He kisses my neck, the soft patch of skin south of my ear. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She looked up into his clear, soft eyes, wanting him to stay. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I follow her, the dew cool against my feet the soft hush of wind through leaves my mother and I alone together. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She slid the soft feet of her space suit into the boots and glanced at Johnson and caught his eye. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, there was no escaping the conclusion that our argument was soft. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I studied her, searching for the hatred buried beneath the layer of pleasantness on her face, the fear hovering in her soft eyes, the disgust caught in the corner of her smile. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Momma’s voice was light and soft, welcoming almost, like her singing voice. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The same soft smile she’d give me when she got home from work. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The seats were big and soft like a sofa, and there was a little white cat in the back window whose eyes lit up when the car stopped or turned. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Tao closes his book, his expression softer. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The valets helped each of the children down to the grass, which was soft and wet under their feet. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She replaced the album, straightening the spines so that no one would be able to tell she had been here, so no one would know how soft she really was, and how easily broken. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Bars of soap are brightly fragranced, and colored in soft pastels. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Again, as I get near the pen, I hear soft, happy yips. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wraps an arm around me and pulls herself across the cushions so she’s right up against me, warm and soft and pliable. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She finds barnacles, an anemone as soft as silk; she sets her fingers as lightly as she can on a Nassarius. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The darkness enveloped them like a soft cloth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She only remembered a blur of red hair and freckles, a soft breathy laugh. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Grandma brushed the hair back from his eyes and forehead and she said, Doesn’t he have lovely soft silky hair? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The worn scraps of fabric felt deliciously soft in my hands as I folded them in neat squares, transformed by my imagination into fine clothes for sale. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called her "Little Prin-cess" and sometimes "My Lady," and his hands were soft as old leather. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was a soft quietness in his head now, as if the world was at a remove. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A softer, more tolerant side of his personality came to the fore. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear the soft swish of the ceiling fan in the hallway. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I struggle and try to kick the soft place between his foot and ankle, but he yanks me off my feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks were very pink and her lips were very fresh and full of colour and they looked soft and relaxed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tangled his fingers in her soft mane, then dragged himself over her back. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I stopped and crouched farther down with Halinka, holding her soft, warm body close to mine. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I feel the soft breeze in my hair. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Many others of Elrond’s household stood in the shadows and watched them go, bidding them farewell with soft voices. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And the goose raised herself a bit and poked her eggs a little further under her so that they would receive the full heat from her warm body and soft feathers. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

A muscle in Henry’s jaw moves, and something soft, almost like a smile, tugs at his lips. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He hit the bottom of the bottle with a soft thump. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were soft brown with a perfect halo of sea blue around the edges. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They were 2 62 soft and unwaxed, but they tasted bitter. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then we’d roll over and sleep again, always listening for the soft step of prisoners’ feet on the floor above to let us know when to come out. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

All I could think about was her soft skin just inches away. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Abby paced while I lay on the soft green rug in her bedroom. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Walter and I are relaxing between the matinée and evening show when there’s a soft rapping on our door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe how soft his head was, and how little his eyes were, and his fingers. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

As the car disappeared out of view some of the monkeys called out, emitting soft whooping sounds, and then walked on their flat black hands and feet up the path. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hickock, a plump woman with a soft, round face unmarred by a lifetime of dawn-to-dark endeavor, reproached him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was always so calm, Catelyn thought, remembering her mother's soft hands, her warm smile. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was too soft and muddy for the cars. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The soft ground wasn’t the only reason for choosing that exact spot. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I got to wear my favorite dress, which is made from the softest velvet the color of cranberries. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Behind me, in the jeep, my daughter Kathleen sat waiting with a government interpreter, and now and then I could hear the two of them talking in soft voices. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” I said, trying to keep my voice to a soft murmur. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They were not squirrels, nor the cubs of men, they could not wriggle up the trunks of trees, clinging with soft pink paws and clumsy feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I kick you in your soft spot, I thought. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They gave access to a spiritual world, where things were soft and intimate, a place where he might someday take his girlfriend to live. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her touch was soft and curious as she followed the mark down my face to the corner of my mouth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Her skin was as soft as it looked, white and smooth as freckled porcelain. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Out,” he told the feasters, in a voice as soft as a murmur. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re soft in the head. You deserve to spend the rest of your life in prison.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The lamplight in the Store gave a soft make-believe feeling to our world which made me want to whisper and walk about on tiptoe. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down and watch how peaceful she looks, her face soft and calm. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When I came up to the sunlight, which I did by simply poking my head into the soft snow and standing up, I laughed at my dark fears. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should side with my most tolerable brother, but I love a soft yolk to dip bread. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The house was straightened up and neat; the kitchen soft, bare, and shining. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, he’s always quiet,” my mom said, rubbing my forehead with her soft fingers. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There were plenty of wrestlers who hit the district tournament only to discover they were soft as cotton. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She had caught Carl, caught him and entangled him in her soft tone. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He built bookshelves and unpacked his books, invested in a soft rug and tacked prints on the walls. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And her voice was so soft, so gentle and soothing that he wanted to let all of it go, not to be here. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hear her hang it up real soft. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

All she would remember was Mia holding her tight, so tight that the world stopped spinning at last, Mia tucking her into a low soft bed that, it turned out later, was Mia’s own. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Moss touched the wall again, just at the point where Javier’s blue flannel opened, and he remembered how soft Javier’s skin had been, how he smelled, how his lips felt across his own. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I stood in the snow, almost mesmerized by the soft click, click of the pearls, and tried to understand what I’d just heard. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They looked like soft marbles, pink shooters striated with red, inside of which an orange/yellow liquid gleamed and threatened to ooze out if the outer membrane broke. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But much more importantly, it means a precision soft landing can be done remotely by a pilot in orbit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, I understood the danger lurking in the soft spots. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The hull, covered with an armor of petrified barnacles and soft moss, was firmly fastened into a surface of stones. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

From the doorway, I see Nat’s soft purple blanket in a tangled heap. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although I tried to buy the softest of foods now, they were still beyond Morrie’s limited strength to chew and swallow. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the workmen, a bit soft in the head, couldn’t help nodding in agreement. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She did not know this Edwina, with her soft voice and perfectly bobbed brown hair. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ralph put his hand in the cold, soft ashes of the fire and smothered a cry. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When the creepy theme song comes on, I hear whimpering and then soft crying. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My fingers brush over the soft fabric scraps— my pretend clothes for sale, which I used to sell to my cousins for leaves. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel never had to grab for anything and she was soft. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Before long, everyone’s mouths were full of soft, sweet peach flesh and groans of delight. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It looked vulnerable, soft, like an easily wounded shin, full of bone but susceptible to the slightest pain. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I can walk about and talk and answer questions without fear of having suddenly to lean against the wall because the world turns soft as rubber and my veins become brimstone. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice is low and soft, a piece of silk you might keep in a drawer and pull out only on rare occasions, just to feel it between your fingers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When I push my head into the soft blue blur of his room I can smell him and feel him and I smile. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the night table a ballerina held aloft a lamp shade, and a soft pink light bathed her porcelain tutu, accentuating the curves of her strong legs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

His eyes were very wide and he had a beautiful soft mouth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

While Joe was on the porch, angrily thumbing two dimes into the soft drink machine, Bud Gleason’s Chevy Blazer pulled up in front of the store. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told her thank-you in his soft voice, and explained that he was locked out of the house. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Naomi fingered the soft fabric of a gray dress with flared sleeves, a blousy top, and a skirt that flared out a bit from a belted waist. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pilate put her hand on Hagar’s head and trailed her fingers through her granddaughter’s soft damp wool. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her soft voice she spoke firmly to Matthew, who was trying to grab a toy from his sister. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even know how, didn’t remember the feeling of linens and soft things. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jonas’s father wearing his nurturing uniform, entered the room, cradling a tiny newchild wrapped in a soft blanket in his arms. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the tent Dany found a cushion, soft silk stuffed with feathers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Yet Frodo began to hear, or to imagine that he heard, something else: like the faint fall of soft bare feet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The skin is soft, probably exfoliated and moisturized daily by some royal manicurist. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her soft voice interrupted his thoughts, and he was suddenly aware of his discourteous behavior. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

So I stuck the feather into the soft dirt beside the creek, closed my eyes, and made my wish. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But it was soft and clear and much sweeter than the cries of the gulls or the crows or the talk of the pelicans, which sounds like the quarreling of toothless old men. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Mrs. Amos said kind of soft, “Toddy?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The cabbage is soft and hot and there are plenty of potatoes with butter and salt. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The music began: a breath of strings, then a whisper of voices, chanting, soft as silk, but somehow piercing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

All soft lines and curves and overlapping limbs. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

And then she stood up and started walking across the sandy beach as though it were a solid paved path, and I was trying to follow behind, struggling and stumbling in the soft mounds. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice is as soft as a sparrow’s beating wing, and I can almost feel the gentle flutter across my cheek. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

A soft negative movement, left to right, and then her paw pushing something positive, like the small red ball she loved so much, across the table to me. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Snow slid off the branch and fell with a soft plop. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

My mom’s voice is so soft, like she’s worried that loud words will cut me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I would write: “The soft melting hunk of butter trickled in gold down the stringy grooves of the split yam.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In summer a horse and wagon made almost no noise in the soft earth. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were soft with sleep, her silver-gold hair all tousled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The letter she folded up and tucked into the back of her sweater drawer, right where her favorite sweater was, the one she had worn when she was pregnant, its knit soft and warm. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I had seen Chloe Marsh earlier in the day—very pretty, with a face shaped like a soft heart and with a delicate nose and lips like a contessa in a Renaissance portrait. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The unfenced pastures rolled soft, like worn velvet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But this girl with the long dreads revealed something else— that love could be soft and understanding; that, soft or hard, love was an act of heroism. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The sun was out, there were small popcorn clouds moving across the sky, it was a soft summer afternoon. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

They rolled, teeth clipping at tender ears, hind claws digging for purchase in soft belly fur. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At first it had been green, but time had turned it blue and very soft. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hole was barely big enough for her body, she heard the soft swish as the sharp glass rim sliced through the silks she trailed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And then, so soft that I might have imagined it, he said, “I’m so sorry.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Papa was tall, lean and courtly, with a gates-ajar collar, string tie, and soft, white moustache. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leona turned around and stared at them through her thick glasses and they quieted down, but the minute she turned her back they started again, in a softer voice. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Watkyn, a towel. This water’s growing cool, and my toes have wrinkled up like raisins. No, not that towel, the soft one.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the dimness her outline appeared, the rise of her breasts beneath the T-shirt, the soft hill of her belly, and then the brightness of her underpants, converging in their V shape. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She has a spiky exterior, but Alex swears there’s something soft in there somewhere. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His wet eyes glisten in the soft afternoon light. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I went off into a daydream about Zach pulling the truck over because he couldn’t see to drive for the snow and us having a snowball fight, blasting each other with soft white snow cotton. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa came in, shaking the soft snow from his shoulders and stamping it from his boots. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

For warm eyes or a soft voice or a slow walk—that’s all—a few hairs, a line, a brightness, a sound, a pace, she gave up family. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had massive, soft hands, which he pressed flat against his temples when he spoke. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A smoky haze hovered over them, soft gray against the deep blue of the mountains. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

In a soft voice, without flourishes, he would have told the exact truth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand lifted at my side to push the soft fabric away. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As Dev spoke, his voice bounced wildly off the glass, sometimes loud, sometimes soft, sometimes seeming to land in Miranda’s chest, sometimes eluding her ear altogether. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It is made of thick, finely woven cloth that is softer to the touch than I expect. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He wondered if they had blundered into a nest of milk snakes or giant grave worms, soft and pale and squishy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He knew I had a soft spot for him the way no one else in the family did, and he was taking advantage of it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bruno Latour, in an important essay entitled ‘Visualization and Cognition: Drawing Things Together’, which originally appeared in 1986, claimed that the printing press made facts ‘harder’; before printing, facts were too soft to be reliable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

All the walls are wood paneled, and everything is worn in and soft. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

For a moment, he could only hear the soft: thudding of his own footsteps, and the silky sound of the corn, brushing against him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

You have to move slowly and speak in a soft, soothing voice. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Something was now climbing slowly, and its breath came like a soft hissing through closed teeth. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the adinkra was glowing, a soft green light that confused me for a second. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The day had been soft and fair, and the evening was pink and gold to the west, a dusky blue over the sea. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Axel takes all of his energy to focus on spreading soft butter on every square inch of white bread. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The volcanic texture turned into soft sands and sifted away, revealing a smooth oval egg. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A soft noise, like the movement of bare feet on the floor, and then the click of the window catch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They go back to eating their soft boiled peanuts, saying stories among themselves. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a soft red lair in the lamplight. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

This time, my legs didn’t get soft and loose-ity, they got strong. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The soft cotton on her skin still thrilled her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I picked up a swan, feeling its soft shape give under pressure from my fingers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Owner thought he heard a soft sniffle escape from the vent, but when he shot his eyes up to check, there was nothing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When Ekon woke in the morning's faint hours, the leaves around him were slicked shiny and wet; the dirt was soft and damp. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Charlie’s as excited as me to see the salad, corn, baked chicken, mashed potatoes with tons of gravy, and soft, buttery rolls. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The fur on his coat was soft and his pipe smoke smelled sweet. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Albert,” said a softer voice, which must have been Frankie’s mother. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But Ma’s spirit had a soft, tender underside. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She always looked softer in the middle of the night, her hair down, her makeup gone. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Her voice was soft now, like someone telling a fairy tale. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

That night in bed, I laid on top of the cool sheets with Wishbone’s soft, warm body next to me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

So they slept through the night, Odysseus blissfully, on a couch soft and warm as he had not known since he left Calypso’s isle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Branches overhead had been cleared away, too, not quite to the top of the bush but almost, so that the sunlight filtered through easily, and soft moss grew on the ground. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was the long wait, the murmuring crowd, the timer blinking a new track record, and again, the soft whir of the finish photo slipping down to the stewards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the dogs were even aware that he had gone he was back again by his tree, cleaning his whiskers with soft rounded paws. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Morris Jeffries, Jr.,” she said, soft and in awe, “what have you started?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were cold and stiff and hot and sweaty all at once, and Kaede would have done anything at that moment for a fire and a bath and a soft bed to collapse into. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His voice was soft and rather resonant but not deep, scarcely a man’s voice, but scarcely a woman’s voice either...but what was it saying? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Light sparkled on the soft hair of the hills and shone through the lacy leaves as every shade of green sprang to life around them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A voice came suddenly out of the shadows, a soft, misty sort of voice. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no,” he said, soft at first, then rising in volume. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The wood’s light-colored, with soft gray grain running down it like pathways. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I run my finger over the words Mia and Jenna’s Log, Keep Away, which we carved into the soft bark a few summers ago using my father’s pocketknife. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” Maya kept saying, and Joaquin’s hand was both strong and soft against her hair, and Grace pressed her face against both of them and quietly, steadily, lost her mind. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was as soft as a handful of petals. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For this sheet, he chose the softer medium of red chalk over the scratchy line of pen and ink that he used in rough sketches. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an exhilarating walk through the crisp, clear air, the leaves thick and soft along the quiet trails, and over everything the indefinable healing peace and stillness of the northland bush. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day the icicles fell one by one from the eaves with soft smashing and crackling sounds in the snowbanks beneath. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robin followed the verger down the corridor to the parlor, the thud of his crutches alternating with the sound of his soft shoes on the stone floor. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The horse, which had been eating the soft greens that grew by the riverside, whinnied softly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fallen leaves made a soft carpet for her feet and the night birds flew into the sky as she passed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They brought a robe for her as well, the soft thick robe of an acolyte, black upon one side and white upon the other. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The music slowed, transforming into something softer, and to my surprise I detected the melody of his lullaby weaving through the profusion of notes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Just ’cause I pulled babies around didn’t mean I was soft. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The effort seemed extra and the mild surprise at how very tired she felt was interrupted by a soft, wide hat, as worn and dim as the room she sat in, descending on her. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scratched his chest, and his fingers made a soft rustling sound on his cotton shirt. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The mother’s voice is soft as she recites the rhyming lines. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her soft voice vibrated with the pleasure of resolution and sacrifice. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soft heart is also a smart heart because it is not soft for every puny silly thing, but over the things that are matterful. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

They looked down at us with their stupid little eyes and made soft noises into their feathers to calm themselves down. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the long, strange drought we were having in place of last year’s rainy season, soft dust had spread across our yard in broad white patches. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head was very large and well-shaped, but his neck was soft and slender as a boy’s. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sound of her voice was as soft and distant as the look in her eyes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were soft and warm on her then, his hand touched her cheek. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She placed the soft pillows on top of the hide, then helped me to ease Old Yeller’s hurt body onto the pillows. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth feels warm and soft, and when he kisses me harder, I wrap my arm around his neck and kiss him back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Sharp voices and soft voices sounded together until there was just one roaring noise. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Of course, since Morrie only wore soft cotton shirts that hung loosely on his ever-shrinking frame, the microphone sagged and flopped, and I had to reach over and adjust it frequently. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were seats enough for thirty, lavish and soft, and brass fixtures gleamed where the candlelight fell. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Its hooves made no mark on the soft ground as it stared at Harry with its large, silver eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was polished and soft- spoken, and treated Winnie with courtesy and deference. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And attached to a pipe with a bit of shoelace tied to a piece of wire tied to a length of string — a grimy, coffee-splashed booklet, its edges soft with age. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, well, who do have we here?” he asked in a menacingly soft voice, his fingers around Pippo’s thin little neck. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His voice is soft, as if he’s apologizing. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Putting his hand inside the breast of his jacket he pulled out a little soft wallet on a string. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Her soft face turned hard and glasslike, as if it could break into pieces if something hit it. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The moment stretched out, soft and gauzy tangling with dark and heavy. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Very gently, she began stroking the soft fur along my back. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Ever smiling A half-dozen arrows were thrust into the soft ground at his feet, but it had taken only one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The destinations were harmless, really, like the farming cooperative upstate, where her college roommate made soft cheeses for the city street markets. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan pressed his palms into the soft beach sands to stand up. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her shoe slipped on something soft, and she wheeled around and gave me an accusing look. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t little, or soft and round, like puppies usually are. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The porter glanced furtively to the left, and from the shadows there came a soft, “Just beyond the door.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The Buckeye might be built like a bear, but there was something soft in his smile, hypnotizing, and I knew why immediately. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Omakayas knew how important it was to tan the skin, how her mother would cut up the soft smoked hide and sew on the winter’s makazins all summer. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Slumber, soft and deep like the still sleep of death, weighed on his eyes as the ship hove seaward. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both laughed . .-. and Cersei leaned over and planted a quick, soft kiss on his brow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Something soft and spongy glistened back at me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It makes a soft tearing sound as it passes overhead. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It nodded back up when I heard Momma say real soft to Dad, “How you doing? Cincinnati’s just ahead.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her tone changes from terse and direct to something softer, and I look up to see that she’s standing right in front of him, smiling. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“We were just talking, officers,” Mr. Lewis says, much softer than he was minutes ago. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

There is nothing, however, soft about Volpe’s theater classes and drama program. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her voice was huskily soft, and it could be so sweet as to be irresistible. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The soft footing slowed the column even more. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And with that, he picked up the crown from the grass; it was as heavy and as soft as lead. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before the sun set that night, the bear tracks were only shapeless marks in the wet, soft snow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the wind dropped out, and the only sound was a soft sleepy drizzle. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then the voice, very soft, close to my head: that’s him, bulging the sheet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her whisper was as soft as if she had no muscles. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re standing in afield of apple green grass with soft wisps of clouds drifting above. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wait, and after a moment she begins crying—soft, ladylike tears that make her eyes pretty and bright. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Oranges, bread, beer, soft drinks: many things in packets and cans were arranged on different levels and, and on the topmost, a roasted shimmering chicken, whole but for a leg. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Love pats are soft punches of encouragement that are administered on the knee, shoulder, and arm. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was red and soft in his hands. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

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

He sat with his shoulders slumped, his hands pressed between his knees, his tears streaming steadily down his pale, soft cheeks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The only sounds were the gurgle of the creek and the wind, now a soft murmur. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The fruit was delicious; not exactly like toffee—softer for one thing, and juicy—but like fruit which reminded one of toffee. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Next to him, a soldier was mumbling prayers in the softest voice, so soft that Ugwu felt he was whispering in his ear. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Juanita asked when I stopped the car and poked my head out the window, trying to hear where the soft sound was coming from. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It’s like the hard G and the soft G, is what I want to tell Bob. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Its two soft door-posts of custard, Its dais of curds and butter, Beds of glorious lard, Many shields of thin pressed cheese. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beads are not so loud as they settle, and when they quiet, everything is soft and still, as though there is no other room behind them, no fortune-teller sitting at her table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Many of the comfort objects, like Lily’s, were soft, stuffed, imaginary creatures. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

His lips were soft and he smelled so good and my mind had filled with static. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The garden lay soft and silver in the moonlight. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

One was fawn-colored and one was red, and their hair was so soft and their large eyes so wondering. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The huts were shaded from the hot sun by the broad leaves of the trees, and at night there was a soft breeze from the hills, which kept them cool. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was not uncomfortable; it had a floor of some kind of plastic, medium soft and warm to the touch; with wire walls and ceiling, it was airy enough. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Struthers replaced his pince-nez in one convulsive movement and gave vent to a soft cough of discomfiture. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

His eyes were open, half asleep, his face pleasant and composed, a soft smile. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soft moonlight came down through the treetops and made patches of light and shade on the road ahead. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy flopped back into the flower bed, his head coming to rest in the same soft indentation. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vise around my brain tightens and now there’s an ice pick stabbing indiscriminately at the soft flesh. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she turned, her face looked soft and changed, like a different Rosaleen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This parade of soft color traveled slowly up one side of the room and vanished in the corner of the ceiling. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

We walked through the front part of the office where there is a big soft couch and two beanbag chairs. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The short dark hair was extraordinarily thick and soft. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Gale spreads the bread slices with the soft goat cheese, carefully placing a basil leaf on each while I strip the bushes of their berries. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe a little soft on the sides, but her almond eyes are matched by a lovely old-fashioned face, shaped like a guitar pick, all curves leading dramatically to a small chin with a big mouth. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It felt so soft, like something I had never felt before. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dauntless was more than a match for that soft target, but the other ship, Pole Star, everyone feared. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They felt warm and soft, moist with drool. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He hit out with his fists and felt the soft squish of wet mouths. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

His soft brown hair that my fingers love to explore. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He heard soft footsteps on the hearth and a gentle breathing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d fall asleep next to me, and I would listen to her soft breathing until I fell asleep, too. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Underneath his hands, its soft, loose body struggled and heaved about, and then went dead still. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

When she was loud, he was too—and then softer when she got choked up with emotion and her voice dwindled. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

My voice came out soft and a bit slurred. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We're coming up on the Testaments and they look almost pretty with the new snow coating the roofs and making the yards clean and white and soft. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She washed it repeatedly until it was soft and seemed old. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She flung herself against the familiar soft bosom. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Just a sec, Aunt Heidi,” I say, and whip the plaid tent off over my head and avoid looking too close at my soft body in the hard light. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He has soft eyes and a solid jaw. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The Congs we were after had been probing along our defenses, looking for soft spots. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the execution, Clinton remarked, “I can be nicked a lot, but no one can say I’m soft on crime.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

His face flushed with annoyance, and taldng off his soft hat he began to beat it impatiently against his leg as he walked. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luna’s grandmother used to be bulbous and squat—all soft hugs and squishy cuddles. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I lift the hose high; water falls like a soft summer shower. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

And I hear a woman murmur polite old-fashioned greetings in a soft voice: “Honor.... Respect Honor.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like soft kisses from heaven landing on my nose and forehead. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Osha placed soft pads over the bites on the maester's forearm and bound them tight with long strips of linen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was a soft carpet under their feet. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

We stayed out there till it started to sprinkle again, a soft, cold rain that sent the cats at our feet darting inside. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and worked to get out a soft "Yes." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I poke at her with my jackknife and the wood is soft and crumbly. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Where are you taking me?” he asked in a voice soft with timidity and guilt, his gaze still averted. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I can hear Mai's soft breathing above me in the bunk bed, but otherwise the apartment is silent. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It’s also softer and stretchier than a regular sock. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They turned a soft brownish color, like sand, before finally disappearing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s still soft, but it’s like there’s steel running through it now. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fiver was struggling in a thick cloud of earth, soft and powdery. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Monday a man comes and collects three barrels of scraps of fat and brings back one barrel of soft soap on Wednesday. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They come out soft in the middle and crisp on the edges. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

But I take two fingers of my right hand and put them through the soft seam in her top. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

At dinnertime, they woke again but could not raise themselves from the soft straw and woolen blankets. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She pounds it with a hammer until it’s soft and full of holes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not bright orange. But soft. Like the sunset,” I say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The voice is deep and soft, not a sound so much as a feeling. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were in the kitchen of the condo, in the soft flare of morning light, and Aunty Uju, dressed for work, was standing by the sink and eating yogurt, scooping from a plastic cup. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mom startled at the sound of my voice, looking down at where her nails were digging into the soft skin of my upper arm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They both dash through the open door, out of the soft rain, and into the house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then, to my immense surprise, there was a soft rustle and Charles’s head rose up out of nowhere. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And my mother wept, and my father’s heart went soft, and he could no more drown me than himself—and they named me Nelly, for Queen Eleanor. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

She was all soft steps and padded claws. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He cupped the warm curve of her cheek, felt the soft brush of her hair. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Yet I like hearing adults murmuring, feeling the sun through the window, lying on my tummy on a soft carpet, worrying only about jumping checkers. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I half expect to kick something soft and yielding in the dark until Red Jack whispers, “They ain't down here. This is the first place I checked when I couldn't find them.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It startled Ugwu, how that soft voice could change to something so fierce. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes were gentle but intense, and they seemed to be making my bones turn soft. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A soft rush of fabrics sways forth at him. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around him soft bright moss curled up the yellow birches, lichens roughened the rocks, and crushed needles let go their piney scent. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Start with soft foods—applesauce, Jell-O, soup. Make it easy on yourself at first.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Even though I know this forest by heart, we go slow and walk soft, so we don’t give ourselves away. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

You could hear the soft rain on the windows. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He remembered her sparkling eyes, her soft voice, her low chuckle. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

A tube of Dr Pepper Lip Smacker, which tasted like the soft drink, kissed a bottle of “Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he saw Buddy, saw him in the light of Jan. Buddy was soft and vague; his eyes were defenseless and their glance went only to the surface of things. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His soft hands washed each other in a gesture of helpless distress. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His voice was soft, as though faded, and his accent less debased than that of the majority of proles. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Hands, softer than he had been expecting, touched Harry’s face, pulled back an eyelid, crept beneath his shirt, down to his chest, and felt his heart. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Sue-ellen made you soft. She still associate with that limp wrist Jonathan?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking of Nick,” she says, and her voice is almost soft. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground under their horses' hooves was soft and wet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then Rachel looked down at the floor and her voice got softer. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her voice was soft and sure and fierce and there weren’t any tears in her eyes. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She stood silently looking out into the great sallow distances of sea bottom, as if recalling something, her yellow eyes soft and moist. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

See how she spreads her legs for this soft green land lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Appleby spoke in a soft voice so that he would not be heard by the driver or by Captain Black, who was stretched out with his eyes closed in the front seat of the jeep. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Second, I don’t think the ballistae will do any good. That shell is like Nemean Lion skin. Its head isn’t any softer.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He stepped over the threshold, his soft slipper-like shoes making no sound on the parquet floor. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But the feather mattress was deliciously soft, and her weary nerves gradually relaxed. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The paving stones were cracked and uneven, slippery underfoot, and rough against her soft feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"My, what thick hair you have. I tried braiding my daughter's hair once, but it was too fine, soft and wispy like a baby's, even in her teens." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Footsteps, very soft, very cautious, but plainly audible to a man listening with all his ears as Blore was listening. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

"You are most welcome here, Lady Stark," the girl said, all soft courtesy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I carried my blankets downstairs to the front room and made a soft pallet on the floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And out from the largest of the cages there came, with slow, soft, winding movements, a Hamadryad. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

It could not be a problem she ever encountered, with her educated upper-crust vowels, but being a Scot, she sympathized with any distrust of the soft Southern English. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Her voice was as soft as a prayer. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ben sat in the chair, his big soft hands dangling between his knees, moaning faintly. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That child that helps me, Chinyelu, will come in soon. I will send her to go and buy soft drinks for you two, from Ichie’s shop,” he said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair is like gray thread, her mouth soft, her face wrinkled and sweet. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The flame of a giant sun had given way to the soft blackness of space but external variations mean little in the business of checking the workings of experimental robots. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

For example, a loud orchestral piece, even if it has 60 beats per minute, will not aid the body into a calm state as well as a softer, more soothing piece with a few instruments. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Snow was building up along the battlements too, filling the gaps between the merlons and putting pale, soft caps on every tower top. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The idea of beating a soft, living head with a hammer was simply too much. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was aware again of voices, of the clang of tools around him in the mud-walled courtyard, and the sharp, hot odor of metal mingling with the soft afternoon breeze off the Nile. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Ma smiled and flushed pink, and she picked out a pattern of rosebuds and leaves on a soft, fawn-colored ground. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I comply, and Phil slips a soft cloth over my tightened lids and ties it behind my head, taking care not to tangle my hair. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Maria looks disappointed for a moment, but she seems to forget about the snowman as Mrs. Shannon gives everyone a soft piece of chocolate candy. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“And no mixing of drinks either. For each kind of soft drink—another cup.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pond rested his chin on the soft red sands on the floor of the hogan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I buried my face in the soft, slightly acrid-smelling flesh of her neck and rocked her back and forth—babbling, mumbling, feeling myself fall down and down, into a dark, half-forgotten life. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A soft breeze plays with her hair, bringing with it the mingling scent of dusty tomes and damp, rich ink. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I woke up before I reached him, fingers already anticipating the soft warmth of his flank. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Its blooms are my favorite shade of purple: bright and soft, like lilac but not. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There were a lot of da-zi-bao about my mom, too,” she said at last in a soft voice. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Pinch received a small knife and Baby Neewo one tiny piece of velvet to lay against his soft cheek. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I threw the ball a little softer so he was sure to get a good hit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And there were moments when he had thrown the ball so exquisitely, with such a soft, intangible touch, that it was hard to believe he couldn’t make a contribution somewhere. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. gave Pa soft doe eyes that made Vonetta and Fern giggle. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a samosa, with the crispy soft potato filling, and it’s a bit spicy and tastes even better than the first time. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The mother’s voice sounds as smooth and soft as her creamy curtains and her skin glows as white as the milk she pours into the cereal. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Nooooh," the word opening her mouth, soft and ripe and ready for him to bite into it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The journal's pages were made from old papyrus, soft to the touch. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Good for you, Alyce. Here, hold her head. Keep her quiet. Sing something soft.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nokomis,” said Omakayas, her voice soft and troubled, “I talked to my bear brothers. I listened to them like you told me.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But a few moments later the Berg landed with a surprisingly soft thump, just outside the entrance to the PFC building. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Beneath my fingers, my skin was soft and cool. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The willow tree’s branches shifted in the soft breeze coming off the river. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The silk is undeniably black and white, the transition between the two a soft fade of grey, distinct fibers visible in the weave. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“They’ve got off lightly. The children could have been taken away. Or the woman sent to prison. But von Linden’s a bit soft on children.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I brushed them away and turned my attention back to the soft white alpaca wool resting on my lap. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Instead of the cushion of endless air, there was, beneath her, the soft give of feathers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was dark in the room now except for the sliver of streetlight that fell on Eugene’s lovely soft silky hair. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The boy’s mother had longer periods of just humming without drifting into soft singing. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he let her breasts form; sometimes they felt hard, tempting him to bite into them, and other times they were so soft he was afraid his imaginary squeezing caused her pain. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lina sat sideways on the couch with her legs stretched out, and Mrs. Murdo covered her with a soft gray-green blanket. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls my face back to his and kisses me again, both of his hands soft against my cheeks. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When he spoke again, his voice had returned to his usual soft tones. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, my father is playing the piano—soft, sad notes floating up from the living room. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She pictured her mother finishing them with lovely, soft toe puckers so the girls’ feet could twitch and dance. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Such discomforts were not new to me, but lately I had become accustomed to regular meals and soft bedding. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It came floating down the street towards them, bumping into the housefronts, dull and soft and half submerged. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Relatively little organized opposition to the drug war currently exists, and any dramatic effort to scale back the war may be publicly condemned as “soft” on crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s soft, female, and seems to be right in my ear. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Here was the touch of Kaede’s fingers on her skin, and there the soft insistence of her mouth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The waves, with their ‘soft, white hands’ grab the traveler. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“If only, if only, ” the woodpecker sighs, “The bark on the tree was just a little bit softer. ” Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She could feel how soft: she felt to him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

From behind her chair his voice floated down upon her in soft waves. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Under his hands, the sand was damp and soft as powder. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I dressed to their murmurs in the other room, their voices soft but strained, and I wondered if men ever talked like this, if their sorrows ever spilled into these secret cadences. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was perfect for the soft midnight jams. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The soft yellow glow didn’t eliminate the shadows so much as it outlined them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The sounds lulled Janie to soft slumber and she woke up with Tea Cake combing her hair and scratching the dandruff from her scalp. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

"Cubs still have that soft fur, my lord," one of his men pointed out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The falling light magnified the dusky expanse of the park, and the soft yellow glow at the windows on the far side of the lake made the house seem almost grand and beautiful. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you ever tell me?” the Colonel asked, his voice soft. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Laila remembered Tariq’s hands, soft but strong, the tortuous, full veins on the backs of them, which she had always found so appealingly masculine. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Here and there a tyke cried and she could hear the soft clucking of chickens. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The decor was not expensive but it was well cared for—creamy white carpet on the floors, soft floral paper on the walls, thick, pleated curtains in the windows. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, I heard the soft chiming of the old clock. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered an island, a cave lit with soft glowing crystals, a dinner table on the beach tended by invisible air spirits. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I start slowly wiping down the viola with a soft cloth. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

You hear a soft squelch and then gasp as you see the damage the attack has done. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

And there I was, on the Cramps’ couch, so soft and so scared I’d have made a blob of whipped cream look tough, and Teds towering over me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

On her feet were soft calf-high moccasins, and she wore all her silver and turquoise jewelry. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her handwriting was impeccable—small, soft, and elegant numbers filled the pages of her account book. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I picked him up and burrowed my face in his soft black fur. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her voice is so soft, it’s almost heartbreaking. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His voice is soft when he finally speaks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

They crossed another shallow waterway, where the soft river mud soothed their tired feet. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She too was a man, but a man grown soft and womanly, a man with breasts, from doing female parts for years. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dug around it, probing, probing busily until the soft half-formed sandstone gave beneath the blade. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As they walked further, Log-a-Log pointed at strange symbols and weird signs that had been scraped into the surface of the soft stone. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It makes me want her—the full lips, the soft skin, the gentle curves...all the things that make her different from him—that much more. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Over snapping branches and soft patches of earth. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Old Dan walked off a few yards, stretched his body, and dragged his claws through the soft bottom soil. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knelt down in the water, my fingers digging into the soft mud, and I pulled up handfuls of the roots. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She unfolded it halfway to tuck RiRi’s soft blankie inside and then folded it back over, her grief inside grief like the blankets themselves. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

All them colors and curtains make the room look soft and safe. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I run my hands over the soft velvet of my dress, smoothing any unseen wrinkles, and I happily discover it has hidden pockets! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Clumps of soft wood stuck to her side as she stood and faced her attackers. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A single mother, she has an angular face and soft curly brown hair. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

This “counterproof,” with its softer ink outlines, was then colored by hand. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At night she crooned soft songs similar to the ones Amari’s mother had once sang to her as a child. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skin round her neck's the softest thing I've ever stroked. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Do we have a soft drink to offer our guest? Did you bring out the soup from the freezer? Lets go to the kitchen,” his mother said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

By nightfall he was able to walk over to the soft grass at the side of the track, where he lay down and blinked happily at his companions, wagging his pitiful tail. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mary Poppins!” he wailed, as he felt himself carried through the air and set down in something still softer. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They handed them bowls of pastel Jordan almonds and the softest cushions to sit on. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

If you wash down your chicken nuggets with almost any soft drink, you are drinking corn with your corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“If it’s soft and pink, she likes it.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the soft footfalls of a sentry, men turning in restless sleep, Rorge's rattling snores, and the queer hissing sound that Biter made when he slept. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Father stands in my doorway, the soft yellow light from the hallway illuminating his face. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Over there the Mediterranean’s soft blue waves were scattering shells. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But whenever possible, he stole a few minutes on Friday just to stand close to her and hear her voice, soft and smooth as suede, assuring him that he was a “neat kid.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The soft consonants suggested an unthinkable obscenity, the sibilant ending whispered the family’s shame. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I take a few chicharrones, put them in a soft tortilla, and drown them in dark red salsa. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Khadijah auntie walks up to me and holds my hand and speaks in a soft, clear voice: “Do you remember your father’s words?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The woman's soft moans echo off the walls. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His face was once again round like the moon and his body was soft. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It filled her body, lying on that soft bed in the Fairy Queen’s palace, the same way Kaede had filled all of her senses when they kissed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I am sure he imagines me among the children of the Gentry, with their soft hands and velvet skirts. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

You’d be in Philadelphia, buying soft pretzels and Italian ices for your baby son, not checking in with your microwave-oven maintenance son. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their soft scent covers the hard truth of what has happened here. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The landing strip is too soft to use tomorrow. Maybe it’ll start raining again before the field dries out.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mom was warm and soft and she smelled like comfort. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I thought that later I might also play the piano, something quiet, using the soft pedal. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The grasses sway their tall spears; the white butterflies flutter around and float on the soft warm wind of the late summer. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found it hard to be bad tempered on the top of a hill with ocean all around, the western sky like a painting still wet, the wind soft and warm. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Poor darling Briony, the softest little thing, doing her all to entertain her hard-bitten wiry cousins with the play she had written from her heart. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A patch of scarlet swam past, and Harry heard a soft clatter of claws beside him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The room quieted, except for the soft bumping of Ruth’s limbs on the floor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were soft beds for them with fat fluffed-up pillows and clean, crisp sheets. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Four sets of beady eyes gleamed in the shadows, and there was a soft fluttering of feathers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was early evening now, the light in the dining room window was a soft amber color, and all through the house the wooden floors, curiously enough, groaned and creaked like a ship at sea. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she closed her eyes, her words were soft. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Some dressed in fine soft furs, some in boiled leather and oddments of armor, more in wool and sealskins, a few in rags. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The fanning even pursued Milton into his Oldsmobile, which began to make a soft hissing from the radiator. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I was free, I didn’t rush it, I banked it soft off the backboard just like in practice, and it rolled around the rim and fell off!” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have a gin and tonic, thanks,” it says, and there’s Henry in the flesh, sidled up next to him at the bar, looking a little tousled in a soft gray button-down and jeans. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together and shook her head, all the while keeping those soft eyes on me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then the notes grew slower and soft and it was like she was sinking down slowly into the dark ground. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Instead, she hit the soft folds of the BFG’s black cloak hanging against the wall. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Death can be caused by trauma to soft tissues that leaves no marks on bone. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we switch spots, and his bed is the softest thing I’ve ever sat on in my life. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She shuts the door with a soft click and heads toward the entrance. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I stand and punch her arm, harder than if I was kidding, softer than if I was*serious. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“A bath first, just so. Then food and a soft bed, yes? My servants shall see to it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The tender budding of our new year, the periwinkles and the jasmine, the soft, scented champak blossom, had yielded place to the fierce flowering jacaranda and gold mohur, before Ira’s time came for giving birth. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles with such incredible warmth and says, “I knew you’d come, Jimmy” She steps toward me and hugs me hard, her soft, wrinkled arms encasing me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The clean cuffs of his sleeves hung down past his wrists—below them his thin hands seemed lighter in color than the rest of his body and the palms were soft yellow. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She ended with a slow, subdued flourish of treble chords and finally one soft single bass note, like a Graphophone winding down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They lay on the soft bed and looked up at the dark-green pine clumps against the sky. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, but Needles was with us too," I said quickly, hoping that Needles's name would soften the blow, since she had a soft spot for him. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He slumped to the ground, a look of soft surprise on his small face. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The landing was soft as a whisper, the craft skimming over the tall grass until Soulzeren dropped the sail and they came at last to a halt. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She ran back to the tree and started digging in the soft ground close to the roots. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bess is softer than her sisters, and blonder, but still the same mold. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I can tell by the soft, light silk and gold-threaded embroidery that it's an expensive one. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She screamed everything, and felt as though her very being broke apart in the soft scatter of wings. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I do this by pulling air through my two front teeth to make a soft, cozy sound. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the candy was still soft, I pushed a glass rod into it—borrowed from Miss Riley’s lab supplies—forming a spindle hole. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was quiet, but the soft jazz number sounded like the band was in the room with us. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The door came to a stop with a soft thud; then there was only silence. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Sir Charles adjusted something on his pistol with a soft click: the safety catch. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made a tiny sound, like something soft shifting from top to bottom. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Call me gutless, but what I was looking for this time around was a comfortable correspondence between income and rent, a few mild adventures, a soft landing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after I move my feet from side to side a little bit I get used to the prickly cool feeling and it starts feeling softer and more like an okay touch than a tickle. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is so soft!” the mother exclaims happily and slips the shirt over her head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

High-Tech produced a bar of green soap and lathered Ugwu’s head and shaved it with a razor blade until it was smooth and soft to the touch. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was fog flat and low in the treetops, like a soft roof. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could see what had probably caused the old man’s death: one wheel of the truck had sunk into the soft earth and was stuck. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a soft hint of bitterness in his voice. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Instead, she grabbed her backpack from the floor, pulled out two soft black bundles, and tossed one to Jamie. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She crawled in my bunk and held me, talking soft and remindful to me of all the things I had to live and be patient for. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was softer than her rough brown home- spun and fit her much better, but somehow it suited her less. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The radio blared, filling the back of the car with the sound of soft jazz. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

His lips are warm and so soft—his hair brushes against my face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

There he knelt and began scrabbling with one hand in the soft dirt. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Not exactly, funnily enough,” I said, looking right into those soft brown eyes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I could tell he meant it, too, because he kissed my cheek and looked at me all soft. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I felt his tongue, soft at first and then stronger as he got worried, licking at the blood and tears on my face. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Through a haze of poppied sleep, he saw a soft pink face leaning over him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Honestly, he probably don't. Gotta show him. Not trying to be soft, but that's the way things go. Shoot, man, I been learning that a lot lately over at my place." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Then he bit my neck and said in a rush, “Nor anyone who’s as soft and squishy and lovable as you are.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought a lot about American optimism when, on a flight from Chicago to San Francisco, I watched one of those video magazines stitched together from a week's worth of soft network news reports. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

We might as well have a cooler full of soft drinks and sandwiches, Brian thought. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her soft blond hair swept across my desktop and over my hand. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were much softer than the gut cherries and apparently were being crushed a bit with their own weight. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few fairies played among the chimes, making soft music. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Instead, I take my knife and go to work on a pine tree, cutting away the outer bark and scraping off a large handful of the softer inner bark. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As soft as his voice was, the words came out hard. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’ll probably hide in the garden shed etching pictures on the soft wooden walls with sharp rocks. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Keyboard instruments were quite unique in that they had soft and loud settings - but no way of moving smoothly between the two. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

His breathing is soft and labored, his brows furrowed, the fire still alight in his gaze. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you can’t let your love show,” Ma says in a soft but firm voice. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

First, he rubbed the turquoise stone until it became warm and was as soft as a piece of clay. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Words too soft for me to hear at this distance. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I started the long trudge across the fields and had gone some distance before I paid any attention to the soft and muddy ground, which was dooming my city shoes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was heavy and light at the same time: soft rose silk and heavy, dark shiny wood carved all around with dragons. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond it was a deep fosse lost in soft shadow, but the grass upon its brink was green, as if it glowed still in memory of the sun that had gone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Luckily, the earth was soft, for the day was wet. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He showed Derek how to cut the boughs and stick them point down to make a soft bed. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

And light brown skin and soft dark curls and cute, knobbly hands. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I can hear them calling now, she thought, and the little footsteps running through Hill House and the soft sound of the hills pressing closer. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they came down on something soft that went “Oof!” and tried to bite them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a sharp jab in my guts at the mention of my father, like a poisonous bubble bursting, one that I’d been trying to protect in the soft wet of my insides. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And the silly, anxious, soft blue doves were like Mothers. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Long before reaching the doors, they’d heard a soft rumbling that grew in volume the closer they got. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She brought Lord Bolton a damp washcloth to wipe down his soft hairless body. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Most of the Keys are made of hard coral rock, and there aren’t many soft beaches like you find up the coast at Pompano or Vero. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Neel strained to hear the sound of a soft mew of a cub, but the chatter of the rhesus monkeys and Headmaster’s loud panting made it impossible to hear anything else. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then Legolas laid his hands on his eyes and sang some words that went soft in the gloom, until he suffered himself to be led, and Legolas passed in. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Annabelle can see her, with her lovely auburn hair and her smile, sitting in her warm office with the leather couch and soft pillows and Kleenex box. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"So you take the wrrrong end of a telescope," continued The Grand High Witch, "and you boil it until it gets soft." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was soft and gentle and absolutely dripping with syrup. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was soft, swampy land, drained by half a dozen deep ditches, which we crossed on wooden footbridges. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

"My good lord, I am so pleased to see you," he gushed, a soft eunuch's smile on his powdered face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This floor was lit by a soft glowstrip running down the middle of the hallway. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Armpit felt the fabric, which was as soft as Kaira’s flannel shirt. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The interior smelled of fresh paint; soft overhead lights lent warmth to the space. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was buying a soft pretzel—regular, salted—at Auntie Anne’s. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

We're given soft traveling dresses made of cotton and chambray and voile and gauze. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was a slow song and Javi and Max were dancing close, caught in the soft cone of blue light from above. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was soft music playing and a couple of people sitting at tables writing in notebooks and on laptop computers. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

It had rained recently and the earth was soft underfoot and he kept his eye on the ground and before long he stopped and picked up an arrowhead. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The soft and beautiful West Indian accent and way of speaking weren’t always dear. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her soft, sleeveless T-shirt was a glowing yellow in the dark. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brocaded hangings beamed on the walls in soft folds—and, on the floor, a desperate and reprehensible luxury, there was a genuine carpet. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “You can smell the salt. The moon’s out. It’s high above everything, and soft.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved his soft, warm fur and the feel of his heartbeat against my cheek when I hugged him. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Please don’t tell nobody that,” she says, softer now, “him wanting to write about his white boss.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, he had plans for the soft G. He could have spelled it with a J, right? Except that J is one of the six letters he totally threw away.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There were soft pillows on large couches and walls filled with books and a rug cut in a thick rose pattern, and iced tea in the hand, sweating, and cool on the thirsty tongue. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She murmured something about not feeling well, but it made his eyes grow soft and his arm go all around her shoulder. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She repeated in a softer voice, “Please don’t call me that.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A smaller, soft green rug lies atop the carpet. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Carefully he turned the soft yellow pages of his book, a few delicately tunneled by worms. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Old Nan undressed her and helped her into a scalding hot bath and washed the blood off her with a soft cloth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His movements were relaxed and nonthreatening, his gaze soft and far away. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the wetness in the clouds condensed into tiny drops half mist and half rain, which floated downward rather than fell, making a soft rustling patter among the millions of needles. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Imagined shiny black boots coming soft down the hall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The softer her voice became, the greater the danger, but Nigel wasn't to know this. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

But in Ivy’s notebook, her hair was a soft and pretty pink, her curls always silky. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And she vaguely remembered the big, soft hug of an elderly woman who pushed her inside a welcoming house. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I fill her water station from a barrel in the center of the room, and a fine mist appears, raining down on her soft skin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And they would rather subscribe to the myth of Trayvon Martin, slight teenager, hands full of candy and soft drinks, transforming into a murderous juggernaut. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The sensation reminds him of the first snow of winter, for those first few hours when everything is blanketed in white, soft and quiet. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Normal was the way Lianne had stared me down with a stiff, frozen distance and the way she melted into a soft S when she said hello to Freddie. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Only slightly taller perhaps, and prettier, softer and rounder in the face, and the eyebrows severely plucked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He gave her hair a soft little pull. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, I had a vague notion of green grass, soft and wavy. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

His voice had grown soft, and he had merged many accents and dialects into his own speech, so that his speech did not seem foreign anywhere. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was still soft and cool and sweet, as it had been on the phone. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway down one foreleg, his fingers tracing the bones and soft tissues of the lower leg, Smith paused. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My hands won't be soft if I clean ovens and scrape plates all day. Will you still want them touching you when they're all red and raw and cracked from hot water and lye soap?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

All you had to do was hold a hot iron rod to a coil of solder, which was like a soft metal, melt it, and let the silvery material flow into place. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning back in the soft chairs of their offices with plenty of time on their hands to talk and reflect, they said they had come to grips with the hard reality of the world. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are other colors, pink for instance: pink is supposed to weaken your enemies, make them go soft on you, which must be why it’s used for baby girls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I took a soft black pencil, gave it a broad point, and worked away. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sound of giggling, soft and piercing, simmers low from the seats. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

No louder than before, but no softer either. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much of the multicolored fabric is faded now, the color worn away by time and sunlight, but it’s the softest, most comfortable thing in the world. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

This morning, the dust on the window filters the light as it beams in, bathing their daily routine in a kind of soft glow. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Split watermelons, ripped sacks of cornmeal, cucumbers gone soft or moldy in places. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He made soft, sucking sounds like water draining from a basin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A candle flickered between the settings, and the first floor of the house was fit a soft gold. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“What do you expect us to do, Layla?” my father asks in a soft voice. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Occasionally a man would sell warm soft drinks out of a cardboard box, but that was it in terms of concessions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A soft rustling and clinking seemed to be coming from up ahead. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was frail and soft, and it barely carried as the warriors’ whooping grew. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I put my face against the soft hair at the back of her neck and breathe her in, baby powder and child’s washed flesh and shampoo, with an undertone, the faint scent of urine. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear his whimper through the phone, soft, wispy, begging to be hidden. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I hear the clang when a frozen disk hits the back of the locker, the hushed thud when one lands on something soft. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Celaena moved her head from the pillow to rest in the soft space between his shoulder and chest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The lady laughed in a soft Arkansas voice and said, “Well, you know, Mr. Johnson, they say, you’re only a child once. Have you children of your own?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, we looked at my mother, and she was crying real soft and messy, so my brother and I each took one of her hands. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the instant, almost of the blow being struck, the white man emitted something like a soft cough; his flashlight fell into the snow, a fast flick of vanishing light. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I found myself hobbled by a soft spot that buried my right foot. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

All that I could think was that it was he, all right—Malcolm X. “Move on”—the policeman’s voice was soft. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

All their voices, high and low, soft and loud, mingling together. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Juhuri—a mix of Hebrew and Persian—could be so soft and musical, but not when Babulya spat it out like she was doing at that moment. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

My legs are two pieces of soft, wiggly rubber. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He sets up shop on the sideline, even catering for the kids with soft drinks and lollies. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Not with a rooster or a cat to press its track into a soft tile piece. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sunlight was soft and feathered, hardly skimming the forest floor because the trees were so thick and tall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His voice was soft—and she realized he wasn’t staring at the amount of skin she was showing, but rather the bandage wrapped around her thigh. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It, too, was nearly hairless, covered in only a soft gray down. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“One of these days”—Uncle wagged a finger at Father—“you will appeal to my better side once too often and my poor, overburdened, sentimental, soft heart will die of the extra load.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was soft, a contrast from the crazed, hard sound he’d heard from her after she first arrived, when she’d delivered the message that everything was going to change. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I hold my finger over the button, listening to the soft hum in the speakers, the faint squeak of the spindles winding the tape, waiting for her voice to return. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It felt heavy and soft at the same time. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They had never felt such warmth against their skin and such soft air. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had full cheeks and a sharp little chin and her mouth was damson-lush, lower lip like ripe fruit with a crease in the middle, and soft as apricot down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

All that night it rained and all the next morning: warm, gray, coming down soft and steady as a dream. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Gold, for example, is too soft to be made into tools for farming or building. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was the soft grunt of a mother calling her child. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In March the soft rains continued, and each storm waited courteously until its predecessor sank beneath the ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I was about to peep into his room, I heard him and Miss Love talking soft and easy in there, the way people do when they’re resting and in no hurry. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Her sore body wanted to collapse again, into her own soft bed, sleep. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When she spoke again her voice was suddenly softer, quieter, more friendly, and she leaned towards the boy, smiling. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

If she had known about soft sweet songs, she might have sung to him. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you care about what other people think,” he said, and his voice was softer now. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I took the other two on, across a road, and soon we came to a bad place—all heather and soft black earth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That soft, empty look in their still blue eyes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They gave him a horse and a banner, a soft woolen doublet and a warm fur cloak, and set him loose. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Have you hurt yourself, my child?” he asked, his voice deadly soft. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet left prints in the soft soil and the creepers shivered throughout their lengths when he bumped them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I miss her laugh, the way it starts like a pianists solo, soft and low and then crescendoing and filling the room. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It really was a wonderful day, with a bright blue sky, and the fields and woods all a soft green. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

There was one day when we left the house and the air felt different, softer. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He pulls me close, runs his fingers along the soft white underbelly of my forearm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was a soft knock at the door, and Mia pulled the robe more tightly around herself. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She gasped, then fell out of her wheelchair with a soft thud. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything is so soft here,” he said, “so easy...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” she said, with a soft, patient gleam in her eyes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He stood five foot six, with thick black hair and a soft, round face. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our voices were too soft or nonexistent, and our parents never signed the permission slips anyway. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

O golden rings That tap against cheeks of small magnolia leaves, O whitest so soft parchment where My poor divorced lips have written excellent Stanzas of kisses, and will write no more. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had my eye on a piece of soft blue chambray at Mr. Dye’s store for the sky and I’d been saving scraps of brown gingham for the prairie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen the stove was settling and cooling, with little soft creakings. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He kissed her lips, a long lingering kiss, and felt them grow soft beneath his. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had spoiled a bit, seemed softer and mushier, but still had a rich sweetness. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We were talking about the prince," Sansa said, her voice soft as a kiss. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And if Petey’s words and moods occasionally stung, her lips were always soft. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"You weren't but four years old," he says, and now his big hands are starting to curl around my neck, except he's holding me soft. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He ran after her, keeping to the softer dirt on the side of the road. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to get you these, she said really soft so that Holly had to stop tying the sneakers and look up to hear her. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, children,” she said in a soft, timid voice, mopping her sweaty brow with the sleeve of her faded blouse. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said real soft, “Bud, wake up. Come on, sweetie, I’ve got a nice breakfast waiting for you.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

When his eyes rolled toward me, he tried to speak, but I heard only a soft grunt. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the meadows the enemy campfires burned low into the soft June night. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She looked down at me and her eyes were softer. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Still, with one hand, he stroked Gwenforte, and with the other he held the knife to her soft white throat. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She wanted to trace the curves of his brows with her thumbs, to brush her lips against the soft freckled corner of his eyelid. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The girls touch the beads around my neck, the red beads at my wrist, the shiny blouse, the soft anaco fabric, the ribbon wrapped around my ponytail. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin is so soft, like old thin leather that’s been folded and wrinkled a thousand times. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A soft evening light shone over them from the stars and the luminous double moons of Mars. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that she closed the door gently and slid the deadbolt into position with a soft, metallic click. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Polly dreamed of her father for the first time since his death—his bawdy jokes, his weakness for ale, and the soft grin on his face whenever he looked at her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The birds were singing again, and there were soft plopping and rustling sounds, as raindrops rolled off and dropped down through the trees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, . . .” He folded his small hands across his chest, his voice no longer pinched and polite, but soft and warm. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Viola sat sifting soft hillocks of white flour with Idabelle for company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Though she didn’t dare look up, she heard the merchant’s soft sighs of awe. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’m alerted by, I don’t know, a soft shift of sand or maybe just a change in the air currents. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

You could see bits of skin starting to bond, and soft red bits peeping up from underneath. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led her slowly up the narrow stairs to the kitchen door, his hand circling her waist and the tips of his fingers feeling the soft swelling of her breasts. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was floating away from the rocky hill and down until she lay upon a grassy meadow soft as a bed and fragrant with flowers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cotton stands as tall as my chest, puffy, white, and soft like the clouds, but I can actually touch the cotton. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Will came around the corner, his cat Moxie, rose up from her favorite spot under the still-living hydrangea and stretched before greeting him with a soft meow and butting her head against his leg. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite having been squashed against me, the flower unfurled, its petals first shimmering, then glowing with the soft light you get just as the sun's coming up on a clear day. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They’re soft enough to melt in my mouth, so I don’t have to chew, and oh, are they delicious! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

My body’s lifted up, and I’m flipped over onto a new board, this one softer. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Other times I could hear the answer in a low whine or feel it in the soft caress of a warm flicking tongue. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a note to myself to talk to him about soft drinks. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In the soft lamplight she looked real pretty. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In her face, hardening experiences were registered in soft places. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to the cash register was a large metal bucket filled with ice and soft drinks. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Their soft presence raised the hair on my arms and tickled at my eyelashes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I would’ve broken my back if I hadn’t crashed into the soft sand of a dune. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice got softer as she sort of seemed to be shrinking. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Close above me are her bewildering eyes, the soft brown of her skin and her red lips. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamps were on, making little soft pools of light on the pile of the carpet, and in the velvet folds of the curtains. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And now the softer roar of musketry began opening up behind him; the popping wave of an infantry volley came down from above, from the other side of the hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd simmered back down to soft whispers. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A shell burst near Longstreet and he felt the hot brutal breath, and then the sounds of battle were softer, the smoke began to blanket the field. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It happened often: no pain, just a soft deep flutter. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shot looks like a dark softball, and just like a softball, shots aren’t soft at all. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She left the kitchen garden behind her, closed the gate with a soft click, and set off across the field. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tiptoed until they came upon a small, dusty window, a soft beam of light shining through onto the stone and ivy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I liked how deep and soft his voice was. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The space inside of the ring of trees was mossy and soft, and the Elders laid the child upon it, doing their best not to look at her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“And what is all this noise about?” said a soft, deadly voice. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I will go with you,” she said quite suddenly in her soft voice. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I lay his head back down soft even though he’s dead. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Somewhere inside him, something soft and creative and vulnerable hardened, a mockingbird turning to stone. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But her voice was soft on me and not pointed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Lush soft grass grew about its edge and a little ditch brought the water from the river to it and from it little ditches went out to the orchards. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soft grass made a green carpet for them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edison suggested the exposition use incandescent bulbs rather than arc lights, because the incandescent variety produced a softer light. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"Why are you waiting?" he asked Rast and the others in a voice gone deceptively soft, but it was Jon who moved first. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The wind danced with the tree outside our home, and the leaves made their soft flutter music. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

My mother and Prim take turns nursing me, coaxing me to swallow bites of soft food. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

My elbows landed in the soft grass with a jolt and the cigarette broke in half in my mouth. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I kicked and thrashed and stomped, but his boots were thick—no match for my shoes’ soft soles—and his muscles were like rocks after decades of hard labor against the earth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mind was too soft and thick, and not suited for things like thinking anymore. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The king’s voice became so soft that even she could barely hear it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His form of communication was a soft aah sound from the back of his throat, a little moan of disappointment. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mama’s voice is so soft and low that at first I’m not sure I heard her correctly. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

But I loved the soft coolness of the little cat’s fur. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

In the half-dark her fat, soft hands were very white as she felt the back of her braided hair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Little soft rimmed cups of various sizes and a wheel, most likely, and another object that could turn out to be either a lever or a stick; it was hard to tell. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Only a few months before, she’d been peeling and stewing the soft food he ate, changing his diapers, cleaning his bedding and pajamas, and harrying his body with moistened towels and Q-tips. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Her fingers had rubbed him to a soft glow in her pocket and he looked rich and regal. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blaze of desire surged through him and he leaned into the honey-slowness, pushing the hopelessness out of his way to take that sweet, soft lip between his own. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The ground is soft clay, so their horses’ hooves make no sound. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

His lips were parted and his face was all soft and pained-looking. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Her voice is soft and reminds me of my mother's. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Outside, the rain had started, slow and soft at first and then faster and louder. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She took off her faded brown dress and put on the new one, and it felt like wearing the weight of spring: soft and warm, with the breath of an evening breeze over her skin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The large, soft snow danced about them as they stood barefoot in the icy mud, hands clasped, eyes all for each other. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the left seat of the cockpit and leaned against the back cabin wall and closed his eyes and sleep took him as if he’d been hit with a soft hammer. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their wool was the softest, the most desirable. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The way I feel about him is like a heartbeat—soft and persistent, underlying everything. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Just then, as I am looking at the stars, Valerian shoves something soft against my mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We wanted our boy to know a cooler, softer ground. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And some had celebrated the victory over the previous night’s blaze with whisky and beer; though, after sixteen hours of fighting a fire, most simply wanted a soft bed and rest. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The twigs cracked again, and then they heard soft, thudding steps, in the leaf-mould out beyond the bushes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The snow that she’d knocked loose buried her with a soft thump. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Swords rode on their hips, singing their soft steel song as they rattled in their scabbards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Would it have been the one I know as hers — the which I saw slow-spreading across her soft and radiant features to greet each gentleman who attended our musical soirees, of an evening? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a long while, I said, in a soft, trembling voice, “Mama, what would happen if I were to die? Would anybody miss me? Would anybody care? Will it matter to anyone?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wants to obey her, but his legs are too soft to move. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

My legs were so soft, my gut was so soft, my bones were so soft, I’d barely made it down the hall. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” is all I say, knowing that I would make myself into a soft cushion for my dear sister to fall onto if that boy Ainsley pushes her too hard. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I asked, staring at the grass growing underfoot, a living carpet that felt as soft as anything you could buy in a store. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Behind Harry, Fawkes the phoenix let out a low, soft, musical cry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It is quite possible in fact that the ‘stones’ are made of soft plastic, causing no authentic wounds.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The island seemed perfect for a resort, with blue water and soft white sand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

From where the sleeves ended, her soft arm-flesh swelled and dropped over her dimpled elbows in a sumptuous bulge. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips are soft as flower petals, but with an intensity behind them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I’m not happy, since I know Petel’s not thinking of me, and yet I can still feel his beautiful eyes gazing at me and his cool, soft cheek against mine...Oh, The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then setting it aside, he turned to Frodo and in a soft tone spoke words the others could not catch. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And there Henry is, in the flesh, as classically handsome as ever in his tailored three-piece suit, all tousled sandy hair and high cheekbones and a soft, friendly mouth. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She gave him a bowl of food and showed him a soft bed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beto stroked the soft fur over the kitten’s nose, and it nuzzled his hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Owner thought, as he searched through his bookshelf, that perhaps he heard a soft scuttling noise from the ceiling above, but when he looked up, he saw nothing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was nearly noon on the following day when Shasta was wakened by something warm and soft moving over his face. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Lots of cities had started referring to their police forces as “public safety” departments, a phrase intended to promote a softer, friendlier image. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Landowner didn’t want rabbit. He want soft money.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello,” the boy said, so soft that Moss barely heard him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She gave him a handful of soft bitter-tasting leaves somewhat like sage, and he chewed them silently and forced them down. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tanvi Ma'am talks to a bunch of policemen, and their voices blur like ocean waves, because all I want to hear is Amma's soft voice again. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It feels soft and scratchy beneath my fingertips. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A tall heavyweight a little soft around the middle, stood up and began to shadowbox. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fresh loaf of bread rests on the counter, along with apples, currants, and a soft cheese, but I do not see any servants who might have prepared this. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It feels as if it’s pushing itself up,” he said, his voice soft with awe. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I heard a noise come from August’s lips, a soft moan. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground was soft and damp, with old leaves thick in the mold. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a piece of sinew from the ground skin, she threaded it into her needle and pierced the soft flesh. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cub’s warm fur was a delight—so soft, so silky-soft, such beautiful colors, rich gold and deep, dark black. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

There was just a touch of colour in it, a pale sea-green, soft and shimmering and very beautiful. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held out something dark and soft, and Tree-ear rose from his bow to take it from her. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

There we chanted together, voices rising and falling, loud and soft, some boys shouting, everybody reading together, reciting together and not alone with one voice. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hobbits fell asleep to the sound of the soft singing of Bregalad, that seemed to lament in many tongues the fall of trees that he had loved. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The soft one of Lily’s I barely recognize. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Frodo and Sam halted and sat silent in the soft shadows, until they saw a shimmer as the travellers came towards them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A thin, timid dog came close and, at a soft word from Kino, curled up, arranged its tail neatly over its feet, and laid its chin delicately on the pile. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

While we admired he brought more and the soft rich heap mounted higher--shirts with stripes and scrolls and plaids in coral and apple-green and lavender and faint orange with monograms of Indian blue. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mom’s footsteps echoed through our tiny apartment, and then soft knocking sounded on my door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She popped each blister and let the liquid soak into the soft white hotel sheet. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She had a soft voice then, and talked gently to him while she sewed. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were soft brown, limpid and innocent. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a breeze now, cool and soft, and I watch it ruffle her bangs. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

And I remember the soft repose of his face as he slept, as I pulled the trigger, knowing that Rose Hill would never be safe as long as his will was law. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Cornflower had a special soft spot for the baby squirrel; she made up a tray for him too. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

So my mother brought kittens home, soft and purring inside of empty boxes mewing and mewing until my grandmother fell in love. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

As the carriage moves along in what seems to be a circular pattern, Bailey can hear nothing but a soft creak and the sound of Poppet breathing next to him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Not the hard kind, the soft squooshy kind, like peanut butter.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She liked the feel of his smooth, soft skin beneath her fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Around at the side of the building in the mud and the ice and the quick, soft, rank spring growth of the garden, a young couple stood talking. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The soft pattering of raindrops against our straw hut makes my eyelids heavy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His nose was fat and soft, rippling under his fingers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their soft laughs, that boy’s bawling, and those chains rattling and scraping are sounds I’m gonna be hearing for the rest of my life. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The mixture is a little soft, but as Elizabeth pours the ice cream into ziplock bags, she assures me that a few hours in the freezer at home will make the texture perfect. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They look soft and fuzzy, but you know if you touch them, tiny spikes will get stuck in your fingers, hurt like crazy, and be impossible to get out. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her fingers touched a soft bandage that had been clumsily applied to her slashes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He’s got my father’s soft eyes and optimistic spirit, my mother’s implacability. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

From there I heard sweet words of love and soft laughter. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every living creature up and down the fields and copses must be muted, pressed down as though under a great, soft paw. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It fell onto its wheels, kicking up a large cloud of soft dust. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Proud was a good boy,” said the old man, his eyes soft. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt this wave of soft nausea pass over me. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If we got it right, the shell would pop open and we could pull out the soft, jiggly meat inside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

One day, he says—so soft, my brother, sister and I lean in to hear—I'm gonna go to New York City. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He rested his hand on my neck and gave me a soft squeeze. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And another sharp needle worked its way into my shoulder, bumping off the bone, then moving off to find softer muscle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If they had tides in this sea, the tide was high, because there was only a narrow fringe of soft white sand above the water. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She does, while I sit on a sofa so soft I sink down inside it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Finally she snuck around to the front of the house, feet sinking in the soft dirt. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if clouds had uncovered the moon, a soft light streamed toward them from a gate down the lane. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The surgeon's hands are cold and way too soft on my hip. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He grabbed while it was still a soft rope, swung the strand into his mouth, and ran, for once quiet instead of yelling, only because his mouth was stuffed. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was the cold water that woke me, more than the woman’s soft voice. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She touched the baby’s soft round cheek with her fingers as she had seen Joanna do. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among eleven occupied rooms, she counted thirteen sleepers, one of whom was not a faranji but a Tizerkane warrior, Tzara, wrapped in the slender arms of a slight young woman with very short, soft hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t often see the kitchen by lamplight, and it looks softer, prettier than in the day. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He pulled his legs out of the lake and crawled on his hands and knees until he was away from the wet- soft shore and near a small stand of brush of some kind. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next song was a country tune, and for those who knew a box step, it was slow and soft and inviting. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Anthony was a rail-thin six-footer with a goatee; his friend Ben Baily was a somewhat rounder and softer man with an easy laugh. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

If this cave is still open, with the machines and lights, the carpets and running water still here, there will be a terrible temptation to give up and move back to the soft life. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Matthias,” she would whisper, his name so soft on her lips. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They talked together in soft voices, oblivious of the mirth and music in the hall about them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Trust me,” he pleaded, his soft voice overwhelming. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But his voice was soft, a little faraway. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I always assumed the shopkeepers live a soft life. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“We were born here, Mom. We were always soft.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

That soft green, like the color of grass just before it gets hard in the heat? Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He looks like something soft and downy Alex wants to sink into, and he realizes the knot of anxiety in his chest has finally slackened. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was stuffy and cluttered, yet nobody could say it was uncomfortable; there were soft chairs and footstools, drinks and books, boxes of chocolates and plump cushions. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I left: the game hall with Alhaji and we went outside and sat on a rock drinking the soft drink. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Lined with bits of leaves, grass, cloth, cotton fluff, feathers and other soft things Mrs. Frisby and her children had collected, the house stayed dry, warm and comfortable all winter. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her sister is rocking this clear and strong and powerful voice, while Stella’s is breathy and soft, smooth in all the right ways. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

First a rumbling roar, followed by a humming, and then a softer sort of whistling noise, piercing enough to make Thor’s head ache and his teeth hurt each time he heard it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He was soft and more used than he dared admit to indolence and good food. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too soft to be a hand, and it wasn’t the touch of clothes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The torn book bag in which he had enjoyed such comfortable naps was gone, but he found a fresh bag, gnawed a hole in the brown paper, and crawled into the soft, ready-chewed stuffing. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

In a soft voice, I started talking to him. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that space his voice was softer, like an echo of a man he used to be. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I felt Miss Thomas’s hand come up under the napkin and rub real soft and slow back and forth over my head. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was a big, good man with a soft baritone, who ruled with easy tact a choir of repressed soloists, and who had an unerring memory for the favorite hymns of District Superintendents. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Her breath quickened as his fingers traced the curve of her neck and wandered careless toward the soft flesh below. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They were a mom’s hands, soft, with only small wrinkles, and chipping polish on the nails. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They had engulfed the great buildings and were slowly ripping apart the soft limestone with their roots. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The turtle’s got its shell all the way open to catch as much warmth as possible, its soft back fully exposed. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I dumbly take the tablecloth from her, the soft linen rippling through my fingers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you all really so desperate that you’d stake everything on him? Why, he’s just a boy—a soft- bellied normal who knows next to nothing of our world!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

"That I'll pay with goodwill!" said Dunstan, and with that he leaned across the stall, amid the twinkling jingling of the crystal flowers, and planted a chaste kiss on her soft cheek. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was soft and warm and the butter was sweet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His voice had become just a soft murmur. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“If only, if only, ” the woodpecker sighs, “The bark on the tree was just a little bit softer. ” Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

And then she lay down, pressing her cheek against the edge of the stone where it met the soft ground, and closed her eyes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time, when stones were soft and stars were bits of dust, I loved a monster. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But one day, as the chicken was pecking bugs outside, a soft rain fell. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Not with dread, but agitation lest it shouldn’t work, and...excitement—as wild and soft as a chaos of moth wings—lest it should. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

May sank down onto the floor, crying and looking so hurt inside I could almost see soft, red places up under her rib bones. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But mostly it was a heartwarmingly plain, sincere machine, promising good fun and few breakdowns; the sort of car that, especially in soft yellow, looked like nothing so much as a bar of soap. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Elves spoke together in soft voices, and questioned Legolas in their own tongue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A small black bear with a soft black nose. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

A crisis in a heroines life could be made to coincide with hailstones, gales and thunder, whereas nuptials were generally blessed with good light and soft breezes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The boy looked up with sick eyes, eyes soft and black like pieces of coal. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men from the green lands liked their women soft and sweet in silk, she knew, not clad in mail and leather with a throwing axe in each hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I can almost taste it, soft and bubbly and sweet, like pink champagne on the tip of my tongue. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Its wick emitted a gentle hiss and soft yellow light as a tiny petal of flame danced inside its glass hexagon. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When he next looks up, a soft glow shows behind a line of distant trees, as if something is burning out there. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had not known its strength until tonight, and he wondered whether he would have the strength to break free of its soft, persistent force. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The woman beside him, whose arm he held, was hunched over as she shuffled along in her soft slippers. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She and Uncle Vernon went off to the lumpy bed next door, and Harry was left to find the softest bit of floor he could and to cud up under the thinnest, most ragged blanket. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Mom had Evan strapped to her chest in the baby carrier and Aaron wrapped in a soft yellow blanket in her arms. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He could smell the horses in the dark, and could hear their shiftings and their soft stamping on the needle-covered ground. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her voice carries, though it’s soft, almost gentle. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She whispered her names to her pillow, and when she was done she added, “Valor morghulis,” in a small soft voice, wondering what it meant. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I stick it inside the soft belly of a cake of blush-crème on her vanity. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

An hour later, just before dawn, the travelers heard a soft whooshing noise above their heads and they glanced up and saw an immense gray batlike creature swooping down toward them out of the dark. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was about my age, with short, kinky hair and chocolate-colored skin that appeared iridescent in the soft glow of the dashboard indicators. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Abraham,” I say, trying it out, and there’s this soft ache below my stomach. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Tenderly she reached out and brushed back his soft blond hair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His soft breath lifted, no longer disturbing the air. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They came at me fast, then slow, hard, then gentle, loud, then soft as a whisper. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The big white flakes wafted through them, dreamy and soft. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dany clutched the soft cloth to her cheek and sat cross-legged on her sleeping mats. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Everything in Aunt Florentine’s room sounded slow and soft. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took it out of her hand, fascinated as always by the soft, rainwatery appearance of the glass. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I pry it open carefully because the box is really old, the cardboard soft under my fingers. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Shasta's legs ached terribly as he saddled Bree and climbed into the saddle, but the Horse was kindly to him and went at a soft pace all afternoon. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

In 1972, 18 percent of soft drink users said they drank Coke exclusively, compared with 4 percent who called themselves exclusive Pepsi drinkers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We watch a black-and-white video of her playing a tune called “Reverie,” soft and slow. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The bed is just the right kind of soft. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“He offered to drive me up to school,” she says with a soft, sweet voice. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A sort of pre-theater buffet, cold cuts and soft drinks, had been set out for Mackintosh and his traveling party in the guidance office. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The ground soared and struck me with a soft shock. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She turned her back on them, thinking not for her, ever, that soft light in a man’s eyes. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her chuckle was a soft and gentle puff against the top of my head. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then, in a voice even softer and smaller: “In my memories, they seemed so happy with me.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Inside was a miniature painted in the vivid Myr- ish style, of a lovely young girl with doe's eyes and a cascade of soft brown hair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And he’s looking at her while she looks out the window, soft light falling on her face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Each samosa felt like a small animal, soft and warm in my hand. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The dough was made of rice flour, and it was soft and spongy on the outside. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Yet in this ubiquitous restlessness there was nothing alarming, for the whole forest took part in it and the only sound was the soft, steady movement of the leaves. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fear and pain were coming, and this time Sefia’s soft dark voice wasn’t there to stop them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the thick soft bark absorbs sound and creates a silence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined quietness, delicacy, the kind of woman whose sneeze, whose laugh and talk, would be soft as the under feathers closest to a chicken’s skin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

That night, the camp was dark and quiet except for the sound of Alec snoring and the soft sighs of Trina’s breath on Mark’s chest. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I looked at the soft haystack of hair cupped in my palm. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It’s under my pillow, soft and white and neatly folded, with its wall of red and black swirls, and a picture of Elliott standing in front. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I wanted to protest, but he started to play Mozart, soft and sweet, and I turned away, my eyes stinging. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the sky felt deep and dark as if a large soft blanket had been thrown over the hills and valleys. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He is a very dear friend of mine,” Poppet says, a soft blush warming her cheeks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sansa heard a soft murmuring from the lords around her, but it was quickly stilled. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And suddenly her arms were round his neck; he felt her lips soft against his own. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night, after dinner, Sunny and I drown out the laughter, soft talking, and long silences coming from behind their closed bedroom door by turning up the television. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t as soft as he’d imagined, but it smelled fresh, and the coolness of the air was good, too. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Chinese can’t hear Americans at all; the language is too soft and western music unhearable. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday afternoons—Tuesday being Mrs. Pontellier’s reception day—there was a constant stream of callers—women who came in carriages or in the streetcars, or walked when the air was soft and distance permitted. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the soft but firm tread of Peggy as she walked across the kitchen floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re safe,” he told me, in his usual soft, rumbling voice. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“My dad’s yelling at me to do what the lady says, and she puts a soft hand on Dad’s shoulder and says, ‘It’s okay. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His smile shines like moonlight, and the soft glow of the night-lanterns smoothes out the hard edges of his pale white face. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“And the ground here on the ridge is soft enough to dig a grave....” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

What composers could impose instead of incremental change were more abrupt contrasts of loud and soft, like the juxtaposition of light and shade, chiaroscuro, in painting. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She flops down in a soft easy chair with Penny on her lap and begins to read. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Her lips are like soft pillows and I sink into them. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Little Lenin remained behind to have his nostril probed by Dr. Verghese Verghese’s cold steel implements, and his mother probed by other, softer ones. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raindrops begin hitting the window, spreading into soft rivulets. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Street in Cairo glowed with soft yellows, pinks, and purples. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I go in the barn where, after my eyes have adjusted to the dim light, I see a tall girl with bangs and shoulder- length soft brown hair crouched over a pig. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stones had done what he had hoped they would do and his voice was now as soft as the boy’s. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

For nearly an hour, maybe more, I lay there listening to the soft chorus of Maribel’s and Arturo's long, even breaths. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Ash felt the soft collar of her mother’s blouse beneath her cheek. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he raised his head, the snowflakes brushed his cheeks like cold soft kisses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was a kind tiredness, all soft instead of sharp and mean. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dallas’s sneaker is resting on the soft spot right below my solar plexus. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The silence was broken, not by Ron, who in any case looked as though he was temporarily dumbstruck, but by a soft tap, tap on the window. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he reached in and briefly touched the nape of the boy’s neck, where the hair was soft. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

We make our way through the underside of the tables, with ballads and drinking songs sung above us, screams and whispers in the air, and the soft footfalls of dancers echoing around us like rain. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Got some chores,” he said in a strong, soft voice. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

From the stoop, I could hear the rhythmic clicks of her rosary beads and the soft hum of her voice reciting prayers whose music was familiar to me, but whose words I’d never learned. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He slept badly even on soft feather beds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he said in a soft, wheedling voice: “Well, Barbara B., anything for the old fellow today, eh?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Junie, please grab your things and come to the office with me,” she says in a soft voice that frightens me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She could spot a safe one, a soft touch, all right. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Watras looked pretty perturbed by this news — every teacher in the world has a soft spot for Annette, plus the girl’s a musical dynamo. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my soft power, I was finding I could be strong. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

With the sun directly overhead, the moon appeared a cheery place, with soft rounded craters bathed in a rose-colored light. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then take this soft brush and rub over her, yep, just like that, to wash away the dust. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s soft and thin under my fingers, full of notes and numbers. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

That was another thing about Leon: soft and charming in company, but through his jacket his arm had the consistency of tropical hardwood. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The shirt is a medium, and it’s vintage soft, and everything about it is entirely, amazingly perfect. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

‘Elves are wonderful folk. It looks a bit thin, but it’s tough; and soft as milk to the hand. Packs close too, and as light as light. Wonderful folk to be sure!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Again his mobile features transformed, his expression became soft, warm. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dawn was breaking, spreading soft pink light across the eastern sky above the city. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The next sensation was of entering a room and being lifted onto a soft warm bed. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It’s slow and soft and lovely, and makes me want to cry and laugh at the same time. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She lifted him in her soft arms, but Diomedes, knowing she was a coward goddess, not one of those who like Athena are masters where warriors fight, leaped toward her and wounded her hand. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were girls with squeaky voices or soft altos, plump girls and thin ones, babyish girls who wore heart lockets and girls who were old before their time and worked as secretaries in insurance firms. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Someone had entered the room behind her, moving on soft padded slippers quiet as a mouse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He toes off his soft leather shoe and puts one pale foot directly in front of me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The waves are as big as elephants during the rainy season, said Crocodile Guts from his soft bed in the njuzu village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each night it filled the valley with her soft light and lighted a way for the solitary man standing in his field, listening to the plants sleep, listening to the resting earth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Dad lifted Mother from the station wagon and I saw her face—her eyes, hidden under dark circles the size of plums, and the swelling distorting her soft features, stretching some, compressing others. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was a softer target, but I also was lighter and faster. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But Aunt May gardened, and when she said it your mind would see some lovely person in a yellow-flowered hat snipping soft pink roses, little robins landing on her shoulders. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The paper had grown soft, and folded like cloth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was thin, but her face was still soft, round with childhood. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It exploded almost without noise: a soft red flash. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jabbed a finger at Maniac’s nose, pressed it, flattening the soft end of it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed the soft yellow globes of chamomile flowers on the path I hiked most afternoons. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She looked at me and she had to smile because she knew she was making my mind go soft around the edges. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The night nurse had come in, unnoticed, on her soft rubber soles. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Hazel dug once more, his forepaws throwing up the soft, wet soil and slipping against the hard sides of the peg. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why put a perfectly soft, sweet, warm marshmallow between graham crackers? I don’t get it,” says DeShon, munching as he toasts three marshmallows at a time. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But now her head dug in her soft pillows and her eyes felt the gentle weight of the bromide. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing white shorts and a soft pink sweater. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo broke open a rotted log with the panga and used the soft, dry wood inside to start a fire. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Audrey’s hair, the color of milk chocolate, fell in soft waves over her shoulders. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was warm and soft and smelled like the honeysuckle oil she liked to put in her hair. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music perhaps—” And heading off to bed later. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let my voice grow progressively softer as they talked. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

At once the beak of the eagle opened, but instead of a bird’s call, a soft, musical voice said, “Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“What are you saying? I was right about you? I thought you fooled me,” I say, looking down at my own hands and not at his soft eyes. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Quick heels coming down the stairs, and his mother, large, soft, and gentle-looking, quivered at the entrance. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir,” I replied, turning my head to look away from him while keeping my voice soft to show respect. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My soft cloth dolls back home in Africa had no faces; we used our imagination to dream up their facial features and personalities. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It tilted, and the bus lurched upward so fast I fell back and crashed against something soft. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Umbridge laughed a soft girlish laugh that made Harry want to attack her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she can make her voice really soft. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Maybe because the hardness is there and I want to get it out of the way, hurry on to the softer parts of his face. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The pizza’s here!” her mom calls up to us, so we run back down and the kitchen is suddenly full of the rich smell of soft cheese and spicy sauce. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

A normal spleen is a soft sack with a drippy red center, which reminded Dalgard of a jelly doughnut. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She loaded them on her sled and returned to the river, listening to Tornait peep soft plover' songs in the warmth of her parka hood. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, in a vision, instead of working, I am lazing in a soft furrow of our milpita, gazing up into the endless sky at a hawk. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not losing me,” Will says, his voice soft but determined. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The soft light seemed to warm the air and soften the growing darkness. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The flower's soft, pungent scent reminds me of home. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The tone was soft, like the call of a mourning dove. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Out on the porch, I hear the soft calls of our parents. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Matt and Lance have scooped some soft ones. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The queen's voice was soft as silk, but her words carried the whole length of the hall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Wheezing and whistling, Hen Wen was digging furiously in the soft earth at the far side of the pen, burrowing so rapidly she would soon be out. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But instead of gently handing it down, he laughed and threw the peaches like weapons, smashing the soft fruit against their heads. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Auri had a light of her own, some thing she held in her cupped hands that gave off a soft, blue green glow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It's a land of blue and pale gold that goes on, blending into soft lines at the sea—not like the green fields and forests of Germany, but not like the gray, desolate camps, either. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then Annie reached across the table and lifted my chin with her soft hand. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“But it felt soft. It must be food. And it’s big.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her husband dies later that year, the outside gets harder and the inside softer. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was like candy and sex and soft twinkling lights. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Renly was one-and-twenty, the girl no older than Robb, very pretty, with a doe's soft eyes and a mane of curling brown hair that fell about her shoulders in lazy ringlets. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His presence silenced, if only for a few seconds, the crackling anxiety that made my blood grate against my bones and for a little while I’d feel melted and soft. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But somehow their caress felt soft and tentative. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He grew up soft in the head with a left leg that went one way, his body the other. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know that anything could be so soft. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She snored gently, like the waves on Long Island Sound, soft and regular. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The noise of it burns through my ears, and just like the day of the bank robbery, the gun now feels warm and soft in my hand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I waited a moment, then asked again, and Linda made a soft little sigh. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl stroked his head again, and the dog looked up at her with soft triangle eyes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

His therapist’s voice grows softer the farther she goes. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I forgot about Papá. He’s probably dying of thirst. Here, let’s take two for him,” she said, picking up a seventh soft drink. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She could have made it farther—working Randall land had made her strong, strong in body if nothing else—but she stumbled onto a bed of soft moss and it felt right. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It seemed so close that his nose almost brushed mine, and yet I could tell that his eyes were soft, that he was speaking and crying at the same time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

My lap and the branches below were covered with thin, soft leaf peelings. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Cry as much as you need to, darling,” said that soft voice, and Lyra determined to stop as soon as she possibly could. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We drank water because the soft drinks bought in the afternoon were finished. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The artisan Ikmalios had made it, long before, with a footrest in a single piece, and soft upon the seat a heavy fleece was thrown. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The food Mrs. Byrne makes is bland and unappealing—soft gray peas from a can, starchy boiled potatoes, watery stews—and there’s never enough of it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She often spoke to falling seeds and said, “Ah hope you fall on soft ground,” because she had heard seeds saying that to each other as they passed. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Through this frame she saw the soft eyes of the seals on the ice. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl understood the words, mostly, but they spoke in soft voices, and she could not always hear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I whisper how I love them into their soft doggy ears. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The store was quiet, except for the soft strains of stilted oboe music. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her hair is pinned up loosely, her bangs swept to the side, and her lips and cheeks are soft and pink. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I hear footsteps on the roof, and a moment later there’s a soft thud outside our door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

On the radio, a man with a soft deep voice is singing telling us to have ourselves a merry little . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He looked me in the eye then reached forward and placed his big, soft hand on my forehead. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jack held up the head and jammed the soft throat down on the pointed end of the stick which pierced through into the mouth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

His hair—blue-black, thick and straight—did not have the hard sheen of the hair of a Chinese or Japanese but had the soft look of fabric. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The paper heart comes undone, releasing its multicolored confetti over all of us like soft summer rain. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was a very faint soft tissue impression. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I moved my hand to her neck, her skin hot and soft, and holding her like that, my heart raced. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In the metal stand opposite the hearth where a fire now blazed up warmly, a cigar popped out, half an inch of soft gray ash on it, smoking, waiting. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were applauded and given more soft drinks and more shrimp, but it was to be years later before I found the joy and freedom of dancing well. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was soft and sincere and his eyes were honest, but still Brian shook his head. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wrap it in a soft flannel blanket, four, ten, a hundred times. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Fish like to feed in the soft light. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just as if he were cupping the moon, a clear, soft brightness spilled from his hands and poured into the sky. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her voice was soft, but not like a pillow. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The guard in the front spoke through her face covering in a soft but clear voice. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then they would be put in a pan, sprinkled with a little water to keep them soft, and warmed over. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spot right at the dip of his waist below his ribs looks impossibly soft, and Alex might die if he can’t fit his hand into that little curve in the next five seconds. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry to have kept y’all up so late,” he said, a soft shame building in him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was soft and sticky, almost like honey. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Woodwell nods as he wraps his chisels up in soft cloth. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the quiet that follows, we hear Tigris’s soft footfall overhead. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It was thick and soft near the scalp. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I can hear her pacing back and forth, a heavy step and then a light one, and the soft tap of her cane on the dusty-rose carpet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spoke together in soft voices, at first using the Common Speech, but after the manner of older days, and then changing to another language of their own. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In two swallows I ate the soft white roll, more air than sustenance. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Though its soft pads made no noise, you c ould feel the earth shake beneath their weight. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I backed up, let him make his push, then blocked him out with my left elbow and put up a soft hook off the boards. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

His thighs became quite short A web of skin grew from his wrists to his shoulders, while his primary feathers burst out In soft blue quills from the ends of his fingers and quickly grew. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kira tended his grave now, taking the babies with her while she weeded and watered the soft blanket of fragrant purple thyme she had planted there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The boy—it was hard to think of one so soft and pink as a man—laid the edge of the dagger across the captain’s palm and slashed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I started hanging out at a soft drink company, volunteering to put labels on the bottles. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The going here was softer; the middle was overgrown with grass and the ruts on either side were full of dead leaves. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lena walked closer to Anya and said in a soft voice, “Did you use my key?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I picked up Tedward and rubbed my face against his soft fur. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The female voice was high and soft, like the wind whistling through the reeds of the water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

"Here. Blow your nose. Prosper's fine. He's probably lying in a soft bed dreaming of his little brother right now." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Are they as soft as they used to be? We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was dark here in front: only the bright door sent ten square feet of light volleying out into the soft black morning. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Some of the rocks were covered with soft green algae. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Spoken words were what she wanted to hear, the words being exchanged in soft, almost inaudible whispers by the two men on the other side of the door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Opal,” the preacher said in a real soft voice, “it’s time to give up.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Object’s forehead wrinkled and her eyes grew soft in appeal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The soft cotton becomes wet with spit as I chew and think of how to pay for next week’s Superlotto ticket. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was a soft gray night with a half-moon forming a perfect D in the sky. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

His big wrinkled hand reached for her, soft as old leather, and Dany wanted to take it and hold it and kiss it, she wanted that as much as she had ever wanted anything. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The truth was...Dimple made everything seem softer. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The soft sunlight cast leaf shadows across her face and the wind made gentle ripples in the moss-colored lake in front of her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She trembled at feeling the thin soft bit of smooth leather. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood in the middle of smooth, soft sands that sparkled and shone like tiny stars. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

People were hurrying around, setting up games, carrying boxes marked with the names of soft drinks; a man tinkered with the engine that drove the ferris wheel. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the pieces were baked in the oven, Laura loved to spread the soft insides with butter and then scoop the yellow flesh from the rind and eat it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam didn’t believe her, but the silk of Bitter’s nightgown was soft against her cheek, and Jam felt a wave of exhaustion drag over her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The snakes, with a soft hissing sound, were rising up on end and bowing to something behind Jane and Michael. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

There was a soft drink bottle on the windowsill. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Nan stood with her soft toothless mouth opening and closing soundlessly, and Farlen threw himself at Theon, snarling like one of his hounds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ramiro’s breath is slightly minty, and at first the kisses are soft and feel all right, but after a while, he spirals his tongue against mine, which totally grosses me out. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Farmer remembered the regret etched on his mother’s soft face when they had to leave it behind, but as usual, she didn’t complain. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Then the crowd quieted and there was no sound but the soft hiss and crack of the whip being loosened behind me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Chester heard the soft padding of feet beneath him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a combination of scared, happy, excited, and sad all at once, like a soft light that glows in my chest and stomach for a few seconds. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But Shelob was not as dragons are, no softer spot had she save only her eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I wish I could say I’m used to it and I don’t feel bad, but I’m softer inside than I look on the outside. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Without makeup, without jewelry, clothed only in a white hospital gown, she looked older, softer. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she knows what she’s doing—dusting and blending until her skin glows and her eyes are wide and soft. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Outside, a soft violet light was spreading out across the eastern hillsides. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I withstood the urge to scratch my increasingly prickly rash, and instead dug some soft mud from the riverbed and wiped it on my ankles and wrists. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s soft and newborn pale after the summer retreat from the sun. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then everyone was gone and the house was quiet and the low lights were soft and the room a cushion of warm comfort. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day she handed me a small paper bag, tightly packed with something soft. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I pray the plaster is soft enough, then leap off the stairs and throw myself toward the wall. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Mother spread a small, soft hand onto hers and washed the fingers one at a time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, a soft shimmering spread across the sky. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, a soft, slithering noise in the bracken. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The next thing Digory knew was that there was a soft green light coming down on him from above, and darkness below. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The line went dead with a soft click. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His paw was warm and soft and wet, big as a lion’s, with fingers the size of baby carrots. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We see him coming slow down the road, his silver lunch box bouncing soft against his leg. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I kept on rubbing, working that soft area at her lower back, where the required team racing suit just allowed for a window of skin, a couple of knobs of vertebrae. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Tall windows were framed by pale yellow drapes, pulled back now so that sunshine flooded the chamber, throwing soft spotlights onto the blue carpet. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The lemur uttered a soft mewing sound and clambered slowly up behind the man’s head, to peer out at her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

As they rounded a corner, a gust of this soft air swept past them, and their candles went out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear his breathing, soft and ragged. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the soft rippling of the water; he did not know where he was nor what had brought him there. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The loam was soft and spongy beneath their feet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It’s so quiet when she slips away, I can hear her footsteps, soft shuffles on the pavement. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The soft clunk of pool balls diverted my attention. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Light as the brush of a moth wing across the sweet ripe fruit with its crease in the middle, as soft as apricot down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The horse snorted and grabbed mouthfuls of soft grass. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she swept around and hugged Nel—a quick embrace tighter and harder than one would have imagined her thin soft arms capable of. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Now its blue soft covers were beginning to fade and its corners were frayed. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She could not remember ever wearing anything so soft. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You carved a perfect circle,” he said, a soft smile tugging at his lips. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

In my mind I conjure up a memory of her face, soft and beautiful and concerned, her eyes bright blue and her mouth rosy and smiling. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

An herb basket garden hung from the high wooden beams, and the room was full of Redemption’s family, loud and soft and laughing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Walt was appointed test director and section head for the Surveyor 1 mission, the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dolores tried to make her words soft like butter, so they might actually melt in. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wait to feel her arms curl around my waist, to feel the soft beat of her heart pushing through my back. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The cotton is soft against my cheek, warm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The soft chanting envelops us like a membrane. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there’s a soft hiss, followed by a ripping noise. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

To make me soft and weak, to crush my spirit, to pound every last bit of vivisima spark out of me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The middle crosspiece on the raft caught Derek in the soft part just above his hip and helped to hold him in place, but Brian did not think it would be enough. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The words came out in a soft singsong. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Beneath the tunic, hanging diagonally across my chest, is a soft leather satchel filled with flatbread, nuts, and fruit sealed in oilskin, along with a canteen of water. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘Well met indeed, my friends,’ he said in a soft voice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Just behind the veil of the vacation was not a soft face of laughter, but something hard and bony and perhaps terrifying. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back at the fire circle, Jinny opened the book, cradling its worn spine in one hand as she turned the soft, crumbling pages with the other. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A soft knock at the door behind her tinned Arya away from the window and her dreams of escape. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I patted my belly and thought of the little ghost of a being folded in the soft tissues of my womb. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hesitated, and when he spoke again his voice was softer. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked so innocent, that modest little brick house, with its clean white door, the peach tree in the front yard ruffled with soft pink blossoms. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anything but that soft look of sympathy that was scrawled across his face. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Its big bird wings circling and the roar of its engine getting softer. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She said it so soft I couldn't be sure I had heard anything, so I just laid there listenin'. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully, he tucked a strand of hair behind Petra’s ear and let his hand rest for a moment against the soft, wide plain of her cheekbone. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Nick noticed that the eyes were softer, but just as powerful. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The floor was smoothed all over, and scrubbed clean and white, and the big bed under the window was soft with feathers. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sending the sketch to Theo, he describes “a blond, soft effect, and in the woods a more sombre, serious mood. I’m glad that both of these exist in life.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Would you like a soft drink? Or some wine?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, after all that waiting, Pong heard the soft pop of a mango stem. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The only sound was a faint soft sobbing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She has the flattened soft fingertips of an old woman. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am thankful for the way laughter swells up mighty like the ocean, then settles like soft waves and comes again. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was a soft click, and a panel of stones slid back into the wall. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Does a “shorter” or smaller bump equal softer or a lower pitch or both? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They were clean, white children, and their beds were soft with Ei. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scabbard was soft grey leather, supple as sin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He wore a vest of woven gold thread over a loose gown of purple silk, and on his feet were pointed slippers of soft velvet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He plucked the soft, bright petals and the last one came out on love. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Shadrack got in and in less than three ho.urs he was back in Medallion, for he had been only twenty-two miles from his window, his river, and his soft voices just outside the door. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She turned away and he shut the door; he stood listening to the soft whisper of her shoes die away down the hall, then on the stairs. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the bone break—a soft, muffled snap—at the same time he felt the sharp stab. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“And once the onions are soft, we’ll add the tomatoes and spices to make a curry base.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He pulled back what I understood then to be drapes, and swatches of sky diluted the dark with soft moonlight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

So lovely it was, so soft, and its own music came from it—its music of promise and delight, its guarantee of the future, of comfort, of security. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama didn’t cry, but she seemed very sad—a soft kind of sadness. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Downtown, Montgomery Ward installed a new Customer’s Parlor, where excursive fair visitors could loiter on soft couches while browsing the company’s five-hundred-page catalog. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I’ll get it,” he repeated, this time softer, pushing away from the table. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He woke naked on a goose-down feather bed so soft it felt as if he had been swallowed by a cloud. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then more still, surprised at how soft his lips were as he pressed them up and down her neck. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jill curled a soft smile and glanced at the crowd, and then back up at me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Arturo,” my mom said, her voice softer now, almost like she was trying to whisper. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He repeated again in his soft, persuasive voice, “Big money.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia ran her hands along the edges of the book, fingering the leaves that protruded from the pages, until she found the soft blade of the feather Archer had given her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I heard the man’s soft voice above my shouts. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I traced a finger against her soft nose, her cheeks, and her curved chin, with a dimple like Safa’s. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It’s only a few notes, but mixed with the soft rush of the wind and the smoke upon it, I hear...the strum of a distant guitar, and laughter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A soft radiance, enough to illuminate the pool and the stones that sit at the bottom. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They had used store soap, not the slimy, soft, dark brown soap that Grandma made and kept in a big jar to use for common every day. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kitten stretches up on its hind legs with a soft mew and licks Poppet’s fingers before turning its attention to Chandresh. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She is looking at me all soft and gooey. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

David’s face seemed to glow in the soft moonlight Tally closed her eyes and shook her head. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There was a single modest-sized refrigerator filled with fresh sandwiches, soft drinks, cartons of juice, and perishables like cheese, and Katz and I stared into it for ages, dumbly captivated. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was true Congolese, tough and warm, with an amazing broad face from which her soft brown eyes shone. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not hearing the startled voices behind her, not seeing where or how she went, she blundered somehow to the great front door and out into the soft warm night. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she climbed into the silence with him, staying there, feeling its soft curves. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She was tall—even taller than Koffi—and had a deep umber face made up of soft, rounded features: apple cheeks, a mouth curved like a warrior’s bow. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, Grandma bought some lovely soft gray wool for me and taught me how to knit a sweater for Dad. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There came a soft knock on her door. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In a minute I had my face under their bonnets, in contact first with Mary’s soft cheek, then with Diana’s flowing curls. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the distance, the soft, blue silhouette of the mountain ranges begins to appear. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And from his lips came a soft, tremulous sigh. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Still, just as you please. Your soft heart will be the ruin of us yet.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Like I’m tied down with soft ropes of fog or something and the fog has got inside my mouth and sucked all the talk right out of me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I can still feel her lips against mine, the smooth, soft skin of her face and arms, the slight trembling of her hands. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The sailor was now lying in my bed beneath a soft blanket, his breathing slow and steady. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone over this scene in my head,” he finally says to me in a soft voice. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The station agent was a barrel-shaped man deep in his middle age, pasty-complected and soft. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“They only pushed me down, ketzele, and the back of me is too soft for that to hurt so much.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

By the late innings of the game the rest of the room—a few laggard coals glowed orange beneath the fireplace grate—lay sleeping in soft, quiescent shadows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He is dressed as a shepherd, his voice soft and low, more sure than any sound I've ever heard come out of him. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

From far away, I could hear Rufus shout—strangely soft shouting—“You didn’t have to do that!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She is in an earlier phase, or a later one: the soft green tweeds and tailored blouses of her good- taste background, which now appear matronly on her, because she has put on weight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu climbed out of the car and into the loud, discordant drone of generators, too many generators; the sound pierced the soft middle of her ears and throbbed in her head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

How green it was there and how quiet, and what soft crisp grass under their feet! Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was a soft yellow glow, rippling like a flag in the summer wind. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She stripped the girl of the drenched, ripped clothing, setting it aside, then rubbed her dry with rough cloth, and wrapped her in soft wool. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

High above him the leaves constantly shifted, making a soft, hissing sound. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

My legs feel soft and rubbery and unable to support my weight. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He’s a cute little boy, maybe a year old, with a chubby pink face and a halo of wispy soft hair the color of com silk. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrapped both hands around the handle and ground my feet deep into the soft, black dirt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He slept flat on his back, his hands resting against the soft flannel of his shirt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She tried to get up, but the soft bed of grass made her lazy and sleepy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She stared into my eyes with the softest look. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Together, Ivy and Shilling made a place for Gran to lie in her favorite glade, where the ground was soft and covered in clover, and nearby ran a gentle river. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe someday, after all this, after we find a new life, a new home, with plenty of water and food, then I could grow up and have full rosy cheeks and a soft round belly. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The leaves were soft, and felt good to my tired body and sore feet. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky was a soft gray, and it was drizzling lightly. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Beyond the outer wall, the tracks were plain to read in the soft ground; the pawprints of the wolves, Hodor's heavy tread, the shallower marks left by the feet of the two Reeds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Take it slow, Johnny,” she said in her soft comforting voice. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small soft wind blew gently from the east, a wind mild and murmurous and full of rain. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The chamber was filled with a soft light; its walls were green and silver and its roof of gold. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And though they surely knew no permission would be granted, they kept up their soft, steady chant for a very long time in the pouring rain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hair soft and shiny but not styled. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Our kiss was electric and soft, and tentative and certain, terrifying and exactly right. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I spent the night sleeping outside the city limits of Imre in a soft bed of heather. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Celia puts down her tea, watching as the smooth motion of the train sends soft ripples through the surface of the liquid. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mossflower country shimmered gently in a peaceful haze, bathing delicately at each dew-laden dawn, blossoming through high sunny noontides, languishing in each crimson-tinted twilight that heralded the soft darkness of June nights. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s a great success. It looks so stiff and fierce and it’s very soft and a great pleasure.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a little bed of soft stuff on the floor of Mouse House. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She gave me a soft little smile, and my heart wobbled off its axis. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could see their beefy fingers sink into the soft flesh. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a second later a soft push of wind brought her feet back to solid ground. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I shuddered now when I remembered the touch of her hand on my arm, and that dreadful soft, intimate pitch of her voice close to my ear. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You know I’m hiding nothing, Moody,” he said in a soft and dangerous voice, “as you’ve searched my office pretty thoroughly yourself.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The leg was black and soft, like an overripe banana. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It landed with a soft, hollow slap, in the undergrowth. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The great pearl was wrapped in an old soft piece of deerskin and placed in a little leather bag, and the leather bag was in a pocket in Kino’s shirt. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t quick; it wasn’t soft and simple. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And there was Arletta Paisley—her rounded cheeks lifted by an easy smile, blonde, with deep blue eyes, all soft and comforting. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Her skin feels so soft and still smells sweet. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

They were all slender, frail creatures with wondering eyes and soft fluttery voices. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then he heard the soft pad of paws and the sounds of sucking and—he could hardly believe it—felt a rough little tongue licking the milk off his knuckles. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I managed to climb over it and I landed in soft mud. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was exactly the kind of business lady I’ve always dreamed of becoming, one who wears finely embroidered, shiny white blouses tucked into soft black anacos hemmed with silvery trim, and thick, gold-beaded necklaces. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to sit down anyway because of the soft, uncomfortable load in his pants, which had been there all afternoon and which felt cold and squishy when he moved too much. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomson proposed a structural model for the atom in which his negatively charged electrons were suspended within an undifferentiated positively charged mass, like bits of fruit within a soft custard. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The walls, streaked with moss, had grown soft, and bulged a little with dampness that seeped up from the ground. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers crept across the soft carpeted floor, behind Gulmina’s back. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She had protested, but only mildly, the same limp no with which she greeted the frequent deposits to her bank account and the new Impala with the soft upholstery. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A soft green light bobbed deep in the woods. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then he gave a soft grunt, like he was amused by this idea. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It seeps up the stairs from the ballroom, in loud and soft bursts as the men’s room door opens and closes with traffic. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was just about to slam the door and run when I felt a soft poke in my right shoulder blade. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

At first the colors of the picture had been too showy and not as they were in real life, but after a year they faded into softer, lifelike colors. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

A soft rain began to fall as Nok arrived at the tall wooden gates. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She draws him motionless, peeking out from behind a trash can or the soft hill of my belly. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

A soft robotic voice comes over the main speakers. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The missing gold, the wine Gebu wanted but never drank, the grinning Babylonian with his sharp glance and his soft, insistent questions, all fitted into a picture too clear to doubt. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Hear her soft breathing in the stillness of that little room. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“And who, may I ask, are these?” he said in his soft, terrifying voice, looking at the children enquiringly. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

However, while Mr. Clutter was shaving, showering, and outfitting himself in whipcord trousers, a cattleman’s leather jacket, and soft stirrup boots, he had no fear of disturbing her; they did not share the same bedroom. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby pushes and holds one open with her hip, and I step out into the soft afternoon warmth. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Henry leans across the pillow to Alex and presses a soft kiss to his mouth, and Alex feels fingertips brush over his jaw. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It would be trampled into oblivion by tomorrow, but now it glowed like a green jewel in the soft afternoon light. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that his voice got very soft when he spoke to the goats, but she couldn’t remember what he sounded like when he read the Torah to her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The earth was soft from the rain and, in places, from being recently turned up. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

There they were, in his living room in New Haven, awash in soft jazz and daylight, and she looked at him, her good, bewildered man, and felt the day take on a sad, epic quality. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting in the leather armchair that we bought from Heal’s just after we got married—it was the first piece of furniture we got as a married couple: soft tan buttery leather, expensive, luxurious. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was tucked in a small wooden bed beneath soft covers that didn’t reach my feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The horse dragged an empty stone-boat behind it, a low sled that it pulled across the soft earth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Fish'll eat anything once it's soft enough. Mind you, if he fell into the Thames, his body'd wash up before long. The Thames always gives up its dead, the Thames does.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was he who teased me for having soft hands. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would sigh a moment, stretch myself and turn, and opening my eyes, be bewildered at that glittering sun, that hard, clean sky, so different from the soft moonlight of my dream. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed entranced, unable to help it The unicorn did not seem, able to move from the soft grip of her hand on its horn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam watched her father’s face drift into a twisted but soft sadness. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then we furnish ourselves with blankets, and eiderdowns, luxurious soft affairs. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man lifted his spear casually and drove the point through the boy's soft throat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But I don't hear the soft bump of her cane. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was still lying on top of him, her soft lines molded to his hard ones. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He glimpsed movement, heard the soft scuffling sound of slippered feet on stone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the sound of the soft clearing of a female throat, she looked up, startled. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The dress was dark blue with white buttons, soft cotton that gave off a medicinal smell. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He felt guilty now, winding the soft cloth around the handgrips, so he told her what he figured she wanted to hear. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Another yanked down her socks, displaying her legs, which had begun growing soft, dark hairs. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“My Rainbow,” she explained, gazing up at Penelope with soft, trusting eyes. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Someone should have warned you to keep clear of him,” he added in a softer tone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then he felt her arms around him, her thin, thin arms that used to be so soft when she hugged him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The snow seemed to me like a very soft, very warm carpet. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beard of flame diminished quickly; then the pile fell inwards with a soft, cindery sound, and sent a great tree of sparks upwards that leaned away and drifted downwind. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Books got soft and wavy between their covers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Liyana sat behind a bush next to their house in the thinnest, softest grass watching customers travel up the sidewalk. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As he walked he saw out of the corners of his eyes Bessie striding beside him, and it seemed that his mind could feel the soft swing of her body as it went forward. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why send such a soft woman to serve her? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ma gave Aunt Eliza a little needle-book she had made, with bits of silk for covers and soft white flannel leaves into which to stick the needles. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Intimate moments were usually soft moments of sound. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This other, detached Tree-ear noticed that Min’s eyes were soft, his face gentle. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The air was cool and soft, as if it were early spring, yet they felt about them the deep and thoughtful quiet of winter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Shocked at her soft voice, I lifted my head. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Tints of rose and gold and violet were washed upon it as if painted by the softest brush. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

April advanced to May: a bright serene May it was; days of blue sky, placid sunshine, and soft western or southern gales filled up its duration. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then music plays, soft and low, full of cellos tonight, and it cuts out midstream. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Be soft and strong at the same time. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then in his soft and cultivated voice he said: “Are you ready to go?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamp on the nightstand lent a soft glow to the darkened room. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It felt soft and warm to her touch. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice drifted to me again, from about the same distance, soft and merciless. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her soft Appalachian accent, Justice leaves no doubt that she is a local girl, steeped in the culture of the old family cemeteries that dot the mountains here in East Kentucky. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She’s missed his soft hair, and the smell of his shampoo. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her skin is soft and tastes like salt, like a night run. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The garden sprinklers whirled up in golden founts, filling the soft morning air with scatterings of brightness. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was much smaller than Bessie, his girl, but much softer. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fingers were soft, the ruby rings were hard. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Colonel, Takumi, and I got there first, setting up our sleeping bags on the softest bales of hay. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I look at my dad, and though he still isn’t looking anywhere but at the screen in front of him, I can see his expression getting softer. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She whispered a soft, musical phrase and the raft shrank down to a size she could carry on her back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Presently they were in the Lane, their slippers making a soft hissing noise on the pavement as they scurried along. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They could feel his warm soft fur brushing against their bodies and hear the rumblings his voice made in his stomach as he talked. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her lips would be sealed tight, and after each move I made, a soft “Hmmmmph” would escape from her nose. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slipped between the trees, keeping her breathing soft, following the sound till it became more pronounced. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Sairy’s hand, Florida noticed, was a little wrinkly, but the skin was soft. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The music begins with its joyful melody, starting soft, getting louder and louder. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, there’s such a beautiful glow to it. It looks soft. Like a woman’s skin.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the women tip-tapping their heels on the pavement tripped sometimes on the sidewalk cracks because they were glancing at the trees to see where that pure, soft but steady light was coming from. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, snuggled deep in the soft folds of a feather bed, I lay thinking. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he startled her by making a harsh cackling sound, suddenly, and then a series of soft clucks. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She teased it with her pole, which it pushed aside with a soft brush of its wing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I handed it over, noticing the gold links in the soft white cuffs as he extended his hand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of sandalwood and cloves enveloped them like a soft, unfurling curtain. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She sinks into one of the soft leather chairs provided for people who have to sit and approve of others who are trying on clothes. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He’d answer emails from a soft easy chair while sipping red wine. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I start by pulling the soft hairs at her scalp very tight. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Spherical in shape and covered in soft, custard-coloured fur, it is a docile creature that has no objection to being cuddled or thrown about. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A soft moan answers me and I whip around to find a figure lying higher up on the ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a soft scurry in the doorway, and running steps for a moment, and then silence. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a crisp easily broken shell and the soft sweet meat inside. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the soft tug of her hands finishing a plait. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Off to the west there was thunder, soft little moaning sounds, and the monsoons seemed to be a lasting element of the war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of a living creature and no sound at all except for the soft thud of the BFG’s footsteps as he hurtled on through the fog. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The suit has a clear, soft plastic bubble for a helmet. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top was soft, softer than any boys’ shirt she had ever worn. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was certain grass would be as soft as a bed and smell like rain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ate one raw: it was warm and soft and delicious beyond imagining. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I place them in the oven and heat them at 350 degrees for thirty-five minutes until they’re crispy on the outside and soft in the middle. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He talked nonstop, out of control, in a mix of Igbo and English, like soft meat and thorny bones. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re a few years away from a trip to the altar, Mattie, and you are too soft to live in the country,” she said. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soft chair keeps a hold of me, I'm not strong enough to get up, my feet and hands are getting tingly where they're tied, and pretty soon I can't even keep my eyes open. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It clung to his scalp like tentacles of soft- serve ice cream on a hot day. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The tale is typical of the Alexandrian poets, tender, a little soft, but always in exquisite taste. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swung wildly until the tips of my fingers brushed against a smooth surface and I heard the soft rub of cardboard on carpet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The giant, soft rabbit, missing a nose, she had had since she was a baby. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Nothing silly like a Gaming Machine, nothing frivolous like the soft upholstered furniture decorated with fringe that a foolish young couple down the road had traded for. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

His face in the reddish light was as soft, as vulnerable, as remote as the face of a woman who looks at you out of her thoughts and does not speak. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to read more, but the light was almost all gone now; a soft darkness was coming over the sea and the boat and his thoughts. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s hand was on his cheek, soft and barely there. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He had soft, white, fat hands and a plump face and wore a white guayabera shot with gold threads. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was a soft, wet, sickening crunch, and it got everyone’s attention. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At that moment the first rock—and it was not rubber or soft foam plastic—struck him in the inguinal region. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was like a piece of soft, grayish-white leather, all ridged and rough on one side. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laid the things out in a pattern particular to him and hummed a soft, light tune I hadn’t heard before. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They don’t hurt—the adhesive is kind and soft. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was Papa, sounding concerned and fatherly and soft and all the things that made her want to cry even more. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was a gentle, kindly person, with brown eyes, an oval face, and a soft voice, which at times was almost inaudible. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

James got into his own hammock—and oh, how soft and comfortable it was compared with the hard bare boards that his aunts had always made him sleep upon at home. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

For the precious stone had begun to glow a soft, serene radiance just like the moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The hobbits thought of the soft light of sunset glancing through the cheerful windows of Bag End far away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When something soft and furry moved around her ankles, she jumped, and saw it was the cat. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the Maidens said, “This water flows from the direction of your home llaqta. It will make your skin soft and glowing.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I am soft and weak and stupid, just as Joffrey says. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The soft scuff of slippered feet on the steps was the only sound. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Old snow made the sky soft and blackened tree bark. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now the soft breaths of this man cut through me, weaken me, and I fear I may fall to my knees. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

My thumbs stroke the soft skin of the young woman's hands. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

His voice was soft, but his eyes held a razor-sharp glint. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The dirt on the hill was soft beneath my feet. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just kept at it, torturing the soft body of the creature, pulling harder, stretching the tender thing as far as it would go. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He smelt the odor of her hair and felt the soft pressure of her thigh against his own. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was so soft and little and there was this salty, boy smell about him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was soft and mushy, but it was the most delicious thing I had ever eaten, I was sure. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

To survive, he ate worms and snails and other sluggish, deaf, and blind little creatures that inhabited the soft, mysterious soil. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And every year they took the leftovers—the fat pieces of meat, the rice and beans, the bottles of soft drink and maltina and beer—home with them afterward. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was something about the way he looked at her so sadly with big, soft eyes that made her want to cuddle him tight in her arms. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

With cap in hand and shoulders sloped, he followed, walking over a rug so soft and deep that it seemed he was going to fall at each step he took. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark when Jam started walking home, but she hopped through the large patches of yellow streetlight on the sidewalk, her steps soft and hopeful. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A growl echoed around the room before it faded to a soft purr. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sparrow’s soft voice curled with laughter, and was cut off by an “Ow!” as Ruby pelted her with a plum. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He got up and walked twenty steps away through the soft, deep sand, and then stopped, for the heat and humidity were stunning. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Park Forest was like a miniature city of tract homes—modest ranch-style places with soft gray shingles and newly planted saplings and bushes out front. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

On Catoctin Mountain, a ridge of the Appalachians that runs north to south through the western part of the state, the trees were brightening into soft yellows and golds. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noodles always had a soft spot for Jazz. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In the soft earth of a bean, potato, black-eyed pea and asparagus patch there is plenty of food left over for mice after the human crop has been gathered. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The bed was softer than anything I had ever lain in, properly made up with linens, two pillows, and a coverlet of deep blue. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to believe that if I rubbed the alpaca hard enough into my skin, it would make the scar smooth and soft. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Should it be bread or cakes or warm gloves or soft toys or photographs? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I am,” said the old man, his eyes soft and probing. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Gandalf dismounted, for no horse was allowed in the Citadel, and Shadowfax suffered himself to be led away at the soft word of his master. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Steady Eddie started snapping his fingers real soft, in time with the piano and the drum, his toothpick jumping right along with his fingers. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The elaborate gilded headboard, the heavy embroidered duvet, the soft twill blanket beneath that’s the only thing in the room Henry actually chose. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was so happy those first few nights, in this amusing house, sleeping in the big soft bed with my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was a mass of soft black curls. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother glanced at me, her eyes soft. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Yesterday, Rasheed had gone out and come home with a suede winter coat for a boy, lined inside with soft sheepskin, the sleeves embroidered with fine red and yellow silk thread. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I drew a deep breath and we started to walk, soft as we could. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water is soft and feels like silk. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A soft, damp breeze, smelling of rain and apple blossoms, blew through the window. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Again I had that odd sensation that I wanted to touch his face, right there on his cheek, in that soft spot. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She glanced toward the diningroom and saw on the sideboard her mother’s heavy silver water pitcher, goblets, and tray shining against the soft green wall. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw stood just outside the door, moving his toes about in the loose gravel, listening to the soft, rough sound it made. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I remembered the soft, fluid heat of my own blood. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, in time I learned his soft spots, like bruises on a piece of fruit. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

When Henry speaks again, it’s soft, as if he’s trying not to break the spell. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They stretched taller, and the soft, pale bark darkened, roughened. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was around four years old when she was born, and I remember this tiny, squirmy baby girl with a big, beautiful Afro of soft curls appearing in our home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then there was a soft knock at the door, and stern Mrs. Delaney appeared and held out her arms. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ever since I can remember, Ty'ree had sat with Mama at the table, the dim light from the floor lamp in the corner turning them both a soft golden brown. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Then the fresh soft strains of jazz blues, like waking up from a long sleep. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rained last night, and the pile of dirt is soft to the touch. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

But Briony was hobbling away on soft white soles across the fiery gravel. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I dug and dug, chipping away at the gray bark until the soft brown inside of the tree glowed with the word, like the tree itself was saying it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her breath was warm and soft, and she smelled like baby powder and sunshine. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Once, Coke had been far and away the dominant soft drink in the world. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Their familiar faces were neither hard nor soft. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, his hands moved deftly in the soft earth before him, molding a tiny model of hills, which Taran found easier to follow than Fflewddur’s map scratchings. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Most of my companions wore hard bowler hats, and a few like me wore soft trilbys, but not one of us on that train in the year of 1934 went bareheaded. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead his eyes were soft, gentle, and brown like the earth. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was startled when he heard soft footsteps coming toward him in the snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tialys continued to pack the lodestone resonator away, and as he did so, the Lady Salmakia woke up nearby, sitting up graceful and slow from the little hollow she’d made in the soft sand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She heard footsteps—soft dragging footsteps coming up behind her. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

In the pause before someone picks up the thread of conversation, they all listen to the baby's soft breathing. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The sheets are made of soft, silky fabric. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was Beatrice, of all people, and her voice was surprisingly lovely and soft. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time of year, the valley shimmers with clumps of orange jewelweed and sapphire bellflowers that shoot up from a blanket of moss so soft you could lie down and sleep for a thousand years. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I realized that my feet were stuck in the soft muddy bottom. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some nights, in the soft, helpless moments before sleep comes, she recalls their conversation on the roof about love and dark matter. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I want my two butterflies to take care of each other,” he says in a soft voice, squeezing our shoulders. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Their skin glowed with sweat in the early-morning sun as they hurled their tools downward and jumped on them with their feet to grind them into the soft earth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The men of the green lands were made of softer stuff, though he was not certain they would prove soft enough. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She looked over her shoulder and saw miles of soft, gray-white sand. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The old man’s voice was very soft; Longstreet could hardly hear. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ku’oosh continued slowly, in a soft chanting voice, saying, “Maybe you don’t know some of these things,” vaguely acknowledging the distant circumstance of an absent white father. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Otto pressed himself hard against my bare skin, his soft little cheek rubbing against my shoulder. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jake scowled and pressed his knuckles to his soft, wide, trembling mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My shoe skidded off his ribs, hit the soft spot below. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

All night she had hung above the floor, buoyed by the soft carpeting of mist that poured from the walls when she lay down to rest. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they took on the softer cast of ignorance or thoughtless prejudice. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The army stood in long uneasy ranks for a moment, and then, with a soft sigh of sorrow, rose up in a faint gray mist and disappeared. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned back into her mother’s soft strength and tried to hold on to her, tried to give her as much support as she could. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Dany drank, and lay back, listening to the soft sound of her own breathing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Reek picked his way between them carefully, following the remnants of the log-and-plank road that Robb Stark’s vanguard had laid down across the soft ground to speed the passage of his host. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I take them quickly, my heart racing, my leather shoes soft on the stone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Immense blocks of black basalt, each as large as a crofter's cottage, lay scattered and tumbled like a child's wooden blocks, half-sunk in the soft boggy soil. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The cloud was soft beneath them, and a little cold. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the soft wail of a siren, and I knew the men would be pulling Lupito from the river. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at her skin, too pale. And her feet, the bottoms are soft.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Von Linden made a sound like a very soft puff of air, like blowing out a candle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They weren’t loud or confident like the march of a Son of the Six; these were softer, more hesitant. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, we kneeled, huddled together around the fire and passed around the pot, spooning lentils and rice in our mouths, soft and almost salty, big grins spreading over our faces. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In Kino’s head there was a song now, clear and soft, and if he had been able to speak of it, he would have called it the Song of the Family. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon Hannah's side of the room looked like she'd already lived there for months and mine was bare except for some red striped sheets, a soft pillow, and a cream-colored blanket. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The leather of their knee boots is wonderfully soft, like suede. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plowing over the soft earth like a fly on summer butter and holding his head clear, he suddenly found himself face to face with Blackavar, who sank his front teeth into his throat. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sophia smiles at me with soft lips, the corner of her mouth lifting. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

There was something—a faint and faraway click and then a dragging shuffle—so soft as to be almost entirely lost in the distant drone of traffic and the beating of a racing heart. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never cared much for appearance, gave an impression of ominous bad-tempered strength and a kind of slow, even, stubborn, unquenchable anger: a soft voice, a ragged mouth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must’ve said it too loud, because the man gave him his standard Be quiet look, just visible in the faint light.Then, in a soft voice, he spoke back. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She leaned over and took the doorknob, and in her everyday soft voice she said, “Sister, go on downstairs. Wait for me. I’ll be there directly.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bad to see the indomitable old man weak and hatless in the early morning, something soft in his eyes, pain in his face, the right hand rubbing the pain in the arm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soft as Charlie was, however, it was his job to exercise the animals. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But above all he was nauseated with himself, with his perfumed hair, with the smell of wine from his mouth, with the soft, flabby appearance of his skin. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a flowing robe, a robe so loose it exposed her pink shoulders and the soft cleft of curving breasts. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it came out quiet and soft, like velvet. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

We suck on peppermints as I brush her soft blond hair back behind her ear. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted them up one at a time and pressed my face to their soft cheeks. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She leaned in a bit to deliver her next inquiry, and I got a soft, staggering whiff of her peppermint scent. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She had not yet woken him and his soft, whistling exhalations blended with winter birdsong that came from somewhere beyond the lawn. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The children tore at the hot firm crust with their teeth and dug out the soft, yeasty white center with dirty fingers. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

All around the cafeteria, children were stuffing themselves with their usual favorites—greasy foods, savories, and sweet treats—and guzzling chocolate milk and soft drinks. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The music came from behind the curtain too; the songs were soft and slow, without voices. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kay looks down at the floor and her voice dissolves into a soft vapor. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Longstreet came in out of the dark, bowing under a canopy, saw the face like cold marble in yellow candlelight, eyes black and soft like old polished stones. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sister was almost as tall as I, with dark, vivacious eyes and a face almost exactly like Danny’s, except that the sculptured lines were a good deal softer. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Or it seemed like he was the thunder, soft and far away but getting closer all the time. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

My hands shook, and I pressed my palms against the floor to keep them still—right into a puddle of something soft and sticky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The biscuits are still hot and so soft. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

For their main course, a little farther on, there was a whole field of winter wheat, its kernels newly ripe and soft. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the resources at fourteen, didn’t know enough, hadn’t been to the Anatolian mountain the Greeks call Olympus and the Turks Uludag, just like the soft drink. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When he finally spoke, his voice was soft, and the words came out slowly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dany felt the eyes on her as she undressed him, heard the soft voices as she did the things that Doreah had told her to do. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As soon as I open the door, the sound of soft crying greets me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Would you like something to drink? We have coffee. The girls had soft drinks while we waited.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s been very difficult for her, Jenna,” he finally says, his voice soft and uneven. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

There is a soft knock on my bedroom door. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It dried stiff as a board, and I had to chew, rub, jump on it, and twist it to get it soft. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she opened it, she found piles of the finest velvets and damasks the Free Cities could produce . . . and resting on top, nestled in the soft cloth, three huge eggs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She threw a fruit so hard, it shot off the bottom step and landed with a soft plop on the grass. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to my car, I sink down into the soft Cadillac leather. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then sudses with all her heart those three or four ounces of gray hair, soft and interesting as a baby’s. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took him some time to realize that the leather hinges were soft enough to bite. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on a pale yellow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They blinked weakly at me like pheasants that have been raised in the dark for soft meat. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they were not soft and murmuring as sheep. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Climbing, looking down, she thought of the soft green grass outside and the rolling hills and the rich trees. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bernard stood watching the retreating twinkle of the white stockings, the sunburnt knees vivaciously bending and unbending again, again, and the softer rolling of those well-fitted corduroy shorts beneath the bottle green jacket. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might’ve handled the clerk with a softer touch, but Emma had no patience for the self-important authority of petty bureaucrats. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He slid down in the soft couch, so different from anything in his own house. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He holds his cup in his hands and brings it to eye level, staring at it until a soft curl of steam rises from the surface. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I craned and licked the soft hair above her neck. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he’s looking at her while she looks out the window, soft light falling on her face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They startled him and he leaped to his feet, whereupon the sole of his right shoe split away from the soft cordovan leather. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ethan’s eyes are softer now, gently focused on mine, like the day I first saw him at the mission. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

If Rudy had said, Sweet lady, lay across my big, soft bed and let me touch your dear, exquisite body, I might have felt up to being felt up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Ged's voice was soft still, but changed, with a deep singing in it, and the words he spoke were not known to them. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The children watched in growing despair as the brave child grew weaker and weaker, her voice softer and softer, until at last her cries of defiance were scarcely more than mumbles. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Just before dawn the rain began: fine misty rain blowing cold and clean in soft mountain air. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had toasted her bun but had left George’s soft and cool, just the way she liked it. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

A gray-green mist filled the wooded air with a soft half-light, making the surrounding trees rise up like vaulting shadows. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She lay nude atop the featherbed, the soft curves of her young body limned in the faint glow from the hearth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was his bark of greeting, a soft pleasure bark for me—he knew the cave was just ahead. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and let her ears fill with wings beating air and early acorns falling onto the soft pad of pine needles. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt again the Negro children’s lips soft against mine, so like the feel of my own children’s good-night kisses. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clues, everywhere—cracked shells, forgotten feathers, deep prints left in soft soil. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He's pulling me closer, holding me soft by the neck, and now I can feel the pulse in his hands. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a callous way to put things, but the way he phrased it, so soft and concerned, I liked him. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Robin found himself bowing to kiss his mother’s hand, then felt her soft arms about him. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

It felt soft, like a piece of velvet. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The effects of the laudanum felt to Ophie like something almost magical: the old woman became not just agreeable, but friendly, her demeanor and her words soft whenever Ophie had to fetch her anything. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

They sweep me into the dining room and I get a real meal -roast beef and peas and soft rolls -although my portions are still being strictly controlled. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Air molecules scatter the short wavelength col- ors, so only soft, warm pinks and yellows and oranges shine through. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Digging into the flue, he encountered webs and soot, and then the soft bag. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one side flat sagebrush plains trailed off into soft round foothills that led into mountains beyond. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For though it has always been soft and kind, it was once used to kill. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The oversized teddy bear who’s always telling jokes actually has a soft side. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Her hands, well calloused from years of harvesting, were stripped of their toughness and became soft in the wash water. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face is soft like that right now. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The soft clinking of two circles had always made music for their family. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you children require assistance?” said a soft, motherly voice. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Fifty yards away he lay in the surf pleading in a soft voice for help. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jonathan followed, feeling the soft, steady, and comforting breath of the boy against his neck. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She let the child’s warm weight rest against the soft lump of her midsection and waited. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Helen the beautiful came down from her fragrant chamber attended by her women, one carrying her chair, another a soft carpet for her feet, and a third her silver workbasket filled with violet wool. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of it was ashes now: the smooth wood, the soft edges, the memory of his hands. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pillows were stuffed with buckwheat—that’s what they used in Japan, not feathers like in America—and they made a soft noise when they were moved. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As I sat leaning against the wall of our hogan with the warm sun on my face, I could hear their soft voices speaking, but I could not understand what they were saying. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They melt in glass skin-tone pots creating every pigment imaginable: ink black, sandy beige, eggshell white, desert brown, lemony cream, soft sable, brown sugar syrup, and more. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He takes a step forward, the ground disconcertingly soft beneath his feet. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, just the way I liked it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

His lips are soft, softer than I could have imagined, but there is a hard desperation behind them, a need. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He released the carrot and touched the zebra’s soft nose. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bea pulls over a tiny table and sets out crackers and a little chunk of soft cheese and takes away the brandy bottle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The man slipped a soft circle of rope over Fred’s head. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Clocks run fast, lightbulbs brighten, flare, and pop, and send a soft rain of glass falling into the corridors. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The little flag was fastened to the end of that pipe and the pole was jabbed into the soft soil at the north rim of the crater. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ten hours at the very least,” Dad replies, his voice soft. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

After a bit, lulled by the bobbing of the raft and by the soft, pleasant sounds of the sea against the oil barrel floats, I went to sleep again. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she felt him go soft, Shae slid down under the sheets and took him in her mouth, but even that could not rouse him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And I remember how uncomfortable his touch on my soft body makes me feel. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Little Minerva, with my daddy's faintly square jaw—but on her, the squareness was softer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The lights hanging slack overhead, the soft ground underneath and the canvas wall that faintly blew in and out, like cheeks puffed with air, made for the feeling of a country fair. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking along in the line, I noticed the beautiful red coats, the caps, and the soft leather boots worn by the other hunters. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

These words are harsh, made harsher by the fact that his soft, flattering voice is gone. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She has read Around the World in Eighty Days until the Braille is soft and fraying; for this year’s birthday, her father has bought her an even fatter book: Dumas’s The Three Musketeers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The tang of pines, soft air, some mustiness from rotting vegetation. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Still harbor a soft spot for Mr. Taylor?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There came the soft sound of horses led with stealth along the lane. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was necessary for Cyrus to find the Persians unhappy about the rule of the Medes, and the Medes rendered soft and effeminate after a lengthy peace. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

The singing is soft and close and tearful. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

How beautiful we all were, bathed by the soft and silver light. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t risk any accusations that he was soft on Communism. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It looked soft and pudgy, was no bigger than a kid’s. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Kira nodded and smoothed the robe again, finding the tragic toppling cities and the interspersed meadows of soft greens. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d fed steadily on the softest portions—the eyelids, the lips, to a lesser extent the ears—so that in these areas the face was intensely green. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was midafternoon, so most of the lights in the house were off; the room was filled with shadows and the soft glow of natural sunlight. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Mama asked, voice soft and full of menace. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and feel my body go soft and light, and then I force myself to stop. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ben had heard the players discussing Coach Spinks’s addiction to this particular soft drink. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Conjured folks can conjure you,” the boy’s mother always said, “if you get yourself plain carried off by their soft spell-talk.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was shining brightly out of a soft blue sky and the day was calm. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a soft, stooped creature of a man whose dandelion-fluff hair, beard, and brows encroached upon his face to such a degree that only his sharp little nose and round spectacles showed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She felt as soft and light in his arms as she had when Lyra was conceived thirteen years before. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was lying on something unbelievably soft and comfortable... Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you bother to do that?” said Barbara, in her soft, amused voice that seemed always to be full of laughter. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She had long fingers and thin, soft hands. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their wing-sails flapped with a sound of soft applause on the air. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In shock he was talkative and his voice was softer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was a good enough voice, not loud, not soft, plain, and not ill-tempered. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I kiss the top of Jay's soft head. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It still wasn’t easy to talk about this, even with Dimple’s presence turning everything pink and soft around the edges. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I would sooner have a piece of you,” he whispered, “the sweet piece that’s—” Something flew from the brush to land with a soft thump in their midst, bumping and bouncing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Isn’t it strange how she can be so sharp and yet so soft, too? Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Eleanor took a breath, wondering if she could speak now, and then she heard a little soft cry which broke her heart, a little infinitely sad cry, a little sweet moan of wild sadness. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Marie’s eyes went soft as the memory of just such a meal sometime, somewhere transfixed her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heels up, knees bent, soft shot, red hot. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Doha couldn’t hear his father’s soft response, but he knew what he would say. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I’m glad it’s dusk; I’m nervous about the backs of my thighs, the wrinkling above my knees, the soft fold across my stomach, not fatness exactly but a pleat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice grew softer and softer until it was barely louder than a sigh. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z