hand into a fist and lands a vicious punch across Soheil’s face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He has a tattoo of a devil’s head on his left forearm and a tattoo of a dagger on the back of his right hand between the thumb and forefinger. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z She moved her right hand, playing upon the flats and sharps. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And then he held up his right hand and spread his fingers out in a fan so that I could touch his fingers, but I didn’t because I was frightened. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He opened his empty right hand, and, in astonishment, his empty left hand as well. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He lowered his right foot and pressed the toe of his sneaker against the well, then brought his right hand down to the next iron bar. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “What?” he said, and he started coming around the counter with an aluminum baseball bat in his right hand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I held the pistol grip firmly for a few seconds, first in my right hand, then my left. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He held out his bloodstained, dusty right hand, and the old man shook it gently. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked up to find her soft brown eyes focused intently on him, her right hand under her chin. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A naiad had brought him a big platter of pastries, and as Tantalus spoke, his right hand chased a chocolate eclair across the judge’s- table. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She raised her left hand and waited a beat, and just as the shadow reached her, she smacked her drawing with her right hand. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z They held up their right hands and read the oath Nick had written out: From this day on and forever, I will never use the word PEN again. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Red's right hand balled into a fist, and the arm shot out like a jackhammer, straight at Bud's mouth. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His right hand was so cold that all he felt was one cold piece of flesh touching another. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She squeezes my hip, and I put my right hand up her shirt and touch her through her bra and then slide my index finger around her waistband. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Massive and slow and strong he seemed, dressed all in skins, with a club in his right hand and an axe in his left. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She turned to the right and put her right hand against the wall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He hated to let go, even for a second, but he focused all his strength into his right hand, clenching his fingers even tighter, then went for it with his left. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Anorak makes a grand gesture with his right hand, and three keys appear, spinning slowly in the air in front of him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z My right hand opens and closes on air. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z As the whip came down again, my right hand flashed forward out of reflex and seized the whip midswing. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I grabbed my left arm with my right hand and squeezed as hard as I could. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He transferred the reins to his left hand, and extended his right hand. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Daisy got out without saying good-bye, and I was about to do the same, but when I gave him his phone back, Davis took my right hand and turned it over, palm up. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand—but it ain’t going to come nigh thee. So glad, amen, this morning, bless my Redeemer.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He tried to sit up, his right hand fluttering to his chin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Halliday snaps his fingers and a scroll appears in his right hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z With my help, he flipped the sack over his left shoulder and held it in place with his right hand. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He wipes his hands on his apron and holds his right hand out to shake mine. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “They will test you again. I would wager my right hand on it,” said Tyr. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He practiced on the sawhorse how he would hold the reins in his left hand and a hat in his right hand. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He was breathing fast, and his right hand was gripping the handle of the knife in its sheath. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I had my head down on the table, close to her hand so I could watch while she drew, and my right hand was up in the air, gripped tight around the marker. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He covered his eyes and nose with his right hand and leaned forward, his elbow on the open Talmud, the upper portion of his body swaying slowly back and forth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I raised my right hand and swore to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Her right hand is partly arthritic, from an elevator accident. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Governor pushed his sleeves up to his elbows and raised his right hand out over the crowd. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Horace leaned over the bed and touched the back of Adam’s clenched right hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In the upper right hand is a drum whose sound is the sound of creation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I held my suitcase in my right hand and was wearing brown traditional summer pants with zigzag thread patterns at the bottom and a T-shirt. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She stumbled to the boy, with her right hand tightly gripping a wad of money. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Using her right hand, she threw the grappling hook as high and as hard as she could, and waited to see if it would catch onto something. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He indicated me to her, and she came and took my right hand in the fashion of my people, looking into my face. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He steadied it, and grabbed his mallet tightly in his right hand. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He rubbed it gently with his right hand, twirled it around his forefinger, released it, then twirled it around the finger again. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z When she pulled up one of the little chairs for Dicey to sit on, Dicey saw with surprise that she wore a silver wedding ring on her right hand. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt profoundly that they were traveling in the right direction, yet if their having power to rule had depended merely upon my lifting my right hand, I would have been afraid to do so. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he puts his right hand under the table and on my thigh a little too casually, and I kick Kristina under the table. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z In his right hand he carried a swagger stick which occasionally he slapped against his left palm, punctuation marks for the thoughts that crowded and strutted invisibly within him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Gathering the reins in his right hand and the leads in his left, Ser Roily set off at a brisk trot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Malcolm felt behind him with his right hand, trying to feel for the knife. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z When she didn’t bump into anything, she took another step, and the fingers of her right hand crumpled against something hard. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m holding a shoe box in my right hand, and the man looks down at it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Well—” Gilly slid off the bed and put her left hand on the doorknob and stuck her right hand on her hip. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I press the thumbnail of my right hand into the centre of the cut and feel it open up, the pain sharp and hot. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z His right hand dangled over the side, blackened and burned. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Illyrio thrust his right hand up his left sleeve and drew out a silver locket. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My small, twin bed was in the right hand corner of the room. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I wrapped my right hand around the joystick and began to play, guiding my pizza-shaped protagonist through one maze after another. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Left hand, then right hand, then left again. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In his right hand he carried a basket and in his left hand a wooden staff. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Archer’s hand clinched around hers, his face contorting, as Doc began stitching a wound on his right hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “He’d give his right hand for Mr. de Winter, too,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z With my right hand I cling to the grab bar. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Suddenly Inigo raised his right hand high—“I swear on the soul of Domingo Montoya you will reach the top alive!” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Always the noise of the running water was on their right hand, and it grew nearer and louder. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I froze, holding a few red Legos in my right hand. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The father leaned against the door, his right hand stuck between two buttons of his buttoned up uniform. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z She managed to raise her right hand to his. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I gave Rufus the right hand glove and everything was fine, for about a week. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After the first two or three hours she figured out some sets of chords in the bass that would fit in with the main tune her right hand was playing. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was his right hand that had been injured, and there was no way he could take proper care of the clocks without it. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I proudly carried the blue ribbon in my right hand and the drawing in the other. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He balled his right hand into a fist and hit it against his left palm. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z His right hand rested in the pocket of his pyjama jacket. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He shook the one in his right hand until I thought I heard teeth rattle. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z With the right hand, she rubs her mother’s belly. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Henry’s hand comes up to stroke along his jaw, his sweaty hairline, and Alex settles himself between his legs, lets Henry lace the fingers of his right hand with Alex’s left. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Find the first step and reach for it with her right hand. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His right hand was jammed deep into his pocket, his thumb flattened against his leg. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He had burned himself more badly than he knew throwing the flaming drapes, and his right hand was swathed in silk halfway to the elbow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Bigger saw Gus cup his left hand to his ear, as though holding a telephone receiver; and cup his right hand to his mouth, as though talking into a transmitter. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It was hard not being able to grip strongly with his right hand. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z His nose was lumpy and red with broken veins, his lips thick, and he had a sort of webbing between the three middle fingers of his right hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I bent over my Talmud, put the index finger of my right hand below the first word of the passage, and began to read. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Ellen pretended to be very ill—her right arm was in a sling, and her right hand was bandaged, because she was supposed to have rheumatism. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In his right hand he held a gun. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would sooner cut off my right hand than ask the ballot for the black man and not the woman,” she wrote to abolitionist Wendell Phillips. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It took him several minutes, using only his right hand, to push the jib back out and onto the deck—he’d push up a handful and it would fall back on him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I had scraped the palm of my right hand. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z His right hand lay negligently upon the arm of his chair; with a jolt, Harry saw that he was wearing Marvolo’s gold-and-black ring; he had already killed his father. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He fumbled with his right hand and found the end of the bunk by the side of the table. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he reached up inside his coat, cupped the stump of his arm in his right hand, and thought of all he had to do on account of the power being out. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He then scratched his head with his right hand. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z This time, I manage to hang on with my right hand. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z With nothing but a bag over my shoulder, a map and directions written on the back of the guidon in my left hand, and a tiny flashlight in my right hand, I was gone. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The right hand was bandaged, and the left hand — which I thought was bandaged — just had an IV stuck in it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When his face was cleaned he washed his right hand in the water over the side and then let it stay in the salt water while he watched the first light come before the sunrise. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s doing the thing she always does when she’s about to spend time with his father: pursing her lips and twitching two fingers of her right hand. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He kept the pistol on me with his right hand and waded to the shore where his shirt was, but what he done with his left hand brung back something I’d forgot I remembered. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I threw myself into it and felt a chill bleed up my arm from my right hand that held the piece of straw. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His right hand found what felt like a wooden broom handle. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He rubbed his temples with the fingers on his right hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He stood the trunk on end and carried his right hand over his left shoulder and stooped and caught the strap and lifted the trunk to his back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And then, all of a sudden, I noticed that his right hand was bruised. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “You were the last to see her,” said Thor, rubbing the knuckles of his right hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She places her right hand next to his, along the adjoining books. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Tyler seems to be the only one who got away unscathed...but then Justyce sees him shake out his right hand. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He adjusted his pants, running his right hand flat along the inside of his waistband so that it sat properly on his equator. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I balled my right hand into a fist and drove an uppercut just below his sternum. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Holding Granny’s right hand, he rested his bowed head wearily against the edge of the feather mattress. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A cigarette glowed between the fingers of her right hand. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z It was bad to see the indomitable old man weak and hatless in the early morning, something soft in his eyes, pain in his face, the right hand rubbing the pain in the arm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Your right hand cannot let go, even for a second, or the helicopter will tilt out of control, up-down or left-right. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Another time, I was walking through the bush, my right hand outstretched against the cool brick of a building buried deep in the trees. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He had half raised his right hand in order to shake hers, and his left trailed, about to close the door behind him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Her left elbow was cupped in her right hand, and she was holding the cigarette and. staring at the four of them as they came up the hill. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “Mostly. I mean, things are always harder. Like the Hokey Pokey. When the song says ‘Put your right hand in,’ I kind of just stand there like a mannequin. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Coach shifted one fork, one spoon, one knife, and one set of chopsticks in his right hand. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z In his right hand, he carried a crowbar. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I summon all my own strength, focus it like a laser beam into the fingers and palm of my right hand. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “A book can be as dangerous as a sword in the right hands,” said Haldon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Shadow palmed it in his right hand, classic palm, then produced it from between his third and fourth fingers. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z In his right hand, and very carefully, as though it contained something infinitely precious, he carried the giant glove. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z She had me in her right hand and Bruno in her left. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Celaena lifted her right hand so she could see the scars on it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I saw him and his dog walking together sometimes, his right hand holding the dog’s harness and his left hand holding the accordion case. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Holding up her right hand, she swore the US Civil Service oath of office, confirming her status as an employee of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Nicasia took my right hand and dipped it into a bowl of water. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He holds on with his right hand and reaches out with his left. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He pressed his right hand against the tentacle and summoned fire to his palm—a narrowly focused, white-hot burst. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But George sat stiffly on the bank and looked at his right hand that had thrown the gun away. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko slapped his right hand on the butt of his gun. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Gregor reached out and grabbed the claw on Ares’s left wing with his right hand. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Mong made like he was dunking a ball with his right hand and laughed a little more. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He nodded, and with the knife in his right hand, he pressed with his left the spot where her tear still lay on his cheek. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Fill up the cup once and pour it over her entire right hand. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He looked down at his right hand and realized it was shaking. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z So Kyle kept his right hand firmly planted on the right wall of shelves and started inching his way forward. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Mrs. Browder was called to the witness stand, raised her right hand, and swore to tell the “truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He peeked underneath his right hand to see and a big smile cracked his face. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He was afraid of Gebu and his heavy fist, afraid of his own hunger, most of all afraid of the void that yawned always on his right hand, waiting for Gebu to turn him out. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z In her right hand was a bottle of cognac with a red ribbon wrapped around its neck, which she gave to Twinkle. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She smoothed it with her right hand and sighed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z With his right hand he held the muscle of his left arm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood and reached his right hand up to me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I hold the knife in my right hand, my left hand out and ready, too. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z So we sat at the table and before I knew what was happening, Howard grabbed my right hand and Dwight grabbed my left and they all bowed their heads while Burl said the blessing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Everyone, even the youngest children, knew that you should eat with your right hand and use the toilet with your left hand. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z His back is to me, his left hand stretched out to hold on to a shelf, his right hand dangling at his side. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z He decided that he could beat anyone if he wanted to badly enough and he decided that it was bad for his right hand for fishing. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z With the annoying blue in her right hand, she looked through the front window and suddenly saw a dusty sedan pull into the parking lot. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Heisenberg paced as he spoke, a piece of chalk in his right hand, his left hand buried in his jacket pocket for warmth. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I wiped my right hand on my pants and saw Danny Saunders step slowly to the plate and set his legs in position. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z For the first time Hannah noticed that she had only three fingers on her right hand. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I slammed with my left hand and then I slammed with my right hand and then I threw the ball against the boards and went up and slammed the bound. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 He held the torch in his right hand. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite being jogged and jounced, jolted and jarred with every one of his captor's steps, Bod managed to grasp the screw in his right hand. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z One woman brags that she can read and write upside down and backward, and that when she writes with her right hand, her left hand can follow along and write the same sentence backward. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z "You can tell that in the dark, can you? That's fine. What I'm going to do, I'm putting my right hand down on this Bible, see?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z But I take two fingers of my right hand and put them through the soft seam in her top. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The dagger was still clutched tightly in his right hand, slick with blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He pointed at the middle knuckle on my right hand. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The saint’s face had been rubbed off, but the fingers of his right hand were raised to bless a short, purple, terrifically self- confident-looking mulberry tree. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He stretched his right hand out in front of him — the hand with the missing finger. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z My father walked up to me and rubbed my head before he held my right hand and raised it up, as he declared me his champion. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z This, and the way he always kept his right hand thrust into his breeches pocket, gave him a slightly arrogant air. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He pressed the record button, cracked his left knuckles with his right hand. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He had his large white hands folded under his chin; I leaned forward, my right hand cupped around my neck. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Now, I would have traded my right hand to have it go on its merry way for another five minutes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She nods and holds up her right hand for me, and I take hold of it again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z By his side hung a curving scimitar, a round shield studded with bosses of brass hung at his back, and his right hand grasped a lance. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z At the mention of a rival team, Asher rests his head back against his wheelchair and taps his right hand against his armrest. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He clutched his jousting lance in his right hand, and galloped off in the direction of the noise. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo summoned a white-hot ball of fire into his right hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He looks up at me thoughtfully, his left hand balancing two plates and his right hand holding the tub of butter. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A few seconds later, Joey came out with Rock in his right hand and another man in his left, carrying them like cats by the backs of their necks. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z She grabbed a book from my shelf, placed a tissue over it, and pulled my right hand on top of it. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He slammed the back door shut and, looking up at me, gave me the quickest of salutes with his right hand before hopping into the driver’s seat, starting the loud engine up, and driving off. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He clenched down on the revolver’s handle and steadied his right hand with his left. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z At this there was a quick whirr and a smack and the Wart found an arrow sticking in the tree between the fingers of his right hand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay. Using this right hand you will all reach into your back pants pockets and remove your wallets and set them very, ver-y quietly on the table.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He placed his right hand on his chest and added, “It’s like nothing I felt before. I can’t stop thinking about her!” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z But she managed to stand up, and Lady Constance impulsively took her right hand in both of her own. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It looked sort of like a gun, with a stubby handle that I held in my right hand. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept putting her right hand in the air and waving it in front of her face like she was fanning away a stinky burp. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Hold out your right hand,” he says, leaning back in his chair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The officer’s account is a beautiful example of how a high-stress moment—in the right hands—can be utterly transformed: It was dusk. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She stroked the knob with the thumb of her right hand while she ran her left one over Aunt Jimmy’s body. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He whispered to me, “First time through, just use your right hand.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z There was no author’s name upon the pamphlet, but again, the scars on the back of his right hand seemed to tingle as he examined it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But the gun was in his right hand. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Brian was playing the kit so well that I felt like we were telepathic; it was as if my right hand and his right foot were wired to one brain. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaede shifted the knife from her right hand to her left, and back again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z You held the butt of it with your right hand an the ground to take the shock, while you stretched your left arm to its fullest extent and kept the point toward the charging boar. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I took his right hand, and Lord Godalming his left; Jonathan held my right with his left and stretched across to Mr. Morris. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z And secretly, behind his desk, his right hand practiced with the coin. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He nods at me, comes around the counter to kneel by the wheelchair, and reaches his right hand out to do a special handshake that he’s been trying to teach Mr. Ram. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z First he lit his paraffin lamp, then he took a pretty dubious-looking bandage out of his pocket and wrapped it around his right hand. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Translated, it might read something like this: "The first one who figures out this secret message should look in the right hand pocket of my linen knickers, hanging on a hook in my room. Daddy." Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He had on a blue suit with wide lapels and a white and blue striped tie, and he wore a gold ring on the little finger of his right hand. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z In its right hand was a blade like a stabbing tongue of fire; in its left it held a whip of many thongs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Folds of scarlet drapery shut in my view to the right hand; to the left were the clear panes of glass, protecting, but not separating me from the drear November day. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z His right hand left the wheel and opened a button on his tunic and pulled it out from under his shirt. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Coraline leaned against an armchair, adjusted the cat with her left hand, put her right hand into her pocket, and pulled out the three glass marbles. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The missing bits of my right hand often remind me of your displeasure. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z His right hand went into his shirt and felt his knife: his eyes were wide; he stood up and walked to the doorway. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The magistrate raised his right hand with all the fingers extended. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Then, with his right hand he felt the difference in the pull of the line before he saw the slant change in the water. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We both gived a yell, and Ma reached down to get her frock with her right hand and, spreading the fingers on her left hand, she put ’em ’crost her chest. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z It was a gold tube, about as long and as wide as the second finger on his right hand. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Danny sat with his right hand over his eyes, his glasses pushed up on his forehead. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z There were about nine diamond rings on just her right hand! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z At least, Onofre always insisted he used his nonexistent right hand to tip the hat, and it certainly looked that way, because his left and visible arm never swung up from his other side. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, Jaja told me that Papa had avoided his right hand because it is the hand he writes with. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z So, Papi raised his right hand and swore to defend the Constitution of the United States, and we were here to stay. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was a hard struggle, but she tugged out the little scarlet flower with her strong teeth and laid it by his right hand. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On his right hand was a gauntlet of lobstered steel, on his left a fingerless mitt of rusted mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I aim every remaining ounce of energy into my right hand. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A ball of swirling orange flame appeared in his right hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He put his right hand on her face over and over, gently, while his left slid around her side and gripped the small of her back more firmly. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z My right hand can hold it as long as it is braced, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Clutching his right hand in his left and swearing under his breath, he shouldered open his bedroom door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She put on the mask, which was tied with a silken cord so thin she could barely see it, and at last she took out her moonstone ring and slipped it on her right hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he lifted his right hand above the empty jar and squeezed it into a fist. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He stood there with his right hand resting on the giant gun on his hip, then tapped on the window and made a rolling motion with his hand. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The pulse turned into a pound and Moss closed his eyes, then pressed into them with the thumb and middle finger of his right hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “In the name of Allah, I perform the ablution,” the Muslim said aloud before washing first the right hand, then the left hand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Blisters burst on my right hand as I awkwardly drag the knife back and forth. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She held a baby spoon in her right hand. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he held up his right hand and spread his fingers out in a fan. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then he put his knife down and gutted him with his right hand, scooping him clean and pulling the gills clear. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “When the red light goes on, press your right hand on the identity plate,” he said, WARNING! The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, how many noblemen were there with six fingers on their right hands? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z With her right hand, she finds the railing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Reed even fancied he saw four sparkling rings on the man’s right hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He just felt a faint slackening of the pressure of the line and he commenced to pull on it gently with his right hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His right hand was deformed, but it didn’t seem to diminish his self-assurance. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bull continued to speak, gesturing with his right hand, his lips moving, his eyes narrowing, as he continued the lecture in a soundless world where he was the sole audience. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigger’s right hand raised itself about three inches, then stopped in mid-air. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Rav Gershenson stroked his pointed beard with his right hand, then asked me for the third time if I was satisfied with what the commentary said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z A towel on my lap, he lays the packs on my right hand and wrist. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Snell was there three days before he went to the penitentiary, so drunk out on the gravel drive that Mrs. Ulysses Swett's automobile ran over his right hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He was holding the book in his right hand. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z On the sixth day since their parting from the King they journeyed through a wood climbing down from the hills at the feet of the Misty Mountains that now marched on their right hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I put two stones in my right hand and three in my left. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Other beads of light reflect from the pearls and her right hand. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Kothlu came first, his right hand outstretched and tightly closed, as though over some precious jewel. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And then his right hand begins to burn, the pain sharp and searing, beginning at the scar around his finger and racing up his arm, blacking out every thought in his mind. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I laughed, then used my robot’s right hand to tap the back of its left wrist, indicating the time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I loved it like a child, like breathing, like my own right hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He staggered backward and collapsed onto the waterlogged floor with a great splash, his wand falling from his limp right hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The right hand felt icy to the touch. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z My right hand clutches the plastic in my pocket. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z He pops all the fingers on his right hand and then his left. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Turner grabbed the man by his tie and was ready to smack his stupid face with an open right hand, but another hand, one of some great strength, closed about his wrist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was the right hand, and the third finger was missing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He brought his right hand up and across his body, and set it on Ivan’s hand. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Miss Ingram placed herself at her leader’s right hand; the other diviners filled the chairs on each side of him and her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Just then, balancing a Styrofoam cup full of jiggling red Jell-O in his right hand and a cup full of wobbling green Jell-O in his left, Clint Hammond saunters to our table. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The old man held him with his left hand and his shoulders now and stooped down and scooped up water in his right hand to get the crushed dolphin flesh off of his face. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He held his big basting spoon in his right hand, and he cupped his left under the bowl for fear it would drip on the carpet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He held them in a careful stack in his right hand and then hurried back out the door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And sometimes his right hand would creep to his breast, clutching, and then slowly, as the will recovered mastery, it would be withdrawn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Fischer, without hesitation, tapped Spassky’s right hand—and Spassky opened it to reveal the black pawn. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Harry raised his right hand, hesitated, and then waved it energetically in front of Dumbledore’s face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He wore a black shirt, black pajama pants, a gray ammunition belt, a gold ring on the third finger of his right hand. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I poured the water in the diaper tub and rinsed the diapers with my right hand while I held my nose with my left. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z And Annette’s right hand is pretty important, because the girl is a piano prodigy. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt the line carefully with his right hand and noticed his hand was bleeding. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the food out of the microwave and scarfed it down using my left hand, which was weird, but my right hand couldn't even hold a fork. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “For God’s sake, tell him a story,” her father said, pounding his right hand against the steering wheel. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I was squeezing the seed so hard that my right hand was going numb. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The slender knife was held rigidly in his right hand. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached for die side of the raft and hung there, just breathing, until he could think once more—the hatchet clutched and shining in his right hand. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z When two knights jousted they held their lances in their right hands, but they directed their horses at one another so that each man had his opponent on his near side. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She lifts my right hand in the air. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Suddenly he knelt down beside Mama, put his hat on the floor, grabbed my right hand in both of his, and held on like he’d never let go. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The old man sticks his right hand up at me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I pull myself into a seated position and my right hand goes up to my cheek. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z On the dais on the right side of the ballroom the King and Queen were enthroned, and at the King’s right hand was the King’s Huntress. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With Tyler gone, the rest of us were promoted: Luke, at sixteen, became the eldest son, my father’s right hand, and Richard and I took his place as grunts. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Holding her left wrist with her right hand, she lifted the left arm up in a J-movement, pulling away from the body. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I grab my right hand with my left, steadying it enough to type 6428. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “I’ll get this into the right hands as soon as I can.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Simultaneously her right hand picked up a narrow strip of dark green tissue paper. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It hurts to move my right hand, so I keep the movements small and slow. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z My exhaustion seemed to vanish as I began to navigate through the entertainment center operation menus from memory, the fingers of my right hand dancing rapidly across the touchscreen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He crouched below the end of Ellis’s bed, holding the scalpel in his right hand. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I take the harpoon in my right hand while I’m still sitting down, facing the back of the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z If any man sat at Lincoln’s right hand during the war, it was Edwin Stanton. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His dad is holding a drink in his right hand. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She looked at her right hand for a second, and began to think. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z In her right hand she held a glittering ball of thread—Ariadne’s string—but she popped it into a lion’s mouth at her waist and drew her curved swords. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The mere sight of her grimy right hand with its black fingernails digging an ounce of Chocolate Fudge out of a jar would have caused a starving tramp to go running from the shop. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I balled my right hand in a fist and punched her. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Your extended left hand holds and balances the rifle. Your right hand aims and squeezes the trigger. See, it’s easy!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her right hand, the one that turned the tissue-thin pages of the Old Testament, or held an Old Gold cigarette to her lips, was straight and steady. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, he felt the fingers of his right hand throb with pain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Alvin Hooks held the swinging door for him, and Ole shuffled past with his cane in his right hand and his left at the small of his back. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I recalled the fire and placed my right hand over my shirt pocket. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I look at Four’s knives: one in his right hand, two in his left hand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The coin sat in the palm of his right hand, in plain view. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I have stitches on the back of my right hand and my two feet where they put in the soldier’s blood. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I hold my left elbow close to my body, my right hand still fastened around the mini-camcorder. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He had memorized his instructions: Carrying a local newspaper, the Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant, in his right hand, he walked slowly to a small square at the end of a long boulevard. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z His right hand slides up, he grabs hold of my hair at the nape of my neck and he twists. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Tyr, Odin’s son, sighed, and stepped forward and raised his right hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z ‘Johnny, put down that gun. Here by this window. Lay your right hand down like that, so.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He finished the slice, with his right hand reached into the backseat, uncovered the pizza box, and brought out another slice. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She held it between the ends of two fingers of her right hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He played the guitar pretty well considering that the middle finger of his right hand wasn’t there. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "So did I," Coach said, putting the silverware in his right hand back in his left. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z John's right hand played piano on her ribs, and his mouth blew a piccolo on her breasts. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Looks to me like a case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing,” Shorty drawled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After the opening lines of the Grace, each man prayed quietly, and I saw Danny lean forward, put his elbows on the table, cover his eyes with his right hand, his lips whispering the words. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Shadow took the quarter he had used for the coin-toss from the table, enjoying the sensation of a freshly milled coin against his fingers, producing it in his right hand between forefinger and thumb. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The fingers of his right hand were nervously tapping his knee. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Rostelli came down court, dribbling slowly with his right hand, barking out plays to his teammates. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I believe her,” Joaquin said gently, then pointed to Grace’s right hand. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z His right hand, tangled in a clean white cloth, made a slow fist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sierra dropped to one knee and touched her right hand to Robbie’s drawing. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “In the right hands, yes. Given enough time, I could even make a rough attempt at interpreting it myself.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He extracts himself from the hug and holds up his right hand. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Unshaven and cradling his pipe in his right hand, Welles took his seat in front of flash and newsreel cameras. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He woke with the jerk of his right fist coming up against his face and the line burning out through his right hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She raises her right hand to her glasses, and I notice she’s wearing bracelets, her only jewelry. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “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 He was facedown on his bed, his right hand out, his left arm back and down his side. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Jake doused his flashlight, tucked it into his belt, and grabbed Grace’s right hand with his left. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z My brother nodded, balled his right hand into a fist, and extended it toward me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Switching the ashtray over to his left hand, he went up to the night table and, with the edge of his right hand, swept his father’s cigarette stubs and ashes into the ashtray. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Since the death of Stonewall Jackson he has been Lee’s right hand. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I went into my tote sack and picked out two good stones, one for my right hand and one for my left. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Royal Odysseus turned and crossed the door sill, a herald at his right hand, sent by Alkinoos to lead him to the sea beach and the ship. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In her right hand she held his .44 Colt, and the black hole in the barrel pointed at him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I point to the museum with my left hand while the empanada warms the fingers of my right hand. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I held my AK-47 with my right hand, its mouth pointing to the ground. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z My right hand is swollen and the cold has started to crack the skin. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Alex reacted quickly, striking out with the heel of his right hand. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I watched her coldly, my right hand at my mouth. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not left-handed,” Inigo replied, and with those words, he all but threw the six-fingered sword into his right hand, and the tide of battle turned. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm wiped his right hand across his eyes and saw Alice trying to hold Lyra away from the hands that reached down, and he screamed, “Alice! It’s all right! Pass her up!” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He looked steadily at his right hand that had held the gun. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad would sit in the tub and put the soap in his right hand. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “I seen his right hand,” Boss said later. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She had her thumb on her right hand tucked in and was counting. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, slowly, he moved his right hand across the closed Talmud, and his fingers caressed the Hebrew title of the tractate that was stamped into the spine of the binding. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I stretched the fingers of my right hand. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I edged her out and worked up the anchor chain with my right hand. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z This was Mr. Ni, the man we called Six-Fingers because of the extra finger on his right hand. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw him reach toward me hesitantly with his right hand, but then he stopped and placed it slowly back on the steering wheel. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Glancing over her shoulder at me, she slowly walked two fingers of her right hand up and down the keyboard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I asked, slipping my baseball mitt on my right hand. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She left the seaweed on the throbbing gash and retied the leather strip around it, using her teeth and her right hand. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He’s the right hand of the Emperor and the second most powerful man in the Empire. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The Singer, wearing the magnificent robe and holding the carved staff in his right hand, entered from the other side. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Kino carried a bundle in his left hand, but the big knife swung free in his right hand. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He holds a microphone in his right hand. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She draws circles in the air with her right hand, which is the universal sign for “improvise.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Shhh,” warned the radio officer, leaning over Maddie’s shoulder and taking hold of the telephone receiver for her so her right hand was treed up for taking notes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I raised my right hand as directed and looked around nervously at the other hundreds of participants while a video of an imposing President Bush stared down at us like Big Brother. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Papi makes a fist with his right hand and punches his left palm. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I shoved my hands in my pockets and wrapped Dinah’s hair around the fingers of my right hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Kaisa lifted her right hand to brush a strand of Ash’s hair behind her ear, and she cupped her cheek in her palm. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In my right hand was a piece of paper with the address of the foster home the Department of Child Services had assigned for this boy. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Bright red in the face, he balanced first on his right hand and then on his left, bare legs up in the air. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She does not know how to move the finger of her right hand from the display counter or how to get the coins out of her left hand. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a rip across the palm of the outer glove on her right hand. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was an outcast from one of the communes and the fingers of his right hand had been cut away. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She was clothed from head to toe in white fur, and at her right hand a fairy no more than a foot tall hovered in midair, her wings fluttering like a hummingbird’s. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I showed her my right hand, “Did you think about sculptures? Did you make them in your head?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I wash quickly with my left hand, leaving my right hand hanging at my side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Covers her mouth with her right hand and turns away. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Sinjin raised three fingers on his right hand like a scout’s pledge. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The fingers of Kate’s right hand slowly curled around the palm while the left hand crept like a lean cat toward the edge of the desk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A tool that resembled a compass was held lightly in his right hand. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Putting her right hand on my shoulder, and looking up at the officer, she said sadly, “This is him.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He missed and Vegas threw a right hand that caught Billy just in front of the ear. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then slid his right hand down the cord and plucked it, so the taut gut vibrating hummed and sang a swallow’s note. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His right hand clutched his cap so hard his knuckles trembled. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Stepan sat slumped at the dining table, his right hand, which held the letter of protection, nailed down with a steak knife. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He is holding, in his right hand, a wallet and a Nokia mobile phone with a red, white, and blue face-plate. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Straight to the door he came, irked with himself to think a visitor had been kept there waiting, and took her right hand, grasping with his left her tall bronze-bladed spear. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Diego was about to say something back, but right then Moms scooped up some chocolate sauce in her right hand and wiped it all over Diego’s face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Asha was ensconced at his right hand, in the place of honor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Violet’s right hand ached from holding the heavy ladle. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Then Billy stepped to the rack under the manure window and picked up a horseshoe hammer with his wet right hand. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Westley carried his sword in his right hand, his long knife in his left, waiting for the first R.O.U.S., but none appeared. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He takes a silver ring from his right hand, it is engraved with something Bailey cannot discern in the light. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Another, assaulted by someone wielding a machete atop the trains, arrived with the ligaments in his right hand severed. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A black shield rimmed with iron for his left arm, a blunted longsword for his right hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Zero remained perfectly still except for his right hand, which slowly formed into a fist. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Maybe my right hand and her left hand both came from the same supernova. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He held out his right hand in the moonlight. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She escaped by never taking her right hand off the walls of the maze, sliding it along as she walked. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I’m holding it in my right hand if I’m right-handed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A sharpened stick about five feet long trailed from his right hand, and except for a pair of tattered shorts held up by his knife-belt he was naked. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She glances down at his right hand resting on the rail, frowning as she regards his bare, unmarked fingers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then slide my right foot towards my left, release my right hand, then reach around TaShon. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Jinny only rolled her eyes and reached to open the storehouse door with her left hand, while she waved her right hand in the air overhead, scattering moths and a spiderweb from the doorframe. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Ash ran toward the bed as the third physician tried to stop her again, and she clutched at her father’s twitching right hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached for the phone with his right hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I let the spool roll in my left hand as I ran, felt the string cut my right hand again as it fed through. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But as he studied the mountain, his right hand slowly formed into a fist. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z My right hand hits the door handle when, slowly, I stop and turn again to the woman hanging from the rope. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She sat on the edge of Gabriel’s bed, her right hand lightly touching his pillow, her fingers wriggling like worms. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z But it was his right hand, more than his face, that drew stares: each finger was frozen in its own pose, some curled, some bowed, twisting together into a gnarled claw. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He saw Mrs. Dalton lift: her right hand and he knew that she meant for Mr. Dalton to stop questioning him so closely. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He wore a gold ring on the third finger of his right hand. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Five khaki twins, each with the stump of a long eclair in his right hand, and their identical faces variously smeared with liquid chocolate, were standing in a row, puggily goggling at him. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He put another set in his right hand. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He put his right hand in the center of my chest. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Marco looks down, surprised to find that he has been holding his right hand in his left, unconsciously stroking the empty space where a ring was once burned into his skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “The beldam swore by her good right hand,” said the tall girl, “but she lied.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z And all the while I wrestled with the tight ropes at my hands, working them loose slowly, carefully, until I was able to free my right hand. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Brian only had two more arrows and he debated moving slowly to change the spear over to his right hand and use that to kill the bird. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He had walked in hell for three days and on the third day he had risen and was sitting at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth— Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He abruptly stops dancing and makes a cutting motion with his right hand, silencing the music. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He held a baton in his right hand, and with a flick of it to the left or right he was separating the line. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He seized his left forearm convulsively with his right hand, as though something on it had hurt him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His right hand, with the handkerchief in it, returned to the head of his cane. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He could feel the small cold lump of the fake Horcrux against the knuckles of his right hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He put his right hand in his own puke and wiped it all over his face and then spit in my direction and laughed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I can almost picture each of us with a glass of scotch sitting at our right hands. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z As he listens, he stuffs the cheese squares into his mouth with his left hand, but his right hand holds a pencil, and this hand is never still. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Evan dribbled the ball back and forth, left hand, right hand, and then through his legs. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “Well, I think it’s beyond me. I told you I wouldn’t put you on the payroll, but hold up your right hand.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Less and less,” she said, lowering her right hand. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It was a very complex job the Count was doing, but the six fingers on his right hand never for a moment seemed in doubt as to just what to do. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z His right hand was in his coat pocket, his fingers about the kidnap note. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” repeated the stranger, looking round at the rest of the company with his right hand extended towards the witness, Wopsle. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z As the German flag bearer carried the swastika past him, he saluted and then touched his heart with his right hand, as Riefenstahl’s cameras rolled. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "A thing of power. Something like this can perform wonders and miracles in the right hands. Watch." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He passes a knife from his left hand to his right hand, and I see nothing but his eyes as the second knife hits the target above my head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I opened and closed my right hand, which was still sore from the fall. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z With her right hand raised overhead, she was frantically signalling to someone—her child, perhaps, or her husband, or possibly the viewer—to drop everything and hurry over. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The cut on my left hand pained me too much to use it, and my right hand was not big enough, my arm not strong enough, to carry two buckets at once. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in the stern he turned so that his left hand held the strain of the line across his shoulders and drew his knife from its sheath with his right hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His right hand dropped just a mite with the weight of an almost insignificant reward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s cutting across the infield holding his Bible in his right hand, heading for the other dugout. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z On the right hand was the lagoon, troubled by the open sea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Adam’s breath came quick with his effort and then, slowly, his right hand lifted— lifted an inch and then fell back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My right hand had become wet and slippery on the knife. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Someone unlocks one side of the handcuffs and drags my still-cuffed right hand to a table in front of me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He was lying supine, in just the trousers of his pajamas, a lighted cigarette in his right hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I walked down in the red glow, with my right hand on the stone wall to keep my footing. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I was looking for someone,” said the man Jack, slipping his right hand back into his coat pocket, so the knife was hidden, but there if he needed it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The jagged edge didn’t cut immediately, so she held the screen with her right hand and raked it across her left. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Jake used his right hand to feel along the cold stone wall and lead his friends to the fork in the path. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Dad slowly raised his right hand and put it up against the cage. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At the very last second he raised his arms to stop the axe and the edge of the tool sliced off three fingers of his right hand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding him in her left arm, Mama nursed Trampita while she ate with her right hand. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Dad, who knew that Mother’s favorite poet was Browning and suspected where the Robert came from, nevertheless bunched the fingers of his right hand, kissed their tips, and threw his hand into the air. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z While all this is going on, your right hand is holding a different stick, and your feet are on the rudder pedals. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His right hand moved nervously inside his pocket. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Ambrose finally turned around to face me, and in so doing he had to take his right hand off Fela’s knee. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z You put the mouse on your right hand and a little piece of cake on your left hand. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z And I gave him the Vulcan salute, which was just the four fingers on my right hand making a V. It was from an old TV show that Erlan’s dad liked. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I pulled my right hand through my hair and stepped closer to the large, noisy crowd, hoping no one would notice me in the commotion. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I look to my right hand that holds the coin, and my left hand that holds the promise of sky. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The young man waited like stone, his gloved right hand grasping the chain that led the bear. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z As Joffrey's betrothed, Sansa had the seat of honor on the queen's right hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Bran was always given the place of honor at his brother's right hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He stands there, pants around his ankles, two large pizzas balanced in his right hand and four Sprites in his left. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He nods and my right hand closes around a familiar object. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He held up his right hand from which three fingers were missing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first ten minutes I had to wipe my right hand on my fatigues at least a dozen times. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She simply pulled her right hand back and slapped me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Her eyes were still closed, but her right hand brushed across his mane of dark hair. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and placed her right hand to her forehead. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Pong's right hand instinctively flew to his left wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Father handled these with a control held in his right hand. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it was in the top right corner of her mind, and in her imagination she could stand on tiptoe and raise her right hand to it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z With his right hand he shook a torch whose rays spread out in all directions lighting the depths of the waters and penetrating into the bowels of the earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Still holding the milk in her right hand, she turned around and flung it at him like a football. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I held on to my breathing and chunked with my right hand and passed stones into it with my left. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Calder paused, the box in his right hand, and looked at the rainbows floating on the far wall. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The most delicately written poem had been done by Lefty when he still had his right hand. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z My right hand played through the gearshift positions, and I was ready. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As the music built to a crescendo, Anorak stretched out his right hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Jon shifted the bucket to his right hand and thrust his left down into the bloody bits. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He reached up to rub his eyes and seemed surprised to find an empty can of Milwaukee’s Best Light attached to his right hand. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Take it in your right hand. Lord strike you dead on the spot, if ever you split in any way sumever! Kiss it!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I covered his right hand with my left hand, which made him cry instantly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Holding its head in my right hand, I drew the knife down the left side of the chicken’s neck. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She edged her right hand beneath the creature and scooped it up. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He slow raised his right hand over his head, waited for what felt like was a hour, then snapped his fingers. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Minutes previously, Harry had plunged his hand into this mulch, experienced a stabbing pain in the fourth finger of his right hand, and withdrawn it to see a lot of blood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She stood over one, raised her left arm, and touched her right hand to the picture. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z This time the man fell more heavily, and his right hand with the knife in it came down on the lead at Will’s feet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at Mrs. Torrance, who stood next to her desk, her right hand gripping it so tight that he could see the muscles flexing in her arm. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “My right hand,” said the other mother, holding it up. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Most times when you’re doing something important you’re supposed to use your right hand, but we ask ’em to use their left hand ’cause it’s closest to their hearts. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z His brown hair was combed neatly against his head, and a carpetbag hung from his right hand. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Oddly enough, Werfel noticed, the man’s own right hand was wrapped up in bloodied gauze. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I slipped off the backpack and held it in my right hand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He lifts his right hand, his index finger curling into the shape of a hook. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z With his right hand he took his handkerchief off his head and laid it beside the phone, in what was very implicitly a “ready position.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z In their right hands they held snowballs as big as bowling balls. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The giant careened back into the junkyard, and his right hand fell off, landing in the scrap metal with a horrible CLANG! The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z This one, the one she held now in the nervous fingers of her right hand, she had done as her mother lay ill. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he asked us for our travel permit, he rubbed his fingers together and rested his right hand just inside the door as he looked away toward the road behind us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He showed me his right hand, which had NO. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she takes her right hand off her cane and holds it out toward me. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Didu stands with the rest of the crowd and proudly lifts her right hand. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She reaches for my right hand and clasps it inside both of hers. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He placed his right hand on Kaisha’s left, running it down her skin and looping his own fingers in hers. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I study the boy—the gray-tipped hair, the way he’s standing so comfortably in our hall, how his right hand opens and closes as if used to grasping something by habit. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “When I raise my left hand, you run. When I raise my right hand, the rest of you fools run.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The woman standing at the rack next to me has her clutch in her right hand. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When she saw them enter, she leaned forward slightly, laying her right hand on the armrest. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z An amazing woman but totally crackers, if you ask me—hope her own right hand knows what her left hand is doing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter’s right hand had convulsed so tightly that it clung to the mesh, leaving her half-lying, half-hanging, while her head rang and her heart pounded. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The old man got to his feet, and thrust out his yellow-gloved right hand. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z When he uncrossed his arms and went to reach his right hand into his pocket I was sure he was going for a knife. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Without giving me a chance to decide, DeShon clasps my right hand. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z In some communities a Negro’s right hand was mutilated if he learned to read and write. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "You secured the princess. You did what was needed. Plus, it seems our favorite knows just where to go when lost. She ended up in the right hands." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I wedge my pad against the wall, holding it in place with my right hand and knee. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z In his right hand he held the scalpel. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z In his right hand there was a long gray rifle. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I surprised myself by touching her with my right hand. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He stood before Max again, about to speak, his right hand raised. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z His right hand was extended above him, flat. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z She's coming down now, stepping surely, right hand on the railing, her face a flurry of emotions. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my right hand on the Bible and held my left hand up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I was aware of it on my right hand; grey and quiet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he grabbed the Governor’s wrist, the raw light swirling in the Governor's right hand went out, throwing the bridge into darkness. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Robins eyes grew wide when she saw the stump of his right hand, and I knew I would have some explaining to do later. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I let go the pole to shake my right hand at him. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Blake's note had fallen into the right hands. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He squats down, takes my right hand into his, and careful to not bump into my tubes and wires, draws his mouth to them, blowing warm air into the shelter he’s created. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was offering his good right hand, his heart, his head, for the opportunity to go to Mars! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Reb Saunders sat quietly, stroking his beard with his right hand. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He had something flat and rectangular clutched in his right hand, but I couldn’t tell what it was. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He bent forward and squeezed his right hand in his left to still the fiery pain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he pressed his right hand to his chest and fell to the bottom of the stairs. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He pressed his upper right hand to his heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Anya squeezed the fingers of her right hand in her left fist. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z His bony right hand kneaded a fist full of coverlet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Holding a toddling Fern with my right hand and a giddy Mattie with my left, I found a prime viewing spot on the boardwalk in front of Hanson’s Cash Grocery. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He brought his right hand up to his neck to free himself and the guard swatted the hand away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In my right hand was a toy plastic sword, and in my left was a large glass egg. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z His right hand glided across his holstered gun, lingered over the handle of his knife, then came to rest on his belt’s brass buckle. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Papá puffed on his cigarette and stared at his right hand with the missing finger. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z From the way my father spoke of his reward, it seemed he would be placed at the right hand of God himself, and we would henceforth live a glorious life. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Since both Levi and Pi seem determined for this to happen, I lower my right hand and, with the tips of my fingers, stroke Pi’s head 3 times. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The BFG was still holding the awesome snozzcumber in his right hand, and now he put one end into his mouth and bit off a huge hunk of it. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me shake your hand,” he says, extending his right hand. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His right hand rose and he threw the hatchet far off into the field. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was one of those fiery accidents that left Slash without his right hand. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z He seemed out of breath, and he was carrying a handkerchief in his right hand. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But then she saw that Will had swept up the man in his right hand, holding him tightly around the legs so he couldn’t use his spurs, and was holding him high. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z With a sword in his right hand and a torch in his left, he drove the creature backwards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Feeling Ben’s release and the hand hitting his left side, Bull reflexively looked to his left and switched the ball to his right hand. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z With a sharp slice of her right hand over her left, she snapped Muzzen’s ribs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I glanced up, shielding my eyes from the sun with my vine-stained right hand. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I could see the blood vessels on the side of Mr. Pignati’s neck pulse as he raised his right hand to his face. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He nodded his head, and his right hand went up and stroked his gray beard. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He moved his fire to the shackles on the god’s right hand. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z |
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