She took a wineglass from the table, went to the bureau, and poured paregoric until the glass was half full. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you could always die on the table.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Cara finished taping it back together late Friday afternoon, she left the first edition of The Landry News on the kitchen table and went to her bedroom. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She gets up and sweeps the broken halves of the pencil off the table, into her left palm. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rivers now closed his book, approached the table, and, as he took a seat, fixed his blue pictorial-looking eyes full on me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pilate put a barrel lid on the table. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Got it,” she said, running over to grab S’meggs off the picnic table. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Inside, meat hung above tables heaped with onions and potatoes—a bonanza for his taking. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

On the baby’s side of the room, they didn’t have much in the way of furniture, but they’d found a crib, a changing table, and rocking chair. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The map was beautiful, painted by a master’s hand on a sheet of the finest vellum, so large it covered the table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was sparely furnished, having but a small table, two chairs and a bench; but at either side there were curtained alcoves and well-clad beds within with vessels and basins for washing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

All the girls at my table were whispering about him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, no one at the table was looking at him. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Cymbeline handed him a beer and propped herself against the table next to where he stood. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She took them right out of my hand and then she put them in the drawer of the night table. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She picks up Lin Yiitang and starts reading the page where I left the book face down on the table. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Whatever the truth is, I don't see how it will help me get food on the table. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Rafe lowered his head to the table and started banging his forehead against the edge. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I craned my neck to see across the table, but I couldn’t read anything. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the table sat a bowl of red grapes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They sat down at the table with Harry, Ron, and Hermione as Ron felt how much damage had been done. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He sat across the dinner table from Somkit, whose day had just wrapped up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I piled my books and binders on the table. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Vera came into the room and placed knives and forks upon the table. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We sat at a picnic table next to Manolito’s food truck, sharing baskets of tortilla chips and salsa. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Miss Leeds imagined him to be a gruff man who would pound his fists on the table when demanding his dinner. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I gather the kitchen dishes, put them in the sink, and wipe the table and countertops with some lemon-smelling spray stuff. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And he’d never felt so full, or lingered at a table so long, or talked so much or been so comfortable with someone he’d only just met. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I ate dinner slowly, pushing my food around my plate long after everyone else had left the table and said, “I’m fine, just tired,” to my parents’ many concerned questions. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some creatures were too lovely to devour—not that that opinion was shared around the dining table. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The other suitors at the table watched him in wary silence. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When he’s finished, he carefully layers some meat on the table. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

In the violence of motion from the tanker’s bow wave the candle and matches that had been on the table had been thrown off. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sprang up, but Bloody Juan pushed me back down on the table. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I head to the fold-out table, where my own glasses lie. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a chilly morning, and they kept moving, munching their toast, as Harry told Hermione exactly what had happened after he had left the Gryffindor table the night before. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Liyana and Poppy pulled up an extra table so they would have enough room. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The rings and their tissue paper were no longer on the table. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He joins me at the table with a bowl of white grapes. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She started saying something else about the dots, and I glanced over at Summer’s table to distract myself. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She walks past me and perches on the table, her fingers curled around the edge. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Why?” he asked at the supper table that night. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Under the table she swung her tiny, manicured feet, like a small child on a high chair. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She buzzed a second later, and I got up, slid the headphones across the table to Willy, and left the kitchen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She sat at the kitchen table sipping a little muscatel and blew away the one baby roach that was starting to cross the table. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The five of them scuffled wildly under the table. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He leans forward so his chest is pressed against the table. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The fudge lay golden and glossy over the long marble-topped table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But before anyone can say anything, my grandfather clears his throat, folds his hands together on top of the table, and leans forward to speak. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

We position the new plank on the cutting table. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed with her in her dorm for a while until I found a job waiting tables and saved enough money to live on my own. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It worked, or at least the ’rents managed to hide their reactions from Jeffrey when they came downstairs.We all sat at the breakfast table, pretending to be normal and cheerful. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad steps to the table and grips the back of a chair. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Say at the picnic table by the football field?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper put her hands on the table like the ship was rocking. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I stand up so quickly, my milk spills all over the table. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He says that’s nice language to be using in front of the children and she says never mind the language, food on the table is what she wants, not suffering Ireland. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He kept the book bag at his feet, almost under the table, so his mother wouldn’t notice its sunken-in shape. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

That yellow daisy laid there on the table in front of me reminding me that I did not belong here. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Mom is sitting at the table with a cup of tea in one hand and her citizenship book in the other. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Sitting around the kitchen table we had a sad, makeshift dinner of canned mushroom soup, soda crackers, and tea without sugar or milk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I noticed more than a few of the surrounding students were watching the show from the nearby tables. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We enter through the side doors, into a wood-paneled room—real institutional feeling, with a high seat for the judge, two long tables facing him, and several rows of chairs behind. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said something in his language and put his hand out on the table again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was open, in front of my dad across the table, but I couldn’t see any of the words. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The table second from the left clapped this time; several Ravenclaws stood up to shake hands with Terry as he joined them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The quacking voice from the next table, temporarily silenced during the Ministry’s announcement, had started up again, as loud as ever. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“What about you, famous race blogger, Princeton fellow, how have you changed?” he asked, smiling, leaning towards her with his elbows on the table. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Setting it aside, I reached past the table to get Martinez's patch kit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nommo, I wrote down on the notebook I had opened out for us at our big table. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he gave us a reluctant “Well done” before walking back to his own table. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The thunder’s booming and I’m at my kitchen table sweating. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When our food arrived, it took up the whole table. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Robin leaned forward, retrieved an Ebony off the coffee table, and began to flip through it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They sang softly, in case it might bother their grandmother, sitting alone downstairs at the empty kitchen table. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had eaten our picnic standing at a plank table in a country churchyard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The guard sent to intercept the morning papers found Holmes sitting at his table reading the news as calmly as if reading about the weather. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I left the fresh beans and carrots and onions on the woodblock table, but everything else got put away in cupboards that, if you asked me, were pretty full already. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he tells Daniel to stop whining, lots of people at the lunch tables start laughing, and you bet that makes Daniel get a big frown on his face. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I hear the times table between my ears: Four times thirteen is fifty-two, like four suits in a deck of cards. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Again he was a boy of twelve, sitting at the breakfast table, filled with bubbling joy because he was going to go back to school—he thought. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s never done in my house,” my father screamed at me as he rose from the table where he had been sitting alone, presiding over our meal. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was shocked at the sight of me over the breakfast table. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

She sees me sitting with Lee Lee and Sam at the table. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As they took their places around the table, he said to me: 'Your car would be the vintage Ford up there on Thomley Bush Hill, sir?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

We're gathering up blankets from last night and setting them on the coffee table, folding the bed back in until it's only a couch again. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Our worlds only intersect briefly in the morning when the three of us sit at the kitchen table and in the evening when we return there. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Ignatius pounded a paw into the oilcloth on the kitchen table. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held her head in his hands until she closed her eyes and tried to set the glass down on a tiny table. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the board tables, the instruments shining in the light, the basins and the stoppered bottles. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She stood watching him as he finished lighting the candle stubs that stood on saucers around the room, perched precariously on stacks of books and on side tables crammed with cracked and moldy cups. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We lugged it all across the road and up to the Wabash Railroad right-of-way and planted the card table in the gravel. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jake sat at one of the back booth tables and rested his head in his hands. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I saw Reb Saunders go to the leather chair at the table near the end window and sit down. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I bid him good riddance before going to help Ma set the table. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I look over at the table where Matt Hubbard’s family always sits on their Saturday night dinners. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Ow!” he shouts, and lets me tug him under the table. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There are no pin curls, no elbows on the table, even the spines are straighter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"That's so sad," Patty said, reaching across the table for Sunny's hand. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Then he lays me back on the table, puts on gloves, and examines me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Three minutes later, the bookmobile squealed to a stop outside Liberty Park, which was actually more of a playground with trees and picnic tables. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

There were photos everywhere, some framed and propped up on tables, some just pinned to the wall. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There weren’t enough chairs at the small table, but it didn’t seem like he wanted to sit anyway—when Grandpop offered Dad his seat, Dad refused and ate at the counter. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Willie gazed nervously around the room—at the books on the kitchen table, the sink, the cot against the wall, and at his father. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She also left books on the bedside table: Vanity Fair by Thackeray and Great Expectations by Dickens, plus The Insider’s Guide to Martha’s Vineyard. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She never set the table or passed through the dining room without looking at it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They worked their way through the dining area, lifting tablecloths and peering under chairs, scrutinizing wall hangings and the small clusters of carnations on every table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When everyone at the head table looked down at me, I smiled and nodded like I was supposed to, since I'm the Son Who Is Going to Inherit Hoodhood and Associates. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Nothing more was said until Caroline began to clear the table. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set his elbows on the table and put his head in his hands. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She and her friend Abelina hid away in her room and painted each other’s nails, and when Maribel came to the dinner table that night, we saw it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In the living room, there was a large rectangular box covered in purple wrapping paper on the coffee table. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She went off to the woods and I sat at the table and slowly paged through the Norvelt News. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a colored person there, except for the maid in the kitchen who was putting sandwiches on a table. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking over to her table was as scary as walking on the roof. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around instead and try to get a look at the table. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

They were sitting, five of them, around a table in the room that served as their common room, living and dining room, bar, recreation room, and more or less everything else. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children shuddered a little at that, remembering their own kind father and gazing sadly at the poor substitute now sitting across the table from them. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Half-clothed women spun and danced on the low tables, amid joints of meat and platters piled high with plums and dates and pomegranates. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I got home, Mom and Dad were at the dining room table on their separate laptops, and the moment I walked in the door, Mom slammed her laptop shut. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

On the coffee table, stacks of our parents’ old photos from Metias’s bedroom closet are strewn across the glass. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Maxie was still moving from table to table, apparently signing up for everything. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And she dragged one large easy chair to the table so that John could watch them while they ate. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I unload the groceries, marinate the steaks, cook the rice, and set the table. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached over and got a deck of cards from a box on the end table—Tiffany cards, with sky-blue backs and Francis’s monogram on them in gold—and began to shuffle through them expertly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In one cabin they found, sitting on the table, a frozen lump of unidentified meat. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, at the Midwest team’s table, people were jumping up and doing bad potato-masher dances. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The cafe was deserted at this hour, with the chairs on the tables. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The hall was the grandest space she had ever been in—higher roofed than any church, wider than most fields, filled with hundreds of diners at scores of long tables. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I put down my Swiss cheese sandwich and leaned across the table so I could speak as quietly as possible. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They cleared the table and put on their coats. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hopped up on the table and considered the plate full of macaroni and cheese. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Prince Hamlet joined the charade, tugging upon the jester until he rebounded like a tennis ball and jumped upon the king’s table, where he commenced singing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She doled out sloppy cheek kiss-kisses to Sierra and María, and then settled into a chair at the table. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Lunch was yam porridge, the smell wafting around the house even before we went to the dining table. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She slipped her foot under the table until it reached Jojo’s, and gave his a tap for courage. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Spectators, staring up at the Wonder Dome, were seated at the four rings of tables. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I drop my bag on the table and dig around inside for Daddy’s notebook. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The table is set as festive as I can get it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was pretty sure the two were in some kind of trouble, but it was unlikely he knew it was Lincoln’s killer who was a guest at his family’s dinner table. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eye fell on a young waiter whose job seemed to be to pour water into the goblets at each table when they ran low. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

On his way out of the store he pauses by a table devoted to travel guides. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around, looking both tense and agitated, and pulled out the straight chair at his mother’s writing table and sat down. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She is sitting at a picnic table, playing cards with a girl I don’t know. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I loved every person sitting at that table. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We sit around the table, eating our Christmas dinner. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jack makes an exaggerated show of trying to hobble around the table on his “peg leg.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She stopped serving Esteban at the table and avoided running into him, since they no longer had anything to say to one another. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beatriz, dressed to the nines in a red checkered skirt and white sweater, diva-strolls into the cafeteria, taking a seat at the center table, which everybody knows is reserved for her. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He pushed me hard and I bumped my thigh on the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She picked up the nearest one and sat down at the table. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Malcolm became so interested in the latter sort of conversation that he’d rest his armful of empty glasses on the table and join in, but only after having listened intently. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Not even in our lab on Wednesday, when I broke our watch glass, spilling chemicals all over the table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A girl in a white scarf and blue dress was standing next to the table and she was bending over and over again to give the man more of this soup. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a low wooden table set against the wall of the house was a paraffin globe lamp and ranged around it a rudimentary bar. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"Pray excuse me," her father announced to the table. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had a gas plate and coffee-making equipment on a little table. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again Father sat by the table with his head in his hands. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rolls off the table and smashes on the tiled floor. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

And looking at the pitiful little pile on the table made it hard for David to stay cheerful. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the dining-room table, I would hardly eat, only drink the water. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cane-liquor bottle, uncapped, was on the table, a tin cup next to it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to get supper on. Wash your hands and come set the table.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It may seem obvious that a writer should begin by laying her topic on the table for the reader to see, but not all writers do. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

They push two tables toward the stage curtains, then stop to take a breath. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when she brings the food to the table I know we’re all thinking about you but nobody says anything. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

While Mother carved and served the plates—Dad sometimes carved wood for a hobby, but he never touched a carving knife at the table—Dad would shout out problems in mental arithmetic for us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Anne picked up the table cloth and looked under the table, but Bill had anticipated her and retreated to the other end. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed it up quickly and had started out—jittery, anxious to leave—when my eye was caught by a scrap of paper also on the table. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The psychologist seated herself and watched Herbie narrowly as he took a chair at the other side of the table and went through the three books systematically. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Hollister led them to a round table decorated for Halloween with a giant paper spider, a witch’s cauldron, and cotton-strewn webs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Forks and knives clicked around the table, but there was nothing from her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He looked at me sideways, then went to the milk crate by his bed that served as a night table. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It has two rooms: a cot in each, table, chair, fireplace, cookstove in one. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam came in, turning down his sleeves, and took his seat at the head of the table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat at the dining room table adding colors to the black-and-white clown in my coloring book. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Under the table, Joaquin started to bounce his leg, a nervous habit that he had never been able to break. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I swoop him up in my arms and glance at Beth’s night table. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Their entwined hands rested on the side of the table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He goes over to where she’s sitting, takes one of her hands, which have been resting flat on the surface of the table, her arms extended. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon now only a few customers were scattered at the tables. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I examined a chip on our yellow Formica table. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She lifts the pot to the table, spoons out the potatoes one each and uses a fork to lift out the corned beef. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I even tell Thomas, as we wander the lavish ballroom with its endless banquet tables and chandeliers, that arresting Day has filled the gaping hole Metias’s death left in my life. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He put his head under the table as if 1 was going to throw the grenade at him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I followed her into the lunchroom again, and we sat down at the same table as yesterday. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting at the table, reading the Weekly World News. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, I tried to leave the table, then he begged me to stay just so he could grill me about Lovey? The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then I go home by myself and write poems at my kitchen table, like William Carlos Williams. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the dishes were cleared Henry put his elbows on the table and lit a cigarette. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He slips between the tables and the people like he’s more liquid than solid, and I stumble after him, muttering apologies as I push people aside. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the clink of ice, the clop of the bottle being set down two more times before he finally comes in and sits at the head of the table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I hear Lily move to the other side of the table. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She clutched a soda can, with another within arm’s reach on a small end table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We walk together silently to find a table. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Look it up, you say, and start getting up from the table. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I felt sorry for her having to sit at the table with those old bags. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bottles and bottles, a ton of bottles, strewn among the tables and even on the empty dance floor itself. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all sat down at our kitchen table, which almost never had more than two people at it—Mom and me. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then when the table was cleared, and he had lit his pipe, he said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

David says I hit my head on the edge of the table on my way down. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead they sleep in two little beds, exactly alike, with matching pink chenille bedspreads and matching night tables. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But sitting at this picnic table, thousands of miles away, beyond the power of Olympus, he’d never been so alone—except for Hazel and Frank. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Yep,” he says, going to the table to scoop some peanut butter from my bowl. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

As soon as Emilika left, she sat down on the bed, arms crossed, refusing to come to the table for the bread and butter I’d cut. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“It was,” Fred whispered to Harry as they got up from the table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The front door was unlocked, so she walked into the large front room, like Mrs. Bedlow’s, nearly filled with two large dining tables but with the semblance of a living area on one side. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t no fever,” he says, and sets down the groceries on the table. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

There are a couple of men sitting off in a corner of the inn, and one drunk Franciscan friar, asleep on a table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Why do you want to eat out of a can when you can set at the table with us?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess he doesn’t need to use the table saw after all. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

In my room behind the table stands a brown leather sofa. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The king speaks into a voice-trumpet, and his words echo from a sound-box peeking out of the flower arrangement on our table. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Another little girl, much younger than the first, sat in front of a deck of cards at a picnic table covered with a polka-dot cloth, a friendly looking couple beside her. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mom came over to me where I was setting the table and she took a handful of forks and set them out as I placed the knives. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

On the coffee table a dish of rose jelly reflected light from the sparkling glasses of wine the adults were drinking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At first he thinks she’s talking to him, but she cuts her eyes down to the people around the table with her. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Grand Maester smiled gently from his tall chair at the foot of the table. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She swung around the table and sat next to me and hugged me and rested her head on my shoulder. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After work, he would throw his black lunch pail on the table, go in his room, and not say a word to anyone. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I put the tray on the small white-painted table and draw the chair up to it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the next table, a small one, sat Colonel Arbuthnot—alone. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today is table two’s day to read Lord of the Flies, and I’m looking forward to watching Bill Corso struggle through every word. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dessie remembered how her father had said, sitting at the head of the table, “I told Rabbit I was going to raise some pigeons and—do you know?—he said, ‘No white pigeons.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I liked to think he had good table manners. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘You just sit down at the table, and soon as this here stove is hot us going to have a cup of coffee. Then maybe it all won’t seem so bad.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She reads through each poem as Lee Lee cleans off the table and I make lunch. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The war council convened in the Great Hall, at four long trestle tables arranged in a broken square. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Kendra walked to the house wrapped in her towel, She entered the back door and found Lena dragging a broken coffee table into the kitchen. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

One of the other colored helpers, Clara, moves to their table, picks up a glass. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The pieces to a jigsaw puzzle were spread out on the table. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

People ran left and right, searching for kieries and forebears while trying to avoid overturned tables and chairs. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He climbed in Rocinante, crawled under the table, and went to sleep. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was gratified: there it stood, a little carton, on the table when we entered the dining-room. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“In general, I adhere to the notion that things belong in the class to which they have been assigned—which leads us to the periodic table. No, no more about the pelican.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was comfortable, cozy even, and absorbed in a magazine article when a woman and a little boy came up to ask if they could share his table. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Burres, as one of the vendors, had set up some folding tables displaying cheap, mostly secondhand goods for sale, and McCandless volunteered to oversee her large inventory of used paperback books. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sat me down at the table and took my hand. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the head of the table were two good-looking French girls, with much Rue du Faubourg Montmartre chic. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The two of them sat at opposite ends of a long glass table in the room next door while Mr. Grin served smoked salmon, then some sort of stew. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Leaning and limping, the star made it to the table and sat down at the bench beside it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He set it down on the further table. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The boy picked up his tray and moved farther down the length of the table. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was a bearded man in a pointed cap seated at a table. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the tables were jammed against the wall, tables about big enough to get two drinks and four elbows on; the Onyx was one of those very little places. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel my pulse behind my eyes as the three Dauntless soldiers who stayed behind pace up and down the rows of tables. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Dad got up from the table, he cupped the back of my head and kissed my forehead. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

One morning, after George had his crop planted, I sat down with him at his kitchen table and we talked about the problem. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We get drinks from the snack table, and I look around for Jace. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I sat down at the kitchen table and tried to think. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those guys deserve it,” mumbled a kid who was sitting across the table. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Hey!” she yelled as she squeezed sideways through a narrow gap in the broken chemistry tables and reached the desks. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Captain Reed set the Executioner back on the table and sat down again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One day, though, when I was assigned seating duty, I saw Grandma head out of the service line with his tray and aim straight for the regular tables. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning, my family sat around a large table of reworked red oak and ate either seven-grain cereal, with honey and molasses, or seven-grain pancakes, also with honey and molasses. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Branwell is tall for his age—I am not—and when he sat across the table from me, I had to look up to make eye contact, which was not easy. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of crawling under the table, she just laughs and keeps eating. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Magazines and pamphlets were fanned across a side table: last month’s issue of Cat Fantastic, several well-worn copies of Bark & Bone’s No More Itch: Get Rid of Fleas & Ticks, and Litter Box Hits and Misses. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She guzzled her drink and filched a glass of bourbon from a nearby table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They left Mr. Binks after he got caught up at the white socks table buying twenty pairs of socks, Genie guessed for when he got his skates. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I saw the polished table in the dining-room, and the long candles. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She complained that Bren was slamming them on the table too hard. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She lit another cigarette and leaned against the kitchen table and considered him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I’m almost to my old table in the corner when a commotion loud enough to reach my muffed ears makes me look back. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The house was one story, with high ceilings, a living room lined with cushy gray sofas, and a big dining room with a long wooden table. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dust kicked up around them as they wandered up and down the rows of tables, each one selling something different. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Mum — Bill!” said Ron, looking stunned, as he joined the Gryffindor table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I went back downstairs and he was sitting at the kitchen table, drinking a beer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find him at one of the lab tables with Bilal, hunched over stacks of bubbled answer sheets, sorted by class hour. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The hobbits sat down gladly in low rush-seated chairs, while Goldberry busied herself about the table; and their eyes followed her, for the slender grace of her movement filled them with quiet delight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hagrid allowed himself to be steered into a chair and slumped over the table, sobbing uncontrollably, his face glazed with tears that dripped down into his tangled beard. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

There's a table where all the dishes are highly breakable. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There’s a box on the kitchen table that looks like it just came in the mail. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She rests her hands on the table in front of her, and the silence hangs in the air between them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My boss, a white woman, directed me in unpacking barrels of dishes, setting up new tables, painting, and so on. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were in that boat for a day and a half,” she says, running her nail at something stuck on the table. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Charlie smirked at me as he grabbed a fistful of bacon from the plate in the middle of the table. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I crumple the paper and lay out the bones on the table. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I love the electric-blue chairs around her dining table, which are all bent in unusual shapes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I head over to my special table by the window and drop my backpack on it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He reaches over the table to stroke my arm. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She put a fifty-cent piece on the table. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kicked her sister under the table and answered first. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The Director takes his time walking to the other side of the table. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“You have a table to clear and dishes to wash and dry,” I said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I kicked her under the table, but she was determined to have everyone look at her, which meant have everyone look at us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The person who lived here sat alone at the table, but had two beds: one in a second room entered by a door stronger and better-made than the one to the house itself. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up and down the staff table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Wherever I wanted to be, that’s where he was—squeaking the porch swing, or hogging the kitchen table, eating those organic soy nuts Mom bought for him. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Kilvin brought out a small sack and lay it on the table as well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I poured myself a bowl of delightfully sugar- encrusted cereal, and sat down at the table. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the number rolled adds up to ten, eleven, or twelve, I die on the operating table. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When Moss sat down across from his mother that night at their tiny dining room table, stomach aching from stress and hunger, his mother was quick to the point. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She grabbed her keys from the corner table by the door, and a book that looked like one of those romance novels they sell in the supermarkets. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The Gryffindor table, a solid mass of red and gold, cheered as Harry and Ron approached. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Unlike the rooms at the inn, this one was furnished with many chairs and tables instead of beds. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The waiter placed a teacup on the table before me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us sat at a table, facing one another. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were piles of the strange, thick, cloth-like paper of the demons on one corner of the table. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

About halfway down was a narrow table covered with framed pictures. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In March 1891 Burnham ordered tests to gauge how well the soil would support the grand palaces then on the architects’ drafting tables. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and picture my mother and father sitting at the dinner table in silence. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She reached across the table and patted my hand. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He gestured to their table, already adorned with the few books Rishi had specifically ordered and requested to be placed there. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“So, today,” Ms. Rochambeau starts off, “you’ll have just ten more minutes in your table groups to prepare your arguments, and then we’ll get to our first mock debate.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

For example, the same oilcloth has covered the dining table ever since we’ve been here. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Violet was still in her chair, near where the table had been. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doc pushed aside the ingredients littering his table to make room for the man to lean on. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“But I’m the one at your table, Geels, and I’m not here for a taste. You want a war, I’ll make sure you eat your fill.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Tonight, however, there were black drapes on the wall behind the teachers’ table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Just then, a waiter in a black suit came and stood by our table. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Looking somewhat like a British officers’ club, the Marshall was wood-paneled, with plush burgundy velvet curtains, several fireplaces, and oak tables fitted with brass lamps. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As you crossed the lobby together on the way to world history, Vinny stopped at the carnation table, picked up one of the blank cards—a red one—and began writing. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

They sat down at the table, John placed between herself and Florence and opposite Gabriel. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“How could he possibly know what Chrissie would have felt? What she would have wanted? It wasn’t him on that table, trying to cling onto life. How would he know?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Trunchbull was sitting behind the teacher's table staring with a mixture of horror and fascination at the newt wriggling in the glass. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Balder, his brother, was seated at the head of the table, at the seat of honor. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Alvin Hooks put the sheriffs report in its place on the evidence table. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’s pushed her consultation table into a corner, and on it are a half dozen yellow candles with their bright dancing flames. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Mother. I think your supper is on the table.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teresita turned the three cards on the table upside down and leaned over to get a better look at them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Actually, there are three folding chairs at a table immediately adjacent to the bathroom, but hardly anyone ever sits in this, the very rectum of the gastroarchitectural system. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She puts the coffee on the table and politely leaves. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

At my defense of her, Grandfather slams his hand on an antique entryway table so hard that a vase falls from it and shatters. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The children stood as tall as they could manage as their father marched from his great chair at the head of the table. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like pipes his nostrils jetted crimson runnels, a river of mortal red, and one last kick upset his table knocking the bread and meat to soak in dusty blood. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone goes from looking uncomfortable to embarrassed, and then Quang-ha just gets up and takes his plate and leaves the table. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Somkit came back out and pulled Pong away from the table. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He slipped into a seat between Ron and Hermione at the Gryffindor table and tried to ignore the fact that people were standing up to look at him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Mom is unpacking everything on the kitchen table. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Will saw the knife lying on the table in the center of the room, but before he could pick it up the old man was limping toward him with a bowl of water. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coffee table we found on the curb outside our building, which slides open to reveal decks of cards and board games. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The blackboard stood near the end of the longest of the tables. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She imagines him extending his thick neck to look into the house, the coat on the rack, the crumbs of bread on the kitchen table. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I run my finger along a curved groove in the table. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He pelts me with sherry glasses, whiskey glasses, assorted ham sandwiches, items from his wife’s dressing table, powders, creams, brushes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

After a few weeks of paying attention, I picked up the credit card when Dad left the table. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

On the table behind Evelyn is a large map with markers all over it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She squeezes in between them, and I sit at the table edge. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Pascal’s best friend, a hearty girl named Elévée, had wandered in and sat down at the table opposite Elisabet, but was uncharacteristically quiet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was unnecessary as I’m very good at laying tables. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Johnson puts markers and paper and some books about Virginia on the tables. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were long tables set for a banquet. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was at the supper table that the boys discovered the change in their father. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Attendees sat around tables made into giant rectangles with their name cards and cups of coffee or bottled water in front of them, making speeches. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Richard pulled the bamboo stopper from the bottle on the table and poured himself a drink. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My hand dropped from the lampshade to the bottle of Trazon on the bedside table. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They had eaten with no light on the table and the old man took off his trousers and went to bed in the dark. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trey pushes away from the table and kisses the top of my head before he leaves. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was just big enough to fit a small TV on it and a few plates, but their apartment didn't exactly seem like a "sit at the table and eat" kind of place. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I trudged over to the Poseidon table and slumped onto the bench. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

That didn’t improve the mood around the table. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Auntie Fatima marches around the table clockwise, making a sample bag to show us what we are aiming for: a muddle of cheap, kitschy candy. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He looked up at Lindsey, who was standing on one foot, bent over the pool table at an absurdly awkward angle. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

"We have six million unemployed and three million more so poor that they can't put food on the table. Haven't we Germans suffered enough already? Do you want your mothers and fathers to suffer more?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

A delicate, ladylike spatter of applause, and we all sat at the enormous linendraped table. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They lost the few manners they possessed and used the table linens for blowing their noses. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked around the room and saw the four children, Ethan, Noah, Nadia, and Julian sitting at a table on the far side of the room. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Valentina trucks into the living room space, which still has sheet-covered shapes of what I’m guessing are a couch, chair, and coffee table. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Later that morning when the family sat down together for breakfast, I couldn’t believe that Mama was reading the paper over the breakfast table, something we were forbidden to do. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malachy went to the bed and sat by Eugene and I sat on a chair at the table making out words on the newspaper that was our tablecloth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I told him that,” Patrolman Mancuso said, sitting erectly in his chair and looking hopefully at the kitchen table covered with oilcloth. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fischer, spying the chess table, galumphed to the center of the stage and immediately lifted the white queen, testing its weight. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dre slid down, and Red got up from the table, moved away from us. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The Cullens and the Hales sat at the same table as always, not eating, talking only among themselves. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The beeping echoes through the house, and I hear Charlie crawling under the table and moving between the chairs. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He did not cry out as he fell forward onto the table and slipped to the ground. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The psychiatrist then proposed a drug that was milder, and the others at the big table nodded. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he came around the table and turned his attention to Jinny’s hands. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Do you mind if I put my beard on the table? It’s kinda hot in here and it’s sticking my face.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood up at the table and cleared my throat. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the lawn is an enormous picnic table, big enough to seat sixteen, and a ways off from that, a tire swing hangs from a massive maple. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“How come she gets to leave the table before dinner’s over?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

In the center of the auditorium, there was a long table. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Axel hears Emmett’s words, but his heart is too focused on the picnic table and the smiles, and the way Byrd keeps laughing with her whole body. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

On the night before they were to leave, they left the dirty dishes on the table all night!! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My guests squirmed out of their squeezed-up seats behind the table and the adieux, as they should be, were short and formal. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of the way I was taught multiplication tables as a child, repeating after the master, sitting cross-legged, without shoes or pencils, on the floor of my one-room Tollygunge school. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going anywhere,” said Frankie, who gripped Joseph’s hand beneath the table. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He cupped the poor thing on his palm, then set it gently on the night table. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Royal relatives, ministers, and titled courtiers from high houses and merchant houses crowd the table. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t say anything, only glance at the Doctorita, who is shuffling through school papers at the table. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, all five of us can see them sitting at the dining room table, giggling and touching each other’s hair and examining each other’s nails and complimenting each other’s best features. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He ate solitary meals, sitting at one end of the large dining table where his family had previously gathered for boisterous dinners. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Here’s two dollars for your sophomore dues,” she said, putting the money down on the table. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Drawing slips of paper from a beaker filled with names, Mrs. Dalton called out pairs, and I watched the desks slowly empty and partners migrate to lab tables stationed around the edge of the room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I went around the table and spoke of each person’s contribution to my foraging education and to this meal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I took the appropriate amount from my purse and set the coins on a relatively clutter-free corner of the table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the way out, Charlie sees on the kitchen table the long carving knife she cuts roasts with, and he senses vaguely that she wanted to hurt him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look back over at the table of otters. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Yet more sketches on a card table that passed for a desk. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Golden plates and goblets gleamed by the light of hundreds and hundreds of candles, floating over the tables in midair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We laid it all out on the table, right among the bowls of Wheat Chex and peeled baby oranges. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He pulled back his lips and showed the preacher all of his crooked yellow teeth and wagged his tail and knocked some of the preacher’s papers off the table. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were actually only supposed to be six kids to a table, but the seven of us squeezed in and made it work. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She set a cup and saucer at his plate, then laid the letter on the edge of the table. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The trim little vixen trotted neatly back to the table and lay down. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I joined her at the metal table in the middle of the room. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jamie hovers over the table and picks up one of the books, flipping through the pages casually. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When Ellis appears at the dinner table, she is in full sulk. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

They took places opposite each other at the table under the light, but George did not shuffle the cards. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought he was about to jump across the table to get to me, but he let his words do the job. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“The guy really smells bad. Usually he sits at the back table there. I don’t know why he didn’t today.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She worked her feet more securely into her slippers, then came out from behind the coffee table gravely, untying and retying the belt of her dressing gown. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“The Order’s got one thing right, then, eh?” said a squat man sitting a short distance from Yaxley; he gave a wheezy giggle that was echoed here and there along the table. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t matter, because even if the whole town of Marysville had been there, they couldn’t have eaten everything that was loading down those tables. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There they were, waiting on the prop table. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then my dad leaned over, flipped the clock, and put it back on the table. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled and stretched her arms out to hug almost everyone from behind the food table. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When he had set it on her bedside table he made his report and got his orders for the day. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After that we go home, and I work on dinner while he works on the dresses at the kitchen table. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

What I remember on waking up was that it was early Saturday morning, and I was lying under the table. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took off my coat and sat in a place at the middle of the table, with my back to the fireplace. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I brought you some guavas,” said Maria, placing a basket on the bedside table. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time, the sound of bombs from some rebellion came close, and the teachers locked us all in the school and told us to take cover under the tables where we did our work. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The kerosene stove was on a wooden table by the window. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself up from the table and made his way to the door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We sat at a bare table, each of us staring at our plates. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

By the time Henry comes wandering into the kitchen in his pajamas, there’s an entire breakfast spread on the long green table, and Alex is at the stove, flipping his dozenth pancake. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

On two trestle tables, shoes and boots were displayed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

At a small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She placed it on the table beside the assassin and rested a hand on the armchair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“But your father, at the table. He said he thought Ross Barnett was wrong.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She saw me and waved to me, but stopped at the counter for coffee before she came over to the table. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

His acquaintances resented the fact that he turned up in popular restaurants with her and, leaving her at a table, sauntered about, chatting with whomsoever he knew. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later he had gotten the TV set upstairs; his fingers groaning, he placed it on a coffee table in his living room. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

On a table near the cookstove stood an enamel basin—speckled blue and white and chipped all round its rim. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry and Hermione made their way to the back of the room, where there was a small, vacant table between the window and a handsome Christmas tree, which stood next to the fireplace. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Remaining for the moment only two women sitting at a table, rather than a fortune-teller and an illusionist, an opportunity they are not frequently presented with. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Inside it was damp and cheerless, and supper was served on a long bare table that had not been scrubbed for weeks. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the evening, Stick and I sat at the table doing our homework. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was a young Abuela sitting at one of the tables with a US senator and his wife, and another picture where she was sitting with the famous musician Celia Cruz. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There’s a lined school notebook open on the kitchen table, which I recognize as the dining table from their other house with the two middle leaves taken out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As they sat him down at the table to eat dinner, Doha yanked at his mother’s skirt. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

If we were sitting at the same table, I’d just ask, no big deal. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Henry reached across the table and took her hand. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Drake opens his mouth to protest: according to the meticulously kept calendar on the fridge, it’s my week to clear the table and load the dishwasher. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

At the restaurant they were seated side by side at a round table with a revolving platter of spareribs and egg rolls and chicken wings, which, they concurred, all tasted the same. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the center of the table, in an earthenware jug, was a bunch of red tulips. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You will have all these knights in this order of youta saying that they are the best one, and wanting to sit at the top of the table.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat at the kitchen table with an open bag of chips and a liter bottle of soda in front of him. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Jody sat at the long table which was covered with white oilcloth washed through to the fabric in some places. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officers at the table talk with indignation about other numbers: the Eighth and Fifth German Armies retreat north through Italy, the Tenth Army might be encircled. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Gently she laid Ruth May out on the table, spending a long time arranging her arms and legs within the sheer cloth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sit here,” Peggy said, clearing a place for him at a white- topped table. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She went to her place at the sorting table, set her stick against the wall, and sat down. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad has his collection of books and articles spread out on a card table within easy reach. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra reached the dais and looked back at the open kitchen door, and, seeing no one, stepped up beside the high table. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Namrata stacks them on the table, sinking into a conference chair. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Six Englishmen staggered through a hospital with a pool table on which several mattresses were piled. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red eggs fill bowls on the dining room table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It gave me almost a turn to see again one of the letters which I had seen on the Count’s table before I knew of his diabolical plans. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Ma pulls a small red tin from the mess on the table. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I struck up a pretty minuet and watched through my sliver of the doorway as they all entered, my preceptor among them, and sat around the table. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Joyce had abruptly left her job in Laurel- hurst that summer, after the judge had chased her around the dining table one afternoon, in pursuit of services not generally required of maids. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He helped her inside and sat her at the table. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Here or there a late supper was prepared in tables where lava bubbled silvery and hushed. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Know that the blacks who spend money in your store and help put food on your table and send your children to college cannot open their own stores. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sits on the third-floor landing with her back against the telephone table. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I sat across the table from him, I looked into his eyes, I felt something. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Commandant opens a letter sitting on her dressing table. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ephialtes stormed over to a big table covered with a sheet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was staring at the table full of food. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

But when Mother lifted the sky-blue thermos that sat on the tiny kitchen table, she gasped. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Needless to say — not that Tom’s threat sounded very serious — the hobbits came soon, and left the table late and only when it was beginning to look rather empty. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His dad had left his new hunting rifle out on the table. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He stood at the end of the picnic table and glanced back and forth at us while he shoved pizza into his face. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The lord and lady sat with Fabian at the high table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

All day he sat cross-legged on his table in the little shop on Alisal Street, and in the evening he walked home to his small white house far out on Central Avenue. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I leaped up from the table, knowing that I should be ashamed of what I was doing, but unable to stop, and screamed, running blindly from the room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The table is set with pernil, ham with pineapple sauce, yellow rice, pink beans, and salad. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Hoover pounded the table and chortled, while Maytag and the baroness exchanged skeptical looks. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He wonders if it shows all over him where he's been, and grins, thinking back on the sweet little number not much older than some of the little sirens sitting around the table now. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

This, too, is met with enthusiasm around the table. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Calista was sitting at the table, reading one of my dad’s magazines about money. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I understand that the factory is not working at capacity currently, and I did observe that only one of these devices was operating, burning coal and what looked like one of the cutting tables. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vestibule had clean, white walls; the table and benches were of dark wood; and the priest was dressed in a white cassock—it was all neat, plain, simple. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Placing the last of the envelopes on table eight, the young lawyer smiled at Angela. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Deal,” Grandma said, standing to clear the table. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ranee clears her throat, enters the room, and places the plate of pakoras on the coffee table. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Stella raced through her chores, making sure the carrots were sliced perfectly, the potatoes peeled thinly, and the table cleaned and shined for dinner. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At lunch, Deb-and-Kiki head to the table where they always sit. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She set the bag down on the table and took off her coat and bandanna; she looked at Tayo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A big oven, a microwave, a dishwasher, a couple of tables. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Already at the tables, a group that had arrived still earlier was singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” in order that they might use the salt and pepper and ketchup there. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Gogol takes his place on one side of the table, across from Maxine. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another room, furnished with long tables and benches, was near a kitchen, where Ralph chewed into a bag of sugar and enjoyed a fine dessert. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pale green loopy ferns and spiked leaves of a much darker green filled the ceramic pots on the end table and the coffee table and the magazine table. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I reached under the kitchen table for my patched khaki shorts and dressed hurriedly. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

School was finally out and I was standing on a picnic table in our backyard getting ready for a great summer vacation when my mother walked up to me and ruined it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

One Saturday night after dinner, Park's mom was sorting her Avon shipment on the dining room table while Park and Eleanor played cards. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The guys at the next table all have rubber plugs in their earlobes and studs in their eyebrows and are joking around with each other like otters. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mom said, slapping her other hand down on the table. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

No one had ever invited me to play soccer or hang around on rooftops or stand around a Ping-Pong table eating lettuce. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Percy drew his sword and swept all the food ofF the picnic table. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There’s a glass bowl with ice cubes floating in it on the table in front of her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are worldly and awesome youth,” said Johnny, “so you’ve come to the right end of the table.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He placed his large elbows on the table, took off his sunglasses, and rubbed his eyes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at the phone, and then at the bills on her table, a tight, suffocating pressure rising inside her chest. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We watched two women arguing across a dinner table. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes would drop slowly from the swinging light to the laden table by the wall and then jerk back to the light again and he gave out incessantly his high horrible call. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She smile when she saw the table looking bright and purty. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My brothers and sisters had left the table, and my father would not look at me anymore, ignoring me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth struck the bar table with his fist and regretted a lost opportunity. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were supposed to report directly to the commanding officer,” Bill added, tapping his knuckles on the table. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam had admirers, and sat at mess hall tables like anyone else. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph then took the drawings from their cabinet and gently set them on the table. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon were both looking at Harry suspiciously, so he decided hed better skip dessert and escape from the table as soon as he could. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The night of Charlie’s funeral, I took two shots of chilled vodka that someone had left at their table. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tired and empty, and even with Ty'ree right across the table from me, I felt a little bit alone. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Silently they study me as I walk to the metal table in the center of the room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned across the table, fixing me with those riveting tawny eyes of his. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He sat down and put his feet up on the, uh, coffee table. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He pounded the table with his fist and ran out of the room. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I have a bad headache and my stomach hurts,” I told her, putting my elbows up on the table. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Colette grasped the edge of the table and pulled herself to her feet, knocking over the cream pitcher. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Micah stops drumming the table and gives us a stern face. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the microphone sat on the table before you, at other times a smaller, cylindrical microphone was hung on a cord around your neck. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"All right," I say, through a tight jaw, "what do you want your Sabbath table to look like?" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Silence hung over the table like the blue-black clouds in the middle of rainy season. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A little bald man was seated fully clothed at a round table draped in ivory baize, his hands neatly folded beside an untouched silver coffee tray. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He dreamed of being an actor or a singer; he reenacted TV shows at the dinner table, playing every part, his bright smile practically jumping through his lips. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother is much happier when she has a house full of guests and extra chairs around the dinner table. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Jones pointed to a corner of the tavern, where a small door was hidden among the darkened tables. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The round kitchen table and the rectangular dining table. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And in a different way, I didn’t want to sully the kitchen table with the kinds of things I’d seen and heard during the day; it just seemed best to keep it inside. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gasp went up from the whole crowd that had gathered around the table when Lettie approached. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Jon slumped against the wall, hands around his knees, and stared at the candle on the table beside his narrow bed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Padva shows Lainie around the rest of her latest work, including a wall of recent sketches, before they sit down for tea at a table by one of the windows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

All I can think of is Peeta, lying on a similar table somewhere, while they try to break him for information he doesn’t even have. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A girl with two braids tied with ribbons sat at a desk in a reception area with a patchwork sofa and a coffee table scattered with magazines. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He lay on our kitchen table, senseless to the world. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And while he was sure she wouldn’t turn him over to Jimmy, he wasn’t so sure how she’d take the news that Seattle was off the table. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“They all know what to do. Sit at the first table with empty trays. No food. No water. It’s enough people to draw attention.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Everyone stared as he reached Professor Dumbledore’s chair, slumped against the table, and gasped, “Troll — in the dungeons — thought you ought to know.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She came back to the table and sat down, and after a moment Shukumar joined her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jermaine plopped down at the kitchen table and started reading his newspaper. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Dr. Finch stood up, leaned on the table, and looked at her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I spread my math homework out on the table and pretended to work on it as Mama cleared away the last of the supper dishes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I went carefully back inside the cottage, retrieved the lantern, set it carefully on my small table next to my bed. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Let us return to the table which we discussed in Chapter 3. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I get up in the morning and make coffee for him, I set two places at the table, with my newly acquired ovenproof earthenware in off-white, with speckles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ridgeway led her to a wobbly table against the rear wall. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

That he was gonna cook up a fancy supper for Mama with candles on the table and Willie Nelson on the radio and maybe she’d wear that red dress he loved so much. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Families struggled to put food on the table, while the royal family spent hundreds of millions of dollars on parties to celebrate the monarchy. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

They were seated at a table in the comer. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Minli slipped quietly out of her bed and crept to the table where the goldfish was. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I try to lift it from the table, but it is secured with a metal bracket. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Grandpop was still at the table, turning the dial on his radio, trying to clear up the fuzz. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Aibileen smiles at the stack of pages on her kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As the group shifted the conversation to the logistics of getting the invitations out as quickly and efficiently as possible, Moss reached under the table again to grasp Javier’s hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was looking across the table like she'd just seen a ghost. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Except at the table right next to me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They closed the door and stood across the table from me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was a large room, only sparsely furnished: a long table with eight chairs, a cupboard, and a heavy sideboard. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mama hangs up the phone and reaches past me for the tissue box on the side table. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He reached across the table to touch my face, lightly brushing along my cheekbone again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A large table occupies that space, covered with tools and scraps of metal and gears and old computer parts and wires. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In middle school, your lunch table group isn’t always the same as your friend group. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Matt said, “You are so going to pay for that window, Buttle. And this Ping-Pong table too!” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Do they use the cane at St. Brutus’s, boy?” she barked across the table. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The site includes music theory lessons for students between grades 1 and 5 in the form of tables, lists, and videos to help the student better understand the many parts of music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I layer the table and make sure every inch is covered. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

In the snack bar area, the picnic tables had been moved aside. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There were starched cream-colored lace curtains for the windows, a table with a marble top for the center of the room and a three-piece green plush parlor suit. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cousin Eunice replaced her glasses and pushed herself up from the table, tottering a little in her high heels. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner I sit with Christina, Will, and Al at a table in the corner. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was seated on a folding wooden chair at a small, messy-looking writing table, with a paperback overseas novel open before him, which he was having great trouble reading. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I even started whispering the times tables again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right!” said Hermione, red patches blazing in her cheeks as she pulled a very old piece of newsprint out of her pocket and slammed it down on the table in front of Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I could see an overturned table and lamp in their flat, but nothing more. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was just loud enough for a few tables to hear. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was brightly lighted inside and there were many people at the tables. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Helmuth helps Brother Worbs to a chair, puts the kettle on, clears a spot at the kitchen table, sets out a chipped teacup, finds peppermint leaves, pinches them into the teapot. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Powell returned to the table and polished an apple upon his sleeve before biting into it. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He painted the cartoonish, alien-looking black creature on the wall over the kitchen table that the family called the “funny man.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She’s picking nervously at a pimple on her neck as they stop at the boys’ table. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He dropped the bundled blanket onto the nearest table where it knocked hard against the wood, as if it were full of stones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He ducks under his table, picks up a gittern—or maybe it's a lute, I can never tell the difference—and plucks a few notes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A dollhouse, with tiny exquisite doll plates and teacups, was set out on the center table. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Emery scrunches her nose and pats the table. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

White Deer put a tunic and trousers on the table. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You may not want to work with me. I can’t even remember my times table,” she warns. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Bando leaned on the stone table; Sam wrapped his arms around his knees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Finn spread the photos Petey had given him out on the table, trying to guess who was who. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In a bigger office, a bigger crowd is bound to convene around the bagel table, providing more witnesses to make sure you drop your money in the box. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The general and I sat in the living room and sipped wine while Soraya and her mother set the table. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’s sitting at the kitchen table and holds up a handful of sample strips, splayed out like playing cards. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Johnny took the lantern he had left on the kitchen table and walked through the silent house. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Berosty took up the great table of red stone as if it had been a sheet of tin and brought it down on Herbor’s head. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He walked to the square table and sat down on one of the boxes. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the table next to the games, an older man sold hand-painted greeting cards for all occasions to raise money for the Jaycees, one of Sing Sing’s “approved inmate organizations.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I return to the kitchen, Jamie is clearing the table. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Seated on a chair before the only table in the room was a woman in a ragged robe adorned with an embroidered dragon on its front. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night they dined at a rustic table made of planks, their meal lit by a kerosene lamp. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy rose from the table, hurriedly dabbing his mouth with a napkin. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A waitress passes by their table and Stella waves her down. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She found a juice glass and joined him at the table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The front rooms and hallway of the house were full of furniture, chairs and desks stacked on tables and couches. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The lady hands us our cones, and we sit at a table. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As Bast reached across the table his sleeve pulled back to reveal a bruise blossoming around his wrist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She left her room, walking down the short, curved corridor that led to the sitting room, and found Con at a table that had been laid with enough food for twenty. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He stood, moved to the stove, where he took the pot and two cups, which he put on the table, one for me and one in front of Gretchen. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The man took two steps forward; his boots—exactly like the ones on the table—nudged the back of my standard white slip-ons. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I glance around the Negro tables and realize a few of those folks are as well. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A round of cheese curing on the table. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Will stepped over and lifted the box off the table. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Then eight people have to disappear to the well-curtained attic and lie on the floor unmoving, in complete silence, miserable and sweating, while Lubek talks and smokes cigarettes at my half kitchen table. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She puts his framed picture on the table and plants birthday candles in the mound of maleeda. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Voices erupted, and soon it felt like there was one big noise demon hovering over the dinner table. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Frodo jumped up and stood on a table, and began to talk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He looked about for the headwaiter and saw none, so he lumbered through the few old men scattered about at tables in the gloom and seated himself at a small table directly beneath the stage. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the fireplace sat a wooden table with a lantern and one chair. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t thinking of home, where Ben and Luster were eating cold dinner at the kitchen table. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then one morning when she got up, Lefty was sitting at the breakfast table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I yank the towel from around my waist and throw it onto the table. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Ma’s face brightened and she said, “Bless your heart, Fern. Go on. Bless this table.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The tables were jammed together, and to be seated, the waitress employed a kind of magic, pulling one table out and then wedging you in, like a child in a high chair. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He had placed her iPod on top of her library books on the coffee table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Emily put one arm around her dad’s waist and the other around her mom, still seated at the table, and brought them together in a group hug. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Our table filled rapidly, mostly with older men. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was as if I were on the operating table again. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The screens are already up on the table, showing the regular Capitol feed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

This may become a disaster,’” Old Sai finished, setting a small table close to the bed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

From setting the dinner table, Buttercup watched them. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Wexler set her coffee cup on the driftwood coffee table and craned her neck for a better view. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, my God, Calvin the assistant director is scribbling something on his notepad at the table. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I took a swig, staring at the table without seeing it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Weaving through the crowd, I find her piling bags of stuffing onto a table. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not right for this kind of life. I don’t need a dinner table for twelve people to sit at. I couldn’t get twelve people to come over if I begged.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I look up at her from the table and half smile. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mike stood shakily and leaned against the table. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The cafe feels loud and hectic, the table between them too wide. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Wall Street is fine,” I told Dad across the table. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Would you two killers please sit your brutal selves down at the kitchen table and eat some popcorn,” Lillian said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat at the table and watched as Helen washed the dirty dishes, tied up the garbage bag, watered a spider plant over the sink, and poured boiling water into two cups. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Amari was drinking milk and he laughed so hard, it came spraying out of his mouth and nose all over the table and Holly. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

So she’s a little startled when I come over to her table and sit down. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Here is how you put an end to that,” Victarion had told him, slamming a dagger down on the table between them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His name, of course, was Proudfoot, and well merited; his feet were large, exceptionally furry, and both were on the table. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Yet all he said was, "As you command, my lord, but . . . but I am hungry. Might not I have a place at your table?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At night and on weekends, there were often lively discussions around her kitchen table, sometimes with friends—mostly Jewish intellectuals. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We eat it at the actual dining table on our parents’ wedding china, and my mom brings out the manger scene centerpiece that rotates like a fan when you light a candle beneath it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Trotter looked up from the table where she was spooning cookie dough onto a baking sheet and gave her the eye. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Laney sat at the living room table making her brownstone drawing, with Hyacinth, Jessie, and Oliver next to her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It is a serious and solemn ceremony, and as a rule on formal occasions everyone skaals everyone else round the table once. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the hall was another long table where the teachers were sitting. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I put a five on the table—a 50 percent tip—and walk four blocks. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Nectar and ambrosia overflowed from golden fountains, and platters of mortal snack food crowded the banquet tables. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I skipped the lunch line and headed straight for the table. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The third important arrival was Sir Aglovale, who came rather late in the afternoon, when the rubies had left the table and climbed the wall. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yank my head back when Mama looks up to grab another tissue from the box on the table. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

In the old house on the hill, Baby Kochamma sat at the dining table rubbing the thick, frothy bitterness out of an elderly cucumber. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I threw some cash onto the table and walked to the parking lot. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We find a table away from the crowd. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

In a short while they were sitting at the white oilcloth table eating their supper. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dussel looked very sullen, didn't speak to me for two days and made sure he occupied the table from five to five-thirty—all very childish, of course. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

So, and this was only the second time, he walked over to our table, leaned down, and whispered to us that he’d take care of the bill. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The walls were decorated with shelves of cookbooks but several tables were loaded down with trays of cookies, cakes, ice cream, and fruit! Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stop imagining being strapped to a table while a cabal of evil doctors removed my soul. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

One night when the laundry was so busy that the whole family was eating dinner there, crowded around the little round table, my throat burst open. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa turned his bag upside down on the table, and out fell a package wrapped in newspaper. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Audrey and I sat down at the table, and I glanced at Mom’s empty chair. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

A plate and bowl on the bedside table had the remains of her lunch—mashed potatoes and soup. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

That’s because instead of coming straight to the table, you linger. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They talk so long I go back to the table and my books. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He is standing at a table covered with maps, talking to other men but surrounded by girls, prettier ones than me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it’s got copper and eighteen gauge,” Robbie said, stepping back into the aisle to make sure it was centered on the big table. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He indicated a grave-rubbing on the little table, held flat by a jam jar in each corner. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She was seated with her back turned to the table, because her belly stood out too far for her to face it. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our kitchen table’s been full of so many naked men this year. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Stepping away from the table, Mr. Larson addressed the board members. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She took the tankard from the table and went outside to empty it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I hold my side as I reach across the table for a piece of toast. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Groceries appeared in the refrigerator at regular intervals and reappeared as cooked meals on the table at mealtimes. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But then the very next day I’d watch you workin’ at yore table and...I couldn’t hardly stand it, you was so beautiful. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey moved the now empty glass to the middle of the table. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

A tray smacks down on the table across from me. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The one above our table, the one that marked our spot, was the restaurant’s signature painting. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She counted on her fingers under the table. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“And I want to get him checked over,” he added, placing Scabbers on the table in front of them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She looked into tiny hole-in-the-wall shops and smelled the dress fabrics arranged in disorder on the tables. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to give Julia plenty of time to get to our table first. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a vase filled with camellia branches on the dining room table. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was the image of her father sitting at the table across from her, his body framed by the high kitchen window, his cap on the back of the chair near his shoulder. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the table was set, food was placed in the middle, and people were seated. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

How out of place these dirty, tired travelers must have seemed at the Stuarts’ fine table. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the only other chair at her little table. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They took a quick peek at the movie table—Ernie was always hunting for old karate movies, but the seller only had old VHS tapes, so Genie and Ernie didn’t look long. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then he puts his arms on the table and lays his head on them, as if he were going to sleep. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She had picked up her wand from the table, and it had emitted a loud squeak and turned into a giant rubber mouse. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The sprites had turned the matchbooks into beds and tables, shredded all the paper, and ripped out the centers of the books to nest inside. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He quickly picked up something else from the table, a letter from his older brother in Albany. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

As we pass the table, the woman’s body disappears, except in my memory and his. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She ate her weird lunch at the other end of the long rectangular table where Taryn and Ivy sat, and she just...watched. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He takes off his goggles and removes his gloves, setting them on the table. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We have two beds, one sideboard with a mirror, a table and two chairs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I stuff her back inside my Unity Valley suit and go back to the table. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Orr leaped on top of the table after hurling his paddle and came sailing off die other end in a running broad jump with both feet planted squarely in Appleby’s face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Lupita glanced at the wall opposite the table where she sat eating. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He sat at the kitchen table, gulping down glasses of whiskey. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Without another word, Father laid his head down on the table and wept. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The death penalty was taken off the table after Tony agreed to cooperate with the state. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He pulled on some clothes, went over to the table, and took out a sheet of plain paper. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They stripped me down to my slip and brassiere and made me lie down on this long metal table, but they didn’t buckle the belts I saw dangling down the sides. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breakfast is in the common area, at one of the round tables with checkerboard patterns in the center. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Two hospital orderlies came into the room, wheeling a stretcher table. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

This is what I did today: I got up, had a chapati and a bowl of yogurt, and sat at the table helping Dadi fold the linen napkins. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Outside in the garden, over the dinner tables, the three objects Scrimgeour had given them were passed from hand to hand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As I retyped it on the kitchen table, Mamá came over and sat next to me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

‘I’ve come to bid you good night,’ said the landlord, putting the candles on the table. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

From his opened briefcase he fished out the Voigt-Kampff apparatus, seated himself at a nearby rosewood coffee table, and began to assemble the rather simple polygraphic instruments. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I looked over at the picnic table and saw Frankie sitting with a few other boys. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I stared at the overflowing ashtray, the three-quarters-empty bottle of Famous Grouse, the game of poker solitaire laid out upon the table. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

You could hear Ruth May’s creepy pet mongoose scurrying around under the table looking for somebody to drop something. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To the energy program!” cried Farmer from the other end of the table. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He presses a button on the side of the table. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

At the Community Center you could always tell when he had been playing table tennis by the dampness of the bat handle. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There is a table in the shape of a hexagon. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was satisfied that we were warmed up enough, Coach took me over to the table to see if pools had been posted. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

With a nod of approval he joined them at the table, accompanied by Number Two. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Dad left the table, I began writing down what I saw on the card. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The room was dim, save for a desk lamp on a table filled with gauze and ointments and other medical supplies. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Treebeard raised himself from his bed with a jerk, stood up, and thumped his hand on the table. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They invited him to join them at the table, but that was as far as they extended themselves. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Thunder boomed and Grandpop braced himself on the edge of the table. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Each of these tables, Harry noticed as he passed them, was positioned exactly beneath the four House tables above, in the Great Hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He lunged across the table, seized the weapon of the second student, and yanked it free of its hanger. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, under a dark, low-slung ceiling, there are four pool tables, a long bar, and a jukebox that plays Latino music. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Resting his cue on the table, Whitby’s opponent turned to us. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Back home, where the house smelled of pork chops, peas, and potatoes—his least favorite meal, but there would be one less angel at the table, and that made Clayton smile. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She pointed at the table with the mirror on it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was a bunch of expensive-looking white furniture, and on a table in one corner was a large wire pet cage. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think that, except for my presence, he would have taken one short glance beneath our own table. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

A table, tilted on its side, crammed against the wall, dark black wood as deep as night. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I finish up the water and set the glass on his grandma’s coffee table, beside an ashtray that’s definitely been used. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m hoping we’ll know it when we see it. Keep an eye out for anything that looks out of place. A note taped under a table or something like that.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Tayo stood in the door and looked around inside, at the empty tables with crooked legs of different lengths. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then his sister dropped her gaze to the table. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He tapped his fingers on the wooden table, drumming out a rhythm with them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Eating in silence at a table where prayers are said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even said something about a periodic table, or some crazy thing. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Our uncle returned his attention to his table, brushing aside stubborn gnats as he scraped bark from a twisted, blackened branch and put it in a jar. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Master came back with a wide piece of paper that he unfolded and laid out on the dining table, pushing aside books and magazines. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Book of Three lay closed on the table. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The entire company looked then at the woman on the table, who was struggling to sit up and was pushing so hard her red face looked near to bursting. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the other chair and pulled up to the card table. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Epiphany sat on one side of a long table; Maxwell, the other. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, this is exactly what you need,” Mrs. V says, slapping the printouts onto the table after reading them. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Looks like you found your table,” she said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Her book had only one story and the one on the table had close to ten. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

O’Brien picked up the cage and brought it across to the nearer table. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The innkeeper's wife hurried over and stood at the head of the table. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She points to two long tables that have been pushed together to hold fruit and cheese trays, chips and dip, cookies, and drinks. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

By silent agreement they collapsed around the picnic table. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But then Zeke waves me over to his table, looking grim, and I guide my feet in that direction. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We rarely ate dinner around the table as a family. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

With all the kids on the team plus their parents, we took up a big chunk of the table space in the place. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I set my suitcase on the dressing table and looked at the first drawer. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” said Ron, sweeping the jumble of scrawled notes off the table, dipping his pen into some ink, and starting to write. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, I got up and went out in the living room and got some cigarettes out of the box on the table and stuck some in my pocket. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She picked up the book from her bedside table, hesitated for a moment—and opened it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Atticus leaned his elbows against the table and pushed himself back. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Isabelle took photographs the entire night, and Hugo sat at a table doing magic tricks. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She dried a jar with a towel and set it on the table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Once in the house, Dyedka went straight to the bread cooling on the table and sniffed it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The kids we had seen in the kitchen had set up a table full of what looked like slow cookers and were making runs between the office building and the fire to replenish them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He backed away from the table, slowly at first, and then he was jogging down the steps, and he couldn’t even bring himself to look at Esperanza, even though she was yelling his name. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She watched him toss it onto a dirty table cluttered with empty coffee cups. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He flicks the cloth out of the way irritably before coming toward us and sitting beside me at the table in the Gathering Place. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We corresponded for a few years and then I lost track of her, but by that time I had considerably improved my table etiquette. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malia is sitting at the dining room table doing her homework. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was a long silence, so long that Turner wondered if the clock might chime again.“Yes,” his father said,“! do know. But it’s not to be gossiped about at the minister’s dinner table.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She is sitting at the table examining screens. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then one morning when I went in early to cook breakfast, Lizabeth was sitting at the kitchen table holding a envelope. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Alexa, her dad, and I sit around the table, and her mom sets down the star dish. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Nouri had been known to fall asleep right at the dining-room table at late-night suppers and stay sleeping while everyone cleaned up. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Some of the tables are all white, and some are all black, but plenty are mixed. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It lashed in rhythmic waves against the windows of the white, brightly lit kitchen as we guests sat around the table and ate a silent, cheerless breakfast of coffee and Pop Tarts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Parents drop off sweets at the tables lining one wall. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He gets up from the table and leaves the other half of his Pop-Tart and his salad stuff too. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got a letter from my brother the other day,” she said, bringing the food to the table. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They sat down at the head of the table, where in earlier days the mother, the father, and Gregor had eaten, unfolded their serviettes, and picked up their knives and forks. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two red couches face off over a low table. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A table that, at one time, was Hannah’s other safe place. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Dinner’s on the table. You need to eat to keep your strength up for that long drive.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There’s a color television with remote-control panels built into the lamp table between the two twin beds. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying on the couch, a drink on the table beside him, talking to his grandmother on the telephone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It, along with all the food on the table, had been blessed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I ask him to place his cards on the table face upwards. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The table greatly simplifies a complex mass of historical facts: see the text for some of the many important caveats. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I remember when I was a little girl, on Sunday afternoons my father and I would sit at the kitchen table playing chess. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sat at an empty table and tore into my food, which by the way was pretty good. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The noise of my voice drifts down the long table. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I coughed, scanned the windows on either side of the table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He got up from his bunk and sat down at the table, across from George. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

As people finished off dinner and started in on dessert, Isa cleared the table of dirty dishes and was on her way to the kitchen when Mr. Van Hooten pulled her aside. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Next to a neat stack of magazines, Cat Fantastic on top, fresh roses sat on the end table, their sweet smell losing against Lysol. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I woke up nearly every day to her standing in the kitchen, Preacher Green playing on the radio that sat on the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She spun the phone around on the table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I joined Mom and Dad at the dining room table, the second hand of the wall clock chiming in with their conversation. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Joseph couldn’t help noticing how careful his uncle was with the surface, how he caressed it and stared at it, as if the table were the most important thing in the world. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was one table of girls that I knew were whispering about me because they were talking behind their hands. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When we got home, Ma set to the tinker work she had spread across the table. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long wait, and the waiter had asked for a name: “Kennedy,” Bun said briskly, rocking back on his heels, and the next instant half the staff was scrambling to clear a table. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A dressing table near the bed had no bottle or vial on its ebony top, and its sheen was reflected in triple mirrors. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He threw himself with a despairing gesture into a chair, and placed his elbows on the table, covering his face with his hands as he spoke:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then he picked a pulp magazine from his shelf and brought it to the light over the table. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He massaged some life back into them and limped heavily to the table where the septon was snoring softly, his head pillowed on an open book in front of him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He’d started to turn away to carry the bowl to the table when she added, quietly, “They took him longer than anyone, you know.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Others said to a farm where the children were kept and fattened for the table. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was on her bedside table, right next to Charlotte's Web. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

That tomorrow there will be two empty seats at the table, yet again. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But he sat at the table, both hands wrapped around his mug. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The house was furnished with broken tables and chairs she'd picked up off the street, and every service was haggled over. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The fourth and fifth courses appear, and then the table is prepared for dessert. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Waiting for her on the table was hot-water corn bread smeared with the apple preserves. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Some of the visitors, seeing the guest book on the table, thought they were supposed to sign. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I sit with my friends at the lunch tables.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But this query was answered almost instantly; they were level with the Slytherin table now, and Karkaroff had just bustled up to his students. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Warily I crawled out and stood myself at the opposite end of the table. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The table falls silent, as the sound—the singing—strengthens and rises. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He reached into his night table drawer and pulled a fresh cigar from it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four of my tables fill up at once. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel desperate, because now every time I close mv eves I see her, sitting there at the kitchen table with Evie on her lap. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes the portfolio case from me, unzips it, and opens it on the table. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

In the dimness, he knew how she sat, a bit forward in her chair, ankles crossed against the lowest rung, left elbow on the table. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Very good work, Angel and Isaiah,” Mrs. Fisher says, walking by our table. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

While this cooked Baucis set the table with her trembling old hands. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he rounded his hands into fists, set them on the table, and leaned down, his arms pillars supporting his top half. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Inside they could see a young man about their age, leaning against the end of a long table and reading a book. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He went and sat down at the table then. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And, like a grizzled extra scurrying out of the bar just before the climactic final shootout in a grade B Hollywood Western, Bud dropped a dollar onto the table and hurriedly split. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might as well whip out my heart and set it on the table for the boys to examine. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

As dinner dishes are cleared from the table downstairs, my parents ascend hand in hand to their bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We were so relieved, we didn’t think to clear off the table with the diagrams. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A white examination table stood to the left of the chair. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When I’m done, I point to the heart on the table. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And then the doctor put his hands on my shoulders and started to push me down on the table. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She smiles at us with so much pride it’s like the sun’s rising over the table. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Chester banged his glass down on the table. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were not in the least satisfied by his explanation that he had crawled away quickly under the tables after he had fallen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jeanne, meanwhile, is sitting on the floor next to Fabian’s feet—under that table over there. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs to find Dad asleep in front of his laptop at our little table. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

This year’s dinner is small, since his dad’s parents are on vacation, so the table is set for six in glittering white and gold. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Two njuzu girls coiled up the table legs and bent gracefully over cups of tea that Mother had poured. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What do you know, Chris remembers he came with somebody and walks over to our table. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When Calder flipped to the table of contents, he saw that Chapter Two was called “The Puzzle.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

His father, in full uniform, sat at the kitchen table, sipping from a steaming cup. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I popped out of my seat, picked up the matches from the coffee table, and was able to strike one on the first try. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed to the table where Zach and Lena were holding court. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Others were painted blue or purple or polka-dotted, with big banners out front and colorful menu boards and tables like do-it-yourself sidewalk cafes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But ever since that first lunch at school, we’ve sat at the summer table together every day, just the two of us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Another lunch like all the other lunches, set out on the big table. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I roll back to the table, pulling my phone out. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Jam crawled under the table and curled up on a blanket that had been left there. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My elbow, which is resting on the table before me, is made of atoms. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was doing you a favor!” she said, her hands forming fists on the table. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“No, no, Lupe. They aren’t that kind of tables. These tables are just lists of numbers. I could figure them out, all right...” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The princess grabbed a dagger off a table and hurled it at a stack of shields. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He cleared the table while I started on the dishes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ob drank his cocoa and looked out the front window while I got the table spread. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He shakes himself awake now, looks at the half-moon, and says, “I left my keys on your kitchen table.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was sitting at the table, getting ready to pour myself a big glass of it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He grew more confident, sitting on the edge of my table to talk before Biology class started, ignoring Edward as completely as he ignored us. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The T-shirt inside had the word “Freddie” above the box from the periodic table that contains the atomic symbol Hg. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

They just sat at the table, blinking at me, their shoulders slumped like when our dog, Biscuit, ran away. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

All of the tables are hidden away, except for the ones being used that are covered in red tablecloths. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure crosses six evenly spaced friction strips on the kitchen tiles to reach the table; she follows a strand of twine he has threaded from the table to the toilet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He leaned against the table, smiling as she turned a deep shade of red. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When we get to the restaurant, Ben’s not there yet, so we grab a table at the back. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I have an image of Prim in a white room, strapped to a table, while masked, robed figures elicit those sounds from her. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never even sat at the same table with a Negro who wasn’t paid to do so. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I pushed back from the table, but didn’t try to get up. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Claudia next suggested a real sit-down restaurant with tablecloths on the tables and waiters to serve you. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom led us to the kitchen, where Sean was sitting at our table, stuffing his face with pizza directly from the box. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

A jigsaw puzzle of ancient Egypt outlined the dining room table with the extra pieces piled up like pyramids spilling over onto the floor. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all sit around the table, their plates before them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Over here,” Officer Crams said to Rick, leading him to a small white table at which a technician operated familiar equipment. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was a subtle thing, but he’d learned to look for it at the tables—the moment a player came awake to the fact that he might have a winning hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Afterward, we sat at the kitchen table for a long time talking about everything, so Mom heard the whole story a couple of times. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The three Baudelaire children had many more questions for Mr. Poe, but he had already stood up from the table, and with a slight wave of his hand departed from the room. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

On the table was a basket, and in the basket were three turnips, each of them lavender on one end and white on the other. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The coroner rapped for order, then rose and stepped to the table and with one sweep of his arm flung the sheet back from Bessie’s body. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He was always reciting it for no reason. Once, I said the whole thing when I got sent from the table for playing with my food.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

In the center of the room, a long wooden table was cluttered with scrolls, notebooks, tablet computers, daggers, and a large bowl filled with jelly beans, which seemed kind of out of place. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I place my wages on the table by her elbow and turn to go. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We children would help Song Po-po polish the mahogany table and Grandma’s four prized red-and-gold dowry trunks until we could see our reflections in the wood and leather. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A series of picnic groups and camping sites had been built by internees— clearings, with tables, benches, and toilets. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made her way, half in a trance, to the high table, where she found, to her horror, that she was sitting directly opposite Blanche of Castile. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Master scribbled a note on the back of a flyer and left it on the table. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I walk out of my room, my parents are sitting at the table, finishing their tea. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Her hand clasped in his on the table was an infidelity. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I see a flash of movement under the table, and see Marlene’s hand meet Uriah’s over his knee. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Laura Friendly, her assistant, and the troll stood near a table of auction items. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I must stand on a chair that stands on a tea table to see the sun and the moon out a too-high window. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I go to restaurants, often far liner ones than the places where I worked, and sit down at a table. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he turned purposefully back to the table, and they edged farther away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He waved his hands like a magician revealing the table, which was in plain sight. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he regrets having ever told Moushumi; he wonders whether she’ll proclaim the story of his father’s accident to the table as well. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They can eat only food from my table, and they can’t leave Portland. Since the Doors of Death are open, they can’t even die. It’s beautiful!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I change my clothes, grab a bag of chips, and sit at the dining room table. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

One woman clutched an inmate’s hands from across the table and laughed with him about something. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mother was so nervous, she backed into the trestle table while curtsying. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Robert Cohn got up from the table and said he would go to the station. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Jasmine sits with me outside at the benches, away from Camille’s table, so it’s just the two of us. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She trotted elegantly out from under the table and stood with her brush sticking straight out behind her and her head perfectly still, looking Boatwright’s dæmon in the eye. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Will’s sisters were already in their usual spots at the kitchen table, arguing over the positioning of a cereal box for the best viewing, when he made his way down for breakfast. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I bump back down into my seat, sliding the chair back to the table. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

When she opened her eyes again, the table had vanished. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody in Mrs. Rouse’s class sat at one long table in the middle of the cafeteria. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

We all huddled behind a chipped stone table, most of its jewels shattered or missing, and listened as our bunny spy gave us the lowdown. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He groped for the glass of water he always kept on the end table, but he couldn’t find it. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And yet here she sits at the table, in labor, with her husband and mother and sister-in-law, writing to Vincent on a piece of cream-colored paper, in Dutch, with black ink. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I watched Maxim at the breakfast table getting whiter and whiter as he read the papers, one after the other, and then the local one as well. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The waitress picks up my plate and wipes the table. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She carried the gun to protect herself and had to use it once when, having climbed nine flights of stairs, she found some strangers playing cards at her kitchen table. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Backpack, keys, money, cell phone, all on the kitchen table. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I put her smiling picture on the dressing table, then reached under her bed and pulled my sax case out again. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Now as Cara sat at the kitchen table looking through the sheaf of fourth-grade editions, she had trouble imagining herself writing all this. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The red-furred dwarf in the cowboy hat was sitting about thirty feet away at the nearest café table, sipping an espresso held by his monkeylike foot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Leave the pamphlets on the tables when you done,” he said. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Flora Baumbach leaped from her chair at the next table, picked up the square of paper, and set it face down before the trembling youngster. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When the hat announces your House, you will go and sit at the appropriate table. “ Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The table is covered with steaming bowls of food. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Dadi was at the table a minute or two later, holding a silver container with an ornate lid. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I walkover to the table and put five cookies in a napkin, looking around to make sure no one is watching. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Ruthie, who softens her French toast by pouring orange juice over it and much of the table, is one of the more with-it gals. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed away from the table and stood up. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Love chopped up two big carrots and put them in her apron pocket, along with some shriveled little yellow apples out of Granny’s bowl on the work table. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Seven closed her notebook and slapped it on the table with a THUMP. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He put the manicuring table in the front window and he plopped me right there and I worked in the window. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl had a dining table, so she probably had food. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even Voltaire, who avoided the dialogue between a philosopher and a lady, a form popularized by Fontenelle, liked to imagine his book being read by a sophisticated woman at her dressing table. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Stacks of old photo albums and Metias’s journals clutter up the coffee table. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When I reached his table, I stood behind the chair across from him, unsure. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Malloy stands, takes a coupon gently out of my hands, and leaves it on the coffee table. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Not if he wanted to be able to lean over a pool table for a shot exposing his back to his customers’ husbands. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is what I dreamed Gilliam Park would be; however, my dream was buried in granite dust and hard crusty rocks with no shade, no greenery, and no picnic tables. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We sat around the big, old mahogany table in the dining room, discussing a plan to save her job. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you don’t want it to be at your expense, you have to take yourself off the table as an option. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Daddy, already sit-sit-sitting at the table, pulled out my chair and I slumped into it, relieved that Aunt Goldie didn’t want to throttle me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She shuffles off to the house while we sit at the table, using the silence to regroup. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I know everything I saw, when I dressed Mirjam on the table yesterday. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of us were still sitting around the kitchen table, awkward and inert, pretending to enjoy our second and third cups of coffee when Teddy’s wife marched in. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Red Jeyne loped over to lick at his hand, and Helicent slipped under the table and curled up by his feet, gnawing at a bone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then one day, I sit back down at our old table. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He played for hours under the tables, quiet, watching for someone to drop a potato-chip bag or a wad of gum. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the table he placed three special plates of the last evening meal, two bowls of soup, coffee, and dessert. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her hands were folded majestically in her lap—she’d set her husband’s letters on the coffee table—and she was perched with great dignity on the edge of her chair, blinking calmly at her daughter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He drops fifty Notes on our table as the waiter comes by. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

There’s Miss Celia setting at the head of the table with Mister Johnny setting next to her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Aunt. Mrs. Chester asked me if I would, and I offered to tend a table, as I have nothing but my time to give.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

A conversation at the table always equaled a change in barometric pressure. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She leapt up from the table and hurtled from the room, shouting as she went, “I’ll be back in a minute!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The huntress was standing at the end of the table talking with another young woman, who was dressed similarly in hunting green. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spread out the robe on the large table to examine it carefully and select the place where she should begin her work. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Montague leaned forward to look down the table at Arthur. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime I sit with Cordelia in the cafeteria, which is pale-colored, with long whitish tables. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They ate slowly out of bone china bowls, sitting at opposite sides of the table with a single candle burning between them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Kendra was about to follow when she noticed an envelope on a table near her grandfather. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In her mind’s eye, Mother saw two cards on the dining room table. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Five if you counted Yakov, who waited for us on a table, under a sheet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

On the table he’s placed two slices of cheesecake. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We lined up the spinach, tomatoes, onions, chilies, and other ingredients on the table. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and went over the propositional calculus, trying to visualize the truth tables for conjunction, disjunction, equivalence, and material implication. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

One Sunday soon afterwards, I sat down at the kitchen table with my trail log and a calculator and at last totted up the miles I had done. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

And instead of the white oilcloth and paper napkins of the dining room, Faye’s table was covered with a white damask cloth and the napkins were linen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eric had explained that those dining at the high table, as the children and Michelangelo had been invited to do, waited in the corridor outside the great hall until the king was ready to enter. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

One by one, the migrants stand behind chairs at a long table. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We sit around the creaky table, and Thatha says, "Ready to pack your suitcase, Kabir? Were going to Chennai tomorrow, and were going to bring your mother—our daughter-in-law—back home." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She trails her finger along the edge of the table. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In some restaurants the tables are too low for my chair, but this time I was able to slide perfectly into place. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The expert stretched his lips into a smile and pulled a large toothbrush from under the table. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He lifted his head from the table to look down into the yard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dad gripped the edge of the table as if he were going to get up and come across the kitchen after me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They sat at their table in the library, and James explained the mastermind code he’d come up with over the weekend, every so often looking over to where Maddie sat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The smell of fried garlic and cooked rice fills our kitchen when the family takes their usual places around a mahogany table where we each have our own high-backed teak chair. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Unbelievable,” Fiona whispers as we finally follow the hostess to a table. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Tali had brought their map case inside, and now he opened it, pushing aside empty bowls to unroll a map of the Wood onto the table. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A black girl who’s sitting at the other eighth grade table raises her hand, and Ms. Rochambeau nods to her. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

His fingers were entwined, resting on the table in front of him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“You’re sewing?” she said when she saw the patterns and cloth spread all over the bed and table. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No!” all the others at the table would shout. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked about the room and saw on the table the instruments that had been used for my operation. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

Around the kitchen tables at night, union fathers often identified Homer Hickam as the enemy, and the boys from those families sometimes went out looking for revenge. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

With his hand, he shielded his eyes for a moment against the harsh, watty glare from the naked bulb over the table. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Then she jerks upright and grabs my watch from the bedside table. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They are led to a small table at the back as opposed to the long one in the center that he normally sits at. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad dropped the Opinion section on the table and made a noise like he couldn’t believe what he’d just read. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The mood at the dinner table this night differed from the friendly atmosphere the night before. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slap the spoon down on the table, and little grains of rice fly around me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron sat down at the Gryffindor table next to Hermione, who had her copy of Voyages with Vampires propped open against a milk jug. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

At the scorer’s table stood five kids laughing together. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Lori opens the file on the table in front of her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He led them, a procession of six, to a table right next to a platform. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The rest of them squeezed in around the table; elbow to elbow and with barely enough room to move, they started to eat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The guard put my suitcase on a table and flipped it open. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When Dill got to the library, he saw Lydia and Travis sitting at the table farthest from the ever-vigilant eye of the librarian, Ms. White, who was quick to shush. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

There was a still life on Billy’s bedside table— two pills, an ashtray with three lipstick-stained cigarettes in it, one cigarette still burning, and a glass of water. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gideon slides a jar of peaches across the table at me, and I pick up the Ball jar and twist off the two-piece lid. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I carried my limp and worn five-dollar bill to the back table. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime, James staked out a table next to Maddie’s in the library, his latest code work spread in front of him. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But without his mother at the table he does not feel like eating. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And there’s always email,” Dad added, setting the cracked screen facedown on the table. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

So was the mug of coffee he set next to me at the table. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was late in the summer and we were all seated around the kitchen table making our plans to go to El Puerto for the harvest when my mother with strange premonition remembered Narciso. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line at the counter went all the way to the door, and every single table was full—mostly with Beecher Prep kids. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The thick timber of the table’s leg was almost entirely eaten away, and I heard a light popping and crackling as the liquid pooling on the floor began to boil. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One evening she sits at the kitchen table while her great-uncle reads aloud. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I sit up and lean my elbows on the table. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A couple of people from other tables look at us, and I feel myself grinning and blushing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

When it came to apportioning work on an aptitude basis, the smaller girls were assigned to dust the legs and lower shelves of furniture; the older girls to dust table tops and upper shelves. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sat beneath the table, safe there, and Deen had pulled the dune grass from around his ponytail and held it out. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The remaining section of the synagogue, the section without chairs, was crowded with long tables and benches. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She spoke of him at the table as an exceptional being who had renounced all forms of vanity and was on his way to becoming a saint. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The dinner bell rang and I did not go to the table, but hid in a corner of the hallway. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nok bolted from the table and ran for the door, but two servants blocked her way. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

While I was eating he got up and went and picked up this book, an oversized photo album, and brought it back to the table. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My nightmares started then, nightmares in which I saw Ade Coker’s charred remains spattered on his dining table, on his daughter’s school uniform, on his baby’s cereal bowl, on his plate of eggs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sits beside me at the table and peers at my sketchbook. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

My chin was just above the dinner table, and I could see my baby brother sitting on Popo’s lap, crying with an angry face. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her table partner watches me with the smallest smile, and the look in her eyes makes me wanna scream. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Before long the Rottenführer is sitting at their table every morning, taking up all the air in the flat. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’s nice enough not to call me out at the table. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Garrett slides into his seat, setting a cardboard cake box on the table in front of us. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She flips them over, one at a time, laying them faceup in an elaborate pattern across the table, some overlapping and others in rows, until there are about a dozen cards laid out. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Being surrounded by books was comforting, even if she sat at a table by herself. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was sitting with his elbow on the table, his chin resting in his palm as he stared dreamily at Akira. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Get the boy a steak, Harold," his grandma said, sitting Park at the kitchen table and inspecting his face. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I’d already wiped all the tables and chairs down in the Log Cabin and now I was going back to clear-mop the floor for the second time. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I stared at the glass, seeing how the light shone through, throwing a transparent, precisely fluted shadow against the dark grain of the table, and there on the bottom of the glass lay an eye. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andrew shows me the ants crawling across the table. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The lamp at the center of the table lights their eyes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to the bed there was a little table with a lamp that had a picture of a skinny little black horse right in the lampshade. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Two newspapers are spread wide open on the kitchen table. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The five people sitting round the table seemed to find conversation difficult. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

And knows Axel for Pokémon battles in the woods, and playing games with Ms. Dale, and eating strawberry ice pops at the picnic table on hot days, and making silly faces, and being kind. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

So, when I got home from school and there were a dozen red roses for me on the kitchen table, I tried my best not to be cynical. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The white coat’s face appeared from behind the laptop on the table. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A roll of brown paper towels stood in the center of every table, along with various bottles of hot sauce. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Piled on a table in the corner of the room were presents which I would have to open, several children told me, before, not after, their bedtime. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Celia looks back at the figurines on the table before she responds. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The right side of the stuffy office was disorganized, with stacks of newspapers and boxes on a table. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Just as they all lifted their glasses, Mami leaned into the table. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

One of the pizza boxes lay with its lid folded back on our coffee table. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She set up a card table which she covered with a filigree lace tablecloth from Florence. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, ma’am, but we live here. You asked us to sit at your table. It’s different than Quincy working extra hours at the Brown Cow.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After an hour, except for a few more finger-size loops, all Maniac had to show for his trouble were the flakes of knot crust that covered the table. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo and Calypso sat on the beach, near the spot where Leo had destroyed the dining table, and they ate a picnic dinner together. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They left the table one at a time, Mami taking threatening steps toward them each time they stopped to look back with mischievous expressions and a mouthed “Negi has a boyfriend.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I left him sitting at the kitchen table over his glass of tea and went to bed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She rolled her eyes and picked up the breakfast plates from the coffee table. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

"In the drawer of the table by my bed." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

They both got up from the table and walked away. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Twelve tables were set up in the dining room. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

For the next four days, Celaena awoke before dawn to train in her room, using whatever she could to exercise—chairs, the doorway, even her billiards table and cue sticks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Patterson sat down at the table, and Dad offered him a cup of coffee. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Wandering through the crowd so as to escape a drunken uncle of Ron’s who seemed unsure whether or not Harry was his son, Harry spotted an old wizard sitting alone at a table. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Well,” the woman says, dropping the photograph on the table. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A big ivy plant spilled off a table and dangled to the floor. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A silhouette arrives and sits at the kitchen table. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I head down to our apartment and walk past the kitchen, where the table is set for dinner. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A metal table in the middle of the room. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

After a big wedge of layer cake she pulled back from the table. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sun lighted a bowl of purple grapes on the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The other men at the table, who had pretended not to be listening, grunted and nodded their agreement. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A cute, chubby girl walked over to the table and said hi to Lida, then introduced herself to me as Susan. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mom paid at the door and unleashed her children on the buffet while she found a table. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was sitting at the table smoking a cigar. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Kira had finished it while me and Holly ate spinach pizza at the kitchen table. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She wove between the tables, feeling as if she were walking in his footsteps, and stopped at the far end of the room. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Catelyn pulled it out from beneath her cloak and threw it down on the table in front of him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Eventually we were sitting at a round table on stumps and rocks, all level to the same height. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Jean-Marie said, “We would offer you hospitality at our kitchen table. But to do that, we would have to lock her in her room.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Akimi craned her neck and checked out all the other tables. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

After her good cry at the dinner table, the mother repeated the story. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“If we go all over the building looking, we can probably find you things that aren’t so tattered. A lamp from one apartment, a table from another.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

They fell down at the edge of our yard when they came, and walked on their knees to the table. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, the image of Maya baring her teeth at the Savanna table across the room popped into my head. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Ruth let the seaweed disintegrate, and later, when its veins and stems dropped and curled into brown scabs on the table, she removed the bowl and brushed away the scabs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unfolded my candy wrapper that I had crumpled up and flung on the table. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He leans into the table, regarding her with considerably increased interest than he had moments before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He reached under the small table and grabbed the can that held the...dead flies. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And then, as if I’ve conjured him myself, Nick appears at our table. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Cotton leaned across the table to grab a brownie and said, “Hey, look! The wishbone!” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I was sitting at the breakfast table, waiting for my mother to finish packing a sack lunch which I always promptly threw away as soon as I rounded the corner. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it seemed like everybody at the table cared and didn't care at the same time. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Fifteen minutes’ work at her kitchen table and the photograph from her own passport had produced something she hoped would pass for genuine. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stoves, tables, clay fireplace—I keep filling my head with thoughts about these things so I won’t think about Frightful. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cakes were arranged end to end on a long table, and they were beautiful to behold. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, we warmed our hands against the mugs as we sat around Dari’s picnic table. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On the table a few things that had been left: a cup, a tin plate, a candle in a stand. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nick presses his hands down on the table. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

"I'm pleased you share my concern. And I thank you for the hospitality of your table. But a long day awaits." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A table stood in the center of Dr. Finch’s kitchen, and on the table was a saucer containing a cracker upon which rested a solitary sardine. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Nielsen’s hands are flat on the table. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I waited under the table in fear, until my brother Alex—my sweet little guardian—came and found me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He, Ron, and Hermione were sitting at the very back of the Charms class with a table to themselves. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had a lot of tables to cover. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We all pile into her office, which is full of beanbag chairs and has two mini love seats, a round table with a few chairs, and posters of poets everywhere. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

She brings more plates, none larger than a hand, and soon the table is completely covered. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found him at his table, looking a little pale, but happy. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The windows near the ceiling were small and dirty, the old leather furniture spilled its innards, the tables were mutilated, the walls ash-colored, the floor concrete. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He finishes his beer and rolls the empty bottle across the table. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bride and groom had driven off in their sleigh toward the snug new house that awaited them, the guests turned back to the laden tables. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

With no warning, he picked up the bin of boots and flipped it over, so dozens of boots scattered across the length of the table with a terrible amount of noise. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Jam shook her head and arranged the rest of the pamphlets in a neat pile on the table. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When we entered the classroom, we found the chairs and tables had been pushed to one side of the room. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the cake had finally landed in the middle of the table, Harry said, “That looks amazing, Mrs. Weasley.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The blond girl with dreadlocks is wiping down tables. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

His elbows are resting on the coffee table. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, as long as one understands that the table is a simplification, it is useful for comparing continental histories. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The greeter at the table looks over my way too, and points. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Neumann Two removes a small tin from his coat, dumps three round pills on the table, and gulps them down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She sat at our kitchen table and motioned for me to sit beside her. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They were about a hundred yards away when they saw Will and Lyra at the café table. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crowded around the table and stuffed our faces shamelessly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I fled to the back porch, knelt down by the tall slab table, and begged God to let Grandpa get well. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Under Louis XIV tables, around potted palms, up stairways, around corners, down stairways, into the main lobby, picking up other people as we went. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

After Coach Hedge left on his shadow-travel expedition, Leo had decided that his three-legged table could do just as good a job as their ‘adult chaperone’. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

While translating and recalculating the tables, Dionysius did a little research on the side; he realized that he could figure out just when Jesus Christ was born. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The table was set for breakfast when they came down. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She placed me down on the table but kept one hand on me for security’s sake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The fountain pen remained unused on the table, while its owner, sighing, was forced to make do with a very tiny corner of the table, where she began rubbing beans. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You broke that by accident, did you not?” he asks, nodding at the watch sitting on the table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tats has run out of impersonations, and I’m quiet, aware that when I passed Lauren’s table, her friends muffled their chatter. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

So I get my lunch and sit down at a secluded cafeteria table with the most popular boy in the seventh grade. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She caught a quick exchange of glances between the women over Jalil, who slouched in his chair looking unseeingly at the pitcher on the table. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She browned them in a skillet and put them on the tin-topped table in the middle of the room. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn scooped the photos from the floor and the articles from the table and stuffed them in the trash. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There’s a wooden coffee table with hand-tatted lace draped over the top. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"Dinner will be ready in a few minutes," she says, moving into the adjoining dining room to set the table. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Erin said, coming up to our table with Jessica in tow. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I apologize to him profusely as I write my note and leave it on the kitchen table. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When Blaine came home, she sat at the dining table, watching him chop fresh basil in the kitchen, and said, “If only the man who wrote this book could be the president of America.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Bull and Lillian occupied the fourth row above the scorer’s table. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Willy was at the table too, doing homework, and I looked to him. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Jessica huffed as she watched him go and then turned to direct her ire at those of us at the table. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

"Not much," he said, dumping out the contents onto the kitchen table. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Kira was there too, keeping an eye on her toddlers as they played near the table. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Peeling off some of it, he pushed a pile of money across the table to Papa Joe. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called Florah, George and me to the table, saying he had a big surprise for us. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

About an hour later I found myself lying upon that same nursery table my ancient sister had occupied some months before for her appendix operation. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three of the black brothers joined in from a nearby table. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We cleared space on a table, and he laid the boxes down, glancing over at my parents. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She dried her hands on the cloth and followed Dvorah to the table. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I watched the guy line up a dozen plastic bottles on a card table outside Mr. Georgiou's wrecked pizzeria. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I think I’d rather be at that table than yours,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The election officials sat at a long table with ballots on it, and also big wooden boxes for the votes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night after the funeral, Father sat at the table with his head in his hands. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at me, her hand on the table, her glass raised. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

They invited us in, sat us at the kitchen table, and wasted no time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

He looked at it and put it down on the white hospital table next to the bed and smiled. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Now the boys were standing next to their table. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I watched Jackie every week after that, and once she was asleep, I’d sit down with the others at the huge, dark oak table in the dining room to help with paperwork. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once I grab my phone from off my bedside table and call Jane. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I put the safety on and laid the rifle on the table. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oz, surveying the table, managed to keep his tongue in his mouth, but he didn’t look exactly pleased either. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A fruit and cheese plate had been left for him on a coffee table in his sitting area, compliments of the hotel. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Abuela comes out, holding a steaming tray of meat for the table. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She passed Bridge her phone under the table. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Thank you all,” said Dumbledore, standing up at the judges’ table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I looked at both sides and then fished my letter from the trash, smoothed it, and left it on the table with the photo. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The preacher was sitting in the living room, working at the little foldout table. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I go out to the picnic table and I try to think about the Socrates Project and my toga, but I’m distracted by the realization that I’m completely alone right now. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was too cold for Lissa to do her schoolwork at the picnic table, but I hung around for a while, hoping she’d come out. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She glanced back at the feast, only to see Chaol stand from the table and begin weaving his way out of the Great Hall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I grab a red plastic cup from a nearby table, pour myself some cranberry juice, and start dancing alone like the girl near the fireplace. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

There was a glass of iced tea and a piece of pecan pie on the kitchen table. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joon and I sit on the curb with our bowls balanced on our knees, slurping like we are not supposed to at the dinner table. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I’m calling on you today to—” Her eyes flicker back to the table where the other ladies is setting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The woman took a seat at the table. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt was much better, well enough to come to the table that noon and to listen with interest as Jenny and Jethro told him about the progress of the farm work. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone at every table is talking about the circus—those who can talk, that is. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was a basket of freshly sliced rye bread and the coffee cups were set out on the table. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas must notice my stiffness, because I feel his hand cover mine under the table. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

No one else I knew read things like this, stuff that belonged on grown-ups’ coffee tables. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

But the girl was still alone when Winston secured his tray and began to make for her table. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, his hands have been untied, and he is at the table, playing cards with the Roach, the Ghost—and the Bomb. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Over at table two, three kids are listening to something on a pair of earbuds. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The third painting is a pile of books—French novels—on a table. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The door to come in and out is between the couch and dining-room table. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

And she felt, as she sat, trembling, at Florence’s table, a reckless, pained relief. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“It didn’t bother you at all to have a table full of people make fun of you? You’re kidding.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Harry seized the sack of gold on the bedside table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Their path to advancement might look less like a straight line and more like some of the pressure distributions and orbits they plotted, but they were determined to take a seat at the table. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He says, I’m going to bed, and with the drink in him it takes him a while to climb the chair to the table, pull up the chair, climb to the loft. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

On the table sat a small round cake, listing to one side, with a squat candle in its center. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She gave up, apparently, all interest in table manners or hygiene, but acquired a deep concern for and about human relationships. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, in the mid-1960s, at a restaurant off Union Square, Bobby went to the restroom and left the box on the table. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my coat and sat at the kitchen table, pretending to text on the phone. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He struck the table with his hand, and I felt myself go cold with fright. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She slung the dish towel off her shoulder and wiped at the spots on the table. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He grinned broadly at them and headed off to the staff table, still swinging the polecat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I got to sit at my own dinner table, pick all my own activities, call “lights out” whenever I felt like it, and not listen to anybody else. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She slammed the plates down on the table in front of us and marched off. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

It was a big room with a bed beside the wall, a piano over on the far side and a dresser and table. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Nolan party found a free table at the back of the room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of this, the businessmen and ad men liked to sit in her section, and they usually left an extra dollar—or sometimes a five—on the table. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a notepad and pen on the table next to the bed, so I scribble a quick message: I was here. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many leaned forward to exchange gleeful looks; a few thumped the table with their fists. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Senator and Missus Whitworth, seated at a table in the front, nod and smile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I scrambled over to the other side of the table. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Only her two youngest ate with her; the other three ran with packs of young people and ate at other tables. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He opened the laptop again and set it on the dining table. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Give me plastics, periodical tables, t.v. dinners with vegetables no more complex than peas mixed with diced carrots. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they were making a way round the raucous tables Turner saw a naval party coming along the front and stopped to watch. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Four Dauntless traitors mill around in one corner, and two of the Erudite, one a dark-skinned woman, one an older man, both wearing lab coats, stand with Jeanine near the metal table in the center. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a checkerboard-sized table against the wall with two seats. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“You’re acting goofy. And by the way, since when don’t you take your hat off at the table?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When one table counted fifteen, the women lost interest in the game—and their meals. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She slides aside the small dining table and heaves open the hatch. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The younger men were gathered at another table, where Pyp had stabbed a turnip with his knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the cafeteria, my friends and I sat at the end of the table where the black girls sat. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But look back at the second table, which shows what happens between September and June. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When I came back to the table, Luke was shoveling the cereal in his mouth as fast as he could. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

So I sit down at our dining room table with a blank piece of paper—all bright white and staring at me and making my head hurt. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Yakov’s body had been returned to the table and was covered by a clean sheet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Professor Snape, the Potions master, was staring along the staff table at Professor Lupin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Now I’m about to start crying at the conference table. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

At one point, the women held a contest among tables to see how many worms they could find in their food. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Lute in hand, he sauntered to the dais, hopping nimbly over a corpse or two, and seated himself cross-legged on the high table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The rest of the girls did the same from around the table. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She goes into the living room and turns on a table lamp and begins to attack the curtains with the hot iron. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Flailing for something, I poured a glass of milk and set it in front of her, but I didn’t join her at the table. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She had put two straight-backed chairs at a kitchen table with a white porcelain top. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his return, he carefully lifted all the magazines from the boxes and set them in separate piles atop a redwood picnic table beside the pit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he returns to the table, he has a telegram in his hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was a long table, only one chair—hers—and what I figured was her printing machine on top of the table. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thick metal cables ran from each table toward the back of the room, where there was an enclosed loft like a theater’s sound booth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Automatically his hands straightened the papers on the table. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asha turned away and banged on the table, shouting for ale. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Bull straightened his arms out behind him in the angle of an F-8, then ran as fast as he could toward the table keeping his eye affixed on the arms of Captain Johnson. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grumbled to myself as I left the table. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

In an almost formal manner I was invited into a room with a clean chenille-covered bed, an easy chair, a gas fireplace and a table. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd presses around him, and so I don’t see him until he’s almost at our table. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, of course, I’d be able to talk the lot of them under the table on those topics. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bea pulls over a tiny table and sets out crackers and a little chunk of soft cheese and takes away the brandy bottle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He is overly aware that they are not used to passing things around the table, or to chewing food with their mouths fully closed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Jeffrey started falling asleep at the table; I guess all that running around had been tough on his body. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s teacher talk for: Andy will stand up on a table and sing “God Bless America” at the top of his lungs if he’s giving a report on patriotism. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jan went to a small table near a wall. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They talk all at once, in a languid, amused way, and groan when it’s their turn to clear the table, while Mummie says “Now girls,” but without conviction. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks the fortune-teller looks a bit sad as she begins to gather up the cards on the table, putting them back into a neat pile. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m usually home by six and my wife has supper on the table. You had any supper?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still clutching a spoon in her small hand, she came around the table and walked up to me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the room was filled with workbenches and tables and sets of tools and weapons. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

His eyes had fallen on another book, which was among a display on a small table: Death Omens: What to Do When You Know the Worst Is Coming. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The doctor came up to the table and held out his hand to me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“As it happens, we do,” I said, and slid it across the table to her. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

On September 23, the night of the ceremony, more than a thousand people sat at tables in the hotel ballroom. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When I said this I remember he laughed, and stretched his hand to me across the breakfast table. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She put her cup on a lamp table and was opening the blinds when she saw Henry’s car turn into the driveway. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Her hands seized the table, her pupils dilating enough that her eyes looked nearly black. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I keep my eyes glued to the table. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He goes to a battered wooden table and swings his leg over the bench. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Almost inevitably, he became the leading authority on coprolites–fossilized feces–and had a table made entirely out of his collection of specimens. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I could see Mike and his partner comparing two slides again and again, and another group had their book open under the table. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He pushed aside the things on the kitchen table, the piles of mail, the unread library books. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The three of us eat at the dinner table in total silence as our silverware scratches against plates. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But instead, I nod and scrape my chair back and excuse myself from the table, walking to my room and closing the door. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She heard the girls at the next table say that he was a nifty dresser. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So that at the makaria after the funeral, I looked around the table at the Grecian Gardens and knew what everyone was feeling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

With my friends over, I notice how fluidly I move around my home, weaving through tables, greeting our foreign guests by name and even dropping some hellos in English or French or German. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Metias’s old journals are still strewn on the coffee table, along with our parents’ photo albums. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Another reason I welcome the change is that Mama’s always carping at me, especially at the table. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

After eating, I helped Mom do the dishes while Dad got rid of the messy mountain of empty crab shells we’d left on the table. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He wheeled backward to his table and grabbed his bottle and cup. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

As he sat in front of the chessboard, often at the kitchen table, with a chess book spread open, the pieces became his companions, the book his mentor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Nahlrout, of course. I must be getting old to not notice it sooner. It also explains why you’re not bleeding all over my nice clean table.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The usually conservative room was festooned with sashes and streamers of blue, green, and gold, and several tables were filled to the brim with food. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

At the table, my stomach is too jittery for me to eat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said something to a middle- aged woman and headed toward our table. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

“On this table. I thought it would be interesting to show it to you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They have some men arrange the tables into long rows, and everyone helps make piles of clothes: women's, men's, boys' and girls'. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The younger boys had to rig up the saw-horses with boards for the women to use as tables. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I watched a young woman who came in, found her table, put her head down, and went to sleep while awaiting her beau. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead he slammed it down on the table again. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came straight to the table without having to look about for me, as though he had expected me to take that particular table and no other—although many tables were vacant. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of the room, fronting a large, overstuffed sofa, was a large brass table with mahogany legs and a single oriental letter embossed in its center. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But also in the littler things, having a partner lightened the load, could even make the arduous task of filling my family's table enjoyable. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rostoff has boxes of tissues decorated with kittens lined up on the table. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I set the tables and diagrams down on top of a nearby crate. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you ever go to the South Side Boys’ Club, the place where Mr. Dalton sent those ping-pong tables?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, Roy walked over and sat at the same table. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where once there was a clean table by the window, it is now filled with game pieces. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After cooling off with a glass of wine with fruit in it, he opened his suitcase on the table. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She casts a dark look across the room where the Duchess’s girls are calling out to the table of roustabouts. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He got his broom and took after the huge tom, who calmly jumped onto the kitchen table. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tissue paper crinkles as I carry it back to the table, placing it in front of Uncle Phil. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing he knows, he’s tripping over his own foot and stumbling backward into the table nearest him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Sounds good, Baba," I say, and step on Sunny's foot under the table. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His father turned off the oil lamp over the table, for plenty of morning light now came through the windows. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the table I announced, “Petey hatched. He’s busy drying off his wings.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Its little painted Chinese figures gathered formally in a garden around a table, with ornate plants and implausible birds, seemed fussy and oppressive. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Can’t you just see it, me at the dinner table in between swallows of chicken and broccoli casually mentioning the day’s events. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A small table in the shadows bore a plate and a glass, thickly covered with dust. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat at the next table and ate. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

At meals, we often packed ten or more around a table, laid-back and laughing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He scrambled to his feet, and unhooking the sheep hide from the table, emptied its contents into an earthen bowl. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s time to start a new Thanksgiving tradition,” Beth declares, pounding her fist on the table. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then she wrote a short, simple note, and with Laurie’s help, got them smuggled onto the study table one morning before the old gentleman was up. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearby is a wooden table piled with small machine parts. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Even more shocked that he’d voice it at this table to a politician. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He calls down, Bring the table, the chair, I’m coming down, and we have to clear off the table and pull it to the wall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a Lite Ranch, my dads favorite, and Thousand Island, mine, and placed both on the lazy Susan at the center of the table. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The Giant picked up the trembling Sophie with one hand and carried her across the cave and put her on the table. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several Gladers he didn’t know were gathered around the table, standing; they all looked exhausted, their eyes sunken. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The lawn is strewn with tables laden with wares because the open house is really one big superbazaar, a suburban souk, with haggling thrown in for authenticity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Bran ran a hand across the rough wood of the table and begged Lord Wyman's pardons for being late. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The maidservants were cleaning the last crumbs off the tables when coins suddenly came rolling over the bare wood. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When a pilot had finished a beer, he would slam it down on the table, step quickly aside, and let the next pilot continue the chugging. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here,” he said, pushing it across the table to Harry, “you’ll know sooner or later anyway. That’s their pretext for going after you.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We were sitting at a table with a man of about my age and a rowdy little girl who gave way upon the slightest provocation to uncontrollable laughter. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Ignatius covered one ear and beat a fist on the table. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tristran did indeed get to eat at the captain's table, although there was in fact no other table in the mess. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mami and Joy set up a chair and table next to my bed and that becomes my classroom. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I pick up my lunch bag and head for another table with this big grin on my face. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Penelope saw each member of the table react to the noise in his or her own fashion: Cassiopeia bared her upper teeth, and the boys grew alert and bright-eyed, ready to spring. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I sat at the kitchen table and unfolded the paper. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Mom put the mug on the small table next to the sofa. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Back home, he spread the classified ads out across the kitchen table. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He smiles and shrugs, joining me at the table again. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Radios, lamps, coffee tables—all these she could see. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat at the kitchen table eating the cake with a glass of milk, but I couldn’t finish. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

At a table I write Sheila's name and address on the box. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room beyond was snug and warm and comfortably furnished, with a Myrish carpet on the floor and beeswax candles burning on a table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Gathering momentum, I run into the living room, swipe the photos off the table, rip the framed cross-stitched roses off the wall. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the tables were surrounded by flying elbows, so I settled next to Grandma. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lived in a small bowl on the table in my room. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I took a seat at the small table next to the refrigerator. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

They sat across from him at the table. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Mountain Goat,” Dad said at the end of the dinner, while Mom was putting our table scraps in her purse. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down at a table by myself and am done by the time I see Sneaky jump in line for his breakfast. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Returning to the table, Thomas found that Minho had cut twenty sheets already, making a messy pile to his right as he threw each new piece on top. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The back of the room was lined with vending machines, and between those and us were carefully aligned rows of tables and chairs, identified by letters that hung from the ceiling. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So once Branwell was brought out and seated across the table from me, I got the Nikki-news over with as quickly as possible. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Girl's elbows at fifteen Father said you swallow like you had a fishbone in your throat what’s the matter with you and Caddy across the table not to look at me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

During this time, Father lined up extra repair jobs— clocks and things to fix in his spare time—until his table was cluttered. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached across the table and squeezed my hand. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She glanced over her shoulder at me as she and Zara left the table. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She spotted the boys at their usual table and squished over to them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Moon Boy, make us laugh-" Moon Boy did a cartwheel, and vaulted on top of a table. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The atmosphere in the cafeteria is festive, with two long tables filled with snacks that parent volunteers brought. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Acquiring a tankard of cider from the landlord, I seated myself at a table a little way away, intending to relax a little and collect my thoughts concerning the day. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

During lunch I sat at a table with some of my non-Hasidic classmates and stared at the section of the room the Hasidic students always took for themselves. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the room was a formica table and four chairs with plastic seats and backs that matched the tabletop. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In a corner she saw a stuffed llama; on the tables were bottles filled with amber-colored liquids, and on the floor the skins of exotic animals. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the same voice he just said, “No,” and pushed his chair back from the table. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A long table laden with many dishes, the smell of musty old room and hot grease in the kitchen. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The treats were already laid out on the props table. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

William staggered, trying to spin and strike whatever was on his back with the table, when he heard Jeanne shouting directly in his ear. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The doctor’s wife, his beautiful wife, was there, smiling worriedly from behind a chair, the only one pulled away from a long wooden table that ran the length of the room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Papá and Mamá were sitting at the kitchen table talking. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, she ran back to the table and flipped over the picture so the glass was facing down. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I helped her straighten up, noticing all the bottles of pills, lined up on the table, a small army of brown plastic soldiers with white caps. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, after that restless night, I said to Grandma at the breakfast table, “I need two bucks bad.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not too late,” he says, putting his coffee cup down on the table in front of me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Danny take his elbows from the table and sit up straight. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The only two things out of the ordinary are the faint shadows under her eyes, and the unusual quiet that has descended over her lunch table. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon we worked at the dining table typing letters and stuffing them into envelopes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

My telephoto lens got the requisite shots of warm-ups and victory fists before it noticed someone packing away audio equipment at the announcer’s table. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

We spent a merry, uneventful Christmas with Toot in her apartment, opening gifts and marveling at her devotion to the five-thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle she had going on a card table. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I thanked the librarian for the bad news and went to sit at one of the big heavy tables so I could think what to do next. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The former is the most modest person at the table. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I sat at our table and did not know what to do next. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The team made complex tables of the letter distributions in these messages. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“What the—” Mr. Ray whipped around after hearing the belching and hacking sound of spit-up, along with my chair sliding back from the under the table and my footsteps running up on him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Petra was remembering her dad’s anger that morning, and the way he had pounded the table. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I beat Sneaky to the kitchen, and when I get there, I see a stack of pancakes on the table—golden brown, not burnt and lumpy like the ones Mama makes at Smoky Inn. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

At the high table Sir Ector sat with his knightly guests, who had come for the morrow’s hunting, smiling and nodding and drinking burgundy or sherries sack or malmsey wine. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s perched at the kitchen table on Saturday afternoon, and the sun is streaming through the window. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

An open tin of butter cookies sat on the table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She gives me an oblong of purple cardboard from a stack of them on the table. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course it counts,” he says, tapping a cigarette out of a crumpled pack left on the table, next to another one of those notepads. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I need to be dry at the lunch table. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“There’s a lot you’d be surprised to know about me,” Mrs. Walton replies, and she winks at me on her way back to the judging table. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Between them sat a small table on which perched a crystal statue of a ballerina. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mam- machi’s violin and violin stand, the Ooty cupboards, the plastic basket chairs, the Delhi beds, the dressing table from Vienna with cracked ivory knobs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They became my lunch table from then on. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“The child is very young to be sent alone,” said she, putting her candle down on the table. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

There were books on the tables too, and there were shelves filled not with pans and dishes, but with books. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles’s room was in disarray and a half-empty bottle of Bombay gin—from the liquor cabinet in the library—was on the night table. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every week, Nok's mother's society friends gathered around her family's dining table for cards, dealing out gossip as they dealt out their hands. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I decided to permit myself one glance at the Cullen family’s table. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

All those years Charlie must have grown up watching Mama and Ty'ree at the table trying to figure out how to keep us eating and wearing clothes, and him not being able to help. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

At the next table, men were arguing about the storm and wondering aloud how long the snow would fall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes five hundred dollars would be on the table. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ignored her grandmother, who was sitting at the head of the table in a silence of furious anger. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lay them upon our knees beneath the table in readiness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She slides him a page of bulleted lists and tables of data so elaborately organized he could have made it himself. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then she swept Fabian up to the high table, asking him for his “report.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They weren’t at Julian’s table, but they were near him, like on the fringe of popularity. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“After school, you can come to help prep for dinner, and then after dinner, help clear the tables and wash dishes. And can you do Saturday and Sunday brunches as well?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was long enough to wash your hands and get to the table on time. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed Stuart up and placed him on a table where he wouldn’t be hit by a runaway car. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

She’s stacked her folders on the table, and now there’s no place for her cup of tea. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He’s running his finger in a syrup trail on the table, licks it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We watch the eight o’clock sunset, in groups around the small tables. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

In the dining room, I see the old-fashioned phone in the center of the round table and notice there’s no cord attaching it to the wall. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I could just picture Fluffy sitting up to the dining room table with a little bib tied around his neck. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look around and find Julie sitting at her usual table, talking with a couple of new girls from another elementary school. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The drawing room was full of silent people, sitting at a long and ornate table. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The manners of the table, too, had reached a pitch of civilization far beyond our own. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I dare not, Headmaster! If I join the table, we shall be thirteen! Nothing could be more unlucky! Never forget that when thirteen dine together, the first to rise will be the first to die!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He carried it over to a table, opened it, and quickly skimmed through it, wondering why a history of Cornish tin should have been of interest to Ian Rider. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Horace sat down at the table with him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling on the verge of retching, I grasped hold of the table to steady myself, drawing in uneven breaths. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Before he pulled the curtains of his four-poster shut, Harry set his tiny model of the Hungarian Horntail on the table next to his bed, where it yawned, curled up, and closed its eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When the beanbags are back where they belong and the table is clear and smells like the lemon spray Ms. Dale likes to use, she says, “Let’s sit.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Do you prefer to write at a table or a desk? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The senior counselors had gathered around the Ping-Pong table. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Hephaestus sat down clumsily at the dinner table and ordered a Pepsi. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Tell us everything,” a younger boy at the table said huskily. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theo wandered over to the chess table to admire the finely carved pieces. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came up to the table and sat down in one of the wicker chairs. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

They were crouched over the dreaded dining table, and their words were getting heated. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Tayo jumped up from the table, panting; the sweat ran down his face like tears. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The leash trembles in his grip as he walks the beautiful animal around the table. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Ifeoma was busy tending to a heathen,” Papa said, pouring a glass of water from a bottle Sisi placed on the table. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There are tables around the gymnasium covered in clothes, toys, books, and packaged foods. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A cloud of cigarette smoke hovered over the table, held captive by the closed windows and drapes. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She was wide-eyed, staring at both her parents on the other side of the table as if she couldn’t believe this night was really happening. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They had just finished when the owner of the hotel came over to their table. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He reached under the kitchen table and pulled out one of those funny-looking suitcases that the band kept all their instruments in. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Twenty-five-month-old Colin sat in a high chair, eating a breakfast of indeterminate vegetative origin while his father read the Chicago Tribune across their small kitchen table. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

There was another long table across the back wall that had a few fancy glass pitchers with mint leaf stems that jutted out of the tops. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s a crisp, sunny day, and I figure the clay will dry faster in the sun, so when I’m done, I take the two trays of tiles to my table and put them there. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Whispers about the mystery guest ripple down the table through the voice-boxes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He squeezed Dimple’s hand under the table, and she stuck her tongue out at him and crossed her eyes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

All heads, except one, were bent over papers on the tables. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Henry finished, he wiped his mouth and pushed back from the table. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat in the floor of the saloon with his feet in the rubber boots propped against the pedestal of the table. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Everybody followed us to the foosball table and Jaden took off his keys, like he always does, and set them on the counter right behind him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’m wiping off the table with a dishrag, every movement an effort, my arm heavy with lethargy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

After supper, I helped her clear the table and then we went out on the porch to eat peaches with vanilla ice cream. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She runs out to the shed to dab at herself with a towel and we’re able to grin at each other at the table and tell Alphie he’s the champion baby in the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She set the coffee mug on the table with a thump. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were shining and under the table Aron held her hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Al folds his cards and sets them carefully on the table. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The warders ate at a larger shed with tables and benches. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she grabbed her purse and her keys, gave me a peck on the forehead, and left me at the table with my social studies homework. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I look down to see I’ve poured salt all over the table. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And after that he went to the supper table and upset his bread-and-milk. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I already sit there every day from two-thirty to four while Dussel takes a nap, but the rest of the time the room and the table are off-limits to me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She jerked her thumb at the next table, where Ainsley, Liana, and a few other girls were sitting. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Chavez started to clear the table, I carried my plate into the kitchen. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It got cold at night, even on the beach in the summer, so he built fires with the remains of Calypso’s dining table. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The shrieks of her laughter rippling through the kitchen with its wooden table and cast-iron pots, and her father standing at the stove grinning, a spatula raised above a sizzling pan. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

From her seat at the table, she could reflect on her roses and bird feeders through the picture window the company carpenters had installed for her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He set his glass down on the bedside table and arranged himself beside her. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m eating breakfast at the table when my father sits down beside me with the mail. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was a three-legged table with a mahogany top. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He sits with Maxine on the fainting couch, leafing through a coffee table book she’d helped to edit on eighteenth-century French wallpapers, one side of the book resting on each of their knees. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her hostess looked about the dining room, white tablecloth on the table, pretty china sprinkled with rosebuds, the good smell of bacon in the room, and the fragrance of coffee, and shook her head. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mute was at the table in the middle of the room with his dinner before him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It's like I pulled a rotten fish out of the refrigerator and placed it on the table. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He stormed up to Brad’s table and said, “What did you call me?” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was a terrible card player, but she had loads of money to lose, so her companions would keep her at the faro table as long as possible. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a table of place cards at the entrance, and I found my name. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Especially because now she has grabbed a cue stick from the pool table and is wielding it like she’s the very proud drum major in a very proud parade. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Craster's new axe was on the table, its gold inlay gleaming faintly in the torchlight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I get a grip on the edges of the table I'm seated on and nod. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The food Sirius had told them to bring was in Harry’s bag; they had sneaked a dozen chicken legs, a loaf of bread, and a flask of pumpkin juice from the lunch table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I am not the only one who tried to follow a path away from the still life, the dining room tables, the half-peeled oranges, and the rucked-up tablecloths. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Take enough for this," he said, picking a pure white snowdrop from the table. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Grandfather’s right, you need the rest. Please let me g°” Mother tapped her finger on the table, a good sign. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a salad while the steaks cooked, and set the table. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Father picked up the second, smaller envelope and slid it over the table to me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At some point, I may be able to eat some table foods. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

One half of the room was dark and only one light burned, directly above the table. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the glasses had been filled, Bull rapped a gavel on the head table for silence. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the pillar is the sun, then these tables are like the orbits the planets take, making bigger and bigger circles the farther you get away. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

This he set on an inlaid table beside Shasta's sofa, and sat down himself on the carpeted floor with his goaty legs crossed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Walking over to the table, he kissed Genie on the forehead, then Ernie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Tori rolled her eyes as she rose from the table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

With a dramatic flourish, he placed a black airline pilot’s bag on the table. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dining table was made of wood that cracked in dry weather. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

At mealtimes there was a huge round table, filled with all kinds of southern cooking, baked goods, and cold drinks. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as she said these terrible words, a scuffle erupted around the food table. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning, when I trudge into the training room, yawning, a large target stands at one end of the room, and next to the door is a table with knives strewn across it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Isabella glances over at another table, and I follow her gaze, knowing what I’ll see. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

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

Then he ran back downstairs, zipped past Grandma, who sat at the kitchen table with her feet in a bucket of steaming water—standing too long caused them to swell, she complained—and jetted outside. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Over the clatter of knife and plate and the low mutter of table talk, he heard Patchface singing, . . dance, my lord, dance my lord,” to the accompaniment of jangling cowbells. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I take out the debate prep packet and lean over the coffee table. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

While Gran made herself a cup of tea, I sat at the kitchen table, staring at the Cat Fantastic magazine. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It took enormous discipline to listen to all of this without pounding on the table and telling him to stop. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The guards stood firm on either side of the table. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Did the ceiling creak because he was walking quietly up and down, drinking a cold orange crush and studying the chess men laid out on the table? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

Arnold worked on the screened-in porch, sitting peacefully at his round picnic table drinking his sweet hippie tea and making money while he tap-tap-tapped on his keyboard. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they were still at table there was a sudden commotion. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Beyond it, Lolo and Papi are setting the table in the screened porch. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Graham maneuvered through the maze of tables with exaggerated care. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After a while water was brought to them, and then they were led to a table where food was set for three. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a--of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn't he?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure they’ll be fine. Let’s read these papers before Jonafren comes looking for us,” Seven said, taking the file from inside her cloak and placing it on the table. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jay sat in a chair on the other side of the table and chewed on a ragged wedge of sugar cane from the counter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I take her hand and lead her in the back door and to the kitchen table, where Mom is sitting reading the weekend section of the paper. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

When I did at last turn my eyes in Wemmick’s direction, I found that he had unposted his pen, and was intent upon the table before him. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pouring coffee she called him “Sheriff Moran” and afterward pointed out the cake and mints down the table with a gloved index finger, as if he had not noted them himself. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

By this time he had sat down: he had laid the picture on the table before him, and with his brow supported on both hands, hung fondly over it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He turned away and busied himself brushing spice crumbs off his table. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He got up from the table and walked back through the rooms. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to crawl under the table and sit on the other side because I felt that is where I really belonged. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A man at the information booth tells him to wait upstairs, in an area filled with round tables, where people sit eating their lunch. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jackson walks over to the table and lights the oil lamp. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I walked around the table until I was next to Corey. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

We reached Lake Shore Park, a city park laid out with rosebuds, fountains, bowling greens, picnic tables. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Richard comes, the living room is full of them or the kitchen table is stacked up with books. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one he pulled out groceries and set them on the small cement table. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He set his feet down and put the book on the table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I dragged out the call and came to the table reluctantly. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When we entered the classroom, Angela went to sit at a black-topped lab table exactly like the ones I was used to. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They dragged the kitchen table and the thick gray rug. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Dimple tossed her napkin on the table and pushed her chair back. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A boy from the other table with dark spiky hair, brown coppery skin, and slanted eyes groaned. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phil helps me into my seat, then wanders into the back and reappears with two heaping plates of food and places them on the table. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He lit the cigar, puffed at it, looking across the table at Brett. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It felt really awful being at the table by myself. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Atticus asked the Lord to give them grateful hearts for these and all their blessings, picked up his glass, and spilled its contents over the table. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Also at the table is a man who looks as old as my dad, but with a wrinkly face with a gray mustache and not much hair up top. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two tables opposite summarize the history of these two sorts of measurement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Lord Jonos Bracken arrived from the ruins of Stone Hedge, glowering and blustering, and took a seat as far from Tytos Blackwood as the tables would permit. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Weren’t people needed to wash dishes, wait table, make noodles? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” he says, leaning over the table so that he can talk quieter. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is a scene of peasants sitting around a table eating potatoes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Zack is sitting at the kitchen table eating scrambled eggs when I walk in the back door. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone else is still sitting at the table, eyeing me like I might open fire. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The chessboard was always waiting for him, his comer table was always reserved; even when the place was full he had it to himself, since nobody cared to be seen sitting too close to him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The room’s furnishings consisted of a table, an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and two chairs. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knife lay on the table between them, and Citra suddenly felt like the pedestrians at the gleaning: frozen just on the other side of some unthinkable event horizon. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

After flagging down the durian boatman, the guards would carry the enormous spiky-skinned fruit to the wooden table under their shaded pavilion. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She was sitting at the kitchen table that we were just sitting at, and she was wearing an enormous hat, even though she was inside, obviously. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She hand me an apron and point to a chopping table. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Ruby sinks into her seat, but her eyes follow Edie all the way to a table across the room, where she sits with the two Graces and a pair of boys, Sean and Austin. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The first thing she did after he left was to throw away the red and white plastic flowers on the center table. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I watch as the two tables bow their heads and put their hands together. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Sitting down at the same table with them? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked Genie’s chair out from under the table. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There are piles of food on the table, served buffet style, just like at the Kweilin feasts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, and luckily the waiter comes over and sets down toast, for the table, because I can just stuff my mouth and not talk. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, Scoob snagged a few from the bowl on his kitchen table and stuffed them in his backpack while on the way out the door with G’ma this afternoon. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I rounded up some cutlery and found the table, which had been buried under a stack of dime novels and Shakespeare’s plays. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They should have known those silvery widows in the woods who would get up from the dinner table and walk into the trees with a customer with as much embarrassment as a calving mare. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. King is the man sitting at that table who is wearing a brown suit and is sitting at the right of the table. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

His gout forced him to keep one leg on the table. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Matilde leans closer, across the coffee table, reaching out her hands. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was chopped right out of the forest and had picnic tables made out of giant logs. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had been sifting through the mail and placing envelopes on the table next to her after she glanced at them. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I set the tray loaded with the turtle soup bowls on the table by the door. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, they returned to the long tables where each squadron sat beneath the squadron emblem, pouring drinks, laughing, the spirit of the evening inoculating them slowly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My tongue is on fire,” she tells everyone at the table. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The eyeless creature at the other table swallowed it fanatically, passionately, with a furious desire to track down, denounce, and vaporize anyone who should suggest that last week the ration had been thirty grams. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

My dad, Uncle Carlos, Martín, and Brian moved our tables toward the center of the restaurant to make one long table. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She was ready for them with a table, chair, and empty pitcher all set up. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The room is cheerful, filled with light, with a tomato-colored carpet on the floor and people reading the paper around a big, round wooden table with forsythias or cattails arranged at its center. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The room hovered around me with great gentleness, as if the chairs and the tables and the walls were withholding their weight out of sympathy for my sudden frailty. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We sit down at the table to more food than we normally have in a week. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He laid it on the table, tracing a trail with his fingers. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

As we walk through the door of Waffle House, I can see Mom wiping off a table in the back. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Our mom was over by the refreshments table, retrieving her dishes, and Ray was standing nearby to make sure we didn’t insult Mr. Abbas. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then, at one point, you lean across the table. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I relax against the exam table’s stiff cushions. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The taller man, Müssner, sets his briefcase on the table with a thump. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down at the end of a large heavy table across from Nigel and Luke. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then there is silence, so I go set the dinner table, because when they stop talking, I know what that means. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“I hope you know your times tables. Ms. Diamatis is really into multiplication.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Over and over, I had seen the truth on the washing table—this goldene medina demanded you to sacrifice your body. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There are a dozen small tables with chairs inside for visiting family who come on visitation days, typically scheduled two or three times a month. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Of course, we live in California, so they didn’t have far to travel to our table. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He bangs his spoon on the kitchen table. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The coroner strode to the table and lifted the kidnap note with a slow, long, delicate, and deliberate gesture. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The things on Jon’s work table glint in this half-light: the flat blade of a chisel, the head of a hammer. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gul Khan came by to collect their orders, and within minutes their table was overflowing with hot fragrant food. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She heard sausages hissing in the kitchen, saw her brother’s collection of sports magazines on the livingroom table, smelled the bittersweet odor of Calpurnia’s hairdressing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

So I very carefully picked up his keys from the coffee table and tiptoed through the living room and out the door. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he stopped, and with a strange violence his hand descended on the table. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her governess was now urgently signalling her to return to her own table—in effect, to stop bothering the man. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I spread the flash cards out on the table between us. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t stand them another second. I fell off the chair and cracked my side on the coffee table and twisted my ankle on the way down.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

So we sat at the table and before I knew what was happening, Howard grabbed my right hand and Dwight grabbed my left and they all bowed their heads while Burl said the blessing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

That was hers alone, so she hid behind the rack at one of Duggie's little illegal tables and played with the straw in a chocolate malt. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I went to her chambers she had all the papers strewn over her tables, the ink scattering and reassembling, hollering their scandalous headlines. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z