Find that word in your WIP

8 times that handle or handled was mentioned in 80k words.

An hour later, from the window of his chamber, Malcom gripped the red-handled dagger he recovered from under Coira’s mirror and watched the flames of the pyre reach high with the lightening dawn.

Pounded

Okay, so I see there some confusion between this thread and the one where you count the words in your WIP. To clarify, this thread is for finding the previous poster's word and posting the sentence that word is in. No need to say how many times it appeared. Also, you don't have to choose a word from the sentence you posted. Any word will work. Now that that PSA is out of the way...

“I have braces, which means my teeth are more expensive than yours.” Jeganna pounded on the door again. “Plus, who knows? I might kiss Joshua-Gabe today.”

Old

“Stop it, Spot,” he said. “Lillium and the baby is all that matters now.”

Shoe

“Well, from what I hear they needn’t have bothered. The commander speaks highly of your performance. Says you’ve filled those shoes admirably, and perhaps even deserve a pair of your own.”

burst

Kora burst out laughing. “Hair? Is that what Miss Teak tells you? To eat your veggies or you won’t get a beard?”

Long

Strangely, from the same scene as the one I posted a few days ago (but a two-fer!):

“How long has he been here?” Phil asked.
“Sir?” Decker asked.
“How long has it been since you pulled him over?”
“About twenty minutes. Why?”


ETA: Lol. Cross posted with Maryn

I entered my office and on my desk was a plastic toy airplane with a yellow sticky note affixed to the wing. Sorry, buddy. —Eric.


Twenty

Peering out the window like a couple of owls in the night, we watched the guard on the wall make his slow journey back and forth as he looked out on the fields beyond.

Journey

Flint’s face turned grave. “Come inside.”

Tail

“Please.” Voltamius stepped closer to Applebrow. “We need the seed to save my mom and dad and little sister.”

Building

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“Please.” Voltamius stepped closer to Applebrow. “We need the seed to save my mom and dad and little sister.”

Building

It's been a few days. I'll go with my own word, "Building"

“The hospital’s the other way, genius.” Spot closed the portal with her tail while pointing at a large building with her paw.

Bright

Me, Phil, and Eric showed Maggie and the photographer around the plant, hard hats on and ear plugs in, snapping pictures in front of photogenic equipment, even if that equipment didn’t really do much more than look good with yellow railings, green motor housings, and of course of the enormous rolls of our “white gold”; the only reason the Ruddick-Rayburn paper company exists.


From Randomwordgenerator.com: basket

"Let’s just blow the lid on this and make everyone look at it. Nothing has happened in the previous four years, and surely nothing is going to happen with all of Nashville watching."

ETA: Sorry, I just had to add a second instance, since I made this character as arrogant as I could just so I could take writerly pleasure in abusing him mercilessly later on:

Murphy was slow and deliberate in his preparation when his turn came. He sized up the tee, surveyed the lay of the fairway, and then took four or five practice swings. I would not have been surprised to see him wet a finger and stick it into the air to test the wind. In the amount of time it took for both Eric and I to tee off, Murphy finally got everything just so. With a swing and a ping of the club, the ball flew straight and true for the first ninety percent of its flight, only to slice at the last second and bounce just off the fairway.


Nothing

Mr. Thomas made a face. “Charming thought, but it’s nothing we can’t handle. Now calm down. We just have to fix the Fabric-Aliver back at the lab.”

Fix