rag doll

“I spent as much energy squinting my eyes shut as I did gripping the axe; I couldn’t bear to witness the rock slip away faster and faster until gravity grabbed me by my collar and I tumbled backward down the ever more precipitous face, bouncing like a rag doll into the two-thousand-foot void.”

Simon & Schuster: 127 Hours

“I looked back to see Brother Wade carrying Sister Ann Marie away, her body like a rag doll in his powerful arms.”

Simon & Schuster: Keep Sweet

“And Tracksuit grabs him like he's a rag doll and pulls his head back by the hair, and bites him on the neck.”

You Suck

“I come in here to find Callum danglin’ like a rag doll from tha cap’s fist, eyes bugged out and tongue lolling and every other man in the room lookin’ like the devil hisself had appeared.”

Simon & Schuster: My Seduction

“A final glance around before shutting down the lamps, and the rag doll caught my eye, slumped disconsolately on the shelf.”

The Beekeeper's Apprentice

“One day, while I was playing with my new doll, Miss Sullivan put my big rag doll into my lap also, spelled "d-o-l-l" and tried to make me understand that "d-o-l-l" applied to both.”

The Story of My Life