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 Current Search - beat in To Kill a Mockingbird
1  He beat his fist softly on his knee.
To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 23
2  I beat him up twice but it did no good, he only grew closer to Jem.
To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 5
3  Maybe he told you about me, I beat him up one time but he was real nice about it.
To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 15
4  So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that's something I'll gladly take.
To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 23
5  She was pretty well beat up, but I heaved her to her feet and she washed her face in a bucket in the corner and said she was all right.
To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 17
6  "Soon's school starts I'm gonna ask Walter home to dinner," I planned, having forgotten my private resolve to beat him up the next time I saw him.
To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 23
7  Lightning bugs were still about, the night crawlers and flying insects that beat against the screen the summer long had not gone wherever they go when autumn comes.
To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 25
8  Roaring, the house collapsed; fire gushed everywhere, followed by a flurry of blankets from men on top of the adjacent houses, beating out sparks and burning chunks of wood.
To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 8
9  He thought Jem and I would never go to bed; he had considered emerging and helping me beat Jem, as Jem had grown far taller, but he knew Mr. Finch would break it up soon, so he thought it best to stay where he was.
To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 14