| 单词 | stool |
| 例句 | Still he knocked, until finally a tiny girl perched on a stool in the fresh-killed meat store said, “Yes?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The reporter slides down from her stool, and in the same move slides a business card across the counter. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Frank flailed backward like he was falling off a bar stool. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z So I waved his comment away and got down off my stool. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Kochu Maria, in a bad mood for no particular reason, was in the kitchen standing on her low stool savagely cleaning a large fish, working up a smelly blizzard of fish scales. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On a low stool before one of them sat Rekh the goldsmith, using a pointed blowpipe to direct the heat onto a golden ornament he held carefully in copper tongs. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z A woman got up from a stool near the fireplace, and came and stood beside him. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a stool in front of each of the lockers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One wall was lined with high-backed leather booths opposite a long counter with twelve stools. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She had arranged three stools in a row, while she herself jammed her rump into an ancient baby’s high chair—a bohemian touch that gave her a tennis umpire’s advantage of height. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Max stood between their stools and smiled at them. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Arthur sitting on a stool somewhere fancy, and at first I think it’s a restaurant, but then I see photos of him on the wall. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The king sat by the central fireplace, hunched up on a carven stool by the table. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Why had Billy picked today, of all days, to sit on the stool? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The stool he let fly hit the man’s right shoulder on the packed muscle under the shoulder blade— like solid rock, for all the effect one saw. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The manager walked around the bar, gripped their backpacks, and pulled James and Emily down from the bar stools. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Doha entered the waiting room and collapsed onto a stool, exhausted by everything that had happened. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I thought of Jane Eyre standing on her stool, everyone looking at her. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But since she couldn’t, she lost a couple of moments grabbing the stools, restacking them, and climbing to the top shelf. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The dwarf rocked back on the camp stool. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He churned with excitement on his stool, his blond sausage curls bouncing on his cambric collar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Then he pointed to a small block of roughly carved wood sitting on top of the stool he sat on to do his work. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Frodo and Sam sprang from their stools and set themselves side by side with their backs to the wall, fumbling for their sword-hilts. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She’s seated on a stool at the edge of the crowd. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The next day I stood on a stool while Mami pinned the hem on my school uniform. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Empty paint buckets, paint brushes, stepladders, stools, saucepans, frying-pans, rotten eggs, dead rats, bottles of hair-oil—anything those brutes could lay their hands on came raining down upon the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Finn hunched over his lemonade, fighting the urge to knock Jonas off his stool. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Mom slid off the stool and hurried out the front door. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When she moved slightly, the great muscles of her nether cheeks rippled to life to prevent the stool from leaning and tottering even an inch. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Madoc sits down on the goat-footed stool in front of my dressing table and stretches out his bad leg, looking for all the world as though he’s about to tell me a bedtime story. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The photographer took two shots, and Papa paid him while Hanako and Akira were putting the stools back in a corner. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Gertrude seated herself on a stool near me, erect as though she inhabited her throne, and began her tale. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I sat on the kitchen stool and tried to calm down. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He gets up, knocks his stool over, and goes to the door. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The girl was still sitting on the piano stool, the torn sheet of music splayed at her feet like a dead bird. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z A plain-looking boy sat on a tufted stool near the entrance, apparently in some official capacity. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Cob swiveled his stool around and peered at where Chronicler sat next to Bast, pen still poised over his paper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Henry opened the porch door, and Pastor Tom stood up from the stool. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He said little, but carried the star into the inn and put her down on a three-legged stool in front of a crackling log fire. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Grandma motioned them over to the workbench, where they perched on stools. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I sat down in the only other seat, a high metal stool on the other side of his desk. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you sit sometime upon the ground? A stool?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She sits down on the stool next to me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They sat on stools in the warm, aromatic kitchen. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I was making him breakfast and he fell off his stool. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They parked me on a stool and set to work on me, yanking the rags from my head. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Each of those little stools in each of those rows, about four hundred seats in all, was taken well before the scheduled starting time of seven-thirty. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z While he prepared it, I sat on the wooden stool swinging my legs. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The crowd started cheering and clapping even before Willie slipped gracefully through the ropes into the ring, and sat down on a three-legged stool. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Women sat on kitchen chairs, dining-room chairs, stools and upturned wooden boxes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama Joe’s shed in Ogige market just barely fit the high stool where she sat and the smaller stool in front of her. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Walters gets up and walks over to the stool and sits down facing me. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat on a stool near the kitchen. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After he had served these last two drinks, the governor sat down on a piano stool before a shiny black Steinway and plinked a single thoughtful note. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "You got your answer," he said, turning completely around on the stool. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat on a porcelain stool, leaning my forehead against the cool windowpane. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And Amy, the dignified, tumbled over a stool, and never stopping to get up, hugged and cried over her father’s boots in the most touching manner. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He went on inside the tent, the scarred man following, and sat down on a camp stool, letting the man stand. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I saw it, the half-carved doll on his stool, waiting to be finished. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Embarrassed that the Inspector would see the color and consistency of her stool. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Paul stepped back and sat on a stool behind the counter. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I got to cook me something and get my head a little straighten I got potatoes, carrots, garlic, and olive oil, put a knife on the counter, and set myself on the stool. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The closest one was a woman with a stern face and a golden stool under one arm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He was perched on a stool at the foot of the bunk, one tattooed arm slung over his knee. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I sat on a bar stool near the counter facing everybody. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad were sitting on stools at the breakfast nook, looking at a yellow legal pad, when I walked in. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just do your homework. We’ll talk at home. And please—no spinning on that stool.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He came inside the newsstand and sat on the stool so his face was just a few inches away from the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He slapped his stool again, and when he pointed at us, his finger quivered. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z An Yi and I sat by the window on the old stools that were now their only seats. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Case in point: she’s kneeling on the floor, using the keyboard stool as a desk, and every title on her list is a mediocre classic rock song. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She looked first and then sat on the floor near his stool. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Pork Chop’s granny was old and sat on a stool in a corner and stared at everyone. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “When I call out your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool,” she told the first years. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z On the particular afternoon I’m now thinking of, we were standing up on stools and benches, crowding around the high windows. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She was clutching a bottle of butterbeer and swaying slightly on her stool, staring into the fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We sat on high stools at the bar while the barman shook the Martinis in a large nickelled shaker. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z One hundred squirrels were seated upon high stools around a large table. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The woman held up one finger, got off her stool, and disappeared into another room. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She attempted to rise; she could not have done so without betraying the agitation which mastered her at sight of him, so she fell back upon the stool, only exclaiming, “Why, Robert!” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z I got up from the stool and went and touched the dressing-gown on the chair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Sitting on straw mats or wooden stools and chairs, we listen to Pa’s instructions. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They eat most nights side by side on the stools at the kitchen counter or at the coffee table, watching TV. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When I looked back, I realized that Jeffrey must have slipped off the stool and banged his face on the counter. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Robin slid off the stool, fitted the crutches under his arms, and was off across the Garth all in one motion. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “Oh. Sorry,” I mumble, pushing off the floor with my foot to spin on the padded stool. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z TOC was restocking some beef jerky sticks while Lindsey sat on the stool behind the counter reading a celebrity magazine, her bare feet up on the counter beside the cash register. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Within the tent, they found camp stools and a trestle table, a rack of spears and halberds, a floor covered with threadbare carpets in half a dozen clashing colors, and three officers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I sit down on the small stool in front of the backdrop. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad were sitting on small wooden stools. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I carried it to where he sat on a low stool with his bottle and belly fighting for room in his lap. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z All of a sudden Miss Love hopped up like she’d sat on a pin, plopped herself down on the piano stool, and went to playing chords. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “You do want a Coca-Cola, don’t you?” he asked, and I nodded my head as I whirled on the stool, which rattled as it spun me faster and faster. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He merely stretched on his stool a little and shrugged his shoulders when Father Nicanor began to rise up from the ground along with the chair he was sitting on. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Now Dallas sat on a stool in the basement Thinking Corner. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Sure you do,” he said and pulled me off the stool. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We ate matching meals, perched on the stools in their kitchen. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A little bell rang as she did so, and a gentleman who was seated on a high stool behind a slanting desktop looked up at her over his spectacles. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He trudged over to the comer of the room, slumped onto a stool, and banged his forehead against the dining table, making die silver plates rattle. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A circular table with three stools around it was set with plates, glasses, napkins, and desserts. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When I opened them again, a group of men and women sat on stools at one end of the stone stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Fern had arrived and seated herself quietly on her stool in the corner. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Jaja led the way into the kitchen and sat down on a low wooden stool. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Professor Flitwick, who was a tiny little wizard with a shock of white hair, was carrying an ancient hat and a three-legged stool out of the hall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z That would be such a good joke right now, but my bookbag’s on the floor and this stool is so high that I’d probably kill myself scaling down the side. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We push the: stools together in front of the little intercom screen. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Crocodile Guts laughed so hard he almost fell off his stool. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sohrab took his seat on the stool, rested his head on the bed’s side rail. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma was sitting on a stool on the verandah, across from a friend of hers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He put the boxes back, carried the step stool back to the kitchen, and located the bank statements in a kitchen drawer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Back home, we'd gather around the fire to eat, sitting on stones or overturned cans made into stools. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Today, at three in the afternoon, Jule perched on the corner stool, still wearing her swimsuit. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Of course not. We can bring stools from the kitchen.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Perched on a stool behind the librarian’s desk, Mr. Lemoncello looked completely dumbfounded. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Lana had spotted each one as soon as he had entered, and with Darlene safely off the stools and practicing with her bird, the plainclothesmen had nothing to go on. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One evening while Granddaddy fiddled with his formula for making liquor from pecans, I sat on a tall stool at his elbow and watched him work. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z We’d all seen plenty of Tommy’s tantrums by then, so we came down off our stools and spread ourselves around the room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In front of the stools, wire mesh ran from a small ledge up to a ceiling twelve feet high. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In the morning Hattie told me about her share in the ball, bidding me to sit on a low stool while the family ate their breakfast. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z On the floor in front of the coffin lie his folding stool, his easel, and his brushes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Holding it tight against him to muffle the tinkle, he jumped to the stool, to the floor, and out the crack. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They covered the secretary’s table, the reading desk, the stools—dreary papers of government, still bravely persevered in—of law, still to be codified—of commissariat and of armament and of orders for the day. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The long counter was manned by goblins sitting on high stools, serving the first customers of the day. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The old guy in the cast stared at us without blinking, his eyes switching from me to the Hazara boy sitting on a stool. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was actually two strange wooden things: a folding desk and a small stool. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z On one of these stools, maybe this one, Hannah sat when she first arrived. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Holmes’s cell was furnished with a bed, a stool, and a writing table, upon which he composed his memoir. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I steer her to a pair of stools against the wall. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting on a camp stool, gazing westward intently. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “The day I’m too old to climb on a stool will be the day I throw myself off the roof.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She sits on a milk stool in a corner of the barn cellar, near the pigpen, and watches animals, hour after hour. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z This has been so nice, this sitting here on our stools, closer to normal than we’ve been in almost two months. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He pushed aside an array of mesquite branches to reveal the furniture: remnants of a filthy old mattress, two metal stools, and an ancient, rusty pot-bellied stove. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I picked up the broken stool—the seat, legs, and scattered wood chips— then brought the pieces out to the trash can. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie hunches over on his stool, intently watching Gimpy pick up the knife and cut off a slab of dough. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Sure,” I said, and hopped off my stool. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Sammy hung around Claire until she finally let him help her by holding hoops and moving the little stools the dogs perched on. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The innkeeper scowls, but I'm already pulling up a stool to the table for the flame-haired boy. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She pushed the stool to the window and climbed up. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Five minutes later, I’m perched on a drum stool in Evas bedroom while Abby tucks into the desk chair, arms wrapped around her knees. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “The you-know-whats are gone and you can go back to your stool.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit on the stool exactly the way the photographer says: Ankles crossed. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The old man sat on a stool by the front door with a red rubber fly swatter in his right hand, watching them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A cockroach ran out from behind her stool, and she stepped on it with her bare foot. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A huge beveled mirror gave a man sitting on the stool a view of the whole grill. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In fingerless wool gloves knitted late at night—sitting up in bed while Carl snored—she’d perched on a stool, milking cows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I sit on my stool, wrapping my legs around the steel ones. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z A coil of deck-rope of papyrus fiber lay in the gateway; this he used for lashing, and ran back to the same stool as before, fastening his eyes upon Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know what stool means? What it really means?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Merry stood beside the king’s stool and waited on him, till presently the old man, coming out of deep thought, turned to him and smiled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I'm sitting on a wobbly stool at a rough, wooden table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He sat on the stool and waited for her to tell him what to do. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Let me hang these last chimes,” she said, moving the stool and climbing fearlessly on top of it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I had to empty the queen’s close stool, which before had been Cristiana’s task. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Calvin and I slide off the kitchen stools. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He bobbed up instantly from his stool when I came in and was clearly eager to answer any questions. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z On a three-legged stool sat the Oracle—a shriveled female mummy in a tie-dyed dress. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There was an old man attending to some task beside the house, and an old woman leading the goat toward a stool and a bucket. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I stand up so quickly, I almost knock over my stool. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Winky was sitting on the same stool as last time, but she had allowed herself to become so filthy that she was not immediately distinguishable from the smoke-blackened brick behind her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Madam Malkin stood Harry on a stool next to him, slipped a long robe over his head, and began to pin it to the right length. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He sits on the stool next to me and hands back my tree. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z After a while, he got up to play pool, and no sooner had he left his stool than a man came over and sat on it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a home bar and two stools. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Mack shows her Stella’s ball, her pedestal, her stool. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “It’s not the palace,” Minli said as she sat on the stool, “I want to see the king.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He fumbled his way back to the parlor and reached around for the organ stool. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Looking closely at Molly’s file, Lori the social worker settles on a stool. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His little red mouth pursed, he stepped up on the stool and pulled out his pocket watch. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He sat down on a stool when he saw me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In a moment Tucker Mouse followed him from the stool, groaning with pain. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Floating above the rest, standing on stools perhaps, were Jackson and Pierrot, their expressions solemn. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Suddenly, all eyes were on Jinx, who sat quietly on a stool behind the bar. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The only furnishings Minli could see were two wooden crates and a rough stool. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z My old cassette player sat in the corner on a little stool. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat on a stool and tried to think of something to say. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He sat on a stool next to me eating a hamburger whose twin I held in my hand. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When she pulled the front of the soiled diaper off and saw blood, she screamed at Papa, “Viejo, he is getting worse! Look, there’s blood in his stool!” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Good morning, grits,” Bull roared as he entered the restaurant and proceeded to the middle stool. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But when I stepped onto a stool in front of our mirror—just big enough for a face—I could see the resemblance in the curve of my nose. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Minerva is up on a stool, counting cans, correcting herself, adding “more or less,” when Dede repeats the figure before she writes it down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Ages had not mentioned a stool, but perhaps they moved it around. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z When we returned to our stable, we gave the demon girl our one good chair—an old stool that Father had found in a vacated apartment and which we had stripped of paint and repainted. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon, when Fern was sitting on her stool, the oldest sheep walked into the barn, and stopped to pay a call on Wilbur. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z They all sat on low stools, and they were all older than he. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Nielsen teaches me to needlepoint; while she’s making intricately detailed pillows for the sofa, I work on the floral cover for a stool. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I have to find the teenage angst within me to push my stool away and storm upstairs. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Johnny sat on the magic stool, which turned around and went up or down according to your size, and played. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Peralta moved the plastic stool out of the way and dropped his mattress to the floor. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z There was a small lathe for turning the keys and a vise all arranged so that Robin could sit on a stool to reach them. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z She had to be content to hug the faded-rose brocade stool. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The wood paneling, the cloth-covered stool in one comer, the little bell that went off every time we passed another floor. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z When their squabbles reach a certain mother-annoying level, they are called away by their nursemaids, who sit on stools at the far end of the patio, a phalanx of starched white uniforms. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I dodged between ancestors, apologizing as I ran through their ghostly chairs and stools. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Winky was sitting on a stool, a sloppy look on his face. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting on a stool, with his elbow on the counter, was a man Malcolm had never seen before, and at his feet lay a hyena dæmon with one foreleg. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Philbert takes a seat at the bar stool across from me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just say it, Mom,” I say as I rock my feet back and forth on the stool. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She gripped my arm, steered me in the house, and gave me a stern time-out on a stool. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z That first day together, Annemarie and I got lucky and found two stools next to each other at the counter under the flag of Italy. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Gaines walked inside the restaurant and immediately went to the back, past the red and yellow leather stools that ran down along the white countertop like pieces in a checker game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I slide out of my seat, but Lolo swivels his stool toward me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z There was an Old-Green-Grasshopper as large as a large dog sitting on a stool directly across the room from James now. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Nina was drowsing on a stool tucked into the corner by the table, Inej’s hand grasped loosely in her own. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Frankie looked over at Cas, who had taken a seat on one of the stools and was looking down at the ground. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The high officers of the Golden Company rose from stools and camp chairs as they entered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Brenner’s apartment was tiny but fastidiously neat, with the majority of its space devoted to a table that seated six, and a stool for her to perch on when she orchestrated matchmaking meetings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She slides off the stool and melts into the crowd. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I pretended to be utterly absorbed in the problem of cracking a gigantic walnut I had taken from the banquet stool. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He clucked her gendy over and set his stool at her flank and the pail beneath her speckled udder. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma sat on a low stool, pulling the brown skin off hot cocoyams, throwing the sticky, rounded tubers in the wooden mortar and stopping to cool her hands in a bowl of cold water. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z His nutritional quackery even led him to monitor her regularity like a doctor, and some of their biggest fights came as a result of his interrogating Lina about her stools. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He waited, but when everyone—including the elders, still sitting on their spirit stools—stared at him blankly, I sighed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The leather covers on the round bar stools are worn to tearing from use. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa eased her down onto the stool, but it was still covered with water and she stood up again with a wet spot on her skirt. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The spirit pounded his ceremonial stool with the palm of his hand and shook his head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She perched on a stool on the ground, kneading dough for buttery breakfast parathas like she used to. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Somkit sat on a stool in the corner and shook his head pityingly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Amah tried to pull a wide comb through my hair and I pretended to tumble off the stool as soon as she reached a knot. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z His speech over, the governor retreated to his piano stool, sat down, plinked another note. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma didn’t say much until John slipped getting onto the crate and sent it and the stool clattering to the floor. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “What’s with the bus?” the blonde asked, moving to the stool next to Ignatius. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat down at his desk, leaned back in his chair and pointed for me to sit on an empty stool. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z My brother fell off a stool this morning, and... Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In an instant, Ron and Hermione had both placed hands on the top of Harry’s head and forced him off his stool and under the table. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A collection of white shopping bags lie at the base of her stool. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His friends jumped off their stools and hurried over at the sight of him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In a few minutes Tucker came bounding into the newsstand and up to the stool and the shelf. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z George Davis is a stool pigeon, an informer and a traitor to the German government. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The boy gave it an affectionate slap on the side and dragged the rough wooden stool across the floor to her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He flew off his stool and ran out the door. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Then they’d process down the hall and into the parlor, and Mrs, Cobb would sit in her chair, Turner at the stool, and Lizzie on the floor against the horsehair chair, and Turner would begin. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Thanks for the sandwich,” she said, and slid down from her stool and went upstairs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He puts his mug down and slips off his stool. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She made me a cup of tea and we sat on the stools in the kitchen. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It is a common sight in Phnom Penh to see people on side streets sitting in rows on squat stools eating their food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Having set the advertisement, the boy took a covered basket from under the counter, put it on a table, and drew up two stools. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there was dysentery, the specter of which was raised with every loose stool. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A stool posed in front of a backdrop painted with shades of swirling gray. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She returned the borrowed beds and stools and kept the seventy-two chamberpots in Melquíades’ room. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z There was an oldfashioned drugstore there with a black marble counter and chrome stools with tattered plastic seats patched with electrical tape. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The manager walked around the bar, gripped their backpacks, and pulled James and Emily down from the bar stools. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Mister Devine,” the governor said, abruptly rising from the stool and commencing to pace deliberately up and down the center of the room. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When Isa came downstairs, she saw Oliver, his hair rumpled on one side, sitting slouched on a stool by the kitchen island, staring at an open book. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He dusted the piano and sat down on the piano stool to wait until Elisha had finished mopping one side of the church and he could replace the chairs. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z For a moment he stood under the three-legged stool, letting his eyes get used to the darkness. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Georgiana sat on a high stool, dressing her hair at the glass, and interweaving her curls with artificial flowers and faded feathers, of which she had found a store in a drawer in the attic. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When the students reached the lunch counter at the back of the store, they sat down at the empty stools and waited. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z We went down together to the hospital and found Mother sitting up in a chair, her legs propped on a stool. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With a flick of her ankle, Xan allowed a mushroom to enlarge itself enough to make a fine stool to sit upon. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Of course I know it,” Cob said as he spun his stool around to face more of his audience. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It also belonged to his uncle L.V., who sat on one of the little cafeteria stools toward the back wearing a cap that had Boobie’s number, 35, proudly affixed to the side. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She points to an empty stool at the end of the counter. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He bought a bottle of Coke and placed it at the foot of my stool before he left. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He watched his mother walk forward on trembling legs and sit down upon the rickety stool. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She would bathe him bit by bit as he sat on his stool while she gave him news of the family. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The Clock Watchers sitting on stools, at tables, and in booths were sullen, hunched over bowls of ice cream. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z "Now," continued the Dwarf, "sit you down. The table's a bit low for you, but then the stool's low too. That's right. And here's porridge—and here's a jug of cream—and here's a spoon." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I collapsed on the stool next to the stove, sobbing so hard I couldn’t catch my breath. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There were two narrow beds, a very small table that fit into a corner, and a four-legged stool to sit on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was leaning against the stool in the room where I did his makeup, but after his remarks, he never came back inside. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Nyla sits on a stool next to the pod and slips on gloves like she’s a dental hygienist about to perform a cleaning. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Here there were a couple of stools, a cauldron, a bench with all sorts of small knives and surgical instruments, and some shelves with pots on them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mini had already pulled out two stools, stacked them one on top of the other, and climbed up to read the book spines. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I gotta have a tall stool or a step- ladder or something. Then I could do the top kitchen cabinets, too.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Professor McGonagall, a bespectacled witch with her hair in a tight bun, was placing the famous Hogwarts Sorting Hat on a stool before the newcomers. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The plump woman on the stool rolled her eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Fern got up from her stool and started for home, her mind full of everything she had seen and heard. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I climbed on top of a little stool and looked out the window into the courtyard below. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z John set the stool to rights and grabbed the crate to put it on top, then slipped into the chair. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Michelangelo raised himself up on his little stool. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z We listen for a few minutes; then Elizabeth elbows me in the side and gets up from her stool. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The muscles rippled around the cushion of the stool and grabbed it, holding it erect. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked myself who had time to go around and write white only on the water fountains, these stools before me, and all the stuff on the street. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I had him up on the stool, and my mom thinks he shouldn’t be on there unless somebody’s, like, an inch and a half away. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Fin levered herself up from the stool, reaching for a long leather case on the shelf bolted to the wall above her head. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The visitation room was twenty feet square with a few stools bolted to the floor. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But he has kind blue eyes that seem to be telling me to turn around and leave before the men on the stools see me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He threw the club away and tottered back to his stool. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When my mom returns from picking up the food, we settle in on stools at the counter. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z We danced to a second song, and when we sat down again on the stools facing the pool table, our backs against the bar, he slid his arm behind me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He did not even move from his stool. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She sat on the stool, her arms crossed. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z A man sat on a tiny folding stool before a trifold display of photographs, mostly of the New York skyline. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z While straining in this way, focusing every erg of energy on his eyes, his bowels suddenly opened up, and before he could realize what he knew, liquid stools were running down his legs. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Longstreet was sitting on a camp stool, whittling slowly on a stick, making a point, sharpening the point, sharpening, sharpening. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Cob leaned back on his stool, glad for the chance to elaborate. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Burson glanced up from his stool behind the counter, where he was reading some pulp sci-fi novel from the 1960s, absentmindedly petting yet another cat. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Food stands line the street, with blue and orange awnings and wooden stools and plastic chairs and heaps of salads and steaming meats on display. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He signed to them to sit down on the stools beside him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Jake tried to bolt for the door and tripped over Cob’s fallen stool, sprawling to the floor in a tangle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We settle in our places, me at the stovetop, her on her stool. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He shifts on his stool, letting one of his knees graze against Henry’s under the bar, nudging them apart. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z One of his feet began to tap out a rhythm against a stool. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z John scrambled off his stool, knocking the crate down. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He sat on his stool and unlaced the pair of shoes I was wearing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Every stool was looser than die one before, and smelled fouler. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My mother sits on a stool at the granite counter, drinking from a mug of coffee I’ve poured for her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama grumbles, trying to get comfortable on her stool at the coffee bar. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Johnny sat modestly on a stool, his arrogant shabby hat in his good hand, and looked about him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She found an old milking stool that had been discarded, and she placed the stool in the sheepfold next to Wilbur’s pen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Delicately pinching the stem of the bud through the fabric of my sleeve, I move slowly around the corner and find him sitting on a stool against the wall. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Four fingertips, for a lifetime’s worth of theft?” said the woman on the stool. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Florida stomped across the basement room and kicked the wall and the stool. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Fin was seated on a stool at her workbench, mending a gardening tool. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I ain cleanin up after no animal,” Jones said, bumping his mop noisily against the legs of the bar stools. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When I came into the kitchen to make spaghetti that evening, there was a stool by the stove. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I lean forward on my stool to peer over her shoulder. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “Fine,” William said, grinning, tipping his stool back on two legs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He placed his stool at Sophie’s right side, put two metal pails beneath her, and sat down. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He sets a stool on the sidewalk and throws a mostly clean towel over Bernd’s shoulders and snips away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I mastered the rising hysteria, lifted up my head, and took a firm stand on the stool. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When I sat down on a stool and ordered a drink, I saw them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A stool on which a child had been sitting fell backward and made a loud noise. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He dodged around her and out, grabbing the pail from beside the sink and the stool from beside the door, before she could ask him what he had been up to. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Biddy jump off her stool and run to her room. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When he desired to eat, a ceremonial stool was placed in a clearing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The secretary sets down a step- stool, climbs, reaches. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He found Doc Daneeka in sunlight, sitting on a high stool outside his tent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Her grandfather, Dyedka, sat in the barn on a stool and milked a goat. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He clamped a large blue pocket handkerchief over his nose and mouth and hurried back to his high stool. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was all they had time to say before Mr. Marsden stepped on his stool and pulled the cord that set the room to roaring and shaking. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He strode back to the ceremonial stool and motioned for the assistants to administer the muteyo. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z An upholstered stool is slashed and the stuffing pulled out and tossed. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Harry walked with him to the stool, watched him place the hat upon his head. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Instead of a white stool with a seat there was just a seat on a piece of wood with a great big, open, black hole underneath with the sound of flies coming out of it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On top of the stool she put a pointed wizard’s hat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Peralta sat on a small plastic stool in the doorway, listening. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Off the stool she barely cleared the countertop, but she knew where her father was, and her father — also American-born, it seemed, a gum chewer — guessed Yeah, he could use someone. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaving her stool, Lupita came at once into the room and stood before her uncle. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Good, good! So, if you will follow me, Madam Lestrange,” said the old goblin, hopping down off his stool and vanishing from sight, “I shall take you to your vault.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He had to slide boxes around and drag an old step stool from the opposite end of the attic, but finally his eyes were level with the back vent. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m still working on it,” Cady said, leaning forward on the edge of her stool, watching him chew. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z To keep the lye from burning up my scalp, I had to stick my head into the stool and flush and flush to rinse out the stuff. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I perch on a red swivel stool at the counter, turning from time to time to see what’s going on around the room. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Burson snapped his fingers and dismounted from his stool with an involuntary grunt, letting his cat leap to the ground. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Inside the cottage, Gran sat upon a stool by the little fire, whittling something that looked like a crutch. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He slowly rose off his stool and gave his town-crier bell a weak jingle. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The counters are avocado green, and most of the stools are torn. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Professor McGonagall picked up the hat and the stool and carried them away. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They have a soda fountain countertop, with stools along it topped in acid lime-green, and vinyl-padded booths in a shade of shiny purple that looks like the skin of an early shark-finned convertible. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Kendra found Lena out on the porch balancing atop a stool. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Old Cob pushed himself away from the bar, tipping his stool over as he backed away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There were people of all ages: little babies crying, grannies sitting on folding stools, teenagers plugged into radio head-sets, couples smooching. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The children took cracked clay bowls from a pile on the worn wooden table and sat down on stools. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z On another stool at the edge of the crowd sat Garikayi. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I quietly gathered up my things and left a pair of copper jots on his stool before I left. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then, taking my time, I got down off the stool. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Women sat on kitchen chairs, dining-room chairs, stools and upturned wooden boxes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled a stool over to her and she rested herself on it, leaning an elbow on the cabinet. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Beloved hopped off his stool to help her with the box, and jam gave a shy wave from across the kitchen as Redemption hugged his aunt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z At supper that evening, Pa brought in the milking stool for John to sit on. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z We hauled her up and set her on her tripod stool, both of us huffing and sweating. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He winked at Ace and Sammy, drained his martini, then rose from his bar stool unsteadily and staggered toward the stage the band had just left. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I whack my head into a copper foot bar on the stool. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z My mom always tells me not to leave Jeffrey up on the high stools without me standing right next to him, but she’s ridiculously overprotective. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I pluck the royal-blue Dodgers cap from the stool to my right and slap it on my head. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Mom was sitting on a stool at the kitchen counter. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they sit, there are two stools between them and me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Alone in the kitchen with Gale, I sit on Hazelle’s stool, holding his hand. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The loose knot of his wrapper had come undone, and the wrapper had slipped off his waist to cover the stool, its faded blue edges grazing the floor. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I got my fly swah, pulled a milking stool next to Old Flapjack, and waited. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Mom sits on the stool next to me and pulls out a menu. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Bull had chosen a stool in the middle of the counter on the day he first became part of the crowd. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mama sat glumly on the stool with a gray, determined look on her face. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood on a stool, dipping his paw into a bowl of milk and honey, sucking it with noisy enjoyment. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Altagracia backs away, and when not recalled, turns and heads back to her stool. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z We sit around the fire and eat, the chil- dren kneeling on the floor, my father on one stool, and me on the other. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When Isabelle came by after school, she joined Hugo on a stool behind the counter. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She took another chug of her soda, then hopped off the stool. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He stood next to the giant dictionary on its little table, and Mrs. Granger walked to the back of the classroom and sat primly on a tall stool next to the bookcases. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton and Chapter Eleven chose stools and waited to be served. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Papito didn’t say anything, just sat on the stool, staring at the hot coals with his stony expression. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There were some Mexicans from the section gang drinking beer at a table in the corner and three Navajos slouching on stools at the bar. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Brigid picked up a pile of what looked like rags, but might have been clothing, off a rough stool, and Lyddie sat down gratefully. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The second is her sitting on a wooden stool weaving a Persian rug in the dark on a giant loom hidden deep in the cellar of their house. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z None of the three clerks sitting on their high stools with their backs to him, scratching in ledgers, looked up, so he stepped inside. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let us ask the ladies to join our debate,” said Horatio, seating himself on a stool so that his long legs stuck out to the sides. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Lots of times Mama came out there to the barn shed and sat on the milking stool just to watch us. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And Mistress Jemima’s father gives them each a silver groat to hold the stool down under the foul green water for a long time, to see if I’d choke on it.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Wow! I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before. Every mayor needs a patriotic step stool.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z About a hundred more goblins were sitting on high stools behind a long counter, scribbling in large ledgers, weighing coins in brass scales, examining precious stones through eyeglasses. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Okay, get it out, Darlene. You go back to your stool starting tonight.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "But first could I trouble you for a stool sample?" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The human prune in the place of honor was evidently the Yunkish supreme commander, who looked about as formidable as a loose stool. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Have you been to home at all?” she asked, turning back to her work and motioning him to sit on a low stool beside her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She was looking at the verandah, where Aunty Ifeoma sat on a stool, talking. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I lean back on my stool and cross my arms. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He sat on a stool under the awning of the A&P supermarket on the corner of Moore Avenue, his seeing-eye dog lying down in front of him on a blanket. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z There’s a counter that has stools at it, so we don’t need a table. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She pulls a wooden stool close to her. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z As he struck up the first notes, a sigh of pleasure came from Papa Bellini and he settled back on the stool with his eyes closed. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He rests a hand on top of the counter and sits on the stool next to me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Ed walked to the first stool nearest the window and sat down. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Jones bumped the push broom into a bar stool. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa-Nnukwu was sitting on a low stool on the verandah, bowls of food on a raffia mat before him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Now praise our Lord’s mercy!” said Brother Luke fervently, at the same time putting forth a high stool for Robin to sit on. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Mama collapsed on a kitchen stool and took a long drink of water. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She even made a step stool the shape of a big red bus—stuffed with cushions so I could reach my bed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As if she could feel his eyes on her, her head popped up, and Toby nearly fell off the bar stool trying to turn around. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He mostly sits on his stool and stares at a new canvas. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He sat back on the stool and pushed the glass up onto his forehead. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Finch drew a high stool to the table, deposited Rose Aylmer upon it, and said, “No. Yes.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She sat on the stool nearest her, setting her bag on the table. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Sometimes I can almost fall asleep while sitting on the bar stool at her kitchen counter and listening to her, and I wonder if I could do that here today. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A table, an iron strongbox, and a stool sit in the center of the room. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He climbed up onto the stool on top of a trunk that served as his perch for watching out the back vents. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z She arranged the chair and then the stool, and then took Mr. Randolph’s elbow and led him to them. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z As a little girl, I longed to be given the honor of the stool, but now I just feel too tall and awkward, with these children staring and whispering about me from below. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The man poured himself a cup and pulled up a stool on the other side of the fireplace to sit down facing her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I sit on the step stool, feeling a mixture of triumph and frustration, but when the water rains down on me, I’m washed all over with relief. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Mrs. Shainmark settles herself on a stool and pulls the plate of scones closer. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I sighed and went to sit on a little stool that was right next to him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Lyddie picked up the stool and moved to a corner of the room. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Smith drew up a stool and sat by him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sitting on the kitchen stool eating some fresh berries when the phone rang. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The science lab is different from the other classrooms—it has these old thick wood tables with black marks burned into them, and metal stools to sit on. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The last food staple in the house she had rammed up her baby’s behind to keep from hurting him too much when she opened up his bowels to pull the stools out. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z After he set up both of them, the thin fellow laid the book on the desk, opened it to a blank page, and perched on the rickety stool. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come and sit with me on a high stool.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He just sits on his stool, a blue broken cricket husk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z A round stool with a black vinyl cushion sat in the corner of the room. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” he said, and pulled up a short stool. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I could have spoken up, “I want to sit on the low stool in Big Mama’s kitchen with my lap full of lilacs and listen to Big Papa play his violin for me alone.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z When it’s over, I jump off the stool and head for the bleachers, where the others are sitting. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Suit yourself. Now let me have the stool. I got to feed Lyra.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I sat down on one of the stools and waited. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was an old-maid’s hand, or an old-fashioned boy's, sitting with his feet hooked round the legs of a stool arid his tongue out, writing carefully. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He collapsed gratefully on the short stool Lon offered him, dabbing at his brow with the edge of his embroidered sleeve. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Dimple knew he was trying to be helpful, but at the end she’d wanted to bash him over the head with her stool. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I’m in the kitchen on the stool at the end of the island. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “Let her stand half-an-hour longer on that stool, and let no one speak to her during the remainder of the day.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z We all scooted closer on our stools, like it was story-time in some morbid kindergarten. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He was standing talking with Brett, who was sitting on a high stool, her legs crossed. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Triphena shook her head at a low stool near the huge fireplace. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z A bleary, leathery-faced man who I assumed was Billy Babcock spun on his stool and exclaimed, “Is that a kid on the boat?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He laid the watch down and half rose on his stool and looked over the barrier. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The other women and I sat on high stools, and as the little pancakes went by, we had to grab them off the hot griddle just as they turned golden. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Semya slid off the stool, fingers still tented under his chin. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I sat down on one of the stools to catch my breath. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Mom’s on a stool next to him with her hands around her mug. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z A.M. clutched her skirt and hopped off her stool. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She crouched next to Grandmother’s stool, hugging her stomach. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Bast slumped onto the stool without taking his eyes from Chronicler. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That night, after a purifying coconut shampoo, Felicia was guided to a windowless room, where she sat for many hours, alone on a stool. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z II Lana Lee was on a bar stool, her legs crossed in tan suede trousers, her muscular buttocks pinning the stool to the floor and commanding it to support her in perfectly vertical form. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Stoker pulls his wooden stool over and half sits on it. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “This contest will include an immediate elimination factor,” announced Dr. Zinchenko from her swivel stool behind the central librarian’s desk. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Mareth pushed him down on a stool by a roaring fireplace. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Please sit,” the older man says, gesturing toward the stool in the middle of the room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted,” she said. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The Wart got up from his stool and stood in front of his tutor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Rocking on his stool as the train wound over the mountains, Smith began formulating a training plan. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She paused, and I heard her skirts rusde as she adjusted her position on the stool. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He was sitting on a three-legged stool behind the counter of the newsstand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Using a stool, Kendra had reached even the higher shelves, but so far the search had been in vain. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Scientists sat on the edge of stools in front of tables loaded with electronic panels, dials, switches, and blinking lights. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He swiveled the organ stool around, slowly, slowly, slowly, stopping the moment a sound came from it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z From his high stool at the back corner of the great room, she could almost feel the eyes of the overseer upon her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I take an empty stool 1 seat away from Levi. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe that my particular body structure is easily adaptable to that type of device,” Ignatius observed, a gimlet eye fixed upon the rusting stool. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled my hands out of my pockets, hauled the stool over, and sat down. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Felicia says to Benny, not quiet enough, “Good thing Mama wasn’t up on one a them stools. Else none a them white folks had any teeth left.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “We certainly are,” Ignatius added, lumbering toward the door, leaving his mother behind to climb off her stool. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I start the coffee machines, then settle on my stool behind the counter to read. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He gestures for me to sit, and when I do, he settles himself on another stool. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Come on over and check under these stools,” Lana called to him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The man behind the Refreshments Counter, who’d been asleep on a row of stools, waiting for the interval, woke up. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The camera focuses on a man playing an acoustic guitar, sitting casually on a wooden stool, while a curly-brown-haired girl sings. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She grabs hold of the wooden pole holding up the tent, and instantly everything around it disappears—the orange cloth, the stool, the reed mat, and the bowl of golden mangoes. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Horatio settled himself on a stool near my pallet, resting his elbows upon the thighs of his bent legs. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The Steele woman threw a stool at the bartender, and the other two women menaced customers in the lounge with stools and broken beer bottles. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A young pianist sat on his piano stool, relaxed, smiling, smoking. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The burly man sits on a stool, holding the back door open with his back. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Bryce sat at the counter and put Edward on a stool next to him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Four stools were waiting in the middle of the roof, and the first chest was placed upon them. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I pulled up a kitchen stool and sat there with my hand on the baby’s body and watched. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Blood?' howled the woman on the stool. “That’s what this ill onion wants of us, my lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lyddie scrunched her body into itself and tucked her bare feet under the low stool, fearful of seeming in the way. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Too big to fit in the sick bay with the rest of them, Horse pulled up a stool and wedged himself in the doorway, his bulging muscles pressed against the walls. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Mom was sitting on a stool at the high counter that separates the kitchen from the rest of the great room. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I open my eyes to the row of empty stools on this side of the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Finally, he fell asleep on the stool, his head against the table that smelled of dried fish. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When he came out later with the pail and stool, she was gone. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z They sat down on stools and surveyed the menu. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The professor adjusted the lampshade so that the light fell full on the stool, and took the instrument out of its box. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z And that was before she sat up on her stool and opened her mouth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “If you are buying nothing more,” he said at last with much impudence, “you will have to pay rent for the stool.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She pointed at a low stool next to the desk. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Papa-Nnukwu was on a low wooden stool, his legs bent into a triangle. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In a cell on the ground floor, the light shifts dark shapes into a small stool, a scrawny table, and a bed made of wooden boards with no mattress or blanket. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Cooke was sitting on a rickety stool, munching an apple and reading the Chicago Daily Tribune. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The students, however, remained seated quietly but resolutely on the lunch-counter stools until the store closed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I sat on a stool, my head pressed against the cold counter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I invite him to pull up a stool. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There was giggling from the stools in front of the soda fountain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Fern was there, sitting on her stool, when it happened. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z "Thief!" the secretary shrieked, nearly toppling off the stool as she grabbed her notebook. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He elbows me in the ribs and I almost fall off my stool, knocking his pen on the floor. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Michelangelo peered at the little girl on her wooden stool. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He chuckled and stretched out in the worn blue plush armchair, his feet up on the equally worn stool. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I half expected to see vendors selling cinnamon water, boiled sweets, and currant cakes, and a conjure man who could juggle two balls and a stool. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z If the stools were firm, I could usually fish them out with a cup and flush them down the toilet, but I never knew if the babies peed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He went into the kitchen and got the step stool so he could go through the shoe boxes on the top shelf of their closet. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She swallowed the last drop of coffee and got up from her stool brusquely, startling Alicia, who reached her arms out to me and clung to my neck the minute she was close enough. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Skarpi took another drink, no more than a sip this time, then set his cup down and pivoted on his stool to face us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The restaurant accommodations, great scallops of counters with simulated leather stools, are as spotless as and not unlike the lavatories. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The overseer came in, nodded good morning, and pushed a low wooden stool under a cord dangling from the assembly of wheels and belts above his head. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z My eyes wet with tears, I rock back and forth on the stool, trying to push the memory from my mind. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “I came to see if Mr. Taphouse was better,” he said, sitting on the stool again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She hoists her left foot onto the stool, fumbles in her sleeve pocket. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Narrow but drenched with sun, the room contained a bed, a stool, a crooked table, and a rush mat. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Johnny did not see Dove standing on a stool, reaching far back and carefully taking out a cracked crucible. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I offer my stool to Matilde, but she insists, “No, stay there.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Simon settles onto the stool, looking like a toddler about to fly an airplane. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Mrs. Granger got off her tall stool, and its wooden legs made a screech on the linoleum. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After she dressed, Dr. Stevens pulled over a wooden stool. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "Never mind all that. Git that stool pigeon sober!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I said as we settled onto our lab stools and started rearranging our materials. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Rock pulls up a stool and sits across from me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z A woman with long brown hair sits on a stool behind the counter. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z I moved my stool into the shadows so that I could observe others without being seen by them. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Wordlessly, she sits on a stool next to the table, takes Gale’s hand, and holds it against her lips. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It had five stools and a fancy railing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He pushes a stool out of the way and begins to stumble over to the children. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I ask Safer while we carry two wooden stools from the kitchen. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When Neville Longbottom, the boy who kept losing his toad, was called, he fell over on his way to the stool. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In the darkness that smelled of bourbon and cigarette butts they climbed onto two stools. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandmothers were going to live for ever, and Thanksgiving would always be lace tablecloths, thin china and heavy silver that I stood on a stool to polish. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z My captor set me down on a stool. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I found him sitting out in the middle of the floor on his stool, a pose which is generally indicative of some mental energy on his part. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Plunking onto a stool at the Frontier, he jubilantly splashed the feathers across the bar, then banged down his six-gun on the hard mahogany top. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Garikayi sat on the chief’s stool, and his face seemed carved out of stone. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She slowly approached the stools where Garikayi and the Spirit Medium sat. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He deposited the shiny disc, pushed some buttons, and picked his selection, then turned to face me where I’d taken his spot on the stool. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Doc pulled a stool from under the table and sat next to the man. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Kvothe glanced at Bast, who slid off his stool and went to close the inn’s front door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She realized that she was looking at the bottom of a kitchen stool. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs to the tiny windowless gift shop and asked the decrepit volunteer sitting on a stool behind a cash register what kind of flowers smell the strongest. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Ms. Washington drags her stool to the back of the class and sits. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “What did she come here for?” said Malcolm, sitting on the kitchen stool. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z At dinner, she had to sit on Zoey’s side of the booth, and then at A La Mode, she had to sit on the stool next to her at the counter. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The men hauled him back to his stool and propped him up. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Poppy sat on a wooden stool in a cell bent over with his head in his hands. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Simon’s perched on the drum stool, hands over his mouth, eyes saucerwide. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z If only the stools had backs, they said, then after hunching and hunching, they’d be able to rest a bit. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The espresso counter is either fake or real dark-green marble; it has a cute canopy over it, someone’s idea of Italy, and little swivel stools. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The only furnishings were an oak chair, three stools, and a cupboard. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She was growing up, and was careful to avoid childish things, like sitting on a milk stool near a pigpen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Goldman climbed down from the stool and held out his still floury hand. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z There were a few more people in, but the man with the hyena dæmon was still sitting on his stool at the counter, and the new arrivals were at the other end, ignoring him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Alhaji, who stammered with terror, tried to say something, but the chief kicked the side of the stool that he sat on and proclaimed, “I do not want to hear any word from a devil.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He was sitting on a tall stool at the bar, an old man with eyes like diamonds and the body of a driftwood scarecrow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z By the window, sitting on a wooden tripod stool, was the most gruesome memento of all: a mummy. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure can hear the aquaria bubble and the woman inhale and the rubber stoppers on the stool legs beneath her squeak as she shifts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Helmuth pulls up his stool to the scratchy table, spreads out the first sheet of paper, smooths it with his hands. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Professor McGonagall now placed a four-legged stool on the ground before the first years and, on top of it, an extremely old, dirty, patched wizard’s hat. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Jackson sits on his stool listening to the Cardinals and Red Sox game on the radio behind the counter, an unlit cigar hanging out the corner of his mouth. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Josef’s is of a voluptuous but not overweight woman, sitting on a stool with a sheet draped between her legs, her breasts exposed; her face is Pre-Raphaelite, brooding, consciously mysterious. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The Sorting continued; boys and girls with varying degrees of fright on their faces moving one by one to the four-legged stool, the line dwindling slowly as Professor McGonagall passed the L’s. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The handsome man sits back on his stool. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z After sweeping I went into the kitchen, sat on the stool, and watched Kazi stir and chop. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I came downstairs at 8:05, sat down on a kitchen stool, and looked at my reflection in the patio door until 8:15. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Are you talking about filing at a time like this? I am prepared to contact my attorneys and have them sue you for making me get on that obscene stool.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Wooden creaks as patrons swiveled around in their stools to get a look at me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Occasionally, they excreted live worms with their bloody stools. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There she sat on a stool in the dark and listened to the voices in the other room. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It has booths along one wall and a laminate counter with red-topped stools along the other. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z One day I replaced the old stump I sat on with a three-legged stool, and then I replaced the three- legged stool with this comfortable chair. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A fat woman, chewing on her cheek and twirling a lanyard of keys, gives me a striped uniform and tells me to strip and to leave my old clothes on the stool. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Stand still, Ying-ying!” she cried, her usual lament, while I giggled and wobbled on the stool. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z With the help of Dale, Lee pops off her bar stool. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z My father sat on a stool, observing Hamlet’s behavior while pretending to watch the actors. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At M’Dear’s request, the women pulled the slop jar from under the bed to show the stools. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The tattoo artist sat before him on a stool with his pan of inks nearby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that school was over, Fern visited the barn almost every day, to sit quietly on her stool. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He got off his stool and waddled to his stock room. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I climb up on the stool next to Lolo, who is perched at his usual spot in the corner, acting more or less like himself again, thank goodness. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The four representatives of the upper classes sat down wherever they could—there were only two stools—and stared at the holy man in receptive silence. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As the clock struck nine and Jo proposed bed, Meg suddenly left her chair and, taking Beth’s stool, leaned her elbows on her mother’s knee, saying bravely... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Tao jumps down from his stool and grabs several spices from a nearby cupboard. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Mae and Tuck took seats on rumbling swivel stools at the long counter. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She chose the stool by Ed Mills and barked to Hobie for a cup of coffee. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Maya paused, then hopped off her bar stool and put her arm around her sister’s shoulders. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A step stool magically appeared on the left side of the horse. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She just hadn’t kicked the stool out from under me yet. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He got me a stool so my mouth would be at the right height, and I stuck my fingers in the holes and moved the dial around. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z She sat down on a cane stool and motioned me to do the same, but I stayed on my feet. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And even Duke Ellington half raised up from his piano stool and bowed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She wandered away from the stage, gave Jones some additional directions about cleaning under the stools, and went to look out of the porthole of glass in the padded door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked Edward up off the stool and held him close. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z She sat on a stool behind the counter ringing up newspaper- wrapped packets and rubbing her lower back. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But he returned with one of the smallest metal stools that Ignatius had ever seen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She settled on her stool and drew the nearest cabbage towards her on the table. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z At the center, two stools and a small table of elaborately carved gingko wood waited for them. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom sat down on the porch stool. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, when he was finished, and everybody was clapping their heads off, old Ernie turned around on his stool and gave this very phony, humble bow. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Behind the dusty glass case, sitting on a creaking wooden stool, is Donna Lufkin. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The others cheered whenever he made an announcement and Ugwu cheered too, from his stool in the kitchen. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He dropped his cards and pushed away on the stool. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Reluctantly, Luke slid down from his step stool perch and scrambled over to recline innocently on his bed. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Goldman clapped his hands—really!—and then he leaped upon a stool behind the counter—and Mr. Goldman is not someone whose size encourages leaping. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Putting the stool under his left arm, he carried the heavy pail carefully, so none of the milk would slop out. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She held up one finger and eased off the metal stool. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I stand up and grab the innkeeper's arm and guide him back to his stool. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z When he doesn’t, I hide the stand and stool in some bushes for next week and head back into the woods toward home. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Jack’s sitting on one of the tall stools and I hop up beside him. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z We went into the bar and sat on high stools and drank a whiskey and soda. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Luke went to his room and climbed onto the stool by the back vents. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Surprised, she swung toward me on the piano stool, clutching her low dress front with one hand and flipping down the long pink skirt with the other. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I get up off the stool and bow again. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She rose from her stool and lifted me to my feet, embracing me with a surprising strength. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A boy walked forward, visibly trembling from head to foot, picked up the Sorting Hat, put it on, and sat down on the stool. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z At this, Winky flung herself forward off her stool and lay facedown on the flagged stone floor, beating her tiny fists upon it and positively screaming with misery. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The nun sits back on her rough stool. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Those couple of kids will be left sitting on their stools and wondering why everyone else looks like they’re going to puke. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He leaned back on his stool and grabbed a pair off a shelf behind him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I drag the stool closer to the workbench. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We folded our clothes neatly and laid them on the stools at the ends of the beds. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Abby’s mom shook each of their hands before walking out to the mic stand, and instead of adjusting the microphone to a lower setting, she used the step stool Abby and I painted. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I started out by dressing in a white coat and sitting on a tall stool in a room with four cadavers, while Buddy and his friends cut them up. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Table service allowed women to avoid sitting on a bar stool or placing a foot up on a brass rail. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Just outside the window was a simpler verandah for the servants, with some threadbare charpais and stools stacked against a wall. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Sit down on one of the stools at the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “We’ll burn the clothes you took off. I got your fresh clothing on a stool, just outside the door.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad sat on one stool with a steaming mug of coffee in front of him as he flipped through an article on his tablet. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She puts her Conversed feet up on a small stool by her seat and leans back into her chair. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z A dozen people are gathered around a long, scratched-up dining table, smoking cigarettes, drinking Chianti from juice glasses, sitting on a series of backless wooden stools. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Stop it, stop it,” Lana screamed and, leaping from her stool, snapped off the phonograph. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph objected, but they both knew there was no choice; and so she found herself sitting at the front register, on a stool, no lady at all. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The faithful sat on little stools of orange and blue under the merciless lights of the high school cafeteria, but the Spartan setting didn’t bother them a bit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side, I came to a stool loaded with food for the small people. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Abby was so excited, she sprang off her stool and bounced up on the balls of her feet. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He turned back into the courtyard and the beautiful house and took the stool he had before. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a small room, taken up mostly with a wide plank desk and three stools. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He hops off his stool and opens the heavy metal door at the end of the counter. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “But it wasn’t your mom,” Heidi says, and she pats the stool seat and I jump up. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Her left foot is propped on a stool with a bag of frozen peas over her ankle. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She pulled out the stool across from him and sat down. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He pulls up a stool and sits next to me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then the letter lay exposed on her mother’s lap, and Cecilia was on her feet, then moving toward them from the harpsichord stool. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His legs were cramped from squatting on that stool, and he felt so light-headed that he was lucky not to fall into the river. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And here, the reality was that they sat ten feet apart, she at the window, crushing geranium leaves in her hand and smelling them, he twirling around on the piano stool, saying: The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z I retreated from him in haste and, settling on a stool by the wall, tried to calm myself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Calvin and I sit on the stools at the eating counter. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Toby pulled up a stool for her next to him. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z As I walk between the tables, I notice a toga at the counter, sitting on a stool. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I was done by the time Aunty Ifeoma drove in, about an hour later, and sank onto a stool, fanning herself with a newspaper. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “She’s all right,” he said to her and drew me back to the stool. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I pulled a low stool close to her and sat down. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Though the threading took skill, it did not take the physical strength demanded in the machine rooms, and the girls sat on high stools as they worked. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z All have long steel tables with stools bolted to the floor in pairs and an aisle down the middle. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided it would be really fun to set a five-year-old on a bar stool at 6:42 a.m., take a running leap, and knock him down like we were trying out for theWWF. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Lily slid off the bar stool and stood in front of Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Just sat down on the kitchen stool, the broom across his knees, and laughed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She kisses both of us on the cheek, sits down on the kitchen stool, and gets to work on her magical caption. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z They sat on low-seated woven stools, a brass hookah between them. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z What I’m not in the mood for is sitting at the island, me and Mom on our stools, not talking, not listening to music, not reading. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I saw one man struck so hard in the head with a club that he fell off his stool and didn’t get up again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Reaching down, I grab my backpack and lift it onto the stool where Mom sat only moments ago. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z But when I couldn’t hide any longer, I found Mom, Dad, and Laleh seated around a brushed-steel table with little blue hourglass-shaped stools. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I sat on a stool and asked, “Where are you from?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Billy, the younger Fitzgibbon son, had been sitting on the kitchen stool, his feet up on the rung, eating berries from a colander. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Treats me to espresso and croissants at a little bakery with stools by a window, then tries to buy me books at the Edgartown bookshop. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z They never smiled, and each one had a stool to perch on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s Mike,” said the clerk, getting down from his stool, and approaching Mr. Jaggers confidentially. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z On a cane stool, a humming fan turned this way and that. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He eased himself onto the stool and began to tug; the warm milk pinged into the pail. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z At midnight, I crawl out of my tent and position myself on a camp stool near the heater to take my watch with Jackson. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A bald-headed man it* Dragonwings o n perched on a stool behind a counter, his feet inside the rungs. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Frodo opened his eyes and saw that Bilbo was seated on his stool in a circle of listeners, who were smiling and applauding. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Rufus drags two stools center stage for our pretty lengthy song. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Another woman cried that she was passing bloody stools. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z We’d decided to paint one of her mom’s step stools as a distraction; Abby’s mom was so short, she carried around a lightweight collapsible stool to all major events. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The Other Colin sat silently on the stool, no doubt displeased by the interruption. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The customer who just entered hefts himself onto his usual bar stool, leans his forearms on the polished wood. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The milk lady fished two mugs out of a tub of water, sat on a stool, and began to milk the cow directly into the mugs. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I stepped off the stool and started walking across the room toward the phone book at the pay phone. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z O dark, musty platoon huts, with the iron bedsteads, the chequered bedding, the lockers and the stools! All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The trance was supposed to be caused by a vapor rising from a deep cleft in the rock over which her seat was placed, a three-legged stool, the tripod. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course,” she said, sitting down on the stool at the kitchen island. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He sat for some time on the stool in the corner. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He wheeled out the stool and settled down, poking and prodding Fig’s trembling girth. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Plum stopped crying as the black hard stools ricocheted onto the frozen ground. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He peeled his considerable girth off a stool to stand between me and the door, toward which I’d been slowly backing. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Ralph winced, turned his attention to another man, a man drawing a woman over to his stool. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as I walk into the art room and pick a stool at one of the worktables, I feel like I’m home. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Miss Thomas sat on a stool, closed her eyes and ducked her head up and down, up and down. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z All I hear is the hum of the refrigerator and the creaking of the stool when I shift or swivel. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I sat on a stool and watched Kazi chop vegetables and grind spices. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He sat on one of the stools bolted to the floor in front of the big front window and watched me with his arms crossed over his chest, his hands tucked under his yellow-stained armpits. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The stool made things different It was an invitation for me to sit down and be there. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma slid off the stool, walked down an aisle, opened a trunk, and withdrew an ornate box embossed with vines and flowers. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Against another wall stood a prayer stool and desk combined, with a smaller one beside it. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The pants and socks had been placed on top of the stool, each laid out the exact same way. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He only had one plate so he set it on the stool next to the three peaches Minli had left, and both sat cross-legged on the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Standing on my stool, I strained to find them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a chorus of friendly assent as the men settled onto their stools at the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Olanna wished she could shift her stool closer to the door, to fresh air. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I sit on the stool and my mother stands behind me with the scissors, trimming. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They contain rows and rows of large dark desks, more like tables than desks, with high stools to sit on. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Hermione almost ran to the stool and jammed the hat eagerly on her head. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “I have only been to the churchyard,” said I, from my stool, crying and rubbing myself. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I felt arms catch me as my feet tangled in the stool and I began to topple to the floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But about six months later, the authorities relented and we were given three-legged wooden stools and the stand-up desks were lowered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He mumbled something, wobbling on his bar stool, all padded glitter-vinyl and chrome. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Ruby trips on a stool as she crashes into the room. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He got down from his horse and walked over to the open space on the ground where the staff had spread the camp stools, and asked for coffee. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe the story that she fell very hard from a high step stool, like Totchy said, is true. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the rows of stools stood the stars of the show, the members of the 1988 Permian Panther high school football team. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She twirled around on the piano stool, facing me, and I saw her eyes were glistening with tears. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z On two stools, with elbows propped on the countertop, were the Golden Hours, looking sad as sad could be, their bowls piled high with no fewer than eight unmelting scoops each. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He was probably there now, on a redwood bar stool, watching this exact game. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There were a pillow and a mattress on the plank bed, and a stool to sit on. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She comes and sits in the corner of the bar on one of the tall red stools with her nose in one thick book or another. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Finn said, spinning on his stool, just in time to see the mare rear back, kick her front legs, and charge past the diner. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I sit down on a stool in front of the mirror, and she stands behind me, her eyes dutifully trained on the task at hand rather than her reflection. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Each stall is made of a wall of curtains and consists of one little stool. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Hi...hi, Webb,” I say, swiveling my stool. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z On a cushioned stool at his feet perched a plump pink lady. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It had been placed in the center of the hall on the stool that normally bore the Sorting Hat. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z With Henrietta unconscious on the operating table in the center of the room, her feet in stirrups, the surgeon on duty, Dr. Lawrence Wharton Jr., sat on a stool between her legs. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The gentleman slid off his stool and waited for her to continue. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The sounds were relentless, and I wiggled a bit on the stool, uncomfortable in its strength. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “But I ain’t making no money I’m so afraid the guy on the next stool is the police. You know what we need in here to make money?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His father kept asking Master to have some kola nut, palm wine, a stool to sit down, some water, and Master kept saying no, no, no. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He charged over the fallen stools and strewn bodies on the floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Finally, he pulled a stool behind the bar and began to polish the vast array of bottles nestled between the two huge barrels. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She knew the blind shopkeeper who sat on a stool in front of his shop nodding and saying, “Sabah-al-khair—Good morning”—to the air. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The younger men leaned back on their stools with their knees wide apart, taking up all the room they needed, and were quick to yell out what was on their minds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat on the high stool before the pleasant mahogany, the brass and the mirrors and did not think at all. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But he told Fern that she could sit on the stool and watch Wilbur as long as she wanted to. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Jenny Flick is the girl who turned Charlie against me,” I say, plopping myself on the stool by the breakfast bar. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The other was getting Darlene back on the stools now that the plainclothesmen were gone. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat on one of the stools bolted to the floor in front of the big front window and watched me with his arms crossed over his chest, his hands tucked under his yellow-stained armpits. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I grab my glove off the stool and crow-hop back to the front of the room. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He dropped like a sack on the stool. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a broken table, two stools, and a vast number of bunches of herbs hung against the wall drying. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Sheku and Josiah weren’t strong enough to raise their weapons, so the corporal gave them each a high stool to keep the weapons from falling. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Already he knew that Ed Mills would be working on his first cup of coffee, occupying the stool nearest the door and casting dark, scowling salutations at all who entered after him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The tinker sat on a small stool at the side of the road, looking dispirited. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “No, Tom. Sit down and try to listen. Lift those chessmen off the stool. Can you understand things when they are said?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she pulled up a stool for herself and sat down next to Victor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Bast made a show of offering up his stool to the injured man, then quietly took a seat as far from the smith’s prentice as possible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I drag a stool in front of the workbench, drop my backpack to the floor, then sit down. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Indoors, where the temperature is usually ten degrees cooler, well-groomed girls in starched shirts and pleated skirts perch on tall stools behind glass stalls displaying gold and silver jewelry. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lexie would slide down off her stool and walk across the kitchen with the elegance of a dancer, barefoot on the Italian tiles. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then, lowering onto a stool, he stared at the giveaway program without hearing or seeing it, without thinking, either. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I stow the stool and stand, hoping my knees don’t give out, or alternatively, that I don’t start dancing a jig. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The boy sat on the stool, with his back resting on the side of the stand, and Chester gave him a private recital. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an old kitchen stool in the workshop. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Then he located another almost-empty bottle and set it up on the stool and retreated behind the bar, saying “Whenever you’re ready, maestro.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The vet got up from the stool and dug through the cabinet drawers, prompting Fig to make his second escape of the day. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Suddenly he noticed, not far from the further end of the fire, a small dark figure seated on a stool with his back propped against a pillar. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There were a few men on stools at the bar, and they greeted my father with the ease of familiarity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat down on the stool next to me and apologized. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I sat on a wicker stool and lifted the bowl to my mouth. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Draw me, Dad says, and he sits on a little stool beyond the easel. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Matilda, who was perched on a tall stool at the kitchen table, ate her bread and jam slowly. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He leans forward on his stool, and though half the inn lies between him and the children, he seems to be whispering to them alone. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She kept her eyes on Grandmother’s bound feet, which rested on a stool. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z They sat on black stools at black tables in a shadowless room with floors, ceilings, and walls painted black. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I walk away, quizzing myself: twenty-eight stools in the room, ten buttons on Mr. Landau’s shirt, four pencils and two pens in the cup on his desk. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The furnishings included a bunk, a writing desk, a chair, a stool, and the Halfmaester’s cyvasse table, strewn with carved wooden pieces. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I stuff my bottom lip into my mouth and slouch in the stool. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Waving a hand in protest, Miss Love got up from the piano stool. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He was leaning forward on his stool, peering around the house of Yehuda as if something might be hiding in it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I prayed Pa would think better of it, take the milk stool back to the barn after supper and never bring it back. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Each chair had its own little velvet stool sitting before it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath it are three people—one is sitting on a stool, another is sitting on the ground, and a third is pacing back and forth. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z She stood up and offered him the stool. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s no table, just a big wooden island in the middle with two stools: one for me and one for her. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z There was Pickett, writing too, sitting on a camp stool as if composing a poem. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He nocked it, let it rest across the handgrip, and drew the string and grooved butt of the arrow, aiming from where he sat upon the stool. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They teased Skipper John, as they nicknamed the dummy sailor, from their stools as they fiddled with the hemp rope. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The bakery shops have little low stools and low tables out in front of them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z What I draw is the furniture in the apartment: the overstuffed sofa from the Sally Ann strewn with shed clothing, the bulbous lamp lent by a roommate’s mother, the kitchen stool. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Your Aunt Heidi asked me to seat you at the far end of the bar,” he says, leading me right back to the entrance and pulling out a towering wooden stool for me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The overseer noticed from his high corner stool. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z We sat there like that for a while, silent, me propped up in bed, two pillows behind my back, Sohrab on the three-legged stool next to the bed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Before he knew what he was doing he had collapsed onto a small stool that stood beside the bed and burst into tears. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Sitting on a low stool, a few yards from her arm-chair, I examined her figure; I perused her features. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A bunch of white teenagers stand behind the five protesters on their stools, jeering and jabbing, pouring ketchup and mustard and salt all over their heads. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Ignatius squatted lower and lower until his great buttocks touched the stool his knees reaching almost to his shoulders. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The stool tipped slightly and then turned over, dumping Ignatius heavily to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner sat on the stool, and he heard her settle backbones creaking and snapping. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Kanei came back and sat with us on the stools that were provided for the funeral service, which only we attended, along with the man on whose verandah Saidu had left us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “That makes forty peregrines for the month,” said a woman sitting on a camp stool. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Wang Lung sat on the stool where Lotus had sat and he put his head in his hands and closed his eyes and his breath came and went in great gasps. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z There were two mattresses on opposite sides of the room, a worn Herati rug with frayed edges in between, a three-legged stool, and a wooden table in the corner where Hassan did his drawings. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I followed Allie to the bar area, where we found a table and sat on two high stools. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Sit on that stool and keep still,” she said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She hopped off her seat, picked up the stool, and hurled it against the wall, smashing the spider. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Papa-Nnukwu was back on the verandah after breakfast, sitting on the stool, with Amaka settled on a plastic mat at his feet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Folks talked about a pretty speech he gave afore they kicked the stool away from his feet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He took his seat on the stool next to me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The photographer had me sit on a high black stool, and do all these poses, like I was modeling. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She slinks down off her stool and disappears behind a rack of fur-lined leggings. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I knew the barman and sat on a high stool and ate salted almonds and potato chips. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Hello, Jessica!” he says, then wheels over to me on his doctor’s stool. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I sat down on a stool to await the return of the management. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Seth sat on a stool in the corner, painting. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z That’s how long it took me to be able to stand on my own feet without falling over like a two-legged stool. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “See him on the stool? If you decide to try for your pipes, he’s the one you want to talk to. Name’s Stanchion.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Instead of desks we have worktables and stools. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Tucker and Chester sat on the shelf and Harry, who was taller, sat on the stool. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not move out of a walk, he could not hold his stool out at arm’s length, he could not stand on one leg without falling over. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I dragged over a stool from the counter so the five of us could sit around the table. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I make sure Calvin has the good stool. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z She put her huge hat on the bar and climbed on a stool up into a cloud that Jones had blown. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Over by the window, sitting on a three-legged stool, was the shriveled-up mummy of an old lady in a tie-dyed hippie dress. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then men came bearing a chair and a low stool, and one brought a salver with a silver flagon and cups, and white cakes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Even the fun of fitting arms and legs to the doll could not keep Robin from wanting to get out into the fields and away from bench and bed, stool and trundle cart. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Mamita offers her stool to Santiago and moves to the floor, where she kneels with the children. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter got up from his stool and I stood with him. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z |
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