| 单词 | towel |
| 例句 | The towel we use for actual hand drying is on the counter. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Jam and Redemption sat at the table, and Bitter slid them a plate with some dodo on it, the oil draining away on folded paper towels. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The Colonel was trying hard to look tough—ready for whatever Kevin might do—but it’s hard to look tough when you’re only wearing an orange towel. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He dried himself off with a hand towel and took one last lungful of air in before he headed out to dinner, to his fate. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The Man in the White Shirt found himself in a blizzard of memos and printouts, business cards and stationery, paper towels and copy paper, swirling through the air. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z And then I close my eyes as my own towel drops and the song comes to an end. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She washed her face with cold water, dried it with a towel from an overhead rack, applied fresh lipstick, combed her hair, and left the room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “Negra, I’m taking Victor to the hospital. Get me a towel.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I hadn’t so much as touched a bar of soap, but I got out, wrapped a towel around my waist, and sat down at the computer. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I sat at the kitchen table and watched Bertha cut a thick slice of coffee cake and put it on a paper towel in front of me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z His wife found him the next morning collapsed into a bloody heap of towels. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I dip a towel in cold water and pat her forehead. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Metias ignored me and placed another cool towel on my head. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Jerome then showed me the essentials, guest towels, bathroom location, how to work the lights. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I just turned around and told her to keep the door dosed and don’t stay in the tub too long and bring her towels down to the laundry when she was through.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I put Ben’s things on the floor and wiped Tilly off with an old bath towel we kept in a basket inside the front door. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z They hung their own clothes on the towel racks to dry. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped the towel in my lap, shuddering violently. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Still naked, I wrapped myself in a towel and left by the back door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Especially girls in bikinis laying on their towels. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He popped Luke on the thigh with his towel and walked away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Dad dried his hands on a towel hanging from the oven door and stayed standing. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I crawled into the front seat and raised a corner of the towel so no one but me could see what was under it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then I would be happy to eat,” Kaisa said, and Ash blushed, taking the towel. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I take the towels in the bathroom down as well as the fairly scungy tea towel in the kitchen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Kendra set her towel and mirror on the table and grabbed a bottle of sunblock. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Tab wiped her nose with a wad of paper towel she found in her pocket. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I grabbed a towel from the bathroom, wrapped it around myself like a cape, and flopped into a chair at the kitchen table, thinking about what Officer Parrelli had said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She dried her in fluffy white towels and put her in cuddly night clothes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z After she dried and wrapped her baby in a towel she hummed quietly while combing out the tangles and plaiting the damp hair. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She stands up and tries to put the towel back the way he had it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z All Sasha knew was that the water and towels were warm. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The shoeshine customers, and any from the inside rest room who took a towel, you whiskbroomed a couple of licks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Returning with a towel coiled and ready for combat, she swipes the Blob’s butt. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Quickly she ran to the washstand and tucked a towel inside the seat of her pants. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z My younger brothers and sister complained about the noise because they could not sleep, so I placed a towel underneath it to keep the clatter down. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I let her bring the wet towel up to my face again, savoring her warmth as she leaned in closer. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Later that evening, after Grandma put a warm towel on my throat, I fell into bed, exhausted. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Francie dried her hands on her petticoat eyeing the deadly towel with horror. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We throw our towels and beach bags down. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z We signed in, were given two very small, stiff towels for the shower, and trudged off across the grounds to see what we got for our $11 apiece. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z There was a dilapidated swing set at one end of the yard, towels and jeans hanging from it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She scoured him until he was pink, dried him with a big, fluffy towel, and tried to get a comb through his tangled hair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I found my swimming-suit, wrapped it with a comb in a towel, and went down-stairs and walked up the street to the Concha. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Grandma told Tess to look under the sink for another towel. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He toweled himself off and put his boxer briefs and jeans back on, but headed to his room for a fresh shirt. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z After tying a bath towel around my waist, I unbuttoned the shoulder straps of my tunic and pulled it over my head. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Elizabeth wipes her hands with a towel and shivers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And who else would have a black towel in prison? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I tied Joey’s shoes back on her feet and used her towel to wipe my own forehead. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, she threw herself onto a towel on the wooden deck. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It’s a plate of Mama’s food left out for me on the table and covered with a paper towel for when I get home from school. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Geoff Graham’s parents have a hot tub, so she wraps her bathing suit up in a towel. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z His hair and skin were damp, and he was drying himself with a towel. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z There was a towel stuffed along the floor at the bottom of the door, and another covering the creepy tilting-window thing on top, so no one would see the light from our room. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Meimei play, squeeze all her brains out for win chess. You play, worth squeeze towel.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get some towels,” he said without looking at me, pointing at a door. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the paper towels were imprinted with the White House logo, and I took a few for my friends. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Scott appears at my side, proffering the towel. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z From then on Moon Orchid only visited the laundry late in the day when the towels came out of the dryers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at Elisha, who was drying himself on the towel. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Marcus is sitting on the floor by the sink with a wad of paper towel pressed to his mouth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A woman shields her face as she runs with a book and towel across the grass. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Early that morning she had cut Joe’s hair as he sat perched on a chair in his little room at the YMCA, a towel fastened around his neck with a clothespin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They soaped the glass down with sponges and dried it with the pieces of towels. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The tiredness was gone so she dried them off on the towel. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “I need more than a towel. I need a good old-fashioned shake.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z One Charm Bracelet was bending forward, wrapping a towel around her wet hair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “But I am not a fortune-teller,” he said, letting his head drop into a festoon of towel, and towelling away at his two ears. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He sat down next to me and grabbed a towel from his bag. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z After dinner, I put clean towels on the bed in the guest room. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When I get back home, Amá is in the kitchen, with a towel wrapped around her head, drinking tea. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He picks up a towel and wets it, then kneels down beside me and carefully wipes my face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This woman who can only be Mitch’s mom throws a dish towel over her shoulder and brings me in for a hug. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I fake a smile, handing her the towel. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But he led me down to the bunker and used a towel to wipe the gash at my forehead. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Shelly was shaking the sand off her towel when we walked up. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She flings the towel on the cement and kicks the umbrella. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z All I saw were a bunch of small hand towels folded on the basin. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "Uh, okay, it's all right," said Somkit, averting his eyes as he wound the towel around Pong's head like a turban. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Light a paper towel roll and throw it. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He appeared behind Cas, juggling several rolls of duct tape and a bunch of paper towels. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He grabbed some towels from the supply shed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Lee answered the door, a dish towel tied around his middle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But Minnie is back with a towel and soap and hot water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I unwrapped my scarf from around my head and used a damp paper towel to scrub the icing off my face. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Moss rinsed off the blood as best as he could, shut off the faucet, then wrapped the hand towel around his finger. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We unrolled one of the hotel’s bathroom towels on the picnic table and played panjpar on it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z One drab woman was weeping silently into a dirty dish towel. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I feel exposed, like I’m stepping out of the shower and someone is watching me wrap a towel around my boys. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I turned then and used my hips and waist to roll three times, until I came ashore near a ratty green towel. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Not five minutes later, Zooey, with his hair combed wet, stood barefoot at the washbowl, wearing a pair of beltless dark-gray sharkskin slacks, a face towel across his bare shoulders. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Those strips of towel were in no way keeping the wound clean. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom taps her phone off, slams it on the counter, and starts sniff-snorting into a paper towel. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I picked up my towel, left the store, and started my altogether less conspicuous walk back to the inn where I had found breakfast and a bath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She had heated up a slice of bacon on a paper towel, put it on the table, and turned to open the fridge. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They passed out boxes of heart-shaped soaps, fuzzy slippers, creamy pink lotions, fancy hand towels, men’s shiny ties, and chocolates, which surprised Liyana, since they’d barely eaten chocolate in their own house. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I pull away The dish towel, dazed By the sunlight. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She sets it carefully on top of the heater while I grab the towel we use for bathing and spread it on the bed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I set the needle down and grab a paper towel, mopping up the blood on my arm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then she rinsed him off, rubbed him with a towel, and plunked him down in front of the stove to finish drying. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Doc took a long drink from his glass and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a clean, white fingertip towel. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They used towels to clean off the scum. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I still need to buy a beach towel for tomorrow.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He tied my wrist up in a tea towel and drove me to the hospital. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He broke the ice in a basin and dipped his face in it with a grimace tike eating something sour, said A-a-ah, and rubbed his stinging cheeks vigorously with a towel. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When the blood was washed off and she had dried my hands with paper toweling, she looked up into my face and her eyes went round with fright. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They were roaming around with backpacks and flip-flops or sitting on little grassy hills eating lunch or laying out in the sun on towels with books in their hands or sleeping. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z When most of the kids had toweled off and redressed, we sat on blankets and the older kids passed around bottles of Boone’s Farm, Wild Turkey, and Colt 45. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The creature, whose legs were so short they stuck out in front of it on the chair, was wearing a tea towel draped like a toga, and it had its face hidden in its hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There were certain towel rules that existed in my mother’s world that I just didn’t get. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z When the water had finished loosening the chalk, she took a towel and scrubbed the floor until her back ached and her legs and hands were frozen. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The moist towel that Wes held to his lip was almost solid red and beginning to drip blood on the living room carpet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She went to the sink and turned tap water on a fresh towel. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Catherine held my Popsicle for me with a paper towel under my chin. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The curtains drawn, shoes taken down to be cleaned, the towel laid out on the chair in the bathroom and the water run for my bath. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He took a pink towel down from a big stack and expertly Velcroed it around Eleanor's neck, carefully lifting out her hair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z She stopped at one of the towel bars and straightened a washcloth. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I dropped my borrowed towel on the floor, wiped my nose with the back of my hand, and made my escape. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z At some point I get up and find a dish towel. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Underneath that towel I start to see ugly green. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I shiver and wrap my towel around my body. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Carlos comes back with a laundry basket and towel. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z If ever there was cleverness in the joke, it has been wrung out like a dish towel. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “She could be hiding something under that towel. Why don’t we look and see?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A steward hurried past him with a stack of clean towels. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Mother grabbed a towel and began to mop things up. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Sager wrapped his hand in a rag towel and pried away Nicole’s hands. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She shut her eyes as she rubbed at her face with the thin towel. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Because of their ravaged state when they arrived in camp the previous evening, I’d assumed that both men would decide to throw in the towel. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The commercials with smiling families in their bright, gleaming kitchens, wiping spilled juice with paper towels. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Ms. Yvette and a couple of her clients stand in her doorway, towels around the clients’ shoulders. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The same red dish towel he leaves on his shoulder most of the day. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I was drying our dinner dishes just then, and I threw the dish towel at him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z After I rinse the lather from my body, I turn to find Octavia waiting with a towel. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He places the jewel back on the towel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The colonel put out his hand and the barber placed a clean towel in it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the bedding and the towels were of a natural material. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In the bathroom the girl held her steaming shirt away from her body while Tessie brought damp towels. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As the handmaids toweled her dry and wrapped her in a sandsilk robe, Dany's thoughts went to the three who had sought her out in the City of Bones. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I pulled at the damp towel I’d flung over my shoulder. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She picked up the reindeer antlers and taped a paper towel to them, arranging the items to look like a white flag waving for a truce. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Grabbing my own towel, I had sprinted after him down the beach. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z On hooks by the pool hung a row of white towels. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Dimple pushed open Rishi’s door feeling hot and cold, the paper towels like wet lead in her hands. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He took his towel and went slowly in as she came out. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He toweled off as he walked to the table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Blackbeard’s men broke the tiki torches for the luau, threw herbal wraps into *the swimming pool, and kicked over tables of sauna towels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z But their Christmas ended in late afternoon on Christmas Eve—I saw department store clerks working against time to replace a holiday window display with deathly white piles of towels and sheets. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The regiment was so pleased that Masha Dolina and her navigator flew over the town and dropped a message on a banner made of towels sewn together. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The bed is dressed with warm towels and pillows. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Without thinking, I get a paper towel and cleaning spray from under the sink. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z An overturned mixing bowl, two plates, and a handful of cutlery set to dry on a checked dish towel spread out by the sink. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z While he studied it, I put on my linen duster and the driving cap with goggles, and big Loomis flipped a towel over the black sedan like he was shining a millionaire’s boots. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "It seemed crazy that I have to still read my books like nothing happened," she says, folding and unfolding a sheet of paper towel. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But I just keep cool, even after I see this washroom with two sinks and monogrammed towels. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Another on our shower reads, “Dry bathing only!” which consists of shower gel and paper towels. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Lee came in from the kitchen and put a damp towel in his hands, and Adam sponged his eyes and handed it back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Would you like something to drink?” said Ear, throwing a towel over the heap of dirty dishes in the sink. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I met him there, grabbed the hand towel we dry dishes with, wet it with cold water, and gave it to him. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She dabbed at her eyes with her towel. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In complete boredom the next day he tied a large towel beneath the boom and over to the handrails on either side to make an awning and sat in the shade. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She pretended to smile, and I pretended not to see it as I went by wrapped in a towel, stepping lightly, as if the floor would break under my weight. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Dad appears from the powder room, still drying his hands on a paper towel. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He reached into the boat and took one of the crumpled towels and dragged it through the grass to moisten it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z 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 I handed her a paper towel and she blew her nose. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z These granite rocks are so smooth that you can lie and sun yourself on them in your bathing-costume without putting a towel underneath. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Frankie held his beach towel in one hand and his fishing pole in the other. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “Doctor Tate said it’s just molasses and water,” she cries down into her towel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Finally, with Matt pink-faced and subdued, his washed hair toweled into a halo and his clean body wrapped in a blanket, they shared their meal. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then Mrs. Odom came out on the porch, wiping her hands on a dish towel. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I do not grant wishes,” whispers the ifrit, dropping his towel and pushing Salim gently, but irresistibly, down onto the bed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z You will shower daily and are provided with soap, shampoo, towels, toothbrush, tooth paste, and other hygiene supplies. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Byron, how many times have I told you about saying ‘ain’t,’ and Kenneth, you stop playing and move that towel this minute!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Zillah has bought a number of towels in different shades and run them repeatedly through the dryer, to get shades of pink, of gray-green, of off-white, as well as the standard undemeath-the-bed gray. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I sighed and leaned back on my towel. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He tugged off his sweater and his shirt and wrapped a large towel around his shoulders, huddling near the range, rocking back and forth as the cold gradually left his body. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A barber sweeps out his shop, stacks clean towels. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I also hung a beach towel around my neck or wore an alligator shirt over my suit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He got his towel and went out to our makeshift showers. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There’d be no nosy neighbors watching, no motorcycles and cars, no sheets and towels and laundry. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The pale pink towel, a memory of when it was washed with a red one. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He wadded a towel against the space at the bottom of the door. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There were bloody paper towels in the bathroom. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He would indeed fight Max Schmeling again, two years later, and Schmeling would last all of two minutes and four seconds before his corner threw in the towel. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He quickly helped Diana wrap Z’s shirt and paper towels around her legs while Z bound the makeshift bandages with duct tape. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Better work on those reflexes,” Beth says as she walks past me, her hair wrapped in a towel. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z How these families keep smiling and laughing, unworried about any potential messes in their lives, because they have these paper towels. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z But the towel came away black and dripping. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Rita brought the Praise Singer a paper towel to blow his nose on. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Usually, I don’t see anything interesting, but yesterday I saw a woman in a towel dancing to Juan Gabriel in her living room. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She wore a thin white towel arranged diagonally over her chest and slung over one shoulder. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A minute later he reappeared, damp towel in hand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Aiming for his head, I launched the towel again, but Fang grabbed it midair and dropped it to the floor. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Lena absently blotted up the hot chocolate Kendra had sprayed, using a small towel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “All right, kids, we’ll leave some towels by the back door if you want to come inside later,” Dr. Blankenship said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Rishi opened the closet door for cover, let his towel slip, and climbed into his boxers and jeans. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He hands her a towel and helps her climb onto the tile and waits outside while she puts on her nightgown. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She was probably in the kitchen folding towels and spitting kittens. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He forced himself to remember the dullest things he knew—bootblack, an application form, a wet towel on his bedroom floor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She took a bite of a drumstick and then used a paper towel to squash a roach that had crawled out hoping to get at some of her dinner. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z We stand in the little shed next to her kitchen drying ourselves with one towel. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was midafternoon, and the curtains were drawn, but a lamp in the corner had been left on, a towel draped over the shade to mute it, and the thoughtfulness of this pierced her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He gets a towel and starts to dry my hands. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Second he was going to towel himself off, put on a robe. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Emmett waves the towel again, not like he’s trying to get Axel’s attention, like he’s cheering Axel on. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Darren runs to the kitchen and is back a second later with a folded linen towel. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z 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 After my shower, I picked up one of the hand towels and walked out with it wrapped around me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Still damp from the steam, and wearing only a towel, I hurried to my bedroom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “What have you done to this car now? Daniel, what’s under that towel?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Commercials for car dealerships, paper towels, dish soap. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Albert stands at the snack counter in his swim trunks, with his little towel draped over his wide back, and contemplates his selection of ice cream. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She smoothed the front of her sundress, picked up her towel, and with careful hands rolled it into a ball. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Karl passed over a covered dish, wrapped in a towel, and one of the strudels. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It was pitiful to see the way Winky clutched at her tea towel as she sobbed over Mr. Crouch’s feet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I bit back the scolding I wanted to give him and got him a cold towel for his eye. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He poured some water on one of the towels and put it on the back of his neck. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Lemme help you with that. You got some sort of towel?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She was afraid the sterile towel would slip from his head. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Once the water in the kettle boiled, Joseph lugged it upstairs, using a towel he found by the sink so the hot metal handle wouldn’t burn him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When the food was ready, the cooks covered it with a silver cover and wrapped the flagon in a thick towel to keep it warm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was a six-chair barbershop, where civic leaders were mummified in hot towels; and bathtubs for rent; and elevator banks lit by translucent egg-shaped marble lamps. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It smelled of soap and clean towels and bay rum. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Give me a large towel, Matron,’ he said. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She had ground it out into a paper towel that morning. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Three delicate little fingers protruded from the towel. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She felt she accomplished a great deal by folding towels. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Having suffered the rainstorm, the bonobos appeared to be taking the day off, draped around the clearing like damp towels left to dry. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Brave Orchid did teach her sister to fold the towels. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no brushes, no soap, no towels, but I rinsed myself off anyway. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He put them on, and she tore a fresh tea towel into strips and bandaged him tightly again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Kind of,” I answered, toweling off a chipped plate. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sustained, though, by seeing her once more reel in laundry— elegant hand over elegant hand—drop the clothespins in a bucket on the railing, then fold shirts, sheets, and towels. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I lowered myself from the bunk bed to the cold floor, grabbed my towel, and headed down the hallway. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I wrapped a skimpy towel around my waist and danced and pranced out of the bathroom and up the hall like I was a Union ship dodging Confederate mines. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She put it in a box full of warm towels, and inside the box she placed a little saucer of banana pieces and some dead grubs Ob had dug out of the backyard for it. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z There’s a blanket and a towel, plus a zip-up plastic bag with soap, comb, razor, toothbrush and washcloth. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Mama went to the stove and took out her big iron skillet with a folded-up kitchen towel and her oven glove. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The flight attendant brought wet paper towels and tried to wipe me clean, but even when the dress was clean, it still smelled awful. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He shakes the Moana bath towel like a matador and charges in. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z We spent all morning burning candles—well, and occasionally lighting cigarettes off the burning candles after we stuffed a towel into the crack at the bottom of her door. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Momma started wringing the neck of another piece of paper towel. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach moved the towel from his head to his neck. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I set the sandwiches on my least chipped enamelware plate, covered them with a clean towel, and grabbed my overcoat and shawl. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In a little while he put fresh undershorts back on and set out for the beach in his moccasins, a khaki-colored bath towel draped over his shoulders. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A huddle of blankets, towels, and Columbia U. sweatshirts cave in as he moves. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She smacked him on the butt with a dish towel. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Mama thought it would be a mistake to send Mate her good black towel she had made the week she was home—to save her nerves. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I tell you what,” he said as he toweled off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He fills a pitcher of water at the kitchen sink, picks up a basin and a towel and brings them to me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then, dipping the toweling into the water, carefully she bathed. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He draped die towel around my shoulders, over my rubber apron, and began again Vaselining my hair. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He dragged a footlocker across the floor between the bunks and covered it with a towel and set out the plates and cups and plastic utensils. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I pull myself out of the bath, shivering, wrap a towel around me, and open the door just as Lily is marching back down the hall, Mom behind her. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He told everyone the dog had bitten him and left the party with a paper towel wrapped around his finger. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He passes dogs wrapped in towels getting facials and massages. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Matt stared at the towel as he collected his thoughts.The old man’s death wasn’t a surprise—he hadn’t emerged from his room in months, and he’d clearly been very sick. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I found paper towels and did my best to dry myself off. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then I tacked a towel over the shelves to hide those jars. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z We went to the restroom and dried ourselves with paper towels, then sat in silence on a wooden bench, waiting for the bus. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I grab a paper towel and a slice of pizza from the box on the counter. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z My mom closes her eyes and buries her face back in the towel. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Fina echoes, handing me a paper towel to blow my nose on. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I finger the thick toweled robes, read the labels on the amenities, pat the eiderdown quilts, inspect the well-stocked refrigerator, and step into the huge, empty, gleaming bathtub. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She runs out to the shed to dab at herself with a towel and we’re able to grin at each other at the table and tell Alphie he’s the champion baby in the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When we got out of the water, I gave the boys one of our towels, and Arul accepted it gratefully, though Muthu said he preferred to dry off in the sun. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Daddy takes his towel to head to the bathroom. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z She was holding a basin, a towel, and a kettle of hot water. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even the devil wears clean underpants,” she said, pointing the threatening tip of the hot iron at my skimpy towel. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Never mind, you,” he growled, grabbing the man’s shoulder and jerking him so violently his towel was knocked off and a shock of dark hair fell over his face. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I sat with my back against the couch as she sat above me, comb in hand, towel on my shoulders. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z They would need nightgowns, toothbrushes, towels, but I put in crazy things in my terrified rush, Mate’s favorite earrings, the Vicks jar, a brassiere for each one. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I dipped our towel in cool rainwater and squeezed it over your eyes, but your forehead stayed burning hot. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Harry winced as his squire toweled his feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The boys followed me inside and started flapping magazines and towels to clear it out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The cups were rubberized, pointy, and beneath a towel or a shirt gave me the suggestion of a bust I didn’t have. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He pauses and looks into my eyes, then hands me the towel and the glass of water. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He was holding the wad of paper towel in his outstretched hand like it was nuclear waste. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Wow!” he says, glancing around at Chucha’s purple towel hanging from a peg, her purple mosquito net strung between two nails, her purple dresses draped over a chair. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The door opened, a sliver at first, then wider, and there was my mother, her skin glistening from the shower, wrapped in a towel that was too small to cover her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After doing this, he had taken a towel or something and shoved it under the crack in the door. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He avoids my eyes and wraps the towel tight around me so none of my skin is showing and then steps away from me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z His expression is placid as he examines his cuts, turns off the water, and dries his hands with a towel. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z About five minutes passed, then she came in wrapped in a towel. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Charlotte is the best storyteller I ever heard,” said Fern, poking her dish towel into a cereal bowl. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Francie thought of the washroom towel and shook her head “no” emphatically. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother Fletcher put down the dish towel and turned her head to one side. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His nose started bleeding again, so I got him another paper towel. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then she reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out a wad of paper towels. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She turns down the treadmill and wipes her brow with a thick towel that hangs off the side of the machine. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Trays of gauze, minty mouth swabs, cups of crushed ice, and stacks of white towels. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The door opens and Four walks in, a towel in hand and his hair glistening with shower water. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He didn’t say anything back, just looked at my grandma, who was drying her hands behind him on a dish towel. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Uncle Carlos comes from the garage, wiping oil off his hands with one of Aunt Pam’s good towels. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Uhmma rushes to the living room still rubbing her hands dry on a towel. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z See Mama swatting a frying pan of flames with a dish towel. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I slip the dress over my head and hand her the towel from around my waist before digging my keys out of my purse. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z First, the collar on the pink robe is turned up; second, there's a bath towel wrapped around her head; and third, the real Aunt Ethel is about twelve hundred miles southeast of here. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither of them was armed, and one had a towel wrapped around his head like a turban, having just finished bathing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She turns her back to me and holds up a towel, blocking my view of the rest of the bathroom. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He changed his shirt and put on a stiff new pair of Levis and wiped off his fifty dollar boots with the towel that was still damp from drying his arms and face. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Both were naked but for towels, and lying side by side on stone benches, pouring sweat caused by the heating beneath the floors, while slaves massaged their muscles and used scrapers to clean their skin. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The grass is littered with tennis racquets and drink bottles, food wrappers and beach towels. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The next morning I met Dinitia in front of the pool entrance, my thrift - shop one-piece rolled inside my frayed gray towel. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He got down a small brown bottle and a towel, which he brought over to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I did laundry so we’ll have fresh hand towels in the bathroom. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I tried to quiet the paranoia and curled up on a wet towel, spread out on the deck of our yard. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The metal door was half hidden behind a laundry bin full of dirty hotel towels. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Frankie wrapped ripped pieces of T-shirt and paper towels around the puncture wound to stop the bleeding, then told Diana to look for something they could use for splints. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I whip off my towel turban and let the wet strands of my hair fall down my back and hurry to the door. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She took off her glasses and polished them on a paper towel. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But I grab the other towel from the floor and dry myself in a hurry. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she wrapped cold towels around my feet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They found clothes in the closets to wear—clean clothes—which they put on after scrubbing themselves with real soap and drying themselves with real towels. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z She kneads her long, wet hair with a towel from the bathroom. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Slamming the door shut, he steps to the kitchen, grabs a dish towel from the edge of the sink, fills a glass with water, and walks into my room. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He wiped his neck off with a towel and then went to the line. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The clean towel that hung to the side of the sink smelled citrusy orange. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He dried his own hands on a paper towel and crumpled it, and dropped it into the bin. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I pushed the towel between my legs and pulled it away almost immediately. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z So I sat on the toilet, wrapped in a towel. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Mom blindfolds me With a dish towel And turns me six times, My lucky number For my lucky day. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Tad pressed the wet paper towel tighter to his mouth to keep from throwing up as he stepped over the body and slipped into the room. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When he reached the shore, he toweled off. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Come on, Junior. Get some cool towels and wipe your sister’s face.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I wipe my hands clean on a nearby towel, reach in my bag and take out Guillermo’s copy of Mom’s book on Michelangelo. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He shut the door behind him, and Mr. McCullough listened, still clutching his overcoat against himself, as if it were a towel. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I raised my voice a little and saw Muthu’s shadow as he crept next to the towel dividing our tents. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “The number is in her datebook,” he said, and grabbed a hand towel from the rack and patted his face. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She slung the dish towel off her shoulder and wiped at the spots on the table. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Salad leaves are in a bowl covered with dampened paper towels. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Dried off in a huge fluffy towel obviously left for me, feeling sinful. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Luke, get the girl a towel. Sweetie, go in the bathroom and get that wet stuff off. We’ve got a change of clothes here for you, I’m sure. Luke?” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z On the towels lay people in bathing suits, surrounded by picnic baskets, paper bags, canvas totes, blaring radios and coolers full of ice and drinks. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They all wore handkerchiefs or printed Bombay Dyeing hand towels on their heads to stave off the sun. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I start fiddling with the cream hand towels that are just for decoration. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She’d called Naomi back a moment later, telling her to bring a towel. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Abraham and Aunt Fela had covered every window and door with towels, sheets, blankets, anything that would block out the light—and the smell. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She washed him with the warm water and the sweet-scented soap and dried him carefully bit by bit with the towel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned around, pressing my face against my towel so he wouldn’t see my tears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Walking toward the table to retrieve her towel, she stroked her long hair, enjoying the rubbery texture as the wetness made the strands cling together. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Zed helped himself to a bowl of cereal, and the towel slipped lower as he reached for the milk. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They adjusted her blankets, set up clean cloths and towels close by, and made sure the hot water was ready in the basin. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Grace winced as her hand throbbed under the cold towels. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Although he never told me specifically what his role was, I suspect he probably assisted by boiling water and supplying fresh towels. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Her publicist and her financial adviser are sitting on towels on the beach at Golden Gardens. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z While the men pulled off their wigs and wiped their heads with towels, they explained that they’d pried open the filing cabinets and gone through everything. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There was crystal everywhere and the bathrooms even had real towels. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He hands a towel to a guy, who takes it but doesn’t even tip a nickel. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Gat tucks his feet under a towel so I can’t see them. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I shrugged, dried my hands on the dish towel and followed him, thinking if maybe I was in trouble and what for. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I got up, wiped my face, and came out, wrapped in a towel. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Help me wet down some paper towels and shove them under the door to block out the smoke.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He was ordered to fetch a paper towel and clean it up. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Before he could move, Coach O came over and sat next to him, mopping his own forehead with a damp towel. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We took back the sail, the strips of towel, even the tourniquet crusty with blood. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Eberhardt, who had gone inside to get a towel, came up and pumped the patrolman’s hand. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I’m dressed, he reappears, towel around his waist, and says, “You never asked me what I was doing up on that ledge.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Aunt Goldie gave the spatula to Tidings, wiped her hands on a dish towel, smiled at me, and said, “Come here and let me kiss you, puddin’.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As I was walking out the door, my mom took the old towel I’d slung over my shoulder and exchanged it for a better one. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z There, among the pink vanities with baskets of little towels and talcum powder and brushes, we come up with our plot. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She had to settle for paper towels, a broken soap dispenser and an asthmatic hand dryer. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Cane chairs had been arranged in rows, drawing boards on each seat, a crate between every two chairs with a big jar of clear water and several ripped-up pieces of old toweling on top. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Some wore bedsheet or towel robes, others were in costumes made from feed sacks. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Everything is blue and white checked in the kitchen— the towels and napkins and curtains and tablecloth. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He excitedly showed each of us the bed that was going to be ours and lockers that contained soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, a towel, a clean shirt, and T-shirts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I grabbed an iron pot, stuffed it with all the dishrags and towels I could reach with one hand, laid the baby in it, and set it in the oven door. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A microphone in his left hand, the towel in his right, he preaches. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z But she only got up, humming “Oh! Susanna” without real urgency, and grabbed a towel. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered her brother tearing out of a bathroom with a towel over his face shrieking, “It burns! It burns!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A towel dried on the bars of the small green window. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered how much I would bleed, and lay down, nursing the towel. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Mom takes the fish out of the frying pan and puts it on a plate layered with paper towels to soak up the grease. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the closet was a pile of towels. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The ahjimma washes my hair and dries it with a towel. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I towel myself off and weave my wet hair into two messy side braids, then step out of the bathroom. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I put in a load with all the towels and sheets, including the bloody ones from the other night. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z As I took off my sweats and my mom started in on my sneakers with some paper towels and a can of carpet cleaner, I muttered, Now you tell me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They were all wearing the same uniform: a tea towel stamped with the Hogwarts crest, and tied, as Winky’s had been, like a toga. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z After Father had given me a bath and cleaned the sick off me and dried me off with a towel, he took me to my bedroom and put some clean clothes on. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Despite breathing through the paper towel, Tad tasted char and smoke. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z 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 It was of him in the kitchen with a towel thrown over his shoulder, chopping vegetables. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Jezebel, go see if Miss Corrie has a towel. Lettie, you mop this spill up right now.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I could feel the winter shaking my bones and banging my teeth together, and the big white hotel towel I had dragged down with me lay under my head numb as a snowdrift. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Just then, Zed walked in, a towel wrapped around his middle and a toothbrush in his mouth. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The inside of it had a great big dent where Steady Eddie’s saxophone used to go, now there wasn’t anything in it but a little raggedy pink towel. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “I was just bringing up fresh towels and heard the bell.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z As soon as Papi is out the door, Mami comes back lugging a bucket of water and a large basin and towels. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Woolf cantered the horse back to the cheering grandstand and calmly asked his valet for a saddle towel. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Totally got me,” I say, grabbing a towel off my desk chair. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Marigold called to her other brother, marching toward the living room with the dish towel clutched at her side. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Just hang a towel ’round you so they don’t see your, er, future clothes,” said Horace. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Sure not cotton,” he muttered, but the towel was soft and absorbed water much better than the thin, worn ones they used at home. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time the hot breads were placed on a white cotton towel on the table to cool, Poppy had fallen asleep on top of Sitti’s bed like a boy. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He sold towels and tablecloths, without much luck. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In the bathroom Mami showed me her Kotex, hidden on a high shelf under towels. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Luke took a few deep breaths, but it felt like he was breathing through a wet towel. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I cleaned the rest of the glass out of the rim with a towel. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z With his left hand, Wes held a wet paper towel to his lip, trying to stop the steady flow of blood. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She ran upstairs to grab paper towels and Clorox wipes and maybe some Febreze, and I sat with our fallen soldiers. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At the shore I cross my arms over my stomach and walk to my shorts and towel. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When we get home, I help Mami clean and then we take the sheets and towels and clothes to wash and dry in the machines in the basement. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The towel was thin and rough between my hands, a carpet burn of a cloth. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z They were all pretty much empty, because all the shoes, and stinky shorts, and towels took up about half the space of the entire trunk! Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He did the best he could, drying himself on the increasingly bloodied towels, and then dressed in his new clothes, trying not to make them bloody too. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He comes out a minute later with three pieces on a paper towel and sits in Pop’s old chair. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I can hold a piece of wet paper towel over my mouth. I won’t be gone long.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The towel falls to the ground, and the ice-cream cone slides down my dress, my black velvet dress. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z After that heavy work, cleaning the toilets and putting up fresh towels seemed restful. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z She had joined them two weeks ago, in the town hall, sewing singlets and towels for the soldiers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I stumbled out, wrapping myself securely in a towel, trying to hold the heat from the water in so the aching shivers wouldn’t return. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It feels like trying to wring out a towel that just isn’t wet enough to drip anymore and yet you keep squeezing and twisting, hoping that some drops will fall. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z After I tousle my hair with the towel, I dry the rest of me and stand, wrapping the towel snuggly around me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The oligarch reappeared, this time naked except for a towel wrapped around his waist. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He grabbed a hand towel off a hook to his left and ran it over the glass, his reflection appearing in the clear streak he made. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But as I wiped at my face with wet paper towels, my hands shook. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Father wet his towel in the pail and began to wash his face. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Armpit’s wet towel lay in a heap on the floor, next to the terry-cloth bathrobe the hotel had provided. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She distractedly pulled off his shirt and thrust a towel at him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was just reaching for the dish towel when I heard Mother say, “There’s something I need to tell you, Richard.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He brings me ice wrapped in a dish towel and says that next time we’re having fun, I should tell him if something is wrong. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Each morning after drinking the thin soup, do what you can to clean up, though you have only a trickle of water, no soap, no towel, no scissors, no toothbrush. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Naomi laid her dish towel on the counter. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Still crouching low and hidden from little Ellis’s view by the end of the bed, the doctor unfolded the towel and spread it over the palm of his left hand. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z On shore, Edwin pulled out towels for each of them, and they dressed in silence. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I imagine Ziggy still feeling cold and wet from the rain, since he doesn’t have a towel to dry off with. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I lead Didu into the Torture Chamber, which is also empty, and hand her a towel. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There’s a towel beside him, but he’s not doing anything with it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She took off her sandals and placed them neatly beside her towel...just the way she always did. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “That is no towel for a jail cell,” Mama finished, as if that was what she had been about to say from the start. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull my towel tighter, and even though I’ve showered, I lift an arm and sniff. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He came back with a large towel and wrapped it around my shoulders. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Instead I scooped it off the floor and put the box on the top shelf of my closet and put five towels on top of it so I couldn’t see it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed a paper towel and handed it to her. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He washed his hands in a bowl and wiped them on a towel like Mama after the dishes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He used his printed hand towel to reach inside his shirt and wipe his chest and armpits. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He held out a hand and motioned for the towel. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I dried myself with a towel off the line, so stiff it could have stood up in a breeze. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t guess you’ve got a towel in that enormous bag you carry around.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But blessedly, a bag of flour in Des Moines appeared to be a fine substitute for a beach towel in Waikiki. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She gave the tub a rinse, dried her hands, spread the towel on the rack, and left the bathroom. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I let go of the towel pillowed under my head, and my arm drifted off the bench to float weightless in midair. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z At the end of it all, a basin, a sponge and a small clean towel were produced by the Headmaster, and the victim was told to wash away the blood before pulling up his trousers. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She gives me a wet towel to scrub myself as she lifts me with the pole. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Shadow took a towel and cleaned off the inside of the tub with it, then ran a bath. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Maybe I can get some paper towels and spray from a janitor. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Axel catches Emmett out of the corner of his eye, waving a dish towel in his direction. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He had a white motel towel wrapped around his waist, but was otherwise naked. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Levi comes back with a roll of paper towels to mop up the mess. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She wiped her hands on a dish towel. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She hung a thick toweling robe on the edge of the screen. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The two worked side by side, with Tad wetting the paper towels and Rashid shoving them under the door until the smoke coming in was less noticeable. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Back at the sink, she wiped her wet face with a paper towel. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I followed her and she beat me, but she did not use the wet towel; Grandpa had forbade that. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z DeVante presses the towel against his nose and looks at the blood staining it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Then she rubbed a clump of paper towels on her head. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z On a patio beside the pool were a dozen teak lounge chairs, each with a white towel laid out atop the cushions. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Sandi and Mrs. Fanning found themselves in a pretty little parlor with a couch and lamps and a stack of perfumed towels. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And the stores are smaller with less flashy signs, and all of them have stands outside selling beach towels and sunscreen and Styrofoam coolers. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She walked into the bathroom, then reached up to a shelf above the shower stall and got me a full-sized towel. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Abbey got some ice cubes from the refrigerator and wrapped them in a dish towel, which Shelly gingerly positioned across her brow. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The doctor rinsed his hands and dried them on a towel. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She’s touched, because Sierra has changed her profile picture to an image of her and Annabelle at Green Lake, sitting on their beach towels. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Fluffy towels and water beds with feather pillows. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I wipe the paper towel ball along my neck. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Christina throws away the dirty paper towels and gets me new ones. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But when Macduff comes in at the end and tosses down the cabbage in the tea towel, it doesn’t hit once and lie still. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He cut the tape around my wrists and ankles, moved me into his office, and gave me a towel, but he refused to let me go home. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When he’s done, he wraps himself in a towel and climbs into the chair beside her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Lupita crumpled the paper towel and threw it into the big metal basket. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Spike hops out of bed, blond hair pointing in a million directions, throws a towel over her shoulders, and heads off to the bathroom in nothing but her boxers and a tank top. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He didn’t see the towel around my jaw or notice my swollen face. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She washes the big pots and pans while I take them from her to dry them with a towel and put them down on the counter. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z As he dried with a towel, she put before him a steaming bowl of daal and a plate of fluffy white rice. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Then she pushed the bag back as far as she could on the highest shelf in the closet, behind the towels and a humidifier. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I turned and walked back to where my bike and beach towel lay. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I handed her the towel, and she dipped it in the running water and ran it over her face. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It was a warm paper towel, all bundled up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She sets her half-eaten slice down on a paper towel and selects a cue stick from the rack. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I saw,” Newt said, pulling the towel away to look at it; he grimaced and put it back. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She rinsed her hair quickly, then stood up, covering herself with a towel while she got dressed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He held aloft the scrawny red body so raw and naked and cut the cord with kitchen shears and wrapped his son in a towel. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She stomped back toward the house, and I sat there for a few torturous minutes with one hand pressing the towel against my nose and breathed deeply through my mouth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I don't mind reusing a towel, but if they're charging that much for a hotel, I want my sheets changed every day. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And—oh my God—she had a stainless-steel basin of warm damp towels with her! Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I wrap myself in a towel and write Just be careful across the fogged-up mirror. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Naomi stood a few feet away from him at the sink, dish towel in hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It's a ceramic floor in an old Victorian kitchen in Chicago in February, and I'm sitting on an oak chair wearing a damp towel. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached for the towel and wrapped it around myself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I wrap my towel around my waist and sit, stand, sit, stand, sit on the end of a chair. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He was then given two sets of clothes and a towel. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Beach towels are strewn across the lumpy seashore, striped umbrellas and plastic pails anchored beside them. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He watched a bunch of kids in swimsuits and towels head into a building that had steam coming out of a row of chimneys. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The unmade bed, the mess of discarded clothes, a towel on the floor, the room’s equatorial warmth were disablingly sensual. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He got up and put paper towels behind her head but couldn't stop the bleeding. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The taxi driver comes out of the shower, wet, with a towel wrapped about his mid-section. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She was smiling, but Rishi could tell by the way her hands were fidgeting with the wet paper towel that she was worked up. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Harry lay curled up in the towel, still and quiet as the sunlight falling on the bed. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Sohrab couldn’t tell I was blushing all over as I pulled off my own sticky shirt, wrapped the towel around my waist, and pulled my borrowed shorts and not-borrowed boxers out from underneath. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z In the hall, I meet Ellis wrapped in a towel. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Mother was sunbathing on a towel which had red and purple stripes and she was reading a book by Georgette Heyer called The Masqueraders. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Wilson came back into the dining room, dabbing at his shirt with a damp towel. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked up a sponge and gave me a diy towel. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z So Jeffrey pushed my hand with the towel out of the way. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z More interesting was when he finally removed the towel and gauze and attempted the first stitch. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I dry off and wrap myself in a towel. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He retrieved it and set it up again, dried the interior with towels, and then went inside the house to look for ballast. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I swallowed and looked for a dry spot on my towel. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z We squabble in whispers and monosyllables about whose turn it is to wash: drying with a clammy tea towel isn’t as good as washing, which warms up your hands. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he dried himself with an imaginary towel. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I order inner tubes, sunglasses, and beach towels for summer. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I had been wrapping our spices in a thin towel and crushing them with a rock. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Henry ducked down and splashed a little water on his face then rubbed himself dry with a dish towel. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She looks down at the neat stack of towels. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z As we pushed on the door to go inside, something caught: A towel was stuffed into the crack along the floor. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z After a moment Tom got up and began wrapping the unopened bottle of whiskey in the towel. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He knew he couldn’t overpower Woody, so he told him that he needed to change the paper towel stanching his wound. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He dabs his forehead with the towel that was his only purchase. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Wraithlike in a toweled robe, her hair wet from the shower. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Lauren had a towel pressed against her head, trying to mop up the blood. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He got up, wrapped himself in a towel, and went over to the bed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t say anything, just put the towel down on her bed and climbed up and sat down cross-legged beside it, dropping her shoes neatly to the floor. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He washed as best he could and then dried himself on the tea towels that hung on a line by the stove. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After finishing the dishes, they leaned against the counter, drying their hands on either end of a towel. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The towel slips from my hand and the air is cold on my naked body, making the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Sammy got down some old towels and ripped them into cloths. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie replaced the paper towels with the cloth towel and panicked all over again when he saw how much blood there was. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He walked to the edge of the pool and contemplated a sodden red towel left near the diving board. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I scribbled their names on a scrap of paper towel. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Frank went back to toweling and fussing over them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z From a local tourist shop, he had bought three sets of fresh clothes, some towels, some soap, some bottled water, and, yes, a huge box of wet wipes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And then I realize his towel is lying on the floor and he’s naked. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My father was a strong dude before he decided to throw in the towel and become obese, three manicottis shy of a life-ending coronary. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z El unwinds the towel from her waist and rushes off to the pool. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When the phone rings again, Annabelle answers, cringing as if the despicable creature is wadded up in a paper towel in her own hand. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He unrolled the bottle of whiskey from the towel and put it on the table. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z All those pretty things I’d made—monogrammed towels, a tablecloth and matching napkins—it just didn’t seem right to be getting married without them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She boils water on the stove and spends a day at a great tin tub washing our shirts and socks, diapers for the twins, our two sheets, our three towels. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The man laid down the duffle bag at Johnson’s feet, unzipped it, and pulled out a wad of bath towels wrapped around something. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I got him another paper towel, but he just held it in his hand. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He broke the strips of towel that kept the body tied to the windsurf board. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Long white linen curtains hung at the windows; a large pile of fluffy white towels sat in a corner, and there was a single golden- framed painting on the wall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Soon the Frog was covered with cloth, cushions, drying sails, ropes, rags, and towels tied into all the lines that supported the mast—the shrouds and stays—and along the handrails. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When I get back to Dana’s room, I let the towel drop and leave it there, then put on whatever clothes are nearest. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He wiped his face with a paper towel. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she was given a “spinal wash,” in which a cold, wet towel was rubbed up and down the length of her spine. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I dried him with a fluffy towel and wrapped him tightly. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Some nights, the heat lay thick like a towel. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Not even a towel to wrap around me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was warm in the office, so I unwrapped his towel and put him under my shirt so he could grip me directly, skin on skin. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I followed her into the kitchen, where a man stood at the stove with a dish towel over one shoulder, flipping pancakes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We left through the gate, our towels still around our necks. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The N and the Z. I found the I, L, and A. I polished those with the dish towel. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mother was hysterical about it, especially one day when she rang the doorbell and he answered in a bath towel,” Weisberg says. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately, Roza wrapped his finger in a dish towel and elevated his arm. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When Adam finally got up from the ground and moved, bent over, into the kitchen, he found a basin of hot water standing ready for him and a clean towel beside it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I noted as another example of gallows humor that Billie had put out black guest towels and a washcloth for me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t say a word to anyone, just put my towel down next to Judy and waved to Little Jimmy and walked over to the five-meter platform dive and started to climb. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After everyone was finished, Maribel hurried into the kitchen, where her buñuelos waited on an oval platter covered by a dish towel. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Dammit!” she shouted, jumping up and grabbing a towel off the sink. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Tad asked, handing one of the wet paper towels to Rashid. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Soon a light rain begins to fall, and Mrs. Fiester yells, “Oh no! Girls! Please run down to the beach and collect my towels.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Freddie glared at me across the room, but I ignored him, wrapped a towel around my waist, and walked over to the showers. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z On the towel rack hung an ugly beige bra. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Mami wrapped me in a towel and lifted me out of the tub with a groan. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Turner looked around and found a dish towel. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She thought the yellow soap was too biting, so she brought along a cake of Sweetheart Soap and a big old bath towel to dry him with. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. He said that the heart wrings itself out. It twists in two different directions, like you’d do to squeeze the water out of a wet towel.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z And a roll of paper towels for my sweat. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He puts his thin cotton towel under her, she lies at the bottom of his boat with his silver haul of small fish. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can we get you a towel or something?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘Lie down, Ellis,’ the doctor said, and even as he spoke, he bounced up from the end of the bed like a jack-in-the-box and flung the outspread towel straight into Ellis’s face. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The twins were curled up on the double bed on towels spread over a spare sheet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The next day, just as soon as his grandfather drives out of sight, Boy21 reaches into his over-the-shoulder bag and pulls out a brown robe made from bath towels safety-pinned together. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And another had a towel and a flag emblazoned with the mojo rallying cry. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I was given a washcloth and towel, extra underwear and socks, and was assigned to D-10. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Get your towels ready, little birdies, it’s almost bathing time.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lazy butt, isn’t that what paper towels are for?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Oliver mopped up the spill with paper towels and mourned the ruined, soggy pastries. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Still, he said, his high school guidance counselors had “thrown in the towel” on him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Then the scratchy towels and the dreadful and humiliating absence of dirt. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad wipes his wet hands off on a dish towel. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Surreptitiously, I applied a fresh section of white towel to my wound, thinking that as soon as the bleeding stopped, I would take the late trolley back to the asylum. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I don’t take my eyes from his perfectly square towels. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z When I start shivering, I step out of the water, grab my towel, and sit on our beach so I can warm up in the sun. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She pulled May’s head to her so it rested against her shoulder for a minute, and then she lifted her sister’s face and pressed the towel to May’s forehead and temples and along her neck. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Come dry," she says to Helmuth, pressing a dish towel into his hand. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Barbed wire edges this barren, infinite wilderness, just a line of stitching along a gray tea towel. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My pillow smells lemony the same as my towel did. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “All right—I’m sorry, I’m coming now,” and I made a pretence of turning on the tap, of bustling about and folding a towel on a rail. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa was sitting on the side of the bed in his nightshirt, holding a pack of steaming hot towels to his knee. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z As he paces, he mops copious quantities of sweat from his balding head with a large white towel. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z 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 Ivory lies on the floor with a towel over his head, utterly exhausted from perhaps the most inspired thirty minutes of his life. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mack came back dabbing at his mouth with wet towelling. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Miles went ahead to the pool while I searched the storage rooms behind the gym for extra towels for the swimmers. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Today it’s a sponge, a washcloth, and a towel. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Grandma led me into the bathroom and watched as I washed my hands, then directed me to dry them on the rose-colored towel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I dry my face and make sure the paper towel bits aren’t stuck on my skin. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He wiggles his feet out from beneath the towel. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The eyeliner streaks are damp enough that a paper towel wipes them away. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Olly misinterprets my shiver and steps close to me to add his towel to my shoulders. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I must have water here for him, the boy thought, and soap and a good towel. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Solos and clansmen alike were ready to throw in the towel. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She washes her hands at the kitchen sink, wipes a towel across her neck. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The fresh towels ready for spoilage, the wastebaskets gaping their invitations, beckoning in the careless junk. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I wipe my sweaty face with a towel and force myself to return my grandmother's proud smile. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But our mother looks out the window and sees us, and the snow, and makes us come inside and dry our feet off with the skimpy towels. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Alisha was ready to throw in the towel, but Bonnie wanted to go for high tea at the Plaza Hotel. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She replaced the sterile towel, fixed the gauze and retied the bows. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then he pulled the bloody paper towel away from his face and wadded it into a hard ball. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She used towels to pull out the loaves and left them to cool on the table. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He never used a comb, but always just dried his hair furiously with a towel until it seemed to all fall down in the right places. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He leaves the letter on the bed, grabs his towel from the hook by the bed, and heads down the hall to the bathroom. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Then briskly she flapped a wet towel over her arm. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Back at the bridge, I wrung out our wet clothes and towels, and weighted them down with stones to dry in the sun. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Sit here, Mother. There! I guess the shock of taking a rest kind of threw you. Here! I know it’s a dish towel. They say that Billy Sunday drives the Devil all over the stage.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She wiped her hands on a kitchen towel. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I ripped off the wrapping paper and inside a box were a set of three cotton dish towels hand- stitched with my name on them. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She unfastened the brooch, took off her shawl, and toweled her dripping face. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A wealthy family may only further blur the picture by shopping for wine at Costco and bath towels at Target, which for years has stocked its shelves with high-quality goods. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And I got out of the bath and dried myself with the purple towel. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I find aspirin and store-bought toothpaste in the medicine cabinet and clean towels in the hall closet. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “As we approached,” reported Pash, “pillowcases, sheets, towels and other white articles attached to flagpoles, broomsticks and window shutters flew the message of surrender.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z With the dish towel still clutched in her hand she pressed it against my forehead. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Momma swipes at her with a dish towel, and that makes Hana laugh, and I feel a little bit better. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He dug around in the backseat and retrieved a towel for me to sit on, and one of his track jerseys to wear. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Well, you’ll get the hang of it eventually,” he said, patting her cheeks dry with a tea towel. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Mom picked up the dish towel and we went to work. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My father replaced the towel under the door, and we made our way down the dark corridor to the ovens. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z They had seen a black towel hanging out of a window of La Victoria! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma was carrying a piece of paper towel, a jar of Vaseline and a Band-Aid in one hand and a fresh, dry book of matches in the other. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned back to the sink and hung the towel to dry, and Pearl realized she’d gone about this all wrong. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She dried a jar with a towel and set it on the table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z From our bundle, I grabbed a change of clothes and our toiletries, towels, and water bottle. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She turned and marched inside the bathhouse where I had retreated, sending naked miners scrambling for towels. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She put all the dirty towels in a pile beside the bed and said, “Now you look perfectly handsome again. There’s no concussion, so you won’t have to stay here tonight....” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Winky was twisting the hem of her tea towel so violently that it was fraying beneath her fingers. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I ready to put a towel on her eggs to keep them warm, when Mama Duck come flying home. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Clenching clothespins between her teeth, she folded towels, pants, and work shirts before dropping them into the wicker basket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We watched, amazed, as he wrapped the small body in a paper towel and marched it straight out the door. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The men played cards on a towel, undershirt, or blanket, and Nurse Duckett mixed the extra deck of cards, sitting with her back resting against a sand dune. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z All I could do was scrub out as much pus as I could with the ocean water and use the same filthy strips of towel to cover his wounds. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered handing her a paper towel from a dispenser by the sink. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry, dear,” I said, handing him a towel that wouldn’t have dried one tenth of his abundant hair. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I wrap my towel around me, tight as I can. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I scooped up the cat puke and tossed the bunched-up paper towel into the garbage. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Pulled a match- book from the pocket of my jeans and lit my paper towel roll. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Hugh's family was hobnobbing with chiefs and sultans while I ate hush puppies at the Sanitary Fish Market in Morehead City, a beach towel wrapped like a hijab around my head. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Lots of hills. You got a towel or something?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Monroe bent down to take the towel from Chester. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Granny wilted, half turned, flung the towel to the floor, then burst into tears. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I brought a towel and he wiped the bottle dry and held it up. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Ted was good enough to hand me a fresh towel before opening the back door and instructing me to lie down. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He scoops up a tiny white dog, drapes it across his arm like a tennis towel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Ma went to the sink for water and a towel. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Then he found a pile of new towels and carried them through to the broken window, where he leaned out and mopped the inside of the canoe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z We passed all kinds of tame animals, A sea turtle napped in a stack of beach towels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z So I panic, and I wrap the towel around my waist, and I go to tell my mom and dad. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t just swim out,” I said softly, pulling on a pair of jean shorts beneath my towel. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Wicker chairs surrounded the sides, and each had a freshly folded towel waiting. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She wiped his sweating face with a damp towel and waited. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Don’t forget our towels. Don’t forget our bag.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I prop Miss Celia’s head on a towel, take off my shoes so I don’t track the blood over the house, and run for the door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A shorter woman threw a dish towel on the counter and walked over to him, smiling. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then she wrapped the towel around her torso, up by her armpits the way girls do, and ran a small black comb through her hair. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z His letters always begin without greeting and end without signature, as if they’re part of one single letter, unrolling through time like an endless paper towel. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His voice is muffled by the paper towels. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She dashed back over to the sink and wet a towel with cool water, wrung it out, and then wrapped her arm in it before sitting back down. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Am I supposed to understand how a towel feels about being left on a bench? Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Every month, she puts another bottle in her pocket while the lady is getting the warm towel for her hands. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Soggy wads of toilet paper and crumpled hand towels are drifting across the floor like lumpy jellyfish. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “It’s no trouble,” Ash said, and turned to look for a kitchen towel, only to find the huntress holding one out for her, a slight smile on her face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He emerged moments later, and walked into Colin's room, towel around his sizable waist. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z She had on a soft, rose-colored shirt, and a clean diaper made from the same material as Gregor’s bath towel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z If he lined it with towels, she might stay dry as he pulled her down the drain. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Carefully, I open the door to the janitor’s closet, grabbing the paper towels from a packed shelf of cleaning supplies and trying not to wake her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z You can wash oil off your face and fold paper towels into triangles. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Good effort,” she said, handing me a towel. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Mai gave her a cold, wet towel to hold to her face. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She gave him a towel and pillowcase decorated with the insignia of Mojo and Texas. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Miep immediately picked him up, rolled him in a towel, tucked him in her shopping bag and brought him to the dog-and-cat clinic. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Then there were bloody towels upon the bathroom floor, and women's voices scolding, and high over the confusion a long broken wail of pain. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Miss Love set the tray on a towel on the bed so Grandpa could eat laying on his side. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I grab the kitchen phone, and then I grab a paper towel to wipe the strawberry jelly off it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She tucked her towel under one arm and gave me a flat smile. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Again she charged me and I dodged, just missing the stinging swish of the wet towel, and scooted into the room where my brother stood. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In the plate-glass windows there are heaps of bath towels, overstuffed sofas and chairs, sheets in modern prints. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a pile of dirty towels in a corner. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But he soon noticed that practically everyone on board was “souvenir collecting,” pocketing towels, ashtrays, and anything else they could easily lift. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I went over to my cubbies and pulled out some clean clothes and a towel and disappeared down the hall for the showers. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She didn’t catch sight of Headmaster hurrying Neel along the path, but Rupa’s head swiveled, her mouth fell open, and she dropped the towel she was wringing. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z A traveler from Germany recalled that simply by turning an electric dial on the wall by his bed, he could request towels, stationery, ice water, newspapers, whiskey, or a shoe shine. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He had a filthy towel tied under his jaw as if he suffered from toothache and even by their new world standards he smelled terrible. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Weston stepped out, towel in hand, face red and angry, “What are you talking about?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He frantically searched for the cloth kitchen towel because he thought that would work better and found it wrapped around a pot on the stove. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She had a beach towel wrapped around her legs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The three of us turn to stare at her, and Dad lets his dish towel fall to the ground. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Fetch some water and some towels and a clean nightshirt,” Miss Maggie said, without taking her eyes off the sailor’s face. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Wrapped in a towel, I crossed back to my room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I drag the paper towel down my face. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z She rests the spoon on a piece of paper towel. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Kelly wrapped a towel around her head and took a broom with her upstairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Styx was waiting for us at his office with three towels. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He emptied it onto the desk and quickly sorted through it: a few clothes, a woolen sweater I had just finished knitting, toothpaste, soap, a towel, and a jar of Grandma’s fresh beef chili sauce. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s wearing a greasy apron, waves a tea towel. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I yank the towel from around my waist and throw it onto the table. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon the beach Cullen was patrolling would be crowded with vacationers staking their claims on the sand with colorful towels and umbrellas. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I hung the dish towel on its hook and headed down the Path to Perdition. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Before long, we're washing our breakfast dishes and leaving them on a dish towel to dry. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z If only we hadn’t seen kids going down there with towels around their necks and thongs flip-flopping on their feet. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z After putting my wet hair in a towel turban, I crawl into bed. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I pictured Lelia coming out of the shower in Molly’s apartment, walking in front of the windows in a towel. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to the towel, the meticulous Nye listed in his notebook: “One dirty pillow, ‘Souvenir of Honolulu’; one pink baby blanket; one pair khaki trousers; one aluminum pan with pancake turner.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He bowed and faced the wall until she had washed in the chipped basin, dried herself on the thin towel, and undressed and got into bed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Then the pictures of towels on benches, deserted cars, and lost jackets. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Rashid reached for a bottle of water and poured a little on a paper towel. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I was very careful with the bottle, to wipe down the tip with a wet paper towel when I was done and screw the lid on tight so no glue dried up. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z When the doorbell rang that evening as she climbed out of the bathtub, she went to the door wrapped in a towel. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They can add more and more, stuff the pages of their scrapbooks with dining room suites, beds, stacks of towels, one set of dishes after another, and think nothing of it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she pressed the towel to my face again. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She took the mirror from him and wiped it dry with her towel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They rode wearing their uniforms, their helmets in their laps, each boy carrying his own towel. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In the light that streamed in a square block from the hole he wrung a small towel from the steaming water and he scrubbed his dark slender body vigorously. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “You ate too much,” she said, mopping his forehead with a wet paper towel she’d gotten from the dorm bathroom. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And, of course, Callie is using my dress as a beach towel so that her precious skin doesn’t touch the hot plastic seat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Her hair was wrapped in a thick white towel. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She went to a flour mill for flour sacks, bleached them, and made them into dish towels that she sold around town. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Jorge propped the cane against a bed and wiped his face with a towel. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy kissed her neck and she squirmed, shooing him away with a dish towel and a grin. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He drained away the filthy water he sat in and laved fresh warm water over him from the pan and wrapped him shivering in a towel and wrapped him again in a blanket. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I think I am— I mean, I see the mirror, I see my towel wave through the air, I see the shower curtain jump when I punch at it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned that in the truck parks there are showers and soap and towels—that I could park and sleep the night if I wished. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Putting a towel over his shoulders, Seth stepped into his sandals. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She then collected her tennis things—racket, hand towel, and sun hat—and followed Selena. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z "Starry found me," I answer, reaching quickly for a dry towel to fold. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z So we wrapped Harry in an old towel and put him in a shoe-box. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z A small knot of students had gathered around Zac and Mr. Baker, offering ice and towels. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He remembered how Carl looked sitting beside him with his gym towel draped around his thick German neck, glaring out the window at the fields. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I turn, ready to bolt out of the front door to chase her down the street, but Tom’s standing there in the doorway, Evie wrapped in a towel in his arms. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she went to the supply closet to get paper towels because Carter Harrison got frosting in his hair. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A young woman held a bloody towel over her hand; an older woman sat beside to her, flipping through a magazine. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z After a minute, Celeste took the paper towel Tab held out and blotted her face with it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The master bathroom is covered with piles of wet clothes and towels. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She used her foot to move the towel around, sopping up as much water as she could. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I retrieved my towel from the hook on the wall and tried to dry off in the humid air. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and turn so she can grab the towel from my hands. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Goddard wrapped a large towel around the High Blade, uncharacteristically sheepish. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They threw the pads in the trash and pushed them under some wet paper towels so that nobody would find them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Trash bagged, cleaning done—he had even wiped the small countertop next to the sink with a towel dampened in salt water—there wasn’t a single thing left to do. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Castro was drying her hands on a bright blue towel. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He got him a towel and a cake of soap, told him to take off his rags, and pointed the way to the showers. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I folded napkins from paper towels and put one at each setting. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I spread out my towel near the swings and settled down with my script. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She stanched the bleeding with wadded paper towels, then pulled out alcohol wipes and a pack of butterfly closures. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I set the table with paper plates, folded paper towels, plastic cups, and metal utensils. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z When I pull into El’s driveway, I find her sitting on her porch in her bikini with a towel wrapped around her waist. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He has a towel around his neck, his suntanned chest is bare. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Dad had taken one of our giant towels and set it over the thing. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She dropped the towel on the floor, opened the bathroom door, and took one step into the bedroom. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “My mother taught me the words sheet and towel and soap, señor,” Lupita volunteered. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z SanJuanna brought me a pitcher of cool water and a fresh towel. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I wrapped a yellow beach towel around my shivering body and sank into a patio chair. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Oh my goodness!” cried Mom as she looked around for paper towels. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She undid the towel and draped it over a chair, allowing her hair, damp and dark, to fall across her back. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Only a towel, clutched not quite adequately around his waist, preserved his hefty modesty. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The room was a mess, all their hand-me-down clothes and toys and towels slung over the backs of chairs and piled on the desk. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I take, a quick shower and towel dry my hair before twisting it into a sloppy bun. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Watkyn, a towel. This water’s growing cool, and my toes have wrinkled up like raisins. No, not that towel, the soft one.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Instead, I cleaned off my shoes with the towel Coach Fortes found me, got dressed, and headed to geometry. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z A roll of brown paper towels stood in the center of every table, along with various bottles of hot sauce. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z In the bathroom, Kim throws soap, shampoo, towels, and other assorted items into a pillowcase. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Colonel stuffed a towel under the door, lit a cigarette, and said, “Fair enough, kids. We’ll work on a need-to-know basis.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She lifted the wet towel and struck me again with such force that I dropped to my knees. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sheets and towels were provided, but keeping them clean was my own responsibility. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I trudge to the bathroom and do what Mama says: swish water in my mouth and wash my face with a cold paper towel. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She had drawn her lips in while she smoothed and smoothed the folded towel. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z When I’m done, she just walks over and hands me a paper towel from the roll on the shelf. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z 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 Coach cleaned his hands on the towel that seemed to live around his neck, then raised his voice. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I could only hope the stewardess in charge of feeding and toweling me off would be, well...five out of five steaming bowls of chowder on the Ryan Dean West In-Flight-Entertainment-Things-You-Don’t-Mind-Burning-Your-Tongue-On Heat Index. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Victor sighed and pulled away the towel, which kept out the cold. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He got up and took the muddy towel from me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I pull the kitchen towel in different directions so it covers my entire dress, and slowly lick that Madagascar Vanilla Bean yumminess. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Mack was in the toilet cleaning his bloody face with wet paper towels. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Eliza scowled and waved a towel at the flies buzzing above the bowl. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With trembling fingers, I passed Robin’s faded pink Hello Kitty towel to Crenshaw. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “You better get back to class,” she said, and handed me a paper towel. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When he’d toweled off and turned around again, he seemed to have decided it was a lot less trouble to trust me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z ‘You had the wind in your face,’ a Sixth Borough councilman suggested, offering a towel for the jumper’s foot. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She let the curtain fall back in place and walked to the kitchen, wiping her hands on the dish towel slung over her shoulder. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She is carrying two towels: one white, one gray, both frayed at the edges. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Nobody wanted to go home for suits and towels. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z She unwrapped him, laid him on the tickling towel, powdered him between his legs, joked with him, patted his little jelly belly. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We had just arrived at the hotel and I went to take a shower, but I couldn’t find any full-sized towels in the bathroom. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Velutha dipped a thin cotton towel in an earthen pot of water. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She pictured herself handing him a towel as he shaved, telling him when he nicked himself. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I pulled a tea towel from the drawer next to the stove, then grabbed the ceramic rice platter and dried it off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Calpurnia nearly took the skin off her with the rough towel, and commanded her to raise her hands above her head. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The towels are skimpy and thin, the sheets have worn places in the middles, rubbed there by other people’s bodies. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he walked to the sink and washed his hands and dried them on the roller towel. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z She presses the towel hard against her eyes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Give me the tape and the paper towels and a sec to get ready.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Carlos gets a couple of towels, and we do our best to dry off the dogs before dropping them off to their apartments. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z 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 I hand out small reusable towels, which we soak with water to wipe our hands and faces clean. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She dried her hands on a bright green dish towel. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The Walasi-Yi, we discovered, provided other services to bona fide hikers for a small fee—laundry center, showers, towel rental—and we greedily availed ourselves of all those. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Then he wrapped a towel around his waist and went into the bedroom next door. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z They brought so much snow into the store on their boots that one of the box boys, Earl Camp, stayed busy all afternoon with a mop and a towel, cleaning up after them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Pendanski left the tent, and soon the other boys began to file out as well, taking their towels and change of clothes with them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Genie, she gave me her phone number, man. Wrote it on a paper towel and told me not to lose it, but it don’t matter if I lose it, because I already memorized it.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He grabbed the towel and scrubbed his hair and neck, then rinsed the towel over the side. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Every morning my father trudged up a flight of stairs to the communal shower in nothing but a small white towel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Soon we were smacking each other with more than just pillows: the stuffed animals on Ximena’s bed, towels, our rolled-up clothes. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Cade and Monica looked up at me as I stood at the top of the stairs, naked except for a damp bath towel wrapped around my hips. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Still only half awake, I go into the bathroom and, by force of habit, turn on the shower, then realize I forgot to get a towel. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She looked at the towel I held, formerly solid yellow now with faded green splotches. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He does that razor shave stuff with the cream and the towels. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z We folded our clothes and returned the towels to the closet. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Somebody saw him staring at it and gave an order, and the arm was scooped up inside a towel and dumped into a canvas bin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Daddy grabs a towel from the sink and wipes his pants and shirt. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Abuela sewed white towels together so he could wrap himself around his middle. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I dried myself with a scrap of towel and looked in the cracked mirror at the back door. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Hyacinth wrapped Franz in a fluffy towel, then braced herself and knocked on the bathroom door three times. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “All the bathrooms ran out of toilet paper and paper towels, real quick.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I even had maid service—didn't have to make a bed or pick a wet towel off the floor for half a year. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She kissed me, brushed my tears with her fingertips, and dried my nose with the towel, or the hem of her dress. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I was drying my hair, the towel draped over my head, and didn’t hear their footsteps. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He rigged the towel to the boom to act as a sunshade and brought a bunk cushion up. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I put a towel over Bertha’s sewing machine and hung my backpack on the hook on the closet door. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Let’s just drop this for a while,” he said, and tossed the face towel over onto the radiator; it landed on the title page of the Rick-Tina manuscript. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z My mother picked up the wet towel and came toward me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I was forced to wait in the back of an ambulance with a towel that smelled like bleach around me as a team pulled their car out of the river. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He helps his mother to bathe her, fetching the towel and the shampoo. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Wrapped in a fluffy white towel, I examine myself in the mirror. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The mess was still there—baby toys and clothes, towels, Layla’s lacrosse stuff, a bag of bread, and a jar of peanut butter on top of the minifridge—but her family was nowhere in sight. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Why he got to shut up?” my pops asked, coming into the room wiping his hands on a paper towel. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The boys were on the floor with the blankets, using extra towels stolen from a cleaning cart as pillows. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 He gathered up a baby bottle arid a towel to cover Sekai. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll beat you both,” Vonetta said, and just dashed her hands on top of ours in the sink, wiped them on the towel, and ran. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Soak the linen cupboards, the towels, the floors, the books, and the beds. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Well, he was. To keep him warm they had to put him in a pasteboard box with hot water bottles wrapped in towels all around him.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Before he could answer, she ran to get towels. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We got out of the pool and dried off with towels. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I must have washed my hair fifty times in ten days, and used a clean towel each and every time! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The man on the floor handed up his towel for me to dry my hands. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to the kitchen and came back with water, a soapy dishrag, and a towel. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I wiped my hands off on a towel and grabbed my phone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I caught the towel he threw to me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then I wiped the soles dry with a paper towel and put my sneakers back on. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The tortillas are still warm In a dish towel, Warm as gloves just Taken off, finger by finger. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He wraps her in the bath towel and holds her against his body. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Then Prim gets a towel and dries my hair, combing out the knots, while my mother coaxes tea and toast into me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I dried my hands against a towel and hurried upstairs. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The towels lay crumpled on the bathroom floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Her mother came at me with a folded wet towel. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z A white towel, wet with blood, had been wrapped around his head. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I pull a paper towel from the dispenser. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I asked if I could borrow Irwin's towel and packed it between my thighs as a bandage. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Aureliano saw her go by his room with a robe of soft folds and a towel wrapped around her head like a turban. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Entering the state of Ihram, we took off our clothes and put on two white towels. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z So the TV was the same old model, the car that Charlotte drove was the same old model, the dishes and the silverware and the towels—all the same. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z No zinc tub, no buckets of stove-heated water, no flaky, stiff, grayish towels washed in a kitchen sink, dried in a dusty backyard, no tangled black puffs of rough wool to comb. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He looped his own towel around my waist and drew me to his side. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I shut off the water, toweling hastily, rushing again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When we were bathed, our mama wrapped us in towels, led us into the sleeping room, and presented each of us with clean, sweet-smelling clothes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Their hair was still wrapped in thick towels, and they were wearing their long shirts from home. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I scrubbed the grass off my shins, rinsed off at warp 9, then grabbed my borrowed towel and slunk out of the shower. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Mrs. Moss made the boys sit on their towels. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z With that cheerful remark, she went upstairs to count sheets and towels in the linen room. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Stuff came falling onto the back steps: socks, shirts, jocks, towels, candy wrappers, pizza crusts, Cheerios, mouse... Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Jackie first, my sister says, our freshly washed hair damp and spiraling over toweled shoulders and pale cotton nightgowns. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” she said, and I came in, wet and sandy and wearing only a towel and soaking boxers. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Still, fighting is not gonna solve anything,” Chantal says as she wraps a bag of frozen broccoli in paper towels for me to put on my forehead. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He moved his fists as if twisting a wet towel. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z She was very gentle with us and did not notice a badly washed dinner plate that left a greasy stain on the dish towel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He unrolled the towel he had used over his eyes, spread it out on the sand, and then laid the folded robe on top of it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “And we didn’t bring towels or anything. Next time.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She wrapped it up in a hotel towel that she was also swiping. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Every three or four days, she was packed in a damp towel. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone saw him wrapping up an alarm clock in a towel and burying it in the straw of a filly’s stall, letting her get used to the ticking. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He stumbled to the bathroom and found a towel, which he pressed against the gash he had opened on the side of his head. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu served her drink last and wasted long minutes drying his hands on a dish towel before he opened the door to let her in. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But there’s a sponge for soaping, a washcloth for rinsing, and a towel for drying. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She remembered her brother tearing out of a bathroom with a towel over his face shrieking, “It burns! It burns!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Guzzo jogged ahead of me, not saying a word while he washed his face and grabbed a couple paper towels. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Beloved choked on the lemonade he’d just poured for himself, and Malachite threw a tea towel at Whisper, who dodged it, still cackling. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z When I opened the bathroom door after my shower, a towel wrapped around my waist, I saw a short, muscular guy with a shock of brown hair. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z We didn’t have any towels, so we just dried ourselves with our dirty clothes as best we could. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Jam froze with her hands tangled in a towel, her heartbeat spiking to a blur. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I frown as I press a clean paper towel to my shoulder, to stop the bleeding. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She wraps a towel around the radio and lies under the bed listening to illegal stations. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The white towel, which was drawn under my chin and tied over my head, had to be arranged. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked to the back of his car, opened the trunk, and calmly pulled out a lawn chair, a towel, and a sawed-off double-barreled shotgun with both barrels taped together. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The teachers hoist me out of the pool while Julicza covers me with towels. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She took towels, wiping Liyana’s face and arms and legs very hard. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She scurries around gathering towels and flinging them over her shoulder. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Dimple was attempting to balance two water bottles and a pile of dripping paper towels when Celia ran up to her and took a few things. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The heat dried the thinner things rapidly, however, and within an hour the sails, towels, and two blankets were dry and folded and stored back in the boat in dry bags or drawers. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wet a paper towel for each of us.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In the bathroom, Kathy covered her face in a towel and bawled. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I was drying my hands on that towel in his bathroom, and it was a white towel, and then it was smeared with dirt, and I thought, ‘Good.’ A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She did this four more times, until six kittens wriggled in the towels. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z This left me with the towel and my jersey on. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You did a good job on these,” she said, wrapping the corn in a clean kitchen towel before putting it in the icebox. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There were four proper beds, with sheets, and towels, a great luxury for men who had spent much of the last eighteen years sleeping on thin mats on a stone floor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a spare sweater, a pair of jeans, a pair of socks, underwear, pyjamas, another sweatshirt and a tiny towel. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Various bottles line the counter, beside stacks of towels and bowls of mint candy. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She fusses for a bit, but makes Antwan go back to the car to get the towels she has in the trunk. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z We head on up to the top of the hill, drying ourselves with towels, and retrieve our clothes and get dressed. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Inside is a wicker basket, full of crumpled towels and bedsheets, waiting to be washed. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Soon Beowulf was out of the tub and wrapped in a thick towel, like the others. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He went and got a towel and cleaned up the floor. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I dressed in a gym sweat suit with a towel tucked around my throat, and Finny in pajamas, ski boots and his sheep-lined coat. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I licked my finger and pressed it on the paper towel to get coffee cake crumbs. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Then he puts the top of his head on my leg, his neck supported by the towel roll. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He quickly toweled off, pulled on clean clothes, and ran his fingers through his wet hair. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z He did not want her to notice the bins full of yellowed towels waiting to be washed on Monday, the graffiti on the walls, the loose tiles, and the rusty pipes that dripped continuously. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sohrab tossed the towels onto the wooden bench between us and pulled off his shirt, peeling the wet fabric away from his flat chest and stomach. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I dip my head in the sink, rinse out the conditioner I left in overnight, and ring my hair dry with a towel. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The nurse was wiping the side of his face with a towel. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Scooting downstairs in nothing but a towel seems like a very bad idea! The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I wad the wet paper towel in my hands. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z So the first time I was at their house, when I was sitting in their kitchen with my hair washed and dripping onto the towel, and Kira asked about my full name, about my family... Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Every time I washed it, I covered it with a towel while it dried in the sun. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He shows me how to use a towel to stretch and strengthen my limbs. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Javier walked out of the kitchen, a dish towel flung over his right shoulder, and Moss’s heart fluttered at the way the white undershirt clung to his chest and shoulders. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Before I could reach for a towel, my mom wiped my face with a warm cloth. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z With towels around their middles and their hair tucked up, Grandma and Mary Alice rolled out endless pastry on big breadboards. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There were a couple more stained towels from the matching set lying in a pile on the radiator cover. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z When he returned to the warm cave his father had constructed, Joe toweled his hair dry, unpacked his banjo, and pulled a chair up in front of the woodstove. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I wind my towel tightly around myself and sit down. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She spotted an empty pie plate on a red dish towel. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A professor with a head like a pink bowling ball hurried in the direction of the pool, towel under his arm. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I explored my sitting room which had a writing desk and a good lamp, and was impressed by the vastness of the bathroom with its potpourri and stacks of towels on a heated rack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He puts the towel in the basket and places it on the floor. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “I saw a towel in the cabinet,” I said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The flame came back as Shorty, with a thick towel, started drying my head, rubbing hard. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a prompt nurse, she peeled back my blood-wet clothes, drew a quick breath as she arrived at the original royal red towel, and applied a fresh bandage. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “This way, miss,” she said in a thick accent, handing me a fresh towel and leading me down the long hall. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Like a naked person with a towel over her shoulders.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Now to be fair, she wasn’t expecting me for another hour, and I suppose we all feel a bit vulnerable after a shower with just a towel on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a beach towel folded under her arm. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I nod and dry my hands on the dish towel, but even the Doctorita’s threats can’t wipe the smile off my face. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gracias, mi amor,” she said as she hung the towel over her shoulder. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She blotted them with a wet paper towel. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z My mom dried my sweaty body with a towel and she and my dad changed me into a clean T-shirt and clean underwear. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The bacon was sitting on a plate on a piece of paper towel. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A towel on my lap, he lays the packs on my right hand and wrist. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I fold over the towels to reveal his legs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I stumbled out and got a damp towel and began rubbing out the evidence of my crime. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was Cilia who thought to offer him her clean apron for a towel as he washed off the charcoal at the yard pump. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, she monogrammed guest towels and crocheted collars for her trousseau and I don’t know what all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The towel she had been using to clean my face hung limp on the guardrail, dripping water. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He slipped the towel under my heels then sat down on the end of the bed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z When her feet were clean, Hizdahr dried them with a soft towel, laced her sandals on again, and helped her stand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Panicking, Mama swats with a dish towel, a frying pan of flames. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I yank the towel off my head and swat the grass. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z She folded her towel into a wet square and moved off behind the shed in the direction of a little white house on the next lot. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Han came out quickly, wiping his hands on a towel. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He wipes his face with the threadbare motel towel and pulls on a pair of faded jeans and an army-green T-shirt. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Eventually the water gets cold, and since Eve already ignored both Zack’s and Beth’s knocks, I reluctantly drain the water and towel off. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He handed the towel back to the barber. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Just pours himself a cup of coffee, throws a couple of pieces of bacon on a paper towel, and starts to walk out of the kitchen. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Momma always kept a little towel in Joey’s last jacket’s pocket so I could make sure her face and hair were dry. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z People were lined up with their towels, socks, underwear, and any canvas bag that was supple enough to be twisted and tied. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Once Mini had finished toweling off, they looked at the path ahead of them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He gave her a shirt cardboard to measure the towels. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When he returned to the room his mother was still bent over Vera, placing a wet towel upon her head. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Not in the disarray of rumpled sheets, nor the untidiness of a kicked-off shoe or a wet towel hung over the back of a chair. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Laleh looked up at the sound of her name, and Babou gave her a handful of basil leaves from the colander, wrapped in a damp paper towel. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z As I got closer, the spot under the surface started to look like different things: a towel, maybe a scrap of a shirt, or a dress. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was propped in the chair with white pillows, yellow foam, and blue towels. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z So I rubbed my head with a towel, stopping every few minutes for a look. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Better, I think. These paper towels seem to help with his nausea.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z As she dried the limp blond hair with a towel, she leaned in close, inhaling the scent of my sister’s scalp. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We stepped around to the side entrance of Clairmont, the one that led to the mudroom filled with tennis racquets and beach towels. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She was wiping her hands on a striped dish towel. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Angela, too frightened to notice that Sydelle ran through the apartment with her crutch in the air, found her partner in the bathroom frantically tossing soiled towels from the hamper. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She head off through the sunbathers, winding through the chairs and the towels. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Bailey came in with the towels and Mr. Freeman walked out. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, "I need one Crisco, four margarines, pareve, and let’s have all your paper towels." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “That’s not what I meant,” he said, grinning, after handing the towel to Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Could I tie a towel to your knees and would you come over and mop my apartment?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Then she got some towels and washrags out of a cupboard in the hall and, carrying a lighted kerosene lamp, led us up the steep stairs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Eye signaled to the bartender, who threw down his dish towel immediately. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A lady handed him a towel, and then Naomi was there, looking sad as usual. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The dishes rested briefly on a clean flour-sack towel while I dug another out of my things. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The towels were cream-colored and textured with small squares. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When it stuck to his fingers he wiped them on the towel awning. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Now his mother wrapped him in a towel, carried him into a rosy room that was filled with sunshine. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ear laid him on the floor, and Arm wiped his face with a wet towel provided by the bartender. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I put down my towel and tried to give Mom a sideways hug, but she shook me off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He starts wiping the sweat and dirt from his chest with the bath towel, watching me think all this over. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When I was finished, he took the edge of the towel and wiped a little of the mud from my leg. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She turns her focus back to me and wipes the corner of my mouth with a soft paper towel. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She lay on her bed with a cold towel on her forehead. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The dog swallowed the bacon and the paper towel. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My mother got a pail of water and a towel and took me by the hand and led me to a smeared window. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu went back to the bathroom and dried Baby with a towel and then hugged her, blew against her neck. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And then the next day she comes and finds me and we go swimming again and talk on her towel. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I get as many paper towels as I can hold. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z His back arches, lifting his small body off the towel. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z When I did, she patted my face and neck with a white towel. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Without looking at her, and although he hadn’t quite finished his second-time-over shave, he pulled the face towel down from his shoulders and wiped the remaining lather off his face. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He runs a paper towel over his face. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They had wrapped athletic towels on their heads and wore fake beards. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I hope no one is in the dormitory to see me walking in my towel, but I can’t wear those pants. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And then Mother made me take my clothes off and get into the bath and she said I could use her towel, which was purple with green flowers on the end. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I stand on a towel while she lops off my curls with quick snaps of the shears. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I fell asleep in the backseat like I always do, my head on Via’s lap like she was my pillow, a towel wrapped around the seat belt so I wouldn’t drool all over her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Stanley put his backpack, change of clothes, and towel in what used to be Barf Bag's crate. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Sighing, Rishi got his shower caddy and towel and walked to the bathroom down the hall. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She picked up the reindeer antlers and taped a paper towel to them, arranging the items to look like a white flag waving for a truce. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Miss Love cut off most of the thick gray beard with the scissors, after which Grandpa wrapped a steaming towel around his face to soften the stubble. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She unwrapped what seemed like a hundred pieces of paper towel to reveal...a cookie. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A second later she appeared in the doorway, a dish towel in her hands. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The other maids had brought a bucket of water and towels, but they didn’t attempt to clean Matt up until Rosa gave them permission. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My underwear always came on and off beneath the shield of a towel. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Jay comes in, wiping her hands on a towel. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She looks at all the things they own: the towels and the toaster, the alarm clock and the drapes. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I realized I didn’t have a towel here and said a very bad word. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She pushes the roll of paper towels at me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Finally Momma said, “Daniel, what on earth is that towel doing in there?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Halmoni brushed his hair gently to the side as she wiped down his face with a cold wet towel. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He made sure Myrtle had her glasses well covered before hoisting himself out of the bath, wrapping the towel firmly around his waist, and going to retrieve the egg. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When I come out of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel, Finch has music playing on the old turntable. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I splashed cold water on my face and wiped myself with the towel. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She wiped her hands in a dish towel and sat down next to me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He put out a long pink tongue, rough and warm as a bath towel, and gently licked the children's cheeks. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I followed them inside and went into the kitchen for a glass of water, where I came upon Mrs. Baylor seated at the table folding towels. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I gather up my towel and goody bag, then lean forward to thank Amanda’s parents. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z They said at one point she had hoarded 39 sheets, 42 towels, 93 English muffins—and she was wearing 8 bathrobes. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The cat jumped from on top of the soups over to the paper towels. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Hélène takes me into the next room and faces away as I unwrap my towel. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I nodded and reached for the wet towel. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They went down the aisle three abreast, Donatelli and Henry moving him along with their shoulders, Bud right behind with the towels and the bucket, up the ring steps and through the ropes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I finish the silver set and the towels and tell Miss Leefolt I got to go home even though it’s half a hour early and she gone short my pay. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When I came to, there was a damp paper towel over my face. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Dad ripped a bunch of paper towels from the roll, cleaned up Penny’s mess, and wiped her nose with a wet paper towel. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Check the downstairs bathroom to make sure there are enough washcloths and towels. If there aren’t, get some from the linen closet in the hall.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z You took the dish towel hanging off the icebox handle and wiped off your sister.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the towel and covered the mouth of the bottle. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Lenny shakes his head and tosses her the roll of paper towels. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He recoiled before I could touch him, glaring at me, the towel, back at me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I wrapped the cut hand in the towel, and told him to keep it tight. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Twig stepped in, pulling a wad of paper towels and a plastic bag from the backpack and handing them to him. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As Mama bent over the wash basin on the floor to wring out a towel, Grandpa fixed his eyes on her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Marigold shrieked, covering her face with the dish towel. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Pulling off the towels, he revealed an unmarked cardboard box wound with tape. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wiped until my face was clean and the sink was dotted with little droplets of red and the garbage can was almost full of paper towels. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The palace enchanted a hand towel to wrap around her head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Her eyes landed on the red Talent bracelet around her wrist, now sticky with glue-water from its run-in with the dish towel. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Sheets and towels, some sheer curtains for the windows, a big sack of rice. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I pick the pan up with the towel, and that thing is still too hot to hold for long. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z 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 He rolled down all four windows, found a towel in the back seat, and stretched out, using his jacket for a pillow and the towel as a bandage for his face. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they'd roast themselves like weenies on their towels until they were hot and sweating again, and then they'd go right back in. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z "I will soak a towel with warm milk, and give him suck from that." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They had no beach chairs, but the guy unpacked a bag that held a cotton beach blanket, towels, magazines, and a small cooler. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Maybe even rolls of paper towels for the tournaments. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, when we went to play soccer/non-American football, I knew to pack a towel. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I slide my feet into my flip-flops and grab the first towel I see before walking off as fast as I can. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She could fold towels, Brave Orchid decided, and handkerchiefs, but there would be no clean dry clothes until afternoon. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I found my dad alone, nursing a beer at a table, so I pulled up a chair and began fabricating stories about my day while toweling off my face with napkins. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Lays him on a towel, cradles his head. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z When he returned she was standing exactly where he had left her, on the bank, looking into the water, with her towel around her shoulders. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He could smell Tuf-Skin and ankle tape, week-old perspiration, moist towels mildewing in forgotten lockers, foot powder, ammonia, and unwashed socks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother tells me this as we fold laundry, white towels separated from the colored ones. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z It was a big guy, with a towel, and he proceeded 82 to wipe them clean. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They were wetter than she was, but one of them jumped out of the pool and toweled himself off. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She put cold towels on Faye’s aching head and held her shoulders and the cup of tea for her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z You darted over and offered a small white hand towel. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Under a square of toweling, placed there to keep insects out, the basin was full of still water. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom came out of the house wrapping a quart bottle in a towel, followed by Daisy and Jordan wearing small tight hats of metallic cloth and carrying light capes over their arms. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She ran in wearing a threadbare pink towel under her armpits, dripping, vaguely panicked. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I sit on the edge of the bathtub, gazing at the blank towels. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I stuffed them into my bag, along with one of the smaller hand towels. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was the same worry Fadi had been carrying with him since Ike and Felix had caught him in the hallway and called him a towel head. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z A stone dais under one window was carved into a bowl on top, and a pitcher with a towel over it sat on the edge of the dais. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z In the locker rooms I’d been in, the white women always seemed embarrassed by their nakedness and wrapped towels around their waists before slipping off their underpants, but here most of the women were buck-naked. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z An attendant at the bottom of the hill offers us towels and Mateo wraps his around his shoulders, shivering. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I wrap my towel around me again and leave the girls’ bathroom. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Momma acted like she didn’t even notice, but without even looking at me she handed me one of the nasty, soaking-wet pieces of paper towel and kept looking at Grandma Sands. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Zola thinks about this, and then she goes away and later that day she brings to me a poppet dolly that she has made out of a dish towel and many colored ribbons. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Murphy bids me good night, she hands me a gown and undergarments, a towel and hand cloth and a brush for my teeth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z There was Chester, with Mr. Monroe’s towel draped across his back and tied under his neck like a cape. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z We lay stretched out like lazy seals on wet towels to sun ourselves on the deck while we drank Mountain Dew. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The rest of us were either putting on the silly robes and towels to make us look like shepherds, or wandering around the stage. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I leave my towel and sneakers on the sand and wade in up to my waist. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z As my dad rocked back and forth in pain, I grabbed a dish towel from under the sink. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z On it were two thin hand towels, a half bar of Ivory soap. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z On Holy Thursday, I brought my pan and towels along with the other penitents for washing the feet of the parishioners at the door of the church. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They got towels down in them black iron chairs that gets so hot. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There was an endless supply of fat towels and liquid gardenia soap. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Okay,” she said, and spread out the paper towels and sandwich on her lap. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time we actually heard that he was in the tub taking a bath, and I asked him did he need a towel and he told me, “Yes,” and I gave him a towel. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like I was lying inside a clearing in a forest of pale, hairy legs with white Burnt Mill Creek High School locker-room towels flocking their upper branches. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Tough business,” Freckles says, stepping back, wiping his hands on a bar towel tucked into his little waist; no adult man where I’m from has a waist so trim. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Jeff put his head under the faucet to rinse it, and wadded up a bunch of paper towels to wipe down his upper body. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The dentist unclipped the towel from her shoulder. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked out the window to see her climbing into the back seat of Linda Cruz's dad's station wagon—with her beach towel. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I rise and reach for a towel to smother it, when there’s a tentative knock and the bathroom door opens, revealing three familiar faces. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But often there were sheets and towels hanging to dry through the bars of windows, and this touch of domesticity always gave them hope. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She wipes it up as best she can and puts a scratchy towel over the large wet place. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I shook out my towel and carefully tucked it into the bike’s front- hanging basket. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The boy sat on the court, a towel draped over his head, while Big Dub squatted beside him. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I lifted the towel to grab one of the leftover sandwiches in the basket. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She slid out the door and came back carrying a towel. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Remember, as long as we don’t steal the towels, everything else we do is okay with the management.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z They shake out their towels, spread them on the grass. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t wait to get back and start a big bonfire,” he said as they toweled off. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Then she hands Maribel a bottle of Windex and a roll of paper towels and orders her to clean every last inch of the counter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z "Let me guess," Coach said, now flinging the towel over his shoulder. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z "A trader from Qarth once told me that dragons came from the moon," blond Doreah said as she warmed a towel over the fire. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I dip my gray hand towel into the melted ice at the bottom of the cooler and then drape it over my head. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Phil rolls up a towel and places it on the ground, snug against my thigh. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The nurse whispered to the doctor, and the doctor nodded and began unpacking the bloody toweling. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “They can do what they want to her,” Miles said one day at the end of February, after the triplets had made Celia carry all the fishy-smelling towels to the laundry without a cart. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He was naked except for a white towel wrapped around his middle. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She walked past me and flapped out her towel. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The cupboards held soft towels and sheets with a ticking stripe. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Quickly, she finished hitching up her silly tights, then swished her hands under the faucet, beginning to dry them on her dress, but remembering after an initial swipe, the towels. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He upended another boy and stuffed paper towels in his mouth. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Beezle was hardly over a hundred pounds, and his enormous, unwieldy bundle of sheets and towels had to weigh fifty or sixty pounds. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Izzi risks a glance in my direction while she folds a stack of towels. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He dragged some towels off the rack and laid them inside it, ready for her. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Some fresh towels for your bath?” he would say. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Her mom opened the closet and took out a stack of towels and a laundry basket full of socks. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Sounds good,” he said, folding the towel with which he’d dried his hair. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I take Helena to Tatarska Street next, one of us carrying a broom, the other a mop and a ruined dish towel. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The kind of women who put papers on shelves and had little towels like that instinctively distrusted and disliked Mack and the boys. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She scrubbed her body, stood with a splash, and dried off with her fuzzy blue towel. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I rubbed the towel through my hair again, and then yanked the brush through it quickly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Not now, Sisi, not now. Get me water and a towel.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In Spanish she called through the crowd: ‘Put a towel on over your shoulders.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay. I’m going to get some more paper towels and another bottle of water from the good vending machine at the end of the hall.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Jule pulled the towel tighter around herself and opened the shower door. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We sat there together on the floor, me wrapped in the towel and Kevin with his arm around me calming me just by being there. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “They asked me to help decorate,” Kristi says, “and I was hoping —” “I could help you decorate,” I say, grabbing my towel off the sand. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He calls himself a cab and goes to the basement one last time to throw away the towel he’d used to dry off, the gray push-button phone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Rishi speed walked over to where his phone was charging—as much as one could speed walk in a towel, anyway—and checked the phone. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I look at my chalky face under my ridiculously crooked bangs in the mirror, then grab a handful of paper towels, soak them in water, and begin to scrub. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Their room was a pitiful mess of clothes, wet towels, orange peel, torn-up pieces of a comic arranged around a sheet of paper, upended chairs partly covered by blankets and the mattresses at a slew. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The humidity mounted an assault even at nine-twenty in the morning—like a hot, wet towel wrapped around his face. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Naomi pressed a towel into her mother’s hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He washed his hands and face and towelled himself dry, making little sound. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was clean, the slaves helped her from the water and toweled her diy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I can already tell that I’m going to have to carry around a towel to protect myself. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I put the towel back around my shoulders and Irene came over to me, both of us watching the mom load swim-lesson kid into their minivan. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I told Noodles to get a wet towel so we could wipe the blood off Needles and I could see where the damage was. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z A few steps away, Chip’s mother stood in her nightgown, her hands fiddling with a dish towel. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The ancient half-sister, fresh from her swim and now clothed in a towel bathrobe, came and sat herself close to her manly lover. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeth, I am! And I have to tell Em,” Tab said, waving the spitty paper towel she had balled up in one hand. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He gave the blade a quick twist and then withdrew it again before the wretched boy had had time to disentangle his head from the towel. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom wrapped herself in beach towels and released them all one afternoon when Dad and I were at the movies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I dream that I’ve been given a head wrapped up in a white tea towel. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She turned around and began to dry her hands briskly on the dish towel, and to Pearl’s chagrin her mother’s face was suddenly stiff and closed in. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’ve brought you some soap, Sticky. And a towel and clean clothes.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The roll of paper cups laid in for just such an occasion had got squashed flat by a flying dictionary my first day out, but I made coasters from folded paper towels. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But as Irwin drove me through the barren, snow-banked streets I felt the warm seepage let itself through the dam of the towel and my skirt and onto the car seat. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Her face towel was damp and she’d left a fresh gob of toothpaste on the sink’s porcelain. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He tossed the towel right back at me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He yanked some extra clothes from his bag and started toweling off Hazel’s face, but it didn’t do much good. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Thomas yelled when Newt caught up to him, a small towel pressed against the wound on his head. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Okay. There are towels for you in the closet.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He thought about calling to Naomi for a towel as he stripped off his boots on the porch, but he didn’t want to wake the kids. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She rinsed out the towels in plastic buckets of water. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Behind the curtain he had a chamber pot, bowls, water, and towels. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t see her washing out her underpants, for instance, and wringing them in a towel, hanging them on the bathroom towel rack, as I do. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He told me Mom used to bust out laughing because there was always one girl who was new to it, and went offbeat, like a washing machine with one lumpy towel. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Father frowned, mopping his face with the drying towel. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She shuddered, then gathered a handful of silk and started toweling off her hair. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Malcolm rinsed his hands under the kitchen tap and wiped them perfunctorily on a tea towel. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They belonged to my brother, who, in the guest bathroom, amid the fancy hand towels, stood watching as I pulled down my underpants and lifted my skirt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I say, “I’ll tie you to the towel rack for the next two weeks if I have to. We’ll bring you oatmeal and homework.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I threw the towel in the hamper, flung my brush and toothpaste into my bag. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They had no private bathrooms, no towels, no change of clothes. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I just have time to towel off and slip into a robe before my prep team bursts into the bathroom. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As we walked across the dirt, tufted with dark green grass, Doc lifted his straw hat and wiped his brow with his fingertip towel. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I splash icy water on my face, dry it with a towel Tommy left out for us. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I put old towels down in the bed and we lay her down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I get the kids out the pool, swaddle em up in towels. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He wiped his hands on a towel as Mom dashed in the back door, her hair pulled back with a headband and her black cotton skirt swirling around her knees. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z We just sat there on our towels, propped back on our elbows, staring at the pool together. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Cole’s uncontrollable shivers were replaced by hot sweating as a towel patted his forehead. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He opened the drain in the tub, stood up, toweled off, and got dressed. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “Want to tell me what happened?” she asked, tenderly squeezing the towel around one of my pigtails, then the other. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Mom massaging me with lotion after a bath—I can still smell the lavender—then wrapping me in a fluffy towel with a little hood built into one corner. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z However, when I swiped at the back of my neck, the towel came away red. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He acted as though he hadn’t heard, grabbed a towel from his cell, and strode quickly down the gallery to the shower stall. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Coming up!” he cried, a towel on his arm. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d peeled off my shoes and rubbed myself with a towel while we stood at the upstairs window. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then back to the mirror for three more seconds before darting my eyes over to the paper towels. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The poor thing weighed no more than a small damp towel. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He sets a stool on the sidewalk and throws a mostly clean towel over Bernd’s shoulders and snips away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The bathroom’s one cabinet was stuffed with towels and didn’t shut all the way. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Olanna looked dazed; she wrapped the pot of soup in a dish towel and took it out to the car. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He came back inside and got some clean hand towels. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The towel was so low in the back that I could see butt hairs in the crack. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom exhaled and then twisted around to grab a paper towel from the kitchen counter. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He picked off a pair of black silk socks that were hanging on the towel bar and carried them over to the radiator. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “I’ve been crying, too,” he said, handing me a small towel. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Phil held my shoulders firmly while I clung to the towel to keep it from slipping. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She was not intending to remove the gauze, but as she loosened it, the heavy sterile towel beneath it slid away, taking a part of the bloodied dressing with it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I tied her head down to the board with another strip of towel. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma had another piece of paper towel in her hands because all the things that Grandma Sands was telling her were making her hands get all sweaty and disgusting. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped herself in a matching towel and settled into the chair next to mine. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z We throw a little on our faces and dry with the towel that’s still damp from yesterday. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When I rubbed the towel over my arms, my wrists looked smaller, my freckled arms seemed gangly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “My turn,” Mom says, dropping her coffee-stained dish towel on the table and sitting down across from me. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He towelled himself vigorously, making the muscles of his biceps ripple, then he sat down on the rocks and reached for his pipe. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She had stuffed a towel into the bottom of our door and insisted it was safe, but I worried— about the cigarette and the “girlfriend.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She reluctantly agreed to spend the night at Aunt Saba’s house, folding a dress to wear the next day and her prayer rug and a towel. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I pull a towel around myself quick when I get out because there’s a huge mirror on the back of the bathroom door—I have no idea why. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Rosaleen made gigantic puddles on the floor while August ran for towels. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I tugged at the edge of my towel to demonstrate. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When he saw the blackened turkey smoldering in the oven, he grabbed two dish towels and hauled the bird into the backyard, where he unceremoniously lobbed it into the canal. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The door creaks open to reveal a woman in a bathrobe, with water dripping down her neck and her hair wrapped in a towel. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Mama pats his flames with a dish towel, her hands. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She slipped off her bed and came over carrying the towel. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She carried a platter covered with a tea towel. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Castor and Pollux grab towels, aprons to stuff in the cracks as Gale retches into a bright yellow sink. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Father was pressing a wet towel against my forehead anxiously. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Gathering a giant white bath towel about her, Rachael said, “Did you enjoy that?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I quickly scrubbed my dishes clean in the sink, and placed them upside down on a dish towel to dry. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “You’ll have a new barn in no time,” I said, wiping an already dry plate with a towel. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z And, mercy of all mercies, there was a range, slumbering but alight, and above it a rack of warming towels, hanging there to dry after having been washed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Momma put down the knife she’d been peeling potatoes with and wiped her hands on a dish towel. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The bartender howled and began beating at the wall of fire with his towel. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z They were cluttered with stacks of plastic buckets, overflowing garbage cans, and makeshift clotheslines hung with wet aprons and towels. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I grab a towel and wrap it around myself. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She caught the towel before it slipped to the floor, and she held it while she waited for her nausea to pass. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We stood there with our towels around our necks trying to decide what to do next. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I’d never seen Momma act like a little kid who just got yelled at but there she was, picking at a piece of paper towel and looking kind of embarrassed. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She got up and left the room and came back with a hand towel from the hall bath. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I take the lunch pack to the girls’ bathroom and stuff it in the garbage bin, covering it with crumpled paper towels. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She takes out a pack of frozen peas, wraps it in paper towels, and puts it on her cheek. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I step out, wrap my shivering body in a towel, and head back into my room. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Mrs. V gives Mom two cookies on a paper towel. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He threw the towel into the cabin, then slammed the tiller over to the side and held it with his leg while he pulled in on the main sheet and cleated it off. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I held my breath, praying that neither of Jesse’s parents needed clean sheets or towels. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Maybe I could be folding towels when he comes in. He’ll think I’m so clever. I’ll get to them before his wife does.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mia shook the dish towel out with a quick snap of her wrist. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I peer up into the unmasked face of Guillermo Garcia, who now looks like he just got out of the ocean, his black hair slicked back and dripping, a towel thrown over his shoulder. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z A solitary sunbather in his underpants, facedown on a towel, had patches of uneven sunburn on his shoulders and legs—pink and white like a strawberry and vanilla ice cream. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I grab a towel as I step out of the shower. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Slipping his feet into flip-flops and reaching for his towel, Larson paused to laugh. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Twenty-Sixth Street beach was fully equipped with suits, towels, and lockers available at no charge; the beach manager proudly stated that he was looking to make it “the bathing point of the south side.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She twists the pieces into a braid and then wraps them up first in a towel and then a plastic bag over that. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I wrapped one in a paper towel and brought it upstairs, sucking away the juice. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She checked out Dad’s bare toes, but she stayed away from Mom, who was trying to soak the spot out of the rug with paper towels and that spray stuff she uses in the kitchen. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z At the sink Portia was drying the dishes with a clean checked towel. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In the corridor I passed a gaunt, sixtyish woman—print dress, harlequin glasses, sharp nasty face like a poodle—carrying a stack of folded towels. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then I crammed a sheet, some towels, and a change of clothes for each of us into our school backpacks. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Sinita grabbed her towel and soap dish from her night table and joined the exodus. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Kendra walked to the house wrapped in her towel, She entered the back door and found Lena dragging a broken coffee table into the kitchen. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “My grandma’s just old,” I said, circling my wrist and lassoing the towel down by my feet. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “That’s so sweet of you. Thank you,” she said, then she bundled up the towels and threw them into a hamper by the door as she left. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The boy put some light yellow fluid on the towel and touched it gently to her cheek. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z In my wrapped towels and sandals, I followed the aide in his skull cap, long white gown, and slippers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, her hair was hot-oiled and wrapped in a towel so tight, it hurt her forehead. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Quackenbush felt mellower by the end of the afternoon as we stood on the float in front of the Crew House, gathering up towels. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z As we came into town I wrapped a towel around my waist and hung another from my shoulders. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Before I knew it Lily and Nathan were back and we were sharing my towel, eating the sandwiches, and watching the waves rolling in and out. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Later when the curtains caught fire and were put out with the little towels, the captain told the boys not to mind it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I fall back on my bed, pulling my knees into the towel knot. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Each a threat to the other and I remember the time I spilled bleach on a blue towel, dotting it forever. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Come on in. Let me get you a towel. You’ll catch pneumonia.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Just an eleven-year-old kid with a towel wrapped around his waist. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The young maid who has been listening to our English gibberish offers us a pink perfumed hand towel, which Sandi accepts and waves like the flag for our side. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I grab a towel and open the oven. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It didn’t escape my notice that both Styx and Pixie had beach towels slung over their shoulders. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I jumped up, let the towel drop, and called Radar. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He wetted another paper towel as he talked, then passed it to her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She bends at the waist, twisting her hair inside the towel, before straightening back up again. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There was a folding chair in the corner and I sat on it and put a towel over my head. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed the hand towel off of the refrigerator handle and held it to Jeffrey’s nose. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, Ruby crushed her third aluminum can and went into the house for a towel, saying, “I’m gonna take a bath.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Rowan was awakened at dawn by a towel hurled at his face. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z When he was finished, he returned to the table with the necklace wrapped in a dish towel and handed me the bundle. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Then she folded the towel into a square, placed it on the counter as well. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Marigold grabbed a damp dish towel from the edge of the sink to better scrub at the tabletop. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And when he came out, a towel around his neck, sucking on a bottle of water, I flung myself into his arms and kissed him openmouthed and sloppy in front of everyone. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We set up towels and just lie there like bacon. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I grabbed a towel from the rack at the end of the tub and tossed it at him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Only a few months before, she’d been peeling and stewing the soft food he ate, changing his diapers, cleaning his bedding and pajamas, and harrying his body with moistened towels and Q-tips. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She softly swiped a warm towel around my face and began rubbing my hair clean with a second wet towel. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Javier disappeared around a corner for a few seconds before returning with a hand towel. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The young man put on his robe, closed the lapels tight, and jammed his towel into his pocket, He picked up the slimy wet, cumbersome float and put it under his arm. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I wrap myself in a towel and crawl onto the chair, draping the sleeping bag around me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z My mother would grab a towel in the kitchen and rub my oily face sore when I came in from playing outside. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The bartender left a towel stuffed in the glass he had been wiping. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Moss dried his hands after finishing and hung up the dish towel on its hook near the refrigerator. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She did not know how much later it was—perhaps it was in the small hours when she was sent to get fresh towels. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z So I get on with the business of finding a towel. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I always wondered why she sent me my good towel. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After four cups of water he lay back on the cushion in the shade of the towel and closed his eyes. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z With jean shorts over my bathing suit, my favorite beach towel draped around my neck, sunscreen lathered, and flip-flops on, I’m ready. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Gomo stands up for a towel and then points to the kitchen table. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “Want to borrow a towel to dry them off?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z There was shampoo, soap, razors for shaving, a bathtub, and towels that smelled like lemon. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mama says, wiping her hands on a dish towel. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She even toweled off the thin hair in my armpits, which kind of tickled, but there was no way I was about to giggle. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We wash Abuela’s hair and rinse it with conditioner, then we pat her dry with towels as if this could somehow heal her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom reaches for a towel and wipes her face. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “It’s too bad I didn’t know before the nominating convention,” Colin says, wiping his hands on a paper towel and making way for me at the sink. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, Abbey and I put on our bathing suits and grabbed a couple of towels and dashed outside. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Not everyone would run into a burning building with nothing but a towel over his head to rescue people,” says the reporter. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Scott goes upstairs to fetch me a towel while the kettle boils. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z August went to the kitchen and came back with a dish towel filled with ice. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The flames licked out to the gas on the kitchen floor and streaked across to the wooden farmhouse cabinetry and Gran’s cheery dish towels. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Between the shoeshine stand and thrusting towels to them just as they approached the washbasin, Freddie seemed to be doing four things at once. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped and watched me as I padded, barefoot and wrapped in my towel, behind him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z |
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