| 单词 | tub |
| 例句 | We didn’t have any soap or hot water, so my mom bathed me with dishwashing liquid, in a tub of ice-cold water. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The basin and pot and tub were pale blue. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaps over a sunken tub, where a collie is soaking in a bubble bath. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The tub was an oblong wooden box lined with zinc. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked over and started to scoop some back into the tub. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She positioned what looked like a smallish white tub between the snake’s back teeth. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Jay and I dragged the tub over to the water pump in the back and filled it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z My sister Lillian was in high school and singing with a hillbilly band called The Sierra Stars—jeans, cowboy hats, two guitars, and a tub bass. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It made a noise like a tub of Vaseline falling into the toilet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Esme laughed and clapped her hands, and when a bomb fell close by a moment later, causing the clay man to lose his balance and fall into the tub, she only laughed harder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I had locked myself in the bathroom, and run a tub full of warm water, and taken out a Gillette blade. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Then she got out of the hot tub and walked over to the pool in that gunmetal bathing suit. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Regina established a Sunday night ritual of running a bath for him, practically carrying him to the tub. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He spins around, and before he’s even able to grasp the situation, the container of powdered bleach has already slipped down the side of the tub and splashed into the water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The first stop was an enormous stainless-steel tub filled with a solution of diluted bleach. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A lopsided couch and lumpy chair covered in a scratchy blue fabric faced the tub as if bathing were a special event to which spectators were invited. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z We undressed Caroline and guided her to the tub, helping her raise her legs to get in. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Maybe I’m the one who needs to throw Amá into the tub now. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I gave her everything I had and instructions on what to do with it, then I headed for the shower, lay down in the tub and let the water burn me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z We had some balloons, a grocery-store cake, ten candles, and a tub of ice cream. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Fifteen minutes was enough dme for the day’s dirt to fall to the bottom of the tub, while Vonetta and Fern styled bubble beehive hairdos on their heads and beards on each other. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Susannah didn’t look strong enough to wash a teaspoon, much less a tub full of clothing. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama put me in a warm tub of water in her big bathroom and gently washed me all over. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He was cradling one of Mom's tubs of tzatziki in one hand and waving a frying pan in the other. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z There was a tin tub in front of the fire, and the innkeeper's wife put up a paper screen around it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe we can boil the water in the tub, one pot at a time,” I suggest, “and collect the steam.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I missed the kitchen, the stove, the laundry tubs. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z My host went to the extreme of serving his guests from a bar which consisted of a tub of ice, quart bottles of soda, two bottles of whisky and a case of pop. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In those days before the crash, Abuelito and Abuelita had had a nice house, but they still took their baths in a galvanized tin tub. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He sat her on the edge of the tub, went to the medicine cabinet, and opened it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Then I thought maybe I ought to spill a little blood for practice, so I sat on the edge of the tub and crossed my right ankle over my left knee. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Your heads were back, resting on the edge of the hot tub. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z "We can get you food, if it's food you're after. There's a fire blazing in the hearth and enough hot water for a tub that'll melt the chill from your bones." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z When I finally got out of the tub for good, it was black. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 One of the ladies-in-waiting was standing in front of the Queen’s tub, holding an embroidered mantle for inspection. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I also had to fetch large pitchers of water for Gertrude’s bath and empty the tub afterward, until my feet were swollen from running to the well and the latrines, and my arms ached. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I throw it into the tub and watch as the water eats away at the parchment, and the ink bleeds until it disintegrates into nothing. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then I spit in the toilet again and sat on the edge of the tub, rocking back and forth. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Already the tub is more than halfway empty and the line is still running. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Pa and Ma went back and forth, carrying the two loaded tubs and the wash-boiler and all the buckets and pails into the house. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She learned from Muff to pour a bottle of Coca-Cola into the soak tub to help loosen the mud, but it still took extra scrubbing before she even put the clothes through Muff’s washer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Abbey said, “Muleman’ll have that tub fixed up good as new in a week. What was Dad thinking? If he was serious, he would’ve burned the dam thing to the waterline.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Esme’s face glowed with delight as the clay man sprang to his feet and strolled along the lip of the tub. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Best of all, we had a private bathroom, a full-size room with a sink, a toilet, and a tub. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A rotisserie chicken, a couple of plastic tubs of things covered in mayonnaise, a watermelon wedge, a couple of bottles of Polar Seltzer, and a bakery bag of cookies. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The tub was pink, too, and it was full of water, and Bunny, fully clad, was lying motionless at the bottom of it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I can’t think of anything to say, especially since I’m not special at all, so I just get Pop out of the tub and into bed. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk past the tub, purposely not looking at it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Also glue,” added the Count, pointing to a small tub of thick stuff. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The door guide is sharp against my foot, but I manage to pivot on it, then hop down into the tub. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z As Crenshaw climbed out of the tub, he reached for my hand. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The house was comfortable, had three bedrooms, each room with a bath—both tub and shower. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to be coming from a large metal tub in the sink. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She turned off the hot tub jets to make certain I was hearing her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Naomi dropped Henry’s work clothes into the tub on the back porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no such thing as a harmless spider. I’ll need years of therapy to get the image of that tub spider out of my head.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He climbed into the tub as soon as the water got hot, and he sat and watched with a curiously blank look on his face as the water overtook him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Leaning forward over the tub’s rim, she tried to wash but the procedure was awkward and unnatural; it was easier in the stream. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mystified still, Kira turned her attention this morning to the long, low tub. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood and mounted the stairs with her and entered die spotless bathroom where the dust had been swept from underneath the claw-foot tub. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was easy to tell who had availed themselves of the baths drawn for them, because their tubs were coated in the brown scum of weeks of unwash. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Eventually I remember I’m supposed to be in the tub, not standing in the middle of the room. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “No, here,” I say, lifting her leg into the tub. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Before I climbed into the tub, I picked the ropelike body out with a twig broken off a broom and threw it in the toilet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I watch it, hands on the edge of the tub, chin on hands, my body dragging downward from this ledge, not thinking about anything. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He sat up again, very abruptly, with a great slosh of tub water, and dropped his dry left hand over the side of the tub. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z 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 When she bathed the little Fisher girl, it was in a porcelain tub with silvery taps running infinite quantities of hot, clear water. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I could see the flower tubs on the terrace and the blue of the hydrangeas clumped and solid. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He exaggerated every detail, making it appear a veritable Lucillean feast The flowers were in tubs, he said. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z I took off my white ankle socks and placed my feet on the side of the cold metal tub while I washed them too. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I’ve tried and tried to remember whether she asked me to put the shampoo on the edge of the tub or if she asked me to hand it to her, but I can’t. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His enormous tail draped over the side of the tub. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She works in the middle of us: feet flat on the floor, she leans forward in her chair, takes our green plastic tub full of fresh garlic on her lap, breaks up all the doves. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I dragged the bathing tub into the front room and filled it with boiling water. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I drag the tub of line and the keg along the dock and lower it into my skiff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z In the tub a giant fertilizer bag was covering something. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In the tub, I sat for a long while without moving, without thinking, listening for what I knew I would not hear elsewhere in the house. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z As water filled the tub, I stood at the sink and forced myself to confront my reflection. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She must be in the bathroom, perhaps scrubbing the pink tub. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He learned the dangers of sitting on the edge of the tub last winter after he fell in and Dad had to blow-dry him. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “So that’s what happened to me, Mama? You left me in a tub of running hot water? Alone?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It had no cycles, so you waited until the water got dirty, then put the clothes through the wringer—two rubber rolling pins rigged above the tub that were turned by a motor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But Mama needed to return to Akira, so Hanako got to work draining the tub water, cleaning the tub, refilling it with the pump, and starting the fire beneath it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There was no way I could be crying into a tub of ice cream at home. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The girl I took Wood Shop with walks around with a plastic tub, gathering mugs and plates from empty tables. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The little stream of water whined into the mossy tub. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I go upstairs to the bathroom, where a steaming tub awaits. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Sitting forward, Zooey reached for it and shot it the length of the tub, closing himself off from view. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He fills the big iron tub and turns his back as she undresses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The bathroom itself is large, and the tub has clawed feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In certain periods my mother seemed to live from her bed, rising only to clean the tub or cook dinner for my father and me, which she would do in any condition. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew loads about Jesse—he loved baths but hated hot tubs, he listened to self-important indie music, cologne made his eyes puffy, he never washed his jeans—but Diego was an enigma. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A tub full of burning charcoal was dragged beneath Shin. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The tub contained every single one of my hopes, everyone's hopes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It takes a lot of water to fill that tub. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Only when I sat in the tub did I wish my Timex wasn’t so reliable or the ticking so steady. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But all he saw were giant tin tubs, long tables for folding, and clothes left to dry overnight on racks taller than he was. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He hurried out, carrying the tub to his own room. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, Caleb and I washed in the big wooden tub and Sarah drew more pictures to send to William. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z The tub was full of what looked like dirty rags swimming in gray water. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Finally I pull myself over into the small wooden tub that hugs the mast—only to find it’s not small at all. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I walked up to Dadi, stepping around the tub of water and wrapping my arms around my waist. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Before her hands could get the different but equally tough skin of a laundress, her knuckles split with the rubbing and wringing, and ran blood into the rinse tubs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She would be wringing shirts at the starch tub and not running about. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing she wanted more than to take a bath in that tub. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Why was he asking me to climb into the tub? Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I could easily collapse into the tub, and fall asleep with the water running over me, my foot over the drain. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The next memory she had was of waking up in that tub six miles from home and pulling a tired old cat from the water she was floating in. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z My eyes widen and I look over at my giant tub of hand sanitizer. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z My bedtime was nine o’clock or after I finished reading them a bedtime story, scrubbing their tub, and taking my own bath. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “What’s this game going to be about? Drinking milk shakes while floating books in a hot tub?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z She turned me around to wash my back and I almost fell out of the tub. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z But when I pushed my back against the tub and sat up to cool my upper body, I could see my breasts through my wet bra. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z A deep-dish sit-down in a tub with scalding water is a pure joy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “First thing tomorrow, were going for a run. Even if it’s raining. You can tear your clothes off if you feel like it, and we’ll jump in the hot tub when we’7re done.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The image of his dad trying to shove the tub of relaxer at me rises in my mind and the laughter just bubbles out of me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The other food—sliced turkey, ham, roast beef, and salami, a big tub of tuna salad, and meatballs in a plug-in pot—was off-limits. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Dinner was at a big dining room table that was generously covered in platters of meat, bowls of mashed potatoes and corn on the cob, a teetering plate of bread, and a tub of butter. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The tub had a skid mark where the water drained out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how you can stay in the tub the way you do.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Takes me an hour or so to coil it just so in the tub, the way I seen my dad do when he was harpooning tuna. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Brian hefted up the trailer again and the coach slid the board and the blocks underneath it, straightening out the tub. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I have to soak in a tub full of a thick, unpleasant-smelling solution, while my face and hair are plastered with creams. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 woman pointed at a house that fronted onto the courtyard, then drew a stained coverlet from the tub at her feet. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The truth swells larger than the tub walls can hold, cleanses me more than the water and bubbles ever can. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was a sixty-foot gaff-rigged ketch with a wide beam—a real tub—but as I stood on deck it felt solid against the harbor chop. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Their suites all had bathrooms with deep mesarthium pools in them, but water no longer came from the pipes, so they used a copper tub in the rain room instead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I got out of the tub and dried myself as best I could, then stumbled into the bedroom and fell across the bed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And pulled off the tub lid as I tumbled. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He pressed the button on a nearby empty tub and watched as the warm water flowed in through the many small openings on the sides. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Tarber and Hot Pie and the Bull joined the line of men headed for the tubs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He even sang when he bathed her in the tub full of water scented with Baby’s bath foam. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Shirley finally asked, hoping not to appear ignorant, but hoping more that the thing would not escape the confines of the tub and test her resolve. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z After taking the ferry across the river to reach the park, Bobby was soon in his element: swimming, and lounging in the hot tubs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bud plopped the sponge in the sink and sank tiredly onto the tub rim. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe we can save some of it,” he says as he finally grasps the Comet can and pulls it out of the water upside down, dumping even more liquefying powder into the tub. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I poured the water in the diaper tub and rinsed the diapers with my right hand while I held my nose with my left. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Belet slid across the floor and clasped the tub as it tottered on the ledge. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The partition could be removed and the two thrown into one for a bath tub. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell him to stay away,” she said as I set my plate in the washing-up tub. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He had waked up soaking in a tub of cold water, and afterward they drank coffee and talked. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I turn off the water as she rushes over to the tub. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Mrs. Glass, seated eight or ten feet away from the shower curtain, stared across the tiled floor at the blue bathmat alongside the tub. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Olanna picked up a plastic duck and threw it back into the tub, and Baby squealed and submerged it in the water. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Jackson tripped over someone’s empty popcorn tub on the floor. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z From behind her desk, she pulled out a plastic tub full of index cards and started to flip through them while the officers watched. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “Find your sisters. It takes a deal of water to fill my lady’s tub.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One of the sisters had put a pair of red socks on two of the tub’s feet—who knows why. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Cecilia, singing harmoniously as she went, filled all three tubs in the upstairs bathrooms with bubbles. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z "A wooden kitchen tub does not seem fitting for a creature." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I quietly got up and went in the shed to bathe in the aluminum tub. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He grabbed the sponge from her hands, thrust her out of the room, and pulled Clara from the tub practically in midair. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I heated the big kettle of water and poured it into the galvanized tub and sat in it like a scalded potato, alone in this world, just crying. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Caroline sank deeper into the tub as she listened to Ma’s voice. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The brand she picked was three times bigger than other ice cream—it came in a big plastic tub—but it didn’t taste very good. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Next morning, when I get up, a small paper tub is waiting for me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z It only took 100 liters to fill the shallow tub. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She hopped into the tub and put a hot washcloth on her head. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The strong soldiers lifted the horse in a wooden tub, while it danced to the stone drums and flute music. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He helped the woman from the chair, led her to the tub, removed her robe, and steadied her with his hand on her arm as she stepped in and lowered herself. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I still have to soak in a tub of something, but it isn’t vile, and we’re on to my hair and makeup before I know it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "Have you ever taken a bath since? Filled the tub deeper than your ankles?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It was so cold by the back door that the bath water started cooling off before the tub was even full. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Ever since the disgusting baths at the Mosses’ and the quick showers at Lake Mag, my idea of heaven was soaking in a tub of fresh, bubbly water. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Often she poured the water off, and filled the tub again with buckets of water from the spring. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wait a minute. Let me see if he’s still in that tub.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I glanced down at the tub—oh, God, where did he go? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He lay down in the green grass near the round tub at the brush line. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was seven, Amá found out I hadn’t showered for five days, so she dunked me in a scalding hot tub and scrubbed me with a brush until my skin ached. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I might as well have been spinning in a round metal tub, in a twenty-foot wall of water, washing down off that mountain. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I wish the tub would expand so I could go swimming, like I used to on hot summer Sundays in the woods with my father. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I am watching through the keyhole... and when she gets out of the tub to dry herself I see that her body is different from mine. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z She had tipped her seltzer into the hot tub by accident. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Who doesn’t? We still have a giant tub of hats and costumes in our basement. My brothers run around in their superhero gear all the time. It is so annoying.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He opened the drain in the tub, stood up, toweled off, and got dressed. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Laika’s tub of horror was a plastic toddler’s wading pool, blue, and decorated with a frieze of press-formed dolphins, starfish, and bubbles dancing around its outer wall. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z There was a poodle serving him Frosty Paws ice cream from a paper tub. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z While Mother dozed in the tub, we stripped the linen from her bed and laid on fresh. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He can eat a whole tub of pickles.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a small window between the kitchen and tub room to put the hose through. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Water spills into the tub, covering my toenails. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s gotten easier, especially now that Dad’s bought a real shower seat and installed a step on either side of the tub curb so I don’t have to land on the door guide. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The Argie ships are tubs named after Spanish generals with stupid mustaches. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z As soon as the water is almost gone, Mango jumps into the tub and starts licking the drain. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Fang pushed the moldy shower curtain to one end of the tub and started unbuttoning his new shirt, already ragged after a couple hours on my buddy’s back. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She poured a capful of yellow liquid into the water, and bubbles began to fill the tub. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z When you were done, Bryce, I got out of the hot tub and walked two houses away. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The straws were different lengths, and when she came near the end of one straw, she put a new, long one from the tub in its place and went on braiding. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The purplish-brown body contrasted with the whiteness of the tub. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I turn off the water and drip dry a little, slide back the curtain, and step out of the tub. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Reluctantly accepting a cocktail invitation, I usually arrive before my hostess is out of the tub. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z "I can help you make a special cover to hide the tub," one villager offered. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Well, that was the beyond-me I was waiting for. I opened the door to the bathroom, and there she was in the tub, her arms folded crosswise over her breasts. ‘ Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed the door open and saw her standing over a tub of water, rinsing out the green bottles she used for her wine. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her handmaids filled the tub with tepid water that stank of sulfur, sweetening it with jars of bitter oil and handfuls of cmshed mint leaves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One hand on the reins, the other clutching the tub, I stepped backward and ducked as he jabbed forward with the spear, but not quick enough to avoid it ripping through my shoulder. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Every four hours, we filled the tub with hot water mixed with black pepper and myrrh. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The tub was uncomfortable, too short for him to stretch out, though he remembered when he could almost swim in it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And scalding the pigs in huge tubs of boiling water. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The big tubs of pastel-colored ice cream looked thrilling. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She was bent over the tub, giving Baby a bath. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I could hear Sohrab in there, shifting in the tub, spilling water over the sides. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The trees and the grass and the flower tubs on the terrace were reflected in the mullioned windows. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It took some trial and error, but Penelope soon discovered that Alexander would get in the tub only if the water was quite cool and perfectly still. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z With one finger he tapped the loaded envelope back and forth along the tub edge, seeing, apparently, if he could keep it in motion without letting it fall into the tub water. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I squeeze some body wash into the tub and move my hand around the bottom until bubbles start forming. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I went into the bathroom and shut the door and sat on the edge of the tub. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The tub’s deep, with three steps to the bottom. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She done out a tub of clothes on Monday, but she starched ’em afore they was wrenched, and blued a pink calico dress till I thought I should a died a laughin. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she rolled the sleeves of her flowered calico dress above her elbows, and she knelt by the tubs. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z We were dipping the first shirt in a tub of purple when Miss Agnew came in to get ready for first period. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z His hands shook, but he held me upright in the tub and washed my legs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Over chair-backs in hall they dropped their mantles and passed in to the polished tubs, where maids poured out warm baths for them, anointed them, and pulled fresh tunics, fleecy cloaks around them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 When the tub was half full, I added cold water straight from the well until the temperature was comfortable. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mother,” Judy said, bringing me back to the world of scrubbing tubs and toilets, “is it okay if I move into David’s room?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His ashes invariably fell into the tub water, either straightway or down one of the letter pages. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The Blue controlling the one closest to us was a skinny kid, who looked like he weighed about half of what his tub did. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A tub stained with rust was already full of water. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The water is almost at the top of the tub, so I leap over Mango and quickly turn the handles. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It’s a horrible trick, the sense that her value is being sucked down the drain, like when the plug is pulled from the tub and the dirty water goes down. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The class stands along the long back counter, hunched over tubs of gray pulp-filled water. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “He keeps his grog ready mixed in a little tub on the table. Wait a moment, and you’ll hear Clara lift him up to take some. There he goes!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z She scooped straight from the buy-one-get-one-free giant tubs in the freezer, globs of vanilla and chocolate, while staring at the television. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Sookie helped the biologists carry the plastic tubs and coolers back to their trucks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z This time, when it got to the end of the tub, it decided to jump up the slippery curve. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s a tub of heavy line in the bait shack that don’t look too bad. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z According to Tommie, when Muff told her that she’d never get that red clay out by slopping things around in the tub, the Mexican girl burst into tears. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Greenish water lines ringed the tub from where the water sat for hours before finally going down. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I just let you add a different product to my electrifrizzy hair until it looks like I rubbed my head in a tub of Vaseline. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I insist you must! Do you know Japanese bath? You must clean off first and then get in tub to soak. There is tenugui to dry yourself.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z "You black tub a lard," yelled Pete, rushing forward on floppy shower clogs. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I swing my stump over the side of the tub and stand straddling the curb, trying to figure out the next step of this obstacle course. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z After filling the tub with no more than six inches of water, Mandy and I bathed the babies; then it progressed until the oldest was finished, with everyone sharing the same water. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Hand me that tub there,” I ordered Chase. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He knelt before her in the tub and massaged black Spanish soap between her legs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dont talk to me about no show. Time I get done over this here tub I be too tired to lift my hand to do nothing.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “The sea! I have to swim in the sea. Don’t give me no itty bitty teeny tiny tub, girl. I need the whole entire complete deep blue sea!” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes fished Pilar’s book out of the tub with barbecue tongs and placed it on the porcelain platter she reserved for her roasted pork legs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks up at me thoughtfully, his left hand balancing two plates and his right hand holding the tub of butter. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I watched as she ran cold water into the tub and then warmed it with her bare hands, swirling them around until steam rose. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Past an iron tub of empty bottles floating in soapbubbled water. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our boat will be a leaking old tub.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He was cutting rosebuds, which for him wasn’t easy with just the one hand, and dropping each one into a big zinc tub. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She’d have liked a bath, but that would mean going to the rain room and filling the tub, then calling for Ruby to heat it, and that was more trouble than she could face. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Isaiah doesn’t say which is evil, butter or honey,” Dad said, grinning as my brothers lugged the white tubs to the basement. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I wondered how his friends in the hot tub would react if they found out what we’d done where they were lounging. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Behind it was what Shirley recognized as a tiny room for bathing, even though the tub was neither tall nor round nor of wood. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I perched on the side of the tub and thought how glad I was August and June were still in their rooms. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At least a dozen daddy longlegs were arranged along the bottom of the cool porcelain tub, quiet, quivering when the light blared on and her shadow fell. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I sealed the tub of Mo's Promise and put it securely between my feet on the chariot platform. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A tub of warm water waits for me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Alma cried silently in bed that night before tiptoeing into the bathroom and sitting on the edge of the tub with her head hung between her knees. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z But he was not too forgetful to see Wang Lung dipping the water recklessly from the cauldron into a deep wooden tub. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z When he returned, he and I washed dishes in a large aluminum tub. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She put them in a tub of water, to soften them and keep them soft. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Help me with this tub and stop grumbling.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They whispered, “Jesus, Jesus,” and together hoisted up their tub of water in which tight red tomatoes floated and threw it on the smoke-and-flame- bound woman. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I stepped into the tub and stood looking at him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I run my clothes under the tub’s faucet. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Dany's skin was flushed and pink when she climbed from the tub. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Caroline got up from the tub and walked alone to Ma’s bedroom. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z We set the lid of the margarine tub on our knees and so have a good table for a game of skat. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z One time I was sitting next to Uncle Stanley on the couch in his room, watching Hee Haw and waiting for my turn in the tub. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He was small enough that the tub was a pool for him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew this was some real embarrassing stuff so he closed the bathroom door and sat on the tub and waited for me to stop, but I couldn’t. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood in the scalding tub; I was too scared to move—the skin of my feet would peel off if I tried to step out of the tub. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Those with clean tubs simply had not yet transferred the scum from their persons, and Sarai was loath to perch her moths on them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Father took out a hose and attached it to the nozzle at one end of the tub and then, twisting a knob, called forth water that filled the metal can to overflowing. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z With a flap of his flippers he jumped from the tub to the washstand, and stood there for a minute surveying the floor. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Twice a week he would wash the complete change in the tub and would wear his robe until it dried because he had nothing else to put on. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Has to be the sea-salt kind that comes in a tub. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “It beats the shrieking hot tub chaos over there.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She bent over the tub, over Drogo in his bath of blood, and kissed him lightly on the brow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I dump a tub of marbles into the top. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The yard was paved with black cinder, and there was no greenery at all except a few gingko trees in postmodern tubs, placed at dramatic intervals. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Hyacinth grabbed his collar at the same time Franz grabbed the biscuit, and she used all her strength to drag him toward the bathroom and into the tub. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z 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 It only gots a shower and I like me a good soaking tub, but I can get along pretty good here, long as that stick of an ole woman be leavin’ me alone. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Tonight you can have a bath in that old tub, just like I did—if it doesn’t leak,” Mother said to Marly. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Cholly went outside and found the boy standing with some others near, the tub where Aunt Jimmy used to boil her clothes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z They mixed with the water and swirled at the bottom of the tub like little green eddies before being rushed down the drain. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z One was the room in Bitter’s eyes, with the deep tub against one wall, a stack of books lying next to it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Rats presented with solutions of pure sugar or tubs of pure lard will gorge themselves sick. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “It’s no wonder! You sit there in that tub till you’re practically blue in the face, and then you—What’s this?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z One door, painted white, led to a closet, another to a toilet and a tub. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When there’s about a hundred feet of line left in the tub, I go to pick up the keg. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Just sink your whole body,” Ma said, when Caroline was in the tub. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z My mom had gone down to stay with her for a while and I’d hobbled upstairs and tried to soak the shards of light bulb out of my feet in the tub. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The front rooms were filled with piles of blankets and bedding, a few stacked mattresses, and a number of unidentifiable gray plastic tubs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Marcus and a mixed group, some of whom looked familiar, were sitting around a patio table by the hot tub. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Instead I looked with loathing on new dresses that required a hateful bath in a galvanized zinc tub before wearing. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “The money’s in my jacket,” he said, before stepping over the edge of the tub and lowering himself in. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A moment later, I hear water pour into a tub. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, we had an aluminum tub you could fit into if you pulled your legs up against your chest. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z By the afternoon of the following day, the aluminum tub was almost filled with soiled diapers. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “We can just stop up our ears. There’s a big tub of candle wax below deck—” “I want to hear them.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z To the left is the small bathroom; with the light shining on it, we can see that the tub and tiles are all powder blue. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I took off my pants and shoes and got into the tub still wearing my blouse. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “It’s right here in the tub,” I said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “If you want the boy to stay with you, you could wash him here. The dog too. There is a tub.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She filled a clean washtub with cold water from the spring, and she dipped the corn out of the kettle into the tub. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I have to get myself over the side of the tub. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z We walk into the adjoined bathroom, and I sit on the edge of the tub. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Get out of that tub, boy,” Ignatius heard his mother scream outside the door of the bathroom. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He waits outside in the hall and watches as I crouch down to turn on the water and fill the tub. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Her feet feel heavy against the fiberglass floor of the tub. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Angelika took the trouble to make the tub full and the water warm and sweet-smelling. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached into the tub of BBQ and grabbed a handful of sloppy pulled pork. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z One, maybe two steps more, and I would have jumped inside the closest tub and buried myself under a pile of blankets. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But when we sat in the hot tub, I started playing with Annie’s feet and rubbing her legs with mine. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z "She's never without her favorite comb. Her grandmother gave it to her a year before she grew ill. She wore it everywhere. Even in the bathing tubs." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He walked up past the house to the dark brush line and took a drink of water from the tub. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember a picture book with an owl, cat, and cow in a tub. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “Everything’s a mess in here. A mess. All wrinkled . . .” “Water’s hot. Where you want the tub?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Getting out of the tub, putting on his trousers, and combing his hair had apparently raised his spirits. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Jethro walked on the warm clods of plowed earth and felt them crumble beneath his feet as he helped his mother carry the tub of potato cuttings they had prepared the night before. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The water became bluer, darker, as the tub filled higher. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “You sat in your stroller just staring out at the lawn. You’d sit in the tub and pour water back and forth from one cup to another for an hour if I’d let you.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I played the first movement like the lolling of a suicide’s head in the tub, the corpse lukewarm, the roseate water lapping at the slackened lips. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The blankets stand ready, the small tub for bathing, the bowl of ice for Janine to suck. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat on the edge of the tub like I used to, like a fisherman sitting on the edge of his boat, waiting for something good to bite the line. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z A sound of agitated tub water came from behind the shower curtain. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The hot water is never more than lukewarm, and our mother heats water in the tea kettle and pours it into the tub for our baths. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She did, and she let the foot fall so that the tub was upset. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly his chest constricted, pain clobbered a shoulder, he almost toppled backward into the tub. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He handed me the tub of olives, shooing them on me with his large brown hands. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit in a tub of steaming water and scrub my hands raw to get Khalil’s blood off. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A cut might not seem serious, but continually reaching into tubs of dirty water for the shells, the girls risked fatal infection. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z People are getting into the hot tub already. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “But that landing on the giant ray gun wasn’t as soft as it might’ve appeared. I’m going to head over to the pool for a soak in the hot tub.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Caroline pushed her head against the side of the tub and lay there as her legs paddled playfully towards the water’s surface. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Not that I even ever set foot in the tub. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Her elbows stuck out like wings, and a huge white enameled tub occupied the space above her head, somewhat miraculously holding steady while her head moved in quick jerks to the right and left. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he would feel for it on the bottom of the tub, empty it, and sail it again. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tonight I’ll be your lady-in-waiting,” she said, pouring steaming water into the tub. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z We tumbled, me dangling from the chariot front with one hand, the other still clutching the tub as we spun over ourselves. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z We carried the tub out and emptied it under a china- berry tree in the side yard. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I cleaned their tub with the cleaner under the sink. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Water in the tub at the end of the hall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Does she think I wouldn’t bathe unless she left a full tub for me? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 Underneath me, the tub’s curved bottom had become damp grass, the musk of dirt and stagnant water in my nostrils. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Her water was cold before it reached the tub last time.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We sat in the hot tub beside my backyard swimming pool. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The water trickled out slowly into the tub. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I stepped out of the walk-in, carrying the tub of seafood, and then slapped the tub onto the metal table. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The slaves set up the heavy copper tub in the comer of the tent. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It’s been great being stationed with you on this tub.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That is my punishment—every toilet, every tub, every garbage pail. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z In Luke’s memory, Dad took Luke to the house, administered a homeopathic for shock, then put him in a tub of cold water, where he left him to go fight the fire. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One night I removed his diaper while he held the tub’s rim. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I nod and push Pop into the bathroom, where I strip the old man and lift him into the tub. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She found Jaqen soaking in a tub, steam rising around him as a serving girl sluiced hot water over his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She grabbed for a tissue, but she spilled a tub of glitter beads across the desk. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Line is running out of the tub, over the side of the boat, and straight down into the water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Like straight-up covered in layers upon layers of fat and the whole class is looking at me like a tub of lard, naked. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Aretha bulldozed through like I had a giant, juicy steak waiting in the tub. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He lowered the kettle into the tub, tilted it toward my feet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The large proprietress in a butcher’s apron came out of the kitchen lugging tubs full of more black gelatin. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat in the tub, cradling his broken camera in his arms. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It was about fifteen feet tall, and it was growing in an enormous plastic tub full of black dirt that was almost as wide as the trailer. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She hoots like a monkey and pulls me back onto a shelf in the tub. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z You can see this more clearly if you dip two oscillating pistons into a tub of water. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “When I went to the bathroom this morning, there was one in the tub,” Fina says, grimacing. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I’d rather stay at home and scrub the kitchen sink, the bathroom sink, the tub, and the toilet before I danced with Ellis Carter. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z But the square wooden tub with a fire underneath it was very big. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They filled the tub with scalding hot water, bathed her and washed her hair and gave her a cloth to wear between her legs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Got the heavy line coiled in the plastic tub. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I go into the downstairs bathroom and dip the entire pitcher in the tub, and even after a day, there’s still some ice. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I soak in the steaming tub and close my eyes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The sink and tub were scrubbed until their whiteness could snow-blind. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “I wanted her to take off her clothes and get into the tub,” he explained quickly. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Pump boys were feverishly bringing water to the great tubs —it was one of those futile castles, which appear to have originated in Ireland, whose bailey was without a well. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The tub was the newest feature in the tiny shotgun house and Milkman sank gratefully into the steaming water. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was finished, I undressed and stepped into the tub, letting the warm water run over me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z When die fire was out, they carried off the singed featherbed, burned away the worst of the smoke, and brought up a,tub. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Because the line is running back out of the tub. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z To get rid of them Baby Kochamma had put out the lights and lit a large candle in a tub of water. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her sisters emptied their pails into the big round wooden tub. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was sitting on a tub in the swamp for no other reason. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You guys are so cute,” said Ximena, dipping a carrot stick into a little tub of hummus. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z We moved my bed to Grandfather’s chamber and replaced it with the tin bathing tub. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the pills down and climbed back into the tub. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In my terror I let go of the body and it fell back into the tub with a hideous slap and a spray of water and I woke up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There were collections of sheep T-shirts; large tubs of lanolin cream; and wooly coats, socks, and hats with ram’s horns. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Jody drank from the mossy tub and washed the bird’s blood from his hands in cold water. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The odor of spilt blood still hung hot upon the air, but there was no trace of it except in the wooden tub. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She cut the hot water with cold, and when she could stand it she got into the tub, scrubbed herself soberly, released the water, rubbed herself dry, and dressed quickly. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The buttery fumes still rising from the tub, I think that is what pulls me from bed. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He made me drag the zinc tubs full of watered-down rose blankets into the shed room by the back porch. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Moss smiled at her and the two of them grabbed their empty cups and headed downstairs, dropping the cups into the nearly full tub of dirty dishes. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then I would step into the tub and lie down. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z People are in the street, too, kids from the party, kids trembling in their swimsuits wet from the hot tub, neighbors coming from their houses. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z One directs me to a throwaway apartment directory available in boxes on the sidewalk, but its offerings all include hot tubs and on-site gyms and go for over $1,000 a month. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She helped me out of the tub, made to carry me on her back to my room, but I shook my head. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't just the idea of the feet-less fowl that was causing her distress; she now saw sunflowers for sale in tubs in almost all of the stalls. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The water tumbled past him as if from a vast faucet, larger by far than even the spout that poured water into the great white tub his boy bathed in. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z 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 I sat on the side of the tub while Rosaleen dabbed my arm with a stinging icy swab. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the first porcelain tub she’d seen outside of the movies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The tub had slipped from his hands and was rolling toward the broken window. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The night before September i, when my brothers began school, Mother bathed us all in a wide tin tub the way she did once every week. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I see my mother, with her feet in the tub, waiting for the bubbling, stinging foam to work. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Close up on the stalls he sees that the shapes are tubs, sacks, lumber, wheels, a broken plow, a butter press and a metal trunk. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z You have yet to wash your own underwear, spread a bed, wipe the ring from your tub, or move a fleck of your dirt from one place to another. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never asked me to stand inside a tub. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z They were led into another white room, this one equipped with tin tubs and hoses. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And while Mr. Little knelt in the tub, Stuart slid easily down the drain and was lost to view. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The wall of the waiting room was covered with burlap, and there were plants in wooden tubs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z For years, Nicole had submitted to the relaxers and her mother’s big tub of Icon Pass Hair Grease. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I quickly stepped out of the tub, dried myself, and put on my underwear and pants. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z No. He had no cause to look at her like that, Milkman thought, and heaving himself upright in the tub, he soaped himself hurriedly. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The water inched up his legs, which were crossed and folded into the tub. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The tub was almost full enough to rinse her hair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The tub was filled with clean water that had been gathered in a cistern or pumped from distant pipes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z This day he ventured closer to downtown, passing families wading through the water, pushing laundry tubs full of their possessions. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z As I climbed out of the tub and got dressed, I heard Daddy’s voice. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands were deep in a tub of soapy water, cleaning out one dusty mason jar after another, while Miss Sadie rocked steadily in her porch rocker. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Then, suddenly, Mrs. Reilly screamed to the two gentleman, “You know what? Ignatius was running the water in the tub when I left, and I bet he forgot to turn it off.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen pictures and videos, but what’s it like to actually be in the water? Is it like taking a bath in a giant tub?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He showed me to a back room with a large wooden tub and a grate on the floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When they appear m a great flooding mess, as they so often do when they have destroyed a victim, they look like a tub of spaghetti that has been dumped on theT floor. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When he refused to get in the tub, Mrs. Moss would wash him roughly with a cloth, pour shampoo on his head, and then dunk him to rinse it off. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z We heated water in a large pot and poured it into a large aluminum tub. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z A person who lay on a bed, ate food at a table, took baths in a tub. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad would sit in the tub and put the soap in his right hand. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Zooey took a parting look at the page he had been reading, then closed the manuscript and dropped it over the side of the tub. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The novices who attended her reported that she spent a third of her waking hours with her son, another third in prayer, and the rest in her tub. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then I lay deep in hot water in the tub and I was utterly miserable, and nothing was good anywhere. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z First we get the horse ready, give him a bit of a rub, fill the wooden tub with oats and the bucket with water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z So not a soul except Mama saw me bring the zinc tubs out of the shed room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We headed back into the bathroom, where I bent my head over the side of the tub. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I stared at the tub, my heart fluttering against my breastbone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I sit on the edge of the tub and test the temperature with my fingers. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z When I get home, Apá is on the couch, soaking his feet in his tub. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z By then the weather was warm enough to fill the tub with water from the tap under the house and bathe in the kitchen. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I sat there for five minutes staring at the green lawns and the flower tubs on the terrace. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Kira listened, laughing, to the wails and whimpers as Thomas mercilessly scrubbed both Matt and Branch in his bathroom tub. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd climbed into the tub without hesitation, standing in the water uncertainly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She opened the taps and began undressing as the tub was filling up. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Wives were concerned with the snowy produce of the washing tub. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she had her son, a boy about Charlies age, fill a tub of hot water in her own bedroom and ordered Lyddie to bathe. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Camp had left them on the floor by the tub. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It will burst into, like, a zillion colors but will leave a gold, shimmery center in the tub. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I clutched the side of the tub as Rosaleen went on, not sure I wanted her to. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When we finally coaxed him out, after all the splashing and laughter, he would sit on the edge of the tub and twist his knuckles into his eyes, which were red from the soapy water. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She settled into a tub of hot water minutes before a violent labor began. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The young men gazed in joy before they entered into a room of polished tubs to bathe. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When we finished eating, Liam set both of our bowls in one of the many plastic tubs floating by. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His tree frog lived in the parlor, while his snapping turtle could be found tied to the laundry tub. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He’s got the barb in his back and he’s diving deep, dragging line out of the tub. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “You might like this kind,” Sairy said, retrieving a tub of freshly made peach ice cream. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Sarai scooped water into the tub with a bucket, and Ruby put her hands on the side and ignited them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I hear Spot leap from the tub and patter until his fur is beneath my fingertips. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Jonas squeezed cleansing lotion onto the clean sponge at the edge of the tub and began to wash her frail body. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Plum in the tub that time as she leaned over him. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z For a second the anger I’d felt the night before flared up, and it crossed my mind to slam the shell against the tub, but I took a breath instead. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He crouches in the tub and puts my foot in his lap, dabbing at the deeper cuts with a washcloth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Before they had a chance to say anything, I quickly went into the shed, took a quick, cold bath in the aluminum tub, and got dressed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z There were no willows or sweet-smelling cassia trees, no garden pavilions, no benches sitting by a pond, no tubs of fish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then after a moment he removed his long gown and wound his braid about his head and went out, carrying the tub of water. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Then Sam began to hum some tune I knew but couldn’t quite name, and Esme played with her duck in the tub, and ever so slowly, the Feeling began to diminish. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z When I open the door to the bathroom, I find my prep team sitting in a row on the edge of the tub, hunched and defeated. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes she would grab the backs of my knees and lift me onto her shoulders and slowly walk me around the tub. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I dashed toward the storage tubs on the other side of the garage, squeezing past the front of Mom’s car. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There’s demons in that tub, just waiting to pull me under, and I kinda like being able to breathe. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Then, with me on one side of the tub and him on the other, we toted the rest of the roses to the barn and finished out there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He hears me, and he stops snapping, growling at the monster outside, and runs, jumps into the tub. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z After storing the plastic tubs beneath the counter, the man unscrews the tops to a dozen salt and pepper shakers, paying no attention to me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She flipped on the lights and leaned over the side of the tub. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Steven had installed an oversized waist-deep tub a few months before he died. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The only decent place she could stretch out comfortably was in the tub, so she climbed in and pulled the curtain closed around her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z What she used to do, she’d fill a tub with ice-cold water, put me in it, and hold me under till I was blue. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He followed him for several blocks—over fences, through shrubbery, weaving through yapping dogs and lawn sprinklers and hot tubs. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z MoMo B. ChaCha and Ladybird Hope sat in a heart-shaped bubble bath hot tub, rifles in their hands, champagne glasses nearby. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Rosie shifts her weight and places her foot in the center of the tub. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When the tub was partly full, I carried it over to the elephants’ pathway, at the entrance, put it on the ground, and poured in most of a gallon of “bloody Jik”—laundry bleach. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The crow’s nest is a small circular tub, high up on the mainmast. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She took off her shirt while the tub filled, waiting until the last possible moment to take off her pants and underwear. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Saturday nights was the only time we had hot water, in a tin tub filled to the brim with the water Mama heated for my bath. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The stuff on sale looked really good: heaping boxes of bloodred cherries and apples, walnuts and apricots, jugs of cider in a claw-foot tub full of ice. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It was there, naked in the tub, that Sasha began to understand the severity of their injuries. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Gay started to climb out of the hot tub. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z For example, if you drop a mostly full bottle of ketchup in the tub, it will not float. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The spigot in the tub was broken and the water sprayed into the air. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He hands me the tub of seed, and I scoop out a handful. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Kropp has the round lid of a margarine tub under his arm. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Rosie stands with one foot on a tub while I file her toenails. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z One was lounging in a lake like it was a hot tub. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They empty out into a laundry room, with a glorious copper tub in the middle. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And then, looking down at his wife in the tub: “Oh Christ, what—” “It’s only my period,” Linda said, shocked, not quite comprehending: the water was tinged with menstrual blood. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had provided a large tub of fresh flobberworms for the class, and told them that to pass the test, their flobberworm had to still be alive at the end of one hour. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Let’s have a girls-only hot tub,” Gay suggested when the boys were out with their friends. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Behind the counter, a man in a white apron sorts silverware into two plastic tubs. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We scrubbed our faces and hands, then took turns sitting on the edge of the tub scrubbing our feet. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We had an electric hot water heater, a shower, tub, all that; but of course they all stopped working. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I’m very pleased tub has made your happiness.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And all I wanna do is fill up the tub with Raid and drown myself in it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Mama then heated water in a pot and poured it into another tub and washed the diapers on a washboard and hung them up to dry outside on a clothesline Papa made. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z After I got my sisters in, out, dried, and lotioned, I took my bath, setting my watch on the porcelain edge to keep an eye on my own twelve minutes in the tub. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “She stood up and got out of the tub.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 was standing there with the night-light casting its small brightness when I looked down and saw the claw-footed tub wearing the red socks May had put on its porcelain feet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Quietly, listening to the creak of her limbs, the crinkle of the cloth that clothed her, Linda roused herself, left the room, turned into the bathroom to draw a tub. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the little ones never let up, and at exactly 9:15 A.M., the three of them got into the tub. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I toted tubs full of roses to the back porch. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She washed everything she could bend enough to get into a tub and sponged the rest. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When the tub was almost full the boy got undressed and stepped shivering into the water and sat. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The college kid placed the tub back in the crate. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z After the big, deep, claw-foot tub was filled—too full for a little girl, almost too full for a grown woman—Momma sent the girls away. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “That’s to show everyone she doesn’t have to work with her hands. I’d like to stick them into a nice hot tub of laundry.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps I found Luke in a tub, alone, rather than on the grass. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As she waited for the coffee water to boil, Mami picked them up and took them to the tub under the avocado tree. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z And that’s when a loop of line snags in the tub. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And behind it, the source of the steam…a redwood hot tub. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The Selaesori Qhoran was a wallowing tub of five hundred tons, with a deep hold, high castles fore and aft, and a single mast between. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Who would’a thought that all this could come from that itty-bitty tub of Legos we bought you years ago.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He sets one tub on the table and one on the floor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I grabbed a pair of water buckets, filled them from the big tub in the center of the pasture, and lugged them to the nearest pen. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Water carriers, just outside, their barrows laden with great tubs of water, passed to and fro all day, the water splashing out of the tubs upon the stones. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The side of the tub was actually quite high. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I flopped the tablecloth into the rinse tub and started in on a shift that had gotten mixed in with the table linens. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I run my fingers through the thick layer of bubbles in my tub. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I had never heard a sound like the one sputtering through the speakers—a low growl of static pierced by what sounded like a tub of broken glass being tossed around. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “This is not bathing,” I whispered as I sank against the side of the tub. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Immediately, the servants brought a wood tub filled with water from the kitchen. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He listened to the whirring for a long time before he got up and went into the bathroom to fill the tub. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I remained seated until I heard him begin to drag the tub across the floor. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z You have to understand, the worst penne pasta in Italy, the tubs of it they would give refugees, was still better than the Oklahoma City Olive Garden. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She set two tubs of water in our room and ordered us to pull off our clothes, which we did. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of Yoren's other charges were sitting in front of the bathhouse, waiting their turn at a tub. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I could not see the flower tubs any more, nor the smooth paved stones. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I dunk my French toast sticks in the little tub of syrup. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She sat back, the cold porcelain of the tub seeping through her borrowed T-shirt, and took in her drawing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He placed the thick envelope on the side of the tub and began to play a little game with it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I reached for the soap as Ruth flung her half-washed rocks, now muddy, not dirty, into the rinsing tub with the clean tablecloth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody would take a separate bath one after the other in the same water in a deep wooden tub. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She throws me in the tub with a rubber duck toy and storms off to her bedroom. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When Mom first found out about me in the tub, she beat me in the face and pulled my hair out in big clumps. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as we had her back in bed, Eliza emptied the tub and put more water on to boil. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They took the little stove with them and a couple of pans and he heated water and poured it into the tub and poured in water from the plastic jugs. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “You think this tub’s going to carry only two thousand people? Who told you that?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I sat on an inverted wash- tub and trembled as its metallic coldness seeped through my pants. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A real, long, serious soak, in a tub with bubbles in it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I stood up, too, and for a second we were sandwiched together between the tub and the toilet, staring at each other. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A nylon shower curtain, scarlet, with a design of canary-yellow sharps, flats, and clefs on it, was bunched up at the foot of the tub, attached with plastic rings to an over-head chromium bar. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Immie ducked her head under the water of the hot tub and came back up again. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Five minutes later, there I was, in the tub with my tugboat and my dinosaur. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I put on my clean uniform I washed in the tub last night. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The spotless tub had a triangular hole at one comer, and the water groaned like a man in pain as it drained. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She carries the vase into the bathroom, and he can hear water running in the tub. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z From the corner of his eye he could see his friend Fiona help the old man from the tub and tenderly pat his thin, naked body dry with an absorbant cloth. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z But he liked the yacht’s heart-shaped hot tub, where he sat watching Ladybird Hope on a TV news hour calling him a threat to national security. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Hannah will tell us what to do, and we’ll have everything nice when you come home,” added Beth, getting out her mop and dish tub without delay. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He was ignoring Jack’s half tub of olives. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The door guide hurts again as I hop onto the tub wall, but I’m showing off now so I act like it’s no big deal. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “My boy’s floating around in our tub all day long. I can’t hardly get in my own bathroom no more.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The red pottery tub filled with the brilliant zinnias. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A rusty iron pipe ran a thin stream of spring water into an old green tub. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm listening to all this from the tub, the water hotter than I can stand it, to waylay the cramps snaking into my calves after two brutal tennis matches that day. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Sometimes at night, she would sneak out of bed, creep down the hall, and curl up in the tub. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He showered standing in the cast-iron tub and he shaved, very nervously, with a straight razor that Jacquel loaned him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It was the ground floor of a house, the inside decked out with beds and Jacuzzi tubs, the medical equipment discreetly tucked away. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Jody walked to the brush line and sat on the edge of the mossy tub. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z While we were entertaining ourselves with the light switch, Mama turned a knob in a white tub. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the tubs of ice cream, all in a row, carefully protected behind a pane of glass. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The farmer’s wife put me in a wooden tub and scrubbed me until I screamed. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Finally he said, "Well, I guess this tub is shipshape." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The refrigerator door swung open and out poured tubs of hummus and tzatziki sauce. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I took a plastic laundry tub—part of the gear we had carried up to the cave—and left it under the waterfall for a moment. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an enormous black stove, and a metal sink, and every surface, every wall, was piled and strewn and hung with everything imaginable, from onions to lanterns to wooden spoons to wash- tubs. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We ran the warmer and caught the wax in a tin tub, then loaded the frames into the extractor and filtered the honey through brand-new nylon hose. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not a good idea putting this ice in the tub unless you’ve sealed the drain. Even the tiniest leak and you’ll lose it all in a few hours.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Karl grimaced as I poured warm water over his feet into the tub. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z There was a stove nearly as big as Chrissie’s, and water was steaming away in a cunning tub at the side which Mother said was called a “reservoir.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The girl pulled the rough cotton tunic over Dany's head and helped her into the tub. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Looking around the orange room—it really was difficult to look at—he noted the clients’ new tub, a huge claw-footed antique. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Then I’d have to carry it back into the house and pour the well water into the tub for my bath. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I walked straight past the tub to the vanity sink and grabbed the bottle of shampoo and held it out to her. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There is Jennifer, packing store-bought cookies in a plastic tub for her daughter’s class. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Already I could tell the day was going to be hot, and I wanted to go to the bathroom and press my face against the edge of the tub, where it was cool. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The shape of the tub and what they put in the water to make him smell like honeysuckle sometimes and sometimes of lavender. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m in the tub, for God’s sake, Mother.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The metal can bounced, banging against the walls of the tub like a squat madman foaming at the mouth. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z And she would smile and wag her head and sigh: “Never saw such a tub.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “A person who applies motion study can be in and out of the tub in the time it takes one record to play.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He went on to the sagebrush line where the cold spring ran out of its pipe and fell into a round wooden tub. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She let me weep out all the misery and loneliness of recent years and helped me out of the tub with a mother’s care. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When she saw me splayed out on the floor and the mess in the tub, she ran for the phone and called the team doctor. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “In case we get a chance to get in the hot tub.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Then when this was done he sat in the tub and bathed himself all over. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 The childrens are taking turns up and down the creaky stairs to bathe in the big tub and to wash their hairs. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z There was also a hot tub for soaking sore muscles. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It was a white enamel tub up on legs, and we filled it with water from the garden hose. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then came the day when Amanda entered fourth grade, and she decided she was getting too old to tub it with her little brother and sister. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, however, he succeeded in getting the tub all filled. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she sat in the chair by the side of the tub, and braided the straws. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He found Mom in the bathroom, crouched in the tub. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He pulls a big black and white tub from a shelf and hands it to Natasha. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z A longship would have made the crossing in half the time as well The Myraham was a wallowing tub, if truth be told, and he would not care to be aboard her in a storm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It had a black-and- white tile floor, a toilet that flushed with a powerful whoosh, a tub so deep you could submerge yourself completely in it, and hot water that never ran out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z After the bath, I crouched by the side of the tub and dipped my head in the water and washed my hair. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The threads unraveled and sank to the bottom of the tub. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I put my shampoo on the edge of the tub. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The tub had protected her, just like her sister promised it would. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The chilled tapioca puddings in little tubs at the supermarket? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Already, the house felt like a hot tub without the water and bubbles. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I lay in that tub on the seventeenth floor of this hotel for-women-only, high up over the jazz and push of New York, for near onto an hour, and I felt myself growing pure again. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Instantly my mother leaped away from the tub and headed, on tiptoe, toward the bedroom. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I hooked it up to my RTG water heater and put both the input and output lines into the tub. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The cow’s hooves were the size of hot tubs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She sank her body slowly into the hot tub. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z On Saturday night Mam will boil water on the stove and wash us in the great tin tub and Dad will dry us. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then he noticed the tub in my hand, and his smile faded. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I took off the shirt and she pushed me into a tin tub of icy cold water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She said that if someone I had a crush on came in, I shouldn’t put butter in the bottom half of the tub. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Dadi grabbed my arm and yanked me closer to the tub. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Water sloshes as the princess climbs from the tub. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Pattie doesn't want any more tubs or containers in the apartment. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The milk lady fished two mugs out of a tub of water, sat on a stool, and began to milk the cow directly into the mugs. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z After soaking and peeling it, they arranged the long white roots into upright sprays in enamel tubs and passed single file through the village like immense lilies on slender, moving stalks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I went over to look at them, my footsteps echoing on the tile, and then I became aware of a measured plink plink plink, coming from the faucet of the tub. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You are very dirty! There is water in tub if you wish to clean!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The big family gift was a hot tub. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The tub would be filled in a minute and the water flow would stop automatically. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I spotted one of them, bent over a plastic tub of supplies, wearing a pair of orange waders like the ones Sookie and Lester wore on the boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z |
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