| 单词 | sticky |
| 例句 | He could feel the sweet, sticky sap on his cheek. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Afterward, he comes back into his own body in increments—his knees, still dug into the mattress and shaking; his stomach, slick and sticky; his hands, twisted up in Henry’s hair, stroking it gently. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The top flaps are fraying around the edges, and layered with tape that isn’t sticky anymore. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The kids looked hot and sticky and their winter clothes had a sour smell. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She puts her hand, which is sticky with blood, in mine. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then she pushed her hand into the sticky, clinging whiteness of the stuff on the wall. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z As soon as she arrived at the top of her ladder, Mrs. Corry dipped her brush into the glue and began slapping the sticky substance against the sky. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Her cheeks and fingers were sticky as she forced down the last of it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The water turned the consistency of shaved ice in blue sticky syrup. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She smeared bushes with the sticky mutowa sap and baited it with termites. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And before she could get to the bathroom—hell, before she could even get all the way inside—she spewed red, lumpy slime all over the already sticky floor. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z What we now think of as the essence of Sesame Street — the artful blend of fluffy monsters and earnest adults — grew out of a desperate desire to be sticky. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The inside of the boat became unpleasantly sticky. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The sanctuary had trapped the sticky heat of the past several days, which came close to stifling anyone wearing a starched white shirt with a starched white collar. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I grabbed one strap of the pack, ignoring the sticky residue squelching under my hands, and pulled it out of the tree, stumbling backward. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The floor of the hallway was sticky, and for some reason all of the peepholes had black paint over them. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She places them, cold and sticky, on my eyes. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z A naked lightbulb hung from the ceiling, right next to three or four dangling spiral strips of flypaper so thick with flies that you couldn’t see the sticky yellow surface underneath. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I leaned against a knobbly pine sticky with sap that matted the back of my head to the bark and watched the sky betray me into navy. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She uses a dry, tough thread for foundation lines, and she uses a sticky thread for snare lines—the ones that catch and hold insects. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The two of them were getting along so well that Abbey and I were extra careful not to mention the sticky subject of Dusty Muleman’s casino boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Then stone- grind the kernels into masa, a light, slightly sticky paste with a distinct maize fragrance. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I placed a roll of sticky tape on the rocks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One ear was folded back and plastered to a sticky corner of the bandage on his head. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z When they had eaten five or six apiece, they licked their sticky fingers clean and started to explore again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The more he talked, the thicker they got until the corners of his mouth looked as though they was being helt together by thick, sticky, brown spiderwebs. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Evan just nodded and went back to his menu, but Hari turned to her with an orthodontically enhanced smile that made her feel sticky all over. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A minute later, this brown sticky mess was flowing through every street in the village, oozing under the doors of houses and into people’s shops and gardens. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z But as I knelt, the mist seemed to ensnare my body like a sticky shroud, intent on dragging me down. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I swiveled round and the Pastor started poking through my hair, which was as warm and sticky as my neck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Some sticky stuff was dripping off the cliffs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And I don’t let go, even as my insides turn into gooey, sticky sweetness. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The type of girl who blew off studying and yet filled her favorite books with sticky notes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The air is sticky in the van now that we’re not moving. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z His words came out like the squeak of a mouse caught on one of those nasty sticky pads. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z So I’m lying there in the bottom of my little skiff, munching on a sticky sandwich and feeling sorry for myself when the whoosh comes by. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He rose to his feet in terror, feeling sticky and fat, and rushed to the open window to gulp in fresh air. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Still, the sticky white mash clung to the pestle, to the mortar, to Aunty Ifeoma’s hand. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It was sticky and crunchy at the same time, and it coated his mouth like rancid glue. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Deep in the thick undergrowth near the clearing, at the edge of Leader’s puzzled awareness, a small green frog ate an insect it had caught with its sticky, fast- darting tongue. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The dough was starting to form up more, be less sticky, and roll easily. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The Littles had a grand piano in their living room, which was all right except that one of the keys was a sticky key and didn’t work properly. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The floorboards had been treated with varnish or paint, which bubbled in the fire’s heat and turned as sticky as flypaper. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His face was sticky with blood, and Dany saw that half his ear was gone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I look at the bright orange sticky notes on the counter under my spoon. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z After this affair the sticky, close atmosphere works more than ever on our nerves. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a stunted little man with knobby knees and a balding head and a nose like a used pencil eraser, and he was stark naked and slimed head to toe with sticky, translucent gel. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was steaming hot, and I was sticky and irritable. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Glob after sticky glob of sap landed right in the center of the blinking gems, dousing the beams of light, and Gum Baby waved her hands urgently. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Lance assured her he was going to pry the lid off the whole sticky business before signing off. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “These become sticky when I turn the power on. When I turn them off, whatever’s trapped is free,” Petey explained. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The coffee is strong and the sweets sticky. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The hot and sticky air stunk of car exhaust. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Her sticky graying hair is tied in a chignon at her neck. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a sticky note with the name of a prescription: Lexafron. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He held his sticky Other Hand away from his body. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They peel back the covers and lie together, sticky and spent, in each other’s arms. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He felt his own water leaking down his leg, sore and warm and sticky. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Clancy, who apparently had never been taught about respecting someone’s personal space, took a step forward, and I took a step back, off the porch, my feet sinking into the sticky mud. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I draw a cartoon face with a big tongue on a sticky note, write YUMMY, EMMA! Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Worse, you wouldn’t let me rub the repellent on you properly, because you didn’t like the sticky feel of ointment on your skin. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We’re next in the queue and we wait by the stage’s sticky steps. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Judging by his fingers, which were sticky with chocolate, this must be Pippo. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z At the Esquire Theater, holding her feet off the sticky floor, Tessie Zizmo watches as white arrows arc across the Pacific. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her feet were sore, her tunic was sticky, and she was sure the twists in her hair were unraveling, but she set her jaw with a new determination. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Mom chews the cane until she tastes the guarapo, the sticky syrup inside. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain said that good old storm was just the thing we needed to cool off the sticky August air waiting to greet us on the ground. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I also took three bunches of sticky notes, my whole bundle of sharpened pencils, a few pens, and ran back to the living room. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z In fact, there are shards and shards of splintered glass, sticky with lemonade, all over the porch. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The appropriate answer, as far as she was concerned, was "tired," because the overly cheery instructor forced us to lie down on sticky rubber mats for twenty minutes after "lunchtime picture book." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He was a boy of perhaps six years, sturdy and fair, his clothes torn, his face covered with a sticky mess of fruit. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z They smelled bitter, like the white sticky ooze that dribbled out from cut stems. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The night would be hot, a sweaty, suffocating, sticky sort of night without a breath of air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was crusty all right, but it was still sticky enough to smear. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He printed J-o-h-n on her right breast with a sticky finger as if he were branding her his. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And it was as though the closing of his sticky hand over mine was a signal. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Their fingers and faces were covered with sticky chocolate, and they lay together all in a heap. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He was happy to gather the stinking, sticky rinds and cram them into the trash baskets by the river dock. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Whatever you do, do not touch the sticky notes,” she said when I sat down. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He lifts his hands, covered with sticky dirt, soot, and ash. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The left and right hems of his tattered shirt were sticky with blood, as if a javelin had run him through. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We sat in a row of sticky vinyl seats and waited for Jackie’s bus to get there. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I read what was on the sticky note. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z My insides are melting into sweet, gooey, sticky honey. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Reaching down inside the sticky mess, he pulled out the body of Maria DiStasio, the young girl who had been collecting firewood in the freight yard. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She pulled her arm back through the sticky webbing, relieved that the thing’s eyes had not opened. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The ground itself became fluid and sticky, the grass pulling at Nico’s boots. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His fingers were rough and callused, and sticky with blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As he leaned forward onto the sticky countertop he took a pen from his pocket and slid the thin cocktail napkin closer. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She followed Sister Clara to the canteen, where a dozen round white tables were covered in crumbs and the sticky rings where drinks had been carelessly put down. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “She’ll come to a sticky end one day, chewing all that gum, you see if she doesn’t.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z He speaks from the back of his mouth; the sound of his talk is sticky. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His face, smeared with the sticky candy, was alight with excitement. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in my room, I sit on my bed and brush the sticky skin on my cheek, touch it to my lips. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But as hot and sticky and stinky and crowded and loud as it is, she’s having fun. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I thought about Ade Coker’s glasses, I imagined the thick, bluish lenses shattering, the white frames melting into sticky goo. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Flies buzzed over a big, sticky jar of loose candy on the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Ma said newborn dragons love sticky, sweet things,” I tell Vik. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “Please do not lick the boat with your tongue! It’ll only make it sticky!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I flooded the sticky piece of bread with hot saliva and swallowed it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She shifted nervously where she sat and put her hand on the sticky disk of resin I’d knocked away from her earlier. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The solid weight of Carmine is in my arms, his hot breath, slightly sour and sticky from his morning milk, on my cheek. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Aunt Robbie, meanwhile, kept her part of the house like a mausoleum, the furniture swathed in protective plastic that felt cold and sticky on my bare legs when I dared sit on it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I walk quickly, moving out of the reach of their sticky shadows. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z To me, a week ago it was the pudgy, sticky hand of a seven-year-old. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My shirt was completely stuck to my back by this time and I was feeling brutal—dizzy, sick to my stomach, my thoughts slow and sticky as flies in Vaseline. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z DELPHI: She used to say it was crying because it could see I was going to come to a sticky end. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The queen’s men had made it from the trees of the haunted forest, from saplings and supple branches, pine boughs sticky with sap, and the bone-white fingers of the weirwoods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then I wash my face, which is still sticky with pulp, and then the rest of me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the end, the cat eyes were crooked and my eyelids felt sticky and heavy, but I definitely looked a little more punk. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Double especially because the sound was followed by sticky, mucky, stepped-on-a-piece-of-tape footsteps. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They needed glue and knew that sticky dough would work as a substitute. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z It is an amazing sight to see as many as thirty young chimpanzees all gathering around the Congolese staff for their morning mugs of milk or their evening balls of sticky rice. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z His tail twitched as he watched a line of tiny ants marching from under the sink to a dark spot of something sticky by the stove. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Soon his hands were sticky with sap, and he was lost among the needles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Our sons, tired out, were humped together asleep, the youngest clutching a sugary confection in one sticky fist. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Silence hung over the room like steam, heavy and sticky. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Then it worked its head up and down, forcing the sticky mass down its gullet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Because of the sticky stuff to make them stay on your eyelids, she only had to brush her hand against them to pick them up. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He shoves another handful of sticky popcorn into his mouth. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He turned and fled down the stairs, with the chocolate growing sticky in his hand. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t see any sticky stuff on theirs. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Unferth, slouched over a cup, rich mead sticky in his whiskers, grinned agreement. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z You sniffed suspiciously at the dark, sticky ball and then nibbled at it as daintily as a princess, while the rest of us hungrily cleaned off one leaf plate after another. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Then, with sticky fingers washed, Abby and I started out with the lighter aqua color, and before long Wynn was hunched over the frame, helping. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z ‘You won’t find it in your books,’ my brother would playfully taunt me as he prepared to go to a party by freezing the crest of the wave in his hair with sticky pomade. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the monks knelt beside the boy, who still clutched the sticky cake in his hand. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I’d run the corrected lines through the hot- wax machine that made the back side sticky, then cut out the lines with an X-Acto knife and fit them over the original lines. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I had sticky notes and faint pencil scrawls on so many of the pages. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The sweat was sticky on my brown body. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Finn wiped his forehead where the sweat was beginning to bead and only managed to wipe honey all over himself—sticky everywhere. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z One stripped off the ruins of her gown and smallclothes, and another bathed her and washed the sticky juice from her face and her hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With Atal’s help she drew off some of the sticky, resinous sap, and then came the long process of boiling, dissolving, boiling again, until the varnish was ready to use. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was soft and sticky, almost like honey. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The cheeks were streaked with a sticky blackened substance. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Most people don’t know what to make of the bright orange tangled mess of sticky treats. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The rose garden sighed with him and readied itself for the onslaught of summer, hot and sticky, bright and merciless. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z My Sunday school dress was torn in three places, and Peach’s white shirt and blue suit pants were brown, heavy and sticky with mud. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. It’s just a stupid cut,” she said, but she pulled back the hand that was pressing it and her fingertips were sticky red. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z In his mouth, which seemed to rest in a permanent half smile, hid a long, sticky tongue that slurped up insects in an eyeblink. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z For years, millions of gallons of sticky molasses had been stored in a building-sized metal tank. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Where it had run down under my shirt it was warm and sticky. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She loved everything about that typewriter; the way the keys felt, the sticky, crunchy noise they made. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z They started appearing immediately, everywhere in New York; stapled, taped, thumbtacked all over the city, photographs and photocopies, flyers, letters, sticky notes, and desperate pleas. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I rub my lips together, feeling the gloss, smooth and sticky. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His mouth was dry and tasted foul and sticky. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Which means the room where I’m serving my sentence is hot and sticky. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A sticky note on it says: She said I’d meet you in church. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She picks up the booklet with a sticky finger. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “The sticky stuff on my arms,” she said impatiently, and then she held a rounded stump up to her mouth, bit off a cooked chunk, and spit it into the trash. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Tufts of feathers sprout from the chicken’s skull, and its feet secrete a sticky liquid. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d need to help him cut the sticky strands out later. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There was something sticky in his hair and down the back of his neck, and he wiped it off gingerly. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She peeled my sticky shirt from the mass of congealed blood. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He waved a sticky hand and came to her happily. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The needles everywhere, scratching at his bare face and falling down the back of his neck, the sticky sap on his hands, the sharp piney smell of it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Especially in sticky situations like this, Maurice thought that a few minutes without science was the way to proceed. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Just looking at them reminds me of Christmas and the sticky feeling after eating too many, the surfeit and glut. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When we got to his cab, I tossed my backpack on the floor in the back, slammed the door, and lay down on the sticky leather. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Clouds of mosquitoes materialize out of the sticky heat. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mom made her hand over all the sticky candy the moment we got home last night. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The back of my neck is sticky with sweat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z There is no soap or shampoo, and as a result my hair becomes very sticky and knotted, and it is painful to comb. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t have a typewriter of his own—this was perfectly true; but he frequently borrowed Francis’s, or used one of the sticky old manuals in the library. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It coated the inside of my mouth with a dry, sticky paste, and the smell of feathers rose from the back of my throat into my nose. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Where the Hound's face was not sticky with blood, it was pale as milk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I poke my hand in the crack and scoop out the sticky sweetness and lick it from my finger. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They passed the last streetlight on the very edge of Salinas, and blackness lay ahead of them and the road was unpaved and sticky with black ’dobe mud. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the torn grass and pasted it on the gourds head, where it settled in tufty clumps, held tight by the sticky sap. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Ain’t just for frying. You ever get a sticky something stuck in your hair, like gum?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Baby Girl’s got red sticky all over her face, hanging on to her mama’s knees trying to get her to look at her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They all looked uncomfortably at Constance, who had finished gulping her ice cream and let her sticky chin drop to her chest. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She bought us tiny wooden boxes of cajeta that was so sweet and sticky, it hurt my teeth for hours. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Through the runnels of sweat and the sticky tufts of his own hair, he could see a figure, looking down at him from one of the top windows of the house. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z To relive the pain and confusion and my life changing in the time it took to drop a bag of chips on a sticky floor. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He looked away from me as he carefully peeled the magnetic sticky patches that detoxified his cells off his wrists and slid them into a pocket. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z This involves the placement, all over my body, of sticky tabs attached to wires. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I don’t want to talk about how sticky hot it was, and how crowded, and how my mom and I got there early but there were already so many people we couldn’t get a seat. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The air was hot and sticky as Sairy and Dallas thrashed their way through a thicket. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Later, we have to stop to wash our sticky hands in puddles on the roadside. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He can make as many meticulous study guides with color-coded sticky notes as he wants. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If you look closely at epidemic ideas or messages, as often as not the elements that make them sticky turn out to be as small and as seemingly trivial as Wunderman s gold box. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Above the whole thing on a yellow sticky note, it says: The Prophecy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Inej saw that someone had made a low fire, and the sticky remnants of a block of melted paraffin were visible in its ashes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The frame was held together over the bridge of his nose with sticky tape, as if it had often been broken. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I drew on a piece of paper with Maisie, teaching her letters, the hot-water-bottle weight and warmth of her on my lap, her sticky fingers in my hair. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She was making good progress when she felt something sticky on her arm. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He lumbered after her, but when a blurry foot stepped into one of Gum Baby’s sticky traps, he was caught fast. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He lay wet and sticky, quivering all over, dust and straw clinging to his fur. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As I lick the sticky pink juice off my fingers, she laughs. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z My bare feet make sticky sounds on the floor as I walk, my hand skimming the wall to keep my path straight. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The webbing was sticky, but not impossibly so. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She slashed at birch leaves till the splintery point of the broken broomstick was green and sticky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I feel totally gross and sticky!” she said, by way of apology. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then I heard sticky footsteps sneaking to the wall behind me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A fly that had been crawling along Wilbur’s trough had flown up and blundered into the lower part of Charlotte’s web and was tangled in the sticky threads. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Hollister jotted down the address on a sticky note and placed it on the wrapped book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Everywhere, a soup of smells—the sticky sour odor of fresh blood, and also filthy clothes, sweat, oil, disinfectant, medical alcohol, and drifting above it all, the stink of gangrene. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Sansa covered herself with her hands, staggering every time the fruit pounded her, her hair sticky by the second blow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A pool table, lit from above by a single yellow bulb, seemed to float over the sticky tile floor between the music and the liquor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They taped it shut with military brown sticky tape: the first line of defense against a hot agent. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not really,” I said thinking about the thirty pans, each with a wafer of black, sticky resin congealed in the bottom, big as a dinner plate. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My own palms were slick and sticky, my feet stuck to the floor. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Tally awoke, an hour before sunset as usual, feeling sticky inside the sleeping bag. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z An entire stretch of the alleyway is coated in chewed pieces of gum, a sticky, pointillist rainbow across the bricks. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And there was a kid stepping up to the plate, swinging his bat low, the pine tar sticky on his palms. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Annabeth had a patch of black sticky stuff in her hair. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She had begged her parents not to move, even going as far as leaving sticky notes all over the house, in secret places that they would find over the course of days or weeks. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Later in the afternoon, as evening came down, he went to the lake and washed the sticky berry juice from his face and hands, then went back to prepare for the night. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, her words muffled through her sticky mouthful. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The sticky note on top of that one said Blocky. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The foamy soles of her white nurse shoes made a sticky sound on the linoleum as she walked over to the table. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z On this sticky little scrap is written carefully my word-of-the-day, which I must keep in my memory and use whenever the chance pops itself up. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s a hot sticky night, but I can tell Coach is nervous. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His cupped hand was full of his warm, sticky blood, and more was quickly pumping out. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Everything was conceded in the question, and Lola tried to ruffle his sticky hair. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was impossible to escape the ruthless business of sugarcane as slaves cut, pounded, boiled, and poured it into sticky barrels, bound for Europe. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I rubbed the stinging, sticky spot near my ear. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z After all the decisive victories of the day my life was to end in sticky death. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Queen said to the child, “Come over here, honey, and let’s wash those sticky hands. How about if I slice an apple for you?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My breathing is quick and shallow, and my palms are sticky with nerves. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The vendor dipping apples on sticks into dark, sticky caramel obliges him, drizzling it over the top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Its jewels were sticky from Her vile embrace. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it her imagination, or did they feel wet and sticky, like blood? In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Mattresses were stacked, bunches of green bananas hung from the rafters, the gash where the machete had cut dripped white sticky ooze onto the floor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Save your sticky kisses for your wife or your cow.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Spinners can make six different kinds of silk, some sticky, some soft as Boots’s skin. They make our garments as well.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And I was sitting in my mother’s hot sticky arms. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands and face were way sticky and sweet. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Her face felt so heavy and sticky, she probably looked like one of the Designing Women. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z By this time, Gene Johnson had closed off the back rooms and sealed the main entry door with sticky tape. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was sticky web stuff clinging to her arm, and she wiped it off as best she could. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I was hot and sticky, my feet hurt, I wanted just one tree and a small patch of shade—or the ocean, better yet—and I was hungry for my pocket lunch. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z B-block could get hot and sticky if there was no breeze outside, and on this day, many of the inmates who went to the yard after midday chow peeled off their shirts before heading outside. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Gum Baby squeaked, scrambled up the statue, and hastily clapped a sticky hand over its mouth, shushing the indignant copper girl doorbell. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She tells me “thank you,” and I don’t even yell at her when she puts her sticky Cheeto hand on my jeans. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z It had gotten tangled, and there were sticky burrs in it from the prairie. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Her voice is sticky, like the lipstick bled on her tongue. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Pa walks over to Keav and takes a ball of sticky rice out of the pot she is carrying. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Roy waited inside for a while, but without A/C it was unbearably hot and sticky. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I stepped out of my Tyvek suit, peeling the sticky tape as I went. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Kermit scraped back some bark and dug out a wad of the sticky sap. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed that I could practically rub my skin off and still feel it, all wet and sticky, and kind of burning. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I jumped, grasping a low, sticky pine branch beside me for balance. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It rained every day, and we found ourselves working up to our necks in sticky brown mud. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She peels a sticky note off a pad. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She poked sticky cotton into tiny gaps with a sliver of dassie bone. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the late spring of 1979, a hot, sticky Saturday afternoon. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My mouth watered at the memory of double-dip cones on hot summer afternoons, sticky and cold and sweet. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The golden skin of the peach had been torn open, and where a chunk of flesh was now missing, a sweet, sticky juice was dripping like crystal beads gliding off a string. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There’s also the protein supplement, a sticky brown goop made of molasses and urea. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There was a moment of perfect silence as the sweet, sticky bun hit part of my eye and most of my cheek and then dragged, slowly, down my chin. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Her eyes landed on the red Talent bracelet around her wrist, now sticky with glue-water from its run-in with the dish towel. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The orange trees lining the square are in full fragrance, almost sickly sweet in the balmy night air, which is sticky with the barking of the SS. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Sun shines hot and yellow and makes my shirt uniform sticky with sweat. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In the morning, room service brings up crusty baguettes and sticky tarts filled with fat apricots and a copy of Le Monde that Alex makes Henry translate out loud. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The snow was wet and sticky, the ice on the lakes still thin—forcing them to take the long way around the water. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One tree grew close by and I could see the rain streaking its bark and its sticky buds. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Jinny ran to and fro, as quickly as she could, picking up the sweet dark snaps, sticky with crystallized sugar. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The pale green buds were sticky with resin and redolent of rotting fruit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She takes something sticky from her mouth and puts it on my hand. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He’s all blond sticky hair and determined eyes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It was a sticky moment: Harry knew that she had sensed Ron’s name in the offing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He’d slapped a sticky note on the cover with the address the dwarfs in Bologna had given him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I reach for Pithy s arm, then jerk my hand back as my palm touches something wet and sticky on her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sticky on this one reads: You asked what it would be like. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I ate the tasteless beans, the sticky rice, the greasy fried chicken. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I tried to brush her hair away from her face and my hand came back sticky with blood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Muddy paw tracks in all shapes and sizes created dizzying patterns on the floor, cutting over sticky patches of red and brown to the shelves of food. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When I recover myself, my hand is sticky and wet. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A little sticky, but he lifted the handset easy enough. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The problem with sitting in a pine tree is that, eventually, the tree’s sticky resin will find you. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I use a paintbrush to finish coating the man's skin with the paste, like sticky marmalade on toast. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Even though I didn’t have anything on my hands, no sticky stuff, Grandma snapped, “Don’t touch anything.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was sticky and musty from the day’s travel. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apartment, combining Rice Krispies and Planters peanuts and chopped red onion in a bowl. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Evidence,” she says, and I wipe my sticky jaw. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Things got sticky when I arrived at the third one. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a sweet, sticky taste on the end of the pipe. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z They were glue-covered, sticky and thin, and as he inched them on, one tore—not a dangerous tear, just a split between the fingers, but it seemed to him an omen. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Poppy said their skins would feel so sticky after plunging into the Dead Sea, they’d have to lie down under freshwater spigots to wash off. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z As Sula poured the liquid into a sticky spoon, Nel began the sickroom conversation. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The whole kitchen would fill with their smell and color, Marie-Laure’s fingers sticky with them, a kind of rapture. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The sticky sweat of the unwanted siesta aroused the scars of the sores in his armpits. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I can’t pry it open without a tool, so I look back to his makeshift kitchen and find a teaspoon, still sticky, and insert its handle into the crack. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z There were maggots in her wounds and a sticky yellow liquid. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He made a face and turned his sticky hands into claws. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z He held on with his legs, trying to ignore the pain and sticky blood on his hands as he redid the serpent’s wiring. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Suddenly I was feeling a little sticky inside my fuzzy green sweater. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The teacher drops a lump of wet, sticky clay on the bench in front of you. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The parched days and sticky nights are undistinguished in my mind, but the storms, the violent sudden storms, both frightened and quenched me. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The weight of moonlight—sticky and sweet—gathered on her fingertips. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She cut slashes in mutowa trees and collected a ball of sticky sap. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Once out of sight, they sat on the grass to eat, breaking pieces of apple pie off with their fingers and licking all the sticky sauce before seizing another portion. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I batted away the irritating blows, ducking and dodging more of that sticky stuff. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Inside was a large, sticky chocolate cake with Happy Birthday Harry written on it in green icing. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She imagines their sticky thickness coating the old man’s throat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z You could get there without breaking the sticky tape on the door. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The bees zoomed among its bright and sticky leaves, higher and higher toward heaven, and a rope ladder disappeared among the foliage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He pecked at a bit of the syrup, but didn’t seem to like the sticky feel of it on his beak, and shook his head comically. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Lawson presses four cold, sticky pads to the bare skin around my right knee. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Out of sight must truly be out of mind,” she says with the sticky bitterness of oak sap. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z For an infiltrator, this posed a particularly sticky problem: What would happen if he were called upon to inflict violence? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I was about to cave in to the fear and go hide in my bed, when the flashlight beam landed on a small patch of sticky residue on the edge of the wraparound porch. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Sometimes she went downstairs to the kitchen, ran her hands over the sticky, grease-stained counter, the vinyl, flowered curtains that smelled like burned meals. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I laughed because Nsukka s untarred roads coat cars with dust in the harmattan and with sticky mud in the rainy season. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian was leaden with fatigue and longed to remove his sticky clothing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We soon graduated to pieces of paper that were rolled up and chewed until they were sticky with spit, then shot out of a pen like cannonballs. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z His fingers, when he opened them out again, were slimy and sticky. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Both of them adore me, don't get me wrong, but on a long, sticky day like today, adoration and suffocation can feel like first cousins. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As more and more people arrived that morning, the house became crowded and sticky, and the sound of people wailing became too much for Geoffrey to handle. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He ran into the bedroom, crawled under his cot and came out with a sticky bag. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d climb the fence behind the house and steal into Lalao’s grapefruit grove to fill our faces with the bittersweet pulp while juice dribbled down our chins and our fingers got sticky. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z My atoms were all riled up, and especially sticky that day. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He fell and came heavily on his hands, which sank deep into sticky ooze, so that his face was brought close to the surface of the dark mere. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He held up a large square bandage coated with sticky brown gunk and plastered it over Nico’s nose. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The weather's getting hotter and hotter, and my skin is sticky with sweat when I wake up. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Blood smeared the half-man’s muzzle and more black blood ran sticky down his chest, slashes from machete cuts. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She flapped a hand at me, sending sticky drops of sap everywhere. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There are two reasons she hates the nickname “Honey”: It’s sticky and it’s sweet. • semicolon. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like a popeyed bird who had just swallowed something large and sticky and triangular. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sticky, sweet, doughnutlike treats are my favorite Pakistani dessert but take hours to prepare. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z But the sticky note says: She said you would feel like family. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He walked across the road, away from the post office, and stood by the small bridge, licking the drops of sticky, creamy liquid as they slid down the cone. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It was near freezing in the van without the heat on, but my body felt heavy with hot, sticky panic. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The lace curtains were gray, the floors, although swept, grew sticky and dank. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When the time comes, I take her sticky hand in mine and ask how she manages to keep her frosting so stiff. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The willow trees drop yellow catkins over the bridge; the maple keys fall twirling to the sidewalks and we split the sticky seed part and pinch the keys onto our noses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But anger wasn’t available to them and there was no face to put on this Other Thing that they held in their sticky Other Hands, like an imaginary orange. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The exam was in twelve weeks, and Neel lugged home piles of extra geometry problems that made his tired brain feel as thick and sticky as mud. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z They were both superb creatures with pulpy, bright, pointed tongues and mouths like round warm plums, a little sweet and sticky, a little rotten. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Now, even after she had washed her hands, holding the crisp, slender hundred-dollar bill he had given her, her fingers still felt sticky; they no longer belonged to her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She had found a stack of sticky notes and priced items anywhere from one cent to three hundred thousand dollars. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He ripped his face off the sticky ropes, and it felt like someone had yanked strips of adhesive tape off his skin. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Because that smell...the way the words drooped...I pressed my fingers against the Psi symbol and they came away sticky. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He knew what they were, the sticky orange rounds; a kindly monk had given him some gokkam one autumn many years ago, in celebration of Buddha’s birthday. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Sohrab couldn’t tell I was blushing all over as I pulled off my own sticky shirt, wrapped the towel around my waist, and pulled my borrowed shorts and not-borrowed boxers out from underneath. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I was glad Big Ma had stopped blaming Cecile and me for everything and was now worried about the hot, sticky air and when Pa would drive up “in that car of his.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “This might be sticky, Gil, and it could use a little finesse.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The wine was sweet and sticky, a little like cough syrup, but they drank it anyway because they had to if they wanted to get drunk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We stared at our twisted reflections in the mirror maze, ate powdered-sugar-dusted elephant ears, banged out our aggression on the bumper cars, and got sticky fingers from cotton candy. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The sticky tape kept wrapping itself around his thumbnail and Victor was cursing quietly to himself, when suddenly a tall figure approached him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Leukocytes become more actively phagocytic, release lysosomal enzymes, turn sticky, and aggregate together in dense masses, occluding capillaries and shutting off the blood supply. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were gloved in the finest moleskin and sticky with blood, yet the touch was icy cold. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I washed his face, which was cold and sticky. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Derrick—with a braid almost as long as mine hanging over his neck and dangling like a vine—was in a pine straight across the road from where I was perched in sticky balsam. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z My clothes were dirty, my crapes were rotten, and my body was sticky with dirt. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A wind came up that was from a different direction than the rest of the sticky air. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Yet I can only smell dried blood and a sticky spilled drink on my jacket. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Gum Baby flipped in midair, flinging her sticky ammunition at the fetterlings swarming over the rooftop. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I can hardly see a thing,” said Milo, taking hold of Tock’s tail as a sticky mist engulfed the moon. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She found that the package was sticky with blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-five is a middle- aged black couple who complain, with some justice, that the iced tea isn’t fresh and the tabletop is sticky. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But it is February and the weather is hot and sticky, even in the tree’s shade. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m wearing shorts, and my exposed skin is starting to sweat against the leather seat, all clammy and sticky. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And it’s like the whole horrible sticky stupid conversation didn’t even happen, like we weren’t just both in bits. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She held it up, the bear was sitting up on his haunches with his paws up, there was a cork in his glass head and a few sticky crystals at the bottom. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Same trees, same sky, same awful weather—I was either drenched in rain or sticky with humidity. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The air was warm and sweet and sticky. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Each bite weighed on my tongue and felt like a sticky mass of glue as I fought to get it down. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It has a prickly surface and it has sticky juice. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Conspiracies and connections as twisted and sticky as a black widow’s web. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Carmen knew he loved the taste of the thick, sticky syrup. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z His shirt is damp and his skin is sticky, but I keep dancing because I don’t want to hurt his feelings. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They stood in the surf trying to wash the sticky stuff from their hands before it set into hard, dark lines. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z "I'll just have one of her people"—she points a sticky finger in my direction—"fix me right up. Slim me down even smaller next time, so I have more room to grow." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I picked sprigs of rosemary, feeling its sticky resin coat my hands. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He fell, wet and breathless, face down On the sticky sand. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In the sticky Washington summers, it became an oven. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It felt nice — the first time I’d enjoyed the constant moisture falling out of the sky — as it washed my face clean of the sticky perspiration. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The grapevine he trimmed was looking pretty good until I noticed clear sticky stuff oozing out all over from everywhere he cut. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Lourdes buys a round box of sticky dates and considers the centuries of fratricide converging on this street comer in Brooklyn. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As the draccus worked its jaw, trying to swallow the sticky mass of resin, I fumbled in my travelsack for the heavy black scale, then brought the loden-stone out from my cloak. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She tapped a bright blue sticky note stuck to the top of the paper. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Our dad puts so much cheese into his meat sauce that it leaves a hard, sticky residue on everything. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Their sticky sap could be used to trap birds. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her body was hot and sticky, and she was beginning to feel hysterical. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Forget this Edward, curly top. My name is Mat and I am six times the man he is. Climb up here on this hay bale and give me a warm, sticky kiss.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor was a gritty cement and gravel mix, sticky in places, spotted with what looked like oil slicks. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Knowing only that your people could be strapped into some kind of machine that chews them up and spits out bone mush and sticky sap. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He collapses, still sticky, back in his pod. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z His lips are sticky and red and something I would very much like to taste. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Then he put down the knife and took the sticky thing in his fingers and started very slowly to eat it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z After a while, you buy it for me—some sort of clear; sticky gel that smells like bad perfume. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She showed them how the hot syrup went suddenly sticky in the snow, and how they could take a stick and make an all-day-sucker by poking it in and twisting it around. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z No one could ever get too annoyed with her, though, because she usually came bearing her prize jalebis, the twisted, sticky orange treats that would lure anyone to the door. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Ivy’s own secondhand clothes felt sticky from her being awake all night. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The seats were made of real leather, they weren’t sticky or smelly like some restaurants I have been to. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A little girl on the right combed her hair with a sticky red lollipop. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Putting my finger under her sticky little chin, I tilted her head up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve always hated foam chairs covered in fabric, because they seemed hot and sticky. The skin is an organ, it breathes. This idea of getting something breathable like the straw hat was intriguing to me.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The problem with Earth is there’s gravity, and atmosphere, and all that other sticky, tricky Earth stuff that slows the pendulum down until it stops. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I laughed and cheered, too, because this was exactly what I wanted, and I knew I should’ve been the happiest of all—but for some reason, the happy feeling turned sticky inside me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “You sure you don’t want a cookie, Finnegan? Or how about some of this sticky stuff over here?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Roy could feel the smooth sticky bark when he wiggled his fingers. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The bartender told me Dad had gone to the Pub, which was a notch below the Howdy House—almost pitch black, with a sticky bar top and no food at all. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z There’s grit under your fingernails and your hands are sticky from the clay, but it doesn’t matter. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He tips his chin up to the warm, sticky hometown air, catches his own eye in the rearview mirror. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I noticed how you skated over the sticky patches in that obituary of yours!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A blast of hot, sticky air hit me as soon as I walked inside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Hard to imagine her legs once strong, the bones hard and parting water, clean sharp strokes, not bent and wrinkled like a baby, not drowning under the sticky yellow light. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z As if she’d conjured it from her thoughts, another slender gray creature, slimy and covered in what looked like sticky, prickly fur, blocked their path forward. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z But this time, the tingling remained in my fingertips, like that sticky feeling you can never get rid of after touching honey or syrup. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z With each step her bones felt stronger and less bruised, and even the dried blood in her hair felt less heavy and crusty and sticky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “You’ll meet the same sticky end as your parents one of these days, Harry Potter,” he said softly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “If there was ever a place more prone than a prison to having sticky atoms hanging around, I wouldn’t know what it would be,” I said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The sweet smell of liquor rose from the sticky cement floor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Kingshaw poked his finger into the centre of one, and the fine strands clung to it and came away, cold and slightly sticky. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I really don’t want to solve another riddle right now, but as soon as Trub says “sticky,” I know exactly what he means. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I don’t feel anything at first, only the warm, sticky blood filling my eye. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There were only a few sticky strands of flesh to slice through. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Liyana said, “Estate Sale sounds disgraceful to me, as if we’re planning to display stained baby clothes and sticky ketchup bottles! I hate it!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Nurse Evil and I settle into a grudging routine where I pretend she doesn’t exist and she leaves ever more obnoxious sticky notes to let me know that she does. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She kept reliving the moment when the wagon almost flipped, when she was drowning in the sticky darkness. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Over the English Channel the sticky afternoon was as turquoise as Head and Shoulders shampoo. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Via diagrams he introduced me to my anatomy; he drew the little egg going down its hour glass into the sticky pocket of the uterus. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z This close to the deck, I can see the sticky black caulking spread between the copper planks. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Hollister jotted down the address on a sticky note and placed it on the wrapped book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Cynthia stuck the sticky square to the back of it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z ‘Half a sticky mile from here to the gate!’ muttered Pippin. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Castroville Street was deep in sticky mud, and Chinatown was so flooded that its inhabitants had laid planks across the narrow street that separated their hutches. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The road was rutted in sticky red mud, and Robert had to put the truck in low gear and gun it to cross the flats by Prairie Dog hill. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The summer population must be large and the roads and highways gorged with refugees from the sticky heat of Boston and New York. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The sister, Catherine, was a slender, worldly girl of about thirty with a solid sticky bob of red hair and a complexion powdered milky white. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I could see a sticky ring about the size of a soda can on the tabletop. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The jam was still hot and on its sticky scarlet surface, thick pink froth was dying slowly. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a sticky morning, foggy, with no sunrise that they could see. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stay on the rocks. The bottom is sticky around here.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z His lower back was blistered and sticky with discharge. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I could feel her sticky lipstick on my skin. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She pulled my loose hair and wound it around her sticky fingers. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He was looking again in sweaty fear at her head lying upon the sticky newspapers with blood oozing outward toward the edges. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z My shift was sticky with perspiration, and I smelled of tobacco smoke and unwashed strangers. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m impressed with my catlike recovery, but sticky egg white and yolk drip down my fingers because in my effort not to fall, I’ve crushed the egg in my hand. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then with both hands he cracked it down the middle and removed from its sticky chest a tiny, convulsing heart. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He marks them with sticky notes and reads passages aloud. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I chew my toffee till it melts and leaves my mouth all sweet and sticky. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He flew up to a low branch and glared down at them, betrayed, preening his feathers, making his feathers sticky with the syrup too. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Melting snow sank into the dirt roads, turning them to sticky black mud. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked for the “cupping” that told of a sticky track, but they didn’t find it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They were sticky—with blood?—but she knew what they meant. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z My fingertips grazed the cover just as Gum Baby plopped a sticky hand on it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The tables are sticky, and it smells like old carpet, but I’m glad I’m there with her. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I wonder how long he’s been waiting for this big reveal, how melted and sticky they must be right now. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The sugar cane is sticky, and I chew it so hard that it hurts my teeth. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z About a dozen boys and girls shared the hut with me on that hot and sticky summer night in 1987. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The face was like a ghost—sticky atoms refusing to give way and cooperate with the will of the knackery. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It was a relief not to be in a competitive situation, not to be driving wildly, fighting, sweating torrents, sticky with dust. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor was sticky with spilled drinks and popcorn. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She rubbed the sticky liquid onto the edge of her cloak. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The party became a blur, a sweet, sticky blur. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z By evening, the blood clots, leaving me stiff and sore and sticky but alive. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I grab my sticky notes and write “DAD! Buy a new tape player!” and stick it on the back of my door to remember to tell him — again. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She thrust the bucket away from her, and it spilled over the deck, black and sticky. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The hairy knots on the sticky trunk scraped my thighs, sweat and skin holding me there. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I ate the rabbit’s body, rolling my tongue over my lips to lick off the sticky bean paste. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Maria struggled to keep her sticky eyes open; they closed, fluttered groggily open, closed again, the little hand still embedded warmly between her thighs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Yellow and green fire shone against the white of his armor, and his lobstered gauntlet was sticky with Mood, but Tyrion reached for it all the same, wishing his arms were longer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We each ate half and laughed at how our faces were sticky all over with pink sugar. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z That’s a classically sticky advertising line, and stickiness is a critical component in tipping. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tony’s not very bright, but he has a sort of clumsy tenderness that sometimes prompts him to give his mother a rough hug and plant a sticky kiss on her cheeks. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Some attach their eggs to a caterpillar by means of a sticky solution; on hatching, the larval parasite bores through the skin of the host. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The floor was soggy under his knees, the walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Cold tea pools in the saucer and drips onto the floor, leaving sticky trails along the polished wood. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I felt a pain above my eye, and when I put my hand to my forehead, it was wet and sticky. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Then he smeared some molasses above his top lip, making a sticky brown mustache. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z “If I write the word ‘Terrific’ with sticky thread,” she thought, “every bug that comes along will get stuck in it and spoil the effect.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Emerson Lapp said, “This whole affair has become rather unbelievably sticky.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They took those sticky elements and tried to make them even stickier. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Not even ten minutes brushing my teeth had been enough to scrub the sticky film from my mouth, and if I took any more aspirin, I’d probably start leaking blood from every orifice. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z "Here, I stole a macaroon for you. It’s so sticky you'll be tasting it all day; I must have six strands of coconut between my upper molars." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The day was hot and sticky, as all the days had been since they left the Sorrows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It’s a collecting place for the filthy, smelly, sticky, and often sharp and jagged castoffs of a society run wild. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He tries to peel the image from the sticky yellow backing, to show her the next time he sees her, but it clings stubbornly, refusing to detach cleanly from the past. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The elevators, sticky with urine, didn’t work, and gun-shots were background music. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes with the sticky insides of a milkweed pod. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The boys had left a slimy mess of peanut butter, Doritos, and—yes—sticky puddles of lemonade mix. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Or had Daddy Sage and Steam done more of those lowdown sticky things in the meantime? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The photograph of the birthday party is sticky in my hand; without meaning to I've left fingerprints all over it, touching the faces of these dead and disappeared girls. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z His clothes were damp and sticky, and his eyeglasses were foggy from the thick and steamy air. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Regular flypaper was sticky and smelled like things flies liked, so they got drawn to it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The floor was sticky and the air smoky. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Then it became the kind of sticky, humid air that felt like summer in the South. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It was sticky hot and he hated the ashy taste of the water stored in a clay pot behind the house. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The divorce had apparently been a drawn-out, sticky affair, but the file contained few details. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The stragglers in the far corner have put their mugs down on the sticky tabletop and are watching the group of strange children and the drunken friar. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z When I awoke that morning, the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, the straw mat covering my bed was already sticky. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought he could see opaque tendrils of steam rolling off the very trees in wispy sighs, slicking their arms, legs, and foreheads in a sheen of sticky sweat. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z To cheer us up, Dayah buys slices of hot Turkish pizza and sweet sticky dough at a street stall. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t see the ceilings dusty with flies, the ugly maroon walls, the bottles and sticky spoons. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands were sticky with blood, but he set down the packs and did his best to brush the hair out of her face before propping a pack behind her head like a pillow. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Confused and alarmed, he tried to scrape the sticky body of the frog off his hand. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I ate the fried pig skins, danced, screamed and drank the extra-sweet and sticky Coca-Cola with the nearest approach to abandonment I had ever experienced. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Every ten minutes, Nana gave me a sticky kiss on the cheek and told me how glad she was to see me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The mango flesh was a brilliant orange color, and when Oliver bit into it, the sticky juice would drip down the mango and onto his clothes. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I picked the top slice of the sticky treat. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The room felt hot and sticky, so I kneeled on my bed to crack the window open. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The freezers were fitted with padlocks and alarms and were plastered with biohazard flowers and sealed with bands of sticky tape. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The weather was unlike anything the boys had experienced back home—oppressively hot and sticky. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The woman leans down and picks up the money and shows everyone that, yes, it’s just a plain old American twenty, unaltered, not sticky. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We look at one another, and suddenly our mouths feel sticky from sugar and empty. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The air was humid and sticky, but a breeze from one of the three rivers that intersected in Pittsburgh provided some relief. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He’d put a whole one in his mouth and sit quietly and deal with it for the next quarter hour, his tongue wrestling the sticky orb. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not even distracted by Silent Sam who sat upon his knee, stroking his whiskers with a sticky paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He was conscious of something warm and sticky on his hand and his sense of it covered him, all over; it cast a warm glow that enveloped the surface of his skin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Deep into wet pits of clay, into sticky ditches, up slippery slopes I would struggle with the pail. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There was this kind of pall over everything, heavy and sticky like a film we couldn’t get out from under. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She’d taken a small tin of tar, and as Celaena rose from her crouch in the windowsill, her sticky, black hands and bare feet easily gripped the stone wall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They let me pass, and T rub to Lynn’s side, holding her free hand, which is sticky with blood. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z "Fruit and water and shade," Dany said, her cheeks sticky with peach juice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Studies done years later using modern technology have confirmed that the Great Molasses Flood was caused by the outrageously shoddy construction of a tank required to hold 2.5 million gallons of heavy, sticky liquid. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Mr. Lemoncello insists that everybody be given balloons and cake. Cake has no place in a library. Frosting is sticky. Sticky fingers damage books.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The girl picked up the packet; the odor of the dark, sticky meat made her want to vomit. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She was the sticky sweetness that held us all together. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Her flesh was cold as ice, and sticky. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It could be said that without sticky tape there would be no such thing as biocontainment. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Amos hated bed wetters more than anything in the world and my bed had a sticky, hot, smelly rubber baby sheet on it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The surface was black tar and it was sticky and melted; our flip-flops sank in as we stepped. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z She always wanted to hold your hand, and her hand was always sticky or sweaty or something. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z When I pour it on my hair, I feel a sticky cold like dry ice, then a soporific heat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her makeup is a little sticky and her feet are tired. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z You could almost feel all the sticky atoms. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Three days before the lunar new year, she had eaten ywansyau, the sticky sweet dumpling that everybody eats to celebrate. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It's nothing more than a funnel with a valve at the small end and an unbelievably sticky resin on the wide end. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He'd crushed the cake into a sticky mush in his hand. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The day was hot and sticky and we were drenched down to our socks. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She still hadn’t removed the sticky resin from her body. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He touched the spot, finding it still sticky. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The boy stuck out a sticky hand for them to shake, and the baby grinned and drooled some more. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In the light of day, the Hideaway is nothing more than peeling paint and sticky floors. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z If Janae is the sticky sweetness keeping us sisters together, then I’m the hard candy shell, the protector. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She had pried a large disk of sticky material out of the bottom of one of the pans and taken a bite out of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She would seat him at our dining room table and serve him thick cuts of bread with sticky marmalade. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But I thought I might hate someone, too, if they wrote sticky notes like that to me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I spent most of my time licking the sticky residue on my elbows and between my fingers instead of eating it from the cone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When we came down from the second story, we saw the floors and furniture were covered with sticky mud. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Our mugs of ale sit untouched on the sticky table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I suppose love, which makes atoms sticky, is also in many ways a prison. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The platform is full of hot sticky air, and I’m surprised that my train is air-conditioned. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The remnants of the baleen clustered in sticky gobs at the corners of her mouth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Everything Chacho had mentioned—and more—was thrown at Matt like balls of sticky mud. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat in the car together with the windows down, the air warm and sticky but not stifling. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z She felt the strangest sensation as she grasped the fingers—and not only because they were slightly sticky. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There were sticky fingers and sweet mouths to be washed. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Blood, hot and sticky, gushed out between our fingers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It looked like a piece of chicken bone with gristle and string all on it and sticky and something black. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She patted my cheek and went back to looking for anyone she might know, while I grimaced and wiped off her sticky residue and wrestled with secrets. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “But why did we come back to Afghanistan, then?” asked Mariam, her sticky fingers drumming against the table, the honey tin forgotten. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Gum Baby jumped on top of the haint’s head and fired sap ball after sap ball into his face, until he wore a mask of sticky dark amber. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z My head is still fuzzy, my eyes are sticky. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma sat on a low stool, pulling the brown skin off hot cocoyams, throwing the sticky, rounded tubers in the wooden mortar and stopping to cool her hands in a bowl of cold water. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The hallways are lined with rusting lockers and sticky yellow tiles and lights that glare down from the ceiling, almost as bright as the sun itself. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “I only wish we had better weather. Looks rather sticky, don’t you think?” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z They were exquisite, shimmering with white resin that left her fingertips sticky when she pinched them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Sesame Street succeeded because it learned how to make television sticky. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She held my face in one sticky hand, and the other was stretched behind her, as if she were seconds away from smacking the taste buds out my mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He tipped the glass of sticky coins into his jacket pocket, and then tapped the pocket to show, unmistakably, that it was empty. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She rushes toward me and seizes my hands, which are sticky with blood. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z In her sticky hands dripped a greeny-red fruit the shape of a strange egg. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I had stopped crying, but my lungs felt sticky, heavy, and getting in even an ounce of air was too much effort. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I clank my spoon against the bowl, scraping the sticky rice from the sides. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He looked in the kitchen trash and found the three Ziploc bags, inside out and sticky with lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “Oh, oh, how ’bout this: How ’bout we get a sticky pad, like the kind you use to catch mice, and you put flies on that. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The situation with Rosy remained as sticky as ever. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z A sticky note was attached to the card with a hasty scribble on it that said, “He’s the right guy for the brownstone.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Gum Baby stood on my shoulder, one sticky hand on my head for balance. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His hands were sticky with it and his eyes expressive of guilt. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We’re selling squares of her sweet, sticky rice cakes, plus drinks. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The fridge and freezer doors hung open, their contents melting into sticky puddles on the linoleum. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “All shiny they were, and sticky to touch. I did not even know them, but I loved them so much.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The dagger in her hand was sticky with blood. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Then she pulls up her shirt and reaches inside to roll that sticky blue stuff on. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The day was warm and sticky, and she realized with creeping horror that she was starting to stink. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Hand Clap carefully wiped his sticky fingers on his tunic sleeve. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned back to my sticky little companion. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The sticky juice was still in his beard as my dad reached in to fix it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I had noticed that Lula’s taste in literature had been tending away from the good old ripping yarns and toward the sticky romantic stuff. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The snow was too deep and sticky for the sled runners to slide. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Gum Baby scrambled across my lap and flailed at my chest with both sticky hands. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Grace took it gratefully, pressing it against her sticky eyes and cheeks. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A gang of kids, little thieves in training, flutters through the fray with sticky, searching fingers. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z If she wasn’t dancing over the heads of her opponents, she was tumbling through their chain-link bodies, depositing sticky traps that rooted them to the spot. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Annabeth wasn’t feeling any warmer either, despite the hot, sticky air. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I pried the charm out of Gum Baby’s sticky grasp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The old woman stood frozen, the basket of sticky rice her husband had forgotten swinging from her fingertips. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The support team was taping her now, running brown sticky tape around her ankles and wrists, and her blowers came on. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We try to wash all the dirt and lint and feathers and sticky marmalade but when we touch him with water he howls. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The sticky neon night rushed past the taxi window. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My palms suddenly felt sticky and dirty, and I couldn’t breathe right. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He makes us laugh the way he smears the sugar all over his face and grins at us with his fat sticky cheeks. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The Wonder bread absorbed the acid like fire extinguisher foam and splattered against the hydra, covering it in a sticky, steaming layer of high-calorie poisonous goo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My hands shook, and I pressed my palms against the floor to keep them still—right into a puddle of something soft and sticky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Open the door,” she now begged, her voice sticky like our hands. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Her knife's handle was warm and a sticky from her grip. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And Antain felt that tiny, sticky bud of hope bloom suddenly in his chest. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I am in the old Jackson kitchens with the maids, hot and sticky in their white uniforms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She is smothered in slick, sticky Body Glide. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z For most of us, plurals get sticky mainly when they involve proper names, nouns with several parts, or words that can be either singular or plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When his front paws were unstuck, the strange sticky tape trapped his back paws and tail. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z To her horror she saw that the sticky goo had been no figment of her imagination. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Her fingers were sticky with blood, did the smell was making her mare skittish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Holmes was driven north on Broad Street to City Hall through air as sticky as taffy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Let’s see. I programmed the pantry—the floor was sticky next to the door. Do you know anything about that?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then she found a roll of sticky tape, and she tore off several strips of tape and hung them in a row on the edge of the desk. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And a skin of water too. Or I will burn this place down around your ears and dance among the ashes and your charred, sticky bones.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Richardson took a sponge and wiped the sticky counter clean. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She was flushed with April sun and her mouth felt sticky from jelly beans and Easter candy. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And she reached into her teacher bag and pulled out a strip of sticky gold stars. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The first line of defense against a hot agent is sticky tape, because it seals cracks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The atoms inside me were busily cranking out all kinds of sticky hormones that day. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Then the kids stepped up one after another to give Grandpa sticky candy kisses, and he embraced them all with tears in his eyes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy closed the window and hid the sticky spoon. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Probably. This kind of newborn loves sweet, sticky things, but I can’t give ’em what they want.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Photograph after photograph arranged in a row, some with yellow sticky notes on them, some not. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Humans leave their fingerprints behind, sticky with candy, slick with sweat. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Still holding his neck, so he couldn’t see but could feel the blood making his shirt sticky, she talked to him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt that sticky sense of being watched. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I remember that sticky note: She said you would feel like family. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z My face grows sticky from mucus and tears, and I punch my pillow, hard, over and over again, until finally I throw it against the wall. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The gun feels warm and sticky, like melting chocolate in my hand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Or something else sticky that I don’t want to think about. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She held up a roll of brown sticky tape. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Of all the sticky things that had come out of that doll’s mouth, that may have been the stickiest. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Despite all his efforts, he was sticky with sweat after walking the five blocks from home to school. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We have to use a very sticky liquid cleanser because there’s no more shampoo. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “So now all my papers are sticky. Can I please have a new ‘Pirate Medley’?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I hate Professor Milton,” Calista told me when I was finished reading all the sticky notes. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z His lips were a little sticky from the butterscotch sauce. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Terrible winds and thunderstorms had swept through Washington early that morning, dissolving the dirt streets into a sticky muck of soil and garbage. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I scrub the sticky floor of the kitchen. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z At the end of a few minutes work we had combined all of the black, sticky pieces into a single wad the size of a sweetmelon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The poor astronaut who falls into a black hole will still come to a sticky end; only if he lived in imaginary time would he encounter no singularities. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She pictured him puffing up the stairs, squeezing through the door, looking dis-approvingly at the clutter in their house, recoiling from Poppy’s sticky hands—no, it wouldn’t do. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z By sunset, Quintus hadn’t even broken a sweat, which seemed kind of strange; but Tyson and I were hot and sticky, so we hit the showers and got ready for dinner. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z We had to get the sugar into the gum, but it was too sticky to stir with a spoon. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The robot scrubbed and scraped at the resin, and soon her fingers were completely coated in the sticky stuff. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z |
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