| 单词 | slender |
| 例句 | Abuela was tall and slender, and my mom was much shorter and had powerful hands and a strong build. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He was young, slender and shining with blond curly hair and deep blue eyes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The slender bars crumpled and the door sprang open. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There was also, poignantly now, a slender, hardbound history of Centralia, prepared to mark the town’s centenary just before the outbreak of the fire. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It filled the space between a pair of party towers, a squat teapot between two slender glasses of champagne. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Overhead, slender tubes of light beamed down on the display cases. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Shoulders, neck, arms, hands, face, were unaffected, slender and girlish. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “If any of you survive, make sure I have an open casket,” Jesper said as he hefted two slender coils of rope over his shoulder and signaled for Wylan to follow him across the roof. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She opened it to find a slender, short man who came barely to her shoulder. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The man reached down into the canoe and pulled up a handful of long, slender hazel sticks. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z One of Sally’s cousins was a good-looking, slender, dark-haired boy named Appy, who later turned out to look like a movie idol and aroused more admiration than the short, comical, chubby Sally. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I remember telling her no, there would be a kid or two or three to keep us slender, jumping forever. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Kainene was peeling an orange with a knife, and the slender peel dropped into a plate on the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I felt for her pulse in the hollow of her slender throat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Among them was a striking Negro man, tall, slender, elegantly dressed—the “Valentino” type. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The slender blade seemed very small and the dragons very big, yet somehow Arya felt better with steel in her hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Out of the shadows a ladder was let down: it was made of rope, silver-grey and glimmering in the dark, and though it looked slender it proved strong enough to bear many men. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She was small, slender, yet less angular, more rounded than the others. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Their little waists rose up tight and slender in the middle, and their cheeks were red and their eyes bright, under the wings of shining, sleek hair. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Incredible what slender threads you begin to hang your hopes on. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z In the midst of them, thin-stalked, a taller, slenderer fungus, the Charing-T Tower lifted towards the sky a disk of shining concrete. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The long bottles Sisi brought looked as though they contained an elegant liquid, the way they tapered like a slender, shapely woman. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Makhanda, who was tall and slender, marched in a soldierly manner and then gave a crisp, graceful salute. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon it rested a slender crystal glass filled with a thick blue liquid: shade of the evening, the wine of warlocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was still lovely, his skin so smooth and of a rich olive color, his hands long and slender like those of angels in illustrations, holding their choir books. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z His lips parted, bluish, revealing a row of long, slender, amazingly animal-like teeth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Nest, eggs, and hens were all one package, wrapped in a vivid, slender twine of brilliant green. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw a slender girl with silvery hair wrapped in a tokar, he might have told them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He saw her slender, smooth white neck and her intelligent eyes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z "Look at that," a slender man near me said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Her skin was white and pink, her eyes small, her nose and chin slender and sharp. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Lydia is tall and slender like her daughter, with straight iron-colored hair cut youthfully to frame her face. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His tense posture would have suited a short stubby man who wanted to appear taller, but he himself was almost six feet tall and slender. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But she was beautiful, slender, with an air that made him feel that she did not hate him with the hate of other white people. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The metal flexed and bowed under his slender weight as he wedged the toes of his sneakers into the diamond shaped gaps. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Fox wiped her slender fingers on her apron and let down her curly red hair. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z After which the sight of her bare blue ankles and slender calves struck him with a deep allure, so that he blushed and looked away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She was slender and had short brown hair, large, droopy brown eyes, a small mouth, and thin lips. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She was in soft green wool herself, simply cut, the fabric clinging to the slender lines of her body. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A slender, naked executioner with dark nipples and deep dimples when she smiled. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Pulling on her powerful wings, Frightful sped to the top of the tallest pine and alighted on a slender twig. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Her mother’s slender bare feet were within Naomi’s reach, and she longed to touch them, massage them as she had on the mornings after her mother had danced late into the night. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A slender, shining silver thread stretched across the ravine, and the moment she touched it, it triggered something deep in the large cave. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Kate was haggard and her slender body had shrunk to bones. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Jesper dropped his hands, and a slender needle fell to the floor with a musical ping. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z On all sides he could see only the dark, slender silhouettes of trees, as if he were in a vast cage. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z He was a slender man in his late thirties, with sandy-colored hair and glasses, dressed that day in jeans and a windbreaker. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran his slender fingers through his long raven black hair, which he usually wore in a ponytail. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She took his hand in her slender fingers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Moody, gliding to a stop across the street, saw a slender girl in a long, crinkly skirt and a loose T-shirt with a message he couldn’t quite read. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Her secret is good sex,” Grace said seriously, a Korean-American woman who taught African-American studies, tiny and slender, always in stylishly loose-fitting clothes, so that she seemed to float in a swish of silks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He was a handsome little boy, with a slender nose, brown hair, and dark, slightly sunken eyes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Mary watched Serafina Pekkala with a mixture of wariness and admiration: she had never seen a human form so slender and graceful. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Two men, one short and dark, and the other slender and light-skinned, emerge. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z On the backstretch, a slender, jagged avenue through a cluster of horses opened before him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, on the Black Tiger monitor, the end credits had begun to scroll over an image of the game’s barbarian hero sitting on a throne with a slender princess at his side. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Their shadows that day were unnaturally slender and long, leaning in toward each other, the late afternoon sun at their backs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They stormed across the rooftop in long, shadowy strides, slender arms dangling at their sides. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He was a handsome youth of eighteen, grey-eyed and graceful and slender as a knife. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I need to find more wood to build a fire,” she said, raising her eyes to the slender man’s blue ones. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And the tree of evil looked taller and more familiar to Unferth than the slender green tree of good. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked for the euphonium player and saw a slender black man with his face turned toward the sun, singing through the upturned bells of the horn. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, they end with a slender line of words that run along my left collarbone, a mantra Dad used to repeat to me, a mantra I recite to myself whenever things get too grim. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Kelly was a slender white woman in her mid-thirties who walked into the room wearing no restraints or handcuffs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There in the stands, Charles Howard first set eyes on her dark, wavy hair, straight, slender eyebrows, easy smile. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A narrow weirwood door stood between two slender marble pillars, a crescent moon carved in the white wood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He felt a slender vein of heat, running from the ankle to the knee. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The second guard, a slender, frail-looking young man, was deathly pale. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There is always the slenderest remorse after any fanfare. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She rose and tentatively picked up one of the slender, pliable saplings from the pile. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The second, also dark, probably Spanish, was as erect and slender as the blade of steel that was attached to his side. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A slender, tall woman with a wispy gray ponytail emerges from backstage. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She salutes Grandfather, slender and shining in her ceremonials, her black cloak fluttering lightly. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The child was younger than Rufus—dark and slender and small. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z According to the pictures she’s muscular, with big thighs, but the doll is a slender stick. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Cora’s assailant was boyish and slender, perhaps the son of one of the other hunters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We stood blinking for a moment, staring out through the dust at a hundred dark villagers, slender and silent, swaying faintly like trees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After soaking and peeling it, they arranged the long white roots into upright sprays in enamel tubs and passed single file through the village like immense lilies on slender, moving stalks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The lamp-light, bright on his boots and dull on the autumn-leaf yellow of her hair, glinted along the paper as she turned a page with a flutter of slender muscles in her arms. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Can’t you make my hair a little darker, Pilar? My waist a little more slender? POT Dios, I look like an old woman!” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A border of ermine lined the neck and provided slender sleeves that only covered her shoulders. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The light was dim deeper into the shrubbery, and Robbie’s slender form blended so well with the curling vines and branches it took Sierra a few seconds of squinting to find him. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Neat, slender and erect, the woman touched him often as she sat by his bedside and was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Its long, slender legs were stuck out at odd angles where it had fallen and its mane was spread pearly-white on the dark leaves. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Tendai noticed, out of the corner of his eye, that one was burly like a prizefighter while the other was slender and somehow unpleasant. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He looked at her profile, the slender nose, the slightly masculine set of her jaw. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She was about thirty-five, slender and well proportioned. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Phillip was slender and elegant, his red silk shirt open at the neck. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that she was a bit less slender than usual; the being different was something that did not have to do with the way she looked. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They stood up, and one of them uncovered a small lamp that gave out a slender silver beam. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Arthur Smith, once a slender man, now was slender still except for the beach ball he sported under his shirt. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The slender circlet around his brows seemed to suit him well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They were custom made and there beside the cheap tan brogues of the farmer they had the elegantly slender well-bred appearance of fine gloves. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Kneeling, she untied the little boat, tossing the slender rope onto the seat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He was as tall as I, and slender, with a clear, open, and beautiful face. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Here,” he said and handed Jesper a slender book with an elaborate cover. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z An officer stood in front of them, a slender man with a blue cap that somehow looked both rakish- and sloppy on his head. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Stretching his slender body with each bound, he ran past my hiding place as if he had urgent matters to attend to. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The wall behind the principal’s desk was covered with photographs of a tall slender man with fluid, long muscles and sandy hair frozen into graceful poses while participating in a variety of sports. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In a way, he realizes, it’s true — they share the same coloring, the straight eyebrows, the long, slender bodies, the high cheekbones and dark hair. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Among the reeds at the edge there was a tall, slender bird like a heron, standing perfectly still on one leg. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They looked like something from the future, slender silver ropes flung over the broad water, beautiful and strong. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z As if she’d conjured it from her thoughts, another slender gray creature, slimy and covered in what looked like sticky, prickly fur, blocked their path forward. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Both the girls were very slender and they had apparently squeezed through without much trouble, but the boy was causing a problem. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu had not really looked at her and now he noticed that her slender, dark arms and face were shiny-wet, as if she had bathed in groundnut oil. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then a hand grabbed her left arm and another seized her right and she was soaring between two fairies—a slender albino with black eyes and a blue, furry fairy. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Looking closer, Taran saw not all were dwarfs; some were tall, slender, with white robes; others were covered with glistening scales, like fish; still others fluttered large, delicate wings. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He stroked her transparent hands, her slender fingers, the shells of her ears, and ran his hands over her neck, listening to the imperceptible sound of the life inside her veins. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They manage the deep snows so effortlessly on those slender hooves. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A hand flashed out, reaching for the handle—Cate’s pale, slender fingers, outstretched—only to pull away at its molten hot touch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The slender raptor skittered across the trike’s rump with surprising agility, sending both reeling into a sharp turn. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Ash woke in the middle of the night from a dream of horses — tall, thundering white horses with foaming mouths and slender, wraithlike riders. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I left for college, Otto was a full-on adult bonobo, slender and elegant, with a part right along the center of his head, wiry hair flopping on either side. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z A pair of slender young men in stained smithy aprons passed, their shirts open at the collars. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He was dark like Ellen and more slender and wiry than Bill. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z As the professor turned the wheel, they saw a slender black hand, like a minute hand, detach itself from the complicated background and move around the dial with a series of clicks. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z How immense a figure she was on the stage before him; what a shadow she threw on the wall with her slender body! Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He was tall and slender, bearded, wearing an open-collared shirt and a modest gray coat with missing buttons. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Magdalys wanted to ask her who on earth she was, this strange, slender girl who seemed to know everything from battle tactics to acrobatics, but she restrained herself. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When I was a boy the white summer sun of Sacramento would darken me so, my T-shirt would seem bleached against my slender dark arms. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The fingers were short and slender, the nails delicate. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She returned several minutes later with a slender young man whom Ash recognized as part of the household staff. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Peeling off the inner bark, I braid it into a tough but slender rope. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Both Reeds were slight of build, slender as swords and scarcely taller than Bran himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So I watched her hands in her lap: slender and beautiful, with bright pink nail polish, her fingers twisting in a way I’d never seen them do before. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z By now Gogol is just shy of six feet tall, his body slender, his thick brown-black hair slightly in need of a cut. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He was slender and small, which was perhaps why it was easy to mistake his footprints for Minli’s. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The sister, Catherine, was a slender, worldly girl of about thirty with a solid sticky bob of red hair and a complexion powdered milky white. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Ten years previously, Bobby’s slender volume Bobby Fischer’s Games of Chess was seen as a revealing glimpse into the teenager’s mind, but it was criticized for its sparse annotations. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The outer door could only be reached by a slender bridge of stone, without kerb or rail, that spanned the chasm with one curving spring of fifty feet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A slender man all in black pushed his way between the Redwyne twins. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He looked out the window and saw a slender little girl hanging up the wash on a wire. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside each of them stood a man—some tall and slender, some burly, some average, all of them surrounded by at least three vigilant guards. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But overall, I like how I look, although I wouldn’t mind if my calves were a little more slender and my belly a little flatter. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama was slender and didn’t look at all like going on thirty-three. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A slender figure darted from behind a set of crates, her long black hair tied back. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z By five-thirty the entire house sparkled, with scented candles that Twinkle had picked up in Hartford illuminating the items on the mantel, and slender stalks of burning incense planted into the soil of potted plants. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Gabe knotted the rope around the slender trunk of a nearby sapling and glanced back at the small, leaky failure of a boat that he had been so proud of a short time before. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Harry dashed out the front door to hand down two women from the buggy, one stout and one slender. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Inside there were tapestries on the walls, a suit of armor with French script over the visor, and, in black leotards, Clementine’s slender mother. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His head was very large and well-shaped, but his neck was soft and slender as a boy’s. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A slender stream twisted back and forth in its broad bed of gray sand, and the water was not milky with silt but clear and pleasant. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was built of a light stone that shone almost like snow in the glare of the moon, a vast spreading complex of walls and roofs and buttresses, all surrounding the slender spire. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z And he saw a tall and slender lad, who was neither his father nor his mother, except that he had his mother’s gravity and silence. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She's got narrow shoulders and slender arms with delicate wrists, graceful hands with long, thin fingers. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They elongate on the pale slender stalks of their longing, like sunflowers with heavy heads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He is about to turn back down the staircase when one of the doors opens and a girl emerges, a pretty, slender girl wearing a but- toned-up polka-dotted thrift store dress and scuffed Doc Martens. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Already it had put forth young leaves long and shapely, dark above and silver beneath, and upon its slender crown it bore one small cluster of flowers whose white petals shone like the sunlit snow. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When it was nearly four o’clock, a slender boy in blue jeans from the Southwest team sauntered over to Kyle, Akimi, Sierra, and Miguel, who were slumped in beanbag chairs resembling dinosaur eggs. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z A slender, courtly man, with a pencil mustache, he took a genuine interest in my welfare and future, preaching the value and importance of education — for me individually and for Africans in general. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She rebounded forward, falling to her knees, panting, still clutching her shoulder, black feathers protruding between her slender fingers. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Colonel Cathcart winced at the words “black eye” and, without any apparent premeditation, hurled his slender onyx-and- ivory cigarette holder down viciously on the wooden surface on his desk. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The feet were extraordinarily small, the ankles were still slender, and, perhaps most remarkable, the calves were still firm and evidently never had been knotty. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Then one of his hands touched the back of her neck, traced the slender chain there, down to the cold, hard metal of the pendant. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z By the end of the first article, the machine had created dozens of slender metal blocks, some scarcely wider than the edge of a silver dollar, arranged into squares. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He smiled as I hugged him close and smelled his familiar smell and saw how he had grown taller than me, and quiet and slender and strong. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She is tall and slender, with just a few wrinkles in her face and not one in her clothes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Close to the shop door was a tiny African holding a slender gray horse by the bridle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When I think upon their excellence of parts, their facility in the vaguaries of our Anglo-Saxon cant, I am ashamed at the pride with which my masters regarded my own slender accomplishments. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I turned back now to watch her walking behind me, red printed fabric over her nose and mouth, a rifle slung on her slender back with a sling crafted from repurposed seatbelts. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She is about 28 years of age, of rather a light complexion, has high cheek bones, is slender in her person, and very neat in her appearance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She was slender but had a surprisingly powerful grip when she grabbed your arm to force your attention. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Examining the long, slender body, Leale is disturbed to feel that Lincoln’s feet are now icy to the touch. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I had no response, offered no comment, betrayed no visible reaction to the steady stream of honey-filled lozenges, the raspberry truffles, the slender rolls of sour pastilles. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She settled down on the mossy surface, and as dusk fell she saw a doe and two fawns emerge from the underbrush on legs as slender as reeds. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally gazed down at the familiar skyline, the slender trails of fireworks silhouetting the party towers and mansions. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Outside, the leaves were falling from grand old trees, people with scarf-bundled necks hurried along the sidewalk holding paper cups, the women, particularly the Asian women, pretty in slender skirts and high-heeled boots. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Aru looked down to see a slender fish spine stuck to her shoe. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z With their long horns and slender bodies, cows in this part of the world look very different from the dairy cows many people in North America and Europe are used to seeing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z My boy grew into a man, my girl into her long, slender body like the blossoming mimosa at the end of the drive. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I know when I find it, crowning the top of a slender bush. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She was in her twenties, of slender build, and her hair stuck up wildly. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She felt the slender, smooth stone in her left hand, which she had been about to try to skip as far as she could. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z A loose, raggedy shirt hung from his slender shoulders, and white cloth wrapped around his chest beneath it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She could fly, birdlike, from tree to tree, catching on to the slenderest branches. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They say, Be slim and slender, as fast as a greyhound, as tough as leather, as hard as Krupp steel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He even crossed the slender stone bridge that arched over the abyss and discovered more passages and chambers on the far side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In Baba’s bus, I counted the miles until I’d see her sitting barefoot, arranging cardboard boxes of yellowed encyclopedias, her heels white against the asphalt, silver bracelets jingling around her slender wrists. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z At that moment a slender man with heavy gray eyebrows came out of Sillington House, holding his knuckles to his hips as he looked over the scene. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Every night, she felt the link between them thickening, ripening: at first a slender shoot, and then a vine that curled around them, strengthening each day. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Wylan reached into the satchel at his feet and pulled out a slender roll of butcher’s paper followed by a metal case that held an expensive-looking pen and ink set. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I could tell by her slender arms in her sleeveless shift and her wrist full of bangles. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He watched Amala carefully; she did not look pregnant, still slender and flat-bellied, and he hoped that the medicine had not worked after all. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A pale, slender clerk at the register looks up, then looks away in a blink. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He was slender, with two long braids that were dark brown, not black like coal, like the hair of the other Lakota boys. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z A slender spirit with a thick mustache waves us over to his table. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z They saw Lazlo and what he held in his arms—the slender, slack limbs, the wicking flowers of blood, the cinnamon spill of hair, and the truth that it betrayed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Nathan resented my attractiveness, as if slender hips and large blue eyes were things I’d selected intentionally to draw attention to myself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was perhaps fourteen years old, dark like her brother, but very slight and slender. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Under the glare of floodlights, no doubt powered by the generator that was thudding just outside the door, half a dozen men were working on a long, slender boat. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A loose flagstone was lifted, pushed aside, and a slender shadow emerged as if from the ground itself. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Lane put his fingers—which were slender and long, and usually not far out of sight—around the stem of his glass. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Kaz made quick work of the lock, and soon they were in a slender passage that would lead them to the gardens that backed the barracks of the royal guard. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They hang from the slender branches, they bounce through the limbs, they seem to come from the whole forest. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A white Communist, a leader of the district of the Communist party, Cy Perry, a slender, close-cropped fellow, stood glaring at me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He was at least six feet in height, with broad shoulders and slender hips. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He wagged his tail furiously and took Silver’s slender nose in his mouth. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A group of satyrs were playing tag with several slender maidens wearing flowers in their hair. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They were long and slender and made from pale wax. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She was very tall for a woman, slender and graceful, and moved slowly down the gangplank with the stately self-consciousness which happened to be the fashionable gait for a lady at the moment. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At fifty-one she was still slender and pretty, with curly black hair, dark eyes, a large nose, a sparkling smile, and a bowlegged walk you could see a mile off. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the house, against a sheltered wall to the south, a single stalk of green thrust upwards, with slender rapierlike leaves and one huge scarlet blossom. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Gale always says I remind him of a squirrel the way I can scurry up even the slenderest limb. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Of the two men, only one recognized the sexual excitement that rose like a tide in the slender girl who hovered around the table long after lunch had been cleared away. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just long,” she echoed with a rueful smile, laying one hand to her slender neck and rolling her head from side to side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But when we go bathing and strip, suddenly we have slender legs again and slight shoulders. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She had found a slender hazel branch and stripped it clean. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was long and slender, and small enough to fit into my pocket. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “I was met at the door by a woman of about seventy, slender and with a face full of dignity,” he remembers. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z If the left branch is slender enough, it is generally understandable, albeit top-heavy, with all those words to parse before one arrives at the payoff. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Percy was more slender, about an inch shorter, with slightly longer, much darker hair. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She reached deep into her pocket and brought out a long, slender piece of metal, glittering all along one edge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There were seven tiers to it, each one a little smaller than the one below, and it ended in a slender spire. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Brave Orchid rubbed the slender hands, blew on the fingers, tried to stoke up the flicker- ings. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Cersei turned away from the window, her skirts swirling around her slender hips. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She aimed a finger at his torn sleeve, the slender scab beneath. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There was a slender respect in the man’s eyes now. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And the tall, slender Children's Tower, where legend said the children of the forest had once called upon their nameless gods to send the hammer of the waters, had lost half its crown. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There were her mother’s slender arms, which looked so fragile and birdlike, as if they might snap under too great a weight, but which could carry more than any woman Pearl had ever seen. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When this slender bridge had been made, the Company passed over, some cautiously and slowly, others more easily. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The passenger door opened and a slender figure emerged, leaving the door ajar: Mia’s teenage daughter, Pearl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She is a lovely girl with a delicate nose, red lips, and slender legs, wonderfully clean and well cared for, she certainly baths twice a day and never has any dirt under her nails. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl was pretty, small and slender, about eleven or twelve years old. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Kelsey had slender fingers; they would be perfect for advertising rings. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The sun browned his slender shoulders on the river bank, while bathing at the holy ablutions, at the holy sacrifices. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z It was really very strange that a woman as beautiful and slender and willowy and graceful, a creature as perfectly packaged, as supremely dressed as the Countess should be hung up on teeth that way. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They can’t follow when the chimps cross a narrow, steep-sided valley by swinging from tree to tree, or when they climb the slender vines that often hang down a sheer cliff face. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Camouflaged from the view of the guards in their towers, he’d crossed the slender path to the island to meet his brothers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was no telling what was being made behind those high filthy windows, or why yellow and black smoke poured from a single slender aluminum stack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Basta grabbed Tinker Bell's slender legs and dangled her up in the air. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She looked at the girl, at her blond curls, her slender neck and green eyes, her high cheekbones and plump lips. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The priest stood atop a red stone pillar, joined by a slender stone bridge to a lofty terrace where the lesser priests and acolytes stood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The altar was adorned with thick, fragrant clusters of flowers illuminated by the slender white stemmed candles that burned from six candelabra. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z From the slender wrists of these girls, tiny silver charms were chiming together. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Bowing, the man left the room, only to return a few moments later, bearing a long knife with-a slender saw-tooth blade, a basin of water, a pile of soft cloths, and several flasks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tall and slender and extremely confident, K.D. was a third-year student and he took me under his wing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The branch was too slender, and he didn’t have the sense to pull them in with the string. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For the marsh itself was both a sanctuary and a tomb, its slender grasses rich in both food and safety, in both food and danger. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He is barely more than a silhouette, slender and elegant, wearing a fedora that shadows his face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And then I found myself atop a slender wedge of ice, adorned with a discarded oxygen cylinder and a battered aluminum survey pole, with nowhere higher to climb. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He sets down his chalk, presses his slender fingertips together, five to five, and asks the boys to assemble the circuit with the parts in their kits. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She’s a tall, slender woman with light hair and dark roots, and she always makes me feel welcome. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Its three spindly fingers became five slender ones with jeweled rings on each. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It's more than the trendy bun, slender body, slightly Cockney accent, and clunky earrings. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Its face was much too large for her slender wrist “You were at choir practice,” she said matter-of-factly. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The sound of the violin stands like a slender girl above it and is clear and alone. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl bowed as she extended the slender arrow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her fingers, fair and slender, were laden with jewelled rings, any one of which would have fed us for a year. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Around her slender neck hung a rope of diamonds and emeralds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He went out and saw a slender figure further down the corridor. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I noticed the tall, slender, good-looking young man. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The gloves were unlined, with the slenderest slashes hidden in the fingertips. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A similarity in their pert features and slender arching eyebrows indicated that they were probably brother and sister. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z All the contingencies we couldn’t anticipate are running through my head as I think of how slender the plan is that we’ve rested all our hopes on. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I’m wearing long black sleeves inside a striped black vest, slender black pants tucked into boots, and a long black robe that wraps around my shoulders and covers me like a blanket. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She’s the only female student at Blackcliff; in the black, close-fitting fatigues all students wear, her strong, slender form has always drawn admiring glances. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And there she stayed, for the creek was so slender and the currents so tricky and the oyster beds so perilous that no salvage captains would risk their own vessels to retrieve the Moily Bell. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened the door and a slender, blond, typical thirteen-year-old American boy dressed in a plaid woolen shirt, corduroy trousers, and black-and-white sneakers, said simply: “I’m Bobby Fischer.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was a very slender six foot two with a bushy mustache and a neatly shaped afro. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They are little yellow lilies on long slender stems with oval leaves dappled with gray. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She has a slender face, pleasingly feline features, spare, straight brows. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They grew and grew, twisting and turning toward me, and too late I realized they were slender branches, thin itchy switches with barbed hooks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Here was Garnett dressed beautifully, new gray uniform, slender, trim, riding that great black mare with the smoky nose. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Gold around her slender brown throat, gold on her fingers. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z A slender sapling followed his fingers, unfurling its tender buds and shoots up. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z They were slender, with long, graceful fingers; vermilion-colored nails; and lots of rings. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It was the only chance, the only slender hope left to them, and he was going to cling to it until forced to let go. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Toby had mostly ironed out the last of his nerves when a slender shadow appeared across the top of the bag he was unzipping. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Silverstein is a slender, short man in his late forties, with a mustache and glasses, and he has an alert, quick gaze. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He passed the town’s Rathaus with its tall clock tower, slender side towers, and Gothic arches. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One tray is filled with bundles of slender gray-brown sticks. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She was tall and slender and always wore black dresses that matched the color of her straight, long hair. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The peacocks slender neck moved this way and that, and then, as though it had heard her, it cawed, its beak parted wide, the sounds pouring out of its throat. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His face was swollen and his head look liked a pumpkin, too large and heavy for the slender stem it grew from. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Though a wife and mother, Gilly still seemed half a child to him, a slender little thing wrapped up in one of Sam’s old cloaks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Quinn lit a slender cigarette with a lighter of tasteful simplicity and his big-boned face settled into an expression of quiet amusement. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z When our car stopped, a tall slender man with a stern expression on his face came directly over to the window on the passenger side. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Christian Brothers looked like a bottle of wine: it had a long, slender spout and a simple off-white label. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Even on generous scholarships, the transportation was too much for our slender resources. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your heart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At the bottom were Gray’s Anatomy and a collected Shakespeare, and above them, on slenderer spines, names in faded silver and gold—she saw Housman and Crabbe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then slowly on the surface, where the wizard’s hands had passed, faint lines appeared, like slender veins of silver running in the stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Big only because the rest of her was so slender. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She had diaphanous eyelids and very slender toes with rings on them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Lee took a pipe from his pocket, a long slender ebony stem with a little cuplike brass bowl. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I add thirteen tiny freckles to a new, slenderer nose. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It dug its slender claws into his sleeve while inspecting Meggie with its gleaming beady black eyes, and when it yawned it bared teeth as sharp as needles. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She had a slender, athletic build, and she displayed quick motions, flickery gestures, with her arms and hands. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there came a brown-haired girl slender as a spear who stood on the tips of her toes to kiss the lips of a young knight as tall as Hodor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The women are always slender and smooth and beautiful, no bulges on their stomachs, no jiggly fat on their thighs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her skin was dark and smooth, and she had the most perfectly curved slender legs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z They were all slender, frail creatures with wondering eyes and soft fluttery voices. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the glass I saw him gazing at the long ash of his cigar, holding it delicately in his slender, manicured fingers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A slender speck came from the valley and glided above the stream. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, in the distance we can see Boston, where slender homes float above the glass towers. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Rab had gone into one of the many stalls and backed out a tall, slender horse, so pale he was almost white, but flecked all over with tiny brown marks. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The hobbits sat down gladly in low rush-seated chairs, while Goldberry busied herself about the table; and their eyes followed her, for the slender grace of her movement filled them with quiet delight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z This is why I keep writing war stories: He was a short, slender young man of about twenty. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The chaplain’s wife was a sweet, soothing, considerate woman, and he yearned to touch the warm flesh of her slender arm again and stroke her smooth black hair, to hear her intimate, comforting voice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Thanks to auxiliary fuel tanks and slender, ultraefficient Davis wings, it could fly literally all day, a decisive asset in the sprawling World War II theaters. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Her slender body was no match for mine. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He had felt very fortunate to have found a slender young cedar that broadened at its base: just the right potential for his plan. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He counted out four slender stacks of and handed one over to Jesper. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her face was slender and milk-white, and in it was a kind of gentle hunger that touched over everything with tireless curiosity. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat there smoking a slender length of dried grapevine as if it were some rare cheroot. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They’re dark brown, slender, and have thick eyebrows and long eyelashes that almost look feminine. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z There was a lion, a tiger, a sleek black panther, and a slender, spotted cheetah. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The man’s black gloves were of a thin, silky fabric and molded to fit his slender fingers. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She could tell by the massiveness of their antlers that they were males, for those of the females are more slender and shorter. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I took up the narrow, slender pen, with the bright pointed nib. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I happen to have a short but slender thumb, and that proves I’m really compatible with a short, slender man with “average” endowments. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Presently the gate clicked open, and there appeared a short, slender white woman with silver hair and slightly drooping shoulders. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A weaving motion in the sky made him turn his eyes upward; he saw a slender streak of billowing white blooming against the deep blue. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Tall slender grasses whisper and rasp as we turn off the road to push through them. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a resemblance, maybe, but where Linda had always been very slender and fragile-looking, almost skinny, the body in that casket was fat and swollen. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was odd to be riding in the pickup, the dark road ahead, a slender moon above, holding hands, as if they were young lovers again, discussing wedding plans. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were slender and brown and very strong. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Around his throat he fastened a slender gold chain, around his waist a belt of bleached white leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With a sharp knife, she cut the roll into paper-thin strips, unwound the strips and hung them on a rack made of slender dowel sticks, which stood before the kitchen stove. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She raised her voice so it carried down the length of High Hall of the Eyrie, ringing off the milk- white walls and the slender pillars, so every man could hear it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The slender foundation built by my parents began to shake. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They brought the scent of the Sahara and Christmas, and yanked the slender, ovate leaves down from the frangipani and the needlelike leaves from the whistling pines, covering everything in a film of brown. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Celia had been a tall woman, a head taller than most men, with a full bosom and slender, muscled legs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The computer we have now is sleek and bright, its keys slender and whispery. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The woman’s hands were firm and smooth, long and slender, with broad gold bangles on her wrists. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He poked a finger through the slender bars, trying to touch the orange-gold feathers. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Kendra tried to steady her, disgusted by the feel of slender bones moving beneath her hands. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The slender branches went up about twenty feet and were heavy, drooping with clusters of bright red berries. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Today’s bartender is a slender woman with eyes a little too small for her face. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Her hips were slender, but her legs and feet had thickened so that a bulge hung over her low shoes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A long, curved sauropod neck cut a slender silhouette against the dark blue sky between them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It was perfect, long and slender, with a good tight lid. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And then a new thought came to me like a slender stream of hope, filling me with a new understanding. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She divided it into long, slender strips, then into small squares, smaller and smaller, as small as sugar cubes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He found Sefia exactly where she’d been the last time he looked: bent over the book, her bare shoulders slender and dark with sun. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Lollys clutched at her maid, a slender, pretty girl with short dark hair who looked as though she wanted nothing so much as to shove her mistress into the dry moat, onto those iron spikes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She had not called him; she would wait until she was back to her slender self. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Her slender fingers brushed her cheek, where the pale smooth skin was already reddening. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Another fanfare sounded and a slender, blond young man dressed in white and holding aloft a torch appeared at the eastern gate of the stadium. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The fourth hand was longer and more slender, and seemed to be made of a duller metal than the other three. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I walk into the Braddock bar with fifty slender sticks up my sleeve. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tears, like slender icicles, were frozen to his cheeks. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Neither boy was faster than Mr. Flux, who moved like snakes, and living taffy, and malignant rubber bands, slender and stretched. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He is a slender man who looks like a teenager, and he has a wry sense of humor. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Across the water he could see other fine mercher houses, tall and slender, the tidy gables of their rooftops making a dark silhouette against the night sky, their gardens and boathouses lit by glowing lanterns. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Their slender hands slid through the holes of the fishnet and each grabbed two big fistfuls of rice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Aru moved closer and saw a slender line of ants leading away from the log and over a pile of leaves. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She was wearing a man’s nightshirt, much too big for her, and I found myself staring at her bare legs—tawny calves, slender ankles, lovely, dusty-soled boy-feet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Nin must have freed them, with her slender tools and miraculous hands, and they’d all gone running into the sunset together. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He drew a sword, a slender bravo’s blade with a jeweled hilt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Two days ago, climbing on a spire of rock, she had spied water to the south, a slender thread that glittered briefly as the sun was going down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They were slender and sinewy and they reminded me of two nimble animals. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Mrs. Lapidus is a tall, slender woman with short white- blond hair. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Among her women friends, Ma is admired for her height, slender build, and porcelain white skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The horn upon the left was tall and slender; and in it burned a red light, or else the red light in the land beyond was shining through a hole. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There were peach and persimmon trees there, and slender, tall cedars, and a beautiful new home with three rock gardens. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In places there were ruined works of stone beside the path, and mounds of green topped with slender birches, or fir-trees sighing in the wind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I was the guest at the home of the late black American author Richard Wright’s daughter, beautiful, slender, soft-voiced Julia, whose young French husband publishes a Ghanaian paper. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The tall slender cane around us rattled and swayed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Among them, nodding on slender stalks, were other flowers, white and palest green: they glimmered as a mist amid the rich hue of the grass. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The hand was thin and the fingers slender, with tapered nails and fine bones. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He seems to be right over our heads,” said the factory foreman, a short slender mulatto with large buckteeth. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He stood up—a tall, slender man, who stooped as he stood and walked. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A slender, pretty, auburn-haired girl with a very freckled face, in glasses and a gray dress, carrying a knapsack over one shoulder. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The slender animal stopped at a limb, then walked down it and jumped to the ground. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z As he started from his sleep, a slender figure emerged from the dark. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Johnny’s feet were long and slender and his shoes were shiny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I picture those hands as mine really are, large with slender fingers and calloused knuckles from hours at the punching bag. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She showed them the slippers from Abdulmalik and put them on; the pleated red straps made her feet look slender, more feminine. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But, no—the man who came into the room was small and slender, really very delicately put together, with a thin face, large, warm eyes, and a most winning smile. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Her slender brown arms wave about like wings as she doles out every command. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There with her were other young women, recovering, so there was pleasant conversation, a few jokes about being slender again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Joe, sun bronzed and barefoot in his jersey and shorts, took Joyce, slight and slender in a frilly white summer dress, and twirled her once under his long, outstretched arm. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Brother Luke brought small slender pieces of pine and showed Robin how to smooth them into mast and bowsprit, then found scraps of linen for sails and pieces of yarn for rigging. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Finely groomed purple and black feathers sprouted from its slender arms, and each razor-like claw on its feet had been shined and sharpened. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z What splashed down through the aquamarine depths appeared to be a slender Hawaiian girl, clad in a bikini of water lilies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z One of them was tall and slender as a whip, with a shock of dark hair tumbling over his eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Get out of here!” he said, poking me slightly with his long, slender fingers. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Black-haired and slender, wearing the new huge dust-filtering glasses, she approached his car, her hands deep in the pockets of her brightly striped long coat. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Their arched undersides and slender, long legs were full of grace and speed; they did not yap as the other dogs did, but sat perfectly still and watched her with dark, wise eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I pulled my Vans off and set them in the corner next to Sohrab’s slender shoes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He stomped on the slender rectangular boxes, his tennis shoes making crunching sounds. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Her slender legs felt immensely strong, like the wood of a bow that flexes and springs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The loudspeaker voice belonged to a slender, bearded young man who wore a black turban. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I pushed the door, and froze, because standing in front of an easel, painting, was a slender blonde in pink bra and panties. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z With Jordan's slender golden arm resting in mine we descended the steps and sauntered about the garden. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He scrambled as far up the young birch as he could go, and clung there, the slender trunk swaying under his weight. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman who came out had slender tribal marks on her face, two lines on each cheek. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The slender knife was held rigidly in his right hand. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Ranyinudo brought her cousins to meet him, girls who were close to his age, skinny jeans clinging to their slender hips, their budding breasts outlined in tight T-shirts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A pair of Masks battles within, each brandishing two slender scims. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It came up in a dark, slender rope. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She'd retired the mittens until next winter, and her slender, graceful hands waved above her head. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Click, click, click went its slender legs on the marble floor. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The man he was fighting was his size with the same slender build, but in spite of the black man’s slenderness, he looked wiry and strong. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Olanna opened it and placed the squat cans of condensed milk and the slender tin of Ovaltine and the packet of salt on the bed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Are any of you his family?” a tall, slender, muscular man asked. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I wondered again at the strength within her slender body. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They weren’t slender and delicate, and they weren’t humanoid at all. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Bands of gold flooded over the old man’s head and shoulders, streaming down his arms to his slender hands, where they pooled with meaning. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Today the altar was lovely with banked scarlet poinsettias and fir boughs with the golden points of lighted slender white candles gleaming among the leaves. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, even after she had washed her hands, holding the crisp, slender hundred-dollar bill he had given her, her fingers still felt sticky; they no longer belonged to her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Fittingly, the summit was a surreal, malevolent place, an improbably slender wedge of rock and rime no wider than a file cabinet. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally she showed them a length of slender nylon rope coiled around the bottom and sides of the bucket. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The encyclopedia entry had a photograph of Pauline Hawthorne herself, a slender woman with large dark eyes and silvery hair in a no-nonsense bob. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Baachan reached into a pocket and pulled out a slender piece of plastic. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And there She was: taller than I expected, and slender, and dressed in a fussy peach dress with too many jet buttons. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She saw only the dark blond hair, a blue dress, and slender hands clinging to the ropes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It lay upon slender blades of grass, and draped over the hood of the truck. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z When his sight cleared he saw policemen struggling with a slender white man. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Cathy always had a child’s figure even after she was grown, slender, delicate arms and hands—tiny hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was only one other woman: less young, less slender, sleeping beside a stocky man. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The summit proper, a slender rock fin sprouting a grotesque meringue of atmospheric ice, stood twenty feet directly above. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Among eleven occupied rooms, she counted thirteen sleepers, one of whom was not a faranji but a Tizerkane warrior, Tzara, wrapped in the slender arms of a slight young woman with very short, soft hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I wonder what it would feel like to touch the smooth back of her hand, to lace our long slender fingers together. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She touched her scar with a slender finger. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She was a slender woman with a pale, thin face and sunken cheeks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Its slender towers twisted ever upward, frozen flames dancing as they reached for the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He even looked a true hero, so slim and beautiful, with golden roses around his slender waist and his rich brown hair tumbling down into his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The opposite wall was adorned by an enormous banner with no discernible pattern, a patchwork of slender strips of cloth—mostly red and blue, but some purple, too. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was the chaplain’s clerk, a slender Irishman with prematurely gray hair and gray, melancholy eyes. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The gracefulness of the slender fishing boats that glided into the harbor in Dakar was equaled only by the elegance of the Senegalese women who sailed through the city in flowing robes and turbaned heads. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He could bend and sway like a slender tree in the wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Here and there, on slender patches of beach, shirtless young men tossed footballs back and forth. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They say that his brother was tall and slender, so perhaps he was, too. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After several months of doing day work, she took a steady job in the home of a family of slender means and nervous, pretentious ways. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigger’s fingers closed over a slender wad of paper; he knew at once that it was money and that he would give it back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z With him was his lady, slender and young, bright as new copper, her black hair crowned with opals. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It was on that slender riotous island which extends itself due east of New York and where there are, among other natural curiosities, two unusual formations of land. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z A slender, tall man with thinning blond hair surveyed the circle and sneered. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A slender young serving girl hurried into the solar. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And this dactyl—this strange and beautiful creature with its wrinkled, gray-brown hide, barrel chest, and slender neck—she wanted to hug it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Art is, however, much more than decoration, for it is laden with meaning, even if that content is sometimes slender or obscure. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, as they were beginning to pack their slender goods, Elves that could speak their tongue came to them and brought them many gifts of food and clothing for the journey. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the light that streamed in a square block from the hole he wrung a small towel from the steaming water and he scrubbed his dark slender body vigorously. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z With her bandaged forefinger she dug out a slender chain which hung around her neck and pulled the chain’s burden up from her bodice. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a tacky, enormous thing, but rather a slender peak with a blue gem embedded in the center—the only jewel in the statue. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Lourdes hushes him with a wave of her newly slender hand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet Hoover—that “slender bundle of high-charged electric wire,” as one reporter described him—was growing increasingly impatient. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Her slender fingers traced a gold thread on the skirt through its intricate leaf pattern. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Olanna looked at him, from his halo of hair to his slender toes in leather sandals, alarmed that she could feel this burst of dislike for someone she loved. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He was the youngest of the three, slender, fine-featured, always smiling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her eyes, I remember, were deep brown like her hair, and she was slender and very quiet and fragile-looking. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On the contrary, at eighteen Rosa was still slender and remained unblemished; her maritime grace had, if anything, increased. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Father Joseph, Cousin Eunice’s friend, was a priest, a slender, restless man with thick gray hair and deep lines in his forehead. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailshed girls were with them, laughing and teasing them, twining slender arms around the men’s waists, urging them to drink and spend. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was the exact opposite: a slender, transparent concoction of black plastic and odd protuberances and mesh that looked like the exoskeleton of a giant prehistoric insect. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z From what I could see of her, she seemed to be about my age, slender like her child, like me, in fact. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Whatever affliction he might be hiding, she could see no sign of it, only slender lock-pick’s fingers, and a shiny rope of scar tissue from some long ago street fight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She loops her slender arm through his and talks to him in a low voice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She was slender and had brown hair, which she wore in a long, thin braid that went right down to her hips and looked like a long stinger. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She lifted me in her slender arms as easily as Emmett had, shielding me protectively, and then we flew out the door, leaving the lights bright behind us. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Dressed in a polka-dotted bow tie and snazzy jacket like a game show host, Mr. Lemoncello had one arm resting on a slender Plexiglas podium. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z She became a familiar figure in the fields—a slender, muscular young woman, with her skirts looped up around her waist and a vivid bandanna tied on her head. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Doctor Copeland sat close to it, leaning forward in a straight-backed kitchen chair with his head cupped in his long, slender hands. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She was tall and slender, with coppery hair that fell in curls around her shoulders. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The damsel who caused the laughter was of middle height, slender, with blond, wavy hair cascading to her waist. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She found Robb beneath the green canopy of leaves, surrounded by tall redwoods and great old elms, kneeling before the heart tree, a slender weirwood with a face more sad than fierce. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The slender tip of the switch made a two-tone sound as it sliced the air. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A taller, more slender can was a tumbler. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She came back moments later holding a bunch of slender green leaves. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He stood eight centimetres short of the standard Alpha height and was slender in proportion. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z My favorite plane was the British Spitfire, which was a beautiful, graceful-looking airplane with a slender fuselage and a curved, elliptical-shaped wing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath his window six cherry trees stood sentinel around a marble pool, their slender branches bare and brown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Found the glamour of a press and curl, a slender skirt, and crisp white gloves. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The porcupine was close enough that he could discern the individual quills, slender and sharp. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Other than the wings, the fairy looked like a slender woman not quite two inches tall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She was a slender, small-breasted girl, with an erect carriage which she accentuated by throwing her body backward at the shoulders like a young cadet. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Arya lifted it out almost tenderly and drew the slender blade from its sheath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Kaz flicked his sleeve, and two slender rods of metal appeared between his fingers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 Matty could see the slender palms and the strong fingers, calloused at their tips from the garden work, the loom, and the needles that she used for her complicated, beautiful tapestries. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z She crossed to a slender set of doors and stepped onto a balcony that overlooked the central courtyard of the Exchange. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She was standing under an apricot tree, partially hidden by a bushy canopy of gnarled limbs sweeping so close to the earth the slender leaves touched the ground in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The branch he had jumped from was slenderer than it looked from the ground and much higher. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Christina rests her head on the edge of Uriah’s mattress, her slender body collapsing sideways. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The shore surrounding the ice moat was little more than a slender, slippery rind of white stone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z This girl was very slender, and Lazlo hardly expected the goddess of despair to have kind eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Something flashed from the ledge—a slender, black chain with a metal weight at the end. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They leave the highway behind and drive on steep, slender, two-lane ribbons of road, the mountains appearing like enormous milky waves suspended against the sky. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she let her hand fall, and the light faded, and suddenly she laughed again, and lo! she was shrunken: a slender elf-woman, clad in simple white, whose gentle voice was soft and sad. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Judith had the gloves on before the sentence was finished, and stood stretching out her slender arms admiringly. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the glass, between the slender white bars of their cribs, half a dozen babies are fast asleep. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “She was slender with deep, coffee-colored eyes,” I said before I thought about how it sounded. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She had russet hair and a slender neck, and wore a robe that had belonged to the goddess of despair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Can you write as well as you can speak?” a slender dark-haired man asked. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the tall, slender house remains nearly unscathed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She opened the fingers of one hand slightly and in the palm of the hand was a single slender object. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother, slender, fresh, and bright, pale and smooth-skinned in the firelight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was something, all right, to see that slender young fellow standing debonairly at the bar among the truck drivers and ditch diggers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Meera moved in a wary circle, her net dangling loose in her left hand, the slender threepronged frog spear poised in her right. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She lowered a seedling into a hole and gently pressed the earth firm around its slender stem. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It is best explained by example: Freddie was offered an apple and a banana, and he chose the slender yellow fruit. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her body was a boy’s body, narrow-hipped, straight-legged, but her ankles were thin and straight without being slender. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-nine years old, he is a slender man with delicate features, a shy, moody temperament, and astounding physical strength. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Forasmuch as they hang in my memory by only this one slender thread, I don’t know what they did, except that they forbore to remove me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z For attached was a long slender neck that supported a beautiful white head with a black mask and a bright orange beak. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z From the middle of the crowd, all she could see were arms and legs and stomachs, and the seven slender towers of the sept looming overhead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They make me feel even more slender and tall. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Now Father brought the slender instrument home with him each night, in case Gabriel misbehaved. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The tall, slender man and his goofy wife had been guests in the family compound. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z |
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