| 单词 | stab |
| 例句 | It reminded her of Sigurd, and Håkon, and the way it had felt to stab each of them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z In this case, the poet was too enraged to observe this custom, and he stormed into the house with an assegai, ready to stab both mother and daughter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At night, Estha would stand on his bed with his sheet wrapped around him and say “ lEt tu, Brute?—Then fall, Caesar!’ ” and crash into bed without bending his knees, like a stabbed corpse. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Repeatedly I took stabs at writing, but the results were so poor that I would tear up the sheets. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z With a cry of thankfulness, Harry sank to his knees; he was shaking in every limb, his body ached all over, and his breath came in painful stabs. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I’d stab my shovel in, pull up on the dirt, and toss my shovelful over my shoulder. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Caesar’s former friends and colleagues, led by two senators named Brutus and Cassius, stabbed him to death on the steps of the Senate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Guilt stabbed at me, but I pushed it away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z "Then die!" the bird shrieked, and it grabbed Ku-Ang with its stabbing claws, flew into the sky, and flung him away with all its might. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Hazel raced through the battle on Arion’s back, disappearing in the Mist whenever a giant came close, then appearing behind him and stabbing him in the back. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A few of the redcoats chuckled and stabbed at the air with their bayonets. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy stabs at the dirt with the stick. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z If I said it, he acted like he might go straight to the kitchen and stab something. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked right into the open window and saw the boy stab his father. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a stabbing pain in his foot he had ignored until now. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z ‘And there’s knives and stray arrows. That Gollum isn’t dead, for one thing. I don’t like to think of you with naught but a bit of leather between you and a stab in the dark.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z We took turns stabbing at the keys, but as soon as the novelty wore off, we bolstered it with sofa cushions and turned it into a fort. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She took it and stabbed at it with her fork. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Her ankle still gave a stab of pain whenever she tried to put her weight on it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Not meeting my eye, she kept stabbing at her canvas. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Father, stabbed, who had never lifted a finger to hurt anyone. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He stabbed at the dandelion greens with his fork. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “What, stabbing it with a basilisk fang?” asked Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He stabbed Robinson twice in the shoulder, deeply and to the bone. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt another stab of regret as we backed up past him, so I rolled the window halfway down and threw his polo in his general direction. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z His gaze barely flickers over me, and I keep my eyes downcast so he won't see how much I'd like to stab him in the heart with my rusty cavalry sword. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sickle was inside me, twisting and stabbing. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “My last stab at acceptance in Caldwell,” he muttered. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not so. You see, this crime, it was most probably committed by a woman. The man was stabbed no less than twelve times. Even the chef de train said at once, ‘It is a woman.’ Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Ice’s father got stabbed to death on the same day that Showman’s bar had a fire. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z He agonizes, and ponders, and talks to himself until he’s stabbed by a poisoned blade, and all his tormented self-analysis gives way to eternal silence. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z A sudden sharp stab of love drilled down into my heart. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It’s dark and the clock says three-thirty a.m. and it feels like someone is stabbing a sword through my stomach. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In eighth grade, only seven students were in my homeroom—and one of them tried to stab me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He lifts my hand—the same one Cardan stabbed with the pin—and kisses the very tips of my fingers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “And what about the psychology? Do not Italians stab?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, where I come from, we don’t think much of someone who sneaks up and stabs a person in their sleep.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Captain Black was deeply disillusioned by this treacherous stab in the back from someone in high place upon whom he had relied so confidently for support. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z His face was stricken and bloodless as if he had been stabbed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He stepped inside the giant’s guard and stabbed at his chest, but somehow Ephialtes parried the strike. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He’d been stabbing his eggs with his fork, but stopped suddenly, as if eating was getting in the way of thinking. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She winced as his claws dug deeper, stabbing through her dress and poking holes in her skin. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Arm stabbed a button to call up the Praise Singer’s official residence, a place he hadn’t lived for years. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z After the lecture, I go down the steps carefully, remembering taking them at a run after stabbing Valerian. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But Ivy’s fourteen-year-old neighbor, who’d seen the whole thing, said Joe had walked right up and stabbed Ivy in the chest, then tried to stab him again in the back as he staggered away. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Clamping his arm down, Reggie pinned the man's hand to his side while stabbing at the man's face with the mop handle. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Finally, one of Pizarro’s own men sneaked up and stabbed him to death because he thought Pizarro was cheating him out of his share of gold for helping to conquer the Incas. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I passed through the hallway, with its soft white carpet, and felt a stab of anger when I remembered that the last time I’d seen it, I’d been with Tyler. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "I once heard about a murderer who stabbed his victim with an icicle," the doorman said. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Can’t feel nothing but the panic exploding in my lungs and the cold, stabbing pain in my throat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Our food arrives, but Rhiannon just stabs the ketchup with her French fries. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She says that the lights went out immediately after the killing but that she got a good look at the boy in the act of stabbing his father. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Another stab of pain sliced through Thomas’s head—there were too many things to compute at once. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z All he knows is her grandma whimpers feel like stabs straight to the heart—and as much as he hates himself for it, Scoob starts to feel mad at her. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z She holds the knife up again, like she’s about to stab something. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z One day, Chief drank more cognac than usual, and talked haphazardly about people stabbing you in the back and small boys growing tails and ungrateful fools suddenly thinking they were sharp. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z While he stood some of the small, roundish fish came quite close to his legs and he tensed, got ready, and made a wild stab at grabbing one of them. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I scream so loud it scrapes my throat; I feel like knives are stabbing deeper and deeper into my right side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “It was buried with her. That’s what I found out when I went back for the catfish supper. Mrs. Trace saw it on Dorcas’ hand when she stabbed her in the coffin. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Someone must have stood there and stabbed him again and again. How many wounds are there exactly?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I reach for the tools in my belt, grab a metal smoothing rod, and stab him with it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She felt a stab of guilt as she made sure the Suli girl’s gag was secure. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was taking another stab at alkahest, using the Strange azoth this time. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Dustfinger perched on the edge of the table and pinched out one of the candles, gently and slowly as if waiting for the pain, the sharp little stab of the candle flame. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The discovery of the age or something? 11TH JUROR: It would still be an incredible coincidence for another person to have stabbed the father with the same kind of knife. 3RD JUROR: That’s right! Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Hailstones as big as heads would shoot out of the sky and the lightning would stab like swords, but never at those on my side. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She clutched at her stomach, felt a stab in there. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You’d have to pick your nose all the time just so that your boogers wouldn’t freeze into icicles and stab the inside of your nose.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Beyond lay many more shapes; some singly as they had been hewn down or shot; others in pairs, still grappling one another, dead in the very throes of stabbing, throttling, biting. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Four robbers were grouped around the elf, laughing and stabbing. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z You didn’t need to have witnessed the stabbing to understand what it meant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He noticed that a root lifted itself and stabbed slightly at the man’s sandaled foot. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I finally decide I'm going to just stab him a thousand times with a ballpoint pen. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z She stabbed her spoon into her oatmeal and shot him a dirty look. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z They began to shoot, stab, and slice each other’s throats. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z His gut felt like Michael Varus was standing behind him, repeatedly stabbing him and yelling, Die like a Roman! Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Pickett finished with one mighty stab, then put both hands on his knees and crouched and howled with laughter, enjoying himself enormously. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His dad glared up at her, but he stabbed a meatball with a fork and popped it in his mouth. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “No, but I believe there was no honor in stabbing her in the back after she’d won.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He felt so weak, and the pain stabbed through him when he struggled to lift his hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Keep civil, my murdering mannie, or we will stab you at the King’s own feet!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Broken glass stabbed my fingers, tore the knees of my pants. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “I’m fine. You’re the one who got stabbed. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. It’s just so much easier to kill people than take care of them.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And as soon as she made an attack, I followed up by stabbing the monster in the toe or the ankle or the hand. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He stabbed his father in the chest and ran away. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In one instance, a group of Klansmen stabbed to death a prominent state senator inside his county courthouse. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She stabs into it with some shears and draws it across. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I turn to see what he’s looking at and feel a stab of pain. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Others were caught from behind, pulled from their hiding places, beaten, stabbed, and left to die. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It seemed like that fall, or maybe it was the long prickly-pear spines that stabbed me in the hip, brought me out of my scare. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept silent, sensing that Jarvas was provoking me into saying something that might give him an excuse to stab me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Tock sniffed suspiciously at the wind and the Humbug gingerly stabbed his cane in the air, but there was nothing at all to see. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Nathan stabbed me with a pencil when I was seven,” he says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z They needed the ghost of Banquo up there to tell them to lay off the stabbing. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Chronicler blanched, his expression as stricken as if he’d been stabbed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Like when we’re eating, I wait for her to stab me with a fork. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I feel a stab of pain in my chest as I lie to him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The wire cut my hand, and I was stabbed three times by the barbs. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When Crazy Joe found out Henrietta was going to marry Day, he stabbed himself in the chest with an old dull pocketknife. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I turn the knife around in my hand, so it is in stabbing position. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I twisted it from his grasp, feeling a sharp pain stab through my shoulder. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, if she stabbed through the braided silk, the trap might unravel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Stupid,” I say, stabbing a stick into the dirt. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She slashed her gladius through one earthen ghost and stabbed her dagger in another’s chest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Even as she said it, Thomas felt a sharp stab in his leg. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I miss her so much, it stabs me right in my chest. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z And in that top bun—I’m not lying—there were three bright yellow pencils stabbing through. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Her body stiffened and her head shot up as if she had been stabbed in the back. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z A trocar being a sheathed sort of ice pick instrument you stab into the bellies of foundering ruminants to let out the deadly gases. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I realized suddenly, with a stab of fear, that they made up the hunting party. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z How will stabbing one another in the back help women to rise above patriarchal oppression?!’And so on. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z As Polybotes struggled to answer, Jason charged forward and stabbed his javelin in the giant’s gut. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Thank you? You almost stabbed my ear, and you spent the entire time taunting me. Why should I thank you?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He stabbed his finger into the middle of the page and read: I am very concerned about Mrs.— Mr. Birkway stared down at the page. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z It was like waiting for a dentist to stab his gums with a thick, long needle. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Even though I am holding a knife, even though I’ve avoided his attacks twice and disarmed him, even though I’ve stabbed him once before, he grabs for my throat again. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Bob twisted his head sideways and stabbed his beak at the piece of bread. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps he had been fired for stabbing the fairy in Pirate’s Alley. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Jacqui finds the sharpest key and starts slashing at the tape, then sawing it, then stabbing it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A huddle of young women—four young women—giggled behind their hands when they passed, eyeing Kamau appreciatively, and Ekon tried to temper an old stab of jealousy. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There was this look on her face that...well, if she had reached for one of the sharp pencils stabbed through her bun, I would have been gone. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then the great snow-white birds set about demolishing everything they could see with brutal, raking blows of their feet and stabbing, smashing, shaking, tearing movements of their beaks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I suppress the stab of jealousy that immediately makes itself known, right below my heart. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “That diary sort of died when I stabbed it,” said Harry, remembering ink pouring like blood from the punctured pages, and the screams of the piece of Voldemort’s soul as it vanished. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z With a grunt, Adina stabbed again and again at the water, coming up empty. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He was stabbing and snapping at something in the mud and after a few moments pulled out a six-inch leech and swallowed it whole. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The sharp ends of the stiff blades stabbed and stung my arms and chest as I grabbed them up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Ogonna said, using a fork to stab at a pork chop and put it on her plate. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z How long before one of them got stabbed in a bar fight, not just knocked out? Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Many of my friends have been shot in the head, and stabbed a number of times, yet their deaths will never be recognized like these men and women. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The sharpness of missing him stabs me in my heart like shards of broken glass. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z His blue janitor’s coveralls were ripped between the shoulder blades, as if someone had tried to stab him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z If there was any doubt about that, it was squashed when the short man punched his friend on the arm and stabbed a finger in their direction. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I felt a hot stab of shame, like somehow it was my own crime he was describing. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z There was a ringing clash and a stab of white fire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Without thinking, he stabbed him in the chest and ended it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The woman found a neck, the man a wrist, and each made a quick backward stab with a heel. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The torturers could only force Zeno to let go by stabbing him to death. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They will fight, and slash and stab and hack at each other. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Bitterness rose in me at the thought of his rash deed, stabbing blindly at a curtain on the mere hope that it concealed the king. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Aloe gave out a startled shout, and Bitter’s cry was brief and sharp, a stab into the bedroom air. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Even so, I kept breaking needles and accidentally stabbing myself and showing up to school with too many Band-Aids on my fingers, prompting my teachers to shoot me even weirder looks than usual. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Hanako felt a stab of disappointment—in her mind, their precious goods would get them anything. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Fourteen months after that, he was stabbed to death by a fellow inmate at Leavenworth penitentiary. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Quang-ha took a stab at refusing to get a high school education as well, but it didn't work. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Adina made a stab, but the golden fish was too swift. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I changed direction, lunged to the side, and stabbed Riptide straight down into the water, sending the point through the god’s heel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He was standing by a fire, wild-haired, gorgeous, stabbing with an invisible sword. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z How appropriate, since I feel like I got stabbed. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z When they arrive, Mrs. Morehouse looks to Jason’s finger stabbing his communication book. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z With her next words she stabbed him to the heart “You will be staying for good now,” said she, hardly as a question. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s worth getting stabbed by a needle to get this round, sweet thing,” I explained as I held up the lollipop. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I matched my breathing with my shovel stabs. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I felt like somebody was stabbing my eardrums. It was like I’d gone crazy, Grandpa. Like I was drownin’ in sound.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The poisoning and stabbing scene was okay, but I still think that Romeo is a jerk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Each beam stabbed at the cold winds, until one by one they whimpered and died. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z There was a stab in her ribs as someone tripped over her, toppling to the ground with another scream. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Done stab his foot with a rusty nail, Sofia say. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He stabbed at the pack of cigarettes, took one out of the pack, and didn’t answer until he lit it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he will stab me now, I thought. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly, Frank stabbed the firewood at the chain on Death’s other leg. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She stabbed her fork into a piece of sausage. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But what I didn’t realize was that Brandon had a pocketknife, so I wasn’t prepared when he pulled it out and tried to stab my hand. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Somebody was just stabbed three blocks from here, which comes as a strange comfort: Perhaps New York will be safer than Pittsburgh. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Ben saw his father stabbing the air with his fingers, saw his lips move and his face grimace as someone responded to his interrogation improperly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I was not let to do them myself lest I stab someone with the file. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z As the other men argued about Parliament and letters of protest and counterletters and countcr-counterletters, Shabbywig stabbed at the last pieces of tongue on his plate and shoved them into his mouth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “He licked some off that stick I stabbed the dragon with.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She sliced and stabbed at the air, prancing like a fencer. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She stabbed the last pieces of her cake with her fork. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z You need five Shiny ones For a snow cone: Strawberry and root beer, Grape that stains The mouth with laughter, Orange that’s a tennis ball Of snow You could stab With a red-striped straw. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaned forward, stabbing a heavily ringed finger against the table to emphasize his point. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I start to make a joke about changing my number, when Mom's voice cuts so roughly into the phone that I feel like I've been stabbed with a rusty, jagged blade. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A stab went through her, so sharp that Sansa sobbed and clutched at her belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She stabbed her fork into the thigh on her plate and took a big bite. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z As I watched you stacking pieces of cardboard and humming joyfully, the realization stabbed me that even I expected too little of you. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z When those suckers sting you, it’s like getting stabbed by fire. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Already we are heavily overburdened by coincidence. Two people decide to stab M. Ratchett last night. It is too much of a good thing that each of them should select an identical weapon.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z His stomach had been ruined after he was stabbed in a knife fight, though I couldn’t imagine him angry. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z One long finger stabbed at the torn sheet, smearing the still-wet ink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Colonel blew smoke rings, and Takumi called them “pretentious,” while Alaska followed the smoke rings with her fingers, stabbing at them like a kid trying to pop bubbles. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I stabbed one of the hot dogs with a fork and bent over and offered it to him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Well, no, I don’t think so. But I can’t use my right arm, Pippin, not since I stabbed him. And my sword burned all away like a piece of wood.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Ignatius rose to his feet and stabbed the young man in the chest with his plastic cutlass. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Minutes previously, Harry had plunged his hand into this mulch, experienced a stabbing pain in the fourth finger of his right hand, and withdrawn it to see a lot of blood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z That was not all—Augustus Seward had been stabbed and his brother, Frederick, was unconscious from a crushed skull; brave Sergeant Robinson had endured multiple stab wounds. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Polybotes tried to stab him, but Jason hid behind the goddess’s dress. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The fork came down and stabbed the table. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z They gathered on the hillside, and yet always there were wraiths and ghost-shapes among them, and other shapes that ran and stabbed from behind with spear or knife and vanished again. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A new stab of pain struck as she realized that it didn’t matter. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He ran blindly, while saplings whipped his face and hidden rocks jutted out to pitch him forward and stab at his knees. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps he was stabbed in the back of his skull. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a real big thing until they started terrorizing stores and then they beat up a lot of people and stabbed that one kid. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "When I was a child no older than two, a strange man stabbed me with a knife. I survived, but I still have this scar." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z To highlight her “you,” she stabbed me in the arm with her pointer finger. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z As if in answer to her question, someone fell through the black square—it was Minho, looking as if he’d been scratched or stabbed on ninety percent of his body “Minho!” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Soon the monster had completely forgotten the Argo II. Hazel kept stabbing at its head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Whoever hit him with this knife either stabbed him from close range or has an incredibly strong throwing arm. Right-handed.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z We had seen videotape of this at lineup: thirty or forty seconds of inmates massing, running and stabbing, attacking and fleeing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been cut and stabbed and shot—but never so severely that he had to be revived. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I can’t just stop hanging out with her,” she said, stabbing her brush on the canvas, her charm bracelets clinking angrily together. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z High above, the cars sailed round and round the drive, their headlights stabbing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever my responsibility was for what had occurred, I knew that I would pay for it, knew that I would be expelled, and the very idea stabbed my insides again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Her orders, her pleading, and finally her frantic realization, stab at me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z "It was a most unsatisfactory beginning," he said quietly, punctuating the "unsatisfactory" with a stab of his pipe. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z So how far could he have gotten, stabbed and filled with venom? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We started with basic stabbing and slashing, using some straw-stuffed dummies in Greek armor. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I stabbed with Riptide, but the scorpion backed out of range. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z My sister stabbed her finger at the TV. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z When he moves, a streetlight stabs him, and the words flow out like blood. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “And don’t take that tone with me, as if this were my fault. You might as well blame someone stabbed in an alley for not wearing armor.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Barry stabbed a stick into a crack in the concrete step. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z What if those are the hands that stabbed Metias straight through the heart? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Alex reached the staircase and climbed up into the light, feeling the woman’s eyes, like daggers, stabbing into his back. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It had been slashed and stabbed and partly burned, and it was so stained with black and other dark marks like old blood that little of it could be read. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I dodged sideways this time and stabbed him under the arm. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z And before I can think— Before I can even think about firing the gun I’m holding— She draws a long knife from the side of her boot, lunges, and stabs Jeanine in the stomach. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He stabbed his black blade into the floor, and it cleaved through the stone like butter. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A blackbird ran across the rose-garden to the lawns in swift, short rushes, stopping now and again to stab at the earth with his yellow beak. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Later he learned that he had stabbed the bus driver and two other passengers to death. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Some had long stabbing thorns, some hooked barbs that rent like knives. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z This time I stood up and stabbed at his face with all my might. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It was the last piece of the broken pottery, and when Koffi placed it in her mind, fresh pain stabbed at her side as the rest of the memory came to her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I killed him, but he stabs at me from beyond the grave. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then anger surged over him, and he ran about his master’s body in a rage, stabbing the air, and smiting the stones, and shouting challenges. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “It’s an Elliott Smith shirt. Did you know he stabbed himself when we were five? That’s why I never made it to his shows.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Cudgeon? Forgive me, Commander, but I wouldn’t waste my apologies on the lieutenant. He won’t be wasting any on you when he stabs you in the back.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z If there was any doubt about that, it was squashed when the short man punched his friend on the arm and stabbed a finger in their direction. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I pictured him stabbing me in the back on a beach in Mexico, me falling to my knees, blood pooling all in the sand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I was sure somebody would stab me in the back, but they let me pass. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He stabbed at the earth with his tiny dagger, imagining that rats were popping up from make-believe tunnels. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I would stab it into the ground and inch along. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Otherwise she would have tried to stab Ser Gregor, and he would have cut her right in half, and the wolves would eat her too. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her head disappears, and I take deep breaths, fending off the sharp stab of pain that comes with every awakening. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Desperately he tried to turn and stab his enemy. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “There’s another official report that says you were stabbed by an innocent girl in the course of extensive black-market operations involving acts of sabotage and the sale of military secrets to the enemy.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Each time a person was stabbed, I felt it worse; I saw the blood dripping from the same part of my body as that of the victim. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When he reached the nearest gondola dock, Frank turned back into a human again, stabbed a few more katoblepones to keep them angry, and took off running. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She threw her net, hoping to tangle my sword hand, but I sidestepped easily, sliced her spear in half, and stabbed Riptide through a chink in her armor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “That is just it—it is impossible—quite impossible—that an honourable, slightly stupid, upright Englishman should stab an enemy twelve times with a knife! Do you not feel, my friends, how impossible it is?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z My head throbs with a blinding, stabbing headache. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Of course not,” Elizabeth said, stabbing a piece of chicken with her fork. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They look serious in each one, as if they’re ready to stab the photographer. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The clarity of that memory, the sudden stab of longing it brought, left her unsteady. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My mind went on autopilot: stab, dodge, cut, deflect, roll. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Nathan came to with a stabbing pain on one side of his head. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Then I shrug and stab a piece of meat with my fork. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Baby Lee and his friend got in a argument, and his friend took the broken neck off of a beer bottle, and stabbed him in his leg. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If anything, the bright light stabbing through the leaves made things more confusing. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not any different from stabbing it with a penknife.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Then, in a curious act of mercy, Powell let him go and, instead of stabbing him again, hit him with his fist. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer felt a stab of disappointment himself, but stifled it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He watched its greenish, powerful beak stabbing the ground, but could not make out what it was doing. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I start slamming clothes into my basket, and I have to keep blinking because my eyes feel all prickly with the tears trying to stab their way out. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z His stomach had been ruined after he was stabbed in a knife fight, though I couldn’t imagine him angry. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I killed a boy, a fat boy like you, I stabbed him in the belly and he died, and I’ll kill you too if you don’t let me alone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Apparently these spirits did - which meant more enemies who could beat, stab or decapitate him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Lydia remembered what her dad had told her about Travis and she felt a stab of guilt. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Merry’s sword had stabbed him from behind, shearing through the black mantle, and passing up beneath the hauberk had pierced the sinew behind his mighty knee. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z What actually happened is this: the boy stayed home, had another fight with this father, stabbed him to death with the knife at ten minutes after twelve and fled from the house. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “So Kvothe knew the fellow had the hunger something fierce, and that meant he’d stab his own mum for a bent penny.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Smells stab my nose—fumes from the road, rotting food from a garbage bin, and others I don't recognize. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z To his great surprise, the Prime Minister felt a fleeting stab of pity for Fudge at this point. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z If Lincoln had been stabbed, how could he stitch the wounds without needle and thread? Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Dill stabbed his finger at him, his voice faltering. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z My moment of panic turns into a stab of disappointment. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The idea of subsisting on greenery alone — of prolonging that full-yet-empty stabbing sensation in my stomach — was totally unappealing, but the leaves would keep me alive. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, this is your cousin, is it, Harry?” said Mr. Weasley, taking another brave stab at making conversation. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They lunged around Ephialtes, stabbing and slashing in a blur of gold and bronze, but the giant parried every strike. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mama stabbed a button on her phone and tossed it onto an end table. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The sound sharpens my fear into a hard point stabbing at my center. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The top half of her face is angry—like she’s ready to stab someone—and the bottom half is almost smug. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A gang of black boys pulled the man from his horse and cart, stabbed him to death, and left his body in the street. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I’d never seen anyone who could skate as fast, stop as quickly, turn and swivel like he was planting a cleat in the grass, not stabbing the ice with his skate. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Someone would stab him before she could explain that he was nice. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She just hoped so, so that she could stab him with the pin. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The man had had a knife, had stabbed Father, he said. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I stab one knife straight into the plaster. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “That’s all you ever do. If someone came to stab you, you’d probably thank them, too, wouldn’t you? But there’s nothing to be thankful about.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It was there that he was attacked and stabbed to death by several teens who had broken into his apartment to steal his black-and-white television set. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then I’d stab my shovel back in, pull up on the dirt and toss my shovelful over my shoulder again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z When she stopped, she had washed his hand with cool water and soothed him with warm hugs and wrapped with salve and bandages the place where the fire soldier had stabbed him. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "If I took it away, no doubt I'd find a momingstar hidden under your pillow within the fortnight. Try not to stab your sister, whatever the provocation." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “So,” she said slowly, “do you think Juliet was right to stab herself at the end of the play?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Upon the dead figure a great fat one stood and stabbed the dead figure again and again with a long knife he held. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Her words stab my heart like a thousand daggers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In his mind, he wasn’t guilty of anything: Booth had shot Lincoln, Powell had stabbed Seward, and he had just been along for the ride. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel a stab in my heart when I look on Grandpa’s shoulder and see the gray smudge that was once Mango. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z This, of course, frightened the couple and they immediately seized long knives and stabbed at their stomachs to stop the noise. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z They weren’t big enough to stab, maybe two inches long. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. No buts, I know it is true. I can feel it Here is your cloak. Oh, Lance, please go quickly. They stabbed Sir Lamorak in the back.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, my throat dry, "stabbing me . . ." "No," he panted. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Another stab and the bag is laid open and soil spills out. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Ron gave no sign that he was aware of Percy, apart from stabbing pieces of kipper with unwonted venom. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “That is more difficult. The English, they do not stab. You are right there. I incline to the view that someone else dropped the pipe cleaner—and did so to incriminate the long-legged Englishman.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time Glerk looked at her, he felt a sharp stab in his heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The boy in the magazine has perfect teeth and stabbing dark eyes. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hate the bereaved,” Rand said, as she stabbed a fresh piece of meat with her fork and dragged it to her plate. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He toggled the joystick, stabbed at the keyboard, hit the red firing button. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z And maybe they wouldn’t have considered me if I hadn’t stabbed Eric by those elevators, or put myself under that bridge. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A stab of pain hits my chest and sinks into my stomach. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Susan’s parents chuckled knowingly at her behavior, while I tried to disguise a stab of jealousy. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z With a quick motion Emily stabbed it, and while Shirley stared at the blood oozing out, her friend performed the same operation on her own finger. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Ralph launched himself like a cat; stabbed, snarling, with the spear, and the savage doubled up. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Sheriff Jackson said, “Calm down, son. I understand. I ain’t looking to do nothing to stab no one in the heart; I don’t even own a Tennessee toothpick.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The truth is the bull is virtually maimed and tortured, hacked and cut and stabbed until it is near death and then ceremoniously stabbed with a sword. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His next stab went into my upper thigh, and I buckled. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z This was because a fight could start around those seats, with the accidental bump of a diner by an inmate standing in line or a deliberate act, such as a clan-destine stabbing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Steel stabs at my ribs, and seconds later, I am on my back with a blade at my throat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In the house, he brutally stabbed to death a man he'd believed to be a demon. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And once a man who had been stabbed, ejected from a moving car with a knife in his back. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The stabbing, twisting pain in her muscles, where she had wrenched her arm climbing down the glacier wall. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z High John stabbed a finger at me, then pointed down. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She begins to pace her office, and her eyes stab into me, warning of whippings and worse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He took out his bayonet and started shouting and stabbing the banana tree. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Wonderful,” the sheriff groaned, stabbing his teeth through a hunk of the ice cream bar. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s over now. Whoever that was who stabbed you, he’s not coming back.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She would stab herself in the eye before she disobeyed a direct order. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z With shaking hands, I threaded the needle and figured out how to stab it through the buttonhole, but it came right out the other side. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Later, we heard about the obscure white parliamentary messenger who stabbed Verwoerd to death, and we wondered at his motives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to open it,” said Harry, “and you stab it. Straightaway, okay? Because whatever’s in there will put up a fight. The bit of Riddle in the diary tried to kill me.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Once, after my dad caught an earful of their conversation, he rushed over to the phone base and stabbed the button down with his finger to disconnect the call. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I feel a stab of pain when I hear this. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I was like a knife now, rigid and straight, stabbed into the passenger seat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Its beak stabbed at him fiercely, and Bran felt a sudden blinding pain in the middle of his forehead, be-tween his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He warned me to watch my back because those white people always stab you in the back. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He picked up a fork and tried to stab a piece of brisket, but the plate skittered down die table and flew off the end, straight into the coals of the brazier. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I had been poked and stabbed and poisoned for years, and still I trod on. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Half the inmates seem to have been stabbed or shot at some point in their lives. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She stabbed a fry into the little plastic ketchup pot on her plate. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z How her sister’s words could stab her sometimes! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I kick him off me and roll away right before he can stab at my leg. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Skirting a small lake, they had stared to see a great gray fisher bird that stabbed and paddled in the sedge, until a flight of wild duck had frightened them away with their clamor. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When he called my name, I felt a sharp stab in my throat. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He heard the bone break—a soft, muffled snap—at the same time he felt the sharp stab. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I could become angry, yes, begin to visualize scenarios of shooting or stabbing a rebel. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Rather, he sat still, placid as a little Buddha, stabbing out one startling move after another. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The nguik is the spot on a cow’s neck where you stab it with a spear to kill it. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached behind me, grabbed the nearest stake, and stabbed at the chupacabras. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She hung up, feeling a stab of guilt at cutting off Mamma’s well-intentioned advice. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Presently he stabbed down at the ground with his finger. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I imagined myself writing longhand, an old-fashioned dip pen stabbing furiously into a bottle of black ink and then scratching with amazing precision across sheets of white paper. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I felt a sharp stab in my side. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They stab a calf and burn it, the corpse still jerking. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words: one inmate stabbed, assailant unknown, knife not found; three homemade knives found; no officers hurt. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Within seconds he was stabbing out moves, trying combinations, seeking won endings, and rattling off variations, his fingers barely able to keep pace with his thoughts. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The chief led them, trotting steadily, exulting in his achievement He was a chief now in truth; and he made stabbing motions with his spear. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Kevin had been stabbed in the shoulder when he tried to take down the guy with the knife. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Each time he stabbed the bear, its powerful jaws clamped harder. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He loves to corner the rats and then we smash them to bits with rocks or sticks or stab them with the hay fork in the stable. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z And I stabbed the giant in the stomach. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Sister,” Antain said, feeling a familiar stab of shame just thinking of that awful day when he left the Tower with a note. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I start to cry and scream like someone is stabbing me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The vines protected their turf with the meanest, nastiest thorns ever and could even stab through shoes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After that you saw their tag all over the place, like stabbing a kid was something to be proud of. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Daintily she stabbed the mouse through the back and drew it wriggling to her and her tail flicked with tense delight. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman stabbed her cigarette into a bucketful of sand. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A girl from the soccer team, wearing a grass skirt, glided up to Kevin and started cooing over his stab wound. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The thought of San Antonio stabbed at her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She stabbed at the giantess with her own hunting knife and led her in a deadly game of tag around the throne. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I grimace and make a stabbing motion with my hand. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z As they disappeared behind a house, she felt a sudden stab of guilt, like maybe she shouldn’t have offered him crackers that Akira could eat when he was very hungry. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Not so good for the guy who stabbed him, though, because Joey broke that boy’s arm and jaw when he slammed him into the pavement. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Hard and fast, I stab it, each time envisioning not the body of a Youn but that of Pol Pot. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Pippin stabbed upwards, and the written blade of Westernesse pierced through the hide and went deep into the vitals of the troll, and his black blood came gushing out. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When the conductor announced that the next stop was New Haven, Ifemelu felt a stab of loss. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was the sound someone makes when they’ve been stabbed in the heart. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Finally, one of the flaps had had enough and caved in after all of that poking and stabbing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Grace closed her eyes briefly against the stab of pain, and Joaquin reached over and put his hand on her arm as Maya nuzzled her chin against her shoulder. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Alex has seen her stab someone in the kneecap with a very similar embroidery needle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Connor dodged an ogre club and stabbed a grain spirit, which exploded in a cloud of wheat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I stab a Tater Tot with my fork, and I can barely taste it when I pop it into my mouth. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z They grabbed him and threw him to the ground, stabbing him six times. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It stabbed its sword into a junk hill, missing Grover by a few feet, but scrap metal made an avalanche over him, and then I couldn’t see him anymore. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The stab of the needle didn’t last long, and I was rewarded with something called a lollipop. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Sylvia was stabbing a bunch of yarn into something that resembled a sweater in the living room, with a direct line of sight to me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z This dying man has time with him, he has an invisible dagger with which he stabs me: Time and my thoughts. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The machete stabbed past his head, leaving a burn on his cheek, and Blue Eyes’s weight came off him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I rolled aside and stabbed him in the thigh. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I watch as he stabs his knife into the bottle’s cork, then pops it out and throws his head back for a long swig. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I wonder if that means that Spackle blood got into my blood when Aaron stabbed me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He drew in a deep breath, but again pain stabbed at his chest, warning him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He sprang on to the fallen body, and stamped and trampled it in his fury, stooping now and again to stab and slash it with his knife. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Sure, Sigurd had stabbed himself with the magical dagger, but she had wanted him to die. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Holding the knife with both hands, the small woman stabbed down, but the direwolf seemed to sense the blade coming. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The guy who stabbed Monkeyman had been arrested before for possession of drugs and was on parole. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She made stabbing movements at it with her finger, and, in her trembling, her hair began to come down. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks at Celia’s hand again, though now there is clearly nothing amiss, no indication that it was stabbed only moments ago. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z By the time the evening ended, 150 people had been stabbed, beaten, or shot. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I fought my way through the swirling snow in the dark, the wind stabbing at my face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He clutched his stomach as if a sharp pain had stabbed him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She forced the spatula into the pan of potatoes and stabbed the dough next to it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z When she spied the manticore crawling across the shield of their leader, a stab of hate shot through her.. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dark air stabbed at them from all along the edges of the sleeping mats. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He braced for the vicious stab, for the agonizing pain, for the end. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z I scampered into my tent, stabbing myself lightly but hysterically in the thigh as I went, and began a quietly frantic search for spare batteries. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The nurse stabbed at my veins for twenty minutes, then said they were too small. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They followed the voices, stabbing ahead into the mist with their great, plumed, bloodstained lances. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z When they were done digging, we tied them and stabbed their legs with bayonets. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Barry stabbed a stick into a crack in the concrete step. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Pain stabs my stomach when I see him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Sometimes the dummies for bayonet practice had “slant eyes” drawn on them, and enlistees would be ordered to chant as they stabbed the bayonet into the body, “Kill, kill.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He pored over the manuscript pages, raptly the first time, then drawing out his red-ink ball-point pen he read through the chapter again, with the pen occasionally stabbing at something. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Is that the pot where he keeps his son’s spirit? thought Nhamo with a stab of pure terror. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d figured out the trick of breathing in through the woolen scarf to warm the sharp air before it stabbed my lungs. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z At first I only heard pitchy whispers stabbing the air around me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z But that doesn't prevent me from feeling the sharp stab of pain as the needle inserts the metal tracking device deep under the skin on the inside of my forearm. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She felt a stab of sympathy for him and a harsher, meaner stab of anger at her parents. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z From the point where I’d stabbed him, cracks appeared in his body. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Like who will stab you in the back,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z There in the alley the crazy hot dog vendor was trying to stab a fairy with a plastic knife. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She stabs a few more pins through the denim. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As we passed the turnoff to our old house in Conuco, I felt a stab of pain. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Our Father finally caught on, nobody was understanding his horrible stabs at French or Kikongo, either one. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyelids flutter open and then he jumps like we’ve stabbed him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “No way! Just because I’m mad at Cap doesn’t mean I’m going to help you stab him in the back!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I didn’t like the stabbing in my empty lungs, or the way my stomach squeezed and rolled and clenched. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But as we were entering the gym, he asked, “So, did you stab Edward Cullen with a pencil or what? I’ve never seen him act like that.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I’m saying it’s possible that the boy lost the knife and that someone else stabbed his father with a similar knife. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I nodded as I stabbed another chunk of turkey. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I want to stab your eye out again.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He stabbed a telkhine, and his black Stygian blade absorbed the monsters essence, drinking its energy until there was nothing left but dust. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Petey gave the fire a sharp stab, sending sparks spiraling into the air. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It’s hard to explain, but talking to them felt like stabbing and being stabbed. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Ray stabbed at his mac and cheese. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He made a stabbing motion with the spear. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They could find no reason for the stabbing pain in his side. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He stabbed his golden sword straight between its eyes, but the blade slipped sideways, as if the turtle’s skin were greased steel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And when a ship wrecked in the Graveyard, people sometimes died—mariners or lifesavers or both—and everyone on the Elizabeths felt the stab of such disaster. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Once there was an Asian man stabbed next door, words on cloth pinned to his corpse. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I stab the end of a sausage and begin sawing it, waiting for a response. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Unless you’re really going to stab me, I think I won’t. And I might not tell you even if you were going to stab me.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Harry did the best he could, trying to ignore the stabbing pains in his forehead, which had been bothering him ever since his trip into the forest. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The woman reared back, slammed her wooden leg down near his hand, and then stabbed her blade into the wood. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z One of them stabbed Marlowe, fatally, just above the eye: “of which wound the aforesaid Christ. Marlowe died instantly.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He wondered if he should feel a stab of jealousy—Dimple bonding so well with his muscled, much cooler younger brother—but all he felt was this warm, almost gooey feeling in his chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z One of the boys stabbed his foot and he fell down. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Him, the Frenchman . . . and the Pole . . . They beat me . . One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live. “ Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z This pain is different, less like a stab and more like a crackle, crackling in my brain, spotting my vision with different colors, blue, green, red. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Determined to prove she didn’t need my help, Vonetta stubbornly grunted and stabbed away at the taped flaps. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The guilt of it stabbed at my heart as I considered all these new facts, and I felt a great pain in my chest. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The second he was close enough, Malcolm brought his right hand round and stabbed the knife as hard as he could into Bonneville’s thigh. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Then we heard that a kid on 141st Street got stabbed and they arrested a member of a gang called Tigros. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A stabbing pain shoots through my knee and I know one has found me and the others will be honing in. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He stabbed his sword into the dirt, adjusted his shield straps, and pulled on his horsehair helmet. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I thought about saying we oughta roast that duck and make omelets from the eggs, but sassy as Biddy done got, I figured she might stab me with her fork. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “We heard that the British shoot first. And if you don’t die from a musket ball to your gut, they’ll finish you off with a quick stab in the heart with a bayonet.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Gunwoo let out a keening sound of such anguish it stabbed at Doha’s heart. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z There was the speechless astonishment of seeing a hog stabbed through the heart, dipped into boiling water, scraped, split open, gutted, and strung up gaping and bloody. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z With each pound of the piano keys, a sharp stab was driven through my chest. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She holds a thin sword, very much like a long pin, and stabs at the empty air in preparation for an opponent. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There was to be no curious testing, no stabbing at limits to see if there was a way to push through them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I ast Done stab his foot with a rusty nail, Sofia say. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He stabbed his sword through the trunk, then heaved the sword through one side. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z If I went that long without eating real food, I’d probably end up stabbing someone. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A white laundryman who worked a shop in the black community was later held up by three black men, robbed, stabbed, and left to die. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One of the most infamous incidents in New York City history, for example, was the 1964 stabbing death of a young Queens woman by the name of Kitty Genovese. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The thought of being left behind made me feel as if I had been stabbed. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Then my dad took the knife and stabbed it into the suitcase. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Was he waiting until I turned my back to stab me? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I most certainly did not know that,” Grandpa Park said, stabbing at a piece of steak with his knife. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The younger men were gathered at another table, where Pyp had stabbed a turnip with his knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My grandfather, a respected judge, confronted him, but the thief stabbed him in the throat, killing him instantly—and robbing Baba of a father. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Dad stabbed at a green bean and let the subject drop. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I rolled under his legs and stabbed him in the back of his thigh. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Ares rode in and stabbed Typhon in the nose. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z That stabs you with it, even when you can’t defend yourself and the other person hates you and wants to see you cry. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I slashed and stabbed and whirled, and I might have even laughed once or twice—a crazy laugh that scared me as much as it did my enemies. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When I reached the foyer, I stabbed at the intercom button to stop the irritating blare before it woke up the whole house. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z No longer did he stab out with a foreleg as he ran, producing the curiously choppy duck- waddle gait that so many observers had mistaken for lameness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion pulled off his steel gauntlet and let it fall to the ground, wincing at the pain that stabbed up his arm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But the muscles of his arm were trembling so much that he was afraid he’d drop the knife before he could use it; and did he really intend to stab the man, anyway? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z John Tookey had to be rescued by his mates from stabbing female heels. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Shay stabbed the tablet’s talk button and said, “Wait a second, I think she’s just coming back now. Hold please.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Actually, “slept” was a wild overstatement, and when the first low sun rays stabbed his eyelids, he’d awakened cold and wet from whatever dozing he’d managed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When she was ready, she faced him, but she didn’t like to stab at him because he looked so peaceable. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Meggie held her breath as if that would hold back the words that were about to come out of Basta's mouth and stab her in the heart. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “It’s not safe for you here. Especially if you go around stabbing everyone.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z An-, other attacker stabbed at his eyes until the dragon caught him in his jaws and tore his belly out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Before them, Rocky stabbed his finger against the screen, hitting numbers. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Even through the stab and sting of the juniper needles, his wincing flesh was aware of her, unescapably real. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z We fought four hard rounds, stabbing, slugging, grunting, spitting, cursing, crying, bleeding. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt as though someone had just stabbed me in the lung. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I sank, seeing only blue sky, waiting to feel either the stab of sharp iron or the jolt of solid earth. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He gnaws on the end of a cigar and stabs his cane repeatedly into the carpet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There, Pindar says, Idas, made angry in some way about his oxen, stabbed and killed Castor. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to kick Basta, hit him, stab him in the stomach with his own knife, the brand-new knife he wore stuck in his belt. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z "Thanks," I said, taking my fork and stabbing the duck with it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I tell her what I’ve hoped wasn’t true for weeks—my brother was stabbed in the back by the person he trusted most. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The stab of rage felt like a spike driven through Harry’s head: He forced his own fist into his mouth to stop himself from crying out in pain. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There was art all over the walls, and books and books of sketches of googly-eyed dragons and hearts with knives stabbed in them and dripping fruit and all kinds of other stuff. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z His face had been badly beaten and his body stabbed multiple times. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z ‘No!’ said Gollum, and then he squealed, as if something had stabbed him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Simple movements send stabs of pain through my joints. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She ran through the forest of tentacles, dodging and stabbing at whatever target she could find. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even in my deadened, drugged condition, this sends a stab of pain through me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Maybe Cardan could stab him right through the heart and he wouldn’t do a single thing to defend himself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Had I come suddenly upon Harrison, he would have thought I was trying to kill him and he would have stabbed me, perhaps killed me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Every man in this palace is your enemy. Each one will stab you in the back at the first chance!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He made me stab my own hand, clean through. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A woman from the village went over and stabbed one in the side. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly she felt a tiny stab of fear. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The water was so cold it felt like millions of needles were stabbing him. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z The soles of his feet felt as though needles were stabbing them. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Let us review the case as it stands at this moment. First, there are certain indisputable facts. This man Ratchett, or Cassetti, was stabbed in twelve places and died last night. That is fact one.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The last one, in which you argued that the boy wouldn’t have made the kind of overhand stab wound that killed his father, was very persuasive. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I stab the air in front of her face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z One lunged at Bianca, and I thought she was a goner, but she whipped out her hunting knife and stabbed the warrior in the chest. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Yandry stabbed out with his pole to keep them from smashing into a pier. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He looked at the little girl ironing away so quietly with her head bent over the board and he was stabbed by the soft sadness on the child’s thin face. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She became exasperated, and threw herself into a furious attack, jabbing and lashing and thrusting and stabbing, and never once did she get past those paws. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The soft, warm terry cloth slipped off his shoulders and Bud's dry stick-fingers were stabbing into his back muscles. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Hearing his mother open the lunch pail and then gasp with rage, a memory stabbed him and he trotted away toward the barn, conscientiously not hearing the angry voice that called him from the house. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hissing with malice, stabbing its head forward as it waddled heavily up the shore, and the beak snapped and clacked. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z "Think you can run in that outfit? And in those shoes? I'd like to see you take a stab at softball this morning." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m no more to blame than the knife is to blame in a stabbing, or the car in a collision. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Luke read the letter at supper, after everyone else in the family had had a stab at trying to figure out what it meant. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “Hamlet stabbed at the arras in my room, thinking it hid a spy. Alas, it was your father, and now, oh! Now he lies dead.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z After so long in darkness, the light stabbed his eyes; he looked away, covering his face with both hands. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I should have remembered the plague they brought, because I had almost fallen back to sleep when the stabbing whistle of the volunteer fire department went off. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I think it’s perfect,” Laura says, stabbing her plastic fork into the last chunk of cake. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He felt a stab of revulsion mixed with a bizarre desire to laugh. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Håkon had at some point grabbed a sword off the rack in the middle and held it, ready to stab anything that needed stabbing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z For each one Arya cut or stabbed or shoved back, another was coming over the wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Avoiding the stabs of the banner pole and the swift whiplike slashes of the tail, Basil realized that this was no clumsy rat he faced. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He’d remember the stabbing cold, and the screams of hundreds of people crying for help. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z The wind sliced through my clothing and stabbed at my skin. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Does a man who commits suicide stab himself in ten—twelve—fifteen places?” he asked. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I stabbed my chicken tender with a fork. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When I’d remember that the turkey didn’t belong to my family because I didn’t have a family I’d feel that stabbing pain in my chest again and I’d start to cry. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt a stab of sympathy for it, abandoned not only by her kin, but by herself, left empty and alone while she was here, weeping her tears onto a stranger’s chest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But on May 1, 1919, with a number of the marchers carrying red flags, violence marked the parades in New York, in Cleveland, and in Boston, where a policeman was stabbed and killed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There was Sam kneeling before him, his face wrung with pain, as if he had been stabbed in the heart; tears welled from his eyes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z My heart was pounding, my lungs burned, and in my side there was a continuous stabbing pain. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, in the cafeteria line, standing directly next to a guard, I watched a skinny black kid stab some other "blood" with a dinner fork. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He had been stabbed so many times it looked as if his tunic was patterned with scarlet flowers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His right side was one huge ache, and a stab of pain went through his chest whenever he lifted his arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But the fact that I could have used up precious sleep time imagining I’d been stabbed in the back is alarming enough. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s what people do on reality shows like Survivor. We help each other until, you know, everybody else is eliminated and we have to stab each other in the back.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “I still have time, Mister Dandy,” the man Jack began, but the silver-haired man cut him off, stabbing a large pink finger in his direction. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It was like her heart was being stabbed with the most immense kind of love, and regardless of its source, the pain was still too much to handle. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Well, after Willy sent it flying, and Carl tried to stab it with pencils, I guess it was a fair question! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “You just gonna carry it around waiting to stab yourself in the leg?” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t the growling gurgles that sent stabs of fear through Carmen. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Meleager then rushed on the wounded creature and stabbed it to the heart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to yank out the knife and stab her again, but the blade was stuck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z We are tied together, forever bound by the stories we told: that I had no choice but to stab him in the neck; that Anna tried her best to save him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord Mormont stabbed a chunk of ham with the point of his dagger. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On Fridays black people continued to be paid for their toil in the white world, and tsotsis and other muggers continued robbing them of their hard-earned pittance, often hacking and stabbing them to death. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Twice they had stabbed him, once in the back leg, and again right through the loose skin and fur at the scruff of his neck. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But each word I translate pierces me like a shot in the chest;—like a stab in the chest. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z We had fought for almost twenty minutes, stabbing and slicing each other and the men who tried to part us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But Prince Dain is already angry with me just for stabbing the child of a well-favored member of his Court. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her ankle stabbed at her with every step. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He stabbed the ground and swung over it, stabbed and swung, until he planted himself in the doorway of Vola’s barn again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The nurse grabbed Cora’s arm and Dr. Campbell stabbed the needle in. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Good Friends, the Buddhist aid group with informants in the North, reported in 2009 that one soldier on a state farm was stabbed with a sickle during a fight over corn. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Behind them lightning stabbed down from the sky, blinding purple bolts that danced across the sea in webs of light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He darted up and down, thrusting out his paw as if he held a sword in it, stabbing away at thin air. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When she looked down, she saw no safety net, only a forest of skyscrapers stabbing upward like needles upon which she would be impaled. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He could not believe that there were hoods in suits out by the gates who were not stabbing each other. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The stabbing pain in his side, which Zeitoun had first felt at Greyhound, had now amplified tenfold. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He stabbed at his mother’s hands with the cutlass and ordered the driver to move along immediately. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In total frustration, I stabbed Riptide against the boulder. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When she comes face to face with the ASSASSIN, he takes out a large knife and stabs her until she is dead.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Still, he studied her face, hunting for signs that she’d betray them, that she’d pull a Sloth and stab them in the back. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Quang-ha took a stab at refusing to get a high school education as well, but it didn't work. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Someone could stab us and no one would know until the lights flash back on. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Becca sifted through the papers until finding one with his picture, and stabbed his face with her finger. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I passed Shawn carrying a large china plate of dinner rolls, and he stabbed my gut so hard it knocked the wind out of me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I felt, like a stabbing in my bones, the pain of deciding to break from my husband. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He glanced at his father’s exhausted face from under his eyelashes and felt a stab of guilt, coupled with shame. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He picked up the nearest steak knife and stabbed it into the table, making the ghosts around him jump. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z That sharp, piercing love pain stabbed her right between the ribs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z What I had was more Buckwheat: unruly and impossible to comb, like stabbing a pitchfork into a bed of crabgrass. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He’s making it sound like I stabbed him in the back or pushed him off a cliff. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Finn stabbed the ground with his shovel, stamped down on the edge to bury it deeper. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The left lung had been stabbed and was half collapsed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Bloom had created an imaginative and effective defense, something few lawyers would have dared, considering the political overtones of Pacheco’s involvements, not to mention the fact that he had stabbed a cop. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Any time I bent over—to put on my shoes or pick up my bunny—it felt like I was being stabbed at the base of my spine. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I can almost feel his heart crack, stabbed right where he had risked opening it up to me, where he had let me see the beating wound inside. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Naomi stabbed her needle deep into the pincushion and stared at the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z As she rose, a stab of pain went through her legs and brought it all back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Not so long ago, they’d been lean and strong, able to crack a nut with a pinch, able to press a seed deep into the earth with one stab of a finger. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She was dressed in black camouflage with her Celestial bronze knife strapped to her arm and her laptop bag slung over her shoulder—ready for stabbing or surfing the Internet, whichever came first. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Emma thought, and she felt a stab of something that might have been jealousy. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Lancelot turned his head at each of her stabs, as if he were trying to let them glance off him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They were clustered near the yard door when the Kings attacked, stabbing numerous Bloods and sustaining lesser injuries in the process. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He stabbed the Transvice in the air to emphasize his point. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Dear Diary, We just finished reading Romeo and Juliet; I couldn’t believe that Juliet stabbed herself over a guy that she only knew for a few days. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z When Loki heard the gods praise Aegir’s servant, Fimafeng, for his swiftness and diligence, he sprang up from the table and stabbed Fimafeng with his knife, killing him instantly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z There were fist fights in the squadron and one stabbing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I ran up to its big toe and stabbed it with Riptide. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z "Fighting!" she said, stabbing her index finger into his chest. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z As they sped by, they stabbed the great beast with the tips of their spears. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He stabbed a chocolate-covered strawberry and passed it to Coach Hedge. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I stab him. And if I want him to die, he’ll die?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He was so sick that they had to stab a needle into his spinal cord. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “She just saw that guy get stabbed in the eye, Gabe,” says Uriah. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Not many campers could’ve done that without getting stabbed, but Will had a way of defusing people’s anger. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Then worst, he held on to it like he was fixing to stab something. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Everyone gasped and looked at me as if I had just stabbed Harold. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I found that stabbing them through the eyes with the knife was a faster, less tiresome way of killing them than hacking at the tops of their heads with the hatchet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Her voice cracked as she said the final word, and as soon as she did, she lifted the mistletoe dagger and stabbed Håkon in the chest. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Every breath she took stabbed pain into both sides under her ribs. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z That bold, slanting hand, stabbing the white paper, the symbol of herself, so certain, so assured. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Macon stabbed him again and again until he stopped moving his mouth, stopped trying to talk, and stopped jumping and twitching on the ground. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Eros raised his sword, but instead of stabbing Mark Antony, he stabbed himself. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I’d had an earache for two days, and during the night it had changed from a dull twinge to a constant sharp stab. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I follow him down, a stab of worry making me flinch when I hear the door close behind me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He takes the silver knife he finds discarded on the floor and returns it to the dartboard in the study, stabbing the blade into the bull’s-eye. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z To strip off like that—yes, her endearing attempt to seem eccentric, her stab at being bold had an exaggerated, homemade quality. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “It’s like deep scratches. They didn’t stab me.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The Ares camper tried to stab him and cuss him out in rhyming couplets. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Uncle Chester had made a stab at it, but a halfhearted stab. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She turned and stabbed an empousa through the gut, then dove for the Doors as they started to close. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Massey cut his own meat into chunks and stabbed one with his dagger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Depend upon it, it was a woman. Only a woman would stab like that.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z For some moments it stabbed here and there, then gave up, lifted its head and watched them again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I completely sympathize with your desire to stab your family's killer,” I say, glancing back toward my mother. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She stabbed at a pigeon with her knife. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She sets her plate down, stabs a pork chop with her fork, and slaps it on a piece of bread. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He could always make me laugh, but humor stabs now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Raise and Raina stab the pillows, pull out the stuffing, and toss the feathers around the room. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “You stabbed me through the chest with your sword.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The hands kept brushing against her body, and gradually the vicious stabbing feeling gave way to a harsh, full-body sting. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z All I need do' is turn and stab him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Despite how beautiful everything was—the curving wheat that was more yellow than the week before, the sky that was cloudless today—she felt a stab of loneliness. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Those with an aptitude for Dauntless picked up the knife in the simulation and stabbed the dog when it attacked. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z When Cleopatra realized Octavian’s aide had broken into the chamber, she tried to stab herself. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Pain stabbed up my leg with each step, and I tried to use the wall as a crutch to keep some weight off it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Maybe the SIM snuck into our house in the middle of the night and stabbed her in punishment for not taking Mr. Smith’s phone call? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Archer raised the knife and stabbed the man who’d tackled him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A stab of annoyance, or maybe disappointment, shot through me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z "I suppose I should be glad you found me innocent —" "Concerning the magazine article," he said, stabbing the air with his finger. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he thought of stabbing Orr, his tension eased. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Farther away this time, though still emphatically, there sounded another snap! that stabbed like a steel-tipped arrow driven from a hundred-pound bow into that part of Herbie’s spine located between his shoulder blades. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt like someone had splashed boiling water across her face, like a thousand tiny knives were stabbing into her body. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Bob twisted his head sideways and stabbed his beak at the piece of bread. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He landed on his kneecap, cracked it, and stabbed himself in the hand with the clippers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. I just stabbed it and it went up in flames.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Suddenly at the top of the stair there was a stab of white light. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A thrall offered them a platter, and she stabbed a salted fish and ate it off the end of her dirk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Because every time Abby smiles at me, it feels like getting stabbed. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z My bow stuttered across the strings; flew; landed; sung to my fingers; and thus, with a final thrust, a final parry, a final stab, I was done. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The older man pointed, stabbing a finger at the left front fender. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Gray pulled two of his own ribs from his shirt and ran around the fire, stabbing the ogres in the back with such blinding speed they didn’t even have time to yell. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But my tooth just bent back, the one on the bottom row in front, with a sharp stab at the gum. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Henry III was stabbed by an assassin on 1 August 1589, while the two Henrys were besieging Paris, but lived long enough to confirm Henry of Navarre as his heir. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Hermanitashe says. Little sister. The word comforted me for so long whenever I read it on my precious piece of paper. Now it stabs at me. “ The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just that I’m on my period, and it feels like someone is stabbing me in the uterus.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z This was the guy who pantsed the vice principal on the same day he stabbed Tanner in the hand with the round metal brace that holds the eraser on the back of a pencil. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Her name brings tiny stabbing pinpricks at the back of my eyes. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Taisin felt the pain herself; it was as though she had been stabbed by a half-dozen little needles, each one poison-tipped. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Who knows how much license these romantic johnnies took with their stabbing paintbrushes? A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z As chill as you can be with a line of news trucks idling in front of your school, antennas stabbing the sky. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It’s a Saturday, and we’re making a stab at normality by taking Sarah to Grange Park, to play in the snow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t know how lucky you are, I was just about fixing to stab you in the heart!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Theon felt a stab of pity for him and his men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With the other hand, my grandfather stabbed the knife into the bull, below its ear, then pulled down and around to the other ear. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She felt a sudden, odd stab of loneliness. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t like the stabbing idea much, but he agreed that it did solve most of our difficulties. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I made myself swallow, then stabbed another ravioli and tossed it in. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He could glamour me again, but he won’t because he wants me to stab myself willingly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Do you understand what happened when you stabbed your knee with that knife and then closed and cured the wound with your hands?” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “I never tire of it. But how is it that such a ghastly thing, a queen stabbing her husband in his bath, is so lovely to us?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “But having something terrible happen to you doesn’t make it right to stab your friend in the back!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z In the sudden stab of light he saw that the puddle was not black but red. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And as they turned, Bod felt something stab in the back of his hand. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He was too perfect, I realized with a piercing stab of despair. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z There came a pounding on the door that made her drop the larger knife, almost stabbing her foot. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “She is cold. She has not emotions. She would not stab a man; she would sue him in the law courts.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, “A slave, that’s who. And the whole time he slashing and stabbing at me trying to cut my throat, what name he calling me? What name?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He lifted his sword to parry a Cyclops’s club, then stabbed the monster in the leg, sending him backward into the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z If Shawn stabs you, you won’t be taken to a hospital. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After a few minutes, Anya advanced to the rear of the barn, ready to stab the dragon in the face if it came for her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She kept cursing in Ancient Greek and stabbing at the dirt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Suddenly Buttercup was talking very fast: “Was he stabbed?...Did he drown?...Did they cut his throat asleep?...Did they wake him, do you suppose?...Perhaps they whipped him dead....” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Pearl stabbed a piece of egg with her fork. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Not unless he stabs himself in the back. hit the ground running. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was looking the other way, oblivious to the scuffling and noise, opening the blades on his pocketknife, one by one, and stabbing them into the juniper post. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I picked up my fork with my toes and stabbed a big bite of turkey. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The lights of the houses stabbed through the trees, making it just possible to tell where she was going—except she didn’t know where she was going. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z All I had to do was stab—-one quick strike. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He grins and stabs his trowel in for another load of dirt. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She returned to her business of stabbing the earth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, there was this whole business about the stab wound and how it was made, the downward angle of it, you know? 3RD JUROR: Don’t tell me we’re gonna start with that. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I can't speak, but he tells me in his rough, rushed German what is going on outside in the stabbing sunshine. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He would stab the dæmon first, and then the man. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The last wearer of this might have been stabbed by hoodlums.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Or if he just made the whole thing up to get us to go on the run with him so he can stab me in the back when I’m sleeping. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z But I was not without stabs of guilt. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don't you take a stab at it? Get us started.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Then Striker turned back to the other pig and stabbed him again with long deep thrusts in the chest area. —jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast, 1981 Lo, the poor guard! Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lamar formed a V with his two fingers and made a stabbing motion at his neck. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z In its right hand was a blade like a stabbing tongue of fire; in its left it held a whip of many thongs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He stabbed another toe, cursed as a bead of blood welled up around the knife’s point. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As we watched, the guy in armor stabbed the dummy through its belly and ripped upward. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Taro coughs loudly and stabs his fork in another piece of pink steak. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Her face had broken out in a sweat, heavy enough to smear her makeup, and I felt a stab of irritation go through me at the sight of it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He still hung to the fish with his jaws hooked and the old man stabbed him in his left eye. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the woman saw the stabbing through the last two cars, we can assume that the body fell to the floor just as the train passed by. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like watching a fairy-tale dragon, stabbed and bleeding, fighting for its life. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z The enemy stabbed him in the arm then clubbed him over the head with the butt of his sword, and Dionysus’s son went down. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She made tight fists around the knitting needles in her lap, as if considering who to stab with them. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Two squires from the stormlands stabbed a man-at-arms to death in a quarrel over who would sit closest to the fire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She had repaid him by slashing Bliksem and stabbing his arm. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If I went for the body, the tail stabbed downward. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Ever since she’d used it to stab the snow goddess Khione, the visions in the blade had become colder and harsher, like images etched in ice. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Horses lying on the ground shrieked, raised their heads, and stabbed randomly toward the sky with their hooves. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z If Valerian wasn’t sure he wanted to stab me before, he’s sure now. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Is that how you stab someone who had killed your family?” he asked. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z One man was stabbed when he tried to slip in ahead of others who had been hours in the column. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As the Warrior Mouse lay upon the ground, the rat roared and stabbed downwards with the spiked railing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There was something terrible about the patient way in which he withdrew, although he had been badly stabbed in the thigh. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The scorching blade slashed at my eyelashes and stabbed at my stinging eyes. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z On Wednesday, two minimally supervised medical students removed my chest tube, which felt like getting stabbed in reverse and generally didn’t go very well, so they decided I’d have to stay until Thursday. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Another time, at the jail, a prisoner pulled a knife and stabbed his father from behind. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “He tried to kill me. And someone else—he stabbed someone else in the eye... with a butter knife. He is evil. I had every right to—” I feel a sharp pain in my neck. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He had terrible scars all over his chest from when the Japanese had tied him to a tree and tortured him by stabbing him with their bayonets. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "I was just waiting for a moment to decide where to stab him." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In mid-November, after five months in bed, Pollard emerged from Winthrop Hospital, stabbing at the ground with his crutches and swinging his legs along. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Can we be sure that Ratchett was stabbed by more than one person? Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Then people started passing the big blue plates around and stabbing toast and pancakes and sausages with their forks. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z She stabbed a piece of cauliflower, lifted it to her mouth. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I stab my waffle with my fork and shove it into my mouth. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I watched his shadow slide over the dirt and weeds and thought he had come to punish me for stabbing a peach. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The second boy, who was shot at close range, stabbed the rebel boy in his stomach before he fell. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Spasms of scorching pains stabbed through his lungs and slowed him to a crippled walk. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “What are you going to do with knives? You going to stab somebody?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Matt found a rain-filled hollow in a rock and drank until his head stabbed with pain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because of. . . erm . Mercury. Why don’t you get stabbed in the back by someone you thought was a friend?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When the moon was full, she made the little doll and stabbed it and stabbed it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A stab of guilt immediately hits when he remembers her text. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He would stab a piece of meat with his knife from time to time and flick it onto the ground, to be eaten by one of his wolves, Geri and Freki. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z After one especially robust night of drinking with Will, I stumbled home, crawled up the sidewalk, stabbed my key in the front door, let myself in, and power barfed all over the living room. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It was a thing she remembered with a stab in her heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I forced a smile, and did not answer him, aware now of a stab of panic, an uneasy sickness that could not be controlled. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Right when I was ready to push the covers off of me and start running or stabbing, whoever it was that had been watching jumped right on top of me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z So, after he arrived at his guesthouse, the magistrate secretly ordered one of his servants to return to the grocer's home and stab the girl with a knife. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, I’m not sure what that is. But this—“he stabbed the console of buttons—“now this is solar radiation.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Percy raised his sword, ready to stab the egg. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When he closed his hand into a fist it sharpened, as if a knife were stabbing up his arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The authorities began a crackdown against political prisoners as though we had held the knife that stabbed Verwoerd. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Aru felt a flush of pride in the same instant that she felt a stab of misgiving. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A stab of renewed pain lanced through one side of his body like fire without warning, and he winced. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He made another futile stab at the paper and his wife tossed it angrily into the next room. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “He’ll draw more. He’ll make new drawings at your new home,” he said, trying to make me feel better, but for some reason I felt like I had been stabbed in the heart. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “In that case, you must give me credit for being impartial. When the Germans rode in, I almost stabbed a robust young Oberkutnant to death with a sprig of edelweiss.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She stabbed and parried with her right hand, occasionally shooting tomatoes from the cornucopia in her left, while yelling at the suitors, ‘Save yourselves! I’m too dangerous!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I stabbed downward, but he rolled aside and regained his footing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A Griever spun directly in his path; a boy, his face hidden from sight, was clutched in its claws, stabbing viciously into the thick, whalish skin, trying to escape. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He could stab Gus with his knife; he could slap him; he could kick him; he could trip him up and send him sprawling on his face. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z If you got bitten, you’d die a grisly death if you didn’t get rabies shots stabbed right into your stomach. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z I felt a stab of feeling penetrate the confusion I clutched around me like a thick protective blanket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The figure was a stab in the dark, a made-up number. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Pain stabbed through my straining chest as I gaped for air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His arm twitches and pain stabs my jaw and spreads across my face, making my vision go black at the edges and my ears ring. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Instinctively she looked over her shoulder, and a fresh stab of sadness nearly winded her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I woke up to a burning flashlight beam stabbing my eyes as Joey Cosentino thumbed one of my eyelids up and whispered, “Nah, he’s alive.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Even if Mong stabbed me on the beach and I had to watch my blood go into the sand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I felt like she’d just stabbed me through the heart with her lip liner. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Marcus laughs, a smug cackle that makes me yearn to stab him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine had voted with her beak—by stabbing it into the ambulance’s tire. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As she welcomed him silently to the human race, the stab of discovery made her tremble a little. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She stabbed again, ripping through his leather jerkin, but only managed to graze his chest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He held the conch against his chest with one hand and stabbed the air with his index finger. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I seen I still was holding that knife up like I was going to stab somebody, so I let it down. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z First, there’s this piercing two-toned shriek that makes me feel like I’m being stabbed in the eyeballs from the inside. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Victor was in my face immediately, his finger nearly stabbing through my chest. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to stab downward, you would have to change your grip. 8TH JUROR: HOW do you use it? 5TH JUROR: Underhanded. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Commandant told us to finish them off before they left the Gap, and you go running into the woods like a scared little girl—” “He stabbed me, all right?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A thousand tiny stabs, felt all at once. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew and I didn't, and she might as well have stabbed me in the heart because that's how it felt to see how she knew. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The war god laughed and stabbed and disembowelled like a kid destroying pinatas. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In first period, this one guy has cereal glued all over his clothes, and a plastic knife stabbed through a Froot Loops box on his head. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I began to scream as the third lady grabbed my arm and was about to stab it with a needle. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z In a sudden fury, she stabbed the air with a finger like she wanted to pin me to the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z As if in answer to her question, someone fell through the black square—it was Minho, looking as if he’d been scratched or stabbed on ninety percent of his body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z He does have a name, I do not know why, for surely our hearts will feel stabs of sadness when he goes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z But then one day Popcorn was found stabbed to death on the roof of his apartment building. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z In a blur of motion, one of the men pulled out a switchblade and stabbed Lana. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z We were taken to a nearby banana farm, where we practiced stabbing the banana trees with bayonets. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z At first, he planned to stab it with his penknife, but when he got it out of the water, he couldn't. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z And each time, Francie had felt a flash of tenderness instead of the old stab of pain. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “And now a passenger lies dead in his berth—stabbed.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent most of the evening stabbing at the remote control, trying to find a show that wasn’t too boring or confusing. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Though I felt better after telling Tucker what I’d seen, I spent the next days wondering if Celia was going to jump out and stab me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “But what would we say? ‘I didn’t know you that well, but I’m sorry you got stabbed in the eye’?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Yeah, well, I ain’t stabbing my man with no dagger,” Donna says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t realize I was stabbing the pork chops until Momma comes over and takes the fork from my hand. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z "One stab with a unicorn horn and it's over. Doesn't matter how big and scaly you are. Mother had one when she lived in Camelot." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Sam sprang in, inside the arches of her legs, and with a quick upthrust of his other hand stabbed at the clustered eyes upon her lowered head. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z That last thought sends this sharp stabbing pain into my heart. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Catching her breath, she blurted out, triumphantly: “Roy got stabbed with a knife!” and rushed into the living-room. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Oblivious to the fighting around them they sought to destroy each other, hacking, stabbing, lunging and swinging in mortal combat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She stabs him again, this time in the chest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I stabbed myself with the needle, but my stitches shrank. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a miracle Thomas hadn’t stabbed someone’s eye out with his spear. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Then the woman was attacking, slashing, stabbing, Archer just barely evading the seeking blade. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “They surrounded him,” he said numbly, “and Mordred stabbed him in the back.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He might as well have stabbed me with a rusty dagger. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I pull back my knife hand and I wonder if I can actually stab him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z We fought each other during lessons, sometimes stabbed each other’s hands with pencils. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z And then some more stabbing irritant flowed in, sharp and prickly. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He scrubs the skillet that Momma stabbed this morning. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z ‘Then suddenly he seemed to see me, and he laughed at me. It was cruel. It was like being stabbed with knives. I struggled. But he said: “Wait a moment! The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Powell leaps at Seward, stabbing him seven times. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z And Harry was left alone, with nothing to distract him from the stabbing pains in his limp arm. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z "Man, I don't know. All I know is, dude started shouting something about Needles stabbing him, and then..." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “Get this one,” Ernie said, stabbing at a gross mound, still stinky. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Aunt Pooh watches me with a smile, making that scar on her cheek from that time she got stabbed look like a dimple. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z 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 “Of getting stabbed by an airborne knife?” says Al. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The sound set his teeth on edge and angered him in a way he had not felt since the day he had stabbed Emo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It must’ve been a regular steel blade, because he was slashing the dummies’ heads right off, stabbing through their straw-stuffed guts. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Pain stabs through me as everything I am made of collapses, my entire world dismantled in a moment. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Dad was at the foot of the gurney, telling a policeman I had stabbed myself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There was Roy: Roy also might have helped him, but he had been stabbed with a knife, and lay now, brown and silent, at his father’s feet. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Then I stalked outside, letting the screen door slam behind me and trying not to think about Bertha sitting there on the couch looking like she’d been stabbed in the heart. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “He was stabbed. There’s two fellas they’re looking for. One older, one younger.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Gasping, I pull the knife from my little pocket and stab him in the side. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z So I follow Finnick about fifteen yards into the jungle, where he finds a good tree and starts stabbing to make a hole with his knife. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Please,” Horace moaned, “enough talk of smashing loops and stabbing hearts. You’ll frighten the little ones!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As they dipped their pails into the water, the rhino would attack, stabbing and stomping them with its mighty hooves, until there was nothing left but bloody rags. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Madoc will be frowning and stabbing his meat, annoyed with me for missing his lessons. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It seemed to Anya a stupid question to pose while they were both within stabbing distance. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He and many others believed that the German government ended the war too early and was "stabbing" the German people in the back. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I felt a sharp stab of curiosity, as if I had just read a terrible newspaper headline about somebody else. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z A pain stabs my left temple and I press my hand against it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I could have stabbed it, but I hesitated. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Not for people who don’t want it to. But for me”—she stabbed a few green beans and lifted them to her mouth—“it definitely got easier.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Bod took it, then said, “Ow,” as something stabbed into the base of his thumb. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He had stabbed a horse and sent it stampeding through the Forum. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He stabbed her in the gut, and she disintegrated. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Momma gets a fork and stabs at the charred food stuck to the skillet. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The brightness outside hurts my eyes and the wind makes them water and the screaming on the playground stabs my ears. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z With a stab she thought of her deal with Baaz, the impheations of what this change in plans would mean for her bargain with him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He stopped at a certain page and stabbed the top with his finger. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But Matty, still a young boy, had been with him then, as a guide; and Matty had seen the twig grow, expand, sharpen, aim itself, and stab. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Later, we all learned she’d been arrested for stabbing her mother’s boyfriend to death. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I feel like I’m stabbing myself with every word. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Jack made a rush and stabbed at Ralph's chest with his spear. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Your jaw is so swollen you look like you have a wad of food in your cheek, and you just stabbed Eric,” he says, frowning. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Several sharp pains stab me as she presses her fingers delicately against different parts of my chest. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I stabbed a chunk of French toast with my fork and dragged it through the gooey syrup. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Peeta drops the sheath and buries his knife into the monkey’s back, stabbing it again and again until it releases its jaw. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why did y’all let me run for president?” she says, tapping too forcefully at her phone’s keyboard in little staccato stabs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z ‘There they are!’ she cried out, stabbing the air with her finger. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know what he said when I told him you’d stabbed me? He told me it was no more than I deserved.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He tentatively stabbed the chunk of meat, imagining that it was steak, the juiciest, best steak in the world. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The pain in my leg stabbed into my hip. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z It was just about to stab when Bigwig ran straight into it from behind and knocked it sideways, so that it staggered across the turf with a harsh, raucous cawing of rage. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The three women closed their eyes, and three old hands stabbed into the stoat-guts on the board. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Luke could tell his father's words came out painfully, but they still stabbed at him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Ammu had told them the story of Julius Caesar and how he was stabbed by Brutus, his best friend, in the Senate. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Arrogant black policemen kept the multitude away from the gates with vulgar language and sjambok stabs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Her footsteps ignited with flame as she ran through the blackened flowers, like stabbing a poker into a slumbering fire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It stabbed from his foot all the way to the top of his head. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z June is not typically an angry person, but it’s been a long day, and she looks about three seconds from using one of those heels to stab the guy through the eye socket. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I stab my wooden stake high into the dummy’s chest, feeling it puncture the body and hit the tree. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo shuffles back to his bedroom to take another stab at dressing himself. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She reached, then, to stab at the elevator button. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She made the stab, stab, stab movement at Ernie, then laughed. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It was a desperate thought—no way it would work— but I stabbed Riptide into the bridge. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Yes, that must’ve been it. Oh dear, I forgot try friend is invulnerable and took a knife for him. Oops. Tell me, Ethan, where were you aiming when you stabbed at Jackson?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When it had gone, the fear Malcolm had been holding down since he stabbed Bonneville came back, and he had to lean forward and be sick. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Colton came back one Sunday night in early April and said he’d heard through his father that two officers had been stabbed there the week before. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only had he let Hagar stab him; he had let the nightmare witch catch him and kiss him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Could not stop Mom,” I stab out on my machine. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “I hope you don’t have a bee allergy. I only have one EpiPen. But I guess we could share? I’ll stab you, you stab me?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He attacked again, stabbing this time, but she trapped his wrist with her knife and pinned his arm, slashing him once across the abdomen. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I stabbed my big brother in the heart. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I doubted the pinprick had hurt it, but no one likes being stabbed in the eyeball. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z In Soweto Zulu migrant workers were reported to have formed vigilantes groups and, with police license, hacked, stabbed and clubbed.students to death. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The multiple stab wounds inflicted on the victim strongly suggested mental illness, but the court records and files never referenced anything about Jenkins suffering from a disability. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I charged and stabbed him behind the knee. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Without warning, he spun on his heel, stabbing the dagger through the air in a perfect ring. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I try to ignore his groans of pain and the guilt stabbing at my stomach. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I got inside his next thrust and stabbed him right through the middle chest. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Shanti felt it as a stabbing pain between her shoulder blades. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “People told me about you, Cudgeon. They said you’d stab me in the back. I didn’t believe them. I was a fool.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Shielded from the eyes of COs by milling inmates, he stabbed himself deeply, purposefully creating a sucking chest wound. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The coastal city was shaped like an arc that grew thinner on both ends until the tips stabbed into the sea. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I will stab my enemy an unnecessary number of times, making some of the blows feeble and ineffective, and I will drop this handkerchief where no one can miss it.’ Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Tiny trickles of blood still seep from where Kaede’s knife stabbed me, but thankfully, there are no signs of infection. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z As they wrestle her down, a man stabs his heart with a toothbrush. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Piper stepped in calmly and stabbed him in the gut. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Face grim, the farmer stepped close behind the mercenary and stabbed down hard, driving the whole of the short blade deep into the mercenary’s body where the shoulder meets the neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was constructing model molecules by connecting colored gumdrops that were supposed to represent atoms, but she got distracted pretending the gumdrops were the Beiderman’s eyes and she was stabbing them with the toothpicks. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “I will use my own needles, thank you very much. Good honest bone. None of your nasty jagged iron things, stabbing you like little slivers of hate.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He stabbed one man in the kidney when his back was turned, and grabbed another by the leg and upended him into the river. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He stabbed a piece of broccoli with his fork. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Not long after he first arrived, he was attacked by another prisoner, who stabbed him nine times. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It came with a suddenness and a stab of pain. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I wonder if Ofglen feels what I do, pain like a stab, in the belly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Katie has one of those bossy yet whiny voices that make you want to stab pencils in your eardrums to make the noise stop. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He stabs the point of his pin into my thumb. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Gary Drake stabbed a Swan Vespa against the bark to light it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z |
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