Colleagues clawed at the debris until their hands hurt, only to find two limp bodies.

Jerry grew up practicing basketball on a dirt surface until his hands cracked and it was too dark to see.

It wasn't until his hands raised to the arms of his chair that I realized what I'd done.

Cashel recognized it as laughter, but not until his hands had tightened on the staff.

I pounded the windows until my hands hurt, attacked the partition.

On he went, slowly writhing along the slanting rock until my hands and arms were hidden to the shoulders.

She took a step toward him, and a second, until her hands reached for his.

She pounded against the trunk lid until her hands hurt.

He gripped the rail of Celsus's ship until his hands cramped.

She wasn't certain which, until his hands closed on her head to hold her closer.