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 Current Search - hand in Lord of the Flies
1  Ralph raised a hand for silence.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
2  Jack held out his hand for the conch.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
3  Piggy laid a hand on his jutting abdomen.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
4  He passed a hand through his fair hair and spoke.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
5  He sat up, rubbing one shoulder with a dirty hand.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach
6  Then Piggy, too, raised his hand grudgingly into the air.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
7  Ralph stood, one hand holding back his hair, the other clenched.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
8  He laid a hand on the end of a zipper that extended down his chest.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
9  Every hand outside the choir except Piggy's was raised immediately.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
10  Piggy knelt by him, one hand on the great shell, listening and interpreting to the assembly.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
11  Ralph stood, one hand against a grey trunk, and screwed up his eyes against the shimmering water.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
12  Now, though there was no parent to let fall a heavy hand, Maurice still felt the unease of wrongdoing.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
13  At last Ralph ceased to blow and sat there, the conch trailing from one hand, his head bowed on his knees.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
14  Ralph used one hand as a fulcrum and pressed down with the other till the shell rose, dripping, and Piggy could make a grab.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
15  Three small children, no older than Johnny, appeared from startlingly close at hand, where they had been gorging fruit in the forest.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
16  Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his forehead.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
17  A sharpened stick about five feet long trailed from his right hand, and except for a pair of tattered shorts held up by his knife-belt he was naked.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach
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