She put her head on my shoulder and I held her. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

My shoulders still shaking, my face still wet, I promised. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Biff did not talk, and once the mute stopped to pat him on the shoulder and look for a second into his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We have bottled all the stars this evening, my young friends. Gah, the confetti!” he said, and lightly brushed a seed from my bare shoulder. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Phoebe looked over his shoulder and read his note aloud: I had to go away. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I started to slide my hand around her shoulders, but she jumped up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Brooke took a half-empty bottle of vodka out of her shoulder bag but didn’t actually drink from it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A tall bearded man with broad shoulders stood up to greet us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Genie’s head was still on the swivel, scouting the scene for model sellers, when Grandma touched his shoulder. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Don Apolinar Moscote had trouble identifying that conspirator in high boots and with a rifle slung over his shoulder with the person he had played dominoes with until nine in the evening. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It licked up to my left shoulder, then tore nearly all the way down to my left hip. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ferula approached her, put a hand on each shoulder, and kissed her on the forehead. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry tore his eyes away from the sign and looked over his shoulder to see who else was sharing the box with them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath and squared her shoulders. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

This was Mae, trying to run and call back over her shoulder at the same time. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took it off his shoulder and put it down in the grass beside him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He locked the front door behind him, testing it with his shoulder, and started down Suyane Street, past the closed shops and shuttered windows of the Armenian Quarter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Just before dark they were on the other side, and when they looked over their shoulders they saw Elephant Island as a small shadow far astern. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“That must have hurt. There was half of a sparrow’s beak lodged in your shoulder.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Lydia touched his shoulder again and shook him slightly. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly his chest constricted, pain clobbered a shoulder, he almost toppled backward into the tub. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a large person, as tall as Nick’s dad, with wide shoulders. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could almost see the steam rising from his shoulders. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

His back is purplish-brown in the dim light, sloping downward from the gentle hump of his shoulders. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rappelled down and landed on his shoulder. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Ahead the road came out of the forest and went along the shoulder of the ridge of hills. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He knew Lem Harvey—a huge fellow with hulking shoulders and a sullen, swarthy face. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she had to admit that the coat fit him well, the leather following the line of his shoulders like an old friend. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

My dad tries to shoulder him out, but Malecki has the adrenaline of a desperate man, and pushes farther in. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He paused, hands on her shoulders, and looked at her, a question in his eyes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We sit with our shoulders touching, our breaths falling into the same rhythm, and we don’t say a word. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Serenity gives my shoulder a nudge, and we exchange secret smiles, too. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The woman wore a navy blue suit with a bunch of dark cherries at the shoulder. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rests heavily on my shoulder, perhaps a fifth of my weight. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Das headed up the defile with the children, the boys at his side, the little girl on his shoulders. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jasmine looks up over her shoulder, and I see Camille and Breanna standing at the front steps of the school, watching us. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Yolanda climbs into the car while the two men wait a moment on the shoulder to see if the tire will hold. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I should probably go now so I don’t have to stand in line all day,” Rashid said, feeling the weight of the bag pulling on his shoulder. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She puts a reassuring hand on my shoulder. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He looks up at Gabriel, still strumming, still singing, and he sees resting on his shoulder a two-foot-tall Lazarus woodpecker. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He pointed to it and looked up, over his shoulder, to the Buckeye. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena tried not to wince at the pain that shot through her shoulder and leg as she awoke. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The drone behind the Director rises up to shoulder level and turns its camera to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My head rests on her shoulder now where once, it came only to her collarbone. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Was he going to spend the rest of his life looking over his shoulder for the beast? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She met Matt coming out of his room, holding a broom on his shoulder. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Young fathers nursed cold and crying babies on their shoulders. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Putting his hand on my shoulder, he said to the store clerk, “He’s all of ten years, but the boy crushed as much cane as I did.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so still, my hands at my side, my bag weighing on my shoulder. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’s walking briskly, dressed in distressed jeans and a white T-shirt, her black leather purse slung over one shoulder. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Dad put his hand on my shoulder and shook me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

My shoulders slumped, and I felt an ache like a bruise where the ghost hand grabbed me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sara sits on her father’s ottoman, and he pats her shoulder. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The mud oozed and adjusted itself to my shoulder blades. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby scrambled to my shoulder and grabbed my ear. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I crouch in the darkness for a while, look over my shoulder at the empty streets, then push aside the board and fall to my knees. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I took three quarters out of my shoulder purse and dropped them into the PTA can. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I squared my shoulders and glared at them as I whispered, “I will be here tomorrow and the next day and the next.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She arched off the moss to make room for his hands, and he undid the clasp without struggling and pulled the shoulder straps down onto her arms and softly kissed her earlobes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We are managing,” he said, and patted Baby’s shoulder. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I cuffed him on the shoulder where he sat with his arms crossed around his knees, watching the landscape. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She shouldered the sack that contained all the dirty linen and the evil ball of hair. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the soft white dress in its folds of tissue paper, and how it would hide my flat dull figure, my rather sloping shoulders. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Grendel's dead head was severed from the shoulders of his dead body. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Squaring his shoulders, he turned and led the way into the underbrush. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

It laid its huge hands on the shoulders of each of the deacons—except Deacon Hurd. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

His figure, especially the neck and shoulders, communicated the impression of irrefutable physical strength and of precise, even imperial bearing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Grandma rested the phone on her shoulder and spoke softly. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

We swam in the pool and took turns going down the slide in a long train we made by holding on to one another’s slippery shoulders. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As they started back from the field, he rode on her shoulder. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I hurry in his direction, lifting my bag off my shoulder as I approach. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I felt his mother’s hand on my shoulder. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mom hugged me close, while Dad patted my shoulder. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Kat’s hands are warm, I pass my hand under his shoulders in order to rub his temples with some tea. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bunched up in the corner of my bed is Aimee’s blanket, this yellow thing with a pattern of colorful cranes, which I wrap around my shoulders. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was no longer looking at Lane’s plate but over his shoulder. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Water beaded across her shoulders, shining like drops of milk, and her breasts swayed in the currents. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scurry out of the backseat, my right shoulder braced against the weight of my bags, and kick the door shut. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

His young skin turned old, his clear eyes dulled, and a little stoop came to his great shoulders. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Thor looked around to see what the noise was, and then he turned back and saw Hymir’s shoulders shaking. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

When he shook, spraying mud and water in all directions, Mormont said nothing, but on his shoulder the raven screeched. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In retaliation, I shouldered him into a puddle. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders rounded a little, and she must have been conscious of her pelvis because she kept it stuck out in front of her so she could always see it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

His hand patted his shoulder, chest, forehead, and thighs. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A man with a huge section of his shoulder missing was slowly ambling toward them; it looked like someone had taken an axe to him in a fit of rage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Tee put a calming hand on her girlfriend’s shoulder. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She stared at a spot behind my shoulder. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand hadn’t left my shoulder, and he squeezed hard, as if to remind me I was still there. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His rich dark hair flowed down over a purple cloak that covered his strong shoulders. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts on a blue jumpsuit every morning, faded where it strains over his huge shoulders, too short around the ankles, and walks to work in big black boots. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I exit the elevator and hoist my bag over my shoulder. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I looked over my shoulder and saw several vans screech to a halt, blocking the entrance to the camp. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I could see their shoulders bulging from their tank tops, shining with sweat. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

You throw off your troubles as best you can, square your shoulders, and reach within. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In addition to the gunshot wound, Salazar had suffered a serious bite to the shoulder. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The mute only smiled again and shrugged his shoulders. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She dressed Aurelia in her most beautiful dress, the finest imported silk in bright, eye-catching colors banded with gold thread, and draped a contrasting palla around her shoulders. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Rishi tossed Dimple a baleful look over his shoulder, but he sat down and pulled out his sketch pad. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He looked over his shoulder to see whether Billy had noticed the mature profanity. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harriet and Sasha were looking over my shoulder at the door, they were embarrassed for me, they wanted a way out. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no weapon, just the marten sitting on his shoulders. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And finally she had sobbed the only truth there was into her mother’s shoulder, the only explanation: the Tucks were her friends. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was mostly dead weight, and I felt his head bounce softly on my shoulder and his body sag against me like a big damp loaf. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I approached quietly and looked over his shoulder. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were alight as she grabbed his shoulders with both hands and shook him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Clarence shook my hand and nodded at the gun barrel over my shoulder. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She put the meal sack over her shoulder. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coyote dropped and sank his teeth into Pax’s shoulder, all in one motion. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His partner had disappeared now and Clifton had the box slung to his left shoulder with the cop moving slowly behind and to one side of him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The queen put her hand on Hrothgar’s bare shoulder as he slept and looked at him thoughtfully, exactly as Hrothgar had looked at her and at his people. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was an ugly, square-faced black man with popping red eyes, a pail slung over his shoulder. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set a steaming mug in front of Mom, rested his empty hand on her shoulder, and kissed the top of her head. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He stepped into the fire, looking over his shoulder as he said “the Burrow!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I noticed there was something familiar about Rashid Uncle, his movements, his bent head, the way he holds his shoulders. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Looking over my shoulder to see Mr. Henderson wiping the latch with spirits before he closed the door. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe I know it when I think of Daddy and he feels close enough for me to lay my head against his shoulder. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Next morning he set out across the island, the otak riding on his shoulder as it had used to. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Billy crashed into Weary’s shoulder, and Weary cried out sobbingly. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man who had walked on the moon placed his hand on Hugh's shoulder and offered to sign his autograph book. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She looked over her shoulder and flashed her impish smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I go over to her and tap her on the shoulder. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Thirty-two, with shaggy sideburns and frizzy hair to his shoulders, Tony Russo did not look much like an establishment insider. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She leaned against me and hugged my shoulder with one arm, and I felt my throat tighten. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I walked to the door and out into the night and a heavy burden seemed to lift from my shoulders. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of her shoulder was a little dent, scalloped in the bone, or suspended between two bones, with a fuzz of shadow along its rim. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His hands fall to my waist, and I wrap mine around his shoulders. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Ms. Campbell leaned in and nudged my shoulder. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Milkman walked in, hunching his shoulders under his wet suit jacket. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The suitcase weighed heavy on her shoulder muscle and banged against her legs. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one with the face like an anvil shrugged his shoulders and, without even rolling up his sleeves, shoved his arms into the dung with a squelch. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her hand is still on his shoulder and she’s still laughing. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s very annoyed about this weather. Nothing’s turned up that he knows of. Gosh, it’s hot in here,” he said, shouldering off his jacket. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As he walked away, I noticed his shoulders shaking. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Tobias sits with slouched shoulders and a lowered head, like his body is too heavy for him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I hug her, she clings to my shoulder. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When he woke he was weak and cold, and the scars on his face and shoulder drew and ached. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ashley, one of the older girls in my cabin, shoved the door open the rest of the way with her shoulder. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lolo smiles at Lena and shakes it from his shoulders. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Pet put its hands on her shoulders, leaning its layered face close to hers. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

On his shoulder, his raven sat fluffed and silent, looking miserable. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He sat with his shoulders hunched, his eyes squeezed shut in concentration, and his hands clasped tightly together. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Squaring her thin shoulders and holding the money tightly, Lupita ran down the wharf after Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Patricia carried stacks of papers to all-night copy shops near Harvard, different shops on different nights, always glancing nervously over her shoulder before entering. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He looked across Tab’s still form at Taisin, and he noticed how young and vulnerable she looked today, with purple shadows beneath her eyes and her narrow shoulders slumping. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as we close the door Katherine sighs and her shoulders slump. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The girl’s eyes darted with trauma and her shoulders trembled. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Rasheed had Mariam rub antibiotic ointment on the cuts on the girl’s face and neck, and on the sutured gashes on her shoulder, across her forearms and lower legs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

As if to prove me wrong, she reaches an arm around my shoulders and gives me a reassuring squeeze. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even if there is a knifelike slice in the sleeve over his shoulder, I can’t see it at this angle. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He claps me on the shoulder like he’s proud of me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had cinched some old fabric to make a bag that she slung over her shoulder. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Out of armor, her body seemed ungainly, broad of hip and thick of limb, with hunched muscular shoulders but no bosom to speak of. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Ax comes down on my shoulder and jostles me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Shortly afterward, walking toward home with my father, I shivered when he put his hand on my shoulder. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hook my arm around her shoulders, pulling her in closer. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Trotter came over to her and laid her arm heavily on Gilly's shoulder. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I might have started crying again, because I felt Tommy’s arm going back around my shoulders. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But his brain? That is probably rather soft? He means well: but you shrug your shoulders to hear him talk?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Weary creases ring the queen's eyes, and sadness slopes her shoulders forward over the sleeping princess. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He picked up the Transvice and rested the strap on his shoulder. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He pushes past me, deliberately bumping into my shoulder. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

My insides cave in, shoulders collapsing into my chest. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I want to rest on her soft shoulder, but I know I only have until Spencer comes back from the commercial break. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

We he back, her head on my shoulder, and, as if I ordered them, the stars are clear and bright. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He touches my shoulder, the pad of his thumb grazing where the fabric meets the skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Before he can fire, my knife hits him hard in the shoulder and he falls backward with a thud. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Not just in his head now but in his shoulder somehow, his shoulder and left arm down to his hand. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hesitated, then bumped my shoulder with hers. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I glance over my shoulder to see my fire fade away without a single burn mark anywhere. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It resisted; he tugged harder, bracing his shoulder against the door. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He turned and caught me by the shoulders in a grip that he probably meant to be painful. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I assume we’re pumping this fellow for every scrap of information we can get?” she said quietly over my shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the job’s done, he smacks me on the shoulder and we run off like handsome thieves. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Howard looked anxiously at the jockey’s leg, the brace swelling the boot, and put his hand over Pollard’s shoulder. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would be other people touching his shoulder, and touching mine, but we would not see them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mikayla rolled her eyes and flipped her braid from one shoulder to the other. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Without his consciously knowing it, the hair on the back of his neck moved up and his shoulders tightened. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The panic button was jumping up into the air, bouncing against my chin and shoulders. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Yep. Till I got a real one, and then it just wasn’t the same,” he said with a laugh, elbowing me in the shoulder. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When he finished, more triumphant stories rain- bowed around the room riding the shoulders of laughter. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m really glad you got to come, Young,” Amanda says and bumps her shoulder against mine. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She—he—looked strange crouching at Hades’s shoulder. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He grabs her by the shoulders, lifts her, and pounds her into the side wall of the kitchen. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’ll get you later!” he hollered at me over one shoulder. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

A minute or two later all three were standing on the gatehouse wall, shoulder to shoulder with countless other defenders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He swam straight toward the Nest, waddled into the garden, and fluttered up to his mother’s shoulder. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had a blanket around his shoulders and Curzon’s hat upon his head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked helpless, like he didn’t know what to do, then commenced patting her shoulder. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Caul screamed, “Stop! Stop this!” as his face contorted in pain, the ice racing up his chest and over his shoulders. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He shouldered open the trapdoor, then pulled himself up and into the sky garden. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Koffi pulled its billowing hood over her face, and her shoulders seemed to relax a bit. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Turned to me and gently put a hand on my shoulder. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt is a tall, quiet man with broad shoulders and more patience than anyone I have ever known. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Make me some bandages or we die,” and, with that, he rolled onto the ground, tore off his burning clothes and set to work caking mud onto the deep wound in his shoulder. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She straightens, taking her hands from my shoulders. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I tilt my head to secure the phone between my ear and shoulder, and taste a big spoonful. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The cook glanced over her shoulder to take in the newcomer, and before she turned away there was time to see the fury in eyes that cheek fat had narrowed to gelatinous slices. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Too much vermouth,” the doctor said, and followed them lingeringly, watching the nursery door over his shoulder. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The honor of having my painting front and center is deliciously heavy on my shoulders. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She was still looking abstractedly ahead of her, past his shoulder, and seemed scarcely aware of his presence. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Cal’s face was tired and his shoulders sagged with exhaustion, but his face was pinched and closed and crafty and mean. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He removed the shoulder strap and handed me my canteen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She carried the gunnysack of cheese herself, tied to the end of a tree limb hitched up on her shoulder. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pain that shoots from his shoulder through his entire body like a bolt of lightning is nothing compared to what’s inside him. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One smote Frodo between the shoulders and he lurched forward with a cry, letting go his paddle: but the arrow fell back, foiled by his hidden coat of mail. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It may have been because of the two separated shoulders. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Lyra had to hold Salmakia in her hands, because the Lady had little strength left to cling to Lyra’s shoulder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He put his hands on the Professor’s shoulder, and laying his head on his breast, cried for a while silently, whilst we stood unmoving. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then, one night, when a gambler tried to pull something slick, I drew a third gun, from its shoulder holster. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their shoulders were shaking, and I could tell they were crying. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Hideo’s shoulders are straight, and his posture is calm—but his eyes are tense, far away from here. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I frown as I press a clean paper towel to my shoulder, to stop the bleeding. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Again Captain Prince clapped his hand on Nat’s shoulder and said, “We don’t need an interpreter!’ Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt Dante’s hands on my shoulders, the warm water, the soap, the washcloth. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Singe dances along the ground, then climbs up her skirts and perches on her shoulder. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He was sagging, his head down on my shoulder. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The torchbearer who had followed Niran came forward; she was a woman, her black hair hanging in a long braid over her shoulder. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A phone is tucked between his ear and shoulder. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

With his arm across my shoulder, God forgive me, I believe it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As she argued with her husband, Drummer would whinny pitifully and lay his head on her shoulder. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Worry about that later,” Natalie said, tossing her hair over her shoulder. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Plates of dark armor clip into place around my wrist, then cover my forearms, then creep up to my shoulders. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She put her hands on my shoulders and squeezed. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Behind the wagon came the Company, with coils of ropes over their shoulders and baskets of food. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baby felt warm and close on his shoulder, and her little silk skirt was white against the dark cloth of his coat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a photo of three young men standing close, arms looped around shoulders. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He stood there dumbly as she walked away from him, barefoot across the lawn, and he watched her darkened hair swing heavily across her shoulders, drenching her blouse. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The white beast and her spotted friend have successfully ambled to the safety of the opposite shoulder, still impassive. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Go,” she said, giving my shoulder a push. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Squaring her shoulders as she’d been taught to do on those afternoons in the portable building where the debate team practiced, she faced her audience. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She wraps her arms around me from behind and kisses the back of my head, resting her chin on my shoulder. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She stood rigidly holding her daughter’s shoulders with both hands as if to stop herself from fainting. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I pick up the pad and look at the drawing I did of him, his broad shoulders, his narrow waist, long legs, the trail of hair on his navel going down, down, down. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She rushed into his arms and cried her joy out on his shoulders. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Martin scooted closer to Moss to let him lean into his shoulder. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Victor tapped Joey on the shoulder with his cup. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squared my shoulders, a small thrill of victory working its way through my center as I moved through the main gate to the waiting black car. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Father swung his head to the side to avoid being hit by a plank that a hurrying demon carried on his shoulder. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a medium-sized purple bruise on the back of my right shoulder, but I could pass it off as a basketball injury. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Her head is lolling about on her shoulders and her mouth is half open. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supreme pats my shoulder and goes into the hall. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Christina and Uriah sit close enough for their shoulders to touch, but they are looking in opposite directions, more like strangers than friends. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mark ran to it, grabbed it and threw the strap around his shoulder, then made sure it was powered up and started back toward the barracks. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Jon Snow fed a few sticks to the fire, buckled on his swordbelt, pulled on his boots, shook the dirt and dew from the cloak, and fastened it around his shoulders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

An army private shoulders his recoilless rifle as American troops leave the village of My Tho after setting buildings on fire, 1968. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Crowds of people with heavy bags pushed past us on the sidewalk, bumping into first one shoulder, then another. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He throws me over his shoulder like a satchel. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Eyes wide, I fling my right arm over my shoulder, forcing a searing pain through my body, and fire three times behind me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I wiped at my cheek with my shoulder. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And then, half glancing over his shoulder towards the hall: “I’m afraid it was her, without a doubt,” he said, lowering his voice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed his hand and let him sort of lean his head on my shoulder without sitting up from his pillow. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt him come up behind me and touch my shoulder. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Her phone is crooked between her shoulder and her ear, just like the young woman who is walking into her front door right now in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The quick autumn darkness was falling then and he shouldered his scythe and went home. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And so, just like that, with a clap on the shoulder from Dad and a hug from Mom, I was someone else’s problem for a month. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The man was massaging the shoulder of the woman, and both of them looked at the children sternly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He lies on the ground, a hole in his shoulder and blood soaking his jacket. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I tried to empty my mind and focus on steadying my arm, creating an imaginary line that extended from my shoulder through the sight to my target—a man’s head. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He undoes his seat belt, guiding it with his hand as it retracts, back behind his left shoulder. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever we dropped Monday at home, Ma would wait for her to walk inside, jittery, looking over her shoulder every second, triple-locking the car doors. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her throat and shoulders were scored with similar ugly marks right the way ’round. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Tiny runs up to us and puts a paw on each of our shoulders and lets forth a yawp of joy. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Reed put his arm around Aly’s shoulders and rubbed her arm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She ties her scarf and tosses her purse over her shoulder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I feel a hand on my shoulder as I'm leaving the choir room. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She wears a soft cream sweater that makes me think of a baby lamb, and her hair falls loose and wavy over her shoulders. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only problem now is my big shoulders. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I sweep, the joints of my shoulders and elbows ache. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shouldered my axe and started toward the cabin, trying to think up some excuse to tell Mama to keep her from knowing I was played clear out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time it was on his shoulders that the whip descended. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place felt so sad and lonely, I was glad when Chiron put his hand on my shoulder and said, “Come along, Percy.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon was a lemur, with the biggest eyes he could manage, clinging to Lyra’s shoulder, pressing himself into her fog-pearled hair, peering all around and seeing no more than she did. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Exit smiling,” said Colonel Korn, his hands on both their shoulders as the three of them moved to the door. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I look over my shoulder to see if anyone else will do this, but there are no takers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

You gaze past me, your eyes focused on something just above my right shoulder. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Put her suitcase in the bedroom, please, Hank,” said Atticus over her shoulder. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He checks over my shoulder to make sure Mr. Lopez isn’t watching. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Ranofer whirled and doubled back, casting a shrinking look over his shoulder as he did so. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He looked past his pearl, and he saw that the swelling was going out of the baby’s shoulder, the poison was receding from its body. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It touched my hands, then my head and shoulders. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She pats the kid on the shoulder and ushers him inside. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When Uhmma’s shoulders cannot shake anymore, when her throat finally opens and her breathing steadies, I touch her shoulder and say, Uhmma. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Hound laid a heavy hand on her shoulder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Like the way Hudson would rest his jaw on my shoulder during our end-of-the-day hugs, almost as if he didn’t want to go home or even step a few feet away from me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Dad puts his hand on Pop’s shoulder and Pop lets out a terrible sigh. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d sooner die trying to hold the world on his shoulders than running away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile my head and shoulders were on fire. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poorly dressed one shrugged his shoulders pleasantly. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first blows were tentative and timid, but when she did not cry he slashed at her sides and shoulders. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was on the phone, which he’d wedged between his cheek and shoulder so it wouldn’t slip through his waxy hands. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Taniot’s head lashes back and forth, her long black horns cutting into the redcap knight’s shoulder. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His arm and shoulder and back were all on fire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie didn’t budge, so Joseph put his hands on the boy’s shoulders and tried to force him towards the door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And then through the trees the familiar form: big man on a black horse, great round shoulders, head thick as a stump: James Longstreet. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks more relaxed now than she did earlier this morning, her forehead smooth instead of creased, her hair loose over her shoulders. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Your food was delicious, by the way. Abuela would have been proud,” he said, patting my shoulder. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I pick Mister Johnny’s pants up off the floor, toss them over my shoulder. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Well that couldn’t have gone much worse,” the old man muttered as he rubbed at the shoulder of the arm the constable had twisted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I took some boughs off the roof and stuffed them under me, and then my shoulders were cold. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his leather windbreaker, his shoulders were powerful, but narrow and sloping. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He threw a blanket over my shoulders, took me by the hand, and led me to the settlement without saying a word. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Baba straightened his shoulders and then lifted his chin. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to eat something,” Mark’s mom said quietly, squeezing his dad’s shoulder with one hand. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Even Lord Commander Mormont must seat himself on the common bench, with his raven muttering on his shoulder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I suppose she took marks off for your shoulder. Mr. Crouch came next. He shot a number nine into the air. “Looking good!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She snaps open her parasol and gives me a haughty look over her shoulder. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He fluttered from her shoulder, and she saw his little shadow appear in the crack of light. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a soft tap on my shoulder. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Silent Sam shrugged his tiny shoulders and buried his head in the lunchtime milkbowl. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I think he did feel responsible for us in his fashion, but we were way down his list of Things to Worry About what with having the responsibility for saving the world on his shoulders. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he startled me by putting his arm around my shoulders. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His eyes finally focused through the initial blindness of fear, and he realized it was Minho, with one of Alby’s arms draped across his shoulders, practically dragging the boy along behind him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine,” she called over her shoulder as she ran up the bank. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His head and shoulders disappeared into the inside of the hood. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders screamed with pain, and she spun once all the way around like a gymnast on the rings. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mom didn’t sing, but I leaned my head on her shoulder as we sat in the driveway and listened together. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The curtain of hair shimmied back over her own shoulders, where it belonged. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He kept his hands smooth with a pumice stone, so that even though they were fishermen’s hands they felt good stroking her shoulders. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Cliff’s gaze roamed to a spot above my shoulder. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I draw a woman with wide shoulders and a picture hat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I slide my hands up over her shoulder blades and pull her even closer. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

His long hair, red on one side and white on the other, fell down across his shoulders, wet and heavy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It fell from his shoulder after he had crossed the clearing, and as we ran away, I saw him pulling on the bag, which was stuck between tree stumps. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

After breaking off a long Jimpson weed to use as a prod, I got up on Rubin’s shoulder, and he raised me up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped his shoulders and head from under the line and began to pull in line steadily and gently. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most mornings they’d argue for a few minutes, then Tyler would surrender his pencil, his shoulders slumping as he pulled on his boots and welding gloves. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her sable coat was pushed back on her shoulders. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron, he saw, was now holding Hermione and stroking her hair while she sobbed into his shoulder, tears dripping from the end of his own long nose. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“The Waggoner,” Edward replied, placing one hand lightly on my shoulder and spinning me around to look back toward the door we’d just come through. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His hair, slightly past his shoulders, looked like it hadn’t been combed in a very long time. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

That jetty was made of men, a long file of them, six or eight deep, standing up to their knees, their waists, their shoulders, stretching out for five hundred yards through the shallow waters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It's hard to breathe, and I realize Johanna's sitting on my chest, pinning me at the shoulders with her knees. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But when he straightened, I saw in his slumping shoulders that the life I had known since I’d been born was over. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She bends her head and shoulders so she is lower than the cook, and quietly says, “Please comrade, one for me and one for my three-year-old daughter.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They really stared when Gum Baby hopped off my shoulder and stuck her face into my food. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I reached in to grab a chocolate, and at that exact moment a mall cop came around the corner and saw me with my arm in up to my shoulder. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My heart beat in rhythm with the swaying of shoulders in front of me; out of control. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then, almost at once, she made for the living room, at a clip that scarcely gave her leave to call back over her shoulder, “Change that shirt, young man!” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It had grown long enough now that she usually tied it back, but tonight she had had the opportunity to bathe, and it fell loose, still slightly damp, to her shoulders. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Bill nodded then, and reaching down, tucked the quilt about Jethro’s shoulders. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m pounding Richard with my fists, punching his face, his shoulders, anywhere I can hit. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

From his shoulders, chest, and hair, he plucks hot pieces of stone and wood. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The green-masked demon came close and laid a hand on her friend’s shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It must have only have been a minute or two, but I got all the way to 97 before I felt Judy’s hand on my shoulder. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

From there, he sighted the advantage he needed: midway down from the mill walls, where the field began to flatten out, a purple granite slab shouldered out of the ground. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He dropped a hand on my shoulder and walked all three of us down the track, away from the football field. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Alex’s shoulders shook as he wrapped his arms around his legs and buried his face in his knees. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He slipped them over his shoulders as if the Athena Parthenos were a giant backpack. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She hauled in dirt from the mountains by the sackful, slung over her shoulder, and fertilized, watered, and manicured each bush with exceeding care. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Our rifles slung over our shoulders, we strolled down a shady trail and chatted as we walked. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She pushed her hair over her shoulders, her fingers twisting through the curled black strands. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Full of curiosity, Hornet leaned over Prospers shoulder. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bag over her shoulder had grown heavy, so she put it down. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they had sung this altogether after him, he clapped them each on the shoulder with a laugh, and taking candles led them back to their bedroom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Down the porch steps and into the yard, Grandpop barely held Genie’s shoulder, except for the occasional touch for balance. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Now go and report that,” he added over his shoulder, as he went down to his burrow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, you’re probably not going to believe this, but when I did think about it, I really could feel the air right on my shoulders. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I searched over his shoulder for the source of the noises. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She seized him by the shoulders and shook him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She ran her free hand through her greasy black hair, and a flurry of dandruff settled on her broad shoulders. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He put one hand on Jelly's shoulder and one on Pete's and all three of them laughed at something Jelly said. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he put his arm across my shoulder and said, “But you know what? Laleh is not my best friend, Darioush. You are.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Lily signed the paper and put a hand on Toby’s shoulder, leading him to the door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and pretended as hard as I could, and after a while I was convinced I could feel wings sprouting from my shoulders. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Then he turned Ranofer about and very gently smeared the mixture on his shoulders, where the fires still burned. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Paul sat between the girls the whole way with Amélie purring on his shoulder. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Then I take off the dress itself and slip the thin sequined straps over my shoulders. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve had it cut in the fashionable style—fashionable for our town, at least—right above my shoulders. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was short for eight and his basketball jersey sat uncomfortably on his shoulders, like he hadn’t chosen it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She swings her backpack onto both shoulders and crosses her arms in front of her body. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then Rab came over to him and put a hand on his shoulder. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, in the middle of winter, someone opened a window while she was lecturing and threw ice water on her; instead of surrendering, Stone wrapped a shawl around her shoulders and kept talking. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

This newfound weight on my shoulders changed and reshaped my conversations with God. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Pulled the blanket tighter around his shoulders and drew a long, shaky breath. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I glanced at Papá, who winced as he napped on Trampita’s shoulder. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She veers left, glancing over her shoulder to make sure I’m following. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She could see the calendar over his shoulder; it was March 15. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

That made Jody feel warm and proud, too; so proud that when he went back to the house he bowed his legs and swayed his shoulders as horsemen do. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all I could do to sit down and squeeze my shoulders together toward the middle of my chest. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leroy was wearing an old Army shirt with the sleeves cut off at the shoulders. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then a shove at my shoulders and the horrible shock of cold water closing over me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then I grab him by his shoulders and turn us around, pushing him against the bedpost. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He grabbed me by the shoulders and shook me and made me look at him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He leaned over the table and took Eleanor by the shoulders. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Just as I reach into my pocket, something whizzes past my head and strikes the bully's shoulder, making him yelp. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I get my backpack out of my locker and toss it onto my shoulders. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Headmaster stalked over and grabbed Neel’s shoulder with an iron grip, ignoring the two other boys. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders tightened up, her chest caved in, and her mouth opened in a howl. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She laughed, grabbing my shoulders to keep me from tumbling into the street. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Looking worried, she dried her hands on her apron and placed them on Papá’s shoulders. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She wondered momentarily if it was the kitten’s purr; but Small Bob had fallen asleep on Large Bob’s shoulder. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He’s got his hands on my shoulders and is pulling me roughly to my feet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I instructed him to climb upon my shoulders. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She grew until she was a shining, seven-foot-tall goddess in a blue dress, with a cloak that looked like goat’s skin over her shoulders. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, Ruth,” Rodney said, and he too gave Ruth a pat on the shoulder. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he went, he called back over his shoulder, “Because, Matthias...because he was very like you!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The bird flapped across the solar to land on Mormont's shoulder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He pulled the cape tighter around his shoulders. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel the broad undecorated expanse waiting, across the shoulders of the robe. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig’s shoulder had been hurting him a good deal during the afternoon and he felt low and surly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver scowled, then rolled his shoulders and neck. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mamá sat next to me and put her arm around my shoulders. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Byrd presses flat palm to Axel’s round shoulder. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was huge as well, but he crunched in his shoulders to make himself seem less like a mountain of a person. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

My dad gently puts his hand on my shoulder and checks in with me before we move toward the canal-lock exit doors. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

His whole shoulder was on fire, a brutal pain that dug deep and burned like acid. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I looked over at Augustus, who was staring intently at the door, and saw his shoulders slacken. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her arm tightened around his shoulders and she rested her cheek on his tunic. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room smells vaguely of wood- smoke and sweat, and it is jammed with bleary- eyed people, Africans and Europeans sitting shoulder to shoulder. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo felt a sudden chill running through him and clutching at his heart; there was a deadly cold, like the memory of an old wound, in his shoulder. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And like many inmates, he has scars: three inches long on his waist below the ribs, about one inch long on his arm, penny-size circles that look like two bullet wounds on a shoulder blade. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy circles me and watches over my shoulder. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Todd,” Viola calls, looking back over her shoulder. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

As I walked out the door, she stood watching me from the living room, her arms limp at her sides, her shoulders slumped over, her face only half alive. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

We turned into the left-hand path, not saying anything and presently I looked over my shoulder and saw that Jasper was following us. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Without saying another word, she hoists his arm around her shoulder and shifts his weight onto her. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped my shoulder down and charged at the door with all my might. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The boy shrugged his shoulders and looked at him with his black eyes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Now here was Athena, dressed in jeans and hiking boots and a red flannel shirt, her dark hair cascading over her shoulders. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She had to narrow her eyes because the sun was shining in her face so brightly, and before beginning to read she looked over her shoulder to make quite sure Mo hadn’t followed her down. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

One of the Dauntless-born initiates touches Four’s shoulder and asks, “When your team won, where did you put the flag?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I still have Viola’s bag around my shoulders and I reach for her binocs, holding ’em up to my eyes but shaking so much it’s hard to get a clear image. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be by for you tomorrow, early!” he called over his shoulder. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He threw the empty bag over his shoulder and walked to the door. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He straightened his shoulders, placed the crystal snowdrop in the top buttonhole of his coat, now undone. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

And so it came about that the course of this man’s life was decided purely on a magistrate’s opinion about the structure of his shoulders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shrugged his shoulders and repeated that he had to go. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came to a clump of hollyberry trees sheltered by a giant overhanging oak, and they bumped shoulders and hips as they reached for kindling beneath the brush. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Holding him carefully, she carried the wriggly, whimpering bundle out of the room and walked back and forth in the long hallway, jiggling him against her shoulder so that he calmed slightly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At the last instant, her assigned partner grabs her head and shoulders and yanks her up harshly. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles grabbed my shoulders and dragged me to the cars, swung me around so I was pinned between him and his truck. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Eight feet tall or maybe taller, with legs as thick around as trees, he had a chest worthy of a plow horse and shoulders that would not disgrace an ox. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She flew to his shoulder and whispered something, and he very slightly shook his head. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

My head and shoulders melted first, followed by my hips and knees. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Her shoulder was getting wet and I thought, Maybe it’s true that you can use up all of your tears. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Of course I had grown taller, up to my mother’s shoulders now and too big for any of my grandmother’s petticoats. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And me resting my head upon her shoulder. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Next to him, I press my knees together, hunch my shoulders. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Aru could feel her mom attempting to get the words out before her shoulders slumped. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

John adjusts Eden on his shoulder, then kneels down and crawls into the space. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Mami held a yellow blouse with a ruffled collar against her bosom, patted the neckline into shape, and stretched it across her shoulders to check the fit. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The largest rat climbed onto the old man’s shoulders, swung up on the long gray mustache, past the big black button eyes, and onto the top of the man’s head. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Exit smiling,” he joked, and put his arm around Yossarian’s shoulders as they stepped outside the door. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

His shoulders were no longer bunched up with tension, and when he tilted his head toward me, I saw it for the subtle invitation it was. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He treated me for burns on my shoulder where my life vest tore into me. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mike seemed eager as he put his arm around my waist and pulled my arm over his shoulder. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

On a visit there, Elizebeth was shocked to find an important collection of papers “scattered higgledy-piggledy over those iron shelves....I went home and told my husband. We sort of cried on each other's shoulders.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I grab the slick rope with one hand and Helene with the other, eventually working her body over my shoulder and clambering up the ladder to the deck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Please,” she said, pressing her back against the inside of the tree and holding tight to his shoulders. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sat in the crook of his arm, her head against his shoulder and his long brown whiskers partly covering her eyes, and everything was all right again. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bring one hand up to touch her hair, let my fingers slip to her shoulder. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His Unsullied closed the shroud once more, lifted the dead man onto their shoulders, and bore him from the hall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I saw her just beyond Liam’s shoulders, her face a grim mask. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Never mind, you,” he growled, grabbing the man’s shoulder and jerking him so violently his towel was knocked off and a shock of dark hair fell over his face. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

At Devon crutches had almost as many athletic associations as shoulder pads. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls away, grips my shoulders with both hands. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watch her, the way her hair falls over her shoulders, the way her eyes show every little thing she’s feeling. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you a story in just a bit,” I call back over my shoulder. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He tried to wipe it on the shoulder of his T-shirt, and he looked at her like he was seeing her for the first time since she got there. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She slung the dish towel off her shoulder and wiped at the spots on the table. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Joaquin’s heart still felt like it was vibrating in his chest, and he took another deep breath, Maya’s hand still warm on his shoulder. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She wiped her face in her apron, and when I put my arm around her, she wept freely on my shoulder. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s been a while since I checked that shoulder,” he says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, she flipped her hair over her shoulder and I thought Burl was going to melt into a puddle right there in the gravel driveway. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She approached the egg crate using the correct Egyptian walk, which was done by walking with your shoulders sideways, arms held out from the body and bent sharply at the wrist. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace carefully got out of the car, heaved her empty backpack to her shoulder, and headed toward English, her first class of the day. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I put one hand on her shoulder, on her rubbery coat, gripping the fabric in my fist. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Her hair hangs loose and dark around her shoulders, longer than she used to wear it, but she looks more like the old Maddy. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She laughed and leaned into my virtual shoulder and said, “You are such a nerd,” but it sounded nice, just then. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had broad shoulders and bulging arms, hands like hammers, and the leathery skin of a man who’d been sunburned so many times his naturally creamy complexion had grown tough and brown as rawhide. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And it hadn’t been a heap of rags after all; it was a gray-bearded man, chained to the wall, whose eyes glittered in Pantalaimon’s luminance, and whose tattered hair hung over his shoulders. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, let’s not worry about that,” Inés said, as she put her arm around my shoulders and walked me back down the hall. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Gosh, it’s hot in here,” he said, shouldering off his wet coat and throwing it over the back of a chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Johnson shrugged, shouldered the sixty, and kept on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few moments later, Locke has an arm thrown around my shoulders. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Alexandria is a half hour away,” Liam shouted, turning back over his shoulder. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She huddled her shoulders together, as if trying to make herself as inconsequential as possible, and still trudged forward. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He walked to the girl, put his hand comfortingly on her shoulder; at the touch the girl flinched. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“But that was only on the outside,” the scarred woman said, her huge shoulders slumping. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

This time I rest my head on her shoulder. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He glances back over his shoulder at me and winks. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the slow, romantic songs come on, the girls nestle their heads on the boys’ shoulders and my heart skips along with theirs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his arm around my shoulder as we walked to the house. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s June, tumbling into Alex’s bedroom with her phone in one hand, jumping up and down, her hair bouncing on her shoulders. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And at the end he signed it, as I looked over his shoulder, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Over her shoulder some of the other moms were looking at me and they had tired faces. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The landscape became blurred and again Sophie had to duck down out of the whistling gale to save her head from being blown off her shoulders. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood with it resting on his shoulders and looked out at the day. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Getting off the bus, Ross Wilcox shoved me between my shoulder blades. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It didn't make much of a sound, but I wanted to look over my shoulder anyway. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I can’t turn around, so I reach back and squeeze his shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It sort of felt like it came out of his mouth, bounced around the walls for a moment, and then landed right on my shoulder. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

His shoulders dropped from his ears, and a smile split his face. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He buzzed the front seat forward, then tilted it back until I could see the dandruff on his shoulders. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Reminding me of Dad, Coach grips Trey’s shoulder. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jason bandaged Piper’s sprained shoulder while Hazel sat at the stern, feeding Nico ambrosia. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” said Milo, shrugging his shoulders. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I choose a bow, string it, and sling the matching quiver of arrows over my shoulder. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Bedtime,” said Butler, heaving the door with a mighty shoulder. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He brought me and Papi here and told me to climb on his shoulders so I could look at the sculpture from above. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He glanced back over his shoulder, his face crimson with effort. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kenny's got his backpack over one shoulder and his jacket's open, flapping. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a black military sweater with silver eagles on the shoulder boards—she had recently made full colonel. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

In the flood of light against white tile, the face and shoulders of a stranger—a fierce, bald, very dark Negro—glared at me from the glass. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What would you have us do, Moshe?” my mother said, putting her hands on my father’s shoulders. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he placed a hand on Joe’s shoulder and stroked it. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Sweat prickled on his scalp, and he stopped to switch his backpack from one shoulder to the other. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Above his right shoulder the stained leather hilt of the blade strapped to his back was visible,- a two- handed greatsword, too long to be worn at his side. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A tall, big man with a baby’s face and the shoulders of a bear opened the door. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Also snow can be pink if red dirt dissolves in water that evaporates and— Dad squeezes my shoulder. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her arm around my shoulders and led me out of the car. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

We stood at the door a long moment, he looking over my shoulder into my room for an invitation. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He crouched by the canoe and pulled the blanket higher over Alice’s shoulders, tucking it around Lyra’s head, making sure she could breathe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He looks at her, watching as she undoes her hair, letting it hang loose for a moment over her shoulders before wrapping it thoughdessly around her hand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet tugged on his shoulder and Nathan hoisted him up. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Someone was pushing from behind, and then came another head and another pair of hands, as they clambered over the shoulders and backs of those below and swarmed up onto the roof like ants. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sohrab shook his head, ran over to me and slapped my shoulder. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She glanced back at me over her shoulder as I pulled out the chair and sat down, and a strange look passed over her face. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A black muzzle materialized, licked up the sugar, and touched thejockey’s shoulder. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he felt his finger sliding onto the trigger, felt the gun lifting to his shoulder. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth’s shoulders seemed to slump, but she said in a surprisingly steady voice, “Let’s walk toward the train stop.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she buries her head against my shoulder. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He told Mary Hudson to rest the end of her bat on her right shoulder. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

When the lovers had passed, she flew up to his shoulder and whispered, “The man just along there—watch....” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Rishi slipped the sketch pad back into his bag and then slung the bag over his shoulder. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

By the time Tali came out to the stable yard to fetch their breakfast supplies, Kaede was sweating and famished, her right shoulder aching, and still the arrow had not struck the target. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Winking Moon Face swings a backpack over his shoulder and then mouths bye to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Hazel looked as if several thousand pounds of worry had just been lifted from her shoulders. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She felt despair sit on her shoulders, as heavy as if the harpy herself were perching there. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was a strap to sling across your shoulder. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Olanna saw the four ragged soldiers carrying a corpse on their shoulders. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I crossed a high toll bridge and negotiated a no man’s land and came to the place where the Stars and Stripes stood shoulder to shoulder with the Union Jack. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran along- side her, breathless from Manuelito’s weight tugging down my shoulders. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can get an arm out, or a leg, but not my shoulders or my head. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let go of Anya so he could hug Mama back, tucking his face against her shoulder. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She had been doing this for some minutes when a hand rested on her shoulder and a woman’s voice said in her ear, “That’s good, Nurse Tallis, but you’ve got to work faster.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I sketch the outline of his head and shoulders without a second thought and start in on his brain map. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It peeks curiously over the bigger moon’s shoulder, like a younger sibling. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I sit up and stretch out my sore shoulders and back. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the gang members watch over Daddy’s shoulder. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The sculpture I’m seeing is two round bubble bodies, shoulder to shoulder, every part of the figures, spherical and full, curved bulging chests pregnant with the same breath, heads tilting upward, gazes sky-bound. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The Earth Men were so stunned that they rode the toppling shoulders for a full minute before they began to laugh and shout at each other: “Hey! This is more like it!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can carry it,” he said kindly, putting his arm around his brother’s shoulders. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I step back into the box, tap the plate a couple of times, bounce the bat off my shoulder, and bring it about my head. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It would not be our dad who’d throw us over his shoulder with Herculean grace and carry us to safety. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He glanced around the bathroom over my shoulder, his mouth pressed in a grim line. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Instead, I felt a scratchy arm about my shoulder and a face close to my ear. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He starts into the crowd, at first turning his body to wedge his way between people, and then, when they step back for him, moving straight toward Jack Kang with his shoulders back. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was an urgency to Mama’s voice that Ophie hadn’t heard since Georgia, and she squared her shoulders and gripped the tray as hard as she could. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Keeping my eyes on the guard directly in front of me, I slowly raised my arm and placed it over her shoulders, drawing her into me, the other hand still raised at face level. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I step back to steady myself, but he puts his hand on my shoulder and looks me right in the eye. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and wipe the blood off on Bill’s shoulder before I prop it on my own. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

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

He gave me another one of those playtul stupid little socks on the shoulder. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to spend the rest of the night and the next day looking over his shoulder. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

My legs felt like stone and my shoulders were aching. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to tell Angel about how the words fist-fight to get out of my head when her eyes drift away to something over my shoulder, and her eyebrows bunch up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby bounced on my shoulder and nearly fell off as I hurdled a stump. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As soon as she walked away, Gran’s face split into a huge grin and she hugged my shoulders. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Change is clinking in his trouser pocket, just below the level of my shoulders. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Her hair hangs past her shoulders, and her hands move impossibly quickly. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He looks over his shoulder again at the tall doors across the State Dining Room. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They swayed their shoulders with delight, moving left and right in a circle. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

William stood in the center of the road, shoulders heaving, deep red blood spattered across his skin and face like war paint. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Some man was talking to him in a low voice and attempting from time to time to lay a hand on his shoulder, but Wilson neither heard nor saw. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he laid his hand on my head, sometimes he ran his fingertip across my shoulder. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He dropped his pack and slipped the bow off his shoulder. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I reach into my pocket and a squadron of birds already flutter at our shoulders. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

My uncle Askar turned around and adjusted the rifle so that it rested on the shoulder of his seat, and still pointed out of his front window. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Four stops climbing when he’s right behind me and looks over my shoulder, his chin next to my head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Adaon, sitting comfortably with his back against a tree, put the instrument to his shoulder. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

As she stood there in the receiving room of the jail, she didn’t even come up to the sergeant’s shoulder—and the sergeant’s head barely reached Milkman’s own chin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second heavy one touched him on the shoulder. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a smear of blood from when she'd cut her hand on her bed—and something crusty on the shoulder, probably snot from all that crying. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She drops to a crouch, papers littering the floor all around her, and I think, She’s crying, but I’m not sure why, since I don’t see her shoulders shake. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

On that wagon sat two people, one an older man dressed all in black, with a white prayer shawl across his shoulders, a book in his lap. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Pa says that’s a disgraceful thing to do and Dad cries on his shoulder. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

If I had any money left I’d light a candle to St. Francis and ask him if there’s any chance God could be persuaded to perform a miracle on my shoulders. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Alice — her short, inky hair in a halo of spiky disarray around her exquisite, elfin face — was suddenly standing behind his shoulder. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I still carried my shoulder bag Brooklyn-style, but it was now lighter and I wasn’t worried. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He feels a hand on his shoulder and he looks up. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Labrador lay down beside him and licked the wounded shoulder. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before them the mountains frowned, but their path lay in a deep trough of land and they could see only the higher shoulders and the far eastward peaks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Beau whined, and I kicked once more, and for the first time I got my shoulders clear of the water for a second, before my legs were washed out from beneath me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

On the third rotation, I take her by the shoulders and press my mouth to hers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I do like him. He has such awfully nice hands. And the way he moves his shoulders—that’s very attractive.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glances over his shoulder at his friends, who are carrying on without him, unlike mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m kidding,” she says, bumping her shoulder into mine. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Go on, beat it, I told you!” the colonel roared, jerking a thumb over his shoulder angrily. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She pulled the Wick file out of her shoulder bag. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She kept his gaze when she moved her other hand beneath her chest, and bit down on the scream of pain as she pushed upward, her shoulder nearly buckling. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The wait was much longer this time, and I was learning about the strange summer hibernation of Susquinian when I felt a light touch on my shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My shoulders ached from struggling like they were going to pop out of their sockets. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Once again Frightful almost sent me through the crown of the forest by digging her talons into my shoulder. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked down smiling as he passed, patting shoulders, concerned with small wounds. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shimmy my shoulders, clap one time, do a little two-step with my feet while still sitting on the stoop, a little dance move with my hands, and Charlise figures it out real quick. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The bird landed on Tyson’s shoulder and nipped his ear affectionately. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Almost . . . except for the pain in my shoulder and the guilt weighing me down. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I placed my hands on her shoulders as I answered. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It was only then that I glanced back and saw Dad, still standing at the checkpoint, watching me walk away, his hands in his pockets, his shoulders slumping, his mouth slackened. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Maddie put careful arms around the bruised shoulders, because her friend was shaking all over now. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Allow me,” one of the policemen offers, strapping his weapon over his shoulder and rolling up his sleeves. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I'm confused because, while they all are angry, some are giving us sympathetic pats on the shoulder, and Johanna Mason actually stops to straighten my pearl necklace. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frank tried not to flinch when he realized Nico was at his shoulder. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Pedestrians would come scrambling from side streets and children would ask their parents to lift them onto their shoulders. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoulder ached—and that was what pulled her back into her body at last. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Neel tucked the map into his pocket and swung his satchel over his shoulder. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

If the captain was surprised, he gave no sign, and Horse put his large hand on the doc’s shoulder, where she laid her dark cheek against him as she continued stitching Archer’s wounds. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, she feels the rumble of ground and she’ll look over her shoulder as a semi passes her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Ansley’s tongue drove into his ear; she whispered his name, then screamed his name as he bit into her phantom shoulder. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shrieking “Papá!” she buried her face in her mother’s shoulder. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

From our vantage the only visual testament to Calakmul’s past majesty was its two great central pyramids, each wrapped to the shoulders in vegetation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She’s grown it to her shoulders now, and allowed it to resume what appears to be its natural shade, light brown with bits of blond here and there. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugs her shoulders, tho I notice we both have our hands up. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the view of the white authorities those days, sloping shoulders were one stereotype of the Coloured physique. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But maybe they’re right about the housekeeper,” I admitted as we slung our schoolbags over our shoulders. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His neck connected to the middle chest like normal, but he had two more chests, one to either side, connected at the shoulders, with a few inches in between. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘Come on! Follow me!’ he called back over his shoulder, and he hurried forward. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jimmy put a hand on Lily’s shoulder and whispered in her ear. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mom sat down beside me and put her arm around my shoulders. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She catapulted to her feet and threw herself into a salute that must have nearly dislocated her shoulder. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She swirled it over her shoulders and went out the kitchen door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arms were not burned and neither were his shoulders or back, but a thick swath of gauze ran over his stomach and chest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Snow was thick on his hood and shoulders; it was already ankle-deep about his boots. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene peered over our shoulders, casting a nice cool shadow. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had not yet let go of Ged’s shoulder, and he said now, in the True Speech, “In trouble and from darkness you come, Ged, yet your coming is joy to me.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Harry dropped the Cloak from around his shoulders and ran to the mirror. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The fact that the handcuffs and his boot on my shoulder had kept me from reaching Stick in his last living moments. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He sat on the floor, hunched over his arm, shoulders stooped. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Perot had routinely rubbed shoulders with the most powerful men in the world—presidents, senators, heads of state, chief executive officers of Fortune 500 companies. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They started down the aisle, Donatelli and Bud pushing him along with their shoulders. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hands high-five me and slap at my back and shoulders. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Two twisted ropes of hair fell past her knees, one over each shoulder. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Head, then shoulder, one leg, then twist, then the other leg—done. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Look to the left,” said Jeremy, who was watching her over his shoulder. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her strong arms seemed made to gather them in warm embraces, her broad shoulders to carry them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He grasps me by the shoulder with something resembling pride. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I leaned on the back of the couch, looking over her shoulder. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We walk back to the park, glancing over our shoulders, and I’m wondering about Antwan the whole time. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

As he shouldered his travelsack and satchel, Chronicler found himself feeling remarkably lighthearted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say a word when I joined him, but he put his hand on my shoulder and kept it there for a long moment. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Nurse Neala brings in the bedpan and taps my shoulder to wake me up. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then my mom walked in, an angry look on her face, but Carmen’s mom just put her arm around my mom’s shoulders and smiled. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He used the handle of his whip to scratch his shoulder. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He grabs my shoulders, then shakes me hard. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He brushed my shoulder but I shrugged him off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Luke called, back braced against the door, holding the doctor by the shoulders. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I put each pink- and-white strip of paper in my shoulder bag as souvenirs. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until my arm is all knotted up and aching and I ain’t got the strength to lift the harpoon to my shoulder. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, laddie, let’s see what you’re made of,” said Tam Lin, scooping up Matt in one beefy arm and slinging him over his shoulder. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the pain in his back and shoulder where the shiv had driven into him felt good. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And the man with the diamond patterns on his socks tried to grab my shoulder, so I screamed. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They lay on the moss, not touching, in silence, Hatsue with her hair coiled over one shoulder now, Ishmael with his hands in his lap. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sky was almost clear, with small, fluffy bits of clouds moving across the blue, and he shrugged his shoulders to ease the stiffness. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tuna tower,” my sister said over her shoulder. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The heat radiated outward from where the bullet went in just below my left shoulder blade. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still felt the strain in his shoulders from having his arms and hands behind his back. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Almost immediately he found her arm, got his hand under her shoulder and heaved her up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Katherine removes the head of a bearded man, shoulders heaving as she searches for any more dead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

My sister slumps her shoulders and stomps up the stairs, exaggerating every footfall. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She bounced her face against his shoulder, leaving a spit stain, and thrashed her legs. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

One was still putting its skull back on its shoulders. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

She gets up from the table and pats my shoulder. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He laughed and clapped Nailer on the shoulder. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Chacho, no,” said Matt, putting his hand on the boy’s shoulder. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop in the doorframe and let the sensorless doors slam hard into my shoulders. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

If my parents want to know how school went, I flash my eyebrows upward and shrug my shoulders. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Cloud pats my shoulder, but her touch can't comfort me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Grandma spoke over her shoulder as they mounted the stairs to the second floor. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Before she had even entirely disappeared, he had dropped his sword and long knife and had gotten the vine coil from his shoulder. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

My years spoke for my attention with aching shoulders but I was aimed at the Connecticut River and I ignored the weariness, and this was utter nonsense. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Marshall turned to Cecilia, Leon raised a cupped hand to shield his face, but could not disguise from his sister the tremor along his shoulders. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I put a hand on Velia’s shoulder to stop her from doing something drastic. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

On sidewalks turned to satin figures move shoulder first, the crowns of their heads angled shields against the light buckshot that the raindrops are. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cloak of raven feathers fluttered from his shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His forehead was pressed into her shoulder, his cheek was against hers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The figure leaped into the air and was on top of him, slamming into his shoulders, gripping him with strong hands. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Nessy would like to try out for the school pageant, and I say she oughta,” Pop Pop proudly announces, squaring his shoulders. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Wonderful,” I told her by rubbing her shoulder in a certain way that we have between us, “it’s wonderful.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He bent his head to kiss her shoulder, moving the pink strap aside a fraction with his lips, and he was breathing in her scent—rosemary and nectar—when she whispered in his ear. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her head was in her hands; her shoulders moved again and again. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can barely make out the details on his shoulder and even on the knife. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“June’s heading home.”Then he puts a hand firmly on my shoulder and guides me away from my classmates. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He placed the pistol on the desk and grasped my shoulder. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their officers barked commands with urgency, the men marched grim faced, swords flapping against their legs, rifles bouncing on their shoulders. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

One man had long blonde hair loose across his shoulders. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then they sloped their huge clubs over their shoulders and marched to their battle position. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Nan came and stood behind me, reading over my shoulder. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Insults would have risen to her lips if Chaol hadn’t touched her shoulder, his chestnut eyes filled with some emotion she couldn’t yet understand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I glance to the parrot on his shoulder, and the parrot shakes his head, making it clear I should keep my mouth shut. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Mikey is still on his back, jerking and twisting around the yard.The ambulance takes him off to the hospital with a broken shoulder and his tongue in ribbons. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His grip tightened on her shoulders, and she made a little squeezed, squeaking sound, but she stared up defiantly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A few students still out head to the barracks in small groups, their shoulders slumped with tiredness. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go, Mom,” Grace says, coming down the stairs with the sweatshirt draped over her shoulder. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She put a hand on my shoulder, which made the hairs on my neck stick up. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I break the news to Kimberly at lunch, I feel a hard tap on my shoulder. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He pants, and his eyes aren’t focused on her, but rather on something over her shoulder. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He cranes his neck, looking over Minerva’s shoulder. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls seldom passed her without her saying, “Move faster, you black gip!” at the same time giving them a blow with the cowskin over the head or shoulders, often drawing the blood. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

All day I work, my back bent, just like my mother’s, and even when I try to stand tall, my shoulders hunch over with invisible weight. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagines his father wearing an outfit similar to his own, a shawl draped over one shoulder, as he used to during pujo. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I put my chin right over her shoulder and whispered, “I know you’re probably booked up, but do you think you could squeeze me in for a quick physical?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After a time there was a sound behind him and a hand was on his shoulder. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The flies were buzzing around his sweating face and shoulders. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She tapped my shoulder and pointed down the hill. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I wrapped it around my neck, flinging one end over my shoulder as if I were a movie star. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Harry looked down at the boards planking the porch, then raised his eyes and gazed off into the dark, wet woods over Joe’s shoulder. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Father straightened, and wriggled his shoulders as if to relax them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christina reaches out as I pass her and squeezes my shoulder lightly. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But it gave him a fix on where the man was, and he lunged forward and slashed with his stick at the darkness, connecting with something—arm? hand? shoulder?—and knocking the gun away. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her honey-blond hair had been done up in a thick braid that hung over her right shoulder to her waist. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One by one, our last guests gave Papa, Dadi, me, and Amil long hugs that started to make my shoulders hurt. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, there they were in the lunch line, him with his arm draped over her shoulder, the two of them blabbing away like old buddies. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give a little smile, and Agent Fiona rubs my shoulder. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The Frenchmen laughed and slapped each other on the shoulders. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t figger what eating beans had to do with crossing no bridge, so I shrugged my shoulders. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

We got in line and Gum Baby scrambled up onto my shoulder. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He walked over to the window and touched Singer on the shoulder. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He elbowed Pong in the side and then put his arm around Pong’s shoulder. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He felt beaten unmercifully on brow, eyes, nose, lips, chin, on shoulders, on upflailing arms. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

As complete darkness descended, a shrew sneaked up through the grass and tapped Matthias’s shoulder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Will slides his arm around her shoulders and pulls her to his side. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I yank it tighter around my shoulders and turn away again, and then I am falling. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A gust caught Kabuo Miyamoto’s shirt as he stood on the porch so that the collar of it brushed his neck for a moment and the shoulders ballooned out, filled with air. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then this thought came in my head and I smacked Rondell on the shoulder with the back of my fist. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I stood as tall as I could behind Miig, peering over his shoulder ahead and down over the railing into the great room lit on the far side by the remaining candles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

"Let me guess," Coach said, now flinging the towel over his shoulder. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Miles was there, the valedictorian’s golden cord slung over his shoulders. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I lean against his shoulder and let the lights turn fuzzy in front of my eyes. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

James went over and put an arm gently around the Earthworm’s shoulders. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

She looked over her shoulder, visibly conflicted, before she spoke again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I had sat there on the floor beside Maxim in a sort of dream, his hand in mine, my face against his shoulder. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly coming out of a belt of fir-trees it ran steeply down a slope, and turned sharply to the left round the corner of a rocky shoulder of the hill. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I try to focus on the warmth of the sun on my shoulders. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She’d shrugged her shoulders and said, Sometimes things just happen, and expected somehow that this would be enough. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Well then,” I said, adjusting the shoulder strap of my lute case. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her hair worn down to her shoulders softens her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look at him over my shoulder, wiping my cheek with the palm of my hand. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The other they wrapped around their shoulders, the food and wine on the bench at their feet, and they watched the empty parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Castro tried to comfort her with an arm over her shoulder, she leaned away and wove through the crowd, back into the hospital. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“My dragons have grown, my shoulders have not. They range far afield, hunting.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Will scooped Sally off the floor and settled her on his shoulder. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

His shoulders sagged forward as if tired from a long hike. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I missed Mamá’s gentle tapping on my shoulders and tugging of the blanket to wake me up. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It split up the back, and, at the shoulders, the sleeves came entirely free. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came out with his left shoulder laid open to the bone. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take my ticket and try to look as confident as I can, pulling my shoulders back and keeping my eyes straight ahead. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She swung around the table and sat next to me and hugged me and rested her head on my shoulder. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My shoulders are as high as my ears as the forte sound of dreidel, dreidel, dreidel marches into my head. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

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

With the weight of the world on his shoulders, Marv bends down in horror and finally brings himself to get close to the Doorman’s face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Marcus glances over his shoulder with a smile, and I realize with a jolt that it's something I've seen him do hundreds of times. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He clapped my shoulder with fondness and lightly boxed my ear. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crossed the street with my shoulders hunched and my head down. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

After she moved the pack again to its place between her shoulders, she stood with her legs steady and firm and pulled a glove onto each hand. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I looked back over my shoulder at the vast slack dump as I followed my father back to the car. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Noodles looked at his brother and shrugged his shoulders. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Then falling forward, my head against his damp shoulder, I whispered, "I'll make it five dollars more." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She recovered herself, placed her hands on the bony shoulders and gently turned the whole body so she could see the left ear. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I set down my suitcase on the shoulder and, stepping out to face the oncoming traffic, tentatively stuck out my thumb. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Dad’s bushy eyebrows drew together as his shoulders slumped. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It’s cool enough that Dutchy puts his jacket around my shoulders. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Gale’s hands close around the very bow that caught my attention a moment ago, and he hefts it onto his shoulder. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

These villagers are all dressed in the familiar loose-fitting black pajama pants and shirts with a red-and-white checkered scarf wrapped across their shoulders or around their head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doc throws an arm around Jus’s shoulder and gives him a shake. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

So she preened her flight feathers, wiped her cheek on her shoulder, and walked under an overhanging rock. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Before her cup was empty, she felt something lift from her shoulders. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

An enormous man with a huge head and neck, and massive shoulders, sat behind the desk. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The girl tossed her black hair over her shoulder and gave him a wave. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, little monkey,” she whispers in his hair, stroking his hair as his shoulders heave up and down. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the others grabbed chairs from the nearby tables, Jason leaned in and squeezed his friend’s shoulder. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He had draped his Yankees jacket over his shoulders like a cape. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Tally noticed his hand on Shay’s shoulder, touching her softly as they hiked. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She turns me around by the shoulders and bends down to give me a hard swat on the butt, pushing me away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a movement with my shoulder to get Tommy’s arm off me, then took a deep breath. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Still in the works,” the bald one said and pointedly turned his shoulder to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you try? There, look. There’s one just over your shoulder.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Flecks of loose limestone crumbled off the cave ceiling and rained onto her shoulders. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She arrived at Pauline and Mal’s apartment with a knapsack slung over her shoulder and Pearl in her arms. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The gunstock slammed back against my shoulder, and such a long streak of fire spouted from the gun barrel that it blinded me for a second; I couldn’t see a thing. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right when I took the last sip of loose juice, I felt a tap on my shoulder. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Mullet Fingers chucked him gently on the shoulder. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And feel. Your shoulders have stopped shaking. Guess you don’t know as much as you think.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I get to my feet and slip the backpack onto my shoulders. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He picked Edward up and put him on his shoulder. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“I bought this land,” he calls over his shoulder. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He feels hands placed on his shoulders and turns to find Gabriel, standing there with a guitar strapped around his neck and arm. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was cut to fit around their necks in the back, and hollowed out to fit over their shoulders. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare through the glass at the guards on the other side—they stand erect, their guns at their shoulders, facing forward. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She puts out the dishes and I can feel her peering over my shoulder to make sure that I’m still going. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The roof of the tunnel was scraping his shoulders and he was afraid that it would tear through the dry suit and gouge into his skin as well. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He collided with me and gave me a sweaty hug and a slap on the back, then threw his arm over my shoulder as we headed back to the locker room. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He laid a heavy hand on my shoulder, and leaning on me with some stress, limped to his horse. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the wounds that kept us bent, that tugged at our shoulders, so much as it was the fatigue. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had chosen my right shoulder as his favorite perch, as if he knew it would free me of my worry to keep my right cheek covered by my hair. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He smiled and lay a hand on my shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He slung the tarp of goods up over his shoulder and took the boy’s hand and they went on, tramping in the sand like parade horses against tripping over some piece of driftwood or seawrack. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

From the shoulder bumps Muhammad is giving him, it’s evident they know each other. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I was just going to roll over and go back to sleep when she tapped my shoulder and whispered, “Jack, are you awake?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A face so tired that she wearily pulled off her hair, her long gown fell from her shoulders. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your hair,” I say, touching where it falls over her shoulders. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The silver lightning flashed in his eyes and he knew that the men had taken pictures of him with the cat poised upon his shoulder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Things about their fathers and their fathers’ fathers, things about justice and honor and lawful revenge—their throats swollen, their eyes rolling like a newborn colt’s, sweat running down their shoulders. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came over, dropped the steak just a few feet away from me, and climbed up on my shoulders. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the rough cotton pokes were filled, our hands clawed raw and our hair and shoulders tufted with white, we believed we’d done our part. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he put his hand on my shoulder. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra was waiting on the terrace, with Pantalaimon perched on her shoulder as a sparrow. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were issued a new plane, and as soon as Aleksandr’s shoulder was in working order, they were back in the sky. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And his dad, a leather duffel still hanging off one shoulder, looking harried and exhausted. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His hair is out of its usual knot, in a mess around his shoulders. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She grabbed Sucker by the shoulders and began to shake him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He paddled to the intersection of Napoleon and St. Charles, his shoulders aching. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Joan put a comforting arm around Maddie’s shoulders and advised her in a whisper to pay no attention to the pilot’s language. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She looked back over her shoulder, having only just realized that Harry was no longer with her; he had stopped walking and they were now ten feet from each other. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As it settles on my shoulders, they can't help giving a shrug of complaint. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pull my shoulders back and sit up straight, ready to hear my punishment. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Jay comes back in the den, holding the phone with her cheek and shoulder. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Annie put down her pail of glue, and Miss Fannie swung the ladders from her shoulder and steadied them until both stood in an upright position. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later they were marching up the hill, broomsticks over their shoulders. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Mom put his arm over her shoulder and took his weight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She came closer to the girl and bent toward her, putting a firm hand on Ash’s shoulder. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slowed his pickup to a stop and inched over to what I assumed was the shoulder of the highway. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Over my shoulder I watch Matthew lift the gun over his head and fire straight up, at one of the glass panels above him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She wanted for a minute to put her arm around his thin shoulders, but she held back. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

A guard was visible below, leaning against the gatehouse arch, a rifle slung over his shoulder. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And now, ironically, here was the law, with its hand on Sergio’s shoulder. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

In his memory, there were brief glimpses of her—a flash of copper eyes, short curly hair, a birthmark on her shoulder—but they never lingered. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She was aware at every step of the young man who strode behind her with a trunk balanced easily on each shoulder. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Rowan’s not the enemy,” Citra blurted, but Scythe Curie put a hand on her shoulder to quiet her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She could feel the hilt of the sword sinking into her shoulder blade. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He put both his hands on Lily’s shoulders. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He looked over my shoulder at a car pulling up behind me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It picked up the blin but, instead of eating it, tossed the piece over its feathery shoulder, north, toward where Kin’s house hid in the ravine. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Feeling dishonorable, but determined all the same, he put his arms round the corporals’ shoulders and they staggered forward. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His hair, still the color of afternoon sunlight on ripe wheat, fell to his shoulders, revealing a high and wide brow over his frank brown eyes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He leaned over to nudge Moss with his shoulder. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His shoulder sang, and he bit back a yelp as the door flew open. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Go up and change,” Mama said, holding Jaja and me around the shoulders. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boy picked up a tiny rock and put it on his shoulder and walked close again. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the part in her lips closes and her shoulders pull back. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Good. Now, let me get something for that shoulder of yours.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My shoulder screamed with pain as they pulled me onto a raft. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The room was but small, and the clients seemed to have had a habit of backing up against the wall; the wall, especially opposite to Mr. Jaggers’s chair, being greasy with shoulders. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Um,” I said, pushing my braid over my shoulder and feeling self-conscious at the way he was looking at me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her nails are short and polish-free, the magic fingers connected to the hands connected to the forearms roped with steel muscle and tendons that lead to shoulders, neck and bionic brain. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He reached for my shoulder, but when he reached, I pulled back, and all he got was my PE uniform shirt. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had put a hand on Harry’s shoulder. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A truck rumbles down the street, and I scrunch my shoulders up. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

When the detectives open it, they are shocked by the sight of a tall man with a pickax slung over his shoulder, wearing a shirtsleeve on his head like a stocking cap. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Moss could see his mother’s face over Eugenia’s shoulder. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A pain in my wound surged as I lifted the boy onto my shoulders. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

The sunken cheeks and blue-gray eyes, the wispy eyebrows and silver hair, the shoulders knotted around her ears. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her hand rested on the shoulder of a much smaller girl. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sala put her hand on my shoulder, but I could barely feel it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boy shrugged his shoulders and looked over to the village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Excellent,” says Nick, clamping a hand on each of our shoulders. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Farther away this time, though still emphatically, there sounded another snap! that stabbed like a steel-tipped arrow driven from a hundred-pound bow into that part of Herbie’s spine located between his shoulder blades. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again I went to get little Fern, but Sister Mukumbu grabbed my shoulder. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one bound he was at her side, rubbing his wet face against her thigh, feeling the familiar caresses on his ears, on his shoulders, along his back. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Remember, my daughter, you may be the only Chinese these Americans will ever meet. Do your best. Be extra good. Upon your shoulders rests the reputation of all Chinese.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He lightly slapped Thomas’s shoulder, then stepped back, gesturing up the stairs. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby stood on my shoulder, one sticky hand on my head for balance. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Maddie glanced over her shoulder; she could tell her friend was manfully battling some demon or other. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Reynie and Sticky spent the rest of the morning looking nervously over their shoulders. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

My mom drapes her arm around my shoulder as my dad pats my knee. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He shrugged his shoulders and got this crooked grin on his face. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The gloves that covered them were leather, lined with fur to match the cloak that hung matted and stiff from his broad shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Harry’s scar scorched again: For a moment the Room of Requirement swam before him, and he saw instead the dark earth soaring beneath him and felt the great snake wrapped around his shoulders. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A hand touched Z’s shoulder, and he opened his eyes to see Rashid’s looking at him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The hailstones died away, the last globules tapping my head and shoulders as I crossed over. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gene laughed and they both socked Andrew on the shoulder. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shed the slave’s shuffle I’ve adopted and walk the way I used to, my head straight and my shoulders thrown back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I flipped the latch just as one of them tried to shoulder the lid back open. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A raven descended from above to settle on his shoulder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ms. Morengo put a hand on Stanley's shoulder and told him to hang in there. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You should say ‘grit,’ not ‘fortitude’ there,” June says, reading the speech over her shoulder. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then he felt Calypso’s hand on his shoulder. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He said over his shoulder to the telegrapher, “Those Hamiltons! Just look at them!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watch the sun go down over the soccer fields; the dads toss their kids on their shoulders and carry them home. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her head fell back against the man’s shoulder, and soon her eyes drifted shut. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands are warm as they rest on my shoulders. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He grins broadly at the sight of us and puts a hand on my shoulder. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He was perched on my shoulder while I peered at an empty nest. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

After some time, Queenie took her by the shoulders and showed her how to aim. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Sulaiman tossed me over his shoulder and raced back to the orphanage. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, at least, is one weight off my shoulders. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ducky patted me on the shoulder and moved away. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I grit my teeth as I pull myself up, my right shoulder shrieking with pain. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had two broken ribs, a dislocated shoulder, and a sprained wrist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I arrived at the restaurant that night, Dad was outside, cradling a phone between his neck and his shoulder. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I sit up and shake the recruit by the shoulder. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I row I’m looking over my shoulder. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Most likely, the few wealthier members of the committee, such as Matthew Clarkson, Stephen Girard, and Israel Israel, shouldered the greatest part of the debt. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Welcome to Calhoun High School, brother and sister Meecham,” the principal said, getting up and punching Ben on the shoulder in an amicable gesture. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Putting a towel over his shoulders, Seth stepped into his sandals. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Otto pressed himself hard against my bare skin, his soft little cheek rubbing against my shoulder. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It landed on Bran's shoulder, and pecked at him, and the shining golden face was gone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He must have rolled all of the clay into one long pink coil and looped it once, twice around his shoulders like a circus performer's boa. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He reached over, swiftly, but somehow still hesitantly, to sweep my hair back behind my shoulder. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He laughed, pleased with his joke, while Shimzen slapped him on the shoulder. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I hope I sound confident, but Ma must know how nervous I am, because she gives my shoulder a squeeze. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It becomes impossible not to feel Tiny's immensity as he stands over me, shoulders back, his width almost entirely blocking the school behind him, his body a bundle of tiny tremors. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Christina, standing on the edge of the crowd, looks over her shoulder and spots me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was walking through a forest, his Firebolt over his shoulder, following something silvery-white. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Holding the gun steady, I look over my shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He scrubs a hand across his face, glancing back over his shoulder to confirm Henry’s where he left him, being aggressively talked at by Nora. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I shut the book and pushed past them, deliberately shoving my shoulder into Deidre, who was just my height. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I took a final look over my shoulder. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was bloody and bedraggled, and his head, which hung by the mare’s shoulders, had red hair. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samira gave him a sideways look and flipped her braids over her shoulder. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She takes a breath, her shoulders raised into a shrug. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t even have a chance to defend my outfit before she sighed, patted me on the shoulder, and said, “Negaran nabash.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I glance over my shoulder to see if Killer Man is giving me the evil oculus, but he is not so much as looking in my direction. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Another trainer, Luther, told us he once stepped up to a fellow officer whom he had seen give an inmate five and then walk down the hallway, arms over shoulders, with him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her right shoulder rose and fell faintly with her breathing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He turned to Cole and placed a hand on his shoulder. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Because we have company,” he said, taking her by the shoulders and steering her toward the living room. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Both hands up above her shoulders this time. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Some dust—at least she hoped it was dust and not pulverized skeletons or something equally gross—fell onto her shoulder from the crumbling ceilings. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was a man of middle age, with no stoop to his shoulders and fewer wrinkles, though he had the same cheerful smile. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He rolls over and takes me by the shoulder, holding on tight like I’m graduating from high school and he’s handing me a diploma. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He zips it closed and puts it on his shoulder. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Every time his blade bit into the ground, he remembered the way it had cleaved into the wolf’s shoulder. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was propped high with pillows, and a mound of home-devised bandages covered his left breast and shoulder. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the other handle off my shoulder. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I could feel his stomach moving and I reached over my shoulder to his mouth. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coram turned, careful and slow, and saw in silhouette against the lighted embankment the small head and hulking shoulders of a hyena. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He agreed to Atlas’ plan, but asked him to take the sky back for just a moment so that Hercules could put a pad on his shoulders to ease the pressure. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arm pressed along hers from shoulder to elbow as he locked the collar around his neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This time the guy went through—head, then shoulders, then waist—before he got stuck. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Met Bong picks a rifle from the pile, the same kind I have seen many times before on the shoulders of the Khmer Rouge soldiers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well," Barbarossa shrugged his fat shoulders, "then he won't get the job. Have a nice day, boy." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy kept trying to peek over her shoulder, but she kept turning away. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before the boy opened his mouth to speak, a large bird flew overhead and landed on the angel’s shoulder. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I felt Dad’s arm on my shoulder tighten. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his shoulders thrown back he seemed to tower in the doorway. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Her teacup pets surround her—a monkey on her shoulder, an elephant in her lap, and a thimble-size rabbit perched on the tip of her scepter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I must look uncomfortable, because Dr. Ashworth places a gentle hand on my shoulder. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pulling her sweater more tightly around her shoulders, she stood for a few moments looking around at the neighborhood. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At sight of the man panting and dying there, she slips down to enfold him, crying out; then feels the spears, prodding her back and shoulders, and goes bound into slavery and grief. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It gets hard to walk around the center of town, hard to think about the next step cuz so much Noise is weighing on yer shoulders. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A bipedal dinosaur with armor-plated skin and a pair of large cannons mounted on its shoulder blades. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She was calmer now, resting on his shoulder, licking her tentacles to clean them. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She buried her head in her dad’s shoulder and the two of us were crying like babies. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ffe loved it that she showed no sign of pain even though the kick of the gun made her shoulder black and blue. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thandiwe kept glancing over her shoulders as she walked, and Gum Baby hid in my hood. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I lean my shoulder into the wall and squeeze my eyes shut. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I clutch the hard drive to my chest, lean my head on Tobias’s shoulder, and try to sleep. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Piper couldn’t understand how anyone could take so much pain, shoulder so much responsibility, without breaking. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Even though she still had her shoulder brace on, she was using her right arm more today. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her stringy, wet hair hung down her shoulders and arms, spreading in the water like ruddy tentacles. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He presses the heels of his hands into his eyes and his shoulders begin to shake. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes trace the thin, blue veins of his arms and the outline of muscle in his shoulders and stomach and legs. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He put his arm around my shoulders and sort of squeezed me in. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss McDaniels glances over her shoulder and then frowns a little. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They sang, carrying their nets and the animals—mostly porcupines and deer—that had been caught on their shoulders. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She pauses to look over her shoulder and winks, running the straps coquettishly down her arms. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The booming voice belonged to a powerful man with dark hair and broad shoulders who sat upon an elegant brown horse. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His hunting knife was sheathed in the shoulder strap of his pack, so close but so impossibly far. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He shifted his backpack from his left to his right shoulder. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I looked past him, along the line of his shoulder, to a vast shopping mall with a prairie-sized parking lot, and agreed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The forested trail lets out onto a two-lane highway with a scary, narrow shoulder. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, he glances over his shoulder. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We sank into the tan suede couch shoulder to shoulder—the only time we ever sat like this—and Dad cued up our next episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The little otak watching from Vetch’s shoulder, the animal that had no voice, screamed aloud also and leaped as if to attack. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He paused when Bodega let go of Vera’s shoulders and clenched his fists. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

A theater nearby was just emptying, and crowds milled around the lighted foyer, calling for cabs, wrapping coats around their shoulders. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I felt something sharp and painful between my shoulder blades and turned around. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She moved it forward, unhooking its claws from her shoulder as she did so. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Marina also cried and had her arms wrapped around Mama’s shoulders. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He feels a hand on his shoulder and jumps in surprise, dropping the lid down on the box. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath and straightened his shoulders. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Matthias adjusted the rifle strapped to his back and rolled his enormous shoulders. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I'm halfway down the block when I dare to look over my shoulder. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Some looked over their shoulders instead of in front of them and ran smack into the frozen cars. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The pain spread to her elbows and up to her shoulders, down to her hands and into her chest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Ekon looked over his shoulder, trying to make his heartbeat steady again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His dæmon, a squirrel now, sat on his shoulder and clapped her paws together. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When he stood up, she flew to his shoulder as a wren. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I slide my arms around his back and hold him, strumming the knots of his spine and the blade of his shoulder, weighing the events that have made us both who we are now. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I kept one arm around Chubs’s shoulders and used my free hand to reach up and grab hold of the dock’s algae-slick supports. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Maddie’s is a trendy side braid pulled over her right shoulder. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pushes his hands into his pockets and throws his shoulders back and acts like the world has showered him with more gifts than he can reasonably accept. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her bare wet shoulders in a small shrug. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned into Esperanza’s shoulder, thankful that they were both the same height. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He tugged the at.oow tightly around his shoulders and circled the fire to keep away from the drifting smoke. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

In reality, the work wasn’t as hard as Nailer had always believed, especially with the yellow-eyed glare of a halfman looking over his shoulder, but it wasn’t exactly interesting in itself. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

His shoulder strap slipped down, and I saw that mark on his neck—the purple blotch. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

George puts his arm across Amar’s shoulders, and they grin at each other. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Victor grabbed me by the shoulder and shook me dramatically. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let go of her hand where she was clutching my shirt and grabbed her by the shoulders, trying to push her off me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I climbed over Chubs’s outstretched legs to the front, I glanced over my shoulder, my eyes going to his too-small glasses. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He moved to kneel beside her, shaking her gently by her shoulders. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The Great Pyramid shouldered eight hundred feet into the sky, from its huge square base to the lofty apex where the queen kept her private chambers, surrounded by greenery and fragrant pools. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As if reading his thoughts, Alby walked over and grabbed him by the shoulder. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His arms are curving around my waist, and he's resting his chin on my shoulder. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Books bombarded his shoulders, his arms, his upturned face A book alighted, almost obediently, like a white pigeon, in his hands, wings fluttering. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leather is cracked and flaking, the thick shoulder strap leaves a brown mark on my blouse where the leather stain is rubbing off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Kinko leans one shoulder against the wall, hands pushed deep in his pockets and ignoring me studiously. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The image of the man in the turban glitches, and I can barely hear his final words as he pats the boy on the shoulder. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He jumped when a hand landed forcefully on his shoulder. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled his left sleeve up to the shoulder. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The boxcar was about four feet off the ground, and prisoners had to walk down a shaky wooden plank with a bag as heavy as a man on their shoulders. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Matt held her by the shoulders and looked closely at her face. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the sun went down he tied it around his neck so that it hung down over his back and he cautiously worked it down under the line that was across his shoulders now. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came to me and put his hands on my shoulders. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She looked over her shoulder at Marcus, who was scowling at her furiously. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She scrunched his shoulders up tight and said, “You are a ghastly, dry little man!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He glanced over his shoulder before he left. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I returned to Drover's Lot with a travelsack swinging by one shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He almost certainly has in mind the famous saying that we are dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the room was quiet, and someone was grabbing my shoulders from behind. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

From the motions of her shoulders I could see she was turning something set into the foot of the bed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When Boy21 reaches us he puts his arm on my shoulder and pants for a few seconds. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed against her and felt the sharp prongs of the rhinestone brooch on her left shoulder against my face. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I carry my bag over my shoulder while my dad pulls his and my mom’s suitcases across the road, pausing for a car that comes rumbling. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Burning, searing my right shoulder and lower back. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

The man lowered the rifle from his shoulder and waited, looking from Serafina to the other witches, and up to their dæmons too, who circled in the skies above. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily’s dad put his hands on her mother’s hips and pretended to do an embarrassing conga that was mostly shrugging shoulders and the occasional kick. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I studied them closely until they left the train, their shoulders rocking, their heavy heel plates clicking remote, cryptic messages in the brief silence of the train's stop. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the chill of the hard ground slowly creeping onto my back and up over my shoulders. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I hold my right arm against my chest as I sprint faster, the bullet wound in my shoulder throbbing with each footstep. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I played along, while he stroked the shoulder of who I figured was his girlfriend. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Pupo lifts his shoulders and ducks his head as if just the mention of his superior's name could cause his head to roll. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Amos, be careful!” said a few of the wizards warningly as Mr. Diggory squared his shoulders, raised his wand, marched across the clearing, and disappeared into the darkness. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Thomas had already gotten up; he leaned over Minho’s shoulder and took a look. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As this point sunk in, I paused on the path, waited for Ruth and Tommy to catch up, and put my arm around Ruth’s shoulders. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of Clay, but they never stopped looking over their shoulders. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was broken, dead-eyed, with my night bag still on my shoulder and the utterly useless folded map in my pocket. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I do not control the little devil sitting on my left shoulder. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I dry my face on the shoulder of my shirt. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Carter carried the responsibility for the assignments on his shoulders. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a little bit, I would’ve put my head on her shoulder, but I sensed that would be going too far. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her outgrown boots were joined by the laces and slung over her shoulder. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She’s staring at her closed door, her shoulders a bit stiff. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But eyelids are not like elbows or knees or shoulders, parts of the body accustomed to being jostled. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tapped her gently on her shoulder, and gestured for them to get up. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I could just see his head and shoulders. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he felt the jarring dagger of pain as the boy’s mouth found a home, bit deeply into Thomas’s shoulder. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He grips my shoulders for a last time. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“See? he said to the major, who had come to his side and was peering solemnly over his shoulder. “They’re not the same, are they?” the major admitted. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Shadrach started to climb back into the wagon as he spoke; then, changing his mind, he turned back and placed his hands quickly on Ellen’s shoulders. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them, a woman in a brown burqa carried a large clay pot on her shoulder, down a rutted path toward a string of mud houses. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He glared over his shoulder at me, then swept past Father out the door. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Big Ma brought out the pork shoulder and burnt gravy. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He covered it with his mouth, then kissed a path down to her bare shoulder. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I put my flapping hand on her soft, bony shoulder. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she’d turn around and scamper off, dodging the headstones and yelling over her shoulder, “You still watching, Ruth? Watch out for me!” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though a big part of Citra wanted to bolt through the door and run from this, she squared her shoulders, stood tall, reached down, and took the bowie knife. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

His boots came to my shoulder, and his gray uniform was piped and spangled with silver. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Fingers grabbed my shoulders and tried to pull me up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I stuffed everything in my bag, slung the strap over my shoulder, and sucked in a huge breath. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I scramble to get the backpack off my shoulders. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As the door shut behind me, I felt a tap on my left shoulder. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Think of gold infused on silver by a craftsman, whose fine art Hephaistos taught him, or Athena: one whose work moves to delight: just so she lavished beauty over Odysseus’ head and shoulders. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clancy’s posture relaxed, and when he touched me again, flicking my braid back over my shoulder, there was no ill will behind it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I walk a few dozen yards from the train, climb the grassy bank, and sit rubbing my shoulder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She sounded exasperated, like she wanted to take me by the shoulders and shake me till my teeth fell out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whip lashed across her shoulder as she gazed around the ship, and she was quickly jolted back to reality. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned to the side, bumped Audrey's shoulder with my arm to let her know I was there. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She was tall, dressed in white, wearing a pith helmet with veils that floated across her face, settled around her shoulders, and trailed down her back. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though he wanted to run—everything inside him screamed to flee—he stepped forward so that he was standing shoulder to shoulder with Frankie. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I was staring at the hail when Dante tapped me on the shoulder. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

As Trout lugubriously slung the bag from his shoulder, Billy Pilgrim approached him. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kneel on the pallet and Caleb cuts a piece of my shirt away from my shoulder with a pair of medical scissors. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you act as if you have a chip on your shoulder,” he said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You serious right now?” he said, squaring his shoulders and tucking his chin. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Madame Trote de Salerno used her ears as a handkerchief and let her eyebrows hang down behind her shoulders, like silver chains. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with agonizing slowness, I felt the same PSF move behind me again, brushing my shoulder and arm with his own as he gently deposited the boot back on the table in front of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I startle at the light touch on my shoulder, spinning around. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We put our arms around each other’s shoulders, and for the first time I can remember, I wasn’t even thinking about my face. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

They looked back over their shoulders with a look of bored contempt. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The python dropped his head lightly for a moment on Mowgli’s shoulders. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The boy was stumbling he was so tired and the man picked him up and swung him onto his shoulders and they went on. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

With a squawk, he landed solidly on the shoulder of one of them. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Chantal shakes her head and puts her hand on my shoulder. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Taran hunched his shoulders and fled, while earthenware shattered behind him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She tosses her head like she’s throwing her hair over one shoulder, only she doesn’t have enough to throw. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Would she have gotten over whatever weirdness sat between us now and have even just fallen asleep on my shoulder by the candle fire? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to hurt her feelings, but one shoulder is higher than the other one. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Elinor had commented when she lent Meggie a bag for the books, an old-fashioned one made of dark leather that you could sling over your shoulder. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her hair hung long over her shoulder, swept to cover the left side of her face. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I loop Viola’s bag as gingerly as I can over one shoulder. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But Frodo felt the chill lessen in his side and arm; a little warmth crept down from his shoulder to his hand, and the pain grew easier. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sumac perched erect on my shoulder as if he were standing guard, awaiting the rising of the Sun God. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I felt as though a thousand tons had just been lifted from my shoulders. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He wears an army-type khaki uniform, a gun swung over his shoulder. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was a difficult trip back, with his belongings slung over his shoulder and the blackened, twisted remains of the automaton straining his arms and back. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He felt Emma slide her hand into his; when he glanced over his shoulder, he saw that she was also holding on to Finn’s hand, and Finn was holding on to Natalie’s. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear began to walk faster, shouldering his way through the crowds. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I’m a little nervous of the rifle swinging from her shoulder, the row of bullets hanging around her neck. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at my father and shrugged his shoulders. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put one hand very gently on April’s shoulder. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every so often she took it out, throwing the strap over her shoulders to keep the huge, many-keyed, wheezing instrument off the ground. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Roy’s father stood up slowly, as if the weight of a hundred bricks were on his shoulders. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let them get in the car, hon,” Dad says over my shoulder. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The full moon falls on his sagging shoulders. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He placed a steady hand on my shoulder, and together we watched the caboose disappear around the bend. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

A shrill cry rang out in the night; and he felt a pain like a dart of poisoned ice pierce his left shoulder. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

From his shoulders trailed a cloak of Lannister crimson patterned with golden hands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She leads me toward the open elevator and calls over her shoulder. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She felt the slight weight, the tight grip of the claws on her finger, and gently moved him onto her shoulder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She grabbed Nico by the shoulders and began to shake him as if to make him understand. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Granddad was shaky going downstairs, so he put his hand on my shoulder. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He jumped up and punched John Henry in the shoulder. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The dragonflies were flying sluggishly now, and Tialys explained that they needed to rest; so they perched on Will’s rucksack, and Lyra let the spies sit on her shoulders. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The nagging weight on her shoulder brought Magdalys back to reality. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He rests his hand on my shoulder, and after I take a deep breath, I speak up. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

His hands traveled down her body again, coming out from the dress to hold her neck under her hair, then her shoulder blades. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then one of the singers rubbed his shoulder and continued the song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I follow him up the ladder to the roof, my shoulder still tingling, wishing the ladder went for miles and miles. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I stand to get the plates but Daddy grabs my shoulder. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Rasheed buried his face into her pillow, and Mariam stared, wide-eyed, at the ceiling above his shoulder, shivering, lips pursed, feeling the heat of his quick breaths on her shoulder. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I rested my head on her shoulder for a second, then straightened up. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her black braids swung up into the air with her shoulders. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Harry and Hermione followed him out of the clearing, staring over their shoulders at Ronan and Bane until the trees blocked their view. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then he lay down and drew the thick quilt about his shoulders and pretended to sleep. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He came back with a large towel and wrapped it around my shoulders. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a tap on my shoulder, and I almost fall out of my seat. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He was tell and thin, and wore his coats padded, which gave a fictitious breadth and depth to his shoulders and chest. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Norris was a squat man but he was powerful and broad across the shoulders. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Squared scarlet shoulders—and on each shoulder a musket. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan wraps a shaky arm around my shoulder. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Now she swung her pick, felt the impact reverberate up her arms and into her shoulders, and said, “There were Grisha in Elling.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Jeanne plants her shoulder into his side and begins rolling him over. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The way one would touch the other casually, a hand on the shoulder, a brush against the cheek. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Nessa holds her right arm and shoulder, trying to keep them safe. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Fake Uncle whistles happily, gripping my shoulder as tight as an eagle I saw on TV once, holding on to a squirming mouse. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Ricky punched my shoulder in a manner meant to be encouraging but that nearly snapped my rotator cuff. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She didn’t cut it to the ears, just to Hanako’s shoulders. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s beautiful,” Mama said, gently placing her hand on the woman’s fragile shoulder. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel her breasts against his shoulder blades, her feet by his feet, her stomach against his back. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

It was hot, and he had his blazer slung over his shoulder. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Momma passes behind Seven with the bacon and squeezes his shoulder. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I take it and sit down, leaning my head on his shoulder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Through the separator between the shell and cab, he can see the motionless shoulders of the Neumanns. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

At the sound of his father’s raised voice, Andrecito drops the puzzle pieces and runs over to me, burying his face in my shoulder. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curran pumps the man’s hand, pats him on the shoulder. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Miig put his hand on my shoulder and I deflated, but only just a bit. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The shoulder affected the elbow, and as the elbow engaged, it sent other movements in a chain reaction down into the wrist and, finally, the hand. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

One hit him in the leg while the other went for Reggie’s shoulder. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He waited until I had looked back at him over my shoulder before continuing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Think of gold infused on silver by a craftsman, whose fine art Hephaistos taught him, or Athena: one whose work moves to delight: just so she lavished beauty over Odysseus’ head and shoulders. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the spirit I like!” cried the Director, and clapped Mr. Foster on the shoulder. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had seen the fingers cut by the mean little cotton bolls, and I had witnessed the backs and shoulders and arms and legs resisting any further demands. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally pulled the bag farther up on her shoulder. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She shook off her kerchief and unbraided her hair so that it fell over her bare shoulders. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Cal looked over his shoulder at a thunderhead sailing blackly over the mountains on the nervous March wind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders are slumped and her leg is twitching. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

R.C. pulled out two, shoved one into his mouth, and slung the bag over his shoulder. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The soldier pushes on Pa’s shoulders, making him kneel like the others. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Growing up, they had wielded axes and fishing gaffs and pitchforks expertly, and they had built up strong arms and broad shoulders doing so. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They scrambled toward Frank’s position, pushing and hacking monsters out of their way until they stood shoulder to shoulder with the comrades, arranging themselves in a square formation. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She straightened her thin shoulders and smoothed the folds of her coarsely woven shift. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We reach the end of the tunnel, and she nudges a heavy wooden door open with her shoulder. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then she stood up and sat beside me on my bed and she put her arm around my shoulders, and I began talking. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He peered a few times over his shoulder—not at her, or the confused and murmuring guards, but at something beyond. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Sweet dreams, Mr. Gideon,” I say over my shoulder as I climb the stairs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Wesley dropped his hand from my shoulder and shifted from one foot to another, suddenly uncomfortable. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You were standing at the beach, squinting out at the water with your bathing suit strap digging into your freckled shoulder. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Soon a shoulder of the hills cut off the light of the fast westering sun. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Daddy’s here, Momma,” she said back over her shoulder toward the cabin. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crow landed on her shoulder and climbed into her hood. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She put her head on his shoulder and crashed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her long auburn hair, woven into an elaborate braid, fell across her left shoulder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I stroked her hair and patted her shoulder. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was Finn, grabbing her around the shoulders and holding on tight. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The two were at close quarters now, and Iros lunged hitting the shoulder. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Skeeter pull back her hood, shake out her long hair past her shoulders. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then he hoists the backpack onto his shoulder, already tugging his keys out of his pocket. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The woman slings the rifle over her shoulder by its strap. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I had so much tension and pressure resting on my shoulders. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He sauntered in, peering over Charles’s shoulder at the tray of chops he’d just removed from the broiler. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He touched my shoulder; “You have to accept it now. Be brave, and help your mother to bear up. She needs somebody now.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman had never in his life seen a woman on the street without a purse slung over her shoulder, pressed under her arm, or dangling from her clenched fingers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips mobile again, she sat next to him in Macon’s Buick, a mink stole Reba had won wrapped around her shoulders over her old black dress. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark, pale-skinned and rumpled, squeezed her shoulder but did not laugh along with the others. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It strained its neck back as if there were a fly biting its shoulders and it wanted to scratch them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on Marly’s shoulder in a nice friendly way. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then a tongue, tasting his arm, his shoulders, and then—his cheek! Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Walking confidently, with his shoulders thrown back, Roosevelt waved his hand and tipped his top hat to the crowd, revealing a head full of thick brown hair. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

"Yeah," he said, and again he had that intent look in his eye, and again he looked over my shoulder. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Put both your feet right against the line, shoulder width apart,” he instructed, pushing my body the way he wanted it. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Several of them touched my shoulder as I passed. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then he put his hand on my shoulder. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked all the way down the mountain again, looking over my shoulder nearly the whole time. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“We must not make fun of Mrs. Dudley,” the doctor said and leaned forward, his face in his hands and his shoulders shaking. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled the bar onto my shoulders and forced up the first rep. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a man’s yell, and General slumped to the ground, holding his right shoulder. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Mother pats me on the shoulder and swishes out through the kitchen door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I laugh and thump him on the shoulder. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dorian’s breath was warm on her head, and she smiled as he brought his arm around her, cupping her shoulder. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His knees are pulled up to his stomach, his head is on his knees, and he’s shaking, tightening his grip about his knees, squeezing his shoulders small. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Her golden hair tumbled about her shoulders, and it glinted in the morning light. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

His right paw reached out and curved over her shoulder. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gaunt and bent and crooked, with a left shoulder half a foot higher than his right, he had a scrawny neck, squinty grey eyes, and yellow teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

JoJo came back at me with a fist to my shoulder. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or girls passed by together, or a mother with a child across her shoulder. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The young boy wasn’t crying, or at least I couldn’t tell if he was because he had his shoulders hunched over and seemed to be keeping his head down low. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

When my shoulder struck the heavy metal, it felt like running into a brick wall. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Glancing over her shoulder, she could see Luke climbing steadily, around and around. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was bald with a black mustache and several chins, each one melting into the next and finally into his neck and shoulders. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I glanced back over my shoulder at the cove. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The only feminine thing about her was the huge pair of silver earrings, which hung so low on her thin, elongated earlobes, they touched her shoulders. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He remembers her mainly at the pujos he had attended every year, twice a year, with his family, where she would be dressed in a sari carefully pinned to the top of her shoulder. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gale sits next to me and puts an arm around my shoulder. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

General was a pleasant looking man who wore his grey hair at shoulder length and had a neck hung with beaded ropes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But when he pulled clear into the other lane to kill a turtle almost on the shoulder of the other side, Lillian awoke. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put an arm across my shoulder and pulled me to her and said, “But it's a start.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sumac’s claws dug more tightly into my shoulder. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The guard butted the man in the shoulder with his rifle. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Lev stands at a window, his prayer shawl over his shoulders, whispering prayers he thinks I can't hear. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“There’s a door, yeah,” I say, standing on tiptoes to talk over Muqtada’s shoulder. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I walk up right behind her and look over her shoulder at the screen. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a shoulder bag made of canvas printed with gray flowers. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Finally the pepper bags made a wall, shoulder high. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right now she was pulling at his shoulder to try to get him to move so she could take the pillow out and fix it nicely and put it back. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few moments of indecision, I lay a hand on her shoulder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

That doorjamb really hurt between my shoulder blades. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

C. P. Ellis sat behind the wheel of his rusty Buick, parked on the shoulder of Chapel Hill Road, surveying the scene. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The men put their arms around the women’s shoulders and edge them toward the door. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She stood quietly at the glass for a while, her shoulders trembling. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Jonathan felt a hand tighten on his shoulder. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was slow and hard and it made his shoulders ache, but he hated being carried. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The duct was tightening, squeezing around his shoulders. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He held his shoulders hunched forward and his hands out in front of him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The only bad wound she had was in her shoulder. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed me my coat and I awkwardly fought to get into it without ripping the seams around the shoulders. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She tensed and froze up when she saw me, but I could see her shoulders relax when she realized it was just me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For an instant he stood above the helpless Bigwig, his shoulders filling the run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Willow hugs her back, pats her on the shoulders before letting go. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered the beer sword and tapped me on each shoulder. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was huddled into herself, rubbing her shoulders. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He raised one of his bony shoulders in a shrug. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The front end, and down to the forelegs and shoulders, was like a huge falcon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat gazing at the fire, whose flames winked, reflected, from his tankard and from the broad bright silver chain of office over his shoulders. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I gave my head an imperious tilt, set my shoulders a little differently and made a couple of mental adjustments. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His rough hand lit lightly as a bird on my shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I got holt of her under her arms, and she slid one arm over my shoulders. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My failures weigh upon me like a yoke across my shoulders. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Hearing a cautious step behind me, I glanced over my shoulder: one of the strangers—a gentleman, evidently—was advancing up the chancel. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The door opened and four policemen came and stood above him; one touched his shoulder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was shaggy and almost touched his shoulders. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The gathering goes absolutely silent, and then Papi walks over to the window and peers in over Mami’s shoulder to where I sit on my bed. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Sister Mary Joseph says, peering over my shoulder. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Mostly Peeta really, there's no question he's carrying this romance thing on his shoulders. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He set his feet, took a deep breath, rammed the door with his shoulder, and fell face first into the door frame when the door moved. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I glance over my shoulder at Ma, but she just yells, “Keep going!” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mami lifted Héctor to her shoulder and paced, bouncing him up and down to get him to go to sleep. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her shoulder brushes mine, and we let the sun soak into our fur. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I’d stab my shovel in, pull up on the dirt, and toss my shovelful over my shoulder. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was wearing khaki shorts and a green tank that showed off his lack of tan lines and his impressive shoulders. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Celia came over the morning after—everything to me now was either before or after, the way that previously my life had been divided by the accident—and sobbed into my shoulder. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Benjamin felt a nose nuzzling at his shoulder. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He tosses his net over his shoulder, hoists Mags on top of it, grips his tridents in his free hand, and we run away from the Cornucopia. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He soothed Baby with a ball of candy gum and eased the coat from her shoulders. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She takes me by the shoulders and makes me stand facing down the main lane that goes through the center of our fort. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But the way she holds her mouth too open and her shoulders uneven and one hand clamps down the other...people know. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wants to talk, but Sherrie just drinks and broods against his shoulder, slumped like a young girl in the backseat of the family wagon. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don't like this,” he said, laying two of his hands on either side of Luna's face, and the other two hands on each of her shoulders. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He didn't have to worry about anything anymore, while I carried the burden of the world on my shoulders. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Brute roared, the fur on his shoulders erect, his lips clear of his fangs. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ophie tried to follow the cousins out of the parlor, but Aunt Rose stopped her with a heavy hand on her shoulder. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I felt a blow on the back of my right shoulder. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I lean my head against Uhmma’s shoulder and gaze out the window. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The thought of the impressors made Sefia hunch her shoulders, suddenly conscious of how exposed she was in this sea of strangers, these watchers and whisperers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Overeager, I push forward into my shoulder as instructed, but nothing happens. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She puts her hands on my shoulders firmly. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She scratched at a sore on his shoulder. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop looks relieved, as though finally the burden of secrets can be lifted off his shoulders. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I grabbed his shoulders, bit into his flesh with my nails, threw him away from me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My mom peers over my shoulders as I finish up. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope we get at least ten people at the auditions Wednesday,” I said to him, glancing over my shoulder at Maddie. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It had no straps, but he managed to tie it up with lengths of string, so that it would go over his shoulders. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Also, of course, there was no force pushing me down into my seat, and my body bobbed back and forth against the shoulder straps and seat belt as I moved. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama's wearing a light-blue dress and she has her hair out so that it's all curly around her shoulders. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She patted his shoulder as she left the kitchen and took the stairs two at a time, hurrying so she could get back to him quickly. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Ms. Valente put a hand on my shoulder with a smile, but I couldn’t calm down. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The cold water drips down my neck and rolls down my shoulders and back. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The Eyrie was a small castle by the standards of the great houses; seven slender white towers bunched as tightly as arrows in a quiver on a shoulder of the great mountain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I wrap my arm around his waist and take a deep breath of his shoulder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nan shook her head, stood, looked me over, and put her hands on my shoulders. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The celestial sphere shivered too, rocking dizzily on his muscular shoulders. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I slung the backpack over my shoulder and carried the package upstairs, closing my bedroom door behind me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I shook out my shoulders to relax them, like his. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was either shoot or bust wide open, so I whipped my gun up to my shoulder. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bottle rocket zipped through the air, over Diego’s shoulder, narrowly missing his ear, and exploded with a frantic crack. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Beth kept her face hidden on her mother’s shoulder, but Amy stood like a graceful statue, with a most becoming ray of sunshine touching her white forehead and the flower in her hair. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not sure where to put my hands, how hard to grab, how deep to sink my nails into his shoulders. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He squeezes his upper body through the hole, his shoulders scraping on the edges, his jacket tearing, hips twisting, and then he’s through. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He looked over his shoulder at her and said, “You’re up early.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Most of her tattoos run up and down her forearms, with the exception of the turtle on her shoulder blade. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He spoke in a low voice as he began to rub her shoulders again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As we begin to cut through the mass of elbows and shoulders, Roshan hands me a drink. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The stripes were parallel silver lines on a black background sewed to the cloth of the sleeve about eight inches below the shoulder. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His shoulders shifting left and right, left and right, while his hind legs pushed his body upward. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She turned around, peering back over her shoulder. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was very aware of Rachel’s shoulder pressing against mine. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Lyra had taken to wearing a little white leather shoulder bag everywhere, so as to keep the alethiometer close at hand. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Between my shoulders my heart squeezes, as though some doctor were massaging it to life. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I stretched my arms, rolled my head and neck around on my shoulders, and cracked my knuckles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

With heads side by side they bit and snapped at each other’s shoulders. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would flit to her shoulder and settle there. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He handed me a basin and told Eliza to hold Mother’s shoulders. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of them were senior citizens now, their hair graying and shoulders curving, a sign of the decades and maybe also the weight they’d carried for future generations. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

George Theodorakis placed his hand on the shoulder of his invalid son. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart sinks, and I'm frozen where I stand, with Layla leaning her head on my shoulder. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I run up behind her, tap her on the shoulder. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

We finish and stand shoulder to shoulder, trying not to wobble. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He pulled his blanket about his shoulders and looked out down the gray and barren beach. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And a woman with a very edgy basket in her hands, who was just behind Shasta, pushed the basket hard against his shoulders, and said, "Now then! Who are you shoving!" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

They grinned back, and Smiley kind of joshed my shoulder as they moved toward the dining room, where Aunt Carrie and Miss Sarah, French Gordy’s wife, were slicing cakes and pies. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He moved out quickly, dropping his crimson cloak, and lifted sword and sword belt from his shoulders. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her pool-browned shoulders glowed in the harsh bulb light above the lockers. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You better wait until the shelling is over,” the major said over his shoulder. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Tony turns on the blinker, looks over his shoulder, and pulls us back into the street. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Mini locked her legs, swinging the Death Danda over her shoulder as if it were a baseball bat. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once or twice she looked over her shoulder at me, as though she was still doubtful. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meera came to the window seat and put a hand on his shoulder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He crosses and puts his hands on my shoulders. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His father, Isadore, was a union organizer in the garment industry who later went to work sewing shoulder pads for ladies’ dresses. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He had come first, as usual, so Papa would be proud, would hug Jaja, leave his arm resting around Jajas shoulders. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Clara’s shoulders sagged, the manic excitement draining from her just a tad. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I fumble around for my keys, but it’s too late—so instead, I straighten my shoulders and lift my chin. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As we came into town I wrapped a towel around my waist and hung another from my shoulders. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I look over my shoulder at Tris and the Erudite man, who hasn’t moved. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her brown hair was cut at the shoulder, and she had a thin face with dark eyes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I put my arms around her and rest my head on her shoulders. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Curt touched Ifemelu’s shoulder gently, asked if she was okay, before going back outside. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Edna was glad to be rid of her father when he finally took himself off with his wedding garments and his bridal gifts, with his padded shoulders, his Bible reading, his “toddies” and ponderous oaths. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

His blue bag was slung over his shoulder, honest industry beamed in his eyes, a determination to proceed to Trabb’s with cheerful briskness was indicated in his gait. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

"It's okay," she says, and taps my shoulder for me to open my eyes. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She rose and with the sack over her shoulder hobbled up the hill. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step back and throw my shoulder into the wall, once, twice, three times, four times. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

One of them touched the client on the shoulder. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Long Knives were riding in wagons, sitting shoulder to shoulder. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The rest of the chain he carried looped over his shoulder. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those shoulders that bloomed in Nsukka, that grew wide and capable, have sagged in the thirty-one months that he has been here. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Stuffing the sleeping skin into her pack, she tied the caribou hide to the bottom and shouldered her load. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that point, he became aware of a hand resting lightly on his shoulder, and when he looked up, he saw a tall man standing over him. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then tottering, struggling up, with her last strength she drove her sword between crown and mantle, as the great shoulders bowed before her. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She wore her usual jeans and black button-down, with her brown curls loose around her shoulders. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There were passes through the mountains, one between the head and the shoulders, where the neck would have been, and one immediately to the south of Mount Belly. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It curled in the air before it landed on the womans shoulder. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he put a paternal arm around Rowan’s shoulder. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I had fun last night,” he said over my shoulder. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He put his fingers on my shoulder, and Sumac moved closer to my face to make room for the strong hand. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I’m at least four songs into my favorite playlist and a good hour away from finishing the piece when someone grabs my shoulder. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the cold salt water he had stiffened quickly; his right foot had frozen rigidly over his left, and his arms, locked at the shoulders, were fixed in place with the fingers curled. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Coach came by and put a hand on Luke’s shoulder, not saying a word. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Carlos punches, but his fist barely hits Snap’s shoulder. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I could see through the glass over his shoulder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I smiled as he stretched out to pat my shoulder; the age spots that dotted his hand stood out because they were so much lighter than his soil-colored complexion. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

So she scooped up the nest with the gosling inside, placed it on her flat shoulder, and marched through the forest, searching for geese. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But then he swallowed—the children could see his Adam’s apple bob in his skinny throat—and shrugged his patchy shoulders. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Seeing that I shivered, he took the short cloak that he carried and dropped it over my shoulders. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She stared at him, then, realizing they didn’t have much choice but to trust him, she shrugged her shoulders. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting cross-legged, the four of us began belting out the “Cheetah Sister” song, shimmying our shoulders and slapping hands against our knees. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Half a million of them lined up shoulder to shoulder could hide behind a human hair. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She burst into the living room, duffel bag over her shoulder, laughing and belting out one of those goofy summer-camp songs kids sing at night around the fire. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He says something I can’t hear, then puts his hand on the shoulder of the guard who has the boy pinned down. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland rocked stubbornly, his gray shawl drawn close around his shoulders. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The other two that had been following launched their attack then too, ignoring Buttercup, driving forward with all their hungry strength to Westley’s bleeding shoulder. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

However, no sooner was he stretched out than he sat bolt upright, his head and shoulders suddenly propelled into view, with somewhat the macabre-comic effect of a corpse falling out of a closet. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I can tell from his sloping shoulders and meek look that Gary's me. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He slapped his hand on the incline of Patrolman Mancuso’s shoulder blade. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rest my head on his shoulder and tell him about going to the museum and Ahnighito and all the things that had to go right for our solar system, galaxy, and universe to form. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

As he shakes his shoulder the driver moves, and Salim’s hand brushes the man’s face, knocking the man’s sunglasses from his face onto his lap. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

There was always the pat on the shoulder, the smile, the encouraging word that came my way so rarely. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m a captain,” he said, jerking his thumb over his shoulder. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I smiled and pretended my shoulder didn’t hurt. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. He’s ...” I look over my shoulder at him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A black weariness fell on Lee, a hopelessness that pressed his shoulders down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He shrugs his shoulders, tells you, Don’t worry about it, Nick. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Laying a hand on my shoulder, he asked, “What did they say, son?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa knows Amil is not going to try to read over his shoulder. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The man smiled stiffly as Mr. Whitby slapped his shoulder in the friendly American way. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When he got close enough to the wood line, he looked over his shoulder. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Justin gets up and pats me on the shoulder before brushing past me up the stairs. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Unlike yesterday, her blazing red hair is flowing and wild, falling down over her shoulders like it might bite anyone who comes too close with a comb. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He tore over the gravel shoulder to the exact spot where his humans had left him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Just as his mother feared, Havens, a broad- shouldered former wrestler with tousled brown hair and a guileless smile, wavered some his freshman year and dated several classmates. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was lean and muscular, with a regal face and black hair flowing down his shoulders. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ivy looked over to where Mom had Evan propped on her shoulder. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I barely felt Chubs’s hand on my shoulder as he brushed by. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A town has a nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shoulder checked me hard enough to make me stumble backward and almost lose my footing. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, everyone I talked to agreed that you were real nice,” Bull said, rubbing his shoulder. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shuffled near and put his head against her shoulder and his arm crept timidly around her waist. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders were droopy and her feet were turned in. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Titan had healed a bad wound on Percy’s shoulder just by touching it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

An early summer heat wave greeted me with a blast of humidity as I left the apartment building with my backpack over my shoulder and my duffel bag in hand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right,” I yelled over my shoulder. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

People tapped Rachel on the shoulder, called her name, tried to get her attention. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The shifting light catches and releases the brightness of his shirt, the grey of his hair, illuminating the disapproving glare on his face as he watches the Carousel over his daughter’s shoulder. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Someone taps my shoulder, but I ignore them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mo shrugged his shoulders and looked up at the ceiling, where a few moths were fluttering around the naked lightbulb. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She tries to touch my shoulder and I yank it away, not wanting to be comforted. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I craned my neck up, trying to see past their shoulders. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I imagined passing my armlessness on to other people, their fully grown arms shrinking and shriveling and getting sucked up into their shoulders with a terrible slurping sound after I touched them. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Cinna comes up behind me and arranges a shimmering silver wrap around my shoulders. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugged her shoulders, blowing a great cloud of cigarette smoke into the air. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Someone gives my shoulder a shake and I sit up. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But when I threw open the doors and called out her name, she looked over her shoulder, eyes wide, like she was afraid I was the one going to kill her. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A patch of blood spreads over her shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But no matter how many times I caught the stranger by his shoulder, the moment he turned around, the illusion was shattered. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She yelled over her shoulder to Nan, “This girl knows fabric!” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

His shoulder slammed into the nearest of the rocks and he felt the pain shudder through him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When Aileen and I walked by the dining hall and saw Gillian and her team stringing lights up under the portico, Aileen dropped the coat off her shoulders again and stared ahead. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Father crouched and got Black Dog over his shoulders and walked slowly up the steps. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They said some words, most of which I didn’t know, and rubbed my shoulders, and bent down to pet Beau. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

With twelve Benefits under my belt, I’ve hardly seen so much as a bare elbow there, much less bosoms and shoulders. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Your Grace takes too much on herself. You should allow your councillors to shoulder more of your burdens.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I waved her hands away, but Ashley pushed past the others and brushed my long, dark hair over my shoulder. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In the distance he looked like an old man, his shoulders stooped, but he walked with the swift space-covering gait of a young man. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She patted him once on the shoulder and recrossed the yard to the doors. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She put down a book and got out of bed with a sheet wrapped around her shoulders. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He wrapped a ratty blanket over his shoulders like an opera cape. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I think Don Old Dock is a little too obvious,” Oliver said as he looked over Jimmy L’s shoulder. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It's the way she doesn't bother to break her own fall, the way she crumples to the ground with her head and shoulders hitting the cobblestones. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

At about midnight, I felt an arm on my shoulder, jostling me awake. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked to be in his middle thirties, and he had broad shoulders and a lean face with a square jaw and a dark stubble. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I climb the tree and gather avocadoes, dropping them furtively into the bag slung over my shoulder. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sniffed and pulled the shawl tight about her shoulders. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hina wraps her arm around my shoulder and clears her throat. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I go to a good school, and have goals and vision and "a great head on my shoulders," as Mama likes to say. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My uncle stood up and hugged me, put his arm around my shoulder and said, “My good wishes are with you. So I will see you later for dinner, then.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

As we exited the room, I glanced over my shoulder. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Soberly, I tuck my arm under hers and lean on her shoulder. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They bound her hands and wrists, and one of them threw her over his shoulder as they plunged into a longboat they’d moored in the cove. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The stalks were up to Cora’s shoulders now, bending and tottering, sprouting leaves and squares that were bigger every morning. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

His hair was a hippie’s and came down past his shoulders. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But she saw him look carefully at her, at her thin gray hair, her stooped shoulders and gnarled hands, and knew that he could not comprehend yet how she had become what she now was. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She put an arm around my waist and pulled me to her, leaned her head on my shoulder, and gave me a squeeze. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was but a quarter of a body torn from the rest: unseeing, gaping head and lolling arm with shoulder and ribs to join them, impaled upon a stake, and much busied with flies. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Despite his height and the width of his shoulders, he leads with a grace that is effortless and sensual all at once. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I know Zeke’s still weird around you,” she says, slinging an arm across my shoulders. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She led the way by the Ping-Pong table and looked over her shoulder at Anthony. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

My shoulders felt tight, like they were attached to my body with strings that might snap any second. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My arms and face were dark after a summer out in the sun, but I had been careful to cover my shoulders. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Virgin’s wavering statue on the shoulders of men would lead a procession into the warm yellow church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boo perched on her shoulder and pecked her ear. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once, he came home with deep bruises about his face, his nose and mouth bloody, his rough workshirt torn at the shoulder. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel his heartbeat against my shoulder, slow and steady and strong. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in black camouflage with her Celestial bronze knife strapped to her arm and her laptop bag slung over her shoulder—ready for stabbing or surfing the Internet, whichever came first. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He looked over his right shoulder and then his left shoulder, like he was being chased. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

It was deflected to the left over her shoulder, although there was no window open and no air in the room. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu wished Curt would remove the arm he had thrown around her shoulder; they were not announcing their engagement, for goodness’ sake. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He felt a tap on his shoulder and looked up to see Father Mulrooney standing there. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Whin pressed himself against the wall and the blanket fell off his bony shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The van then rolled violently, flipping numerous times across both westbound lanes before coming to a stop, upside down, on the grassy shoulder. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Get some sleep. I’m serious,” she called back over her shoulder. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My father sent him on his way with his head still on his shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Ow!” she cried, and rubbed her right shoulder, which had arthritis. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I answered, raising my chin and my shoulders. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, she would put her head on his shoulder—after a poem about birds or something—and cry inconsolable tears. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Sixth-grade slow dance,” Margo announced, and we switched positions, her hands on my shoulders and mine on her hips, elbows locked, two feet between us. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Freak, he's looking over her shoulder at me looking over Gram's shoulder, and he gives me the thumbs-up as she carries him away. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She bumped me with her shoulder and I felt the thrill of it ripple through me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The people, rushing forward, waved and shrieked happily, knocking down tables, swarming, rollicking, seizing the four Earth Men, lifting them swiftly to their shoulders. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Gurgi saw what it was, he hunched up his shoulders, and with many fearful glances behind him, turned and crept off to a safe distance. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Michelangelo shrugged a great Italian shrug, which he performed both with his shoulders and his lips. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then reality jerked at her shoulders and thighs, the webbing of the jacket cutting viciously into her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Alfred came around the table and put his hands on Aunt Pearl's shoulders. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creature’s fingers worked faster than hummingbird wings, pinching and tossing each particle over its left shoulder. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She stared at him working, head down, with his hair flopped over his face, and remembered Deen carrying the boy on his tall shoulders, too tired to walk home from a fetch. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I imagine her hunched shoulders, her head in her hands, her brave face finally gone. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She clambers forward, scooting to look over Serenity’s shoulder. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Coach stood there a few more seconds before popping Luke on the shoulder. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I nodded my head and rubbed my sore shoulder. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The longer he waits to tell us something, anything, the more tense my muscles become, until my shoulders feel like they are made of stone instead of flesh. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

In Spanish she called through the crowd: ‘Put a towel on over your shoulders.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I place an empty Collection bag over his shoulder. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Captain Pierce was a heavy man, with round shoulders, gray hair, and pleasant eyes. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The afternoon was hot, and the new freckles across Jethro’s shoulders were nearly lost by mid-afternoon beneath the red bum that spread over them. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet when she moved her head a little to gaze at something behind his shoulder, it took a while for him to realize that she was dead. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pull myself up, so my shoulders are clear of the water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I asked over my shoulder as I ran back down the hall. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He glanced over his shoulder at the ancient tree, which was still flailing its branches threateningly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I let my head fall to her shoulder. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He sat next to Javier’s mother and wrapped an arm around her shoulder as she continued. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I looked up and saw a familiar guy and before he got covered with smoke he looked at me and I saw he had big square shoulders and nothing where his face should have been. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fight for a deep breath, watching the glow from the pool as it plays against her collarbone and her neck and her shoulders. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Anya tried to rise from her chair, but the guard placed a stern hand on her shoulder. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He pointed with his thumb over his shoulder. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I followed Drew until a ton of bricks slammed into my shoulder and I spilled onto the floor. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Mama shakes her head and puts her arm around my shoulders so she can pull me close. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She fluttered her hands by her shoulders in mock enthusiasm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Yossarian escaped, but kept looking back over his shoulder anxiously as he retreated through the street People stared at him strangely, making him more apprehensive. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He wore a general’s uniform with gold braid on his massive shoulders. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Masses of bright yellow hair tumbled to her bare shoulders in thick curls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then two of the men hoisted her up by knees and shoulders and carried her out of the room like a sack. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“She had better be put to bed soon; she looks tired: are you tired?” she asked, placing her hand on my shoulder. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He went to her and put an arm around her thin shoulders. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rest his ankle on my shoulder, lean forward, and slowly push his leg toward him. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He took his arm from around my shoulder and said, “I know what it was.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petey put her own hands on Finn’s shoulders as he helped her down. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was something vague and uncertain about the slouch of her shoulders, the uneasy plucking of her fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She pressed her swollen face against the shoulder of this man who had stood beside her through all the worst moments of her life, and she began to cry. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That reminds me,” Camel says over his shoulder, “whatever you do, don’t mention Ringling in front of Uncle Al.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The walls, dark woodwork to shoulder height, were blue-figured paper above, with a design of tiny blue flowers, wreathed and gathered and delicate. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

But her shoulder was against my arm, and the backs of our hands were touching, and although I was not looking at Margo, pressing myself against the glass felt almost like pressing myself against her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

His fingertips stroked a sleek feathered shoulder, then the sharp wooden beak, painted a bright gold. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when we swung the machetes and axes, their weight would send us flying into the bushes, where we would lie for a bit and rub our aching shoulders. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I pulled at the damp towel I’d flung over my shoulder. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He balanced a hand on the woman’s shoulder as she held the phone at arm’s length to take the picture. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Something, probably a dog, had mauled her shoulder and infection had set in. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He took die controls back, then reached up and rubbed his left shoulder. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, the pigeon appeared, flying down through the hole to land on her shoulder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He pulled his head in between his shoulders like a baby chick and remained motionless with his forehead against the trunk of the chestnut tree. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

Ron joined Bill, Fleur, and Percy, who flung an arm around Ron’s shoulders. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The people at the very back, shoved so recently to the ground, dance in desperation, pounding the backs and shoulders of the people in front of them. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Now hold on,” I said, putting my hand on Pita’s shoulder. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When my dad grabbed her by the shoulders, she looked at him like a scared bull, like he was a Committee man. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Brenda’s mom is there, her hand resting on her daughter’s shoulder. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Most likely Papa was patting her shoulder again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The slamming door had gone blam! and now we were all watching Big Rose’s wide shoulders as she stepped in backward to the community center’s study room. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Hang on,” said Ron, who had approached cautiously and was looking over Harry’s shoulder. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When a full minute had passed, the Keeper walked around and placed her hand gently on his shoulder. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Then, as Fiver stirred and muttered beside him, he pushed him gently with one forepaw and nuzzled his shoulder. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over their shoulder they had slung a canvas purse decorated with pins. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But there’s an older woman—she’s probably at least eighty—who catches my eye and lifts her hand to her shoulder in a little fist and gives me a nod. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Cowardly as ever, I shifted my hair over my right shoulder to hide my face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I shake my head and roll my eyes a little, but my hands settle onto his shoulders. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I put my hand on her shoulder, and she pulls away. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He stood there for a long moment in silence, and to her astonishment he had never looked more like an ordinary man — with his head bowed and his shoulders slumped, he seemed almost weary. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chess jumped, knocking his shoulder against the scarred wooden door. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” she says, moving her shoulders now like she’s trying really hard to get them to fit. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most look young and all are thin and dark-skinned, like the peasant workers at our uncle’s farm, with greasy long hair flowing past their shoulders. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered what they thought of Sumac, riding as always on my shoulder, but no one questioned his presence. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She raised her eyebrows and her shoulders, embarrassed. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Look over your shoulder all the time, first to the right, then to the left. Don’t stop for anything. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her bun had fallen out and a long gray braid trailed down one shoulder. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By December he had returned to his parents’ house in Alipore, carried through the courtyard and up the red clay stairs like a corpse, hoisted on the shoulders of his four brothers. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she threw her shoulder against him and hooked her right leg around his, applying force, but not enough to make his knee buckle. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He's got a blue swordfish tattooed on one shoulder. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She felt the driver’s fingers fumbling for a grip at her shoulder. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She smiled and reached over, affectionately touching his shoulder. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dear James,” said the Old-Green-Grasshopper, laying a front leg affectionately on James’s shoulder, “I don’t know what we'd do without you. You are so clever. Ladies and gentlemen—we are saved again!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

And my sister, Maisie, ever present, an angel on my shoulder. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Madame coquetted with him in the most captivating and naive manner, with eyes, gestures, and a profusion of compliments, till the Colonel’s old head felt thirty years younger on his padded shoulders. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peck’s homie swings at Mateo and is about to rock his head off his shoulders, but he pulls back at the last second, like he recognizes him—I don’t know, but Mateo finally steps back. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She looks over my shoulder, watches me sew for a bit. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But he bent his knees, pulled the ball to his shoulder, and shot. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She lays a rag and then several pieces of wood atop his right shoulder. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Once we were outside and I locked up and we were heading down the sidewalk, I threw my arm over his shoulder. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Zero's head knocked against the back of his shoulder as he fell and tumbled into a small muddy gully. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

His hands trembled as he tied the bag closed, but they were gentle when he put them on Mas shoulders. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Friendlily, because he felt well-disposed toward the world—his setting had been at D—he patted her bare, pale shoulder. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now he made an effort to rest his head on my shoulder, but I would not permit it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I imagined Maribel getting off the bus, standing in the middle of the parking lot, her backpack hitched high on her thin shoulders, confused because I wasn’t there. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Her head still resting on Bridge’s shoulder, Tab reached up and felt for Bridge’s cat ears. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He rested his head on her shoulder and quietly sat with her for a few minutes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He is very imposing, my father, with broad shoulders and unusually large hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Oh yes! And I could do shoulder stands and twirl around like a ballerina and stand tall at the very top of the pyramid of all the cheerleaders.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I think I startled them, because my mom flinched a little when she lifted her head off my dad’s shoulder. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They shouldered through the storm in opposite directions and eyed each other warily as they passed, but no swords were drawn. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I kept her company and kept watch for her as she tried to rub a twitch out of my shoulder. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their deep brown skin glimmered beneath what at first I thought were black shawls draped over their shoulders. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Briony leaned over Jackson to touch Pierrot’s shoulder, all the while keeping her eyes on Robbie. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

One lunged at Ser Hosteen with a dagger, but the big knight pivoted and took his arm off at the shoulder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She nods into my shoulder, clinging to me in a most un-Helene-like way. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She pushes her shoulders back and gives me a stony look. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His arm is wrapped around my mom’s shoulder and he seems to be pulling her closer. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Just then, Death came up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. ‘Excuse me,’ he mM, “but I have come for you.’ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their hind legs were stretched out in front and raised to shoulder level, their arms resting on their knees. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

With a quirk of his eyebrows, he bends and wraps an arm around my legs, throwing me over his shoulder. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It still wasn’t far enough; his hand dropped between us, but I felt the warmth of his upturned palm brush my shoulder as if it had actually rested there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Salva shouldered his way through the crowd until he was standing in front of the list. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby’s face softened as he put his arm around his wife’s shoulders and gave her what seemed to be a reassuring hug. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily tapped him on the shoulder, and Matthew spun, surprisingly plucking the right chord for once. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He shrugged his shoulders and looked at Elinor, his face unreadable. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then, we both rested our heads on her shoulders, like a sideways hug, which made her cry even harder. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

We sat shoulder to shoulder along the walls, ate crackers, bread with dates, apples. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She put a hand on his shoulder, her fingers digging into the muscle that lay beneath. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“That whole street was full of people,” Mark said as he and his friend walked back to the cargo room.They both carried a fully charged Transvice and had backpacks strapped to their shoulders. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The injured man put his arms around their shoulders and lowered himself into the basket they had made with their arms. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, a silhouette was blocked in it: a head and shoulders, glossed pale gold. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He would lean with Cletus over a glass case in the museum, and his arm would lie softly about Cletus’s shoulders as they read the words off an old yellowed newspaper. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced back over my shoulder to Liam, who stood behind me, leaning against what used to be a TV dinner freezer. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I look over my shoulder at the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A Waterland backpack was slung over her shoulder, obviously stuffed with more goodies. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I yelp and my backpack falls off my shoulders. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Marco set his teeth to the strap at my shoulder and tore my sheath to the waist. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Like my name?” she said, her head resting on his shoulder. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I rub her shoulder, and she gives me the saddest smile. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z