| 单词 | toilet |
| 例句 | He wore his favorite Flush T-shirt, the one with the band’s name printed above a toilet. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z An inmate had rolled endless yards of toilet paper into tight cords before weaving the cords together into the noose. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They know about toilet brushes, about toilet seats, about germs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Needs the toilet, worries he cannot hold it, doesn't want to think about the trouble that will cause. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The smell was awful, nose-filling, the smell of a dirty toilet and rancid steamed beans and boiled eggs gone bad. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah, and a thousand wanted to. Did you notice the cheers when it happened? People blame her. For the team losing. For our undefeated season going down the toilet.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Henri sat in a chair, leaned back against the lattice which concealed the door of the men’s toilet at Red Williams’. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want to go back to Macún, to live like savages, with no electricity, no toilets...” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I sat curled in fetal position, hovered in the tiny space between the bathtub and toilet, exhausted from the intensity of the sickness. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I just can’t believe I’m talking about theater with another guy and he’s not slamming my face into a toilet. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Around his neck was a necklace of found objects—garbage cans, car doors, moose antlers, camping equipment, even a toilet. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “They creep into apartments at night. They booby-trap kitchen cupboards, toilet bowls, brassieres. Go to open your panty drawer, and you get your fingers blown off.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Unknown persons stuffed wads of toilet paper down them to make them do this very thing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They were often denied access to toothbrushes, combs, and toilet paper. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z At home, you can put bricks on either side of a toilet and squat over it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Then she would scroll through old messages from Claire, emojis and xoxo’s and notes that were so private that Maya would throw her phone into a toilet before she let anyone read them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Knows not to drink in the morning, no matter how thirsty, because at the Hall of Mirrors, prisoners aren't allowed to use the toilet. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z My friend had time to flick her cigarette into the toilet bowl and flush. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She didn't breathe on the way to the bathroom and was too scared to flush the toilet. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I felt I just had to go to the toilet. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I also had to get back to the toilets in the locker room. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He picked up another toilet paper parachute, lit two matches at the same time, set the parachute on fire, yelled, “Take two!” and sent the next Nazi screaming into the toilet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the kitchen is a toilet had no horizon—and his sympathy had no warp. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The razor wire was new, the portable toilets new. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z An argument, about who should put the dishes in the dishwasher, whose turn it is to sort the laundry, clean the toilet; something daily and unimportant in the big scheme of things. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit on the toilet and hold them underneath me, one at a time, stopping midstream to swap them out. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The girl never did see the ghost but she was fond of Henri and it was five months before the cramped cabin and the lack of a toilet drove her out. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He threw up in the toilet, on the floor—painted the entire stall. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It was true that the toilets sometimes overflowed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He emptied the bowl into the toilet and then instantly felt remorseful. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “In Lublin,” she began, thinking of New Rochelle, “I live in a house that has eight rooms and the toilets are inside the house. One upstairs and one downstairs.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see that he’d made a bunch of little toilet paper parachutes and when he yelled, “Action!” he set one of them on fire and dropped it over the toilet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t see Sarah, Addie’s sister, who was in a separate area near the washbowls and toilets. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z No. And you not going to have your own special toilet and your own special-made eight- foot bed either. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to the toilet and looked in the mirror. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z No, too easy to spot me, unless I stand on a toilet seat like I’ve seen people do in movies. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z How come I know more about fixing an overflowing toilet than a professional custodian? Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Myrtle gave a howl of rage and dived back into the toilet, causing water to slop over the sides and onto the floor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The pavement would be their bed, the open-door toilet would be their bathroom, and the steel rack would be the seat they could share. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He helps me to a toilet tent outside. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I fill up a large bowl with hot water from the sink, sit on the toilet top, and place my throbbing, biscuit-can-busting feet in there. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We stopped at a public toilet, and I waited outside while Frankie went in. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He let himself out of the apartment quietly, so quietly that he surprised two drug addicts fumbling in the hall toilet. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve danced with the prince, and now I’m back home, cleaning the toilets. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Garrett and I start with the downstairs bathroom, seeing as our water is stored in the bathtub adjacent to the toilet. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The cigarette butt still bobbed in the toilet bowl, but the tank was refilling, so he had to wait a moment before he could flush it again. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I am so tempted to tear up her precious notes and flush them down the toilet. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z 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 Even the toilet peeked out from under a primrose covering. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I was dreading going outside to use the toilet, getting drenched running out there, water dripping on me from the leaky ceiling, wet newspaper, the flies attacking me from below. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Turns on the shower and sits on the lowered lid of the toilet. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The toilet flushes, and the sound of water trickling down through the building breaks the quiet. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z If she took long enough in the toilet, they usually passed out on the bed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Through the one on the right I saw a mirror and a sink and the edge of a toilet. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You can flush the toilet,” he sang, his voice taut-tense, though trying to be reasonable and sunny even if on the verge of hysteria. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He takes the light and goes into the bedrooms, climbs the ladder to the attic, and even steps outside to examine the toilets. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z One door, painted white, led to a closet, another to a toilet and a tub. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Zeitoun tried to flush one of the toilets and sewage poured out. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But for me and Daddy, it’s our first time with an indoor toilet. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I sat down on the closed toilet seat. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Fenoglio woke with a start, but before he could stop her Meggie had called to the guard outside the door that she had to go to the toilet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z We were lying head to foot, like we always did, but that night Chris’s feet smelled like he’d been soaking them in toilet water. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “When I went to India this winter, on that volunteer trip, we were building toilets. Building them because people there, in this one village, didn’t have them.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Right. Okay. But you’ll come with me, right? To the bathroom? So I don’t drink the toilet bowl cleaner?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Well, I didn’t tell her about the toilet thing. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It’s called retinitis pigmentosa and it’s like watching the world through a toilet paper roll. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But wherever I go, whispers follow behind me like bits of toilet paper stuck to my shoe. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The cats and dog drank from the toilets, having despaired of getting their water bowls filled every morning, and everyone in the family talked to one another at the top of their lungs. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z They became quite popular, which could perhaps be attributed to their down-home personalities, or to the fact they had one of the few working indoor toilets on the street. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I got attention by acting grown up, and my mother bragged about how early I was toilet trained and how clearly I spoke. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Once inside, she sank to the tile floor next to the toilet. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Every little mauve detail matches, including the house-shaped shelf that holds spare toilet paper. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “You won’t be showing anyone anything, convict, except perhaps where the toilet is in your cell. Now, what do you see?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I’ve practically lived in toilets and lockers for the last three years. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Moira stood politely aside, and Aunt Elizabeth hurried into the cubicle Moira had indicated and bent over the back of the toilet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z We were careful not to use public toilets or to drink from water fountains marked “whites only.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I can deal with filth, but toilets...other people’s toilets always upset me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I look at the toilet and decide to stand. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Then I turn around, face the door I just closed, pull down my pants, and fall on the toilet—I don’t sit; I fall like a carcass, feeling my butt accommodate the rim. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I had read about outdoor kitchens and outdoor toilets. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Soggy wads of toilet paper and crumpled hand towels are drifting across the floor like lumpy jellyfish. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z There was no indoor running water, just one communal outdoor tap and one outdoor toilet shared by six or seven houses. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Naomi perched on the toilet, feet pressed against the stall door, in the girls’ room by the gym. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “How—how do you—go to the toilet?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry lay facedown on the stone-cold floor, listening to Myrtle gurgling morosely in the end toilet. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “People. Suddenly, Bone Gap is full of concerned, chivalrous types with lots of extra toilet paper. Who knew?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The wide passages made our house feel like a hotel, as did the impersonal smell of doors kept locked most of the year, of unused bathrooms and kitchens and toilets, of uninhabited rooms. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Looking up at the swirling tentacles of darkness, Frank felt like he was trapped at the bottom of a flushing toilet bowl. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He got up, his movements deliberate, and at first she thought he was coming closer to her, or perhaps wanted the toilet, but he walked to the front door, opened it, and left. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A head with a stainless steel toilet and sink. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I just wanted to be alone for a minute so I stood there and flushed the toilet. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Moaning Myrtle, who was usually to be heard sobbing in the S-bend of a toilet three floors below. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z You think on it, you probably don’t remember the first time you went to the bathroom in the toilet bowl stead of a diaper. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When we’re done, Amá sweeps them up and flushes them down the toilet, in case some of them still have babies inside them. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Joe sat on the toilet lid; locks of my hair covered the floor around his sneakers. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “I was taking a shower and I felt it pulling down, hurting. So I set on the toilet and it slipped out. Like it wanted out of me.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Went to the bathroom in the toilet bowl.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The old restrooms were still there, but the toilet had been ripped out of one and a bathtub put in its place. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She told them about the Seattle rooms she had cleaned, the sheets on which white men had vomited blood, the toilets full of their excrement, the stench of their alcohol and sweat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Mother,” Judy said, bringing me back to the world of scrubbing tubs and toilets, “is it okay if I move into David’s room?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Can she go see Heather and play with them toilets some more? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I hear Ellis get into the shower and Dad flush the downstairs toilet soon after. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It had a toilet with a wooden seat and a wooden box above the seat from which hung a long, wooden-handled chain. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Or at least, it’s their favorite game until someone needs to go to the toilet in the bucket. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then Mother came into the bathroom and she sat on the toilet and she said, “Are you OK, Christopher?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I breathe in the soap smell, the disinfectant smell, and stand in the white bathroom, listening to the distant sounds of water running, toilets being flushed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Caleb’s hands don’t look like they been in no toilets, even if he was wearing gloves. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “She haunts one of the toilets in the girls’ bathroom on the first floor,” said Hermione. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z And I can live in a flat with a garden and a proper toilet. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Plastic is the new protector; we wrap the already plastic tumblers of hotels in more plastic, and seal the toilet seats like state secrets after irradiating them with ultraviolet light. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I get her diapers off and put her up on that toilet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It had a cot bolted to the wall, bedding, a sink, a toilet, and nothing else. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I absentmindedly doodled one on my homework last night and had to tear it into a billion pieces and flush them down the toilet. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z There were no soft rugs, no furry cover for the toilet seat and lid like we had back home. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Her face looked like I had walked in on her on the toilet. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I was given three rooms, and a separate toilet, with one room to be used for sleeping, one across the hall for studying, and another for exercise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They had no heat, no toilet, no running water. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Remember when I described the differences between Oklahoma toilets and the ones in Iran and how obviously better they are because squatting is good for flow and washing is good for hygiene? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She took the boxes into the bathroom, lifted their tops, and emptied the contents into the toilet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The Parsons children played it at all hours of the night and day, unbearably, on a comb and a piece of toilet paper. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z When Auntie Fatmata saw me hopping from foot to foot, she led me to an outbuilding with toilets, which were really only holes in the ground, covered with a wooden plank. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I went the long way around, hit the Burger King, and leaned against the stall door in the bathroom with wads of toilet paper pressed to my lips until the bleeding stopped. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They walk across the alley back to the salon, where there is a toilet and a tiny shower stall made of molded plastic. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The space inside Zeitoun and Todd’s cage was approximately fifteen by fifteen feet, and was empty but for a portable toilet without a door. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I dropped to my knees, opened the cabinet doors, shoved the stacked toilet paper out of the way, and reached into the hole. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She came right up to me and said: 'The toilet in the second stall is broken. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “You need a key for the toilets,” he said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He took charge of distributing water, transferring into receptacles even the water already in the toilet tanks, and he improvised a kitchen that, to everyone’s amazement, produced instant coffee, cookies, and some cans of beer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled the door open, then turned and dropped a stringy brown glob of spit into the unflushed toilet. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Folks from all around town turned in their remembrances written out on notepaper, receipts, napkins, even toilet paper. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Calpurnia banged down the toilet seat and sat her on it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z To add to the glamour, the trough was completely plugged up, overflowing with soggy toilet paper and candy wrappers and other unrecognizable debris. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The ghost of a girl had risen out of the toilet in a cubicle behind them and was now floating in midair, staring at them through thick, white, round glasses. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I wondered why the students needed so many toilets. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Bloom eased the lid down on the toilet, seated himself, released a pungent comfortable puff from his pipe. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “How are we supposed to clean a toilet if we can’t use water?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Big fancy dwellings with rooms for everything—rooms for sleeping, rooms for eating, even a room to go to the toilet! Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I have always lived with overflowing construction Dumpsters and portable toilets sitting on boards. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the entire compact bathroom, there were only six things: the sink, the toilet, the towel, the shower, its curtain, and me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Their toilet is one black plastic bag, and they struggle over who will take it out each afternoon, because that person gets to see sunlight for a brief time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Or, tantalizingly, It was toilet cleaner she used. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He dragged me into the toilets and spanked me soundly before bringing me back past everyone a second time. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d run out of tissues months ago, and toilet paper was too precious to waste. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He found a couple of candles on the sink, and two boxes on top of the toilet. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z And he said, “They do have toilets on trains, you know.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t eat for four days and he refused to go to the toilet. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Not wishing to make things worse, Curly didn’t mention that his pistol had somehow ended up submerged in a portable toilet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were furnished with gas lamps instead of electric lights, and multiple families shared toilets located in hallways or even, in some cases, in backyards. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I can’t get you one with embroidery on it or crocheting along the edges, but I’ll get you some toilet paper if you tell me to. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And you’re reminded where the latrines are, and how you shouldn’t use too much toilet paper since there wasn’t a whole lot, and what the shovel is for—stuff like that. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Each of the two opposing side walls were lined with galvanized shower nozzles, and a row of squat and lidless concrete toilets. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I ran into the bathroom, into a toilet stall, and threw up. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z We heard the toilet flush then—in Mrs. Baylor's bathroom at the end of the hall. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z What Tally really dreaded was running out of toilet paper. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z One, with a toilet and a sink, served as kitchen and bathroom; the other, with a woodstove in a corner, served as living room and bedroom for all six of them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We were given no blankets, no food, no mats, and no toilet paper. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no urinals, only a few stalls with sitting toilets—none of the squatting ones, like my bathroom at Mamou’s—and I wondered if that was a Social Cue I had missed. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Did I hear you say you wanted to clean the toilet?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Tiptoe on the toilet seat, she peered into the mirror, trying to blow bubbles with her Juicy Fruit gum. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “And then we find this—made out of toilet paper.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After lunch, I asked Amaka where I could ease myself, although I knew that the toilet was the door opposite the bedroom. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no privacy. No proper toilets or kitchens. No facilities for a growing family.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Each night, he returned to a six-by-eight-foot cell with a metal sink and toilet. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He lived in a shabby, rundown house on the edge of Fry, with old tires, a rusty wheelbarrow, a condemned birdhouse, an airplane toilet, and other trash in the yard. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They would arrive earlier than the others and spend the morning shaving him, giving him massages with hot towels, cutting and polishing the nails on his hands and feet, and perfuming him with toilet water. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Desegregation of the toilet bowls is what they should a call it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z What if the toilet she was using malfunctioned, or got clogged? Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Then he went down to the boys’ toilet and waited until he heard through the wall the flush of water on the girlside. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I dried with toilet paper, which I flushed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “We talked a lot about what you were like as a baby. She said you were very precocious, especially in toilet training and speech.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “You want me to swab out toilets while you run your old daddy for Oldest Settler and your nephew for public speaker. Or did my ears deceive me?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Having then reached my normal state, I discovered that I was half famished with hunger; so making a hasty toilet, I went into the other room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Women had no privacy in the bathrooms, where male officers could watch them use the toilet. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then Joe Carp said I shoud show the girls how I mop out the toilet in the bakery and he got me a mop. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Inside, there was a concrete slab with a hole in it and a plastic toilet seat on top; there had been a lid at some point, but it had broken and disappeared long ago. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There were many staccato footfalls back and forth in the bathroom, which meant, he knew, that his mother was attempting to accomplish several phases of her toilet at once. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Govan was then ailing and not going to the quarry, and he was given the task of counting out eight squares of toilet paper for each prisoner per day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of his name he wasn’t bright, and he had yet to master toilet training, although he was old enough to attend school. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z How did they get the toilet paper all the way to the top the way they did? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The people get almost nothing to eat, much less to drink, as water is available only one hour a day, and there’s only one toilet and sink for several thousand people. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “They stuff people s heads down the toilet the first day at Stonewall,” he told Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “They never even looked in here, Hannah. I flushed the toilet and pretended to be going, and no one came in.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She used toilet roll as bandages and cut into them with nail scissors and squirted tomato ketchup on them. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z With all that behind me, I whip out my straw, sit down on the toilet, making sure the bathroom is locked; bring it to my nose and snort. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z You wouldn't seek him out for advice on a personal problem, but he'd be the first one you'd call when the dishwasher broke or someone flushed a hairpiece down your toilet. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z We couldn’t afford toilet paper, so on the wall next to the seat was a wire hanger with old newspaper on it for you to wipe. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When he went away, I looked around me: three bare walls, a toilet, and a cot. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z They would enter proscribed areas without permits, use Whites Only facilities such as toilets, Whites Only railway compartments, waiting rooms, and post office entrances. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The toilet was already disgusting before I got there and it wasn’t getting any prettier. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Mom—” The toilet flushed down the hall in our apartment. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A series of picnic groups and camping sites had been built by internees— clearings, with tables, benches, and toilets. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They took her to a toilet and she was forcd to ignore the man who stood beside her, holding on to her arm. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 It wasn’t very exciting, but it was what I always said when I wanted to use the toilet. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “Tell us your secret,” the girls whisper, one toilet to another. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z As “The Trial of the Century” reached its dramatic conclusion, my old professor was sitting on the toilet. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Will you fish my dead baby out of that toilet bowl. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But she didn’t feel any different, and her hopes of seeing any magical toilet paper were quickly fading. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It stank like bad toilets and dead animals. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The house had no bathroom, but underneath it, behind one of the cinder-block pillars, was a closet-sized room with a toilet on a cement floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, it must be the toilet,” he thought. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He'd bought a half gallon of milk, a big pour jar of salsa, two rolls of toilet paper, and a Snickers bar. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z How had he become a guy who was willing to bleach other people’s toilets and mow their yards? Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The school, which served 300 students, had four toilets, one drinking fountain, and no cafeteria. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z After using the toilet—Aunt Rose had indoor plumbing, thankfully, even if she didn’t have electricity—Ophie tiptoed downstairs to the kitchen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Money he earns cleaning toilets in a big building and doing other throw-away jobs in a place called Los Angeles, The Angels for heaven sakes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z They never elaborated about just what diseases the toilets contained, but they made it plain that the ailments were both contagious and dire. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He got up and weaved his way between the chairs and tables to the toilet at the back of the room. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Naw, I didn’t really do nothing much. Well, how ’bout the toilet? Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I sat on the toilet and leaned my head over the edge of the washbowl and I thought I was losing my guts and my dinner both. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z A toilet seat lay on its side, a sink and a bathtub too. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z It’ll be a long time until I can scrub that toilet again without gagging. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We enjoyed swimming, until the mystery of tides was explained in such a way that the ocean seemed nothing more than an enormous saltwater toilet, flushing itself on a sad and predictable basis. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It’s like how I can’t figure out how any adult buys toilet paper with a straight face. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Upstairs, after he has heard Frau Elena go to the toilet and climb into her own bed and the house has become utterly quiet, Werner counts to one hundred. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then I pick up a roll of toilet paper, because we’re almost out, and I pay the cashier for that. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “I mean, I have a work of calligraphy over my toilet that reads, ‘Bathe Yourself Daily in the Comfort of God’s Words,’ Hazel. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z James wound toilet paper around the book as Matthew held it and the balled-up paper in place. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Ah yes, in America everything smelled good, I thought, even the toilet! Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I place her things in the jar and fill the rest of it with toilet paper and screw on the lid extra tight. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She was still smiling sweetly when she leaned down to me and whispered, “Down the toilet, you little jerk.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Meaning, did anyone try to flush his face down the toilet? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z But things come full circle, baby, and two months later I was back in my bathroom, bowing to the toilet in the dark. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z So I had wadded up half a roll of toilet paper, stuffed it between my legs, and went across the street to Fred’s. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Eventually, she locked them in their room at night with an alarm that sounded if anyone tried to escape, and they were given a bucket to use as a toilet. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z His bedroom was the simplest room of all--except where the dresser was garnished with a toilet set of pure dull gold. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I balled up some toilet paper and wiped my eyes. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “Yeah. It’s, uh. Don’t tell my parents. It’s under the sink behind the toilet bowl cleaner. It’s the one in the vodka bottle. Don’t drink the toilet bowl cleaner.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She had torn it up into little tiny pieces and flushed it down the toilet, so she couldn’t change her mind and paste it back together. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The toilets and floodlights and all other equipment would have had to be borrowed or requisitioned. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He tore the cards in tiny pieces and flushed them down the toilet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Here’s a little water closet, the toilet full of urine. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “We don’t even allow them to use the toilet in the house.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Looks like you’re trolling for more stupid junk to put in your stupid junky shack. Drag long enough you’ll probably find an old toilet seat for your outhouse.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Nel waited on the porch of 7 Carpenter’s Road while Sula ran into the house to go to the toilet. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I flushed the toilet again and opened the door. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If they have blood in their toilets, something is wrong. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Because of her, I can now tell you exactly what kind of shower and toilet you should get for basically every kind of bathroom. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “You put the paper on top to add bulk, like a real sourdough loaf. Now”—he nodded to the roll of toilet paper—“mummify them together so they stay in place.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z During the night I can hear hurrying footsteps and retching and the toilet flushing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Bridget sat on the toilet lid, lacquering her nails with ballet pink, the radio perched behind her on top of the tank. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She jumps, and the toilet paper goes flying. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She relieves herself in the sixth-floor toilet and checks her instinct to flush, knowing the toilet will not refill, and double-checks the air to make sure it does not feel warm before continuing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was a physically demanding job, reaching under the seats in the theater to scrape up goo, scrubbing toilets in the bathroom. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Mami, who I’m sure will say, “Do you have a permiso?” steps aside like the toilet is overflowing and these are the plumbers coming to the rescue! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z She put me in a window seat because that way she can control when I go to the toilet and who I talk to. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z When I wake up, I barely get to the toilet before the white liquor makes its reappearance. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Ben goes to the pantry and starts throwing dried foods and fruit into a cloth sack, then he goes to the toilet and takes out a small medipak and throws that in, too. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z When by accident she came upon him in the bathroom, sitting on the toilet and crying softly to himself, she knew he was a sick man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I flush, trying not to look into the unspeakable horror in the toilet. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The window above her was open, the still night air thick with the odors from the gutters behind the house, where people emptied their toilet buckets. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mom poured the ashes into the toilet and flushed them away. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And if it were a good dream, that would mean I was still back where it started, leaning over my parents’ toilet or lying in bed listening to my heart. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z There are remnants of landslides running down the inside of toilet bowls. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When Naomi went to use the toilet, she could smell his aftershave and, worse, him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z If you went to their homes you might find black toilet seats, or black seat cushions, or black phone book covers, or black paper plates, or black clocks, or black felt on their pool tables. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether a lawyer, a doctor, a football player, a toilet cleaner, a garbage handler, a panhandler— keep it real and still— be the best you can be. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was that cheap because it was infested with hornets, had no toilets, and was ill-configured. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Edging forward, he aimed the light down the toilet hole. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And I could smell their poo, and it was different from the smell of the poo that I smelled in the toilet when I went in there. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z None of them even use the toilet—one of those prearranged meetings. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z All twelve toilets, six back-to- back pairs, were filled up near to overflowing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Calder heard the toilet flush and hurriedly closed the top of the bag. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Four families lived in our building, and we all shared a toilet and a faucet where we got our water and did our washing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z But soon, for better or worse, I’ll sleep in my own bed and use a real toilet. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z When we finished eating Byron asked, “What’s the word on them toilets?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When he looked up from the toilet, shifting on his knees, he saw a wealthy goblin woman draped in strings of pearls glaring at him. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Just outside the door, in a dry hallway, a toilet and bathtub. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Once I made sure it was safe to leave the toilet, I needed to go lie down. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It’s easier than listening to Hilly complain about sharing a toilet with the maid. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I used toilet soap for the first time, not the blue detergent that I had washed with for so many years at home. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I try wiping my makeup with a piece of toilet paper, but I still look like the Joker. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was a public toilet now, nothing in it but human waste and rubble. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He had invented what he imagined was fried rice, frying the rice in groundnut oil, and had half hoped it would send them both to the toilet in a hurry. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I want to see the blue Italian toilets so bad!” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I hunch over the toilet moaning and hacking, but it won’t come so I wash my mouth out and get into bed. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “I stand up when I’m afraid in that dark toilet.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As disgusting as it was to be wading through the Coral Queen’s toilet crud, I couldn’t leave that beer can out there to float away. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I had a bucket for a toilet and a tin washbasin. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Did the librarian really think seventh graders weren’t toilet trained? Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z In Bengali class they read from hand-sewn primers brought back by their teacher from Calcutta, intended for five-year-olds, printed, Gogol can’t help noticing, on paper that resembles the folded toilet paper he uses at school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z One girl my age got a large coloring book of biblical characters, while a less greedy girl who selected a smaller box received a glass vial of lavender toilet water. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably because of the time I flushed Charlie’s entire line of black pawns down the toilet and told her Santa didn’t exist. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “The toilet here is so nice, Mommy. It has big mirrors and creams in glass bottles.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Another technique was to write in tiny, coded script on toilet paper. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The toilet leaked for five years until a clever and handsome guest fixed it with a piece of chewing gum. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And I said, “Where is the toilet on the train?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Of course, there was a huge line for the toilets. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Mom opened the door and sat down on the toilet lid and I leaned in over her. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z People left the toilets in such a mess. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “All the bathrooms ran out of toilet paper and paper towels, real quick.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “You say don’t feel sorry for you, but then you tell a story about the base of the toilet,” she blurts. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z And a plastic box to serve as a toilet. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a line of blood along the hem of her white nightgown, like it dipped down into the toilet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We knew this for a simple reason: by the second day of a hunger strike, no one needs to use the toilet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side of the toilet room door, on the wall opposite the windows, there was a huge, claw-foot bathtub covered by a metal sheet. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Down the center of the room twelve toilet bowls were arranged in six pairs, back to back, with no partitions. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Matter of fact, I had pulled up a toilet seat but threw it back. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian put aside the musette bag from which he had begun removing his toilet articles and braced himself suspiciously. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It has two bedrooms and a bathroom, which has a toilet that’s always getting clogged. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Scott rushed in as soon as George opened the door, unzipping his jeans before he reached the toilet. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He should remember to flush the toilet, too, but that doesn’t mean it happens. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not trust other people’s toilet paper. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood up from the toilet, put on the backpack, and lowered one shoulder. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I closed the door behind me, breathing through my mouth to keep out the stench of raw sewage wafting from the toilet’s open hole. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Jean de Satigny helped her to the bathroom, supported her while she leaned over the toilet, led her back to bed, and put the flowers out in the hall. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With the bathroom door shut and locked behind me, I dropped my backpack on the toilet seat cover and went to work sorting through its contents. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Finally, the man wiped himself, flushed the toilet, and stood up. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a line of toilets on one side and a line of shower stalls down the other. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z First thing Saturday morning, he drove to the hardware store and bought a sturdy new seat for the toilet in the trailer, plus a dozen jumbo rattraps. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And she suspected that Miss Adebayo knew this; it was always when she spoke that Miss Adebayo would pick up a journal or pour another drink or get up to go to the toilet. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Julia cries all evening, while her father sweeps and mops and dusts and cleans the toilets. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Lydia studied Madison with the look she’d give a clogged toilet. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I lowered the toilet lid and plopped down on it, upset at the idea of smelling like a billy goat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She leaves and comes back with the shiny new bedpan and a roll of toilet paper. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Oh, are you here to clean another toilet? Or do you plan on going dumpster diving again? I saw you with your head buried in the trash barrel. I totally Instagrammed your butt.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z I dreamed that Amaka submerged me in a toilet bowl full of greenish-brown lumps. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Strapped to the back of the carriage is his trunk: large and crammed with beautiful shirts, linen, and embroidered sheets and pillow slips; a cigar case and silver toilet articles. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to King City and studied a flush toilet and then built one of craftily bent tin and carved wood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, two weeks later, I caught him coughing a wad of bloodstained phlegm into the toilet. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He’s decorated our bathroom in red and orange, with purple mermaids swimming on the walls, and hooked up the toilet seat so that it plays “Jingle Bells” when it’s raised. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When she says it’s a bad idea to sit down on the high school toilet seats without wiping them off first because you might get a disease, I say, “Who told you that? Your Mummie?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When Matthew came back, he carried a roll of toilet paper and sheets of newspaper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “The housekeeper at Number Eighteen told the searchers that there were gold bars hidden in the toilet tank,” he laughed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat there eating the piece of brown toast while she went into the bathroom and flushed the handful of egg, which could not be salvaged, down the toilet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The toilet pan is just set at ground level. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We can’t flush the toilet anymore after eight at night or after eight in the morning. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I move on, then pass the crutches off to my mother, grab the support bar, and begin to lower myself onto the toilet. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z But it dawned on me to wonder, How in the world would he get American cigarettes in a country where you can’t even buy toilet paper? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Somebody, probably her mom, had hung a flowered sheet between the refrigerator and the toilet. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He could feel his blood drain from his blotchy face as he stared at the toilet. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I sat there on the toilet, fully dressed, long after I was through, my tears leaving dark spots on the red of my apron, and I felt utterly dejected. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Ever since I dropped it in the toilet, it’s been glitchy. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I hesitated and stared at the ham my father handed through the same hole people used as a toilet. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z We make it to the bathroom and Mama Ya-Ya wants to slump down, over the toilet. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z He wore his favorite Flush T-shirt, the one with the band’s name printed above a toilet. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It’s only later, when I step into the bathroom and sit down on the toilet and find a single red spot of blood in my underpants. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Then, feeling her way to the toilet on the fourth morning after their arrival, she steps on something small and hard. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I tried to roll up a bunch of toilet paper and soak it under the faucet, but they dissolved into bits. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It had the same standard tin roof, the same cement floor, a narrow kitchen, and a bucket toilet in back. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The other contained toilets, sinks, and showers—with not a single hot faucet in sight. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z My mom would have beaten me with the toilet brush if I ever let our bathroom get so filthy. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z There was no hot running water and the cracked toilet didn’t flush. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of dollars down the toilet, and here I am, dancing to this awful waltz with all of my boy cousins, some of whom I hardly know, most of whom don’t even like me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z And the corridor outside the room smelled like gravy and the bleach they use to clean the toilets at school. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Tendai saw a kind of logic to this one: it was the adults’ way of keeping the little children from using a public walkway as a toilet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Bull heard the man scream and a splash as the man’s arm sank into the toilet as he crashed down. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z John heard him in the toilet, and then over the thunderous water he heard him knocking things over in the back room. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Hazel going through the kitchen to the toilet tipped the frying pan of hot grease on himself and the floor and was badly burned. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “But then it will be a whole restaurant of nothing but toilets.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Place rows of double-sided tape on the toilet paper roll, about ¼ inch apart. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Each of the children went to the toilet, a zinc bucket in the comer, since it was too cold for them to go outside. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She flushed the toilet and a fountain of water gushed toward the ceiling. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A roll of toilet paper was turning to white mush next to a ruined small box of sugar. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Like, in the stall with the door closed, crouched up on the toilet so my legs wouldn't show. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z And then somebody went to the toilet and then they came out again, but they didn’t see me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I kick everything to the side and approach the toilet. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Neither Dad nor Mother thought filling station toilets were sanitary. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole world is my toilet now, I want to sing. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z His blue and yellow' eyes rested on an unopened manila envelope 011 the top of the toilet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I have to be taken out of my chair, lifted onto the toilet, and held there so I don't fall. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Nobody wants to sit down on a toilet seat they have to share with them.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I walked past dark green Dumpsters filled with plasterboard and scrap metal, past blue portable toilets parked along the construction lots. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But then, the toilet would probably get clogged. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z She freezes, her arms up, toilet paper stuck to her shoe. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The container of Neon Iguana hair dye sat on a ring of green on top of the toilet tank, a little too close to the toilet paper doll Señora Oralia had given us. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The basement wasn’t quite finished, bathroom project abandoned years ago, toilet bowl off its sewage site, half inch of dust coating it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z On her way to get toilet paper, Petra stepped heavily on a headless soldier. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z It starts to seem again like toilets and stalls and fixtures, nothing special. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Some motels have outhouses, but this one has a real though smelly flush toilet, and a bathtub. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He dashed into the bathroom, lifted the toilet lid, and there was Furball, so waterlogged and exhausted, he’d been able to utter only the faintest whine. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And by that I mean, use the toilet. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Quickly she swaddled the test in toilet paper, using almost half the roll, and shoved it down to the bottom of the garbage can. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They unwound more of the toilet paper in silence. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Are you there? Phone call! She says it’s an emergency, for God’s sake! I know you’re there, I heard you flush the toilet a minute ago!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Dad craftily installed bags under each toilet seat, which we are to throw out after using, like a giant camping nightmare. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Luke was just finishing the last of the kitchen floor when he heard the toilet flushing upstairs. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Most of the time, I only know Dad’s home because I hear a toilet flush or the TV turn on. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Just as I raise her to her feet, Miss Celia slips in a spot of blood, catches the edge of the toilet bowl to steady herself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "Somebody must have flushed this down a toilet." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The stalls were open and the toilets had no lids, by which we knew that ghosts have no sense of shame or privacy. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The portable toilets were available and working at Camp Greyhound while there were no working bathrooms at the Convention Center and Superdome a few blocks away. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And then the policeman looked across at me and said, “Oh Christ, you’ve..And then he put his newspaper down and said, “For God’s sake go to the bloody toilet, will you.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Milkman went into the bathroom, lifted the !id from the toilet tank, and took out the half-pint bottle he kept hidden from Macon, who wouldn’t have alcohol on the premises. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But there were no toilets or anything, so we had to build a latrine.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Something was wrong; she did not tie her wrapper just to go to the toilet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I’m fully dressed in my red habit again, having shed the spangles, scraped off the lipstick with toilet paper. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Many did not have a bathroom at all, or even a flush toilet, and very few had a full-size bathroom that they did not have to share with other families. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We did not have toilets in the dormitory, but there was an outhouse about one hundred feet behind the residence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A door next to the sink led to the toilet, which was flushed by pulling a chain attached to a wooden box on the wall above the seat. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Wart sat down again on the floor, and Archimedes resumed his toilet, pulling his pinions and tail feathers through his beak to smooth the barbs together. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He then heard the flushing of a toilet from the bathroom and, as the door swung open, sat up to see who was there. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The shelled cobs could even be stacked by the outhouse and used as a rough substitute for toilet paper! The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “The toilet’s been getting clogged up again,” I tell him. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Rahel remained behind in the Inspector’s office and listened to the rude sounds of Baby Kochamma’s relief dribbling down the sides of the Inspector’s pot in his attached toilet. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I flushed the toilet: It was a steel commode/basin combination, just like the ones in the psych unit. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We had no running water in our cells and instead of toilets had iron sanitary buckets known as “bailies.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, Emenike and two other boys had lured Hadome into the toilet and beat him up, Hadome’s eye swelling so quickly that, just before school was dismissed, it looked grotesque, like a big purple eggplant. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I picked up the Band-Aid tin and looked through all of the toilet paper for a note, but there was nothing. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Dad’s feet took the two steps from the sink to the toilet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess they hadn’t wanted to wait on line to use the toilets, either. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The three or four stone toilets in the village were literally overflowing with excrement. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I had noted toilet facilities in the corridor as the sailor walked me to the chimney. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z For The Count of Monte Cristo, they flushed toilets in the studio bathroom to imitate oars splashing into the sea. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Have you been kneeling with him in front of the toilet every time he throws up? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z On the day Stanley was arrested, Derrick had taken Stanley's notebook and, after a long game of come-and-get-it, finally dropped it in the toilet in the boys' restroom. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z So Siobhan said I could use the staff room toilets for two days, but only two days, and then I would have to use the children’s toilets again. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sure, Doctor Tate’s coming to help Miss Celia, but what about the thing in the toilet? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It smells of net curtains, toast, and toilet cleaner. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He turned the cleaning into a big production, making separate requests for the tiny bags of powdered soap we kept in the office, for a toilet brush, for garbage bags. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I planted my knees in front of the toilet just as my eggs and toast came back up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The boys conducted Abra through the house—opened closets to show wash basins and toilets and chandeliers, still crated and waiting to be installed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We both squat over toilet water eating sandwiches. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z He has blue eyes the color of fresh toilet water and a dozen or so freckles flung across his face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z There’s an office for paperwork and filling out forms, and one for a toilet—the only staff toilet on these five floors. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The shock from hearing the rifle go off caused her to drop her hearing aid down the toilet—I guess she had it turned up too high.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I carried a full scoop of litter—not once but twice—down the hall to the bathroom and dumped it into the toilet. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z So, okay, I’m going number two, and I’m sitting on the toilet, and I’m concentrating. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The toilet seat was wet and coated yellow. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He throws open the door, and I can only think it’s good that there’s no one walking to the toilets who could look back and see this crowd of Jews in my house. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Luke followed him inside, sitting on the toilet as Coach brought out a small first-aid kit. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We even got to sit on a full-sized mock-up of a toilet that astronauts used in space. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z From the toilet came a hideous, screeching yowl of anger. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I went to the bathroom, stood on the toilet and leaned over to look in the mirror sideways, and Byron was right! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing in there but a stainless-steel sink and toilet and a call box so you can communicate with the staff. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He lunged at the door; he landed on his hands and knees in the dark outside the toilet. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She was standing at the periphery of her own life, sharing a fridge and a toilet, a shallow intimacy, with people she did not know at all. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I came to the chrome bathroom and let it go in the toilet. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She tossed toilet paper and mouthwash and detergent into the cart, and I looked around, enjoying the ride. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Even though I sat on the toilet seat and listened, I never could make sense of what he was saying. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Last one in the door is the first one to clean the toilet,” said the old woman, handing Pong a mop and bucket with a smile that was more gold than teeth. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “So,” Cro-Magnon said with a sneer, “does your dad still clean toilets for a living?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I didn’t even tell the Kellies that the dirtiest thing I can think of is sitting on a chair that clogs all the time and wiping butts with dry toilet paper. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z A few hours ago, some well-fed butt was straining away on this toilet seat, and now here I am wiping up after it. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys sauntered away, Jinx yelling over his shoulder, “They got toilet paper in Arkansas.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z My rubbery legs almost giving way under me, I reached the toilet just in time to empty the vile contents of my stomach into it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Clean toilets, clean the showers, clean the kitchen, clean up the Blood House after a slaughter, everything. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Like the water in the toilet, it flowed in one end of the bath and out the other. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She worked as a housekeeper in a residence for the elderly in Manhattan, making beds and cleaning toilets. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I pull down my underpants and sit on the toilet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “One of the ladies went to the toilet at the far end, I think.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Stead a coats though, it say something like “Drop off your old toilets at 228 Myrtle Street. We’ll be out of town, but leave them in front by the door.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His face tightened, like he was about to do something adults found uncomfortable, like plunge a toilet, or apologize to a kid. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He reached over to help his brother get the toilet paper off, which was tricky because he didn’t want to be touching toilet paper that had been touching dead stuff either. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Somebody had flushed the toilet, and there was water still spilling over the edge. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I said I could sneak into the toilet and call the police. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And he said, “Just go to the bloody toilet.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Back home in Congo, I avoided using the school bathrooms because they were unsanitary and often lacked toilet paper. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She picked up the roll of toilet paper and placed the stumpy doll leg into the center of the cardboard tube. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I tried to wipe it with toilet paper, but I only smeared it more. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z There was a bed in his cell, a table, and a sharp-edged, rusty bucket for a toilet. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Dad often comes out of the bathroom with bits of blood- drenched toilet paper stuck to his skin. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z They usually never led anything except toilet paper raids. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Each cell was identical: four feet wide, about eight feet deep, concrete and steel toilet, sink, steel-slatted bunk beds. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Is it really necessary for you to hide in the toilet, Alter?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “We’ve been using it for a toilet. There’s a bucket!” he says, responding to what must have been a look of disgust on my face. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Connie would wheel him to the toilet, then lift him from the chair and support him as he urinated into the beaker. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mac devised a method of wrapping notes in plastic and then taping them inside the rim of the toilet bowl. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are those two the only toilets on the plane?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat on the toilet without taking down his pants although he made noises like undoing his belt and unfastening his zipper. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We have used up our paper money and now have nothing to use for toilet paper. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In recent winters, frozen human waste has been chipped out of public toilets in cities and towns across the country. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Out of everything that he would be giving up for these next possibly two months, a flushable toilet was definitely in his top three, alongside internet and Hot Pockets. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I wipe away the blood with toilet paper and pray it won’t come back, but it keeps coming, and for days I’m running to the bathroom to wipe more away. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I tuck the blankets back around Helena, slip on my shoes and coat, and act like I’m going out to the toilet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He could share the living room with me—there was plenty of space for a second bed—the toilet flushed, and the ceiling never leaked. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then she fixed the bottom of the dress until there was no sign of a roll of toilet paper lurking underneath. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He allowed her a minute, placing her on the toilet seat next to another person as silent and sluggish as herself. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Feeling exceptionally foolish, Harry clambered into the toilet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It would be no time at all until Cabot wasn’t changing the world, but sitting alone in a jail cell with a bologna sandwich and a lidless toilet. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “He’s always drinking out of the toilet,” Tom said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z By’s hands were full of toilet paper too. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “What were you going to do? Make me another stupid fish out of a toilet paper roll the day you left?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Carefully, I lower the toilet lid down and settle back on the floor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I am enjoying a bit of quietude in my private toilet right now to strategize for the next undertaking. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The custodian’s name is Mrs. Krajewska, and she warms to me as soon as she realizes I’m not put off by water buckets and outdoor toilets. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She quickly flushed the reddened paper towels, hoping they wouldn’t clog the toilet, then hurried down to the kitchen, pasting a smile over the anxiety she was feeling. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Pages had been ripped out of Drum magazine and used as toilet paper, crusty stains smearing the print. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Way, way down the toilets, into the holding tank—the last place they’d ever stick their heads. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Not this fake money. In the Days of Abomination, this won’t be worth a thing. People will trade hundred-dollar bills for a roll of toilet paper.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Her sister went into one of the stalls and got handfuls of toilet paper and wiped her off. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I breathed through my mouth and spent only enough time in that log cabin bathroom to unroll a bunch of toilet paper. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sitting on the toilet with my new bedroom slippers on when I heard splash-clunk as the key fell out of my butt and hit the porcelain bowl. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I squat, listening behind me for bears, aster leaves rough on the tops of my legs, then bury the toilet paper under sticks and bark and dried bracken. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Roy unlocked the toilet stall and gently nudged his friend out. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There in the toilet water he saw a grave black face. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z After lunch we disappear into the bushes, one by one, with pieces of toilet paper in our pockets. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Seeing so many people, Sam’s legs shook and she sat down heavily on the toilet, overwhelmed—but her sister was thrilled, asking everyone’s name as they came in. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The run-down house, the overheated room, the stacked mattress, and the hoarded toilet paper—all remind him how far he would have to go to achieve a success like John Zannikos’s. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z That is my punishment—every toilet, every tub, every garbage pail. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z For now, Dusty Muleman and his gorillas wouldn’t be able to figure out what I’d been doing aboard the Coral Queen, since the only clue had gone down the toilets. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And twice last week I forgot to flush the toilet—ick. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z They trooped by pairs into the market, first James and Sammy, then Dicey and Maybeth, to drink water from the fountain and use the toilets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And not to flush pads down the toilet, and to soak soiled underwear in cold water. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The men avoided his eyes, an unnatural stiffness in their movements, and Nigel turned swiftly, too swiftly, towards the toilet when he saw Obinze. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The moment I was alone, I sat on the edge of the toilet and buried my face in my hands. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z If me and the preacher went off and left him by himself in the trailer, he pulled all the cushions off the couch and all the toilet paper off the roll. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The chaplain was passing out pieces of lucky candy and rolls of military toilet paper, and Ishmael took one of each from him chiefly because everyone else had done so. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Sheer, silky saris are draped between the toilet and shower stalls, transforming each one into a private boudoir. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He pulled a chain behind the toilet, and I watched, wide-eyed, as the water drained and the bowl refilled. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It's a small space: just a front room, a kitchen, a toilet, and two tiny bedrooms, all on the second floor of a five-story building. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And off Ernie went back into the house with the toilet paper, leaving Genie and Michael Jackson alone. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Also I occasionally forgot the injunction not to flush the toilet at similar hours and, even worse, I went out after 10:00 p.m. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She was about to say something, but then a toilet flushed and she realized we were not alone. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the toilet paper felt good, unlike the sandpaper that could send students to the school nurse. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z There was only one toilet in the whole house, and it was all the way downstairs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There’s still the baby in the toilet that someone’s going to have to deal with. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Patients were locked in poorly ventilated cell blocks with drains on the floors instead of toilets. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Go sit on the toilet,” I told her. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z After we had taken off our shoes, he showed me to the bathroom, all porcelain and dark wood, with running water and a toilet operated by a pull chain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When they changed trains in Birmingham for the last leg of the trip, they discovered what luxury they had been in through Kentucky and Tennessee, where the rest stops had all had colored toilets. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z My new house will have a composting toilet and, right above the kitchen, a cozy sleeping loft. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Four days later, vandals entered the site and placed live alligators in three portable toilets. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Genie spit in the toilet, then positioned his toothbrush in his hand like a gun, holding it up so Ernie could see him in the mirror. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Please bring some of Finny’s clothes and his toilet things to the Infirmary.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t see the woman who checked us out the night I met Billy, but she suddenly appears from behind a huge stack of toilet paper. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Rule Number Two: don’t you ever let that White Lady find you sitting on her toilet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Maybe she should flush herself down the toilet and escape through the sewers like Charles did in that video game. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z We ate them down to their skins, then scooped water into our hands and drank, not caring about algae or tadpoles or whether the cows used the creek for their toilet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after this the toilets were fitted with chains to hold the tops on, and when they overflowed it took a long time to get them open. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z There were babies squalling, children yelling and fussing, and it smelled like the toilets had overflowed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We have toilet bowls set into the tile floors. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Hela took out the last few loads and dumped them behind the toilets,” Max says. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Sitting under what seemed an unusual heat, even for this island, Ralph planned his toilet. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I dropped the phone, ran to the toilet, and vomited. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I line it with toilet paper to make a cushion on the bottom. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The first time we'd met she tried to introduce my head to a toilet. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He was usually so soft and gentle, like that puppy in the toilet paper commercials. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “She was going to the toilet, I presume?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z She broke her bonds, which were about as sturdy as toilet paper. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Noah, you understand why I sunk the Coral Queen, right? Every time Dusty empties her holding tank, it’s like flushing a hundred filthy toilets into God’s ocean!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel angry or inferior because I had to use the toilets that were marked “coloreds.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I will throw up in the toilet, with or without the excess alcohol. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In the center there’s a turkey I made out of paper towels, and beside each plate, I fold pieces of toilet paper into the shape of a feather. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It’s worse because the toilet bowl is dark red with blood. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “He was just trying to clean the toilet, like you told him.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z During those days I didn’t think much about the signs that hung above water fountains, toilets, bus station waiting rooms, restaurants, theaters, and other public places. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As it was, I circled the toilet, studying it like a Klingon Warrior sizing up his enemy. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Unless Audrey had a secret spy camera in the boys’ toilets, all she could know was that we’d both been in the restroom at the same time. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Scraps of soiled toilet paper adhered to the commodes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Sit here,” Bridget said as she rose from the toilet lid, flapping her hands before taking her spot in front of the mirror. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The water pressure wavered, its temperature spiking as someone in the next room over flushed the toilet. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It rolls through putrid white smoke from a Kimberly-Clark factory that turns sugarcane pulp into Kleenex and toilet paper. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I step on it with my other shoe to pull it off, the way I do when the same thing happens in a bathroom with an overeager roll of toilet paper. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z One veered off behind the building to the smelly toilet we had been forced to use once and swore never again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought maybe I was going to throw up, so I kneeled at the toilet. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “Toilet paper. Lots and lots of toilet paper.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Crouched like a fool on top of a white lady’s toilet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Crossing Fourteenth Street, an unmedicated psychotic would brandish a toilet brush, his mouth moving wordlessly as, in my head, the young people of France requested a table with a view of the fountain. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The way Dad had explained it, big boats like the Coral Queen are supposed to pump their toilet waste from onboard holding tanks into a sealed vat onshore. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Before he could explain, the cosmic toilet flushed with a mighty roaaar! The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I tighten my throat, dash, collapse over the toilet, and throw up. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then a toilet flushes and Moira comes out of a pink cubicle. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper followed her upstairs before the whole lower deck could flood with toilet water. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The toilet consisted of a hole in the ground, unsanitary and smelly. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z 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 And the toilets . . . the less said about those, the better. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Standing over the toilet, I write down the 1st half of the answer. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Donna flushes the toilet and I quickly turn off the screen and put the phone back on the counter. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Evrybody looked at me when I came downstairs and started working in the toilet sweeping it out like I use to do. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He had not only a bedroom but a sitting room beside it, and the toilet was in a closet right in the bedroom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Scruffy tumbled out of the window and landed in the toilet bowl with a splash. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I know where I’ll put it—in the white garbage pail next to the toilet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It was a lightweight nylon-frame job, and all the necessities, from toilet paper to a flashlight and matches, extra socks, a plastic see-through poncho, and a lightweight sleeping bag were already in it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The toilet stopped glugging and Byron said, “Not bad, but let’s have a little more screaming on the way down and how about having the Flamethrower of Death turned up a little bit?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Students who were late or who misbehaved in class were responsible for the upkeep of the toilets at school. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z To think that a toilet stall had once been a haven for me! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z How can the angels let my good brother work hard hard cleaning toilets, and for so little? Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z In the towns they talked of sewers and inside toilets, and some already had them; and arc lights on the street corners—Salinas had those—and telephones. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “What else can you think of? ‘Everybody should know how to clean a toilet,’ maybe? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And then, while I’m on the toilet, I hear the truck pull into the driveway. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Genie started wrapping them with the toilet paper until the whole roll was gone and Ernie was left with two big mummified mitts. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A stepped-on strawberry can hang me over the toilet bowl for the rest of the day. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Her eyes were bright and wide awake and her face glowed When she had completed her toilet she walked into the adjoining room. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z I step out and fore I know it, she got her diaper off and that little monkey done climbed on that toilet, holding herself up so she don’t fall in, going tee-tee for herself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He figured getting the water cut off was the worst, because you couldn’t flush the toilet. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine, considering the horrific state of our toilet, even with Kelton’s waterless fix, Garrett has been holding it in rather than dealing with it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I know how to get them babies to sleep, stop crying, and go in the toilet bowl before they mamas even get out a bed in the morning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I felt quite silly sometimes when I realized I was giving a speech to a mirror in the toilet. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was spacious, certainly large enough for the four of us, and had its own toilets and showers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mack was in the toilet cleaning his bloody face with wet paper towels. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z You try and get a baby to go in the toilet before its time, it’ll make em crazy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I heave lunch into the toilet, then wash my face with the ice water that comes out of the Hot faucet. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I stand abruptly, pushing up the toilet lid. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He crouched down and peered through the gap at the bottom of the cubicle, just in time to see a pair of booted feet climbing into the toilet next door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Just then, I heard a toilet flush and Rose stepped into the living room, tugging on her hair. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z More clutter on the third floor: boxes of jars, metal disks, and rusty jigsaws; buckets of what might be electrical components; engineering manuals in piles around a toilet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Byron was on take seven when Momma finally wondered why the toilet was being flushed so much and came upstairs to see what was going on. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterwards, I rinsed my mouth out with some Scope that was on the counter and sat down on the toilet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In Iran—especially in older homes—you were supposed to squat over the toilet instead of sitting on it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And if Spurge hadn’t gone into the toilets at all but had made a run for it...For what?...Spurge couldn’t get very far. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z You didn’t have much choice about getting to know each other, because the trains didn’t have any toilets. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I decide not to tell her she has toilet paper on her shoe. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z As the bullet whizzed over its tiny whiskered head, shattering the toilet seat, the mouse took off—a squeaking gray blur that scooted out the doorway, between Curly’s feet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When she comes back, she holds a towel to her front, the way I’ve seen Mother do after she vomits, when she doesn’t make it to her toilet in time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I climbed up on the toilet and leaned over the sink to take a look. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 A desegregated cup of coffee, a theater, public toilets—the whole range of hypocritical “integration”—these are not atonement. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A water spigot rose a few inches above the ground near the toilet, so you could get a bucket and tote water upstairs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Yet one morning you might see a fellow going to the toilet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And I said, “No,” because I knew, what keeping an eye on someone meant but he couldn’t look at me when I was in the toilet. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z One girl never returned to her family after she went to the toilet. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s like the newspapers here in Cuba! Not even good for toilet paper!” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your daddy is too busy scrubbing toilets with his brush.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z A roll of toilet paper was stashed nearby because they dared not leave it in the shared bathroom for someone else to use. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z For loitering too long in the camp toilet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I grip the handle and flush a few times, alternating filling the toilet and flushing it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z That afternoon Miss Celia’s in her bathroom sitting on the toilet lid. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “What then? Eight’s not enough? Jesus, woman, go clean your husband’s toilet for free.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He didnt know how to use the toilet but they would use it anyway. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z We lived three or four to a room, shared a single, icy toilet, and took turns cooking pots of egg curry, which we ate with our hands on a table covered with newspapers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Bushra would figure out some ingenious way to improve the drainage around the toilets. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Isn’t that what you use to sanitize our toilets? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z And yet Alice had wanted him to haul out the papers so she could turn the room into a ladies’ toilet. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I open the door wider and smile at Helena, who is shivering in her coat, peeking around one side of the toilets. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z My head was shoved into the toilet so that my nose hovered above the water. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She was still limping slightly from kicking the toilet bowl, but apparently her foot wasn’t broken. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z We hear the toilet flush as scene ends. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the hall from the bedroom was a bathroom with a baby blue sink, a toilet ringed with rust, and an upright shower stall with neither a door nor a curtain. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The bathroom was off the porch, and the latch to its door was broken, so that sometimes the wind would pull the door open, exposing the person sitting on the toilet. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The weapon’s components, a piece of wood and a length of hard wire, were originally part of a toilet brush he’d confiscated, dismantled and hidden under his mattress. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Moody kicked the toilet paper under the table. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Moaning Myrtle was sitting on the tank of the end toilet. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z We had two bunks, a toilet, a galley, no radio, plenty of books, a deck of cards, a chess set, and two thousand pounds of hash. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z 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 Sometimes, on rainy days, the earth underneath would shift and tilt the toilet to one side, making it difficult to balance inside. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He had to get to a toilet now. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure reads Jules Verne in the key pound, on the toilet, in the corridors; she reads on the benches of the Grand Gallery and out along the hundred gravel paths of the gardens. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Besides, the toilet under the house was now totally unusable. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Aunty, there’s no water to flush the toilet.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He stepped into the bathroom and examined the toilet seat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Just to be back with people who spoke the good old American language and understood the principle of a flush toilet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I was hunching in a bathroom, my arm behind my back, my head in the toilet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After a moment Moira called to Aunt Elizabeth: the toilet was overflowing, could Aunt Elizabeth come and fix it? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Before dinner Grace takes me upstairs so we can wash our hands, and I learn a new thing about her house: you are only allowed four squares of toilet paper. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of the day, Carol had thrown balled-up toilet paper at the back of her head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The little bathroom has no lock on the door and there's a button to push if you need help—like, maybe if you run out of toilet paper? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Our playmates’ families exchanged their unwanted food for sugar, coal oil, spices, potted meat, Vienna sausage, peanut butter, soda crackers, toilet soap and even laundry soap. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I put on my mom’s rubber cleaning gloves, crammed some toilet paper up my nose, took a swampy breath through my mouth, and fished it out. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Vincent, who took acid and tried to flush a sofa down the toilet. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z There are the splash-back remains on the underside of toilet seats. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell myself, that’s what you get when you put thirty-one toilets on the most popular girl’s front yard. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I kicked my foot up onto the toilet to untie my patent leather shoes. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Their toilets might not flush, their well pumps might not draw, they would live close to their stoves and lanterns. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I want to cry, just think- ing about the extra hours of sleep, the clean mattress, warm showers, indoor toilets, electric lights. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He closed the cut-throat razor, put it down on the side of the sink, dabbed at his tiny cut with a toilet paper swab. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z A small metal sink and toilet stand in the corner. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z This was the same guy who delighted in sticking freshmen’s heads in toilet bowls in high school, and thought flicking boogers on me was hilarious. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When the authorities discovered a number of these communications, they took the extraordinary measure of rationing toilet paper. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was startlingly austere—some dried noodles, one bag of rice, raisins, coffee, salt, a good supply of candy bars, and toilet paper. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Well, caint nobody find that mama, so Jimmy’s brother gone take him back to his place. They say he got a nice place. Inside toilet and everything.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert was sitting on the toilet with his pajama bottoms around his ankles. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Three afternoons later, Pearl and Moody were in the living room watching Ricki Lake when they saw Izzy stride calmly down the hallway, a six-pack of toilet paper under each arm. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hearing them now, arguing with each other across the years, I have the impulse to shout at them: “Look at him. There, down there! Look at Charlie. He has to go to the toilet!” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z There were mildewed boxes of old parish records in one corner, and an open door that revealed a Victorian flush toilet and a basin, with only a cold tap, in the other. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Then I tear it into little pieces and flush it down the toilet. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z From the way Dad and By’s feet were standing I could tell that By was sitting on the toilet and Dad was standing at the sink. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I plan to flush them down the toilet, all but one, which I’ll keep for myself. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “See how narrow this doorway is, like a neck that has been strangled. And the kitchen faces this toilet room, so all your worth is flushed away.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My older brother told me his friend got caught and he had to scrub the toilets with a toothbrush. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z And he did three little poos under the sink and I picked them up and flushed them down the toilet and then I got back into the bath again because it was warm and nice. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Harry sniffed and a foul stench reached his nostrils, a mixture of old socks and the kind of public toilet no one seems to clean. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Miss Skeeter done printed Hilly’s toilet announcement in the newsletter alright. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The toilets and sinks were a single stainless-steel unit, such as were found in most newer jails and prisons but not generally in Sing Sing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Why does one man need more than one toilet? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z As I scrubbed the toilet, I started thinking. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Never had a toilet to flush in the outhouse. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z There was a sink and a toilet and a bathtub, and in the bathtub a little girl of perhaps five. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t know why white people drank from one water fountain and black people drank from another fountain or why they used a different toilet. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’m surprised to see you here, Maleeka,” she says, flushing the cigarette down the toilet. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I bear down on the toilet in the dark—I know just where to go—and my stomach hitches again and slams up at me, and I open up and groan. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z You could hear him putting away his crumby toilet articles and all, and opening the window. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Using a toilet brush, I scrubbed my boots and legs to remove obvious patches of dirt. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They had locked themselves into stinking toilets, slept in dark comers, squeezed tightly together, hungry, tired and frozen. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She’d found him on the toilet with his head against the wall, his pants clumped around his ankles. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And the other one we use for a toilet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Get real. She spits it out in her napkin and flushes it down the toilet. Haven’t you ever noticed how often she visits the can on meatloaf nights?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Have you eaten? Are you drinking lots of water? Have you used the toilet?” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I reached the toilets and glanced at the doors. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I caught a glimpse of the screen, where a girl with super-curly hair, really big like the hair on Señora Oralia’s toilet paper dolls, danced. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I take it to the bathroom and sit on the toilet with Keith. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She had put a new potpourri, a mix of dried, leaves and seeds in a purple bowl, on the cover of the toilet tank. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z How many rolls of toilet paper had they used? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The man would have passed through Mrs. Hubbard’s compartment just before one o’clock—and the Wagon Lit uniform would have been found cast off in one of the toilets.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z They don’t even wake up for the food or for more creaking to the toilet. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you take your carnation and flush it down the toilet?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I try to avoid public restrooms except in emergencies, but if I do need to go, I disinfect the toilet seat. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “The poor toilet’s never had anything as horrible as your head down it — it might be sick.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z And I never go into the park on my own because it is dangerous and people inject drugs behind the public toilets in the corner. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The owners have thrown up some walls, put in a door, and installed a toilet. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z How we going to use the toilet if the train doesn’t stop?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Behind the school was a courtyard with a water pump and a toilet. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They could bring bedding, linen, toilet articles, extra clothing, knives, spoons, forks, plates, bowls, cups. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “He could retreat into either of the toilets or he could disappear into one of the compartments.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I made it to a toilet stall and slammed the door shut. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I wrap the doll in butcher paper and hide it in the rafters of the storage room next to the toilet block. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z This was a problem last night: Childrens have to go to the toilet. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “Well, will you please go into the bathroom and flush the toilet so your sister can use it,” Bloom called, struggling to keep his voice from sounding too strained. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And when I ran back to the shop, I slipped through the door to the toilet and stood there, looking in the mirror. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z "The guy had a hundred palaces and solid-gold toilets. Statues on every street corner. He lived the life of an emperor. Or a god." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He directed our attention to a portable toilet in the alley out back, conveniently visible from my bedroom window. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The mystery object was bundled in Kleenex—no, toilet paper. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Skeezie: I’m telling you, this place has gone down the toilet ever since they took out the jukebox. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z After a while she dragged herself to the new homemade flush toilet and tried to vomit the salts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We got an itemized bill each month for every food item and roll of toilet paper. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She wasn’t surprised the day she heard the door open and close and she saw his brown shoes under the door of the toilet stall. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He came down with dysentery and ended up in a grubby hospital in Port-au-Prince, on a floor that lacked a toilet. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I hated sitting in dirty diapers, and she hated changing them, so I figured out a way to let her know I had to go, and she’d hustle me to the toilet. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z A toilet flushed from somewhere in the back, and a voice from behind them said, “Hey, Mikey. You had one responsibility—keep groupies off the bus. How hard is it?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The stalls opened wider and the toilets wider and darker. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The toilet was still flushing when Mom banged open the door to my room. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Between him and Hazel’s seasickness, it had been impossible to find an unoccupied toilet onboard for the past few days. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Carefully I squeezed the plastic container until every gooey purple drop landed in the toilet hole. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The main room was clean, modern, and rectangular, about fifty feet by thirty, and had a separate section with a toilet, urinal, two sinks, and two showers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z From that weird angle, through the gap between the wall and the shower curtain, I could see a slice of our backyard out the little window over the toilet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In a way, everything was exactly as we had left it before we went looking for the toilets. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z At that instant Bloom set Maria down in the dirt outside the men’s room and drew off her panties, saying, “Just go here, sweetie, the toilet’s broken in there.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I'm inside the toilet stall with the door locked. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the grubby floor, strewn with toilet paper and a few pennies, and tried to think of something else—anything else. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Em blew her nose, folded the toilet paper, and wiped her eyes. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z June’s upstairs toilet was broken, so I had to use the one downstairs. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Best of all, we had a private bathroom, a full-size room with a sink, a toilet, and a tub. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She listens to the German move from the toilet toward her bedroom. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Pipes across the ceiling led to the drinking fountains and to the toilets in the next room. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You touched the toilet and all that stuff?” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z What if Miss Leefolt come home and I’m setting up on this toilet? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes as much as forty feet long, they have two to five rooms, and are complete with air-conditioners, toilets, baths, and invariably television. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The door in the corner leads to the toilet and another one to Margot’s and my room. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Did Bueli make you one of her famous toilet paper covers yet?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Sanders wrapped the thumb in toilet paper and handed it across to Norman Bowker. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, keeping his hands carefully behind his back he made his way to the toilet bowl and peeped in. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I pinch my nostrils together, and dare myself to look into the toilet bowl. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When Mama got home from work, she put me on the toilet and sat on the edge of the bathtub to comfort me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Yes. It was him,” I said, and then headed for the toilet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Down beneath my legs the toilet bowl had a rust stain, ancient, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Why don’t we just wrap someone in toilet paper?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Olanna went inside to count the cans of dried milk, tea, biscuits, Ovaltine, sardines, the cartons of sugar, the bags of salt—and she could not help the gasp when she saw the toilet tissue. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Warden Cain rounded up fences and portable toilets, all of which he had available at the Angola campus, and sent the materials on trucks to New Orleans. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Some kids like to plug the toilets with big wads of toilet paper, but I don’t suggest you try doing that. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Once when Hadley was about four years old, she flushed four cans of Play-Doh down the toilet, just to see what would happen. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But here she is sitting on a toilet with tears pouring down her face like that outer shell of a person has been kicked aside and all that’s left are her quivering, crumpled-up insides. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I stash the radio and candle under the sink behind the rolls of toilet paper. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z When Matthew came back, he carried a roll of toilet paper and sheets of newspaper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z When he left for the toilets I decided it would be best to take a stack of the passes for posterity. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was so nice and warm in the toilets. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I explained how the toilet scum from the gambling boat flowed down the shoreline to Thunder Beach. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Someone flushed so much pot down one of the toilets in the sculpture studio they had to get somebody in from the Water Department to dig up the septic tank. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Something pushed fluids into my bladder, and I rushed to the toilet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Doc got up and went into the kitchen and lighted the gas water heater on his way to the toilet. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Steering clear of that crowd was a good way to avoid being dangled by my ankles over a toilet bowl. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Day ran into night, and still I slept, until finally the rush and rumble of a flushing toilet rolled me on my back and up from sleep. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I flush the toilet and wash my hands, and return to the pathetic scene. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It had a toilet in the corner and a sink with running water. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “And some children have diabetes,” Ben said, “and some have leprosy, some get eaten by tigers, some are born without arms, some get struck by lightning, and some use leaves for toilet paper.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry looked handsome and reeked of the competing scents of lavender pomade and bay rum toilet water. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But there I stood, holding out a dressed-up toilet paper roll in Abby’s direction. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I can hear a toilet flushing over and over again and water sloshing out of a bowl. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z It gave him a little thrill, knowing that his very presence could upset someone’s walk or their afternoon searching for craft toilet paper holders and heirloom tomatoes. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I saw them flickering way down the gallery on either side of my office, one a pile of magazines, one maybe a roll of toilet paper. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They spun for a few seconds before shooting up out of a toilet into a cubicle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “You put the paper on top to add bulk, like a real sourdough loaf. Now”—he nodded to the roll of toilet paper—“mummify them together so they stay in place.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Wherever I went, campers pointed at me and murmured something about toilet water. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z In fact, Sandi had drunk so much water that, she explained quietly to Mami, she was going to have to go to the toilet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The toilet is running over, the drunks have smeared some of its contents on a wall, and the stench is overpowering. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z What were they going to take? “— and then, of course, she went to the Ministry of Magic to stop me stalking her, so I had to come back here and live in my toilet.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The toilets in Ohio weren’t anything like Michigan toilets. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Shelves lined each wall, some bare, others stacked with Wonder Bread, rice, toilet paper, and pigs’ feet. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In the toilet, where I used to take the papers, it was torturous to look for and exclude the unnecessary pages so that I could learn how he would finally outwit his latest adversary. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z That seems way worse than flushing goldfish down the toilet. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z On the other hand, she’d gone in to fix a toilet on several previous occasions without mishap. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And 6 people went to the toilet but they didn’t do poos that I could smell, which was good. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I have to go to the toilet,” I tell Ma urgently after dinner. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Pauline flushed the toilet and thundered defiantly back into her room. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d rather stay at home and scrub the kitchen sink, the bathroom sink, the tub, and the toilet before I danced with Ellis Carter. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He went out of the room with his toilet kit and towel under his arm. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z You start scanning for it, walking room to room: kitchen, living room— That’s when you hear the toilet flush in the hall bathroom. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “I’ve never been in there,” I say, “but my dad says the cells are like cages. Each one has a toilet, a sink, a bed and a man.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She leads me to a wooden door not far from the toilets and puts her key to the lock. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z One young woman lost her footing and nearly fell out of the train in the middle of a toilet break, but fortunately her friends hung on to her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z 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 He heard his wife cough, water run in the girls’ bathroom, a toilet flush, and Matthew yell something at Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s the biggest part of the reason why my day started off upside down in a toilet. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Someone tried to flush it down a toilet.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Amaka, please, I have to use the toilet,” I whispered, and when she did not respond, I repeated it loudly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Julia replied, To assure us that our wonderful war is going swimmingly when in fact it’s going down the toilet. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Liyana thought she was sadder about the blue plate than the toilet. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z If you ever try to squat on top of a toilet, you’ll probably realize that aim becomes a major issue, along with balance and not breaking the hinges of the seat. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “It would be nice to go to the toilet without going outside.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z All my crafts, from the large-scale collages hanging on the walls to the decorated toilet paper dispenser, were what Nan called “pack-worthy.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Our toilet was in a corrugated-iron outhouse shared among the adjoining houses. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I bet if you lit a match right by the toilet the second he got up,” Ben said, “the whole house would explode.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When Rosaleen sat on a toilet, the whole thing disappeared under her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Girl goes into bathroom, props flashlight on back of the toilet, and begins writing. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I mean, not like I ever dropped anything in the toilet or anything. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I probably should have let it go, but I said, “You want to gargle with toilet water again, Clarisse? Close your mouth.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Our toilet was broken so my stepdad made me dig trenches in the backyard to find where the pipes had split open.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z When I pronounced the word toilet “twa-lette,” everybody thought I was slow or something. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z My excuse is that in this era of planned obsolescence, when a thing breaks down I can usually find something in my collection to repair it—a toilet, or a motor, or a lawn mower. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s nice to see you out of the toilet.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Tom must have seen him come out of the pump house and decided to finish the job he’d started when he dumped Furball into the toilet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The trail of seashells arcs past the toilet and down a flight to the closed fifth-floor door she knows by now is his. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “You should take the orchid and flush it down the toilet,” I said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Teresa joked that if Joel and Daniel could just figure out how to make paper towels and toilet paper from the trees on the farm, she’d never have to go to the supermarket. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I make sure there’s toilet paper in the stalls. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Finally the school bell rang, and Hazel unballed herself from the toilet and opened the stall. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Not far away sat three bulldozer-type vehicles and a row of portable toilets. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk down the hall to the trash room, which pretty much smells like a dirty toilet. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z And the refugees are lucky if they get quilted toilet paper. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z With so much partying, the other toilets were probably getting flushed nonstop. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They were given no food, no water, and no toilets—just an overflowing bucket in the middle of the boxcar. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Somewhere there,” said Myrtle, pointing vaguely toward the sink in front of her toilet. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t you teach your children to wash after they use the toilet?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It had flushing toilets; there were no bars, only walls—and within the walls, you had far more freedom. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I follow her and hold her shoulders as she gets sick into the toilet. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I took my new kit into a stall to change, which was awkward because I kept banging my elbows into the walls and my knees into the toilet. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And then there were houses like Desdemona and Lefty’s, with an overstuffed parlor, two bedrooms, a kitchen, and a backyard privy with a European toilet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I can also see blood in the toilet bowl. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She heard a whooshing, like the sound of a defective heart — someone flushing the toilet. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And as I knelt down in front of the toilet, in the final few milliseconds, I would think about Nia. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He once ate one of the little blocks of blue disinfectant which hang inside the toilets. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We're down to about five squares on the toilet paper roll. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As Birch walked away, Colon angrily scooped water from his toilet bowl with his hands and threw it out into the hallway. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Er . I’ll try,” Harry said, though privately thinking the only way he’d be visiting Myrtle’s bathroom again was if every other toilet in the castle got blocked. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I never tell him I’d rather clean toilets than be some man’s assistant. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She hoped they would get back from the pay t.v.’s or the pay toilets or wherever they were spending their money before the plane arrived. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Our toilets and showers were adjacent to the isolation section. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly the object came into focus as the toilet paper became thin and sheer, like I’d adjusted a microscope. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “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 Unable to wait, he went to the bathroom but didn’t flush the toilet. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The rooms are yellow and bare of anything except a single blue bunk, a steel sink and toilet, and a call box by the door. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There were too few blankets, too few mats and toilets, and too little food. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In Detroit, eight hundred suspects had been held in an unventilated corridor of a US Post Office building, where they had no beds or blankets and only one toilet for the entire group. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There are no ghosts crowded in here with me, making me scribble things on toilet paper and eat them or trying to steal the air out of my lungs. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Neither one of them has toilet paper stuck to her boots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z After lunch By went back into the log cabin outhouse and came back with his pockets bulging with toilet paper. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want to go into the bathroom for toilet paper and risk my parents seeing me. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The paths are gravel and the toilets don’t overflow. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “I saw the stairs. I thought they might lead to the toilet.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Not only was it orders of magnitude larger, but it was so ornate that it made the other look like so much leather-bound toilet paper. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The pleasant little bed-sitting room was crowded with photographs, bottles of toilet water, lace pincushions, brushes and combs, and the china and silver bureau-knacks of many birthdays and Christmases. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He finished his toilet, and when he sat down he disappeared under the reindeer moss. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her daughters would giggle over the odd doodles they found in kitchen drawers or on the back shelf of the downstairs toilet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z With his steps the house filled up with the fragrance of the toilet water that Úrsula used to splash on him when he was a child in order to find him in the shadows. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A few seconds later, she blows her nose and flushes the toilet. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Before he can answer, the toilet flushes and my grandfather emerges from the bathroom. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z You had to summon her to use the toilet. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z While I wait, I spend a full ten minutes trying to figure out how to use the toilet and another ten minutes turning the lights on and off just by waving my hands before me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I stood up, too, and for a second we were sandwiched together between the tub and the toilet, staring at each other. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Prisoners from the general section were often sentenced to isolation there and would use the same set of toilets we did, though at different times. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Gogol watches as Donald begins to remove the clams from their bath, scrubbing the shells with something that looks like a tiny toilet bowl brush, then tossing them one by one into the stockpot. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z So now instead of delivering packiges and washing out the toilets and dumping the garbage. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z As a child, I pictured a naked child sitting on a modern toilet desperately trying to perform until it died of congestion. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Take a whole day just to clean toilets. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The toilet stood stranded on loose tiles and ran continuously. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Women woke at dawn to stand in endless lines where they could purchase an emaciated chicken, half a dozen diapers, or a roll of toilet paper. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A real toilet with flushing water and seats like the ones we had in Phnom Penh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Somebody stole it off him in the toilet.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The toilet was molded from cement and placed in the center of the cell. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I was up there by myself—just me, my guns, my newspaper, and the toilet—working Wallpost 18. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Six hundred and ninety dollars down the toilet. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He pushed down on the handle of the toilet, but it didn’t flush; the lid of the toilet tank was leaning against the wall and the floor was covered with dirty water. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z After the toilet incident, Elizabeth and I struggled to stay friends. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z After breakfast I tidy up my room, making the bed, wiping the sink with a wad of toilet paper, and taking the garbage out to the Dumpster. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu felt the sudden rumbling rush in his stomach and he ran out to the toilet in the Boys’ Quarters. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z One is a shower; the other, a toilet. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z His white-walled room was bare except for a bed with a gray blanket, a toilet without a cover, a shelf for clothes, a cement table, and a barred window facing onto the center group area. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There is a bathroom with a shower, toilet, sink. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Thanks to rubber cement and oil paint, our toilet could quickly be repaired. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Everybody would know those were her toilet clothes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z They measure seven by ten feet, and are unfurnished except for a cot, a toilet, a basin, and an overhead light bulb that is never extinguished night or day. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z No running water, no flushing toilet, no walking around, no noise whatsoever. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I flushed the toilet so Andrea would think I’d really had to go, then I went into the bedroom and asked about the bath salts. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The door’s half open and I can see a tiny room with a toilet, a pull-string flusher at the top, a bulb with a yellowing plastic shade. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It was big enough for a low military surplus bunk, a toilet, a sink, and a nightstand. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He imagines her smoking in the stall, the lid of the toilet seat down. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I would walk to the pink house to use the bathroom and think, My mother sat on this same toilet, and then I would hate myself for thinking it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had stopped playing tennis, too, so he could be at home and Ugwu would not have to take her to the toilet. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After that heavy work, cleaning the toilets and putting up fresh towels seemed restful. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Just a sink and a toilet—no shower. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “But yes. You think, do you not, that I should have a smart Frenchwoman to attend to my toilet?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z A toilet flushed from somewhere in the back, and a voice from behind them said, “Hey, Mikey. You had one responsibility—keep groupies off the bus. How hard is it?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Which is perfect timing from every angle: the enchiladas Scoob and G’ma stopped for are ready to make a swift exit, and there’s no public toilet for him to use. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Standing on a toilet seat is harder than it looks. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Many saloons also had the only washing facilities or public toilets in the neighborhood. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Does his wife put him on the toilet? Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Then I spit in the toilet again and sat on the edge of the tub, rocking back and forth. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Before I climbed into the tub, I picked the ropelike body out with a twig broken off a broom and threw it in the toilet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She had an assortment of items on a side table, including a mug of coffee, a small CD player, a few CDs, and...a brand-new roll of toilet paper? The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z It was late afternoon when he stopped in Ventura, so late in fact that when he stopped in Carpenteria he only had a cheese sandwich and went to the toilet. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He installed toilets and hand dryers in buildings all around the city even though he had lived in this country illegal for years. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z An old cauldron was perched on the toilet, and a crackling from under the rim told Harry they had lit a fire beneath it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z They were seated at the very back, in the last row of seats, closest to the toilet. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I climbed up on the toilet and leaned over the sink to see. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She asked me to guard the door while she puked lunch into the dirty mall toilet. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z And everyone else won’t have fancy poster boards with foam letters that make my flimsy piece of newsprint that the teacher gave me look like gray toilet paper. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I made a pile of toilet paper in the toilet, lit it, and when it started burning, the flame shooting silently up out of the bowl, I flushed it down the toilet. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The bell no longer sparked, but it was too loud, and whenever she needed to go to the toilet and rang it, the echo reverberated all over the house. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I had a single bunk, a bedside storage locker, a toilet, sink, polished nickel mirror, and metal chair. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Police investigators went into her home and took photographs of an unflushed toilet and a beer can on the floor, which were waved in front of the jury as evidence of neglect and bad parenting. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I look around and muse at how I would kill myself in here if I really needed to—I’d have to crush my head in the toilet seat. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I say, “I don’t know a reason for plumbing pipes to be that big. What you’re showing me is way bigger than the flushing hole of a toilet, Calvin.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “Well, what did you think we were going to do, Fusia? Hold it until the war ends? We can’t take a stroll out to the toilets.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Since you’ve got the license you can keep the restaurant open,” they said, “but you’ll need to have separate toilets for every racial category. You’ll need white toilets, black toilets, colored toilets, and Indian toilets.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He went over and got some 'toilet paper and wiped my tears and my boogers off his legs. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I almost said, The toilets smell real nice! Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It became a real problem when you had to go down under the house to use the toilet at night, and each of us had slipped and fallen off the porch at least once. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Scott scrubbed the toilets and took out the trash and straightened up messes people left in the living room. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There’s a well to one side and a long stinking shack that can only be toilets to the other. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir. I poured it into a glass and put it on top of the toilet table ready for him.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z A street urchin with filthy dungarees and eyes the wounded blue of fresh bruises, guided by the hand into a public toilet by a much older gentleman. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The few who clawed their way into the ranks of officers still encountered filthy toilets, secondhand uniforms, segregated showers, and disrespect from white soldiers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “If we can flush those pills down the toilet, she might be okay. In the meantime, speaking of that TV show, do you think we should call the police?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I drop the pills into the toilet and flush them down. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When I needed to use the toilet, I could just jump up and run to the bathroom. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He was examining the toilet, running his hand over the black plastic seat, when he heard Master’s voice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z With her occupied, I ran across the room, streaking tears, wanting to get to the bathroom, to sit down on the toilet with the light off and splash hot water on my face. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z They couldn’t bear the stillness, the walls, the boredom of having nothing to do but wait for the day’s excitement of eating and going to the toilet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She leaves the book on the back of the toilet to educate me. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z We took turns peeking out the high window in the bathroom, standing on the toilet. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Maybe then he’d hire somebody to keep it clean, or an armed guard to stop people from plugging up the toilet, smoking, or writing on the walls. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Ginnie watched him lift up and peer under the thick folds of toilet paper on his finger. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The inmates kept their eyes down as they did the scut work, emptying ashtrays and wiping the urine from toilets. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well then go wake your sister and tell her to flush the toilet,” Bloom said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But there’s a waft of warm, wretched air coming off that toilet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Let the circular edge of the scales overlap the previous row, so none of the toilet paper roll shows through. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z These rages changed, and worsened, as his physical strength improved, and I found myself cleaning the toilet every morning, knowing my head might be inside it before lunch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It wasn’t like they wanted to wear half-clean clothes, go without tissues or toilet paper, or apologize to their children for lack of food, he said. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Is there a reason,” I asked, “why you are filtering the coffee with toilet paper?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z There’s a blue bath mat, a blue fake-fur cover on the toilet seat; all this bathroom lacks from the time before is a doll whose skirt conceals the extra roll of toilet paper. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go,” he said to Myrtle, and she swooped back into her toilet at once, leaving a ringing silence behind her. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Lee awakened him and read the Salinas Journal to him while he ate and then helped him to the toilet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s no electricity to light the tracks and toilet huts and kitchens. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes you will find the sinks clogged up with paper towels or see wadded toilet paper hanging from the ceiling. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Yes ma’am, it’s big,” I say, thinking if she saw my house with a cot in the hall and one toilet for six behinds, she’d probably run. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The rooms were one square, one window, one sink, one toilet, one shower. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z My dad was there, sitting on the closed toilet seat, trying to be comforting, but he really hadn’t gotten his bearings yet with this cancer situation. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z So I sat on the toilet, wrapped in a towel. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She watched every ounce, every rock, every leaf, every crystal float to the bottom of the toilet bowl, until the water was cloudy and white. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z In the last year or so of the war they started giving us something new called K-rations that had a lot more in them, sometimes even fruit drinks, toilet paper, peanuts, and chewing gum. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a toilet at the back,” I say. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z There was an outdoor toilet, which smelled atrocious with so many people using it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Since 1953 this act had enforced what was known as “petty apartheid,” segregating parks, theaters, restaurants, buses, libraries, toilets, and other public facilities, according to race. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In these places there are flush toilets, white and alarming, where things vanish in an instant, with a roar. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When I got down to Carl’s Curio Shop he was talking to a girl who smelled like the toilet in a men’s room. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Across the toilet seat a strip of paper bore the message: “This seat has been sterilized with ultraviolet light for your protection.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now he’s stuck in a toilet. Next thing they gonna kick him off the force.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Tassels of toilet paper festooned every bar, and some thirty wads of toilet paper had been stuck to the walls with toothpaste. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in the kitchen with Mom when I came out into the hall after worshiping the toilet bowl again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I could shred it up and flush it down the toilet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Lack of soap and water and toilet facilities weren’t the only problems that the Soviet soldiers faced in terms of hygiene. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Staring at them toilets like they never seen one before. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He got up and asked politely, in German,“Excuse me . . . Could you tell me where the toilets are located?” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom asked as she lifted me off the toilet. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “My mom tried to get me to eat liver at Rita’s Cafeteria one time. I wrapped it in my napkin and flushed it down the toilet.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z My mom borrowing toilet paper rolls from work. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Visibly shaken, he summoned his fellow Oak Ridge guests to bear witness that he was not feigning illness by showing them his toilet, filled with bright red blood. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Not a hole-in-the-ground privy toilet that you had to hold your breath to go into, but a bathroom. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It held a large cloth trash bag, a dust broom, a sponge, and toilet supplies. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I cared less about the trip than about the fact that Bailey was unhappy, and had no more thought of our destination than if I had simply been heading for the toilet. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He put the cover of the toilet down, climbed on top of it, and surveyed the narrow glass shelf over the sink which held Miranda’s toothbrush and makeup. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I groped at the door, catching hold of the frame, but he lifted me off the ground, flattened my arms against my body, then dropped my head into the toilet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Nobody in their right mind’s gonna fool around with a toilet.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And I didn’t want to use the toilet because of the poo, which was the poo of people I didn’t know and brown, but I had to because I really wanted to wee. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Inside is a toilet and a little sink attached to the wall. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She cut the meal card into tiny pieces with nail scissors and flushed the pieces down the toilet. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The apartment is jammed with them: thousands on the counters, in drawers, on the toilet tank. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Jule rushed to the bathroom and pressed her blistered palms to the cool of the bathroom floor and heaved nothing into the toilet. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Whenever I needed something—food, toilet paper, new gear—I ordered it online, and someone brought it right to my door. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z That afternoon, as I was scrubbing the toilet and doing my other chores, the phone rang. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We are very modern—our bathroom is equipped with amenities such as a flushing toilet, an iron bathtub, and running water. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “When you change them, wrap the soiled ones in toilet paper, so no one can see. Do you want me to help you put the first one on?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When the man in the shower finished and stepped out dripping, the larger man hoisted himself up from the floor, tossed his cigarette into the toilet bowl and got into the shower. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It made a noise like a tub of Vaseline falling into the toilet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z No jobs besides cleaning the toilets of German soldiers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She motions for me to follow her into a giant, fancy bathroom, and I immediately run to my little sister, who’s hunched over the toilet. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Bridge ducked into a stall and came out with some balled up toilet paper. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Spare parts, tools, boxes full of supplies—everything from soap to toilet paper. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Tater was perched on the lip of the toilet seat. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Little by little I learned about forks and money and toothpaste and toilets. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The bathroom floor was slimy with too much dirt washed off too many bodies, and the toilet was thick with the smells of strangers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He bathed and then climbed out and poured detergent into the bathwater and shoved their stinking jeans down into the water with a toilet plunger. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Our book is setting in five thousand houses, on they bookshelves, next to they night tables, behind they toilets? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Just a half bathroom—a toilet and a sink. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z And I could've gotten dressed in the bathroom, but it's too small, and I couldn't risk doing anything stupid like dropping my jersey in the toilet or something. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “The toilet paper seems to be working OK, though.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I scour the toilet and shower stall with energy, making sure she sees my effort. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The noise of the toilet seat clacking on the bowl made it sound like I was trying to skateboard or something. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “She dropped her hearing aid down the toilet.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I suppose there’s always Moaning Myrtle,” he said gloomily, referring to the ghost who haunted the girls’ toilets on the second floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then she give me a real perplexed look, say, “Aibileen, you like having your own toilet, don’t you?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z ‘Kat. There is no scalpel by my hand. Only a toilet roll.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine going to the toilet inside your own house. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I spit in the toilet and stood up, looked at my bloodshot eyes in the mirror, and I couldn’t believe it. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I did not want to stutter, so I started to cough and then ran out and into the toilet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I remember feeling lucky that some old building had been gutted and there were so many toilets at the junkyard to choose from. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I sat down on the swing and watched her hands move quickly as she worked her single needle and a ball of yarn into what looked like another toilet paper cover. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She hung her head as she sat on the toilet, ashamed of the noises her body made. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Only a toilet bowl, inaccessible to the eye, if not the ear, of the tenants. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The beautiful woman who cleaned the ladies’ toilet was Ghanaian, about his age, with the shiniest dark skin he had ever seen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As we got closer to the monsters, the sound of Charybdis got louder and louder—a horrible wet roar like the galaxy’s biggest toilet being flushed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He did, however, drink water, and the area reeked of urine stagnating in the toilet bowl. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the developing silence, they could hear Rollo being dumped onto the gymnasium floor outside and then the sound of vomiting like a toilet being flushed. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She went back to the rear, looked at the doors of the two toilets and came back. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A modular shower and toilet unit were embedded in one wall, opposite the small ergonomic kitchen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z If you’re skilled you don’t try to steel yourself, you actually do the opposite, you let yourself go, completely, Hoagland told me once, like you are sitting on the toilet, you loosen a certain muscle. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If I liked, I could pull it in to me by saying I had to go to the toilet or by starting a fight with Bailey. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually, silent is probably the only type of prayer a guy should attempt when his head’s in a toilet. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z An empty plastic bucket was near the toilet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Big Red chased the swaying patterns while his master swept and dusted, scrubbed the floor and scoured the toilet and cleared the desk of literary accumulations. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She learned that the toilet was fun to splash in and that lamps will fall if you grab the cord. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I crouch up on the toilet seat so he can’t see my feet under the door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I took a Safe-T-Guard from the dispenser and laid it over the toilet seat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Don’t mara if what I’m after is the toilet seat. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Through an archway beyond there’s the row of toilet cubicles, also pink, and washbasins and more mirrors. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When I bend over the toilet, nothing comes out. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I called out loudly because her hearing aid might still be waterlogged from the toilet. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z So I exchanged it for walls of marble, which echoed only with the sound of dripping water, of the flushing of my toilet, or of my voice softly reading The Iliad aloud. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She seemed to be hiding down her usual toilet. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Where the crown jewels get dropped down sewers and flushed down toilets. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Adam wiped his razor on a folded piece of toilet paper. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She was in Obinze’s room, lying down and reading, still frosty towards him, when a rush of salty saliva filled her mouth and she leaped up and ran to the toilet. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I just hated Western toilets and never used them till I had accidents. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The toilet water rushes through the house, filled with a little more of my mother’s body. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then I put down a layer of toilet paper for protection. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Everyone, even the youngest children, knew that you should eat with your right hand and use the toilet with your left hand. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z When the toilet flushed, they stopped talking about it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time I got to the part where I mixed the crushed pills in their drinks, I would run to the toilet and vomit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When they return they make bathroom jokes, quips about wetting your pants and running out of toilet paper, eyeing me cunningly while they do so. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They resented bumping their heads when they stood up and they definitely felt the need for a toilet. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Male guards are now banned from the shower areas and toilets, and a new warden has taken over the facility. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Third-year girls're allowed to go to the sick bay or toilets much more freely than boys. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I stand at the toilet bowl firing away and wonder what I’d need at a time like this and if this is a common thing in America, women waiting outside while you take a splash. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There was no bathroom and the toilet was in the hall and shared by two families. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Inmates were always messing with their toilets, and early on I tried to find out what they might have done to cause the problem. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As I shuffled over to the toilet, a large flat-screen monitor mounted on the wall switched on, and the smiling face of Max, my system agent software, appeared on the screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She is told to sit on a toilet, to squirt warm water from a botde between her legs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The last roll of toilet paper we’d seen, in any color, came from Atlanta. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They had secrets and were probably late to be toilet trained. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “We tore up the letter and flushed it down the toilet. Never found another one, either. Guess he was more careful after that.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Even when he wasn’t trying, he made the toilets explode. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I can hear water running, and then a man yells out, “¡Hija! Wait till I’m done using the toilet!” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Every section in camp has its own toilets, kitchens and food center,” Mohammad says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Beth, who was ready first, kept reporting what went on next door, and enlivened her sisters’ toilets by frequent telegrams from the window. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Today the toilet is really getting back at us for all the years of cruel and unsanitary labor. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z We can no longer flush the toilet after nine-thirty at night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Even the Weekday Warriors, who got to go home every weekend, had beer and liquor stashed everywhere from toilet tanks to the bottoms of dirty- clothes hampers. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Rosaleen shifted her weight, and the toilet lid squeaked and slid around on top of the seat. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Anastasia had her own bedroom and the run of the whole place, including full permission to get herself a soda from the fridge or use the toilet. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Or else she makes wall hangings out of toilet paper twisted like rope, braided and woven with reels of outdated girlie movies, the kind that used to be called “art films.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Dad pointed to the toilet paper up in the branches along the river’s banks. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Karl goes straight home, rushes to the toilet, his hands shaking so badly he can barely unzip his trousers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I sit there on a toilet for a long time, just trying to breathe. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In another room someone with a comb and a piece of toilet paper was trying to keep tune with the military music which was still issuing from the telescreen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z As Mexican officials call out their names, the migrants step out of large cells, some with open-trench toilets brimming with feces and urine. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The men’s bathroom was like a girls’ except there were three urinals in a row, and only one toilet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The roar and rush of the toilet was so loud I thought it would swallow me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In the hall between our rooms, he presses a button, and a door slides open to a small open room, four toilets lined side by side like a row of desks in a classroom. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z James wound toilet paper around the book as Matthew held it and the balled-up paper in place. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A black toilet seat, worn through to wood in some places, is set in the middle of a rough-hewn bench. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He pulled his legs up onto the toilet and sat as still as a statue, his mind a kaleidoscope of shock, pain, and disappointment. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The train stopped and started and jolted them toward wakefulness, and there was a constant line at the door to the toilet. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She comes in telling us she’s late because her toilet ran over and she had to clean her white carpets before they got stained. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “Not today,” I said, and shut myself in the toilet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She began to set the toilet stand to rights, grumbling at the negligence of the quadroon, who was in the adjoining room putting the children to bed. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the chess set she’d had to get new black pawns for, because I’d flushed all the old ones down the toilet. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I dry myself with toilet paper, roll the wet toilet paper in some unused toilet paper, and hand it to Mami. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The toilet wasn’t hooked up to any sewer or septic system. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Even the barrels collecting the excrement from our toilets had to be removed and hauled away. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z There she blew her nose on toilet tissue and washed her face. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I can get most of the butter off the shoe lining, with a washcloth or some toilet paper from the bathroom, tomorrow. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They had to use the toilet in open stalls in front of male prison guards. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I perch on top of the toilet seat. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z It’s bad enough that someone has to put me on the toilet, but diapers? Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z 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 Fortunately, he’d saved the phone number of the reptile wrangler who had successfully removed the alligators from the toilets. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And as supreme ruler of the household, Dad has elected Garrett and me to take care of the toilets. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But I can sit in the dark on the toilet a little more, can’t I? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z When I first came to Chicago, I pretended to have to go to the bathroom just to flush the toilet and watch the water spin in circles down a little hole. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Only you would get more excited over a blue toilet than the sights of Rome,” moans Gat. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z A couple of timber wolves were drinking out of the toilets. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He eased away and mumbled something about his stomach being upset and went into the toilet. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A skinny hallway ran alongside the lounge room joining it to three bedrooms, the toilet, and the bathroom. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z One afternoon we couldn’t use the toilet because there were visitors in the office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes there are other pieces of toilet paper there already, melting among the bracken and dead leaves, but mostly there are not. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I stood up, lifted the toilet seat, and flushed my unfinished cigarette. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z There was a plastic chair, a lightweight folding table, and a bucket with a cover on it, which served Shadow as a makeshift toilet. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Avoiding my reflection, I headed straight for the toilet stalls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Sadly, no matter how fancy you made your house, there was one thing you could never aspire to improve: your toilet. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Just passed through as if I were going to the toilet. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled off some toilet paper, lit it, and when it started burning, I threw it down the toilet. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We hurry past shelters, the wooden toilet hut. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Eleanor reached into the toilet and felt tears slipping down her cheeks. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Joe took his own sweet time about it, flicked droplets of urine all over the floor, zipped up his pants with a flourish, and turned away without flushing the toilet. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt ashamed and I ran to the toilet to clean myself and change my cloths. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z A group of girls shoved her head into the toilet. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z One prefers those that are interior to the toilet bowl, since they can be attacked by brush, which is a kind of action-at-a-distance weapon. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “The toilet’s on the next floor up, and my office, then bedrooms above that. Keeps you fit, all the stairs.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I wet some toilet paper and used it to scrub the stain off. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Then, after washing his hands and blowing his nose, he groped behind the toilet for the scented pink sponge. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had stuffed some toilet paper in the hole, though, so I had to drop to the floor and peek under the door to see what was going on. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom had given me lunch, taken me to the toilet, and wheeled me back into my room. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Women were using these toilets anyway, squatting over them in the semidarkness while a line of strangers watched and held their noses. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Yeah, thanks, Eleanor thought, wringing out her jeans over the toilet. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z "I know where his life is going—down the toilet." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Obinze checked his BlackBerry often, too often, even when he got up at night to go to the toilet, and although he mocked himself, he could not stop checking. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Now, that’s class,” he said aloud when he saw the one in the bathroom, easily reachable from the toilet. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We agreed not to run any water or flush the toilet; but since everyone’s stomach was churning from all the tension, you can imagine the stench after we’d each had a turn in the bathroom. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Strangers are asking me where the bathroom is and how come there ain’t no toilet paper. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Three glass tumblers stood ready on the toilet seat. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I dive across the toilet, toward the bathroom window, but its frame is all painted and rusty. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Moaning Myrtle was floating above the tank of the toilet, picking a spot on her chin. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Are you getting any mental symptoms? That’s when you first start talking to yourself in the toilet. It’ll be starting any day now.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And he kept the cell, which contained a toilet, a shower stall, a cot, a chair, a table, as neat as his person. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Peeking through the keyhole, I could see Byron salute to the parachute when he flushed the toilet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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