The school secretary’s sharp voice snapped him out of his morose thoughts. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He seized the closest Fjerdan, snapped his neck, and grabbed his rifle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“No,” Kaori snapped, as if Gen had just cursed both their parents. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Minho’s head snapped up so quickly, Thomas took a step backward. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There are old ladies smiling at us and little kids staring, and one dude even snaps a picture. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Ignatius spun the yo-yo downward, but the string snapped and it rattled across the floor and under the bed, where it landed on a pile of Big Chief tablets and old magazines. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The planes overhead tipped to one side and circled in tight loops as photographers snapped aerial views. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, like you have anything better planned,” I snap. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“She knows too much already,” snapped Aunt Ivy. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He’d no* more than lie down on the floor to paint than May Belle would be after him to put an arm back on or snap up a dress. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

A distant rumbling snapped me out of my daydream. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The Hamiltons were strange, high-strung people, and some of them were tuned too high and they snapped. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The train was full of tourists ohhing and ahhing and snapping pictures, but Percy felt sorry they couldn’t see the Hyperboreans. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You don’t use your eyes, any of you, do you?” she snapped. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Hollis and Sonny were sprawled on the long, sagging couch, snapping their fingers to a scratchy record. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Annabeth could rearm herself, the Apollo warrior threw a javelin into our right wheel The javelin shattered, but not before snapping some of our spokes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You should come,” she said, but he did not respond, as he carefully snapped the bracelet around her wrist, and told her he had checked the water in her car. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Colin reached down and pulled the lever, his seat snapping forward. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She came close to snapping—flying at her enemies in a rage and getting herself killed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry that I snapped at you the other day. I know the email isn’t your fault,” I said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The cop snapped his pad closed, and each officer gave Carla and her mother a salute of farewell. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She then pulls out a small plastic object a little wider than a Post-it note, and she snaps it into the machine. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I step inside my bedroom and snap the door shut before Connor can follow. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Watch. Watch how she laughs when I snap my fingers. There. See? Did you see?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Suddenly her senses were on high alert, as if somebody had snapped a rubber band against the base of her neck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“And that none of it would have happened in the first place if Tushman hadn’t forced you to be friends with Auggie. He said his mom thinks that you, quote unquote, snapped under the pressure. ...” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was disoriented, as though my world were blurred and leaning to the left, like a photograph snapped from a twisted angle and out of focus. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It don’t seem too concerned about us, probably thinking it can snap its shell shut and dive underwater faster than we could get to it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He lowered a shoulder, let out a Marine-style roar, and crashed out of the trailer, snapping the door off its hinges. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya searched her brain for something to snap back, but she was too afraid, and nothing came up. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

This ballot jar Joe then set on the kitchen table, and, snapping open a beer, he ordered Nancy, who was in the living room reading a book, to fix him some lunch. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A Dauntless leader shot a Candor child in the head,” I snap. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had pulled away to go switch off the lights, but she beat me to it—she snapped her fingers, and the overhead light blinked out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

One clean sheet under my wrist and a pen in my fingers, I pour it all out to Philbert instead: the music, the dancing, the snap of my rag. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brian grabbed a baseball bat, and we maneuvered it, hissing and snapping, into a corner. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The manservant tasted the tranquilizer immediately, and although he would have had ample time to snap Artemis Fowl’s neck, he didn’t. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

High on the neck of the lute it snapped and the tension lashed it across the back of my hand, drawing a thin, bright line of blood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The man with the mustache posed beside the entryway, smiling like a tourist while his friend snapped a series of surveillance shots. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“It's your fault,” he snaps.“You told me to use the bleach!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The video snapped off and a brilliant blue filled the screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

My head, which had been wobbling on its stem, snaps upright. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had slashed and snapped, and roared, but it had done nothing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Something tightened in my chest to the point of snapping. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Vanessa!” her mother snaps, but she doesn’t even get acknowledged this time. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

In the trees next to them, he hears the snap, snap, snap of branches. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to. Milo is glad to snap up all we can produce. These were picked only yesterday. Notice how firm and ripe they are, like a young girl’s breasts.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Iron monsters stalked around us, snapping their collars and screeching. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Their faces were perfectly composed—but their eyes kept drifting to the children in the cart and then snapping off into the middle distance again as they recovered their discipline. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

"I had to snap his neck and stretch it out so he looked more like a dragon than a crocodile. Then she tried to make him fly." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Let me see your pockets,” the cashier snaps. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you dare analyze me!” she snaps, which just proves my point. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Reviews praised “the great passion for investigation and tireless diligence of this woman,” and wealthy collectors immediately snapped up the more expensive copies, which had been hand-colored in Maria’s workshop. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You’d better!” snapped Boo from his place on the elephant’s trunk. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The snapping shrimps with their trigger claws pop loudly. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the lightbulb snap on in Rosaleen’s face then, the flash of recognition. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll see what I can do,” I snapped as I jumped out into the rain. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The plane bounced,” Theodore Van Kirk remembered, “it jumped and there was a noise like a piece of sheet metal snapping.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the bed sheets couldn't hold all their weight and snapped. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I’d rather be working with him on this, too,” she snapped at the antlers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Jazz's voice snapped me out of my trance. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

But with the requested reinforcements, the stalemate might be snapped. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“He unflinchingly snapped her spine! Everyone heard it. I’m sure it woke up the scythes sleeping in the back row!” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“What would I need water for?” she snapped. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Out of my way, Stiff,” he snaps, and continues down the hallway. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s none of your business,” Conor snapped again and picked up his pace. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

If it was too small, he’d snap it in the head with his finger to stun it, take it off his hook, and toss it back into the water. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Now, in Reykjavik, despite being the recipient of numerous acts of kindness and generosity, Bobby began finding fault, negatively overgeneralizing, and snapping at those who’d shown him the most loyalty. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A branch snapped under his weight and he fell thirty feet. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I snap out of my reverie, then slam the door shut right in his face. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The kid's head flip-flopped 'cause of his snapped neck and his feet spasmed, twenty feet off the ground. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the thought that came on the heels of that one saved me: Oh, snap! Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Massa trusts him, and”—she lowered her voice to a whisper—“word is that Miz Isabelle done taught him how to read! He—” Suddenly, Lena cleared her throat and snapped to attention. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she snapped her fingers and turned back to them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Esteban Trueba appeared in the doorway at the very instant when the house snapped in half like an eggshell and collapsed in a cloud of dust, flattening him beneath a pile of rubble. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Closing the door behind them, the porter led them down the narrow hallway, and the only sounds were of their own breathing, and their footsteps along the corridor, and the snapping of the fire. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Like his mind had snapped back ten years. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hudson snaps away from his phone and stares at me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“See,” she said, pointing at the shed, “a warp thread’s snapped. If we don’t catch that, we’re in trouble.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And Tucker had a big day planned for tomorrow, collecting things for his home and snapping up bits of food that fell from the lunch counters all over the station. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Some split off and snapped up fallen Ridgefolk—no doubt hauling them back to the Maafa and Uncle C. The rest stampeded up the ramp after me and Gum Baby. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He traveled in tap-taps, on buses, and on foot, sometimes hitching rides, always taking notes and snapping photos. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I snapped at him, told him to mind his own business. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma Rose snaps her fingers in front of my parents' faces. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We picked our way through, though with little stealth remaining, for each step cracked and snapped as porcelain shattered beneath our heels. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

One of the police dogs had mounted the small kitchen table and was barking in a blind rage, snapping his fangs at Red through the window. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ray,” George says sternly, snapping everyone’s attention from one side of the room to the other. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A toothpick, inserted into a standard keyhole and snapped off flush, is a marvelous thing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He snapped the pencil in two and handed her the sharpened end. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Because it’s none of your business,” he snapped. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He snapped the file shut and stuffed it in his coat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Otto’s nimble fingers handled the camera with ease, aiming and snapping a photo. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Their pace was glacial, slow enough to set Sefia’s teeth on edge, to make her jump at every branch snapping, every rustle of movement. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When they got to the gate, all four of them leapt upright against the fence, snarling and snapping at Curly on the other side. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You must be as thrilled as I am to meet again. Call it an act of extreme kindness that I requested your leg be bandaged up," she snaps. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The wind snapped around us and flung our words away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just saying, if this gamble doesn’t pay off—” “It’ll pay off;’ Luke snapped. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a shrill, high, singing sound as the bolt that held the right propeller to the frame snapped. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They snap when I weave them into place. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

If, at the end of their training, there was not a Fowl to guard, then the Butlers were eagerly snapped up as bodyguards for various royal personages, generally in Monaco or Saudi Arabia. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I shut the book with a snap, and put it away under my gloves; and stretching to a near-by chair, I took up an old copy of L’llustration and turned the pages. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And after aimlessly wandering the Glade to hear the other Runners’ stories, he snapped out of his funk. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Outside, the flag rope snapped and clattered in the wind, and the rooks cawed as they wheeled around the ramparts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They rubbed shoulders and hips, heads snapping up and reaching out together, legs gathering up and unfolding in unison. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby snapped his menu closed and put it on the table. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

‘There now!’ said Mr. Butterbur, snapping his fingers. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The temperature in the gym sometimes reached 101 degrees and everyone started snapping at each other. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fangburn, who was trying to extract a piece of elm branch from his Chief’s chest, leaped backwards in fright as Cluny’s eye snapped open inches from his own. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

With every snap of his finger the sterile paper crackled, the bandage jumped. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby’s warning came just in time—a rusty collar snapped shut inches from my neck as I jerked back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

If Levi were here, I imagine he’d snap her picture at this moment. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The magic was dusty and brittle, and if she put too much pressure on it, it would snap. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Stick your fat gob into everything,” Sally snapped, “don't you?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They could see it in her face, the simultaneous pouting and rolling of the eyes, and hear it in her voice, the way she snapped at the lowest registers over the littlest thing. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

When the chain was snapped around the bull’s neck, the farm hands pulled it over the crossbar of the chute posts and hooked it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quay lay directly before them, and beyond it the harbor, the flags of a thousand ships snapping in the breeze. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He snapped his fingers and three yellow duffel bags appeared at my feet. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

As they picked their way through denser underbrush, a twig snapped off to one side. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The vine snapped, and Thorn tumbled over with half of it still uselessly gripped in her hands. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I said it’s none of your business,” he snapped, pointing his crooked finger at me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I snapped the ball to Marcus, who put two fingers in the air to call a play. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In her hand was a small clicker or cricket which she snapped when she wanted the class to stand up or sit down. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just by snapping their fingers they could make honeysuckle vines bloom over their doorway and daisies cover their roof, which was totally unfair. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He just snapped his fingers to distract her from crying. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Very soon they were laughing, and snapping their fingers at rain, and at Black Riders. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ghost was twisting and snapping, legs flailing in the air, but he could not break free. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dicey snapped up the shades and looked around there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of us in the car, laughing, the radio on, the sudden jar of the crash, the snap of the head, the blood, the sirens. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Shuttup,” Bud snapped, glancing up fleetingly at the agent, but immediately dropping his eyes again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t set her down soon, my arms were going to snap off at the shoulder. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it snapped at the domovoi, its teeth flashed in the lantern light. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

As I approached, their heads snapped around like I was a magnet, and the god in the middle raised his head and glared at me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Snarling unintelligibly, she snapped on panties and strode toward the door. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Fadi hadn’t caused a lot of damage, but they had to buy four of the Barbies, whose arms and legs had snapped off. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He snaps to, and moves around to the back of the chair. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But Big Ma pushed past Fern, grabbed “Bertha,” snapped her neck while her light-brown-feathered body fussed about before stopping cold, and brought supper into the house. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It opened up a hole and the guy’s head snapped back and he said, “Ooh,” like, “Ooh, you got me.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Luckily, her manners snapped into place, and she stepped forward and offered her hand to Diane. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the distance, the arc of onlookers grew by a few more people, and Ray walked around the shark, snapping photos with his camera. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Grover tried to corral them away from the monster just as the other cord on the spaceship snapped and the exhibit crashed to the floor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The marten chattered crossly and snapped at her finger again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Haley Daley, wearing a sparkly blouse, was posing for a wall of photographers who wanted to snap her picture. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Even as I help cook, I bop, snap, do a little two-step, and follow along as Layla and Kayla practice their dance moves for the block party's talent show. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A Hawaiian- shirted tourist with a camera snapped my photograph before I could recap my sword. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The string snapped tight with the weight of the devilfish. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His Mommy returns, holding that boiling thermos of Jordan-water, and snaps to me: “Can I help you?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“The vault in question was empty at the time,” snapped the goblin, and Harry understood that even though Griphook had left Gringotts, he was offended at the idea of its defenses being breached. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And second, because he was so large that every branch he passed snapped back violently. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

His father slid his fingers under the necklace and gave it a yank so hard it was like to take Theon's head off, had the chain not snapped first. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Arion whinnied derisively as the turtle snapped at him, only to get a mouthful of horse vapor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He snaps his fingers, and the little door of the RV slams shut. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His head snapped from side to side, to see if we were alone. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Some of the pots would make it and would be fired and ring true to a testing finger snap and be useful for gathering food and carrying water. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She pulled a few coins out of her snap purse and put them in Mama’s hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She bobbed her little turtle head and snapped, “It’s right so don’t touch it.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“If you’re such a bar mitzvah lover,” she snapped, “why don’t you go with Dana?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Du Barry's words dry out each and every petal, and snap the stem. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And if you don’t like what they tell you to do, you have to snap back. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The king gave a shake of his head, like a dog shak-ing a rabbit to snap its neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And then, after all the world had taught them, not to recognize chains when they were snapped to their wrists and ankles. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But if she tried to read something else Mrs. Caruthers would snap at her, and so she read the irksome tomes until the old woman drifted off. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The whole time she talks, some guy snaps photos of us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Then, I don’t know why, but something inside me snapped. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t go to that colored church,” he snapped. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The monkey quickly tucked the money into its collar and snapped its teeth when the owner tried to take it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Throw in a little onion if you can find it,” he called over his shoulder as he snapped open the evening paper. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The woman looked like she was starving, her ribs thrusting out from her sides, her legs so thin that Tally wondered how they didn’t snap under her weight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When Mark didn’t, Alec snapped his fingers and yelled, “Look at me!” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She snapped a photo of us with her phone. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She snapped the tether of consciousness and cut the moth loose, losing the dream in an instant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Flags snapped in the bitterly cold wind, and military bands marched and played. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want a newspaper,” I snapped, and his face fell. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Slithering the skinny dress over the doll’s head and arms and snapping the tiny fasteners was more than her chubby six-year-old fingers could manage. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Be my guest,” Mom snapped as she swept out of the room. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know!” snapped Ranofer, exasperated at hearing it for the fiftieth time. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The lock comes away with a snap and the door swings wide. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They’re all doing the prom dude pose with their hands clasped near their crotches while Simon’s mom frantically snaps pictures. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

After the first time he touched her, Deborah swore she’d never wear another pair of jeans with snaps instead of zippers again. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Oppie, he snapped, “we have an A-bomb . . . and what more do you want, mermaids?” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He snaps his fingers at her for the violin. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And she heard his direwolf, snarling and growl-ing, heard the snap of those long teeth, the tearing of flesh, shrieks of fear and pain from man and horse alike. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"In my opinion the speech was wild, hysterical, politically irresponsible and dangerous," he snapped. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Esther would have to snap her fingers in front of my face to bring me back. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And though the war was young, the plane was winning a reputation for being delicate, especially in the skinny wings, which could snap off if struck in combat. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The tag was like a salt cracker, perforated down its middle so that a strong man could snap it in two with his bare hands. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed, pulled her hair back into a ponytail, and snapped a rubber band around it. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s one thing to acknowledge the enormous power of snap judgments and thin slices but quite another to place our trust in something so seemingly mysterious. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

David’s hand shoots out, grabs the piece from my fingers, and snaps it in place. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Al stands at the perimeter of the cookhouse, snapping his fingers in the air. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He steps inside, sets the flashlight on the floor, and snaps the panel back, closing himself in. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

In the mountains, loaded magazines snapped into Kalashnikovs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She snaps her fingers and points at me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know what he saw in her face when he turned back around, but he snapped, “Don’t feel sorry for me—I don’t like it.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The talons had tom a bloody path through fur and flesh, but the bird had not been able to snap his neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Only a leg and some ribs, no thanks to you,” Uncle snapped. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he heard her, because he snapped the book shut and stuffed it behind his back. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“So you say. But when you called for help—when the amulet snapped, and you let your need be felt—you knew someone would answer. You knew I would answer.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her head snapped up and her eyes met his. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

On occasion, when they were taken under fire, Mary Anne would stand quietly and watch the tracer rounds snap by, a little smile at her lips, intent on some private transaction with the war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animal noises in the dark forest, the branches snapping and singing, reminded her of their flight, and then of Lovey disappearing into the night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

"Stand up when you speak to me!" she snapped. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“When I’d become aware of my state of mind, I would be frightened and snap back with a healthy smile and a hearty handshake. Such is the effect of the sweet smell of money.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wooden post smacked into your front bumper and snapped back like a toothpick. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They swam across the pool to the sunny edge and sat there looking at him, snapping at the tiny insects that swarmed in the shade and grass around the pool. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She found a big branch and snapped off a stick covered with leaves. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

The boy started to raise his hands, but the man was already reaching over the stove, snapping handcuffs on the outstretched wrists of his father. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya’s heart raced, but before she could ask the raven anything else, it snapped up the blin and flew away over the bridge. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“The question is not for you, Miss Santos,” Mr. Patchett snaps. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

No squelch, no snap of Morse code, no voices. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And I don’t know what happened, but something snapped. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” she snapped, and stomped out of my room again. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t know how persuasive Jeanine was—” Something inside me snaps like a brittle rubber band. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Their clothes snap in the wind, but still they stand motionless. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pants, long-sleeved tops, and cushioned jackets that snap beneath the crotch. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Watch it, buddy,” the man snapped, and moved on with the crowd. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the line snapped and then spiraled into the water. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

First we just hear finger snaps from out of the deep black stage. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twigs snapped underfoot, birds flitted in the leaves. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The nurse shut the lid of the overnight case with a little snap. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Here, where the startling tiny jaws of crocuses snap at the late- winter sun like the heads of baby watersnakes, here I killed the old woman with the irongray hair. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor finished bandaging Archer’s wounds and snapped her black bag closed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, I tied a white ribbon around each pigtail before twisting my hair and snapping a barrette on each end. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I twirled around on my toes and snapped my heels together in a salute. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we don’t get something to keep her quiet, we won’t need to eat,” he snaps. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It snapped back against her throat with a thwack! A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The light snapped off, and I blinked away the blindness until I saw three figures, each wearing jeans, a T-shirt, and a mask with two circular filters. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I can make you. Sosie taunted. She snapped her fingers across her body like one of the Jets in West Side Story. “ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I’m writing as one of your oldest friends to tell you that you’ve really been acting different lately, and I hope you snap out of it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

As if snapping out of a dream, Taylor smiled and posed, but her eyes were still haunted. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They waited there as Chi-Boy carefully snapped the glass window in the guard booth and slid it out of its frame. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The family sat through a long-winded commencement address delivered by Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole, and then Billie snapped pictures of a grinning Chris traversing the stage to receive his diploma. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who is the senior officer in this group?” the captain snapped. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cleared his throat with a small noise like chalk snapping and continued, “In September of that year, a subcommittee of Sardinian sorcerers —” He stuttered to a halt. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She reached out to touch his face when his eyes snapped open. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

If he closed his eyes, he could see the banners in his mind’s eye, snapping bravely in a brisk north wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The water was white where his tail beat it and three-quarters of his body was clear above the water when the rope came taut, shivered, and then snapped. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached the cliff”s edge in time to see the turtle lunge and snap Sciron out of the air. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He spat and stretched out his long arms with white snapping fingers. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Then there was a sigh, a rustle, a snap of one incautious twig, and the clearing of the giant lime tree was as empty as it had been before the days of man. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If somebody'll come here and sit with him!" he snapped authoritatively. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

"Someday you'll die in a worse way than he did," I snap back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The haft from which it had been snapped was beside it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Just because you hate me doesn’t mean everyone else does,” she snaps. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her headphones were snapped in half and hanging from the edge of the bunk. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there’s a gray streak of coyote, a jaw snap, and the crow is dead. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron snapped at them, waving the fist holding Pigwidgeon, who hooted more happily than ever as he soared through the air. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Then who—or what—are they?” the King snapped. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He pulls out a camera and starts snapping photos. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The snake heads snapped at it from different angles. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton snaps me out of my stare. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I hear a crunch and a snap, and he vanishes into the soft bed of fallen leaves. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

That snapping sound yet again, now my nose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But there are moments, particularly in times of stress, when haste does not make waste, when our snap judgments and first impressions can offer a much better means of making sense of the world. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The fire snapped, making him blink and look around the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After poor Edgar Derby, the high school teacher, was shot in Dresden later on, a doctor pronounced him dead and snapped his dogtag in two. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think I don’t know that?” he snapped. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As he did so, he curled his legs and arms up round him, like a spider whose descending thread is snapped. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

From the footpath that cuts through the grove on the opposite side of the road, she hears the sound of branches being thrust aside, twigs snapping underfoot. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Fingers curled up into a ball so tight, I swear that at any second I could snap. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then, with a swift movement, he snapped it shut again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The clues snap in place then: sky, trees, creek, and warning. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Smiling shyly and snapping her fingers rhythmically, she began circling the room,” said Galya. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He had barked the same note when angry or when being brought his dinner, when lazily snapping flies, or when tearing an intruder to shreds. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three hours later, scratched, blistered, thirsty, I stepped in said badger hole in the gathering twilight and almost snapped my ankle in two. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Even over the chatter of the people around us, I hear the gunfire when it starts, just snaps and claps in the microphones. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She yanked me by the arm, pulled me off the floor, snapped off the TV. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as Briares bellowed in rage and picked up the lobster, which thrashed and snapped its pincers. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t supposed to be inside,” she snapped. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He backed up slowly, pulling the wire with a horrible, grinding, screeching noise until snap!The wire parted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The zipper made a popping sound as it snapped shut, pop, pop, pop. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji gave Mike a cheesy smile when he caught him snapping pictures. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he had a demon inside him, and I hated that; it terrified me how violent and dangerous he was when he snapped. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, be quiet,” she snapped, as he smirked. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The only other memory I have of her is from fifth grade when she snapped at a teacher who kept calling her African American. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Brutal, bloody Cato who can snap a neck with a twist of his arm, who had the power to overcome Thresh, who has had it out for me since the beginning. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I began to snap at the little loudmouth but stopped when I saw what she was wearing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

People are edging closer, snapping pictures, taking video with their phones. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Her parents didn't see the way Valley snapped at their professors and didn’t seem to care about her schoolwork or how she was always on her own doing sneaky, probably terrible, things. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I almost got snapped in two, you mean.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When I got to the bottom, I heard the robotic sound of the camera snapping. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She snapped her fingers, and it rose under her, steady as concrete under her feet. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“What kind of question is that?” her mother snapped. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I tore each drawing and page of writing from my tablet, slid it under the lining, and snapped it back in place. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The sailor, Alfred, snapped the papers from my hand and handed them to the official. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He jerked his arm back and snapped his fingers. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Two guys from the hockey team came blasting out from behind a tree, snapping branches and kicking rocks as they came at us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I still love you,” she snaps. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I learned the capitals of all forty-eight states, and when my mother called out the name of the state, I snapped back the name of the city. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

These dried snaps were the closest thing the kids had to what Abigail’s books called candy. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

R.C. lit another cigarette, snapped the match at me, and took a long drag. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, Lara is throwing an arm around my shoulder and snapping a quick selfie. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When the CD ended, Fang exited the spa, hit me with a killer look, dove for cover under the red velvet and snapped off the rickety lamp between the beds. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

That, plus the finger snapping, almost made me cancel the whole operation. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'll tell you," snapped Major, pushing away from the door with his elbows. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shaggydog ran at his heels, spinning and snapping if the other wolves came too close. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There were peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and chocolate snaps and punch. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Can I get back to you on that?” she snapped. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was gripping my pencil so hard by the end that I was sure it would snap. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Screaming noise, ropes slamming against the mast, cracking of cloth being whipped or snapped—everything so loud it hurt his ears. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Leave me and your mama out of this,” he snapped. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We made our way to the doors and waited while Chi-Boy snapped the locks off with the cutters he kept in his roll. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I pressed the camera button and snapped a picture of death. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I never make anything all about me,” she snaps. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to be all right,” he said as they snapped the pictures. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Something tickled the back of Seven’s brain, and she snapped her fingers, took out a notebook from her backpack, and flipped through the pages. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

For the last two minutes there had been sounds of interest but not of danger—a snap and then a whistle like that of the wings of a wild dove. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a rustle of leaves and a loud snap in the distance, but no one came. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Jinny’s mouth snapped shut, and her eyes darted to the sand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fabian claps and snaps, and half the class joins him and shuts up, but it’s too late. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

None of us speaks, and I am conscious of every squeak of my shoes, every voice in the distance, every snap of every closing door. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He snapped his notebook shut and left Archie sitting there in the polluted atmosphere of the gymnasium. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every year, just when she’s stressed to the snapping point, she cooks Thanksgiving dinner. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was cold and the snap of each twig breaking sounded like tiny hunters firing tiny rifles at tiny imaginary deer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Naomi snapped the book shut and pressed her face into her hands. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath all that, there were snaps and cracks and slams. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In this uncomfortable position, he imagined returning to the house and finding it consumed by a violent column of orange flames, reaching skywards like a snapping, hissing monster. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Harry snapped it shut, but the shriek went on and on, one high, unbroken, earsplitting note. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I felt bad for snapping at her before, but I’d been cold and scared and feeling defensive. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A low branch brushed his face, and he snapped at it, twisting and pulling until the wood cracked and tore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The line was taut as a banjo string, and the merest tug would snap it on and blind the shivering quarry in a blaze of light. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My smile disappeared, and my defenses snapped up. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Another slithered up and I snapped two quick jabs and a hook. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When the sentry snapped a salute at the car, Ben nodded his approval and said, “Good evening, son.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, I don’t see how our business is any business of yours,” Marietta snapped. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The last thing I saw was this thing, thick as a tire, snapping into a coil. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was still trying to build a sturdy ladder when, during a cold snap a few days later, my can of paint froze solid. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were still in our crate when she looked at me without seeing, and I knew that the vine had finally snapped. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I steal a glance to the side, he makes a snap at my throat. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, guess the name of the band we got to play for the festival,” I said, hoping he’d snap out of whatever funk he was in. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But within hours, he had withdrawn his snap judgment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The Preacher said, “After they catch you and bite you..He snapped his left hand shut like it was the mouth of one of these hoop snakes. “...the true horror begins. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Gay snapped photos of me in front of many of them. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The stairs ended at an opening in the stone landing above our heads, through which I could feel the snapping chill of night air and hear the whistle of wind. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I squealed and scratched, trying to warn her to snap out of it, but I was absolutely powerless. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He glided a hand laxly into her loose hair, twisting those soft yellow strands around his thin fingers which felt fragile and likely to snap, as if made of hollow, unhinged porcelain. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snap of wood and crash of breaking glass grew louder. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Green beans, snapped always the right length, collards, cabbage, juicy red tomato preserves that came into their own on steaming buttered biscuits, and sausage, beets, berries and every fruit grown in Arkansas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I snap to, scrabbling with my legs until I get purchase on the top edge of the car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My fists clenched, but I forced them to relax, and as much as I wanted to snap, to point at the burning land and scream, I didn’t. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I snapped my dime on the counter top, and he picked it up and dropped it into his change tray. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

We jumped a creek and heard some twigs snapping nearby. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mama’s head snapped up, and she swatted the words away like tsetse flies. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He snapped open his briefcase and removed my file. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could snap chains round his chest simply by taking a big breath, and bend iron bars that it took two men to lift. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stared at the letter in silence until the light from Matthew’s phone snapped off. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mom’s gaze snaps back to me; she looks startled. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas’s heart sank as he snapped back to reality and remembered how grim the world had become. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When a person moving through the woods breaks a branch, it makes a short, sharp snap. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We sat quietly while I ate the snap as slowly as possible and let my thoughts settle. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Those were like magic words; they snapped Byron right out of the spell Momma put on him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder, do they know they are the sound of snapping fingers under the sycamores lining the streets? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He snapped it back and held his hand over its fragile flame. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad got up and snapped off the TV. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind only snaps back to attention when I hear the end of one of Judith’s sentences: "...and then bring the cards to the Schouwburg." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I bent my neck forward, tucking my chin to my chest, and then snapped my head back with all my might. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He nodded, held up a litde disposable camera and snapped a picture of us. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I thought the Lady was dozing, but her eyes snapped open when Madam described how British soldiers had looted the City Hall library. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the farther away she got, the faster it spun, like there was an invisible cord unreeling from it that stretched between us, and if she went too far it would snap—and kill me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was a sound, like sticks snapping, and an animal cry. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Take care you don’t drive off the road. We’re fine back here. Mind your horse,” I snapped. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the other children in the class, already bored with the project, begin chasing one another around the stones, pushing and teasing and snapping gum. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It scuttled out of the fountain and came straight at me, pincers snapping. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I heard a dry snap, and I wasn’t sure if it had come from the branch or the explosion of heat in my arm or from further up the path. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The wooden frame of the right wings snapped in a dozen places. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning, while I snapped on my uniform, Mami told me not to wait for Juanita because she wouldn’t be coming to school. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Later, a reporter snapped her picture, her face defiantly composed, and a “new and exclusive picture of Mollie Burkhart” was transmitted around the world. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As far as I can tell, most of what she did today was snap her tongue at passing butterflies and a mouse or two. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I see a bird come and go outside the window, a thin branch snap and drop. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dewey shut his eyes; he kept them shut until he heard the thud- snap that announces a rope-broken neck. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother’s voice would snap me out of my daydream. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My neck snapped against the armrest and I rolled onto the rough carpet behind the front passenger seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

That would snap him out of the sweet and sickly mood he was getting into. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything came together so quickly in Thomas’s mind, he almost heard an audible click, as if the pieces all snapped into place at once. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Teresa shouted in Thomas’s mind—it sent a quick snap of pain shooting through his skull. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And I purposely snap my fingers, rolling my eyes and neck. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Both Jam’s parents snapped their heads around, their faces suddenly taut with fear. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Not the key to the city, you fool!” snapped Mr. Iii. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smooth wires that connected each post had snapped and were lying on the ground below. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She left her room, feeling a little like she was crossing a moat—except the alligators were all inside her, snapping away. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“What are these other miserable creatures to you, Plumpen?” he snapped. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When Jon was too close, 426 took off with a loud snap of his wings, climbed high, and dove at the man. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Gritting her teeth, she considered snapping the cue in half across her knee. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Porky snapped—literally, since he clicked his fingers to his thumbs like crab claws. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I kept waiting for Mother to snap back to her old Everything Is Just Fine attitude, but she stayed blanched out and kind of stopped breathing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He snaps his jaws shut—just shy of little Jeanne’s neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Leaning far over, Stephanie sucked his limp nub into her smoky mouth . . . just as another snap! and death struggle took place in the nearby kitchen. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candice quickly snapped pictures of all the photos, then placed the frames back in the boxes. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But he is also a great salesman because he understands when to put the brakes on that process: when to consciously resist a particular kind of snap judgment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Ben’s head snapped violently to the left, twisting his body until he landed on his stomach, his feet pointed toward Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I think that approach is a mistake, and if we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Lancelot had snapped off one of the roses, and was pinching the sepals. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The important thing was that Barack had managed to process his life story, snapping together the disparate pieces of his Afro-Kansan-Indonesian-Hawaiian-Chicagoan identity, writing himself into a sort of wholeness this way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The snows deepened, the wind blew, the temperatures dropped until the air snapped and talked. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

With heads side by side they bit and snapped at each other’s shoulders. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mate mooned over one in red patent leather with a snap in the shape of a heart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He snaps on the light, takes out a piece of paper, jots down everything he can remember from the BBC broadcast. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

A branch snapped in the woods—something large, from the sound of it—and Sefia and Archer dashed off the path, hunkering down among the leaves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Luke snapped off the radio and bolted for the stairs. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just when Sapo was about to crack another snap—“If they watch Sesame Street they can” —Bodega came back to life. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I snapped on the lamp on my desk and began to eagerly read my book, relishing the titles on each of the chapters, until I remembered Geneva Eggers. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She snapped on the light in Ramona’s room and held onto the switch, as if for support. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The cub lifted his head and snapped at the thing that had hurt him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He snapped once, and her gaze flew up to him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The sounds— clashes, clangs, screams, moaning wails, roars of engines, spinning saws, snapping blades, the screech of spikes against the floor, hair-raising pleas for help—it all grew to a crescendo, became unbearable. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He snapped his thumb and forefinger, and the penny disappeared. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of falling, the pin snapped to the side and clung to the smooth blob of black iron. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He snapped the motor back on, and a moment later they had taken off again. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

By noon, I had worked myself into such a grim mood that I snapped at Sim during lunch and we bickered like an old married couple. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"I don't care if men want me. To be found beautiful by other women is worth more leas than affection from any man," the injured woman snaps back. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He opens his mouth like he’s going to say more, but then he just snaps it shut. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She had laid that bait out—“my father is crazy sick”—and Jule had snapped it up, hungry. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A gusty wind was blowing, and it set the bottom of her robe snapping and flapping at her legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nina twisted her hands in the air, and the guard’s neck broke with an audible snap. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the door snapped open and the landlady stood right in front of Briony, so close to her that she could smell peppermint on the woman’s breath. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Strunk’s nose made a sharp snapping sound, like a firecracker, but even then Jensen kept hitting him, over and over, quick stiff punches that did not miss. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She snaps an order at a servant, who produces a stack of newspapers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t get it to snap and lock in place, and it kept flying open every time he tried to step into the bus. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Next Hendrik put a collar around his neck, snapped a leash to it, and dragged him, protesting, all the way to the barn. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They walk all through the chambers, snapping pictures along the way. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She snaps her eyes to me like I’ve slapped her in the face, but she sees I’m not making fun of her, I’m asking the question for real. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

His left fist hits me hard across the jaw, and my head snaps to the side. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Z pulled on the light again and snapped the plastic of the fixture while the wires barely moved. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He reeled away, unsteady on his feet, and Grey Wind snapped at his arm, teeth ripping at his sleeve and tearing loose a scrap of cloth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Their heads snapped to the right, to the entrance to the department building, and the shouts and warnings began to roll through the crowd. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A broken pen, snapped in half deliberately—or at least I can’t think of a way it could have happened that’s not deliberate—is lying in the hinge of the ink-stained book. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She moved toward the girl with her hands out to take the pigeon, but the girl shouted, “Stop right there!” and snapped her fingers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mother Bear’s howl was so startling that it snapped Brightbill right out of his stupor. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the whipping and snapping branches of the trees, the buds rode it out head to wind, their bodies horizontal, their neat claws turned to anchors. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins gazed up and down the street as if deep in thought, and then, suddenly making up her mind, she snapped: “Fishmonger!” and turned the perambulator in at the shop next to the Butcher’s. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Stella bit her pencil so hard it snapped right in half. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He would cower in whatever hiding place he’d found until dragged out, snapping and snarling. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached forward and snapped the journal closed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

All around came thudding as guns dropped to the ground, stocks to earth, followed by the pop of snaps, as leather cartridge pouches opened. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I slammed that sucker so hard it snapped through the net like a whip. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then Ambady compared those snap judgments of teacher effectiveness with evaluations of those same professors made by their students after a full semester of classes, and she found that they were also essentially the same. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that one,” he said, and snapped his fingers because he was embarrassed about his pronunciation and didn’t want to repeat the name. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Dany snapped her hand to shake the sting from her fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My breath came faster, and something coiled around my chest and squeezed tighter and tighter, until suddenly, like somebody had snapped off the panic switch, I felt myself go limp. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mom presses onward, and I snap back to earth. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Elinor was about to snap back an answer, but Mo had quickly put a hand over her mouth to keep her quiet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to be a hot day. Keep them open,” she snaps, opening the windows again. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Her jaw snapped shut and her teeth clicked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maa Kamala would give him something to eat, and after a bit, as his stomach filled, he would stop snapping at me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She meant to sound sassy, but couldn’t keep the snap from her tone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The snap of a branch burst like a gunshot through the jungle. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Claire snapped the whip at one shoulder, then the other, back and forth. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked about a good deal, watched the flying clouds and snapped up everything the foragers brought. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will felt himself grow dizzy, and Lyra was restraining Pantalaimon, hare-formed himself in sympathy, who was bucking and snapping in her arms. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s almost as if this Decker is right in front of me, snapping his fingers in my face. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray snapped his newspaper and lifted it back to his face. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then there might be a rest for a while if the cold snap held. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She felt the meridians of energy springing back like strings snapping into position; it made her skin feel red, chapped, as though she had been scoured by a dry wind. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

With her back turned, I decided to snap my hat back on my head. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The princess stepped very close to him and snapped, “I am not an audience, Pyotr. Now, get out of my way!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We spent the morning talking and looking at examples of trees gored by shedding antlers and branches snapped by lumbering bodies. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Will snapped off a twig, and the piney resinous smell stayed strongly on his fingers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His head started to come up, and mine snapped down. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In,” she said and her body snapped like a whip. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Palmer snapped open the Sprite and drank the can empty, taking time out only to gasp for breath. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Kote pressed the iron shim to the black side of the creature, and there was a short, sharp crackling sound, like a pine log snapping in a hot fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Just do as you're told and stop arguing," the father snapped. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“A school doesn’t run like a corporation. Things don’t happen at the snap of a finger or the drop of a pen. Change takes time.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

All I can think of is that ugly snap Edna sent me last week when Michael came home with Roli and me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know anything,” he snaps at her through his tears. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

So if he let go of the vine and did not find her within a finger snap, it was all up for both of them. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lubek takes over my machines, and I run like German dogs are snapping at my heels. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She seemed almost asleep, her breathing slow and rhythmic, but then her eyes snapped open and she said, “Lindsey, I sure missed seeing you. I missed holding this hand.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Pressing the glass to her lips, she snapped her head back and downed the shot in one neat gulp. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There were more snapping of twigs and cracking of branches. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As Cady moved to snap closed the top, something fluttered out of the ripped lining, just flittered to the floor, as though Fate had wanted her to find it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The sounds of branches snapping off trees became my music. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was obvious that he could snap a man’s backbone like a twig with those mammoth hands. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then she turns, snapping pictures of the evergreen trees at our backs, the boulders we climbed across, the nearby tide pools. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He took a simple blade of grass and whipped the snake on the back, leaving it paralyzed, he then grabbed it by the head and snapped its spine. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

These would kill in a finger snap for one single tortilla. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe four acres? Okay”—she snapped open her laptop—“let’s see what’s available around here.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Gox zipped off the bridge and began to snap threads with her jaws. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You told me you’d be here in an hour,” he snapped. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Frightful snapped out of her trance when Jon Wood swung down to the horizontal girder. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He ducked his head and set to work cutting six thick, even slices of bread while Vola slapped a chunk of butter into an iron skillet and snapped on a flame beneath it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Ay!” snapped the Matron, waving the butcher knife in the air. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The flowers grew and grew, until he could see only her shoulders above them and her flailing arms high above those bobbing, snapping heads. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, as he has done with the others, he then slides the noose over her head and draws it snug so the neck will snap quickly. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Yellow fangs snapped closed on his throat, but he shook off his old grey cousin as he would a rat, then charged after him, knocked him down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Wait a minute," snapped Tom, "I want to ask Mr. Gatsby one more question." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He kept poking that fish until it flinched and snapped its stingers into R.C.’s hand. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I took out my camera, snapped a couple of pictures, and stood gazing out at the field. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen,” started Milo timidly, “I would like to take this opportunity to say that in all the——” “That’s quite enough,” snapped the king. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Picture it. Nineteenth-century man with his horses, dogs, carts, slow motion. Then, in the twentieth century, speed up your camera. Books cut shorter. Condensations, Digests. Tabloids. Everything boils down to the gag, the snap ending.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could no longer hear the water—not the rain or the charging of fins through the sea—only the snapping of flames as they gobbled the ancient trees and tender saplings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"No, Patty, she is not," she said with an unusual snap. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I heard a sharp snap and a feathery rustle in some brush close by. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she applied more force, the motors in her arms hummed a little louder, and the cords snapped. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A twig snapped somewhere to his right and he jerked his head in that direction. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I tackle him and rain down punches, growling in satisfaction at the snap of bone beneath my fist, reveling in the blood that sprays across the wall. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I snapped my head back and made a face. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, she cried. Not much, but a lot for her—a choke and two sniffles and a wiped nose and polished her glasses and snapped shut like a watch.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

With its sinuous trunk it stroked the huge corpse; then it reached up, broke some leafy branches with a snap, and draped them over the mass of tom thick flesh. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fish bones crackled and snapped in his mouth like dry corn in a mill. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Maybeth stood across the table from her grandmother and snapped the ends off the green beans. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally snapped her fingers, bent her knees as she rose into the air, then leaned forward to pick up speed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Kill the Maze More pain snapped Thomas out of his stupor. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He tried to snap himself out of it by focusing on happier things. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Line up according to age,” he called out, snapping the long leather strop above his head. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing I think of is one of those metal bear traps that snap on your ankle if you step on it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But on the first day of school in Freetown, all the students sat apart from us, as if Mohamed and I were going to snap any minute and kill someone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Warm frustration had turned cold rage, a snap freeze. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her knees felt warm and wobbly, like wire hangers bent to the point of snapping. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Before I could snap a reply, John Henry spoke up. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Stop it, stop it,” Lana screamed and, leaping from her stool, snapped off the phonograph. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jane, your films were about sticking it to the man, snapping back at the patriarchy by showing strong female protagonists who didn’t conform to gender roles. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Note: The straw connected to the trigger makes it so that when the bird eats the flies and sets off the trap, the arm doesn't snap down on the bird’s neck. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Better watch out yourself,” I snapped, annoyed and embarrassed to be so yanked away from the stars. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain resolves into a tapping noise....My eyes snap open. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A crackling arc of electric blue lightning snapped from the doorway to the silver ring on TimeStar’s hand. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The quite distinct click of the lock as it finally snapped really woke Gregor up. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, I locked the doors with a sharp electronic snap. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The kindness gives way a moment when he snaps his fingers and curtly admonishes the guardias for not putting out chairs for his guests. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jem wakened her when he snapped on the overhead light. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The class was silent because that wasn’t a snap any longer but an insult. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“The twigs keep breaking,” Dari said as one of the twigs snapped. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The part that closes her neckline snap while waiting for the trolley; and brushes lint from his blue serge suit when they come out of the movie house into the sunlight. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get back in there and finish your homework,” he snapped at me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Heat snapped mirrors like the brittle winter ice. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s that song?” snapped her husband at last, walking in to sit at the fire table. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I should have known it the moment I saw these fins. They’re spring-loaded because they have to snap out when this device leaves its storage tube.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bucci turns a bolt on one of the casters—the wheels on which the main set piece turns—and it snaps. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I start snapping my fingers and walking around like I’m somebody. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I turn to him, ready to snap, but I catch the glint in his eye. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The silence was deafening after the snap of Carter’s fingers. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first all I hear is the pounding of their feet, and my head snaps back painfully. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her bow was snapped in half and her quiver was empty. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The maroon goblin cavorted around the room in a feral tantrum, tearing down bookshelves, upsetting toy chests, and snapping the horn off the rocking horse. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

After a month of this we’d bring out the saddle, and the horse would toss its head suddenly and with such violence that the halter would snap or the rope break. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She pulls SCORPIUS’s wand from him and snaps it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I have her snap all the bolts on the door. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waves of happiness washed over him as he ran his fingers over the worn leather braid and the metal snap that allowed you to attach it to your belt loop. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She snapped her fingers, and the cube transformed into a fancy bakery box. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A kind-looking woman who must have been watching us the whole time had snapped open her handbag and started riffling through it. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

With that, Cabot Searcy turned onto the interstate and made his way to Little Rock, his radio turned up, his fingers snapping, his lips moving. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have snapped at you. It was undisciplined. I should have kept myself in check.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

My hand jerks; the shears snap shut, severing the stem. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Don’t fall in love with a sailor boy— Then the branch I stepped on snapped, and I grabbed out at another, but it was dead and came away in my hands. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

A flash of photographers seemed always on hand to snap his picture. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My feet snapped over my head and I continued my graceless plunge to the ground. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So, in a way, it was a relief when early the next morning the lights snapped on and Dr. Schultz entered. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jason’s eyes snapped open, and he saw the ocean’s surface hurtling toward him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Maybe what I’ll do is just wear it for the Halloween Parade,” she said, snapping her fingers. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I will not have this talking back!” their grandmother snapped. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man’s arms snap to his sides and he collapses. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Other people might use these,” I snap, pointing at the stacks of books. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Then Georgie twisted in her seat and snapped a picture on her phone. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

If Cain had been standing beside her, she might have snapped his neck just to end it there. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Get it out of here,” her father snapped. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children sent out to herd goats were snapped up by evil traders, loaded onto camels and taken to far cities where they suffered horribly. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hate the sound of the cage door snapping shut. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t ask who I was,” the man snapped. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

A twig snapped in silence, a flurry speckled the crusted snow. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be quiet,” Mr. Straight snapped, pushing his glasses back up onto his nose so hard that he knocked them off and had to grab them before they hit the ground. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pushed and jostled and snapped impatiently at each other. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Her own mother says she’s in there,” the bald knight snapped. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He felt that something would soon snap within him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We heard the boys thrashing through the undergrowth, twigs snapping as they rushed away from us through the darkness. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But here was the snap and recoil of a rifle firing, the hot smell. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I’m looking at you funny,” I said, with more snap in my voice than I intended. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Stella gave the tyrannosaurus one mighty shake and let go, reaching down to snap Riker up in her beak as the dino fell away with a yelp. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I snapped, mainly because I didn't play ball for nobody. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

One of them wrote something in a black leather notebook, nodded, and snapped it shut. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurled it at Sorrento, releasing it with a snap of my wrist, like a Frisbee. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Farlen's hounds seemed as frustrated as their masters, sniffing forlornly at trees and rocks and snapping irritably at each other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I blinked at least once, maybe twice while she snapped away. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“No way! You already licked yours,” Link snaps. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

My eyes were on Edward, as usual, and I saw his head snap up to look at her. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Two more Grievers broke from the pack and swarmed over Alby, piling on top of each other, snapping and cutting at the boy, as if they wanted to rub it in, show their vicious cruelty. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He snaps his fingers at me, my cue to get up. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Some posed for selfies; a photographer for the Associated Press asked Moss for permission to snap a few photos, and then he thanked Moss for what he was doing, too. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jody saw her eyes snap back and forth over the lines. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Roke bowed and snapped his fingers, and the small blue hawk perching on the bracket beside the door spread her wings and glided to the table. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I felt something collapsing inside me, sticks snapping, logs on fire splitting and falling, and I suddenly felt so ashamed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s rude to point,” Ron snapped at a particularly minuscule first-year boy as they joined the queue to climb out of the portrait hole. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His mind rejected it, even as, under the surface, puzzle pieces were snapping together. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And that’s all it takes for Ms. Fleming to finally snap. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The locks snapped into place, and the burglar-alarm light went on. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was hissing with malice, stabbing its head forward as it waddled heavily up the shore, and the beak snapped and clacked. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was something brittle about her, and he feared she would snap apart at the slightest touch; she had thrown herself so fiercely into this, the erasing of memory, that it would destroy her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her mother stooped down to snap off a dark-green leaf. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The boy thought they were telling him to chain up Sounder, but then he saw that one of the men had snapped a long chain on the handcuffs on his father’s wrists. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the twenty-ninth day, she forgot to remove it in the morning and the “directress” snapped at her as the girls stood in line for their “daily checkup.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell in the middle of the snapping, crackling, and popping from all sides. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The tortoise snapped, and the snake arched back, chastised. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

His eyes snapped open to see a too- close face staring down at him, everything around them still shadowed by the darkness of early morning. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Amari dozed, then was startled awake by the rustling of leaves and the snapping of branches. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without hesitating she reared back and snapped her hands forward, shooting the knife blades directly for the madwoman’s heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"Why do you fellows always talk in terms of race!" he snapped, his eyes blazing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flaving a job that might help the mission snaps me into focus. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and chilled, and miserable. I feel as if I had been wound up to a certain pitch—too tight—and something inside of me had snapped.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Then the floodlight, secure again, snapped on once more. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“What do I think my face says to the world? I think it says I’m all that,” she says, snapping her fingers. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

April snaps as you pick up the food. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a snap and a whistle and a grunting thud on fur. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fireplace was in the corner of the room; the flames blazed up, snapping the kindling and sucking at the wind that came down the chimney. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was followed by an awful splintering noise as the enormous rainbow snapped right across the middle and became two separate pieces. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then she snapped her fingers, and the jar shattered. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The dwarf snapped one off and sniffed it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It snaps viciously at her, again and again. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Stop talking about him,” I snap, feeling green all over. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He snapped the satchel shut, and looked up. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then lights began to snap out all over the school. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stumbled toward the window, but Leo set off his homemade firecrackers—snapping them around the dwarfs’ bare feet to keep them off balance. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Justin shrugs, then pulls up his camera and snaps a picture of me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, then your aunt Julia suddenly snaps up and remembers somewhere she has to be or someone she has promised to visit. It’s rude, you’re probably thinking, but it’s the only way.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Bellatrix,” he replied, his thin mouth curling into a slightly mocking smile as he closed the door with a snap behind them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When we thin-slice, when we recognize patterns and make snap judgments, we do this process of editing unconsciously. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“And you have a mouth that runs on, old man,” White Deer snapped. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What?” snapped Hermione, picking up the exam schedule and examining it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was so stunned, the drakon almost snapped me in half. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They snapped the doors shut, and the passengers dove for cover. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It fluttered to a table and snapped up a crust of bread from last night’s supper. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad's expression was a mountaineer's, the moment his rope snaps. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“And ever so much less than you could have been,” Sister Ignatia snapped. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I was out on the raft trying to catch an enormous snapping turtle. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sammy lagged back on Dicey’s hand and she snapped at him time and again to keep up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra heard the snap of metal clips and a hiss as air rushed into a vessel, and then there was a silence. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He turns out the kitchen light, snaps on the radio. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I blew a bubble and snapped my gum again. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The cuco snapped, growling and drooling all over Beefy’s crib, but the baby did not look scared. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mom hesitated, her eyebrows still high up on her forehead from when I’d snapped at her a second earlier. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then, quickly, like a lock snapping into place, something was decided in his mind. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Had to?” he said, his grasp so hard I thought my arm would snap. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Stroking and half lifting his dæmon, who snapped at him and drew blood from his trembling hand, Boatwright made his miserable way to the door and through to the dark outside. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“That’s ridiculous ,” Luna said, closing her journal with a snap and tying the leather straps tightly around the soft covers. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The mynah lifted on a rise of warm air as it coasted over the garden wall, over the snapping electric wires and broken glass and machine guns. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He jabbed a finger against one of the overhead lights and it snapped on at his command. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She stepped to one side, grabbed for her stick, snapped it up to protect her face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Grandma Sands’s voice popped like one of those big brown grocery bags being snapped open. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes snapped the way Granny’s used to, but dimples were fighting to show around her mouth. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several heads snap up as the heavy door latches shut behind me, as I hurry to my seat in the middle of the room. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

My ears missed the snap of apple pancakes in the pan and my eyes missed the rainbow of fruits and vegetables sealed in jars on the shelves. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was the old snapping kind, the kind Ma used back home to bait the mice with globs of peanut butter. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Only in New York City, I think, and take out my phone to snap a few pictures. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the Riveras showed up, Micho bunched the three of them together in front of our door and made them pose while he snapped a shot. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It snapped its jaws together until its mouth was a mess of green blood, yellow foamy poison, and splintered weapons. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

JPs head snapped back, and purple blood sprayed from beneath my knuckles as he lost his balance and fell backward—right into the muddy shallows of the lake. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But every now and then the strap of a camera would snap, or a handful of change would fall out of someone's pocket—and sometimes even a wallet like this! The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The third and most important task of this book is to convince you that our snap judgments and first impressions can be educated and controlled. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She swung the cylinder sideways and looked at the cartridges, snapped it shut and put it on her desk, and laid a sheet of paper over it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ben’s head snapped back, but not far enough to avoid the backhand that sent him staggering backward out of control with his head cracked against the far wall. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The rug is moldy, mildewed, and full of moths, Will,” she snapped. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A large button snap revealed that the loop could be opened and closed, and its purpose became obvious. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Saturday night came and the boss gave me my money and snapped: “Don’t come back. You won’t do.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heads snapped to attention, and the class was alert again. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the ground at her feet went snap, like a twig breaking. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He put on his glasses and his uncle snapped into focus. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Daddy snapped one more picture, and we walked out to the car. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found Kehaar just inside the trees, snapping and tearing with his great beak at a foul-smelling piece of flaking brown flesh which seemed to be hanging from a tracery of bones. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the bubble the hawk snapped its wings and shot south. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

That's right—the serpent had five other heads inside the main one, and they came forward now, all snapping and biting eagerly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The reprimanded pup snapped at a crane fly and shook himself. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Popcorn snapped away on the stovetop and everything appeared to be in its rightful place. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe everybody would like you better if you weren’t so know-it-all. It’s best for a woman not to know so much,” Lillian snapped. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tino snapped at him, “You got a problem with that, Tuna?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind snaps back to the platform, and I submit to her order. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In anger, he snaps his card out of his wallet. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

"It's castle- forged steel, you stupid," she snapped, turning in the saddle to glare at them, "and you better shut your mouth." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I lifted my camera and snapped a shot of a green truck and white snow and black clouds and the friendly shape of a good man inside and red glowing taillights, driving away. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He knew enough about lawyers to know when they were about to snap the trap shut. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The vixen swiped at one of the coyotes from above, taunting him, and Pax snapped at the other’s flank. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

After delivering the water home and snapping green beans into a big pot to steam with a cinnamon stick, Sitti took Liyana to meet a neighbor who was stringing orange beads on nylon thread. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Werfel kissed her and then snapped his fingers and pointed at the house. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

My mom snaps me out of this memory. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks had gone a blotchy, unflattering red, and her jaw was so tight I really thought she might snap and start screaming at me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then the sound of the wind, and the snapping of seared weed stalks as he crashed through them, and the rough shouts of the war-sick men as they returned to the trenches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“One number doesn’t get you any money. That was a stupid waste,” Joon snaps and changes the channel. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The wolf stretched and struggled; it pushed and strained every nerve and muscle to snap the ribbon that bound it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

"Good morning, Kiddie Klubbers, it's Uncle Harry—" He rushed in and snapped off the set just as a fat man with a false nose began pouring corn flakes into the screen. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Laila’s hands was a metal spoke she had snapped with a pair of pliers from an abandoned bicycle wheel. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I lifted the first bite to my mouth when a noise snapped me awake. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a loud snap of a trap as the pod triggers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The gods were careful not to get within reach of Fenrir’s jaws, but as they were driving the rock deeper, Fenrir twisted and snapped at them. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I snap, because even though Haymitch is my mentor and trying to keep me alive, this angers me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They made a terrible rustling and snapping of twigs as they went, but the noise behind them was still louder. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The darkness had teeth that snapped and clenched, and here was Virgil, sitting at the bottom of its throat. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When the winds of winter began to blow and snow fell in chunks, we undid the snap under the horse’s belly. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course not. I mean, yeah, I used to look for shortcuts for my video games but—” He snapped his fingers. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I must have stood for a few moments listening to the whip and snap of the curtains and the groan of a picture on the wall. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She snapped the clutch bag shut and looked around with a sweeping, raptor-like gaze—the only thing about her, surely, that could remind me of my father, and it did. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The second hand, the thinnest of the three, suddenly snapped and fell out of the clockface completely, bouncing once on the rug and disappearing into the ashes of the hearth. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I can do my own conversion,” he snapped. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Wherever he stepped on campus, cadets snapped to attention. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A black man in a white coat shoved me onto a platform and snapped: “Breathe in!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother noticed the rest of us sitting openmouthed and snapped, “You are so obtuse sometimes, Alfred. We’ll discuss it later.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He snapped and snarled and yapped at the conductor. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He tried to fly to her, but the chains snapped taut as he rose and slammed him down onto his belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Art tipped the ball to Pinkie, who snapped a quick pass to Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally snapped her fingers and rose swiftly into the air. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The sound of metal cuffs snapping into place drew Reynie’s gaze back to the Whisperer, in which—was it possible?—Constance had just taken a seat. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They snap on their rubber gloves, clean him up, change his clothes—he always wears sweats—and sit him back in his chair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then I clamped down on the spool of the spinning reel and backed up until the line snapped. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“A detailed analysis of the way the planetary movements in the coming month will affect you, with reference to your personal chart,” she snapped, sounding much more like Professor McGonagall than her usual airy-fairy self. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

DO NOT BE AFRAID, Pet replied, and then it turned to Hibiscus and the rest of its wings snapped out into fullness. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“What do you want?” the man snapped, his face flushed with anger. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of them, in succession, had tried to break it — Da-Fu even tried to snap it with his teeth. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I sit here?” he asks, and my eyes snap open. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Finally, with a great snapping of twigs and thrashing of branches across the windshield, as if the countryside is loath to release them, the car bursts forth onto smooth pavement and the light of day. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted to protest that I wasn’t tired and I’d never made up a haiku in my life, but Apollo snapped his fingers, and the next thing I knew I was closing my eyes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I snapped it on my head right then. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Bennie!” she yelled, snapping back into emergency mode. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Nok glimpsed the sheen of the Governor’s robes, and then her mother snapped her fingers again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The hole that had opened up for Anya snapped shut with a whisper, and she was cast into darkness. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Will Turner’s mother snapped at him when he staggered home, howling in pain after being shot in the courthouse gun battle with the Howards. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

A feathered dinosaur with a beak that could snap my head off with a single bite. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Thirty minutes later her eyes snap open as she’s awakened by the sound of screams ricocheting between cars, originating from God knows where—and then someone sprints past her window. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what he was playing at—if anything—or if he was going to snap back to regular old Miles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She snaps at her attendants, and they lead her off to the bathing onsen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Not only are many animals running around in the creaking cold, but the trees cry out and limbs snap and fall, and the wind gets caught in a ravine and screams until it dies. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he snapped his fingers and patted his pockets. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She’d snap, “Rachel! Go get me some wine and cheese and crackers!” and sure enough, after a while up jumps ol’ Mr. Stein. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Shut up and listen!" snapped The Grand High Witch. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe the spinning opened the tunnel, and then the section of the room with shelves snapped back to being part of the Greystones’ house again? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“What’s the difference?” he snapped, strapping his trusty weapon to his hip. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Dorian, stumbling over the chairs, tried to push the girls back to the table, snapping, “Now sit down there and be decent.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would not have been surprised to see a long tail snapping back and forth behind him. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sharp snap of rope breaking, and Nox’s cry of fear and rage, and Celaena took off, sprinting across the backs of the four gargoyles before she launched herself into the void. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When field marshals picked their men I was snapped up 'cause I was an ace dodger and tree climber. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She cracked the tip off a pod, pulled the string, snapped the casing open, slid her thumb inside the slithery shell, and added the peas to the mound in the bowl between her knees. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It certainly wasn’t as if something snapped and there we were, our jolly old selves,” said Francis. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Instantly, both my arms snap to my sides. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“All right, don’t tell me,” Corporal Whitcomb snapped and walked out again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby’s voice snapped me out of the fog, and I realized my hands were shaking. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The blades chomped, growling as they snapped up and down—a warning, I thought, like a dog’s snarl, to get the hell away. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I snap out of it and go back to my shrimp. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

My head snaps up at this oblique reference to redlighting, but August stares beyond me, at a sidewall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

William punched him in the face so hard that the fiend’s neck snapped straight back, and he crumpled, lifeless, to the ground. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The bush fought back, then yielded angrily, snapping and crackling before the inexorable thrust of steel. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Get your pillow, Moose,” he said, snapping the buckles on my suitcase. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I fight fires, what you think I do?” she snapped. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Man, why don't you save the theatrics for Broadway," the man snaps. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When she got over the last rise, she started running, hurried over to where I was, and pulled me back from the trap, and the teeth snapped shut with a loud clang over the pitchfork. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want your money,” she snapped, slapping it away. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Just jabbed her arm up and snapped down real quick. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Luke didn’t even realize she was talking to him until she said his name and snapped a few times in his face. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She opens her mouth, then snaps it shut without a word. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But when I look, there are two long lines of tape hanging down, snapped. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Jack would snap back to reality, his stomach almost turning inside out from hunger, his body infested with lice, men around him dying from hunger, disease, and sorrow. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, it happened so fast no one saw it, though several people said they heard a sickening crack, like a twig snapping. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Neck, back, legs, fingers, popping and snapping, reminding me of why I should never fell asleep on the couch. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A secret terror began to rack his mind: What if Howard let him ride and his leg snapped in midrace? Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patsching, which is done on the lap, and snapping can have markings indicating which hand should be used, right or left. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Are you saying you’ll publish it? If I can write it by—” “I said nothing of the sort,” she snaps. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mark’s head snapped back and he fell off the pilot, who leaped forward, getting on top of him once again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“The day I snapped, I stopped by their section of the mines to repay them for what they did to her.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The girl put her face next to mine, and her mom snapped a photo with her phone. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My head snaps around at the hiss, but it takes awhile to believe he’s real. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The robot started to tug on a quill, but it snapped off in her fingers. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Creatures they’d never seen, snapping their teeth and running their claws against a stone floor. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

An ugly fancy, I thought, might do us both some good, snap us into clarity, though how and when I had no idea. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then something in me cracked and I snapped at him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I had help on that too,” Harry snapped, trying to mop up his bloody leg with his robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He’d seen movies about people in comas for months and months or years and years and then they would suddenly snap out of it and wonder how long they’d been asleep. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

If Howard’s friends got too close to his horses, Smith would snap at them to get back. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He snapped the blind shut and returned to his desk, shouting for Latito in a strong, sure voice, “Get in here, Latito, before I call the rabbi on you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Determined to apply economic pressure peacefully, black protesters let the nearly empty buses rumble on by like green ghosts, ignoring the doors that snapped open invitingly at the corners, and devised their own transportation system. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The day she snapped at Endovier, she hadn’t been thinking about freedom. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Before he could do anything, Luke snapped him down to the mat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She stepped back two paces, aimed her camera at the notice, and snapped a photo. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It snapped at his fingers, showing pointed fangs. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I heard the snap of his powerful jaws as they closed on the throat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the car finally arrived for Joseph later that day, Frankie snapped a Polaroid of him and Albert standing together in front of the house. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Outside, Ernie was in the garden, snapping pea pods off left and right. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I blink, snap a picture inside my mind. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t seem to get used to the yipping and snapping. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Eventually he managed it by leaping up, getting one paw over the top of the thing, and with his weight, snapping the twine that held it to the roof. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Candy Man snapped his neck back and then he started laughing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Three times Sam struck with all his force, and at last one single cord of all the countless cords snapped and twisted, curling and whipping through the air. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My head snapped around, looking for my brother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The waitress snapped her gum a few times, then nodded. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He snapped the visor down and kicked aside the rat who had fixed the poison barb on his tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Hearing the rough snap of each button, I bend and squirm but am trapped in the quilt like a fly in a web. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“What do you want?” she shot back, jabbing her stick too hard into the ground, causing it to snap in half. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Look,” Hagrid twisted his crossbow uncomfortably in his hands; there was a loud splintering sound and it snapped in two. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We sat quietly for a few minutes, listening to the snap of the fire and the music from the deck and the sounds coming from the bench couple, who were really going at it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“It was keen. You should have seen how Grandma grabbed it up by its tail and snapped it just once and broke its neck.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The men and women stood straighter, and their attention snapped toward the windshield. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Flames snapped all around them & the Smoke wyas great & the Men skipped backwards through the Grass like Morris-dancers, trailing their flaming Pickets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Panpipe music is playing lightly from the speakers, and reporters and photographers are snapping photos and talking to the more-famous guests—senators and city council members. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom snaps photos of Deb and Sue as Deb blows out the candles. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I snapped open the clutch, reached in, and pulled out a hard pack of Camel Lights. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He took one look at me and snapped his book shut. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You know,” he tells me, his voice heavy—so heavy and thick, my eyes snap up to his. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He snapped his fingers in front of her face. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They’d just studied that unit in English class, so Aru could snap her fingers in rhythm and start shouting about neon fruit supermarkets, but she didn’t think that would be helpful here. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I snap a picture of it and send it to Lena and Hannah before I remember that they are probably not awake. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As he tried to press them to Lourdes’s mouth she snapped her head back and spat in his face. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How did you know about me?” she snapped, backing away further. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

More branches snapped in the forest and the wailing intensified. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They emerged into a brisk wind that made Jon's cloak swirl and snap. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Captain Stewart opened up on him, and his head snapped back and his arms flailed for a moment even after I knew he was dead. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spider’s silk support cables trembled like massive guitar strings and began to snap. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The song stopped, and a snap like the breaking of twigs took its place. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know where I come from, Mom,” I said, snapping back into the present. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I would’ve snapped at him if he weren’t my only informant about East Shoal—and my only friend. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Then snap a rubber band around its snout,” she said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I step on fallen branches, the snaps move through my feet. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Suheyla snapped out of whatever faraway, hollow place she was lost in. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He listened to the radio loudly as he passed exit after exit, casually noting the number on each glowing sign as he sang along and snapped his fingers wildly. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Let me train my horse as I see fit, he snapped, or find a new trainer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 5:30 a.m. his eyelids snapped open. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Charlotte’s parents were snapping away at our little group along with everyone else’s parents. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Heads snap in my direction with the sound of a hundred paparazzi cameras. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Carter snapped his fingers and the meeting began to break up. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She jerked at the rope and to her relief the twig on which it was caught snapped and the rope fell loose. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The girls around me are snapping their fingers in time. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Thomas wanted to stand up and cheer, sure that Alby would finally snap out of his doldrums. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The flag snapped wildly over his head for a moment. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her head snapped to the side as a growl rippled through the air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“In a minute,” Char snaps, waving for me to come to the other end of the counter. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She snapped her fingers, and all of the gateways turned dark. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

By working and reworking, and by keeping the knife sharp on a smooth stone, she managed to score a line deep enough for her to risk snapping the sheet. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I take out my phone and start snapping pictures. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"I ought to snap this toy across my knee here and now, and put an end to this nonsense." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her eyes traveled to Hazel and then snapped back. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He snaps and spins away from the water, hands on his hips, and suddenly, Sandy Sanders isn’t so shy anymore. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When Craig and I were very young, we pulled a brand-new carton of Newports from a shelf and set about destroying them, snapping them like beans over the kitchen sink. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Dad snapped shut his laptop and got up from the couch as I handed Mom the change. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Cara removes her glasses and snaps them in half at the bridge. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth to snap a response, but when she looked back at Elena, the queen was gone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Everything was falling apart, the treehouse branches snapping, the winds blowing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Not even Ralph knew now a link between him and Jack had been snapped and fastened elsewhere. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Turner sat on the stool, and he heard her settle backbones creaking and snapping. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Before I could argue, I heard the backroom door slam shut, loudly, and it snapped me back to reality. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I snap out of my daze and slide out from beneath the blankets. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Because of the way her head snapped back against the ground, the way it had snapped back up again and down one more time, her brain had been shaken inside her skull. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The minister snaps her fingers at a nearby servant. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I have lived in constant fear of being seen and hunted down: the sound of pebbles sliding on the rocks, a twig snapping, even the wind in the leaves can make my blood run cold. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Hold it right there!” snapped a firm female voice behind them. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The books on the shelf rise up in solid lines of singing color, the world drops out, and its hidden shapes snap forward to meet my eyes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sextant is broken because I was playing with it and snapped off a piece. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She pulls out a light blue denim shirt with snaps on the pockets. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mars snapped his fingers, and Frank’s queasiness disappeared. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her voice drags for a second and she snaps her fingers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Uhmma picks out a perfect snowy blossom and snaps it off with her fingernail. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as the twig cracked my eyes snapped open and I was wide awake. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper straightened his tie, and the cameraman snapped the picture. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

It snapped like a cap pistol and flipped halfway up to the ceiling. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I remember is waiting with my friends before the music began, watching their fathers snap pictures and their mothers fix their hair. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jed’s head snapped right and left, then focused on Mark again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We all turned to her, and our shocked expressions seemed to snap her out of her rant. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His elongated body snapped back to normal human shape. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The padlock snapped shut with the loudest click I’d ever heard. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The snow clung to their boots and breeches, and the wind rattled the pines and made their cloaks snap and swirl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One of the tines had snapped off beneath him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She lifted the computer screen for Arachne to see, but the spider snapped, “I’ve memorized it, child. I have an artist’s eye for detail.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had gotten used to Patty and Lu snapping on each other and arguing. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Your eyes snap right back at me then. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“You’ve been lying to me all along,” I snap at him. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The driver held up his phone and snapped a quick selfie. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Slender spires took form above it, some of them snapped off like broken spears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But each time he sprang, his jaws snapped around only air. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But her eyes snapped up, and she jabbed a finger at me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The seat belt snapped into a locked position when she slammed on the brakes, knocking the air out of my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Remember when I tried to teach you how to snap?” she asks. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Everywhere wire-cutters are snapping, planks are thrown across the entanglements, we jump through the narrow entrances into the trenches. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she snaps out of it, but it’s too late. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He twirled his fin­gers, snapped them, fist opening and closing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mama’s standing behind the gate, waving, smiling, snapping Polaroids. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“And then you go around thinking a boy will make this all better,” the woman snapped. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Taunting you? You mean when I threw the knives? I wasn’t taunting you,” he snaps. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Bill rose from the couch and went into the living room, snapping on the television before sitting down. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were gone, without a word, snapped out, made accidental, isolated, like ghosts even from our pity. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

His eyes snapped open and he sat up. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The riders stomped to the jockeys’ room, snapping at each other. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A trained monkey can type,” she snapped, and nearly popped her eyes right out of their sockets with exasperation. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When you had the whites under you, three hours was a finger snap. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Not that!” he snaps impatiently at one point, just because I have the nerve to select a tie with a cartoon character on it. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

A woman ran out of one of the trailers and tried to grab the black dog while the skinny dog snapped and growled and then suddenly just took off running. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A fetterling sprinted up, its collar open wide and its shackles snapping. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mama hustled us in there almost before they’d snapped their suitcases shut. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I snapped, annoyed by the tone of his voice. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was about to snap at her—when he saw where she was pointing. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

An older woman stands behind the cash register, ringing up customers and snapping paper bags open to stuff them with purchases. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Right in the middle of all my thinking I heard two loud snaps in the hall. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Ifyouwantto step on broken glass, Uriah, be my guest,” she snaps. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My right shoulder hits something that causes a snap, and then there’s a searing pain in my left forearm. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The nurse snapped his fingers and pointed back the way we came. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He yanked his gloves on and set off across the yard, leaning hard into the wind as his cloak snapped and swirled behind him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She snapped a brown leaf off of a plant on the windowsill and tucked it into her pocket. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A few feet away, Summer darted in and snapped at Hali. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If you’ve ever seen a crab’s mouth, all foamy and gross with whiskers and snapping bits, you can imagine this one didn’t look any better blown up to billboard size. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care whose son he is. I won’t go belly-up like some timid pup. If he’s fool enough to take a poke at me, I’ll snap the finger clean off that does the poking.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Catcalls rose up around them like flames—the voices crackled and snapped—and Archer released her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Cade pulled the truck off the highway, and we all got out to stand there in the blazing heat of the desert while Julia Bishop snapped photographs of us. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Kin’s eyes dropped to him, widening as the domovoi snarled and snapped his teeth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I snapped the laptop shut and checked my own pulse. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Trace moved his head to the rhythm and his wife snapped her fingers in time. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Everyone looks good in a uniform," I snapped. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Just then, the kitchen light snaps on inside, and Tía Inés steps out through the sliding door. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Trees, snapped like toothpicks, are lying on the ground. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Thomas finally snapped out of his daze and took off after his new— and only—friend. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because Curron snapped on her and Whit threw her a little shade earlier, but now Krystal was fuming. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then she placed the note in her locker and snapped the door closed. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The fire was a ruddy, lively companion that snapped back at you, that slept close by with drowsy pink eyes warm through the chilly night. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talis and Fox retreated to the outer circles with Beefy in tow, giving Seven an encouraging smile and snapping pictures as they joined the other parents. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Hush, boy. You talk like a fool,” she snapped. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt undid the snap holding the waistband and slid out of the straps. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought the scale close to it and they snapped sharply together, making the same odd, ceramic ring again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They could stop your heart, slow your breathing, snap your bones. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We all know the sound a camera makes when it snaps a picture. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A snap: I wait for a slow moving person of considerable size and slide through the doorway right behind his behind. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And such a skinflint a penny would freeze to your fist before you’d spend it,” the phrenologist snapped. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The serpent struck at her retreating fingers, snapping shut on empty air where her hand had been a moment before. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The grin on his face tilted, his teeth appeared, a squitchy sound came from his throat, the two closed fists snapped in opposite directions. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

There’s the quiet snap of cards as Luke deals. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“And if you’re going to sit back here and read, you might as well read something worthwhile,” she snapped. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Enjoy your night,” she said with a smile, then snapped open her blue fan and whirled away into the crowd, Cobbet trailing after her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There were lots of green snap beans, stalks of yellow sweet corn, Sea Island red peas, crookneck squash, benne seeds, and purple okra that looked like fingers reaching for the sky. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to grab the walking stick and snap it in two. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Somehow, after we had lavished so much time and effort and money on it, it should never have let one of its bolts snap and destroy itself and maybe kill Father. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julia snaps pictures of me and Isabella, and then Isabella pulls out her phone and takes more. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Each time I thought I may have understood, some line of logic snapped and I was thrust back into not knowing. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I fumble with the icy snaps, open the case, and reach for the mouthpiece. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

At any given moment, if you were to snap a picture of that hallway, half the people living in cages would be classified as “violent offenders.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

To the right I could see Antoine Thomas and another black guy with huge muscles practicing center snaps. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he spread his wings, flapped hard, and took off—but after flying four feet he stopped with a snap and crashed to the ground again, shedding a flurry of black feathers and squawking loudly. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Clenching her jaw to keep herself from snapping at him, Sefia took her coin purse from the inner pocket of her vest and withdrew the uncut tourmaline. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was dark in the church; street lights had been snapping on all around him on the populous avenue; the light of the day was gone. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Dari said, and then snapped his mouth shut like he hadn’t meant to speak. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Tom,” she said and chewed her gum with great snapping sounds. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He kept Pong's bracelet supply up, always replacing the frayed ones just before they snapped. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I followed and Cecile put her fork down for a second to snap fingers on both hands. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He walks out, engaged in low conversation with his men, snapping at Sana to follow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

No sooner had this remark passed his lips than a harp string snapped in two. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll admit, it was easier for the boy. He was here before I could snap the seal on a bottle. Begging me for another chance to go in. But what can you say?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She snaps, "Yeah, well, duh, Bobby—I mean, something happened. Of course something happened." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I saw the broken shells under Rose’s nest, something snapped. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He couldn't figure out why X-Ray snapped at him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You’re not leaving me to carry all these platters!” the old woman snaps at the younger one. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I pulled on the snap and it came off right in my hand. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

We would like to get the turtles out of their pool and play with them, but since they’re snapping turtles and bad-tempered and can take your fingers off, we know enough not to. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I demonstrated: shake, slide back palm to palm just a bit, and then snap. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I am a physicist,” he snapped, “and I have no knowledge to lose in which physics has caused me to know sin.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I fight the urge to snap each of her flapping fingers in half, but I hold my tongue. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He may make a million snap judgments about a customer’s needs and state of mind, but he tries never to judge anyone on the basis of his or her appearance. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Like the snap has been waiting around for the right moment. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Henry snapped his eyes open and stepped back, leaving the preacher laying hands on air. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I snapped out of it and stood between the doors and held them open with my arms stretched out like Samson. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rammed my fist into the palm of her free hand so she couldn’t snap her fingers again. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Huh- ho!” the guitarist exclaimed, and jumping up, he snapped into a mock salute. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth finishes the song quickly in one breath and then snaps off a smart salute. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

My throat hurt constantly, vocal cords taut to snapping. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hears me, and he stops snapping, growling at the monster outside, and runs, jumps into the tub. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“They don’t feel nothing. Drop, snap, and that’s it. They don’t feel nothing.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel watched as it snapped off half a dozen oars. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He snapped the back of the camera shut and chose the appropriate shutter and aperture settings, which controlled the amount of light the film would be exposed to. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

A foot of shattered antler, tines snapped off, all wet with blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He glanced from side to side, at the guards, at the window, before his eyes snapped to hers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Safer snaps his head around to stare at me. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The former slid her starboard oars out of the way before impact, but Sceptre's portside oars snapped like so much kindling as Kingslander raked along her side. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Moss snapped the lock shut, then slowly slid down the flagpole, his feet planted firm so he could start to squat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“If we’re finished, I’m afraid I must take my leave,” interrupted Dorian from beside her, and her head snapped up at the sound of his voice—and his impertinence in interrupting his father. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Like a mother hen, he gathered up his chicks, sometimes nudging, sometimes snapping, and shooed them out the door. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When he approached the carcass his brother snapped at him and laid back his ears, and he cuffed him with a forepaw and bit his leg. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Shaggy's jaws snapped shut beneath her ankle as she swung up and over the limb. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“How many times must I tell you not to bite off more than you can chew?” snapped the undersecretary, patting the distressed earl on the back. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Where was I?’ said the landlord, pausing and snapping his fingers. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A minute later he snapped the book shut. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He felt as though his bones were broomsticks, the kind that snapped easily during the harmattan. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked up then, and people were now standing in the street in front of him, snapping photos. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The newspaper people snapped their bright camera bulbs and took dozens of pictures of Jimmy Winkleman, a white boy, instead. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

One day I felt the snap like a rubber band that drew my right leg up under me as my left arm moved forward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull out my phone and snap a picture. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She shook my hand, and her thin cool fingers felt like twigs that could be snapped in a minute. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny ran to and fro, as quickly as she could, picking up the sweet dark snaps, sticky with crystallized sugar. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The pea pods were still green yet, most of them no further along than snapping size. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will call that thing whatever I want to call it,” Aloe snapped, and Jam shot a worried glance at Pet, expecting it to react to the hostility in her father’s voice. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They gathered in clusters at the corners, chatting and teasing and cramming for tests, until the green and gold buses chugged into view and the doors snapped open. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Herr Meins clears his throat, snaps each squirming boy back to attention. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Second: It held Gum Baby fast, its cuff-head snapping around her neck like a collar, the long chain attached to it coiling around her tiny wooden body. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We ran forward, desperately searching for something to get behind as the bullets whined about us, kicking up dirt and snapping branches. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A collar head snapped shut on the dust where my own head had been moments before. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The general scowled, his mustache bristling, but then he seemed to snap to attention. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The man snapped his fingers and pointed to Henry. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The commander gives me an impatient nod and snaps her fingers, then mutters something to the soldier that approaches her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“You shut that foul mouth of yours and get into the back yard,” he snapped. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granny muttered under her breath and snapped at the children. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He snaps out of his zip-file state and smiles, as I hoped he would. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then, a minute later, she smiles brightly and seems to snap back into herself. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

About five o'clock it was blue enough outside to snap off the light. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Derek was in a coma and was apparently not going to snap out of it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The dog bounded after him, barking, then caught up with him and snapped at his legs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We kept laughing until the principal snapped his fingers at us. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I hear her soft footsteps on the other side of the door, the sound of her snapping gloves on, then bending over to grab the envelope. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Bones snapped down at her like a cornered dog. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes you will,” said the third witch, and it suddenly all snapped into place. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He now came creeping back, his teeth chattering and his fingers snapping. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I slammed my locker door shut and snapped the lock closed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“So,” he said, smiling at her, tucking his sketch pad into his messenger bag and snapping it shut, “what do you want to do next?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She watched one of Diko’s yellow eyes flick in her direction before he suddenly lunged, jaws snapping at Bi Mutunga’s sandaled feet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I snapped it and pulled back the action. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The plane skidded for two thousand feet, severing an oil pipeline and snapping pine trees, before falling into a ravine and bursting into flames. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Before I leave, I turn around one last time and snap a photo of myself so I can remember all of it. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I fish in my pocket for my phone and snap a picture of the ocean. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She snapped the gun shut, held it up to her shoulder, and then carefully handed it over to Colin. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

A string of Buddhist prayer flags snapped furiously in the wind. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered it into the mouth, sucked and snapped in the ends, and chewed, then took a bite of cheese, chewed, and then a drink of the wine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

You could hear the snap even in the old video. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

That could get me sent back to my pueblito in a finger snap. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The screech of the air brakes snaps me out of my trance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Supreme opens the driver’s side door and snaps his fingers at his son. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mariam snapped the clean sheet and let it settle on the bed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

But the sign was long gone, snapped off by a hurricane or an accumulation of decay. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every time he attempted to reclaim his position at the wire, her snapping jaws held him away. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Please put it straight!” he snapped at my mother. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

You might think that unskilled jobs would be a snap for someone who holds a Ph.D. and whose normal line of work requires learning entirely new things every couple of weeks. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time I tried, I didn’t have the proper alignment, and the collar snapped forward but did not lock. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s dim and cool, and blue and red dots float in front of my eyes like after somebody snaps a flash picture. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oddly, it helped break him out of his funk, snap him to attention. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was so mean it snapped at air like a rabid dog and kicked at the wind, but it seemed to know Elsie was special. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I snapped, already a little emotional about this girl. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Hylla slid off the hood of the car and snapped the arrow with one hand. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You sound like Mom has already gotten the visa,” Amaka snapped. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But then, all of a sudden, she rolls onto her side and sighs, and her eyes snap open. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Go out in the early days of winter, after the first cold snap of the season. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Did she snap at him because she was worried I would tell someone what I saw? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hauling, wrestling, heaving, Lord Roke finally snapped open the key ring, and then he had to lift six other keys out of the way before the black-taped one was free. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I ignored the crowd, not bothering to check whether Elle was snapping photos for yearbook or Sean was sitting with my mom. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

No one could snap me out of it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Benny stung Robbie with that one, but before Robbie could snap back, Mr. Ray came out of the church with two other guys also dressed in black suits. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

One morning, annoyed by my whining and begging, Mamita snapped, “Fine.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, snapping back to reality, feet moving me toward the stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Because she was still thirsty and because she wanted to try opening a can, she snapped open another cola and took it upstairs. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stick snapped and he stifled a cough. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“How are you going to find my father? You don’t know what he looks like” I snapped. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He watched her snap a red silk garter over the sheer lisle stocking she had pulled up over her shapely leg. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Off your heels . . . faster . . . left, right, left, right... snap it out, jab, hook, jab ... harder ... The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh snap, you did another black out joint! Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Aileen pulled rubber gloves from her purse, snapped them over her hands, and ducked below the service window in the basement hallway to the small metal door by the dishwashing room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Is there a more beautiful example of a snap judgment? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

My head snaps from side to side as I examine the pack, taking in the various sizes and colors. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Little bubbles of air snapped as these voiceless animals of the earth came to the surface. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I snapped my umbrella closed, shaking the excess rainwater onto the sidewalk. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He turned the radio on and hummed to old songs from the seventies, snapping his fingers, and sometimes even singing some of the words. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Vamoose, Sayonara, Adios, Au Revoir, and beat feet it out of here,” Bull snapped. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am easygoing,” she snapped in the least easygoing way possible, and then they both laughed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The one wire they had to worry about was still up there, snapping and humming in the breeze. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was this close to being out of the tree line when I heard a twig snap behind me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The staff lowered, though, and I finally snapped out of my trance and glimpsed who was wielding it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And that the pressure of being friends with Auggie had made him snap and turn into an angry maniac. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mamou put her hand on his arm, but he shook it off and snapped at her. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The driver snapped the whip above the heads of the horses, and the carriage rolled away. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kat’s behaviour, from snapping eighteen pictures of the garden shed, to making me get under her dressing gown, to darting off to buy nail-polish remover, was making my brain spin. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps back cuz the swamp turtles we know have more than enough snap to get after a dog. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I put my earmuffs back on with a snap, and their voices fall to a low undercurrent. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He snapped his fingers, and armed guards poured into the room. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He puts the pack back in his pocket and snaps his fingers at the girl behind the counter. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

At that moment, a sharp snap from the fallen oak startled her. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Men of means eagerly snapped them up to display to friends. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

While Gurgi had climbed for the honey, a dead branch had snapped under his weight. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

And a twig that I hadn’t noticed snapped under me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Who cares, Amber. Both of us gave the crowd a show, and gave the newsies something to fill their papers with. That was the point," Edel snaps. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The first soldier bares his teeth at me."There are dozens of them out there," he snaps. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Then, with a powerful snap, he bit off his tongue with his own teeth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was a whipping movement, an abrupt snap, and in a looping, swinging motion the Frog slipped back around and up and took the main force of the pressure wave from the tanker bow-on. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doreen came flying out of the kitchen, the cord of the phone snapping the receiver out of her hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“He is a fine-looking, upstanding man with a good job and some woman will snap him up.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed her phone to snap a picture. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The cruiser's spotlight snapped on and swiveled toward him, shining directly into his eyes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But the shark jerked backwards as he rolled and the knife blade snapped. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the next section of this book, I’m going to tell three stories about people who confronted the consequences of first impressions and snap judgments. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was at the dinner table that something finally snapped in Aunt Anne. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the middle, who owned the paper, snapped it shut. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Branches tangled his feet and whipped at his eyes, grey-green needles scattered as he shouldered through them, snapping. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Stand up,” the soldier said, removing the glove with a snap. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Speaking above the deadly whirr of shrapnel, the snap of Japanese rifles, and the ping of bullets bouncing off our radio equipment. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world shrank down to tooth and claw, snow flying as they rolled and spun and tore at one another, the other wolves snarling and snapping around them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I snapped four quick photos of Harris and Boukreev striking summit poses, then turned and headed down. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I snap back to the gym, the first thing I feel is Roger’s hand on my arm. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

"You can't stop me," she snapped, then took a second glance at him, wearing pajama pants and nothing else. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Two women, snapping pole beans on their porch, grin, shout, “Dance, girl.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Fearless, Ben scooped up the hamster with one hand, plopped him inside that ball, and snapped the little door closed. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He snapped one picture of me, walking away from the camera wearing my dumpy winter coat, my shoulders up around my ears. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m going to heal it!” the woman snapped. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The guy’s head snaps back and blood sprays from his nose; he collapses to the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

No one raises their hand, and Ms. Jacobs snaps the top back onto the marker and faces us. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And then, just like that, something breaks in me, or snaps. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Misallying couples snapped off the future, which was to be embodied in true offspring. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And seconds later the chain snapped, and Brutus came blasting toward Satchmo. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then why had something snapped like a broken warp thread inside Lyddie’s soul? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Burson snapped his fingers and dismounted from his stool with an involuntary grunt, letting his cat leap to the ground. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When I saw him riding by, holding on with just one hand, something in me snapped. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She snapped me at the base of my wig. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They go on and on, a series of unanswered messages that seize me with guilt, until I'm snapped out of it by the phone ringing in my hand. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Wait...his other horn? What—?” “Figure it out,” the god snapped. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I simply can’t stand Mother, and I have to force myself not to snap at her all the time, and to stay calm, when I’d rather slap her across the face. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s only for an afternoon,” Dicey snapped at him. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes snapped open and he sat up straighter. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A few months ago I would not have dared to snap at my father. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“A superior man admits the truth,” Uncle snapped. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Before they even snapped the ball, I knew what play they were going to run,” he said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black Betha rode the flood tide, her sail cracking and snapping at each shift of wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His mother had set a soup kettle full of snow on the woodstove; it hissed and snapped as Ishmael shut the door behind him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My head snaps up to look at them, and they both smile self-consciously. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I snap, because I only kinda sorta know where Jason lives. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Behind it were small offices for an inmate photographer, who snapped keepsake Polaroid pictures, and a counselor who could help with matters such as weddings. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One of those branches snapped back on me.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I snap the book shut and point at the title. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Bones snapped at him, and one of the high school sodality girls whose job it was to keep us in line whacked him on the head. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ray’s nubby tail wags so hard it seems like it could snap off and bounce down the gravel driveway. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her pointe shoes probably snap in half when she points and flexes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The second figure—a rabbit as big as a kindergartener—twitched nervously and snapped, “Of course I’m sure, John! Hurry up! We need to get this over with.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

What with the sound of the cracking and snapping and her swift-fingered movements, she seemed to be playing a complicated instrument. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Breathless, I snap a picture as he runs back to Lolo and our tree. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was as though voices had been spun out like threads, twisted taut, ready to snap. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Her shoes were under her chair, and the side snaps of her dress were opened. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she filled a bucket full of clean water, pumping that handle up and down so hard it was a wonder it didn’t snap in half. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“No. His nephew. If you could just tell me—” “Do I look like a librarian?” he snapped. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I snap the laptop shut and jump to my feet, knocking my chair over with a clatter. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dipped right, and tried to flick the puck to the corner above my opposite shoulder, but I snapped my head and blocked it off my face mask. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Its thin leather strap stretched from being fastened around the waist to the last hole, and was now a hardened leather with a blinding, mean snap. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Her voice rang with feeling and her dark eyes snapped. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Finally, the man snapped, "Either ride properly, or go back to shank's mare"—meaning, of course, my feet. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

To the snap and crackle of the fire. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I thought if I could sneak my phone aboard, I could snap some grainy photos, record some video, maybe grab GPS coordinates to prove I wasn’t lying. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Once she sees me staring at her, she snaps out of it, smiles, and gets up to hug Abby. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We are here,” Allie said, shaking my hand and snapping his fingers. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And then I’d skip over the part in the hospital when the doctor said, “Hold on, son,” and snapped my thumb back into place. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mama’s voice snaps me out of my daze. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you’d speak properly I might understand you,” she snapped, then stopped walking. have to be afraid of me,” she said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The Human Body dropped from his hands, snapped open, and the innards scattered all over the dirt floor. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He gave a fluid snap of his wrist, and the leather coil lashed forward with a fearsome crack, catching me across the back of the hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The direwolf snapped at him twice more, sniffed at his butt, then lifted a leg over him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s not my fault that I have a working nose,” I snapped back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Soon her eyes snapped open as she recognized the emotion: it was happiness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When she tried to bite, her teeth snapped shut on cold dirty chainmail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"You don't get to ask me any questions until tomorrow," he snapped. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Corporal Whitcomb continued, biting the chaplain’s black thread apart contemptuously with a loud snap and buttoning on his shirt. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Gwenforte shimmied out of the way just in time and snapped her jaws shut on the back of the adder’s neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They heard twigs snapping, footsteps on brush, and then nothing. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He snapped his head toward Sierra, his eyes once again sharp. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t know what she was doing. None of us could follow Beetee’s plan. You can see her trying to figure out what to do with that wire,” Peeta snaps back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Then, without that person knowing it, his string would go limp and he’d think that it had just snapped, but no, Sapo had cut it. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I thought in all directions and always a leash snapped me back.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fenrir strained and stretched the muscles of his legs, and the chains snapped like dry twigs. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He picked up Gwin who was clambering around the backseat, held him so that he couldn't snap, and then lured him into the backpack with a piece of bread. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then at the ranch house he baited a rat trap with stale cheese and set it where Doubletree Mutt, that good big dog, would get his nose snapped. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Embassy business, the voice snaps, "Please call Don Vic to the phone." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Percy snapped his fingers, which sounded like a muffled explosion. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Don’t do that, Cockerell!” the flat-faced man snapped at him, spitting three times on the dusty paving stones at his feet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His blade wedged in the wood, and she jumped toward him, letting the force of his own blow snap the upper part of the staff straight into his face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

That little bit of snap was gone and she was back to sweet Momly, even though she was still saying no. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He stood up from the chair, and I got up and snapped to attention, showing the first real sign of respect I had given him since walking through the gates. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Remember what happened last time you didn’t trust my ‘snap judgments’?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I imagined myself making a speech and caught in striking poses by flashing cameras, snapped at the end of some period of dazzling eloquence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She snapped her fingers in the faces of all the yanquis in California. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“The goal you need to be thinking about is doing well in school, Merci,” she snapped. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I snap my fingers, but it’s so cold that they don’t make a sound. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

There was a snap as though a catch had been turned back, and a crash of breaking glass. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I click and snap a couple of pictures of Gavin talking. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was snapping in the wind—pop, pop, pop. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ma Costa’s daemon was wheeling in the bright air above her head, a hawk, fierce yellow eyes snapping this way and that, unblinking. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of room where you'd grill someone until they snapped, the kind frequently painted so as to cover the bloodstains. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I am an old man. Show the respect due an elder,” Papa snapped. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Lyddie snapped it off, but the roots were deep and beyond her reach. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Milton snapped, “Just put the cuff links in, will you?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Genie pushed Ernie’s leg off him, but it snapped right back up to its place on Genie’s lap as if it were spring-loaded. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Crack—crack—snap—as the golden monkey pulled the little thing apart limb by limb, and the woman lay moodily on her sleeping bag by the fire and slowly ate a bar of chocolate. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I slide in between Garrett and Nick while Simon’s mom pokes her head in to snap more pictures. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I shoved him so hard his head snapped back and he crashed face-first into the dirt. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I turn in time to catch Rufus snapping a photo of me; capturing moments really is his thing. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Quantico will be a snap after he’s been with me for twenty years,” Bull boasted. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I arrange the containers on the floor in front of me, then snap the lids on. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t and didn’t make a snap judgment. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He snapped at me and said he was gone. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I drove the thoughts from my head and ripped at the shoe buttons with the buttonhook, yanking so savagely that one of the abalone rounds snapped free and rolled under the cot. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then I set to work on the leg and thigh bones, snapping them at the joints and peeling off the tendons and digging out the marrow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He did not let go and she snapped at him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now nothing was left hanging to the pole but the frazzled ends of the snapped blades. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plunking tiredly down on an uprooted stump near the truck, he snapped open another tallboy; she leaned on the front hood, facing him, wearily letting the smoke drawl out between her lips. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed down on the scale—the red arrow moved from zero to one then snapped back to zero. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I heard the sickening snap before I felt it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Chubs tied up his shoes, snapped his suitcase shut, and didn’t put in a word of protest as we switched off the cabin lights and headed out into the darkness. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But with experience we become expert at using our behavior and our training to interpret—and decode—what lies behind our snap judgments and first impressions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Language!” she snapped, going back to the dishes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Though she tried to forget it, the sound of the whip still snapped in her ears. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Wind whips through my clothes, making the fabric snap. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then his head snapped up straight like a soldier at attention and he said, “Hotdamn!” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mind had not only snapped during the first killing, it had also stopped making remorseful records, or so it seemed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Finally the queen noticed Hazel’s group approaching, and she snapped, “Enough!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I keep walking, snapping a few pictures of a madrone tree with its papery orange bark flaking away from the trunk, the new skin underneath yellow-green and satiny smooth. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and snap the laptop shut. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That's it. Who —" he halted to crouch with one foot on the curb like a country preacher about to pound his Bible—"got . . . the . . . dog," his head snapping with each word like an angry rooster's. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh. Good looks," Satchmo said, trying to snap himself out of it or at least pretend he was never snapped into it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

As one of the bomber pilots was turning around to make another run over the target area, the rope pulling the glider snapped. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop that into the deck and snap the door shut. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

All six eyes blazed ferociously, and one head seemed to snap teeth at them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The agent snapped on his radio and, as he watched more cars head for Bud Gleason’s, contacted Dona Luz and the highway roadblocks to see if anything had happened. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found this to be the last straw, and my patience snapped. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melyngar herself stepped quietly; hardly a twig snapped under her hoofs. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

His attention suddenly withdrew, his eyes lost focus for an instant, and then snapped back to the moment with an extra charge of intensity. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And he snapped his legs together and got straighter than I had ever seen him, and he whipped his arm up, and saluted back. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The servants hesitated, but the lord snapped angrily, "Do as I say! Now!" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then they were apart again and Vegas was snapping his glove in Billy’s face. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom snaps, the reflection from her glasses flashing in the rearview mirror. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now wiggle the stick in front of the little guy. Pretend you’re a fish or a snapping turtle or something.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gino’s head snapped up and he sprang forward—one, two, three steps. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That won’t put the crystal back together, will it?” he snapped, then collected himself. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She whirled the cylinder so that if he even did draw the gun on her it would snap three times before it would fire. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He sprang to his feet, started up the underground stairs, stopping only long enough to snap commands. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bemabe’s eyes snapped up like runaway window shades, and whether he wanted it to or not, his day began. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hazel,” she snapped, “come out from behind that door.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The shot goes wide, but it gets the girl's attention, and her head snaps down, yellow eyes locked on Bill. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Hey, I’m sorry for snapping. I didn’t get much sleep last night,” I said, and yawned really loudly. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Bran snapped the reins sharply, and Dancer picked up her pace. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Good wand, that one. But I suppose they snapped it in half when you got expelled?” said Mr. Ollivander, suddenly stern. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes that came down to a lone clerk eyeballing your face and making a snap decision. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He swung his body out and to the left; then he jumped toward the wall of the Maze, trying to grab another vine; the Grievers vicious tools snapped and clawed at him from behind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But then he spoke after all, or rather laughed, and reality snapped back. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, the half bakery,” snapped the king. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Pipkin,” he snapped, “why don’t you clean up your face and stop the bleeding? The smell of blood attracts elil. You know that, don’t you?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she said that, Mrs. Coulter’s daemon snapped his head up to look at her, and all the golden fur on his little body stood up, bristling, as if it were charged itself. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My mom reacts like I just snapped her out of a dream. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

So I don’t snap at him when he gets me my shop gloves; I just say, “Thanks.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He snapped the notebook closed before she could look inside. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The woods were full of unpredictable happenings—snapping creatures, falling branches, stinging insects. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She snapped the book shut and handed it to me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Men and women raised their hands in the air, waved handkerchiefs, snapped their fingers as they tapped the ground, then stomped with their feet. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“From what you have told me,” Mr. D said, “we have broken even on this escapade. We have, ah, regrettably lost Annie Bell—” “Annabeth,” I snapped. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He pulled out his tool kit and cut and filed the metal, bending it until it finally snapped neatly into place. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

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

He snapped the lid for her, and the drink frothed out. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, something in the door snapped and gave way. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Master snapped, and then, in English, “Education is a priority! How can we resist exploitation if we don’t have the tools to understand exploitation?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Eager to try, she snapped a stick off a snow-laden bush, trimmed all the side shoots off, and swished it from side to side like a rapier. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Spiders continued to fall around them both as her eyes roved over his body in fear, then snapped back to meet his gaze. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But this time, something snapped inside of them. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Because of the cheetahs, he snaps back, so amused, he almost falls out of his chair, which causes all of us to laugh, and get past my hair issue for now. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“Cover me,” she said, snapping open her carbine and shoving a bullet into it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"Next," Black said while taking the smock off Needles and snapping it in the air. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He snapped his fingers and Bunny dutifully followed him as he headed home across the field. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Great-uncle Edisto always cooked his famous corn bread and good black snap beans and corn on the cob, if it was summer. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And what about when that mousetrap snapped? Man, I could hear him swearing all the way up in the barn.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her wrist was wrenched so hard she could hear the bones snap. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cast about, snapping his fingers, while Judy and Tracy looked on in interest. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He slow raised his right hand over his head, waited for what felt like was a hour, then snapped his fingers. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Before she could answer he snapped off the TV and the light, pulled the door shut and bounded downstairs announcing, “I’m starving! Let’s eat!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

A wavering beam of light snaps on high in the night sky. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

We heard the snap of fragile bones, the pop of bursting skin as the car rolled by, leaving a trail of collapsed green sacs in its wake. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My penny goes cold, and the sensation is enough to snap me out of my poorly timed ruminations. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It snapped me out of the memory of that night three years in the past but so not gone, so here with us in the water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy’s voice snapped and popped, but she didn’t care. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The massive teeth snapped like a bear trap. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, shut up,” she snapped, stuffing it back into her bag. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Torn pages were flying everywhere as the books grappled with each other, locked together in furious wrestling matches and snapping aggressively. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

At my shout, she snaps out of her daze and strikes out at Marcus, twisting away from him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lana Lee started snapping a rubber band around the pile of bills and making little piles of nickels that she was taking out of the cash register. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Matthias stood silent, unmoving, even when the gate opened, even when the wolves charged out of the tunnel—three of them snarling and snapping, tumbling over one another to get to him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When he started to lick, she snapped her knees together like a vise, trapped his head in the folds of her skirt, and reached down and grabbed him by the hair. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind flashed to him snapping the identity card and letter from my hand. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She would get right up on the flower and then snap the shot, again and again, pulling the pictures from the mouth of the camera and waving them around in the air. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His head snapped up as Dicey closed the door loudly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I’d rather have it than any title such as girls snap up so readily, and find nothing behind. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sneak out my camera and snap a shot of Hannah as the photographer positions her. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He would snap my neck before I ever got my sword out. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He snapped his fingers, and the robotic falcon flew back to the worktable. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They're snapping pictures of the crowd with their cell phones raised high over their heads. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I quickly snap out of it as Donna comes into the room and all my cousins start to laugh at my expression. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, don’t you start, as if you are so pious,” Mom snaps. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

There are noises behind us, leaves crackling and twigs snapping. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You’re so mean!” she said, comically frowning, and snapped the curtain shut. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Billy came to the center of the ring and snapped a glove out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made a cracking, snapping sound when I stretched. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Do you think you have time to be moral?” snapped Eva. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The snap of a single twig would give her away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They walked out of the bookstore and sat on a low brick wall, where Lydia snapped a selfie of the two of them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Get your dinner into your gob and let me finish my say, Jacob,” Old Cob snapped. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And he snaps at me when I ask him if he’s okay. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Constance’s gruff voice growled into her ear, “Be still, fox, or I’ll snap your neck like a dead twig!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He brought it over to show me its features—its snap pockets, its map pouch, its general miraculous ability to hold contents. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The leafy branches behind Ma start to wave and then snap as the creature prepares to spring from the shadows. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like being snapped at, so he pulled back a little more, while pretending to be hurrying as fast as he could. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she snapped her eyes open and looked at me, her irises like shiny brown stones. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Rather than snapping at me like usual, she took a hit off the joint and held the smoke in for what felt like forever. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Quiet please, girls,” she snaps, without looking up from her clipboard as we reach her. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The young mouse’s eyes snapped open, clear and bright. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His hand rose and the ice pick snapped into his heart. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try hard not to roll my eyes or growl or snap. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” she said, “upsets me more than being hungry; I snarl and snap and burst into tears.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The room quieted, and all eyes snapped to him. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Plain things—jars, petates, cactus, old fountains, old walls, old faces. Whatever I like I will snap. Maybe even sell,” she adds. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes snap open at the voice’s proximity. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The other half was vegetables from her garden: snap beans, four turnips, a cabbage. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It unreeled and snapped taut, and then a net unfurled at the end of it and smacked against the ground. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Aurum snarled and snapped in frustration, unable to hurt the enemy. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His nose was swollen and red from the bowstring that Nico had snapped in his face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They were just leaning there, laughing and so on, and then they started crooning, leaning in, heads together, snapping fingers. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

That someone’s going to snap, and punch him. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A gallery like my mum's would snap it up, I reckon. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Odin thrusts into its mouth with his spear, but one snap of Fenrir’s jaws, and the spear is gone. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I snapped the book shut, annoyed, and rolled over onto my back. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Old Familiar dipped and swirled, snapping brand flies out of the air like they weren’t moving, the prince-turned-slave-turned-god standing atop and swinging his ax like a scythe through a field of wheat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Halliday snaps his fingers and a scroll appears in his right hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When he came to the end of the tether, his head snapped back and he fell down. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Thin golden arms extended from its middle and snapped up the precious scroll cases. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Delicately made models of creatures Harry did not recognize, all flapping wings or snapping jaws, hung from the ceiling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She struggled against the straitjacket, glared at me in frustration, and snapped, Well, Seaweed Brain? The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the trial was over, photographers were free to snap photos, and flashbulbs were going off all over the room. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Any contact with money will snap their spell and revert them back to human form—usually naked. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

His body snaps and crackles in so many places, he sounds like a bowl of Rice Krispies. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“The ghost. A big black ghost floating and rattling right towards that man. The fella’s backing up, backing up. Then Uncle Louver hears one of his traps snap.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was something richly appealing in her color combination, the ginger snaps floating in the milk-white skin, the gold highlights in the strawberry hair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It was at the end of a dry season, Orleanna,” he snapped. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And well you might be!” said Mary Poppins, with such a ferocious snap that anyone else might have thought she was really cross with the Policeman. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Maybe he just wasn’t used to snapping the ball to Arthur.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could such a large creature move so silently through the snapping underbrush? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Children circle around him laughing and teasing him like little dogs snapping at his feet. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Beverly threw her baton up high in the air and caught it with a professional snap of her wrist. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Ben’s head snapped back as he was jerked forward, the Keepers pushing the pole toward the Maze outside the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He snapped off the safety catch and was ready to shoot. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I snap a picture of the results and the signs with my phone. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

When I heard the whip snap and the buckboard lurch forward, I looked back. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I put on my pajamas, doing everything as slowly as possible, afraid whoever was outside might snap another picture. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Dislocate his other shoulder, snap his arm, kick out his kneecap. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I turned back so fast I nearly snapped my neck. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He snapped it out of my hand, impatient. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Asked if he would agree to a War Admiral-Seabiscuit rescheduling, he snapped. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They jostled and bumped one another, laughing, stamping their feet against the cold snap that had surprised the city this week, the last gasp of winter before spring began in earnest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was voted neatest junior boy last year, and Papa had hugged him so tight that Jaja thought his back had snapped. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t no time to stare into that hole in the sky like Captain Cat and her cannibal crew, or all our sails would be torn to shreds and the masts snapped in two. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

To my right, the zip line snaps, the wire cord whipping back and shattering the windows below me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

An image flashes through my mind of the frayed tire swing rope over the river that snapped in two one summer when I tried to kick too high, sending me plunging into the water. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She broke the pods with crisp snapping sounds. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran into my room and snapped a picture of the recipe on the back of his last letter before hiding it again. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The excuse might work if he knew how to deliver it, but he says it with a snap. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She snaps her fingers if you don’t have your card ready when you’re up. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Don’t touch me,” he snapped nervously, because he didn’t want to get his own hands any more wet than they already were. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had snuck up on me from behind, from somewhere back around ten o’clock Dad snapped at him, “Erik! Cut that out! Are you here to help us or not?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naheed looked up at the clock over the doorway, the second hand snapping in rhythm. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She walked to me, slipped a finger under one of my spaghetti straps and snapped it. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Nightbeast barely slowed down, snapping and swiping at the Witchlings, only the force of their magic keeping it far enough away not to get them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Oil, hush, you big thing,” the young man snapped. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t thank him,” Mom snaps at me, glaring at him. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Even though I didn’t have anything on my hands, no sticky stuff, Grandma snapped, “Don’t touch anything.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Billy pulled up his sleeves and snapped his arm bands. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I run or breathe too deep, the cheap stitches holding me together will snap, and all the stickiness inside will pour out and burn through the concrete. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Of course I’m going to take the offer,” she snapped. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was why I thought knocking her into the snow would snap her out of her trance. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

And just then the bird’s head snaps back to a right-looking position on its neck, and it hops up and shakes itself. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Newt had finally snapped out of his daze and pushed Gaily away. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

"Dang, Jazz, don't forget to shut up," Noodles snapped back in a silly voice. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

So, swimming in fedock-deep slop and conceding as many as twenty-four pounds to his adversaries, Seabiscuit finished third, snapping his historic win streak. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes snapped open not because it was loud but because it was new. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a snap, and the hand was trapped in a mousetrap. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want her to snap and try and kill me like some psychotic lunatic. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The crunching and groaning and snapping of the wood became the only sounds in the world to Thomas, horrifying. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then Ernie’s arms snapped out and the football he was holding hit me full on my face. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he swore and snapped it down on the footstool in front of him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Just snap for me how quickly you’d like me to play this.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I heard a bone snap like a young branch. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I snap to attention as the door opens. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He got it down and snapped back the lock. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the chance we’ll have to take,” Milton snapped back, and with all his strength pulled his arm out of the trash can. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now she snapped photographs with John's camera wherever she went, creating a visual map of the Russian capital for the CIA. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He clenched his hands around the bottle until he felt a sharp snap. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

If we plagued him with our worries about Mother, he merely snapped that she would heed God’s call soon enough, and get herself up and around. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He circled around behind Luke and snapped off the computer. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took it out of his pocket, snapped it open, and held it under the old man's chin. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As if he’d read her thoughts, Brullo snapped his fingers, and a guard standing by the wall pulled the curtain back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Fish bones snapped in his mouth like dry twigs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I snapped the latches closed and rushed out of the room, the curtains blowing, flapping over the loaf of fresh bread still sitting on my desk. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The pencil wouldn’t obey her, and she became so angry she wanted to snap it in two—except that it belonged to Baba Joseph. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Get off my back," he snaps at me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But something snapped in Ivory after middle linebacker was wrested from him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun shone, I took Frightful to the meadow and we slid down the mountain on my snap- ping-turtle-shell sled. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And was immediately greeted by furious barks, toothy snaps, and terrifying roars! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"I don't want any more stories," Bran snapped, his voice petulant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Julia only texted once, to say she ate too many Reese’s Pieces and then a snap of her with a silly Halloween filter. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He kept the isinglass curtains snapped to the windows to cut off the draughts, and tight around his neck he wore his gray wool shawl. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It was a sickening sensation to feel the decks breaking up under one’s feet, the great beams bending and then snapping with a noise like heavy gun-fire,” he wrote later in his diary. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The polecat snapped its teeth and passed gas. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Say, that sounds like a pretty good deal. I wouldn’t mind a deal like that myself. I bet you snapped it up.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

How to put down a foot without snapping a branch or crackling a dried leaf. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then, very slowly, he drove back down the dirt road, the pack hurling themselves at the car, appearing before the headlights, snapping at the wheels, demonic and carnivorous once again. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glacier trembles perpetually, snaps and crashes, jitters under our feet. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sixteen years ago, the sails had cracked and snapped with every shift of wind, until he'd pulled them down and gone on with muffled oars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He snaps a shot of Cornbread and presses send, flinching when the bird flaps at him threateningly. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ambuya’s head snapped back and she bared her teeth in a terrible parody of a smile. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decide in a snap and reach for the branches, which are rough on my hands. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

His head snaps up and his eyes are wide. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She straightens up and snaps shut the cover of her notebook. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you expect to find a rat in the dark?” snapped Hermione. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

We passed the yacht, beloved of Mrs. Van Hopper because of its ducal owner, and snapped our fingers at the glistening brass, and looked at one another and laughed again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The moment my shoulder brushed his, he snapped the book shut and turned to give me the nastiest stink eye he could muster. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe the demon ladies had been snapped up by that reptile in the cave. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes went gaga, his head snapped back. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t want to tell us, don’t,” snapped Ron. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Harry had performed for six years in a row and told me it was a snap. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She snapped twice, and the laugh track erupted again. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He snapped his fingers, a small bullet of sound breaking against his palm. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Now that I think about it, the tailplane adjustment cable must have snapped during the climb out from the dive—or I wouldn’t have been able to dive. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth, ready to snap back. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"My dear, as I’ve already explained, Michael is correct. Apollo’s cabin has the best claim. Besides, we have more important matters—” "Sure,” Clarisse snapped. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I had to call his name to snap him out of it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In doing so, he establishes that the ring is his territory, not theirs, a notion that he reinforces by shout­ing, by stomping about, by snapping his whip. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The ground ripped apart like a snapping mouth. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then she bounded away through the thickly tangled underbrush without stirring a leaf, without snapping a twig, and vanished into the green. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t hear, couldn’t see, but he felt it snap. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She snaps the lid on the box of cookies. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Of course they had a right,” General Peckem snapped with cold and calculated severity, resolving right then and there to test the mettle of his new colonel under fire. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“State your name and rank. Who gave you my medal?” snapped the owl in a flat hard voice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“There’s no time to explain!” she snapped, though she looked a little red-faced herself. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

His hand went up and the metal visi-lid snapped back into place. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Elinor snapped when he squeezed into the backseat next to the boy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They were hoping to hear thwip sounds and that the robot limbs would snap right into place and Roz would return to her old self and life on the island would go back to normal. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Alec roared and sat up straight, years of military training snapping him instantly awake. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It worked—his mouth snapped shut, his hands balled into fists. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Then one of the branches that Ernie brushed aside snapped back and came flying at Genie, whacking him in the eye. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I said, Ma am, we re just— “Ha!” the man snapped, which made me jump. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry that you think it’s in your best interest to spend time with that thug,” Stephanie snapped at her. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They crackled and snapped, but kept her up on the drifts. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The riders are hesitant to give up their light, and I snap my fingers in irritation, like Momma would've done. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He snapped the book closed, looked over at me, and smiled. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They swing their guns around, snap into action, but quickly relax when they focus on us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lee’s head snapped around and he inspected Samuel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wrestling to the ground, grabbing at each other in the scuffle, and somehow I’m smacking him in the chin with an uppercut and his head is snapping back. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ronnie’s head snapped up, his eyes huge, and he stopped dead in the road in front of us like an old cow caught in the glare of a car’s headlights. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“What did you do with yourself today?” he asked, snapping me out of my reverie. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The iron wasn’t being cut so much as snapped. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Plus, I had a strong sense that I needed to snap off my past in order to have a future. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The quiet breeze caused a branch to snap in the forest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Find out who leaked it, and fire him,” snapped Nixon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His voice ceased and I saw the strands of pale blue smoke drifting across the mirror and heard the electric lighter snap back on its cable into place behind the back of the seat. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while I’m telling her the story, I’m popping my neck and snapping my fingers. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And as he watched, it seemed to him that Denethor grew old before his eyes, as if something had snapped in his proud will, and his stern mind was overthrown. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I thought we weren’t supposed to be burning batteries,” said Grace, snapping hers on, too. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Harry just caught sight of a pair of bright brown eyes staring at him before it closed with a snap. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I won't tell you where he snapped it, but it hurt like hell. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Wilf snaps the reins on his oxen but keeps them slower than the rest, letting a distance open between us and everyone else. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes. You know, the ones that snap in when you push a button. Charles and I used to fight over it all the time. It’s still at home somewhere.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sheed jerked at the snap in Mr. Flux’s voice, but recovered quickly and moved on to his other questions. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then she realized what she was doing, staring at the grain on the wood, and urged herself to snap out of it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She put on matte pink lipstick, snapped her compact shut, and slowed her pace even more. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At Court Square, the driver snapped open the doors and hollered for a transit policeman to come inside and make an arrest. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

TV cameramen push through to get a better angle, and the reporters are snapping photos like crazy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt my spirit snapping loose, soaring above my body and looking down at the scene. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked to one of the trees, planning to snap off a branch and inspect it, but instead walked straight through it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I want you to stop harassing me. I want you to go away,” I snapped. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth twists the dial, tunes in a Nazi-approved station, then snaps off the radio and stows it back in the closet. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the six of us lined up in our red-white-and-blue tracksuits, beaming as photographers snapped our team portrait, all I could think was, Finally! Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The cradling-branches of my pecan tree had been snapped clean off but the tree still stood. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep out of her sight and to eat as little as possible, but I think if she could have snapped her fingers and made me disappear, I would surely have been gone. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I snapped my papers out of his hand. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Jason didn’t see Hades, but whenever a giant stumbled and fell the ground broke open and the giant was snapped up and swallowed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Its massive head rose above the waves on a long white neck that gave way to smooth brown scales, ancient heavily lidded eyes, and a sharp beak that could snap a man in two. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Papa’s voice snapped me out of my daze. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And Benni said, “Woo! Sounds amazing!” bobbing her head and snapping her fingers to nothing. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her horses bucked and snapped their silvery fangs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He was so ashamed of himself that he snapped at Polly. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the hootch, sitting off by himself, Azar grinned and snapped his fingers. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been guiding you idiots every step,” he snapped at Gold. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t show nearly the restraint it had earlier, and practically pounced on it, snapping up the smoldering sack in its great wide mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His hand rose and the ice pick snapped into his heart. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes snapped back up to his eyes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“He’s fine,” Grandma said, snapping a pea in half. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then he pointed to the top of the fire, where the snapping yellow flames dissolved into an invisible shimmery heat that made the desert beyond seem to waver, like a mirage. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I snap the button before she can disagree. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It sinks like a stone, and the rope—which has been gnawed upon by the feral brains—snaps, sending the bell to the irretrievable depths. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He’d shoved the disk into the boy’s mouth as they went over, snapping it with his own fingers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I snap my fingers twice, then listen to Day’s voice over and over. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I think you should do whatever you want to do,” Ivy snapped. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Dad shook his head in annoyance and snapped off the stove with an angry flick of his wrist. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Harry passed her the pod in the bowl; he and Ron both snapped their goggles back over their eyes and dived, once more, for the stump. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Grant snapped his fingers and pointed at the door. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Norman Bowker bent forward and scooped up some ice against his chest, pressing it there for a moment, then he fished out a beer and snapped it open. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, then. Get a move on!” he snapped as they stumbled out into the bright light of day, blinking. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

With a snap of the neck I shook his hand off me, my teeth set, “Brinker...” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jerked me to my feet and snapped, “Not yet.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I breathe in Vaseline and brass and rusty snaps holding hard cases closed. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

With a snap, it came off in his hand. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

She lifted one hand from the steering wheel, whipped it off to one side, and snapped her fingers. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Something shifts inside me, like a puzzle piece snapping into place. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

He snapped his can of tobacco and packed a black wad behind his lower lip. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

SCORPIUS: Okay, whatever was holding your brain together seems to have snapped. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

They only snap back to full attention when you finish talking, at which point they say “Uh-huh” or “Yeah, really” and fake their way back to the moment. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't even do nothing to this dude, and he just felt like he could snap on me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Get back in the car,” he snapped over his shoulder to his nurse, who had followed him down the line. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When told of King’s suggestion, the NAACP’s Thurgood Marshall allegedly snapped, “I don’t approve of using children to do men’s work.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Several times, I drift off briefly and then snap awake, guilty and angry with myself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then another hoarse scream erupted, sudden and desperate and just as suddenly silenced, broken off by lurid, ripping bone snap. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Quickly he closed the doors and snapped the lock through the hasp. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Spare us the poetry,” snapped the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you ask me first?” snapped Mother. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I would have handled it if he hadn't got in the way," snapped Belet. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

That snapping sound again, this time just under my left eye. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

June snaps her fingers in front of the guy’s hipster glasses, eyes blazing. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She snapped at them and pushed them away. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He said he had a row of girls waiting for him, that all he had to do was snap his fingers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At another practice, the Under Fifteens had gathered in a circle at midfield to stretch, when they heard noises in the woods—snapping twigs and the crushing of dry leaves. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

A snapping turtle would view a trout head with relish. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, I heard the snap of branches and groan of falling trunks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Instantly their heads snapped around, trunks held out, glittering eyes facing forward. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jon Arryn's beautiful engraved silver sword glanced off the marble elbow of the weeping woman and snapped clean a third of the way up the blade. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The referee blew his whistle, the clock started to tick, and Lake Windsor’s big center snapped the ball. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand on a towel while she lops off my curls with quick snaps of the shears. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

With her wings snapping to gain speed, the great bird aims for Alice, who ducks her head just in time. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pieces of ceiling snapped and cracked and rained from above. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But somewhere on the oval’s apron, a San Francisco Examiner photographer had stepped out of the darkness and snapped the horse’s picture. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other ropes snap pretty quick from the sudden shift in weight and I cover my head and press myself away as the silage rolls start to tumble. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He snapped the bar of hash in half and gave me some. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The fibula of Booth’s lower left leg, a thin bone that is not intended to bear weight, snaps just above his ankle. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The cliff-ghasts heard Lyra’s exclamation of dismay, and their flat heads all snapped around at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Seems like you don’t want to hear any more about anything these days,” I snapped back. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He dismissed all the dances he had given with a snap of his fingers. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Why is he wearing a lumberjack flannel shirt with pearly snap buttons tucked severely into high-waisted dress pants today? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It smelled of oil and made a sharp clacking noise like a train running down a track as the keys snapped against the carriage. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Who’ve we got here?” she said, and the sound of her voice snapped me back to my ordinary senses. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry remembered only too well the occasion when Ron’s old wand had snapped. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The oven cricked and snapped with growing heat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Funny how the smaller and quicker emerald ones were such a snap to catch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Jahrling opened the folder slightly, just enough to give C. J. a glimpse of spaghetti, and snapped it shut. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“None of us knows the cost,” I snap, and then hope no one notices the sharpness of my tone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I snap to attention when Christina kicks Molly in the side. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

John Mark grips the steering wheel like he wants to snap it in half. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Now Naheed knew for sure what Eliza had been upset about in science and why Mrs. Salinger had snapped off the television. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Finally Jimmy snapped his fingers and said, “Hold on now, is your name Bud?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I looked around the store one last time, pretending my eyes were a camera, and snapped mental shots to tuck away for safekeeping. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Then, by God,” the Corporal snapped, “I’ll be your man. Is that your silent meaning?” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

A detached parry uses the wrist, snapping fingers, and the blade’s flexibility to deflect. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her skull hit the windshield and jerked her neck to the side with a freak snap. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some had been uprooted, others snapped like twigs. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Ummmmm,” Mark replied, rubbing his chin as if he were thinking hard about it.Then he snapped his fingers.“Oh, The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She snapped her mouth shut and jerked her horse’s head around. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He snapped his fingers, an idea occurring to him. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Because talking to Dad snaps my missing body back into focus, and for a few minutes I'd forgotten all that. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With practice, Saxe realized that he could cradle the pen gently in his hands while leaning on his elbows, snapping perfect images. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You pull your arm back like this, see? And you have to aim high, and at the last minute snap your wrist like this, see?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ash snapped, “If your mother stopped spending all her money on furs and jewels and new gowns, perhaps you wouldn’t be so desperate for a rich husband.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind churned up the waters, snapped the masts. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Rain fell and froze, and tree limbs snapped from the weight of the ice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Sam saw Gollum’s long hands draw upwards to his mouth; his white fangs gleamed, and then snapped as they bit. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need this slave,” I snap, to cover the sting. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What did you say?” his aunt snapped through the door. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I kept picturing in my mind mad dogs and mad wolves reeling about with the blind staggers, drooling slobbers and snapping and biting at everything in sight. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

A snap, loud as a hunter’s gun, as the branch gave way beneath him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Then he snapped everything in sight, including one of Kat and me together, with the London Eye behind us. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the wheel axles snapped with the sound of a thunderbolt. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The poster snaps up like a window shade. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Honestly, Hermione, you think all teachers are saints or something,” snapped Ron. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Mama took out a starched linen tablecloth and snapped it open over the kitchen table. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But Garret Charles snaps back at them: “Enough.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I beamed again and this ancient dude snapped a pic with his phone. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We could not believe that a law could be made that would get rid of the Tonton Macoutes in a snap of the fingers. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped back and accidentally snapped a twig. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The vocal cords refused to work, but I could snap my fingers. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drags me onto the dance floor, jiving and snapping her fingers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and chilled, and miserable. I feel as if I had been wound up to a certain pitch—too tight— and something inside of me had snapped.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh all right then . Hermione snapped, “but I hate talking to you in that Cloak, I never know if I’m looking at you or not.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“The plumbing’s clear,” he announced, snapping off his latex gloves. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Silver was already in her scoop, snapping at the nursing Zing. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She snapped, “Separation couldn’t come too soon to suit me.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I referred his valet to Miss Kenton, but this did not prevent M. Dupont snapping his fingers at me every few hours to say: 'Butler! The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He lived up the hill from them, and for some time he’d seen Mia with her Brownie wandering the neighborhood, snapping pictures of this and that. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It cartwheeled end over end, snapping onto Mr. Flux’s shooting hand. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’m ready to snap out something rude when I notice the movement in the trees. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She shakes me so hard, I think my head is going to snap off. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He laid them on his bed and then brought out the pistol, took out the magazine and snapped the loaded shell from the chamber. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never make snap judgments, ” said Justice Holmes. knowledge. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hissed up in a furious steam—and the metal snapped! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you might have a thought for somebody else!” snapped Nat, slapping the water out of his dripping breeches. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“We just want to talk. If we could—” “Ha!” snapped the statue. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And then the booth, the whole booth with all of us in it, swayed one way and then the other, and I heard whatever bolts anchored it to the floor groan and snap. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She snaps at a nearby servant, "Go and fetch Madam Claire. Tell her that her hospitality is lacking, and I don't like to be kept waiting." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh snap! I mean, I kinda figured. But cool! Can we, uh, can we go storm the prison now?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He just stare at me and jab his finger, then snap his thumb like he firing a gun at me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Some tips of branches snapped past me and then I crashed into the water. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He snapped down the cue chalk, sending up a puff of blue powder, and missed a final shot. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stirred it carefully so that the spoon didn’t hit the sides, and at the end the young woman snapped her fingers, just like Richard had earlier. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

MacDuff raced in circles, his mouth open in a lopsided grin, snapping at the flakes. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Jinx felt Finn’s grip loosen, then heard a loud snap. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

What if we reach a snap judgment without ever getting below the surface? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that’s the other reason I came down, to thank you for taking care of me—” “Well, I wouldn’t have,” Mariam snapped. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

At the sound of a whip, her head snapped to the side. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care about the stupid party,” she snaps, grabbing the paper from me and tossing it in the air. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Great Scott, girl,” he snapped, and jammed the specs back down over his eyes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She had her camera app open on her phone, snapping a photo every so often as they walked. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

All that morning he had lurked behind his curtain of indifference and looked at things, snapping and glaring at whatever had tried to make him come out into the open. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He snapped his fingers and informed me that the top of the Empire State Building was now lit up blue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

"Maddy," I snapped as she turned halfway around to get a good look at the girls. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s not a sex parade,” Tab snapped. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

In April and May of 1940, Hitler’s armies snapped up western European nations including Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and finally, in June 1940, France. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Let’s all give some snaps to New Hampshire.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Somebody is going to snap it up soon, tear it down, and put up a gleaming block of overpriced luxury flats.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Attached to my waist was a three-foot-long safety tether with a carabiner, or snap- link, at the distal end. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It cut with a clean snap, and a curled chip flipped onto the bench. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t,” he said, and his mouth snapped shut. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My head snaps up as I slam the journal closed. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There’s a snap of branches as Viola comes rushing back to us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z