| 单词 | tile |
| 例句 | I spray-paint the roof tiles and then coat them with a few layers of weatherproof lacquer. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The light had been dim in the room and when the shutters were opened it was bright sunlight and I looked out on a balcony and beyond were the tile roofs of houses and chimneys. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I glared at the mosaic—little tile explosions destroying tile monsters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I peer at the valleys and pastures and red tile roofs spread out below us, dissolving into fog, and then up at the Imbabura mountain disappearing into a stony white sky. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about how Papa had hidden all the good jewelry under the loose tile in the living room. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z A sea of tiled rooftops crowded close around a bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There are no floor tiles, so I measure my progress in feet—my feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The two sides of the tiled street are folding down like flaps, slowly emptying the people into whatever lies beneath. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Mostly the proper way to mix the clay, the proper way to form the tiles and smooth the dry ones, so that through wind, sun, rain they will last and last. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z But when I looked carefully, I saw the pagoda was really just a building topped with stacks of tile roofs, no walls, nothing else under its head. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they stepped into a broad foyer floored in a domino of black and white marble tiles. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I knew that hidden in the tiled stone surface of the floor were several spring-loaded trapdoors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Now we begin to play, looking at our hands, casting tiles, picking up others at an easy, comfortable pace. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The tiles of the Green Mosque had turned blue with age, but that was about it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The speaker in the airport terminal crackles to life, a muffled voice breaking through the morning chatter and the suitcase wheels clunking over the tiled floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z There was a bathroom leading off from the bedroom—bright white tiles and a huge shower behind a cylinder of glass and chrome. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Here’s what I said: You walk into a room in your house and everything is stone or tile. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He tottered across the roof tiles, spraying his fig trees like it was the safest, sanest procedure in the world. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I pressed both hands to the wet tiles. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I had swept the ground smooth and placed mismatched tiles in the center for a colorful mosaic floor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Victor was left alone in the darkness with the cold tiles at his back. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Mission Tiles is the furthest thing from Señor Santos’s small tile makings that I can imagine. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The tiles were gray and green, not pink as Melissa had imagined. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z But we have the same bathroom floor—these white hexagonal tiles. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z At dawn on Tet I tapped ?ny big toe to the tile floor first. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Ophie hated the tremor that had entered Cook’s voice, the way her eyes darted around the kitchen as Richard walked across the tiles in his fine shoes, the heels clacking with each step. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z As he did, he saw some mushrooms growing up from a cracked paving tile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then pink tile and his hand on the lock and Just like you're making butter. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A few years earlier, my mother had said she was tired of the tile backsplash behind the stove in the kitchen. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Sohrab shook his head and tossed another tile to clatter on the ground below. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She tried to follow me, dragging Laleh, who skidded across the tile floor on her rubber soles, but the officer held up his hand, careful not to touch her. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Her best tile got a splash of water, which left a sepia tear on the Cupid’s cheek. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It is, in fact, just like the grid used by artists to establish the picture plane, and its representation requires the same techniques as the representation of a tiled floor. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She bent over and picked up from the tiled floor what appeared to be a long, mysteriously blondish human hair. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The tiles in the Merciless Mart are always black and white, and here they are in a checkered pattern. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The rhythmic click echoed down the hall as the wooden block skipped over the thin strips of cement between the tiles. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Metal tiles chill the bottom of my feet as I walk out. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The floor was gray tile, and the giant space smelled like the inside of a metal can. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He taped some to the asbestos tiles on classroom ceilings. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He keeps his eyes on the tile floor as he goes from one to the other, proffering refreshments, as if to reassure us there will be no witnesses. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She continued to roll, shooting silk randomly, pulling over braziers of magic fire and ripping tiles out of the floor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She went indoors, quickly crossed the black and white tiled hall—how familiar her echoing steps, how annoying—and paused to catch her breath in the doorway of the drawing room. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Or he would draw aside the curtain into her court and then spit furiously upon the tiles. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The first thing she did was to push a tall cupboard in front of the gap where the tiles had been. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes in the night a rooster or a cat walks upon a damp tile and leaves its track, like signing its name. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Actually,” said Sierra, pointing to a square tile on the floor near the book sorter, “I think they were.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I locked myself in a stall, threw up, and curled into a ball on the tile and squeezed my eyes shut. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Beyond the library the floors change from wood to white tile, and the walls glow like the ceiling of the aptitude test room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And soon, the concrete, the stones, the marble tiles, the dancing rebar, all fell down around me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Once we started to play, nobody could speak, except to say ‘Pung/’ or ChrF when taking a tile. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel the rhythm in my walking, a regular pattern like subway station tile, like a pulse between my ears. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z She then stands in her bare feet on the ceramic tile floor and breathes a sigh of relief as the coolness of the tile flows through the soles of her feet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I hike up the back of my shirt so that I can feel the cold tiles against my skin and I stare at the light fixture on the ceiling. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She caught the sheen of lapis lazuli tiles that must have been brilliant in their day. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z "Why did they not make this one of tile?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I lie back, listening to the buzzing lights and staring at the square tiles of the dropped ceiling. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She crosses over to me, but I watch the glimmer of sunlight that’s shining through the window and lighting up the tile on the floor. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z At the top of the tower is an open balcony with a low wall all around and a tile roofling overhead. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The tiled roof swept down like the sides of an immense, upside-down boat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he just barges up to somebody and swats a tile from his hand, shattering it on purpose. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “I am trying to lull you into a false sense of confidence,” said Tyrion, as they arranged their tiles on either side of a carved wooden screen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It's a large, open space, full of hard metal, glass, and tiles. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The cloth muted the noise of the wooden stick on the tiled floor. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Years ago, before his time, potters in Ch’ulp’o had been engaged in the enormous task of making those very tiles. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He reached into the stall to turn off the dribbling shower and then pounded an open palm against the tile wall. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Helen handed her a brown and green tile ashtray. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It filled in the dusty gaps between the stone tiles, and turned everything a bluish silver that made her feel as if she were frozen in an everlasting moment. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They looked at Em’s stuff, scattered across the tile floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The autumn sun poured in through gossamer curtains and onto marigold tiles, giving the whole room an amber glow. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This temple was a small structure, not higher in all than a man’s shoulder and made of grey bricks and roofed with tile. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “I thought it was an accident,” Celia says softly, looking down at the patterned tile on the table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It rolls off the table and smashes on the tiled floor. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Just that he was another person of subterranean inclinations—and a taste for imported white tile. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Harry and Ron joined a number of oddly dressed men descending into what appeared to be an ordinary underground public toilet, tiled in grimy black and white. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The enormous creature roared pleasantly, rattling all the blank video screens in the game room, then disappeared back into the floor, which closed up around it like a collapsing ring of tiles. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z There was also a tile trivet depicting a blond, unbearded Jesus, delivering a sermon on a mountaintop, left in one of the drawers of the built-in china cabinet in the dining room. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z "Your man Timett slew a wineseller's son this evening, at a gambling den on the Street of Silver. He accused him of cheating at tiles." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The stream of blood following the grout in between the tiles reached where he was kneeling, and still he didn’t move. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The woman headed straight for the big desk at the front, the heels of her shoes clicking on the tiled floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The tiles on the roof gave way and crashed around her with a deafening roar. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Side by side, they looked down the hall filled with broken beams and tiles and soot and destruction. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Below, ruins stretched out for maybe a quarter of a mile: limestone blocks, a few broken walls and some tiled holes in the ground like wells. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Dumbledore stepped into a hallway tiled in black and white; the whole place was shabby but spotlessly clean. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baker looked up at the bulging ceiling tiles. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Once I reach the clay tiles, I lean back on my elbows, lightheaded and reveling at my small feat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The most straightforward example is a tiled floor. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I gagged, and the glass fell out of my hand, spilled over my uniform, and crashed to the tile floor where it broke into large chunks that gleamed in the pebbly milk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z George stared intently at the speckled tile floor and wished she were home in her bed. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Dad loves old stuff like that, like the big yellow chandelier downstairs and the tiled hallway floors that will never, ever be clean again. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The walls were repainted, the red tile roofs cleaned and polished. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny rolls over on his face and pushes his nose against the tile. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The sound of dripping water echoes off the tiles. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Candles in clay pots throw circles of flickering light across the clean tiles. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A wall had tumbled down and the tile floor was all tom up. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Except here, the broken tiles began to arrange themselves. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A pot or pan, presumably knocked off its hook in the bombing, wobbles on the kitchen tiles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Nothing at all like the tile and clay oven I had in Pátzcuaro with its wide wood mantel. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Maybe Jess is upstairs in the spare room, painting, or maybe they’re in the shower together, her hands pressed against the tiles, his hands on her hips. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The blues rise from the chipped tiles in the kitchen. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a series of clicks, and the tiles began folding up on themselves and retracting into the floor, opening up like an origami trapdoor. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z An entire section of tiles peeled loose from the ceiling. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He had reached the foot of the stairs and now stopped and turned, a leather suitcase in each hand, to face them where they were grouped, in the center of the checkered, tiled expanse. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When they faded again, I was in a much different room in the Infirmary, this one all blue tiles and beeping monitors. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She counts storm drains: at twenty-one she passes the butcher, the sound of a hose splashing onto tile; at twenty-five she is at the bakery. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He wondered whether it was inhabited; its walls were mossy and so many tiles had fallen off the roof that the rafters were visible in places. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And the things the storm moves - leaves, roof tiles, rubbish. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Punching someone in the face, it turned out, hurt like hell, and she pressed her knuckles against the tiled wall, hissing a little. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She shrieked as she crashed into the broken tile and boards, pulling the desk she’d been trying to move with her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The floors were the same, the windowsills were the same, even the tiles on the fireplace were the same color green. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The rotten tiles broke with a noise of disaster and the man barely had time to let out a cry of terror as he cracked his skull and was killed outright on the cement floor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z We stopped and gazed up at the tiled roof, then down at the tall heavy doors that looked like they'd been taken from a mission. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I come back and set it on the tile and back away. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The red Spanish tile on the depot roof got blurry, but he did not move or wipe away the tears, because it had been a long time since he had cried for anyone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When Jon entered, four builders were playing at tiles at the table nearest the steps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I lay with my face pressed into the tile of the hotel bathroom. Stared at the base of the blue Italian toilet.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The basin was paved with the white hexagonal tiles one finds in public lavatories. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Pristine white tiles, glowy white walls, with no pictures or decorations to mar the sobriety. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The table had a very thick pad, so that when the mah jong pat were spilled onto the table the only sound was of ivory tiles washing against one another. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The afternoon his mother returned to the corner to guide students across the street, Mr. Munch found Canton in the bathroom after school, sitting on the nasty tile floor in the corner. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Eight asbestos ceiling tiles had started to bulge down, which meant that either Sycorax and Caliban were getting fatter or the ceiling was getting weaker. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z With a moan, Victor leaned against the tiled wall. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s a patterned tile, with pastel buds and climbing vines. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A little brown house sparrow swoops out of the rafters and lands on the tiles in front of her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Moisture damage caused the tiles on the ceiling to erode or fall off. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The school building shakes again and tiles tumble off the roof. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The blood gushing from my head, pooling on the cracked tile. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Smooth, pastel-colored tiled streets, just like the ones above, but bordered by white brick walls instead of homes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And the top level had gray slab walls topped with a red tile roof. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I spotted Manet off in the corner, loading tile into a kiln. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One of the dinners that I shared in a mobile home was cooked in an immaculate kitchen, walled in plastic tile, with stainless- steel sinks and ovens and stoves flush with the wall. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked down a tunneled corridor to the legal visitation area, each step echoing ominously across the spotless tiled floor. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A pool table, lit from above by a single yellow bulb, seemed to float over the sticky tile floor between the music and the liquor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The house he covered with tiles, but the walls were still made of the hard tamped earth from the fields, only he had them brushed with lime and they were white and clean. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Bigger than the Artificery, it had elegant lines, a red tile roof, high windows, arched doorways and pillars. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The lobby was tiled in unattractive squares of tan, with a row of mailboxes marked with masking tape or white labels. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I looked for patterns in the tile floor. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z His claws, clattering across the linoleum, sounded like mah-jongg tiles in play. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the cold tiles of the hospital floor. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Its walls and ceiling were white, its floor was covered with squares of light and dark brown tile. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Sure enough, she was holding a glue gun in one hand and pushing those letter tiles around on her desk with the other. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z As she went across the hallway she gave out a cry of sheer vexation which was amplified by the raw acoustic of the bare floor tiles. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Some of the windows reflected the sky, and one of the Black Jackets was repairing a couple of broken tiles on a roof. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Everything—the walls, the floor—has been done in gleaming white tiles, which the centre keeps so clean when you first go in it’s almost like entering a hall of mirrors. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, as she began to bathe herself, a stranger lifted a tile from the roof and was breathless at the tremendous spectacle of her nudity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Some linoleum tile, maybe some plywood, maybe the buzz of the fluorescent tube light. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I moistened my lips nervously, tracing the lines in the tile floor so I wouldn’t have to meet his eye. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He and Link were swearing and hopping up and down on the marble tiles. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay prone on the bathroom floors of several museums, feeling the cold tile underneath my cheek as my brain liquefied and seeped out my ear, bubbling. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z And the men dug the earth from the fields and made the walls and beat them down, and Wang Lung sent to the town and bought tiles for the roof. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z My knee slammed into the tile floor, and my leg went numb. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But they weren’t guild signs or crests, and they didn’t make pictures, like tiles in a mosaic. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Once I’m squared away, I clutch the gray rubber pads on the arms and shove it forward until my elbows are extended, which turns out to be exactly one floor tile. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I rearrange my tiles, sequences of bamboo and balls, doubles of colored number tiles, odd tiles that do not fit anywhere. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk out of the records room, and my shoes squeak on the tile floor as I run back to the hotel. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Dust and bits of tile rained from the ceiling as the light now hung an inch or two below it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z There is nothing to comfort her in the off-white tiles of the floor, the off-white panels of the ceiling, the white sheets tucked tightly into the bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t actually matter where you are, you are in an airport: tiles and walkways and restrooms, gates and newsstands and fluorescent lights. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Beyond them stretched more cornfields, a few whitewashed houses with red tile roofs, and, towering in the distance, mountains. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay back down on the cold tile floor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Ferula excused herself for a moment and ran to the bathroom, one of those immense bathrooms where the toilet was placed in the middle of the room surrounded by a vast desert of white tiles. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His own room was the size of our downstairs, and he had his own bathroom and tile with the grout still around it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The cement shows through the floor where the tiles are missing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It had many red columns and a peaked tile roof, and behind that what looked like a garden house with round windows. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor were they of smooth gold leaf as in reality, but were patterned instead in fish-scale tiles of darker gold and brighter, so the sun didn’t merely glint on them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Aibileen doesn’t cry, just lets a parcel of time pass while I stare at the typewriter, she at the worn black tiles. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The Scrabble tiles are scattered across the great room floor. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The floor tiles were cold as my feet slapped against them. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z There was a small manila envelope on the kitchen counter, glaring against the white tiles, and Grace looked at it and then at her mom. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But he did know how to make a tiled floor recede into the distance. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Double swinging doors opened into a tiled lobby, where posters of Hindi films were encased in glass displays. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Inside, the floors and walls were lined with blue tiles. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I rolled my cheek against the cold tile just in time to see Lance Winters breezing out of the can, his blond ponytail bobbing behind him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z When her hand had knocked against her pajama pant leg, she had felt something in her pocket: a nub of tile from the Palace of Illusions. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In the hall, I find Jordie just outside the art room door, his face pressed against the tiles. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It’s not a huge dovecote for actual doves, but it’s big and it has four floors for four different families and this cool conical roof covered in little handmade roof tiles. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The terror that waits in that cold tile room overwhelms him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z To the red tile roofs and the rough adobe walls of both his childhood and mine. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z His bleeding fingers pick absently at the tiles. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Reluctantly, Tree-ear turned his attention away from the tiles and caught up with his escort. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They walked across the dark entrance hall, both hardly feeling the tiles under their feet, and headed for one of the exits on the north side of the building. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I lugged the jumbo plastic carrier meant for a twenty-pound dog to an empty corner and set it on the tiled floor. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Middleton High seemed frozen somewhere in the fifties, a sprawling, one-story tile, glass, and brick complex, many of whose students were headed inexorably toward lifetimes of low-paying jobs in small, conservative Idaho towns. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Flying slowly above the tiles, which glistened with the recent rain, she edged the machine into a little gully between a steep tiled roof and the sheer wall of the tower. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I stood at the front of the line, looking at the gleaming span of checkered tile between the PSF’s black boots and my mud-splattered toes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was a collage of shredded roof tiles surrounding a red heart covered in barbed wire. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The walls were a brilliant white, the roofs of fine red tile. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They helped pick up the broken branches, swept broken bits of pottery and tiles from the street, and nailed shutters. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Her dæmon was already prizing up one of the heavy old tiles. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I admire the intricate tiled ceilings and imagine artisans working together to create them. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The inn was respectable though, two stories tall, with plaster walls and red clay tiles on the roof. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The restaurant was small, rectangular, and unexceptional, with red tiles on the roof. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z Her slippered feet slid a little on the cold tile when she burst into the kitchen, where Cook was laughing with Henry over some joke or another. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z When I was little, Mom used to point out patterns in the subway stations, the petal-like clusters of white tiles, six around one black. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Colored stone tiles representing different armies and sea monsters shifted around as the forces changed position. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Except maybe the eight bulging asbestos ceiling tiles, which now had about as much bulge as asbestos ceiling tiles can. take. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Diana shoved aside a chunk of ceiling tile and sent it thudding below. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I press my palms against the tiles and stand up. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Cracked green and yellow tiles cover the floor. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Do you dunk I complained about picking up old lunches that had fungus growing on them and sweeping asbestos tiles and straightening Thorndike dictionaries? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The silence, the gleaming white tiles, the creepy smile on Hygeia’s face ... it all made him want to crawl out of his skin. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z One of the patients, a middle-aged woman, came out of her room every day and lay facedown on the tile floor, stayed there for hours, as doctors and nurses stepped around her. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a neon sign on the wall shaped like an ice-cream cone, black-and-white tiled floors, and a jukebox in the corner. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “See that stripe of yellow tiles? Just keep to the corridors with yellow tiles on the floor and you can’t get lost.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I had no idea how much it would hurt my throat, but loved the way it made me feel a minute later as I sat on the toilet, pondering the tiled floor. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Single bulb lamps hung from long cords, creating yellow puddles of light on the polished brown linoleum tile. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As it happened, Polly was on all fours, washing the tiles in the entrance hall. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Only turpentine could wipe away the black and red ink that had seeped into the linoleum floor tiles. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s slightly more than they can comfortably afford, but they are won over by the maroon awning, the part-time doorman, the lobby paved with pumpkin-colored tiles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Dust and bits of tile fell from the ceiling. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Looking down, I was surprised to find a heavy red roof tile in my hand, ready to throw. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “But I have finish the work. The problem is the tile is breaking very easily. It is the quality of tile.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My head swam with the swish-swish of nurses’ skirts as they hurried from room to room, and the squeak-squeak of gurney wheels echoing along the tile halls. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Then a tile broke, and the boy standing on it slipped and fell, but the one beside him picked up the broken piece and hurled it at Lyra. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The bored looking woman marked my name and I drew a tile out of the black velvet bag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He described, in his halting way, a city of whitewashed houses and tile roofs, of vines spilling over walls, of busy marketplaces and beautiful gardens. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The shiny magazines were spread across the tile floor. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The checkered tile floor became slick with rain and mud, and it took all of my concentration not to slip. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The first thing I see is a ceiling like the ones in school: plaster tile rectangles spotted with holes and separated by thin metal strips. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z On the rue Vauborel, vast quantities of slate tiles have slid off roofs and detonated in the streets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They passed on from there to a Travel Hall, where they saw the car covered with tiles, and the functioning Rube Goldberg chicken device and the rusting Burma Shave ads on the wall. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Something hard hit him in the back of the head and he collapsed, his face smacking against the hard tile. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The clatter of the tiles spilling on the floor sounds like glass shattering. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The wind had blown some tiles off the roof of Señor Aguilar’s hotel. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Afterward, the prisoners changed into their uniforms and were taken to their tiled cells. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She reached the kitchen, and it was just as she remembered: the whitewashed cabinetry, chipped at the corners; the tile countertop; the wooden cutting board scored and nicked with age. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A dull endless pain in my gut that wouldn’t go away even when I knelt on the stingingly frozen tile of the bathroom, dry-heaving. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The boom from the gun startled Curly almost as badly as it startled the field mouse that was sitting on the tile floor, minding its own business. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My body jerks forward, hitting the tiled floor with a thud. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Lexie would slide down off her stool and walk across the kitchen with the elegance of a dancer, barefoot on the Italian tiles. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The ceiling tile slides easily to one side, and I've got my clothes bundle. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The force of the Death Eaters’ spells shattered the tiled wall where Ron’s head had just been, as Harry, still invisible, yelled, “Stupefy!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I think of him when I bend a piece of clay over my knee to form a tile in the olden way. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Black-and-white linoleum tiles are cracked in places, worn thin in front of the sink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Huddled here on the bathroom tile, I wonder if my life will end today, at the hands of the one who is supposed to protect me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was very Spanishy-looking with great thick walls, arched doorways, fancy iron grillwork, stained-glass panels in the windows and tile floors in the lobby. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman sucks her teeth and marches down the hall, her heels smacking on the tile floor. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Small dark hairs flecked the sink basin, and dust was gathering in the grout lines between the tiles. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A full minute goes by, but then the door cracks open, just enough so that I can see his shadow on the tile floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The tile man was staring at her, eyes narrowed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The next room is more like a hallway: it is wide, but not deep, with blue tile, blue walls, and a blue ceiling, all the same shade. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Meera thought so too, later that night when she and Jojen met Bran in his room to play a three-sided game of tiles, but her brother shook his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This was used as a kitchen and relaxation room, where the Company could read or gossip or play Mah- Jongg, the game with tiles that is something like the demons’ card game of gin rummy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z No, he stands crookedly, like a humble farmer, out of place in this city, out of place on the milk-white tile floor. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The guys’ laughter followed me, bouncing off the tiles, between my ears, rattling around in my head. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Fifi wanders into the kitchen, her polished nails—silver today—clicking against the tiled floor. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “I’d like to get a whole talent ” He nodded, flipping his own tile over between his fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I don’t know, but once I was up, I was hearing things again because I could hear brass still clinking on the tile floor. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The tile edges were rough, tiny spaces gaping at the corners. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “House rules,” Aaron said as he flipped over the tiles. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Ever since then, instead of paying money for school, I dean the tile floors of the nuns’ house. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Send the empty cans down a trash chute, pocket the full ones for later, flip sofa cushions smeared with blood, wipe traces of gel from the tiles. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z My parents dead, and the green and white floor tiles beneath them. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Huge mechanical teeth burst through the street and chew the tile to dust. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Mrs. Glass, seated eight or ten feet away from the shower curtain, stared across the tiled floor at the blue bathmat alongside the tub. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I squint into the light, holding back a gasp as I take in the majestic onion-shaped domes and mustard and terra-cotta walls that connect four minarets, each topped with bright tiles. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z A small, round person with a big, round laugh, neat in all ways, he is a maker of tejas, roof tiles, the kind I sometimes helped Papi make. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z It had escaped behind the ceiling tiles, never to be seen again. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I imagine the wave of water colliding with the rock and spilling over the tile floor, collecting around my shoes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The floors are still tile, but they are polished to perfection, and there are windows everywhere. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He picked up a loose sliver of tile and tossed it off the roof. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Something went snap in the hall—probably Z or Frankie had stepped on a tile. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I stood with my hand over my mouth, staring in disbelief at the empty field until I realized there were splinters of brick and small white plaster tiles pressed into the dirt and grass. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Her fingers moved over the tiles, drawing deep resonant sounds from within the big box, and she began to sing in a high, sweet voice. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ow!” she yelped as she caught her foot on something buried under the rubble, and crashed into the broken tiles and tables in front of her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When my father was fourteen, which is still more than one hundred years ago, he was up on the roof of the family house replacing some loose tiles when he slipped and fell. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood for a moment—rather as though it were a rendezvous point of some kind—in the middle of the tiled floor. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He wasn't even looking at me, just talking up to the mildew-stained tiles above us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “There’s also the myth about a python in the ceiling tiles, being fed by the lunch ladies. But that one’s not too interesting. Do you know about Red Witch Bridge?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I stared at the toilet: a perfect porcelain bowl, set in the floor with rose-colored tiles arranged all around in an abstract mosaic. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z My voice hit the tile and rang it as if I had thrown a rock at it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay inside on the tile floor and cooled my skin. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The moon was hardly a scratch in the sky, but underwater lights illuminated the tiled bottom of the pool. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Tad stumbled back, tripped over a broken tile, and crashed into an open locker. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z After living with the bulging ceiling tiles for all this time, we had gotten to believe they would never come down. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Moss heard the squeak of sneakers on tile, then voices raised in alarm, incoherent and high-pitched. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The Park Lane Hospital for the Dying was a sixty-story tower of primrose tiles. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The pool of blood under her head ran along the cracks in the bathroom tile near where the other woman, Mrs. Barnes, lay on the floor. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z There’s nothing to do but use my last seconds of connection to the tiles to push off for the intersection. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I was in the grocery store with him once and in the cereal aisle he pointed to the tile floor and said, “Don’t step there. That’s where I earned my name.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the kitchen there are matching yellow appliances, a lazy Susan, linoleum made to look like tiles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Did you know Lena move to Woodside?” asks Auntie Ying with obvious pride, looking down at the tiles, talking to no one in particular. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fourth day,” she said, holding up her own tile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I positioned him in between two tiles of the linoleum floor. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She began poking at the tiles aimlessly, producing strange musical sounds. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The first shower burst against the tile floors of the shower room and plumes of steam inched along the ceiling and flowed down the walls. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The roof is not lit at night, but as soon as my bare feel reach its tiled surface I see his silhouette, black against the lights that shine endlessly in the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The estate agent brought a man who did tiles. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Weeds grew out of the tennis court; the tile roof of the house was patched with sheets of tin. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He noticed that the interior of the turquoise fireplace was lined with old sooty ceramic tiles, each about the size of his hand. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And then we start taking tiles, throwing the dice, counting back on the wall to the right number of spots where our chosen tiles lie. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Rosemary hovers over me, framed by ceiling tiles. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The lobster sat there for a moment, then started crawling along the tile. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The floor is dark brown tile, and each shower stall has wooden walls and a plastic curtain separating it from the central aisle. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But whatever it was, no one wanted those tiles to come down with whatever was bulging them out. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z King Loft men, who also knew tile odds, spent the night dancing, drinking, dicing and telling each other dirty stories. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The front room had its own fireplace, floors made of pine instead of the usual tile, and wallpaper. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She also knew the curls in the wrought-iron gate, and how many steps led up to the big front door; she could almost see the black-and-white tile on the floor of the foyer. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And wonder of wonders, the palace had celadon roof tiles. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Tally settled back and counted the tiles on the ceiling. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Gaunt cattle, their ribs protruding and their heads hanging low, stood listless at the bottoms of dried-up stock ponds where the mud had dried and cracked into mosaics of tiles as hard as stone. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I was still awake when we came through a shallow mountain pass and the sun, behind us now, reflected off the tiled rooftops of the Valley of the Sun. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It was all so familiar: the long hallway entrance, the offices lining the white walls, and the white tiled floors. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I counted ten black tiles, and I knew the answer: seventy tiles on the platform. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I first turned up at Ruth’s recovery centre in Dover—the modern one with the white tiled walls—just a few weeks after that talk with Laura. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She hands me the flashlight and pulls back the latch, lifting a door from the tile. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She was looking up at the ceiling when I came in, listening to the scrambling and pattering of feet scurrying across the asbestos tiles overhead. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I grab her from behind, I wind my hand into her long blond hair, I jerk her head backwards, I pull her to the floor and I smash her head against the cool blue tiles. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no mesarthium in these houses, but tile and wood and stone. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In the center of their palms appeared a little blue tile shaped like a five-pointed star. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I swing up toward the ceiling and grab the crisscrossing metal between the tiles. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z This room had air-conditioning and a blue tiled bathroom with a porcelain sink and chrome handles like I'd seen on television. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Paso,” he says, even though I can see a tile with four dots at the corner of his stack. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The loose tile on the floor was lifted up. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Then I went to the hardware store and bought the materials I needed, busted out the old tiles, and replaced them with beautiful new ones. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Inej barely had time to gather up her cape before the guard bent double and heaved her dinner over the tiled floor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Tumbled heaps of broken tiles and stones stood more than knee high in the street that Dustfinger chose. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The half-eaten scone still sat on the plate; the shoes, including the muddy ones, were still lined up neatly; and the tiles in the turquoise fireplace gleamed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The polished white tiles on the walls and floor reflected the light of Jason’s sword so well that Leo didn’t need to make a fire. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Alex pushed open the heavy swing door and went into a room with a tiled chessboard floor and about fifty shelves fanning out from a central reception area. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The crypt below the church was a damp, cold place even on days like this, when the sun was practically melting the tiles on the houses outside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I walk across the cafeteria, loafers sticking to the yellow tile, until I’m right in front of Marie Antoinette. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Rios was a cozy restaurant with blue and white ceramic tiles lining the walls, cork floors, and windows that looked out over the city streets. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I gathered what scrawny courage I had and waded through waist-high weeds to the porch, all broken tile and rotting wood, to peek through a cracked window. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The school lunchroom was in the basement, and the grated windows near the tops of the tile walls let in little light. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I blink back the moisture in my eyes and stare up at the white ceiling tiles. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She caught a glimpse of what at first seemed flat stones; it was a floor of pale green tile. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I applied and was accepted to mop long white tiled hallways that stretched around the entire perimeter of the office floors of the building. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When she told me the ridiculous price the contractor had quoted her for replacing it, I went online to find a tutorial on how to lay tile. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z How Tree-ear wished he could somehow climb the walls and examine the tiles more closely! A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “So suppose she looks up there and sees that they’ve chewed a hole in the tiles and they’re looking back down at her. What happens then?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z We threw our bodies on the slippery tiles, gliding fast until we hit the wall. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z A kick, a slide, a tap of her toe on the tile. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We start washing tiles again and it grows quiet. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He hands her a towel and helps her climb onto the tile and waits outside while she puts on her nightgown. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The white walls were unadorned; the fountain looked like a tile bathtub. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Wipe down the tiles. It’s been a while.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The kitchen was larger than the Locktons’, with a tiled hearth and copper pots hanging on the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a step across the room; there was another door to my left through which I saw the gleam of chromium and tile. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire front page is tiled with our head shots from the previous day. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Pushing through the doors, I see her making her way across the gray tile floor, waving and chatting to just about everyone as she goes, like she’s putting on her own personal Thanksgiving Day Parade. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She dressed in a brown plaid skirt and a clean white blouse every day, dependable as the tile pattern on the classroom floor. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z I thought maybe some Kahlua, too, but I figured the only alcohol they’d have at the hotel would be for cleaning tile. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She peered into the darkness and saw a form scuttling toward her across the roof tiles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was square, like a kitchen floor tile, but bigger and two inches deep, like a cereal box. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I drop my gaze to the tiled floor. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth now saw just how fragile the marble tiles were under her feet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Walls of pale violet, floor of red tiles. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Above the towns, scattered like pebbles, were single villas where ancient families had found a brook, a green spot, and laid out a tile pool, a library, and a court with a pulsing fountain. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “I picked the paint, the tiles. I hung the flag from the porch.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z They climbed over the sill and moved sideways down through the broken tiles to the gutter. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Z pressed his hands against the ceiling tile next to the light and shoved it upward. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z On the tiles, the mermaid guy in the crawfish chariot was coming closer to the palace. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z All she has to do is cross the tiled floor and turn left and there Papa will be behind the counter, standing at his key cutter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Celaena made a move to her friend, but her legs gave out, and she fell to the tiles. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The tile floor is smashing against my fat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He walked along a pillared gallery and through a pointed arch, and found himself in a tiled courtyard where a woman was washing clothes at a well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To the left is the small bathroom; with the light shining on it, we can see that the tub and tiles are all powder blue. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z We round a corner, shoes squeaking on the tile, and an empty hallway with a mirrored ceiling stretches out in front of us. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He stayed kneeling on the floor, face pointed at the tiles. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z They spread ringed hands and mixed the ivory tiles click-clack for the next hemp-bird game. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The tiles made the rooftop welcoming and soundproof. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The steep tiled roof had grown dark and mossy with age and rain. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And his blood as it splatters the tiles. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z More than the hand-painted blue tiles in the kitchen or the mantels laden with potted tulips, this workshop was a testimony to Hoede’s wealth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We sat in the rain wiping it off our faces and listening to its sound on the tile roof and the gushing of torrents onto the ground. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Rich people have lots of colorful stonework tiles around it, like you’re pooping into a little babbling river in a field of flowers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z And pretty soon the entire tank of lobsters was crawling across the tile floor of the Meijer supermarket. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She had the counters polished like mirrors, and the new wall tiles gleamed. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He inched forward, boots crunching on broken tile. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Our entire public performance will be staged outside on what Effie refers to as the verandah, the tiled expanse between the front doors and the stairs that’s shaded by a roof supported by columns. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The floor of the corridor was a mosaic of colorful stones, with a winding path of red tiles set into it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z So I took up the tiles and poured them out again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z There are footprints of blood on the white and black tiled floor, fingerprints on the sink. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She saw his desolate eyes through the broken tiles and had no reaction of shame but rather one of alarm. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Fat, sequined pillows adorn the once-hard benches, and colorful throw rugs warm the white tiles. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z If we work too slowly—or drop a tile by accident—Half curses us and makes us pay for the broken one. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Mom unlocked the lobby door, which is iron and glass and must weigh three hundred pounds, and she pushed hard to swing it open, her heels slipping on the tile floor. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z We wandered, necks craned, bits of concrete and broken tile crunching beneath our feet. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Laying on the cool tiles of El’s kitchen as her mom hums and makes spaghetti. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Then the path curved to the right, and a group of buildings stood bright and yellow under red tiled roofs. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She crossed the tiled floor soundlessly and set the volumes on the table beside the Librarian. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “You a smart girl. You watch us, do the same. Help us stack the tiles and make four walls.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood up from the table, chair scraping the yellow tile, while I bit my lip. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I hear her footsteps across the tile in the entry hall, and then she stomps up the front stairs. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My hard-soled shoes slapped the tiled floor as I raced for the secret pocket doors. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe he’s standing in a bathtub, his tail whacking the tiled walls behind him, his fur lathered in fragrant bubbles. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She was glad now of the tiled bathroom that had caused her such confusion at first. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents, in muddy boots and earth-stained pants, lay them over our mud like bathroom tiles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Catherine jumped out of her chair and stormed over to where Claire and Molly were sitting, her new black leather boots clicking sharply on the tiled classroom floor. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Some tiles and antique pottery that he bought in Persia. What was delivered was not what he had purchased. There has been a long, vexatious correspondence on the subject.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Going underground, through the rock, with die filthy river bottom above us, and fish swimming in the black water on the other side of die curving tiles. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “They’re kind of all the same. Same generic rooms. Same tile floors. Same sterile smell. I’ve been everywhere without actually seeing anything.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Nothing compared to actually seeing the roofs, like tiled lamp shades or hats. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the long night, I listened to the sound of her anxious steps on the tile as she moved back and forth between the door and the window. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Finally there came a night when the gale was so violent that the farm buildings rocked on their foundations and several tiles were blown off the roof of the barn. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z There were broken tables and tiles and random stuff piled in front of the closed door. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We step through a tiled foyer, past a coat check with uniformed clerks, and descend a few steps into a marble-floored dance hall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He saw a glow growing against the white wall tiles. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Every single bone in his body ached from the night spent on the cold tiles. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He balances on a dark tile and hops to the next. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m not proud of this now, but that sound, which echoed in the tiled hallway, made me really happy. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Above me the lines between the ceiling tiles warp and twist into monstrous creatures. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z For as long as she could remember, Raymie had walked only on the green tiles. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “Follow that line of tiles. Walk straight, toe to heel.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z It’s a place of broken roof tiles, broken windows, and broken people. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I sat on the tile and she sat on the shelf behind me like some fairy queen. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Or maybe up in the asbestos ceiling tiles. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The hospital is warmer than the library was, but the tile floor feels cold anyway. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z McCoy had used Cliff and Ria as a distraction and Miles was laying on the tiled floor in a puddle of his own blood. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z As she crossed the library with the vase in both hands, she heard what she thought was the sound of bare feet on the hallway tiles outside the library door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As soon as I spotted them, I kept my eyes averted and spent the rest of the time moving one foot back and forth and staring at a crack in the tile floor. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The storm was ripping the roof tiles clean off the house. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The hallways are lined with rusting lockers and sticky yellow tiles and lights that glare down from the ceiling, almost as bright as the sun itself. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z He remembered a statue of a winged baby and a fountain tiled in blue and green. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Animated by this new certainty—choosing the right dress had surely helped—she crossed the hallway, pushed through the baize door and strode along the checkered tiled corridor to the kitchen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The water on the tiles in the shower stall turned pink around my feet where the dried blood washed down from my body. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He had a square house with a red tile roof, and his garden was full of heavily laden banana and papaya trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, with his left hand, he slowly reached up to one of the bulging tiles. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z There aren’t any patterns on the wall; only the ceiling has porous tiles that could be fun to look at. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The kitchen floor is littered with boxes containing our dishes and pots, but the tile counters and cabinets smell of Windex and bleach. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “What do you think this is?” she asked the princess, pointing at the mark etched into the tile. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He talks about the plans for the house: the skylights, expanding the deck, planting flower beds of tulips and crocuses, clearing the poison oak, adding another wing, building a Japanese-style tile bathroom. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The grounds are sloping, white tiles carrying the sounds of their feet as they run. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Even the sound of the water sloshing against the bath’s tiled sides became inexplicably abrasive. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I don't know if they looked up to see the missing ceiling tile or not, and I don't care. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko was left alone to ponder the object lying on the linoleum tile—toothy, scaly, and lifelike, except for the $3.95 price sticker glued to its snout. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept to the tar and tin, knowing that red tiles or grey slate made for treacherous footing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z While wading through the water, they’d found heaps of coins lying on the tiled bottom. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Rosa’s head was twisted toward the window through which Clara was squinting, and her long green hair hung like a fern from the table onto the tiled floor, which was stained with blood. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One roof was bright red tile, but the others were grayish brown thatch or tile. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The central jade green lake mirrored the arching tiled roofs of the pavilions and the rough beauty of large weathered rock sculptures. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The eight tiles surrounding the glowing tablet also started to glow. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Then he reached into the velvet bag that hung from his belt and removed a handful of square red granite tiles. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Once, a shingle came loose under Dustfinger’s boots, but he managed to catch it just in time, before the terra-cotta tile could fall and break in the street below. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Six fat brown mice raced across the tiles of the hall. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The tile was slippery, and I swung my legs around, trying to squirm away. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The stains of human misery that must have been hosed off these white tiles . Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I look down, at my hands, at the tile, at the toes of her shoes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sure he could open the tile from underneath. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Joey just stood there, leaning against the pale green tiles of the wall, his arms folded, staring at me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Under Buttercup’s watchful eye, I tiptoe across the cold tiled floor to the dresser. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Dozing security guards, and surgeons angrily shaking the broken vending machine by the lobby, the same white tile floors and the same dimly lit hallways, but everything seems different with Will next to me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z We kept the money in a moldy hole in the tile under the bathtub. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The roofs of the buildings here were tiled and arched, and the walls, windows, and doorways were in gold or red or green. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands went to his mouth; he choked, shut his eyes, bent, and a thick rush of fluid filled his mouth, spilled out, fell to splash on the tiles, covering the designs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z As I walk down the halls, I see them shackled to the waxed tile floor, ankle cuffs digging into their skin. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He set out, visiting the work sites, tying down ladders, packing up tools, brushes, loose tiles, Sheetrock. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It was small and cavelike—dark, moist, frigid, with ashen walls and cold tiles the color of lead. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It looked more like a hospital on the inside, where the floors were checked tile and the walls were exactly the right shade of taupe to make you want to kill yourself. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z A green and yellow rag rug covered most of the old linoleum tile. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Within seconds their parents burst into the cramped orange tiled room. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The path was paved with broken stones on one side and gleaming white diamond-shaped tiles on the other. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The bathroom smelled like an old person, and some of the tiles that were supposed to be on the wall were on the floor. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Excuse me,” Yishan said to a woman sweeping up broken tiles. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Their footfalls echoed heavily off the tile walls. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z They’re sterile, institutional, with fluorescent lights and cheap floor tile, like a hospital. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I stood directly in front of him, holding out the tile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Glass broke in three windows and a tile slid off the roof, and then a maidservant ran out, terrified, her clucking hen of a daemon flapping after her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z One tile had an ugly crack across the middle. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I push my chair back, the legs scraping on the tiles, and he looks up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the floor; it’s made up of foot-long tiles in red and white, like a chessboard, and I imagine how a knight would move across it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I studied my father as he stared at the tile work on the ceiling: endless geometric patterns that made me think of traveling through a wormhole. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z There are scraps of paper and footprints on the tile. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Marcus stared at the floor, which I’d just noticed was tiled with tiny white hexagons like the ones in our bathroom at home. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The giant blue sky, the fields of po- tatoes and corn, the white houses with red tile roofs, the rocky canyons, the mountains towering overhead. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Beams of light stretch across the polished tile, slanting through the ceiling windows. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Floor-to-ceiling windows behind them overlooked a tiled verandah with wicker sofas and a sprawling garden. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I want to do push-ups, but I can’t on the stretcher, and it’s probably a bad idea to do them on the tiled floor, which doesn’t look recently mopped. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes I sit behind the counter while she cleans the filters of the dryers or sweeps the chipped floor tiles. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As she made to follow Chaol, she noticed a tile on the paved pathway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The broken pieces re-form around the liquid and the glass sits intact, the tile surface of the table is dry. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I kicked the toe of my tennis shoe against the metal flush button sticking out from the tiles behind the toilet. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z In the flood of light against white tile, the face and shoulders of a stranger—a fierce, bald, very dark Negro—glared at me from the glass. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Soldiers were climbing out of troop carriers and continuing on foot, stumbling over brick and roof tiles. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The tile floor is so clean it sparkles—the opposite of the jail kitchen, which had a two-fingers-thick layer of grime. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Mrs. Glass looked over, abstractedly, at the blue bathmat, across the tiled floor. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z A white sheet spills over the side of the gurney and brushes against grimy checkered tiles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The clip of boots against the pristine tile forced my eyes up, away from the doctor’s face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In the bathroom, I stared at the white tile hexagons on the floor and saw nothing but the crud in between them. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “Jewish mah jong, they watch only for their own tile, play only with their eyes.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He cast them, then he stared, puzzled, at the small, square, red granite tiles. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I ran across campus, noticing many old buildings with red tile roofs. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The tile seeped cold through her socks, and it smelled like Layla’s ginger perfume and toothpaste. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Modest white outside walls crowned with slanting tile decorations gave no hint of the elaborate courtyards and inner living quarters that were hidden like pearls in their oyster shells. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He fell to the floor, knocking his funny bone against the tiled floor. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Above the placards are the tiled arches the same color as the misty sky. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Up above the asbestos ceiling tiles, Caliban and Sycorax are stirring, probably since the smell of pink icing is now filling the hallways. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The tiled roofs and gold domes gleamed in the sun. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z For a few moments they scuffled on the tile, their shoes leaving streaks on the cabinet doors, and then Trip got Moody into a headlock and the fight was over. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As I lay there on the bathroom floor, my face pressed against the cold blue-and-white floor tiles, I prayed to Allah that I would survive the night. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The white tile is cold beneath my feet. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They put a blanket on the cold tiles for Victor, that was at least something. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I could see only Mr. Guareschi’s legs, since the rest of him was poked up through an opening where he’d removed some asbestos tiles. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Trunks slide across tiles and a little dog yaps and a conductor’s whistle blows and some kind of big machinery coughs to a start and then dies. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Through bleary eyes, I took in the sight of the tahara room’s tile floor and the oil lamps casting their sullen glow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The Scrabble box got stepped on at some point, and the letter tiles went everywhere. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I keep my eyes on the tiled floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Maybe it was just her imagination, but she thought she felt the faintest bit of warmth coming from the tile of home in her pocket. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The coins flew to the ceiling, then ricocheted and spun around the room before landing on various parts of the red tile floor with tiny pings. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z From that tile floor I let myself sink down into it, down and down until my lungs burned, like when I was in the deep wells beneath the diving boards at the lake. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Crass was worn away in front of each trunk but grew tall and untrodden in tile center of the triangle. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Inside, the walls were white tile, and the building had a disinfectant smell to it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not spending a night in a men’s room. All that tile. It’s cold. And, besides, men’s rooms make noises sound louder. And I rattle enough now.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His father hustled to the kitchen and dropped it on the plastic tiles. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There are even roaches in the bathroom, emerging at night from the cracks in the tiles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They were comparing furniture, tile work, the structure of a leaded glass window, the folds in a satin skirt. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they enter the apartment, he pulls away and runs to the corner of the kitchen, behind the door and stands with his forehead pressed against the tile wall, trembling and moaning. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z There were hedges that, in the summer, the gardener shaped like animals, and a swimming pool with emerald- colored tiles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I tap the toes of my flats on the tiles, staring down. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z We walk down one of the tiled corridors, nearly empty now at the end of a workday, and down a flight of stairs. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Morning sunlight swept across the tiled floor and over the white bed sheets, bathing the room in warmth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I look at the tile floor and wish the music would stop. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I fell, dropping to my knees, bracing my hands against the tile, trying to keep from being sick all over myself and the floor. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I look away from Vivi, concentrating on the pattern of the tiles under my feet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We walk past the guards, and the tile turns to wood beneath my feet. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She felt the tile of home thud back into her pocket. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A ceiling tile crashed next to her as she rushed past the desks with her backpack clutched against her chest. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He swept the tiles up and dropped them into the pouch at his belt. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “You can see how the paint peels around the front door. Or how many ceiling tiles are missin’.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Some tiles had windmills and tulips, others had ships and fish, and one had two figures standing side by side, holding hands. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t tell her now, he wouldn’t have her collapsing on the tiles and cracking her skull. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z All the walls were white, the floor tiles were white, and in the living room were four green bean-bag chairs, three standing fans, and nothing else. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z By the time the nurse gets there to take him to the emergency room, his shirt is stuck to the tiles, and he has to be cut free with an X-Acto knife. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It would take me six days to get home, six undays of staring at acoustic ceiling tile and watching television and sleeping and pain and wishing for time to pass. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The grand gate tore apart as if made of paper, scattering tiles and stone on the earth like sudden rain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Petra was touching the tile on the counter, running her fingers over the cobalt glaze with obvious delight. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z When you lift an arm, or when someone sits up in bed, you can feel this pale, shadowy movement all around you in the tiles. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss dropped his lock on the ground, heard it clatter against the tile, and Shawna tried to yelp. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If Brunelleschi was simply trying to create an impression of depth, he could have simply shown an interior with a tiled floor. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “What you bin up to, eh?” said her father, boots scratch-scratch over the tiles. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I enjoy seeing my work, a mirror of me, tile upon tile stacked up, knowing that the shape of my knee will one day give shelter to somebody. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Lolo will forget how to count and match the tiles one day. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Ekon obeyed, ignoring the sudden cold of the room’s stone tiles as he pressed one knee to them and bowed his head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The Finch Auditorium floor was composed of green and white tiles. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Red diamonds of roof tile fit into diamonds of whitewash. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z 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 Mr. Vendleri replaced the bulging ceiling tiles with eight new ones, then stepped from the ladder and stood back. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z One of the sunflower seeds hopped across the slate tiles of the front walk. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I kept my eyes on the straight lines of tile passing under my feet. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She stepped on all the tiles because bad things happened all the time, no matter what color tile you stepped on. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The house dripped mercher wealth—walls paneled in dark wood, floors tiled in clean black and white, all in good taste, all perfectly restrained and impeccably crafted. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Annabelle started counting things then—ceiling tiles, sidewalk squares, and consonants in words. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z There were painted tiles on the wall with what looked like kid drawings of faces, boats, and animals. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The tiled floor establishes a spatial framework, although this is not maintained in the bodies of Mary and the angel or in the architecture. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I was going to say something, but Lacey’s open mouth became truly slack-jawed, and she leaned her head against the cold gray tile of the bathroom wall, asleep. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z My body bumps down onto the tile, back against the door, tucked as small as I can. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks more closely and pulls back his tile. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A couple of girls hurried in his direction, their shoes squeaking against the light-gray tile. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Today, it’s the posters plastered on the dingy tile walls of the subway station at 135th and St. Nicholas. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z It had a black-and- white tile floor, a toilet that flushed with a powerful whoosh, a tub so deep you could submerge yourself completely in it, and hot water that never ran out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I think of Uriah lying on the tile surrounded by glass and metal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My footsteps rang hard against cement and tile because of the taps I had nailed into my shoes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She heard the shards of tile, torn branches, and slivers of wood pounding against the stone courtyard like the beating of drums, but nothing touched her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Rashid unzipped the backpack and pulled out three of the five small pieces of broken, charred tile he’d taken from the wreckage before they began reconstruction. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Was it just a falling piece of tile, or was someone there? Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Before long, the congregation had grown so large that he moved elsewhere and refurnished the house with rows of wooden pews and a tiled fountain in the place once occupied by the family’s television set. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “At least now I understand why we had to move so far away from home. I’m glad it wasn’t just because of those stupid tiles.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Dad led us through the front door into a tiled foyer two stories high. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Here are the stats for Mrs. Windermere’s kitchen: The floor was white and yellow tile—twenty-four tiles wide, eighteen tiles long. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The entrance hall was wide, with a tile floor. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The knife slid to the ground with a sharp ping against the tile. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Tristran picked a stone tile and showed the symbol carved upon it to the man. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s a castle out of a storybook: eight or nine stone buildings sheltered below hills, rust-colored roofs, narrow windows, spires and turrets, weeds sprouting from between roof tiles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At the end of each day, we leave the tiles we have made stacked against each other, ready to bake in tomorrow’s sun. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Already, bright red drops stood out on the pink tile. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Two other girls sat playing at tiles before a leaded glass window. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I watched in amazement as he placed the button on the tiles a foot within the hallway we had just left. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The whole room was covered in mosaic tiles. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 My leather boots squeak against the floor tiles. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z We heard them climb up inside the walls, then scamper across the asbestos tiles. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z White porcelain tiles beneath my palms and knees. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "What is this nonsense? Look at how rough this is! One tile is broken! This is even worse than the old tiles! How can you be happy with this useless work?" she asked the man. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I shove my hands into my pockets and watch for a few minutes, then walk away again, trying to match my footsteps to my heartbeat, or to avoid the cracks between the tiles. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She looks around the room—at the fresh paint on the walls, the shiny tile floor covered with our rug from the Hideout, the furniture, some of it familiar and some not. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I could see them back home, in the kitchen, the burnt-orange afternoon light melting over the chipped table and the faded brown tiles beneath it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Then a door which opened by means of a large wheel; a hiss of air, and a brilliantly lit chamber with dazzling white tiles and stainless steel. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I concentrated on a warped ceiling tile and tried to breathe deeply despite the ache in my ribs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Malik walked over to the edge of the pool, knelt down, lifted a door hidden in the patio’s tile, and pressed a button. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Before Mom, Dad and Ellis get up the next morning, I’m in the garage rolling out self-drying clay with a coffee can and cutting it into rounded tiles. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z We waited hopefully, but the eight bulging tiles stayed intact. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Marcus comes through the window and drops to the tile floor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The bed was made, the clothes that hung on a post were ironed, the shoes were properly lined on a rack, and the brown tile floor was shiny. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I decided to wake before dawn and tap my big toe to the tile floor first. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I wanted to drive my fists through the tiled walls in our perfect California bathroom. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Despite the warm night, he shivered on the tile floor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The windows were covered with iron grilles and the roof was of red tile, like a Portuguese house. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As I leaned into the restroom doorway, all I could see was a huge pile of rubble, almost four feet high, in the middle of the tile floor. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The room is small, tiled white with a border of tiny blue mosaics. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She had hardly settled on it when one of her maids came soft-footedly across the marble tiles to her side. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He grabbed some nails from the box I was holding and started pounding them into the corners of the tiles. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He could see it moving slightly where it drew down into a concrete tile under the roadway and he spat into the water and watched to see if it would move. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I took in my own reflection, framed by creamy tiles. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Nine hundred and ninety-nine small dragon ornaments perch on the ridges of those tiled roofs. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The slope of the bars of honey-colored sunlight decreased; they slid up the bushes, passed over the green candle-like buds, moved up toward tile canopy, and darkness thickened under the trees. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He ran on the white tiles up through the tunnels, ignoring the escalators, because he wanted to feel his feet-move, arms swing, lungs clench, unclench, feel his throat go raw with air. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z She smiled a very big smile and opened her arms wide, and Raymie walked toward her, stepping on both white tiles and green tiles. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I'm dusting shelves and mopping the tiled floor. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As she rounded the kitchen door I let them fall on the tiled floor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I took several steps toward him, holding out my admissions tile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But then how did the soldiers know to look under the tiles? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I’m aware of tile changing to concrete, of crawling through a tight, stinking pipe onto a ledge about a foot wide. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Once inside, she sank to the tile floor next to the toilet. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Up there in that window, on the tiled window seat, I used to read for hours, eating mulberries off the tree outside. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Kingsfield, in other words, falls way short of a place like Ruth’s centre in Dover, with its gleaming tiles and double-glazed windows that seal at the twist of a handle. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a window in here, and from my position in the corner on the cold tiles I watch the sunrise bathe the world in orange light. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I liked the look of those mermaids, held captive in the tile. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We stare at each other, and she blinks, looking away to check the hall for nurses before looking down at the tile floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z More jam, and shards of glittering glass strewn across the tile. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z That’s when I realize there are chips of wood lying on the doorstep and all over the tile in the foyer. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The tiles clacked pleasingly, and every now and then one of the old men would exclaim “Ha!” and you knew he had thrown down a particularly good one. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A ring of white marble tiles in the center of the room form the symbol of Candor: a set of unbalanced scales, meant to symbolize the weighing of truth against lies. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I hear the approach of footsteps, sneakers squeaking across the tiled floor. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Her voice is sharp, like high heels clicking on tile floors. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The three of us walk along the beige tiles, sprinklings of actual sand around, to the tunnel. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Before the third and final set of sliding iron gates, a large tiled room opened off to our right. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Then he leaned down and picked his bag up off the floor, sending bits of dust and wood and tile flying. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Racing down the hall, Tad slipped on the wet tile and almost crashed to the floor. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Beau’s claws skittered on the tile floor as he turned with me toward the door. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was light gray with white trim, all sharp angles and expertly painted wood tiles. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Few people make their own tiles anymore, but Señor Santos still does. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Too late I realized I’d jumped to the inn’s roof—no wood shingles here, but clay tiles slippery with rain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I lift my arms out of the water and fold them on top of the pool’s tiled edge. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When the sun was directly overhead and everyone was ready to have lunch, Alfonso emerged from his big white hacienda with its red tile roof and sauntered by, checking on the progress. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Union Station in Los Angeles is an art deco-mission revival mash-up wonder of inlaid marble tile, vaulted wood ceilings, and light fixtures that would make Frank Lloyd Wright proud. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z David pulls a chair over, letting it screech on the tile, and pats it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The taps began to leak, the pipes to sweat, the roof tiles to'crack, and green stains to spread across the walls. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The red tile roofs of the mansion spread out in a patch of intense green. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They began to stir though still tile world outside the shelter was impossibly dangerous. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z As the flap continues to drop, I find my feet scrambling, harder and harder, to find purchase on the slippery tiles. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Slender metal bars attach from the tabletop to the chair to the shiny tiled floor. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A tile in the floor popped open and an empty goldfish bowl atop an ornate column rose up about three feet. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Red said he liked the white tiles, which were an improvement over the pine boards that had been there formerly. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The walls were bright, white lavatory tile with bald bulbs set at intervals in the black ceiling. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Closing the door behind me, I sank down and leaned against it with my legs stretched out on marble tiles. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Mama’s high heels clicked against the floor tiles as she came down the stairs. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The tiles above this floor were blistered as he raced through. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It would've been easier to take up the stained tiles, but marble is expensive and hard to come by. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She ran up and down the hallway, singing at the top of her lungs, her feet pattering on the tiles as she danced. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Half the tiles on the roof were broken, and a wild tangle of vines had grown through the windows and covered most of the outside wall. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lolo slides a double-five tile on the table and attaches it to the chain. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z At the very far end, just opposite where I stood, was a gigantic fireplace, faced with stone and painted tiles. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The marble tiles, immaculate white hallways, and enormous windows devoid of dust or fingerprints—none of this was foreign anymore. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z In front of the sink he built a small bar out of discarded lumber and covered it with scavenged tiles: blue- and-white arabesques; Neapolitan checkerboard; red heraldic dragons; and local, earth-tone Pewabics. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I was afraid it would slip and fall onto the tile and shatter into a million pieces. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The tile was glowing like one of the tablet computer screens upstairs in the rotunda. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I lifted the false ceiling tiles in the bathroom. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Mondrian has laid out his colored “tiles” along a grid system that appropriately resembles a city map. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Downstairs the doorbell rang, and moments later, just discernible, the rapid tick of high heels on the tiled floor of the hallway. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The smoke-dulled wall tiles, the over-spilling garbage cans, the blackened, gummy ground, and the stale air were not enough to warn him away. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Nothing compared to actually seeing the roofs, like tiled lamp shades or hats. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he turned and lifted one of the ceiling tiles with his mallet. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I sat staring at the blue tile on the wall, wishing I had some sort of X-ray vision to see through to the other side. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Then he looked down, and saw that there was blood at the threshold, and blood spattered on the tile floor of the vestibule. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I threw up into the sink, onto the counter, and then slid down to the floor, let the blue and white tiles cool my cheeks. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z By the time he could see again, Izzy was gone, and he was alone, except for the can rolling slowly away across the wet kitchen tile. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z My dress shoes squeaked on the smooth tiles. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They are translucent enough for me to see the gross pink tiles behind them. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z These were impressive, modern, limestone buildings with red tile roofs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then I'm in the kitchen doorway, my feet cold on the tile floor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The shower, with its patterned tiles and clear doors; the small bottle of serum sitting on a shelf inside. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The preacher tried painting over those tiles, but the letters won’t stay covered up, and so the preacher has just given up and let them be. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I spin a slow circle on the tile, taking it all in. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was shrilly lit and lined with white tiles. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A poured concrete floor laid over with kitchen tile. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I just crouch in the bathroom, staring at the white tiles. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The tiled floor was mostly shattered and broken through in places down past the joists. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked into the tiled courtyard of the Masjid ar-Rahmah and looked around. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The camera knocked down to record the white tiled floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z As she tipped the denim bag on its side, the silky, slippery pages of a dozen magazines fell out onto the tiled bathroom floor. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z With each step, I feel like I will shatter, a glass figurine thrown to a tile floor. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She read her books in the open courtyard sitting on the inlay tiles of the fountain, one foot dangling on each side, with an eye always on the horizon. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She stands up, leans over long enough to plant a kiss on my forehead, and disappears into the hallway, her rubber soles squeaking on the tiled floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A heap of stones, planks, rubble, boards, and roof tiles lay there instead, illuminated flickeringly from inside the building. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z There wasn’t a trace of dirt left on the wallpaper, the tiles, even the bathroom cabinets. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He stepped through for the last time and looked down over the silent city, the tiled roofs gleaming in the moonlight, the tower above them, the lighted ship waiting out on the still sea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The tile floor was cold and uncomfortable, and the attendant had dripped some water near me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z As I covered the clean tile floors with gentle flop- pings of wet mop, I prayed under my breath for the people who had tried to vote. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I stared at the floor where the tile was all cracked and worn out and listened for the sound of somebody’s shoes walking away. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The President’s voice echoed unpleasantly off the white tiles that lined the wall and ceiling. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z All the tiles had similar blue borders with little designs painted in the centre. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z My feet slip and slide on the tile as we walk down the hallway, as fast as my weak legs can muster. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z If I did, they’d be flashes of tile patterns, or something. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Small light bulbs are tucked between the ceiling tiles. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z While the rest of the class turned back to their work, I climbed onto my desk and lifted away the ceiling tile next to the light. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Above the hiss of shower heads and the slap of feet on tiles, a high, thin tinkling reached my ears, a sound almost like the tapping of champagne flutes before a toast. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Not with a rooster or a cat to press its track into a soft tile piece. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The house was silent except for Tilly’s toenails clicking down the tiled hallway as she came to greet me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z As we move through this ferry with its gleaming floor tiles and its vinyl booths and bolted-down seats, emotions rise up within me, competing for my attention. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I rested my cheek against the wet tile, fiddled with the tap to cool down the water. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Mini scowled at Aru and bent down to rub one of the tiles like you would a dog’s belly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The Greek historian Herodotus described it as a stack of eight stepped towers, with gates of solid brass and 120 lions in brightly colored, glazed tiles leading to it. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z He hops on his good leg across the shiny floor tiles. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z This latter - a stone construct complete with a tiled roof - looked very sturdy, as indeed it needed to be, standing as it did in a highly exposed position against a background of empty fields. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z My hands found the wall’s white tile first, a second before the rest of my body collapsed against it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A circle of lit candles is arranged on the floor over one of the Candor scales set into the tile. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z There were flat green slippers on her feet, and she tapped one toe against the tile floor. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Padva says as she enters the room, her cane accompanying her with a steady beat against the tile floor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There was the obvious geometry of windowpanes and floor tiles, and then all the pearls, baskets, pitchers, and framed maps. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Large tree branches had fallen and a clutter of leaves and roof tiles and dust and dirt littered the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z When she talks blah blah, I usually count the dots in her ceiling tiles. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I scramble off the tiles, out the door, and across the hall to his room. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We smooth the edges, then put the tiles back. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z A moment later he rose out of the dust and shook off broken roof tiles. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z My favorite is the close-up shot of tiled calligraphy in blue and white. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The floor here is old tile, and even through my shoe soles, it feels grainy with dirt and dust. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The tree that grew out of the gutter on the spire had fallen in the last storm, taking a handful of the slate-black roof tiles with it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I sit down outside the auditorium on the tile floor of the hallway, leaning up against a trophy case, and I eat a little. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Miles and I stood with our backs against the tiles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I was in a large, old-fashioned bathroom, like something from a Zsa Zsa Gabor movie, with gold fixtures and mirrors and pink tile on the walls and floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Behind him, the tiles were light blue with tiny seashells set in the middle. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Glossy black and beige tiles lined the lower two-thirds of the surrounding walls, creating a backsplash of sorts that was higher than the top of my head. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I followed them into a bath chamber decorated with mosaic tiles. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Because he is so tall and linky and rubbery, he seems some- times like a boy, knocking into tables and doorways, his big muddy boots clomping on the tile floors. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z A stampede of little footsteps clattered across the tile floor. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z The bathroom fascinated her, with its hot water tap, its gushing shower, its pink tiles. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We stood on the tile in our bare feet, slugging down the cool, smooth water. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Time might as well not exist in this place, except I feel it pressing against me as seven o’clock inevitably draws closer, pushing me into the floor tiles. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I see a gun on the tile near a drinking fountain and lurch toward it, breaking my grip on Matthew’s hand. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The belts slither along the floor, which is now white tile. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I can hear the light tapping as they hit the tile floor. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z When my eyes open in the morning, the first thing I do is sit up and look at the Scrabble tiles. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I trace the perimeter of a tile with the toe of my boot. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I went over to look at them, my footsteps echoing on the tile, and then I became aware of a measured plink plink plink, coming from the faucet of the tub. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Over the years he’d learned every trade he could get close to—fishing, ship rigging, painting, framing, masonry, plumbing, roofing, tile work, even auto repair. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z They were several sizes too big, but still better than her regular shoes, and as she followed her mother they made a curious slapping noise on the tile of the kitchen floor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Cas shoved a piece of tile out of her path to the door with her free hand but couldn’t budge the next board. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Less benignly, he had pried up and swallowed three pieces of floor tile, and used another shard of the tile to make cuts across his leg and wrist and, apparently, “a blood-filled hole in chest.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her bedazzled toenails click on the tiled kitchen floor. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z A few torches burned in. sconces at the near end where a group of Ser Amory's guards sat around a scarred wooden table, talking and playing at tiles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I scramble around, digging through chunks of tile slick with blood, shuddering when I encounter bits of warm flesh. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She waits in the tea lounge, two lightly steaming, tulip-shaped glasses with matching saucers resting upon the tile table in front of her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Its windows are bordered by deep red tile and gold detailing. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Its head hung down between ceiling tiles that had been shifted to the side for some reason. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z First they saw the roofs of crystal tile that glinted like the sun on rippling water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The guide's shoes clacked down the tile floor. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Each one was perfectly round, two feet in diameter, tiled around the rim with limestone; each one plunged straight into darkness. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He did not want her to notice the bins full of yellowed towels waiting to be washed on Monday, the graffiti on the walls, the loose tiles, and the rusty pipes that dripped continuously. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was highly acoustical, as though it were reverberating within four tiled walls. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Any sound you make ricochets around, bouncing against all these different-shaped stone, mosaic and tiled surfaces. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Hugo knew how to walk silently, but he let his feet fall loudly on the tiles to let the old man know he was there. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Just wood and that pink insulation stuff and tiles and clothes and food, all the colors of their world thrown together like a giant had had a temper tantrum. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Papa moved the wooden coffee table, lifted up the rug, and tapped the tiles underneath with the back of the screwdriver. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z To his credit, he moves quietly, his footsteps silent on the tile. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Wang Lung fell to his knees and knocked his head on the tiled floor. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z They went down a street of shattered glass and broken tiles where children were playing and watching the soldiers go by. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I hurry myself into the kitchen, socks sliding on the tiles, and yank open the fridge to grab the milk. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Away from the entrance hall, they wandered through room after empty room of paneled wood, stone fireplaces, tiled floors. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z It stood on a hill overlooking the village, some of its windows boarded, tiles missing from its roof, and ivy spreading unchecked over its face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We have toilet bowls set into the tile floors. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It has soft-textured, eye- saving green blackboards instead of screechy black ones, and tiled pastel floors instead of the old creaky wooden ones in Queen Mary. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At their feet lay a tile court worked into the shapes of ancient animals and peoples. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z What I already knew is that in all of La Saline there are no tile floors that can be mopped, and there are no empty spaces. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He let my head touch the floor, then folded the rest of my body on top of me until I was crumpled up on the tiles. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z So there I was, holding this trash can underneath the eight bulging asbestos ceiling tiles, and Mr. Vendleri started to push up on one of them with his mallet. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z On the way downstairs, the shock of the cold tile on my feet wakes me up, makes me suddenly scared. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind us, Laleh clung to Mom’s hand, dragging her feet so her shoes squeaked on the tile floor. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The lush gardens and red tile roofs of the Big House were visible now. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She lifted up a kind of lid about halfway down on its front, exposing thin white and black tiles of ivory. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The light blue kitchen tiles were worn and chipped at the comers, but they looked scrubbed clean, as did the pots, whose lids did not fit, one side slipping crookedly into the pot. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z And he’s redoing the bathroom and has changed the ugly brown tiles to a nice baby blue. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Bulldozed right over, as if we had been nothing more than two daisies poking up through the cracks in the tile. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I lay there in the dim light and stared at the pattern of squares on the ceiling... noise-absorbing tiles with thousands of tiny holes soaking up every word. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Ruth, who was sitting up in bed, was quiet for a long time, the sunset falling over the tiled wall behind her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I sink to my knees on the cold tile and squint at the flower, as the whiteness seems hard to focus on in the stark fluorescent light. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “No,” said Myrtle defiantly, her voice echoing loudly around the old tiled bathroom. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Her combat boots smack against the tile until she’s there standing next to me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Other than scrubbing the kitchen tile and keeping a hard shine on the wooden floors, the work was not hard. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A long hallway with a tile floor greets me, doors on either side, some open, some closed. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Sohrab’s new room had cream-colored walls, chipped, dark gray moldings, and glazed tiles that might have once been white. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Lefty saw the brightly tiled kitchens and bathrooms hanging in midair, half-enclosed spaces whose rich colors reminded him of the sultans’ tombs, and he had an idea. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And about how the only shapes that one can use to tile a floor, if all the tiles are the same, are triangles, squares and hexagons. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Remedios the Beauty thought that he was suffering from the fear that the tiles would break and she bathed herself more quickly than usual so that the man would not be in danger. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Then he took two more tiles off in order to drop down into the bathroom. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z After a moment, he dared himself to go and stand on the uneven tiles just inside the chancel. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z His knees were hurting from the hard tiles. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She’d barely had time to pick out his shadow and slide down the roof tiles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The fluorescent bulbs cast spots of bleached light onto the tiled floors. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The kitchen walls were decorated with Delft tile, and the plates in the glass cabinets were also blue and white. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The legs of the chair thudded on the tiles and pounded in my ears. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Father had me deliver a watch to an important client on the other side of town yesterday. You know, where the Japanese tile houses are,” she said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Like the sound a heavy metal object, say a refrigerator, might make if it were slowly being pushed across ceramic tile. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The roof tiles were slick with a late evening rain. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He heard the slamming of cabinet doors, the tapping of shoes on hard tile, the whir of a ceiling fan. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I followed his gaze down to the dozens of indentations in the cracked white tile. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It took four men under Pedro Segundo’s guidance to remove the hill of dust, tile, and adobe that had fallen on top of him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll need someone to hold this underneath the tile when I take it off, just in case stuff comes out,” he said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He replaced the curtains and the canopy of the bed with new velvet, and he had the bathroom floor covered with paving stones and the walls with tiles. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A sad cockroach lay on its back in the middle of the tiled floor. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It is all clangings and bangings as tiles are spat out by big machineries onto what is called a conveyor belt. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z As they ran deeper into the hillside, the cement floor changed to tiled mosaic. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Tad’s mother asked as a chair scraped against the kitchen tile. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Then I pull the tile back in place. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The toilet stood stranded on loose tiles and ran continuously. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They tested her with questions about the food, the doctor, the weather, and the tile ashtray she had made in arts and crafts therapy. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Your mother was the best, like a pro,” says Auntie An-mei while slowly sorting her tiles, considering each piece carefully. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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