Henry, noticing the whiteness of her knuckles as she gripped the coaming, explained the disconcerting phenomena.
"It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles.
" I muttered, knocking my knuckles through the glass, and stretching an arm out to seize the importunate branch; instead of which, my fingers closed on the fingers of a little, ice-cold hand!
Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled.
" The foolish scissors have slipped too far over the knuckles, it seems, and Hercules holds out his entrapped fingers hopelessly.
He tried to steal sugar under his aunt's very nose, and got his knuckles rapped for it.
If they broke down in their make-believe he rapped them on the knuckles.
Would that he could hear us, but we are not really on the island, and he passes by, biting his knuckles.
When he had tied her up in the back-yard, the wretched father went and sat in the passage, with his knuckles to his eyes.
You can tell that a watermelon is fully ripe and juicy when you hear a deep and hollow sound as you tap it with your knuckles.
'But you don't want to be bumping into walls and doorjambs and scraping your knuckles on things.
My knuckles whitened from my tense grip on the steering wheel.
Many number systems are based on 12 because it's divisible by the most numbers, and because you can count to 12 on one hand by using your thumb to count three knuckles on each of the other fingers.
Mostly, I remember this: His brass knuckles flashing in the afternoon light; how cold they felt with the first few blows and how quickly they warmed with my blood.
What he fished out of that pocket didn't surprise me one bit: stainless-steel brass knuckles.
I rapped on the door with my knuckles.
Wood recommends applying moisturizers as a barrier cream, especially on the soles of the feet, palms, knuckles and hands, to protect these parts from absorbing too much tanning product.
But people who can crack their knuckles may actually have healthier joints than others.
I glanced at him across the table, his nails chipped and black with engine oil, his knuckles scraped, the smells of the gas station--dust, sweat, and gasoline--on his clothes.
Making one is as easy as getting your hands on fresh, meaty bones — preferably including some knuckles or necks or another cartilaginous part — then covering them with water and simmering them patiently until the broth tastes good to you.
