| 单词 | wax |
| 例句 | Every time I brought to mind a memory or thought and tried to put an invisible wall around it, my defenses crumbled, as flimsy as waxed paper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z That even if his father hadn’t taught him himself, some crotchety old nanny had waxed poetic on the value of tucking your shirt in, polishing your shoes, and combing your hair. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But there was no steady progress; they understood from the doctors that this was only waxing and waning. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In his left hand he had hold of the lump of wax, all that remained of the candle that had brought him here. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “I better not see any scratches on my Cadillac, or someone named Russ is going to be waxing and buffing all day tomorrow,” says Mr. Allen. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that without the appropriate binding and properly focused Alar, all the wax and hair in the world wouldn’t do one whit of good. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z All of them gasped and grimaced as the potion hit their throats: At once, their features began to bubble and distort like hot wax. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z August bent over the hive, inspecting the frames, looking for wax buildup on the comb, the half- moon shape of her helmet bouncing along. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Grover picked at the fries, and eyed the tray’s waxed paper liner as if he might go for that, but he still looked too nervous to eat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z But he sipped it from the small waxed paper cups Lily had packed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The waxing moon sank into the cloudy West. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I feel something in my throat, like a ball of wax, so thick I can barely swallow, barely breathe. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Tessie and I lay in our chairs, listening to wax being violently removed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I casually moved the foot of the wax doll into the space about an inch above the candle’s wick, which is actually the hottest part of the flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I take out a long bar of wax from Dain’s desk, one end blackened. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then he placed a small wax paper envelope on the table in front of Anya. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z People are limping about, arms outstretched, their clothes on fire and their faces half melted like wax. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He stood up and opened a large drawer, in which were arranged in order a number of hollow cylinders of metal covered with dark wax, and said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He swung the hoe with a blaze of angry grunts, while I sat on the steps and dug candle wax out of two dozen glass holders. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The water came to his neck and his small waxed mustache and derby hat were in the clear. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She was beginning to shriek now, sitting there like a wax doll melting in its own heat. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom drove our old clunker up to the drop-off curb behind a bunch of other cars—mostly fancy cars like BMWs, Volvos, and Jeeps, all shiny and freshly waxed in a variety of bright colors. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And so it goes, waxing and waning like a tide, both toxic and healing at the same time. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The little animal fell to the ground and the mother began to lick it, leaving it as clean and shiny as waxed wood, coaxing it with her muzzle to stand up. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The molten gold trickled down his face like wax, burning deep channels in his flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “They rout in the ground,” I say and wax into a lecture. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Greta, a stout woman with sallow skin and black hair that seemed to drip down her head like candle wax, tutted her tongue disapprovingly. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In the candlelight her skin was the unreal color of wax statues. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "How kind of Lord Tywin. And his sealing wax is such a lovely shade of gold." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "I am not an expert on wax dummies." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “And a great big picture of her, and maybe one of them wax statues. Plus some of them old clothes and that shoe in the house. All that stuff mean a whole lot.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Inside was a waxed paper parcel containing a thick roast beef sandwich. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Move side to side,” instructed Furlough, scrabbling across the waxed castle floor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Tyrion laid the letters on the table beside his porridge, twin parchments tightly rolled and sealed with wax at both ends. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She stands alone in Madame Manec’s room and smells peppermint, candle wax, six decades of loyalty. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He made for it a collar of newspaper so the hot wax would not drip on my hand. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z As I walk down the halls, I see them shackled to the waxed tile floor, ankle cuffs digging into their skin. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It was tightly rolled and sealed with a button of hard pink wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She rubbed her thumb and forefinger like she was balling wax. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I never would have noticed if Sarah hadn’t practiced eyebrow waxing on me last summer. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z From the 1890s onwards, Edison’s wax- cylinder recording devices were being used all over the world, capturing for ever the oral and musical culture of communities now long disappeared. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z ALS is like a lit candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z These aren’t even store-bought bottles, these have a red wax top like my Uncle Toad used to cap his moonshine with. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She pops the glass in her mouth and swallows it, then wipes her mouth with her hand, staining her fingers with wax and blood. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Cars waxed and gleaming, plastic pennant flags criss-crossed over the lots. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Tip: Use only green apple candies, then dip them in melted caramel and let them rest on wax paper before packaging. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z As he opened the second drawer enough to see that it held writing paper and sealing wax and ink there was a knock on the door. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The candle flickered one last time and died, drowned in its own wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My frantic search uncovered a plethora of random objects—clothing, shoe brushes, buttonhooks, photographs of wives and sweethearts, tins of wax and pastes—things that seemed so ordinary, so human. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z And now the fighting waxed furious on the fields of the Pelennor; and the din of arms rose upon high, with the crying of men and the neighing of horses. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I rubbed at the hot wax on the back of my hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I say, now licking chip crumbs from the wax basket liner. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I couldn’t bear the thought of sitting idly by some fire, sticking pins into a wax doll while miles away a drug-crazed draccus rolled in the flaming wreckage of some innocent family’s farm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Over the centuries, their relevance has waxed and waned. Seems like just when you think you’ve seen the last of them, you start hearing rumors again.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Once we bought the wax and some topical medicine to numb the inside of my nose, we marched back out of the store. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The air was smooth with the scent of wax, and in the honeyed light, the gleaming surfaces of the furniture seemed to ripple and breathe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He has ringmaster written all over him, from the scarlet coat and white jodhpurs to the top hat and waxed curled moustache. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As if, now that we were getting waxed together, she could treat me like an adult. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He pulled out a piece of wax paper and used it to grab three chocolate croissants from the glass case. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Even in the rice puddings Tessie made, covering each little bowl with wax paper before putting it away in the fridge— even into these prophylactically secure desserts my hair found its way! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I cannot bear to look at his hands, they are like wax. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z St. Gaudens, tall and lean and wearing a goatee, sat in a corner very still, like a figure sculpted from wax. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He also had paper and a packet of wax crayons. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z In his hand was a parchment with a broken seal of dark green wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We looked at it, standing on its white linen doth as huge as History, and could almost smell the sweet wax in the darkness of a long time ago. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She flicked her tongue over a brass seal to moisten it and pressed the stamp firmly into the wax. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We get back to the garage-house, and the floor was mop and wax to a shine that made my eyes water. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was wearing a fancy suit and his eyebrow had been waxed so it looked as shiny as his eyes. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Her father lifts her into its bed, where a dozen people nestle beneath a waxed canvas tarp. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z About that time he had begun to cultivate the black mustache with waxed tips and the somewhat stentorian voice that would characterize him in the war. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Olives—yes. Olives and wax. I never go anyplace without ’em.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The maester's medicines made an impressive display,- dozens of pots sealed with wax, hundreds of stoppered vials, as many milkglass bottles, countless jars of dried herbs, each container neatly labeled in Pycelle's precise hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a wax candle, not tallow, and it was much used and melted. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z After clearing away leftovers and washing dishes at night, Naomi packed four lunches, folding wax paper around the sandwiches and laying out the thermos for Henry’s coffee. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The waxing moon rose earlier each night, though Xan did not pay it much mind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He was folding slices of ham and laying them out neatly on little squares of waxed paper. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He took some wax, mixed it with iron filings and shaped it into a ball: when he had the mixture right it floated just below the surface of the water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I don’t suppose you have a seal, or ring or anything like that?” she asked as she smeared the wax across the top of the bottle’s stopper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A window ledge is covered in stretched, dangling strips that look like melted wax. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t go to the wax museum in Times Square or anything. Buy me an ‘I Heart New York’ T-shirt and then just get here. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z If you came home waxing poetic about socialism and ménages à trois, then they might be a little freaked out, too. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The moon was waxing, and in the early night-hours a cold grey light lay on the land. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She grabbed a waxed paper cup and filled it with iced tea and a lemon, capped the cup, and brought it back to Petey. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She pulls out a tiny scroll boasting the queen's wax seal. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z So he lay down in the hammock, removing the wax from his ears with a penknife, and in a few minutes he was asleep. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But he did know this — that the world he had lost had waxed valuable in the losing, like an unwon love. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped the cookies in the wax paper and trotted up the porch steps. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The wax children did not work that night. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z As for John Mark, he’s been waxing the truck every other day, making sure it sparkles inside and out when Mom has to ride in it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z "Yes, miss," she replies, coating Sabine's legs with honey-scented wax. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Odysseus told his men about them and that the only way to pass them safely was for each man to stop his ears with wax. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At my feet are mounds of burned-out candle wax, fistfuls of dying flowers blown by the wind and roughed by the ravages of the street. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z With a match, Tanin heated a stick of wax until molten pearls began to drop one by one onto the paper, creating an inky black pool. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I thought you’d be more pleased,” I said as I peeled the wax off the top of the bottle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The faces that looked like they were made of wax, and had been melted and remolded. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Alarmed, I dropped the candle, spilling the molten wax on my feet; the room was plunged into utter darkness, for the bright light disappeared barely seconds after it had flashed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ruth and me are free, Pastor. Miss Finch freed us in her will. Momma, too, if she had lived. It was done up legal, on paper with wax seals.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The moon, now waxing round, filled the eastern sky with a pale cold sheen. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Even from a distance, Jesper could see the stacks of bills in palest Kerch purple, emblazoned with the three flying fish, row after row of them, bound in paper bands sealed with wax. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Are you saying the Indians cooked their hands in hot wax?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He thought waxing his red sports car all afternoon was more important than taking his wife somewhere in it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped six gingersnap cookies in wax paper and tucked them into the top of my lunch sack. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Brush, liquid polish, brash, paste wax, shine rag, lacquer sole dressing . . . step by step, Freddie showed me what to do. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She steers Felicia down an airless passageway lit on one side with red votive candles set on wooden tables coated with hardened wax. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The eyes, mouth, and skin color were painted on its wax head in disturbing hues. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She rummaged around in a drawer, brought out some sealing wax, and began to warm it over the lamp on her desk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In a great circle, under the starry sky and the waxing moon, they now made their bivouac. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He took the silver pitcher out of the cloth he had wrapped it in and his own wax model and explained Mr. Hancock’s order. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was covered then with a coat of wax of the same thickness that the finished bell was to be, and the required decoration on the outside of the bell was carved on the wax. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z These leaves would protect the wax from the sun so that it would not melt when it became day. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z We can polish our floors with a wax guaranteed to kill any insect that walks over it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z You won’t have to strip and wax the floors or wash the windows. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Now here it was after all, preserved by some considerate hand with varnish and wax. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The following morning, before going to work, Mama and I covered my note pad with waxed paper to keep it clean. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They have the same deep-set eyes, the same thick eyebrows that will never go away, no matter how many times they wax or pluck them. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Aphrodite had sighed and waxed nostalgic about the good old days of the Civil War—how love and war always went hand in hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And the letter was sealed with a smear of hard pink wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Not with hair and wax. Maybe blood and clay ...” “Order.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Esteban began to climb the creaky steps, which had not been waxed in a long time. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The waxing moon was a sliver in the east. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I obeyed inexpertly, dripping hot wax on my fingers. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I bring em out, undo the wax paper I got em in so they don’t turn out bent. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We walk past Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and Madame Tussauds, a tourist trap with wax models of celebrities that people take selfies with and share on Facebook. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Friday evening, when the light was failing and work over johnny took the silver pitcher and his own wax model and left the shop. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun glowed behind them, melting them from inside like candle wax. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He peeled the leaf away from the wax with care. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It was full of my Notebook, collecting jars, a cheese sandwich, a corked bottle of lemonade, and a waxed paper twist of pecans. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I had wax, and this scale would make as good a link as any hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She tears waxed paper from the roll and covers the layer of hamburgers. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrote the letters in a fury, burning herself with sealing wax, her hand was shaking so. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Mr Joseph Hooper moved his hand towards the small, left-side drawer in the desk, underneath the drawer where sealing wax had always been kept. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She dressed him in his soldier's uniform, shaved him, combed his hair, and waxed his mustache better than he had ever done in his days of glory. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He nudged the roll of parchment, its wax seal still unbroken. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The seal had left an impression in the wax, and Tanin traced it with raw fingertips. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The tabloids waxed nostalgic for the good old days of WWII, when the enemy all spoke a foreign language and the army went somewhere else to fight. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z That was a whole nother ball of wax—twice as long and in many ways more than twice as hard. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The conductor looked at the bit of wax his fingernail had retrieved. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z As he came closer Fremantle observed with alarm that the man was spotlessly groomed; even his mustache was waxed, the ends slim and sharp like wiggly rapiers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I found it hard not to stare at the enormous mustachios that sprouted under their noses, especially when the men combed and waxed them, and twirled the ends. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Mango slides across the freshly waxed front hallway and leaves a mango-colored streak behind him. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He found candles in a kitchen drawer and lit two of them and then melted wax onto the counter and stood them in the wax. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Inside, it smelled like floor wax and old fruit salad and something else, a smell that Raymie did not want to think about too much. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Annabeth nodded to let me know she was better now, then she murmured something I couldn’t hear because of the wax in my ears. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z For dinner the houseboy brought us one thing after another until I thought I’d burst: real meat, orange cheeses wrapped in red wax, canned yellow asparagus. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The camellia flowers peel away from the Gris girl's body like wax, exposing her to the crowd. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The waxing moon had just set, and the sky glittered with stars. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was an old Gibson guitar, sandpapered and waxed to a honey- yellow finish. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Like us, their families moved to big houses with big yards to tend on weekends, they owned fancy cars that needed washing and waxing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora stared at the wax faces of the white people. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The slow moon mounted, now waxing towards the full, and in its cold silver light the swelling grass-lands rose and fell like a wide grey sea. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When I brushed the dirt from the lid and opened it, I saw first the whiteness of her gloves, then the photograph wrapped in waxed paper, just as I’d left it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they set it upon a rock that stood before the wax children’s hut. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The Hunter's Moon waxed round in the night sky, and put to flight all the lesser stars. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They put Spender into a silver case with waxes and wines which were ten thousand years old, his hands folded on his chest. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z We walk over wooden floors, polished to a sheen with pine- scented wax, past stairs that curve up to a wraparound balcony that overlooks the gardens. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I seasoned it with salt, pepper, and sage, then warmed a loaf of flatbread near the fire and broke open the wax on the cheese. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His knuckles were gnarled with burn scars, too, like melted candle wax, and he smelled like a dead animal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The candle burned down to a puddle of wax, then a second and a third. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I see Sourmelina, heating up a tin of wax on the stove. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A wispy veil of clouds covered the sky and the bright waxing gibbous moon. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z "Could the body in the coffin, which you did not examine, have been no body at all? Could it have been a wax dummy dressed in the costume of Uncle Sam?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The guards rushed forward, but each got a stream of hot wax in his face. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A finger of warm wax was puddling out across the Bay of Seals, slow as a glacier. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She stacked the books, changed the candles, put the quills and inks and sealing wax in order. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The note was sealed with a dot of hard black wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lester had learned easily what I had struggled over, but he came when he felt like it, or he stayed away to earn money waxing floors. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He was folding slices of ham and laying them out neatly on little squares of waxed paper. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The rest of her seemed unalive, like a pale wax model of my mother: the woman who could not fight fire with fire, even to save her children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Paolo was the type of guy who travels around the world with nothing more than a backpack, who talks to strangers on carousels and in wax museums. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The room smelled like wax, candles, oil lamps, tobacco, burning stove wood, whiskey, dirty clothes, and leather boots. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They were also hard workers, one wax child being able to do the work of at least two ordinary children. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z And it was then that the last of the wax ran molten over Tristran's hand, and the burning became impossible for him to bear, and the last of the flame burned out forever. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Indoors there were hardwood floors, waxed daily to a perfect gleam. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were mostly photos, but there were some wax statues, too. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Another hornet buzzed into my ear and it felt like someone had poured hot wax right down into my brain. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps the whisperers could polish his banisters and wax his floors? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z They were still bright red from the hot wax and curled over like the talons of a hawk perched on a fence. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He lit it, let a little molten wax gather around the wick, and tilted it out onto the thwart and set the candle upright in it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Holding her aluminum tray, she moved from body to body, spreading maple-syrup-colored wax where it was needed with a flat wooden spoon, and pressing in strips of gauze before it hardened. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Something of daylight still lingered, and the moon was waxing bright: I could see him plainly. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I have caterpillars for eyebrows, and I try to talk Momma into letting me get them waxed, but she says N-O. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Ned broke the wax with his thumb and flattened the letter to consider the king's urgent com-mand, reading the words with mounting disbelief. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When Chester had had as much as he wanted, Mario wrapped what was left in a piece of wax paper and put it inside the cash register. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It was easy for the parents to love the wax children. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I crack open the top, and between sheets of wax paper are cookies. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She caught the mingled odors of incense, candle wax, flowers, and the good black cloth and shaving lotion of the priest. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no cockroach, she announced, just a lot of wax. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny was making out of wax an exact replica of the pitcher handle, only enlarging it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I set the wax piece down carefully on the table and wiped my hands on my jeans. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Paint had flaked from his cheek, exposing the gray wax beneath. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After coating a copper plate with wax, Maria drew on it using a long, sharp needle. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They didn’t smell bad at first, were wax museums. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They got to work, tracing from original Maps to wax paper, one by one, trying to keep it clean and correct while hurrying as fast as possible. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z As the supply of water from the irrigation ditch waxed and waned, the lights flickered on and off and glowed with varying degrees of in-tensity. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Jule was looking at the wax model of Charles Dickens, who sat morosely in a hard wooden chair, when someone spoke to her. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Its label bore a death’s head, and broken red wax surrounded its unstoppered mouth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The cyclotron ran, “but it was held together with string and sealing wax, literally.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Blow out the candles, sweetie, make a wish, before we eat wax cake.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I pointed to the wax paper bundle R.C. held in one hand. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I started opening the letter but afore I could get my finger in it and bust the wax seal open she said, “If you don’t mind, Elijah, I wants to open it.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Soon they have wax and crayons and string and so many things on the table that it is a bigga mess. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z A wax replication of the duel depicted Hamilton being shot by Burr and several hidden accomplices from ambush. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z As the light came up over the hills, it made the wax bird seem pink with fire. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The wax was thin and cold, and I flipped it over and over in my hand, thinking. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “But take them back, for rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Diego finished his sub and tossed the crumpled wax paper into his duffel bag. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The village hall smells of cigarettes, wax, dust, cauliflower, and paint. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She wrapped cheese and biscuits in wax paper and took the last of the oranges. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I can hear it guttering, smell the wax, feel the chill of the air around my neck and shoulders. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There were wax candles in massive brass candelabra, burning softly under yellow silk shades; full, fragrant roses, yellow and red, abounded. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey finished her sandwich and crumpled the wax paper up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Not far from the Hills of the Matopo there lived a family whose children were made out of wax. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Inside wait fifteen pastries, separated by squares of wax paper and stuffed with strawberry preserves. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z As she applied the compress to her swollen, split lip, she scolded me for not scraping candle wax that had dripped on the floor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Tonight, though, I discover a hidden treasure when I find four pieces of bologna wrapped in wax paper behind an empty carton of milk. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They knew, for instance, that other children felt pain: wax children never experienced pain, and for this they were grateful. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z His regency would be a short one, he reflected as the wax softened. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He had Johnny’s wax model in his hands—delicate hands to go with such heavy wrists. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And how well behaved their children would be if they were all made of wax. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you like this sunrise, Jane? That sky with its high and light clouds which are sure to melt away as the day waxes warm—this placid and balmly atmosphere?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I called him so many times that I finally saw him, but when he came he was covered with dried blood and rags, dragging streamers of barbed wire across the waxed parquet floors. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she came to the door between the kitchen and the big room, and said: “The syrup is waxing. Come and help yourselves.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z We are given dissecting kits with scalpel-like knives that could be sharper, and trays with a coating of wax at the bottom, and a package of pins, as in sewing classes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I pull a candle close to me and push the soft wax at the top of it into the blue flame. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The candle is just a straw-wrapped Chianti bottle with years of wax drippings down its neck. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He was melting wax shaping to their minds. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside are the familiar smells: typewriter ribbons, waxed floors, rock dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I stared at a row of dark vials, sealed in red wax, the labels bearing the symbol of a death’s head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Even in tossing shadows and under a waxing moon I knew him, and he saw me at the same time. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Dussel, unpacking his case with an air of importance, asked for some eau de cologne, which could be used as a disinfectant, and vaseline, which would have to do for wax. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “My aunt gets her eyebrows waxed all the time. How different can it be?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “He’s scrubbing the hallway. And from the looks of the tin canister next to him, I think he’s fixing to do some waxing.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z We watch, utterly helpless, as the flesh melts off his body like candle wax. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She heated a stick of peacock blue wax and affixed her seal to the document before her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A strong counter-emotion waxed in him, urging him, warning him to leave this newly-seen and newly-felt thing alone, that it would lead him to but another blind alley, to deeper hate and shame. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The atmosphere was like a Turkish bath without the heat, a lazy, draped feeling to everything, steam curling off pots of wax. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "He looked asleep, like he did in the coffin. He looked like a wax dummy." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z A thick seal of crimson wax had been broken, and part of a folded paper protruded invitingly. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A great big wonderful waxing bomber’s moon was rising as she arrived at the pickup airfield, and Maddie landed just before the local squadron took off. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Instead, I am staring at the pile of notes, at the soft wax impressions, an intaglio in reverse. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I had not cleared the wax from my ears all summer, hoping it would soften her voice. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s wax dripping from the condenser or charcoal built up on a resistor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But it’s hard to concentrate in the lunchroom with the girls’ step team practicing in one corner, a rap group performing in the other, and Vondie and JB waxing poetic about love and basketball. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z When I moved his head or limbs, they stayed like wax. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He pulled out two sandwiches, tore the wax paper off one, and tossed the other to me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The mother and the father in this family were exactly the same as everyone else, but for some reason their children had turned out to be made of wax. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Each brick consisted of 2,864 calories and was wrapped in wax paper and packed in tin boxes; the hold of the ship was loaded with them. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I spot my face on one, but the ink waxes and wanes, changing too quickly for me to read it and know my fate. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Beatty flopped over and over and over, and at last twisted in on himself like a charred wax doll and lay silent. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside there’s a glazed lemon poppy seed doughnut wrapped in thin, white wax paper. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z His candle had guttered out in a pool of wax, but morning light was shining through the shutters of his window. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She pours the jelly into hot jars, capping them with paraffin wax. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Inside lay what appeared to be a wax sculpture of Travis in a cheap blue suit—plastic and unreal somehow. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z By this time we have a living room floor, hardwood, waxed by my mother down on her knees, polished with a long-handled weighted brush that she pushes back and forth, making a sound like waves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was full of golden potion and the cork was still tightly sealed with wax. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I take a blank sheet of paper and scrawl Madoc on one side, then seal the other with wax. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It might have gotten worse if I hadn’t made a slight gesture over the brazier with the wax doll. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They had dressed her in the white gown and crown of wax orange blossoms that were being saved for her wedding day. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And at that the candle-stub guttered, violently, the last of the wick afloat in the pool of wax. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Then I took two large wads of candle wax, kneaded them into earplugs, and stuffed my ears. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z They understood that she could wax and wane for a long time. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The wax protected everything but the lines, which were burned—or “etched”—into the copper. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She put it down again and found a box of in-case-of-emergency white wax candles, and thrust one into a candlestick. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I dabbed candelilla wax on my lips from the small tin pot I had brought with us. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I know he’s making eye contact with all of us as he speaks but I can’t help but feel that he’s singling me out as he waxes pirate poetic. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z If they worked during the day, when the sun was hot, wax children would melt. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z It only stood to reason that they would use pink sealing wax as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The cat-o’-nine-tails was generally made of six strands of hard, waxed cord, sometimes metal-tipped, that were attached to a hickory handle about a foot and a half long. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Less than an inch remained, jutting from a pool of warm melted wax to cast its light over the queen’s bed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Zebra Room I remember as a kid: it was full of artificial flowers, yellow tulips, red roses, dwarf trees bearing wax apples. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Icarus grabbed the wax gun and sprayed it at the king, who stepped back in surprise. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Technically, he was waxing his boots, but really he was just sitting watching the world go by and dreamily enjoying the sunshine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The man and woman wept, and each of them kissed the wax model of a bird. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z And candles, forests of them, the wax melting to create an effect like termite-eaten wood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z For thousands of years, as civilizations waxed and waned, these three art forms—painting, sculpture, and architecture—embodied the ambitions, dreams, and values of their cultures. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Somehow I had expected waxed surfaces and carpeted floors. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s the uncapper over there, where we take the wax off the comb. Then it goes through the wax melter over here.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Downstairs were lecture halls and classrooms, all of them empty, with clean blackboards and freshly waxed floors. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She opened the pack and pulled out three lovely sandwiches wrapped in wax paper, three apples, and, my goodness me, three ice-cold Coca-Colas. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He was a small undersized fellow with a foxy, waxed moustache, who had seen twelve years’ service and was in civil life a postman. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Patterson pointed to the brown Dodge Diplomat, gleaming in the driveway as if it had been recently waxed. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She put it down on the wax paper. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I wished I could iron it all between sheets of wax paper like I’d done with the bright red maple leaf I’d mailed to Dad. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The candles shrink to stubs, and specks of wax drip onto the table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The seal was a mockingbird, in grey wax. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He bought me a suitcase and some clothes, mostly long-sleeved shirts, dress pants, and traditionally waxed, colorful cotton suits with intricate embroidery on the collars, sleeves, and hems of pants. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The piano, waxed and polished every week, gleams in the sunlight from the curved bay window. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Then, as the tallow dwindled and the flame began to gutter in the wet wax of the candle, a hunchback approached the dais. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A roll of crisp white parchment sealed with golden wax, a few short words and a smear of blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Once he even cleaned out his ears with his pinkies, as if what stood between him and some more vital, degree-holding self was wax. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Should she ever own boots, she now knew the trick of tallow and wax that extended their use. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z All around me there was a great numbness, as if I were sealed in wax ten inches thick. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The master armourer, or sergeant-at-arms, was a stiff, pale, bouncy gentleman with waxed moustaches. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Frypan wasn’t too happy having a whole box of his wax paper rolls taken away from him, especially with their supplies being cut off. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Giant put the tip of his little finger in his ear to clean out the wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And I’m pretty sure it was me who ate five cookie cones at the Ren Faire in sixth grade, and then vomited into a wax mold of my own hand. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Drop down on their knees in the chapel, sweaty straw hats in their hands, to smell the candle wax and watch the flickering red and blue votive lights? Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I light two and we use those to tag team the rest, racing to finish before the wax drips. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z It was tightly rolled and sealed, with a button of hard pink wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Alaska was holding a burning green candle in her hand upside down, dripping the wax onto a larger, homemade volcano that looked a bit like a Technicolor middle-school-science-project volcano. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z From it he drew a parchment packet affixed with red wax seals. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z All around his candle were bits of bone and brain, islands in a lake of melted wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I learned that later, however; at the time I didn’t know what he was writing, and I sat waxing skis, or doing nothing. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Perspiration poured down from under his derby and the wax in the points of his mustache melted, causing the neat adornment to change into disorganized hair on his upper lip. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I had jewelry to sell, I wouldn’t be here,” I said frankly and pressed my thumb into the wax. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The hooves were waxed with dark polish, shining like metal. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Picking up the wax, they went to a special place they knew and there Ngwabi’s eldest sister made the wax into a bird. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I looked at Adèle, whose head leant against my shoulder; her eyes were waxing heavy, so I took her up in my arms and carried her off to bed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I took a sandwich out of the wax paper bag and got down to business. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z One of their first goals was getting a life-sized wax Henrietta statue. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z If the brick was at the back, there were problems like wax moths or ailing queens. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Take heed, Mrs. Clarke,” Penelope said cautiously, “you are likely to drip wax on yourself if you are not careful. That will give a nasty burn.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He handed the knife to Minho, then pointed at the wax paper. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The wax hardened immediately, floating on the surface. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Time passed, fountains of the magnetic northern lights came and went, and the moon waxed and waned many times. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw their yellow eyes waxing and waning in the light, focusing and unfocusing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The gymnasium floor was freshly waxed and the basketball goals were folded to the ceiling. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Icarus’ father made some wings that he fastened with wax. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z While he spoke, he was cleaning the wax out of his ear with his little finger. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched Betty Jean use a spatula to put the cookies onto a piece of wax paper on the counter to cool. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Another had a parchment shoved between its teeth, its wax seal still unbroken. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I hated the way she folded the wax paper from her lunch; she did not wad her brown paper bag and her school papers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Blood that has spread across the table thickens like cooling wax. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Inside the hut, afraid to leave its darkness, the other wax children wept for their melted brother. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I look around at the dishes piled in the sink, the strips of beet peel staining a wooden cutting board, a saucepan half full of translucent cabbage, a roasting pan charred and waxed with grease. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They found Queen Cersei in the council chambers, seated at the head of a long table littered with papers, candles, and blocks of sealing wax. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 They were long and slender and made from pale wax. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a woman sitting in a chair, her sideburns and chin smeared with dark golden wax, and there were two beautiful young women lying naked from the waist down, having their bikini lines done. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A terribly pale boy, with pale eyes, pale hair, and pale skin, Charlie looked like a figure made of wax. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z My faithful company rested on their oars now, peeling off the wax that I had laid thick on their ears; then set me free. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Time has turned his skin into wax paper. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then we wrapped them in wax paper and started hawking them. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z "Almost thirteen thousand jars? Do you take me for a fool? I'm not about to pay the king's gold for empty jars and pots of sewage sealed with wax, I warn you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Celia pauses at a tent containing a tree branch covered in candle wax. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Two wax candles stood lighted on the table, and two on the mantelpiece; basking in the light and heat of a superb fire, lay Pilot—Adèle knelt near him. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He set his two wax models in wet sand. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I got chicken on wooden skewers and brought it back to the table wrapped in wax paper. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa and Grandma Lustig were there, weeping, their faces shifting like wax, shimmering as all things shimmer on a hot day. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The argument waxed until Cooke shouted that if Brand did not shut up he was going to “cut his black throat.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Higher, he flew—higher—until the heat of the sun melted the wax holding those wings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There was not a single smudge of ink on the marble desktop, and the floor was so pristine, I could have believed it had been waxed yesterday. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I don't tell anyone that what makes this work is wax. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The wax dummy in the coffin had been molded in the former image of Sam Westing as he had looked fifteen years ago—not as he looked now. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m supposed to make a centerpiece out of waxed maple leaves, acorns, ribbon, and a mile of thin wire. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Three of them—short notes on large pieces of paper that had been folded, sealed with sealing wax, and mailed without an envelope. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z One was a deep brown, with scrapes and scratches visible beneath the glossy veneer she kept up with biannual waxing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The syrup was better than the wax, she thought. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “What the—” “Just trust me. We need wax paper and scissors. And every black marker and pencil you can find.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Some of the white wax that dung to the sides of the bronze cups came from candles that had been lit in Russia. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She tipped the glass to the side so the hot wax wouldn’t smother the wick. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Then she took the warm melted wax from the candle and covered the clay dolls with it so they took on the color of flesh. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Pith helmets with netting, tools, and wax candles hung from nails near the front door, and a thin veneer of honey lay across everything. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The waxing moon was riding in the West, and the shadows of the rocks were black. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They could have Cordelia and me in here, in our bat-wing sleeves and cinch belts, stuffed and mounted or made of wax, drinking our milkshakes, looking as bored as we could. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I learned how to run a steam- heated knife along the super, slicing the wax cap off the combs, how to load them just so into the spinner. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d tried it once when I was seven, and there was no ghost, just a lot of melted wax on the countertop. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The prosecutor swiveled with a faintly military flourish and executed a tight circle over the courtroom’s waxed floor, his hands against the small of his back neatly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The dolls were made of clay and shellacked with candle wax. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z August used a pound of wax per candle and pressed tiny violets into them, which I collected in the woods. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Thick, creamy, parchmentlike envelopes from the National Geographic Society affixed with red wax seals. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He rapidly made a duplicate, for when the molten silver was poured in on the wax, it would melt and float away, so he made a model for each handle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And the next day, Easter Sunday, Amaka did not join the rest of the young people who wore all white and carried lit candles, with folded newspapers to trap the melting wax. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I handed him the apple core and he put it and the wax paper from the sandwich in the paper bag. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z You know how some celebrities wax poetic in interviews about how they just knew they'd be famous? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The windshield dribbled away like wax under a blowtorch. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He was a middle-aged man with a severe hair part that was slicked back with pomade so thick that it made his hair look waxed. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Haynes was waxing rhetorical—the critics don’t want to jettison everything from the past. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He had exactly enlarged the handle in his wax model. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My shoes skid nicely across the waxed floor, and all those nights in dark apartments, leading girls and learning the steps, have paid off. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z During the day no rays of the sun could penetrate into the gloom of this hut, and so the wax children were quite safe. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z She pulls out a tray of Florentine cookies and shows Maribel how to arrange them on overlapping strips of wax paper so they look more appealing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The bad news is I was so shocked I morphed into a wax museum exhibit of myself. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But for the past two weeks, I’ve had a secret joy and a secret dread both rattling inside a me that make waxing floors go even slower and washing underwear a uphill race. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “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 He had small teeth set in vast expanses of gum; those round ears; and delicate, almost maidenly skin that tended to flush and pale with the waxing and waning of his digestive problems. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a brass box, its vacuum maintained by the usual liberal applications of sealing wax. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One of them picked it up and turned it over in his hands, picking at the pink wax that sealed it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The skin felt fragile and greasy, like waxed paper that had curled in an oven’s heat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z If we promised to wash and wax his Corvette for approximately the rest of time, he’d cover our debts. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The museum is a famous attraction, full of Bollywood actors, members of the royal family, and the dimpled stars of boy bands, all sculpted in wax. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It’s in the wax that coats the other vegetables in the produce section. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Little round cheeses individually wrapped in red wax. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z With shaking hands, Anya lifted the little wax envelope and opened the flap. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A small mole of melted candle wax grew on Princesse’s hand as she sat posing stiffly. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Squirreled away in them I had string and wax, some dried apple, a tinderbox, a marble in a small leather sack, a pouch of salt, hook-needle and gut. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One is modeling, an additive process using soft materials such as plaster, clay, or wax. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There must have been a cake, with candles and wishes and a quarter and a dime wrapped in wax paper hidden between the layers for someone to chip a tooth on, and presents. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She pledged to collect palm nuts also, even though these taste to us exactly like candle wax, however much the Congolese children seem to prize them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The agent of change was, to begin with, a humble strip of waxed paper from the year i860. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The dinner dishes are stacked in the sink, and the candle wax is dripping onto the Formica table, and the wineglasses only have the last puddles of red. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z At the foot of the image, was a thick red glass filled with yellow wax and a wick. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She draped silk scarves and wax paper over the lens; she tried shooting in fog, in heavy rain, in the smoke-filled lounge of the bowling alley. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “No. Shuck thing just looked dead— like a wax statue. Then boom, it was back to life.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Speaking the words felt like ripping a bandage off—or getting my chest waxed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She picked the wax off the envelope and put it in the front pocket of her apron. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I had entered the endless abyss of threading and waxing and lasers—otherwise known as a lifetime of physical and psychological torture. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Now turn the candle sideways so the wick is directly above the water, beta. Then let the drops of wax fall into the water until you feel like stopping.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Hers was especially durable, covered in a layer of supple wax. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When the board was running smooth, I did a couple warm-up ollies before waxing the curb and practicing some grinds. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Our compass-sized needle floated in our bowl of water on its little wax paper raft, pointing north, at me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She got her bucket of paraffin heated and dunked her hands into the hot wax while I numbed my nose with the anesthetic. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Fremantle said cheerily, “The fellow is referring to the waxed mustache, old friend.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This morning Mrs. K stood between the pillars, listening to the desert sands heat, melt into yellow wax, and seemingly run on the horizon. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the pale moon, I wane, weary of seeing the world’s grief, and I wax again, burdened with life. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It surprised me no end how much I missed our ordinary, routine life—the simple act of pouring wax into a candle mold or repairing a broken hive box. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The sight of dried matter in the corner of the eye, decayed or missing teeth, ear wax, blackheads, moles, blisters, skin crusts—all the natural excretions and protections the body was capable of—disquieted him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Silently, they did as he asked, sorting through what they’d traced until eight low stacks of wax paper lined the table. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He scraped from it a sliver as thin as a hair, wrapped it in wax, and added it to the pan in which the lead had melted. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The constable in the village was a kindly man with a waxed mustache whose wife kept hens and delivered fresh eggs on her bicycle. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The message was a sealed envelope, waxed and marked with a thumbstrip as well, and Nailer had a chit for payment on delivery, if the captain was willing to thumb it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The air smelled of pine wax, fresh paint, and cigar smoke, and only when we passed the paddock did I catch the faintest whiff of horseflesh. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Let her have some enjoyment. Why don’t you go outside and wax your sports car?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The waxing moon was climbing slowly above the hill that overshadowed them, and the stars above the hill-top faded. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then he choked and said, “Alas! Ear wax!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The dining-room table was on the verge of splintering, Clara was complaining of migraines, and Jaime was locked in his room with wax in his ears, trying to concentrate on his studies. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Another visitor, hunting for an exhibit of wax figures, asked a guard, “Can you tell me where the building is that has the artificial human beings?” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The shelves are lined with apothecary bottles that twinkle like jewels, as well as clear jars and magnificent flasks containing resins, balms, waxes, and oils made from flowers, plant secretions, and extracts. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She climbs in through the back door and hands me two empanadas, warm as promised, wrapped in wax paper. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We found the apartment vacant; a large fire burning silently on the marble hearth, and wax candles shining in bright solitude, amid the exquisite flowers with which the tables were adorned. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I took a slow turn around the shop, admiring the shelves heavy with books, business forms, proclamations from Parliament and General Howe, slates, thick paper, quills, and sealing wax. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The judge thinks it might have been a real wax dummy, not a corpse at all. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “He must have slipped on this waxed floor, don’t you think, Colonel?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z From her mom—who needs to wax a mustache—to which kids repeated kindergarten. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Behind the blue curtain half-naked women presented portions of themselves to wax. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Inside there were three eggs, one piece of ham, a wedge of waxed orange cheese, and the quart of milk that came every three days. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Yoren fingered the warrant ribbon with its blob of golden wax. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He showed us batik, letting us paint wax patterns on cloth and T-shirts and spill dye everywhere. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z They gleamed from a recent application of wax. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She realized after a pause that it was wax, candle wax, and when she looked closer, she saw it had gotten everywhere, even on her arm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The branches are bare and black but they are covered with dripping white candles, translucent layers of wax frosting over the bark. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The right side is cracked and drooping like melting wax. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z She broke the wax and unrolled the parchment. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Doon dripped a bit of wax on the floor and stood his candle up in it, so he’d have both hands free. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Eleven days later, the moon was at three-quarters waxing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There is a little bit of wax stuck in the impression, and I try to root it out with the edge of my nail. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Tristran ripped a lace from his jerkin and closed the wax around it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Once she got her fingers moving she peeled off the wax, then grabbed the cauterizing instrument and held the sharp tip of it under the flame until it turned a painful shade of bright red. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “After I got the wax off my fingers they were working okay so I folded some tissues into a wad and shoved them up between your upper lip and gum. That’s what stops a nosebleed.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I just couldn’t believe the size of that waxed floor! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept going until a big wax piece had coalesced in the center of the bowl. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He stuffs tiny bags with nutmeg, curry powder, and paprika, then seals them with hot wax. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I stuffed my bloody shirt into the wine pot and made it watertight with a piece of sympathy wax. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He started from scratch, replacing Edlefsen’s lumps of metal and sealing wax with a vacuum chamber fashioned from brass in the shape of a flat cylinder four inches in diameter. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Another was lying on her stomach, reading a magazine while wax dried on the back of her thighs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They wrap up the garbage in several layers of newspaper and tie it with string, and even so it drips onto the freshly waxed floor. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Baby turned another handspring and made a split again on the waxed floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A dusty Volvo Estate sat in the garage needing a wash and wax. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z How we giggled, with repugnance and delight, when we found the wax her older sisters used on their legs, congealed in a little pot, stuck full of bristles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She took a new needleful of thread, waxed it carefully, threaded her needle with a steady hand, and then observed, with perfect composure— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I press my hands to my stomach, then run them over the mascara cakes and pastille waxes and hair-color pomades and texture wands. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I unwrap the potato from its wax paper, and it steams its lovely, earthy smell under my nose. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “It’s a mere rehearsal of Much Ado about Nothing. Ladies, keep off, or I shall wax dangerous.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The letter was folded up, but had a red wax seal that had been broken. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The officers requested more coffee, lit their pipes, and unrolled their maps across the tablecloth, stained now with splashes of turtle soup, butter, wine, and candle wax. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Day and night women twisted rope, since they could sell as much as they made, and traders waxed prosperous selling their goods to the workmen. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z A young officer, a trim black- uniformed figure who seemed to glitter all over with polished leather and whose pale, straight-featured face was like a wax mask, stepped smartly through the doorway. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z To keep them out of the sun, their father made the wax children a dark hut that had no windows. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z It was like watching wax soften in the sun. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent hours applying pomantum wax, padding, and lengths of brick- colored hair to fashion a high roll on Madam’s head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z You just put one between two sheets of wax paper and iron them. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was playing in a large high school auditorium that echoed with phlegmy coughs and the squeaky rubber knobs of chair legs sliding across freshly waxed wooden floors. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like he was lit from within, like a wax statue in a football hall of fame. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She lighted it let a little wax pour into a saucer and stuck the candle firmly to it. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z But now there is stillness and drips of candle wax and quiet. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I come to the end of things, dear friend, and he waxes mickle; my tides have gone slack and flaccid, while his swell newly to proxigean spring and rush through the gut. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The Savoy Ballroom is massive, even compared to the Roseland back in Boston: an expanse of waxed dance floor positively stuffed with Lindy Hoppers dancing elbow to elbow. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He lay on the stones, melted wax cooling, his face all faces, one eye blue, the other golden, hair that was brown, red, yellow, black, one eyebrow thick, one thin, one hand large, one small. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z They've got walls of vinyl LPs and the old 78 rpm records, even wax cylinders from the first Edison talking machines. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Each footfall made a shrill squeak on the waxed marble floor, standing out amid the rumble of sensible business footwear. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The only real problem which the wax children gave was that people had to avoid making fires too close to them, and of course they also had to work only at night. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z After she removed them from the pot and peeled off the hot wax, she held them up in the air. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Next I walked over to a drop-leaf table and sniffed a beeswax candle that smelled precisely like the furniture wax. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A cylindrical waxed cardboard box sat on the floor beside the desk. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The left side of the Belle's face is fused into hard wrinkles, like melted wax. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The paper was tom and stiff with dried blood, but the broken seal was her father's, the direwolf stamped in pale wax. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z By the first light of dawn, I poured the stream of black liquid into a small bottle and stopped it with a ball of wax. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z While other children might fight among themselves or forget to do their duty, wax children were always dutiful and never fought with one another. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He studies the wax women in the Sears window, then strolls back the other way. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “The family don’t need no museum, and they definitely don’t need no wax Henrietta,” she said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Maria is waxing indignant about the intrusion and demanding that they leave. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Or I’d wait alone, hungry, and increasingly bitter as my own eyes got heavy and candle wax pooled on the table. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Fat wax pillar candles burn at the center, beside a carved stone vase full of wood sorrel. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her mother visits her with packets of food, greasy meats that slide on wax paper. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The revelers promenaded in pairs, women in bustled ball gowns in bright candy colors, men in frock coats with waxed mustaches. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She curved both arms above her head and her feet slid slowly in opposite directions on the yellow waxed floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The ladies, since the gentlemen entered, have become lively as larks; conversation waxes brisk and merry. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z His first sermon in August waxed great and long on the subject of baptism. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But Aunt Ruby pinned her collar with a red rose made of sealing wax. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Nancy collected some pieces of sterilized liver and spleen that were embedded in wax blocks, and she put the blocks in a Styrofoam cup to take back to Fort Detrick for analysis. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Intern Deere, you may not be an expert in wax dummies, but you are an expert in medical diagnosis, and you did examine the body of Sandy McSouthers. Correct?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “I used to think wax was the best treat in the world. Folks around here used to serve it at sugaring-off parties during the season.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Jon cracked the hardened wax, flattened the roll of parchment, read. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “That man barely lifts a finger all year long and he picks now to wax floors?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “I’ve had so many bikini waxes, I cry every time I see a Popsicle stick.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z An old witch sat in a niche, quivering her wax hands over some orange-and-blue tarot cards. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He probed the wax in his ears with the pencil and began to concentrate, listening to the sounds of his mother’s preparations for an evening at the bowling alley. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be cold, as it always was, and Frankie would be waiting in the washing room like a wax doll, gray and shrunken. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Afterward, Mrs. Roth busies herself by making sure the wax doesn’t drip all over the glass table, while everyone else gathers in the dining room for dessert. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z A cloaked figure is hunched over a worktable filled with bubbling cauldrons, vials of neon-colored liquid, and candles dripping wax. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Resa fixed the flickering candle to the coffin with a little of its own wax. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Going forward I carried wax along the line, and laid it thick on their ears. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, tonight, he drifted up and down, seeing the wax women in every colorful shop window, pink and beautiful. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I will spend the next half hour sticking the pieces of fruit with toothpicks, dipping them and laying them on waxed paper. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Since I only have to look hairless for a few hours instead of several weeks, I get to be shaved instead of waxed. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Working with a round tin of metal polish, they waxed a dim gloss on the dull zinc pipe rising from the cement on his groin. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z When I finally dozed off, I dreamed I was waxing the floors at the gas company. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z No. Dried apple, pen and ink, a marble, string, wax ... The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Biting my lip, I pivoted the candle gingerly on its side and watched as one drop of wax after another plopped onto the surface. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The bread was not wrapped in wax paper and grew stale quickly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was astonishing to see how angry Cersei could wax over accusations she knew perfectly well to be true. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Stuart’s eyes hang on mine while Mother waxes on about the heat, how Carlton’s finally met “the one.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then after that I have to shower and shave and trim nasal hairs and wash and wax myself. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The fire was so intense that piles of pig iron melted like wax left in the sun, granite blocks split in two, and limestone and marble turned to powder and blew away. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The idea spread through her as the wax cooled and hardened beneath the pressure of the seal. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Or he would have melted like new wax under the heat of that pale eye. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheet was sealed with sealing wax, and the Lady Una questioned the boy closely about the travelers—a man and his wife—before she broke the seal and read the letter. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He dropped the doughnuts and bear claw into a white bag, using a square of waxed paper. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I’d run the corrected lines through the hot- wax machine that made the back side sticky, then cut out the lines with an X-Acto knife and fit them over the original lines. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The cheeses hardening at the edges, the sulfur- drenched grapes, luscious and shiny as wax, plumped with blood from the dying field workers of California. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got to wax those floors again. It’s got to be clean.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the agent noticed all the refuse that had been left behind, pieces of waxed paper and tinfoil, discarded Baggies, a few aluminum bean dip cans, empty cigarette packages, and some crushed coffee cups. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She uses wax paper to iron some kind of patches onto denim tablecloths, for the pageant luncheon, I’m sure. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Their shoulders drooped even as they laughed, and when they put their hands on their hips in a show of jauntiness, the palms slipped the thighs as if the pants were waxed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought about our waxing appointments at the Golden Fleece and my husky alto—everything, really: the way I never filled out dresses right, the way women’s gloves no longer fit me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She folded the letters, sealed them with Diana’s wax, and addressed them. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z In the shop it was so hot he could not handle the wax. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He fumbled in his tunic pocket, finding the lump of wax, which was all that remained of his candle, with a dried copper leaf sticking to it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “They think I’m mad,” he whispered, and tears, like drops of wax, flowed from his eyes. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He sees the hair that grows on her legs between waxings, the black roots that emerge between appointments at the salon, and in these moments, these glimpses, he believes he has known no greater intimacy. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Servants wheel in tiered trays bursting with skin-color pastilles and rouge pots, brushes and combs and barrel irons, tonics and creams, bei-powder bundles, waxes and perfumes, measuring rods and metal instruments, and sharpened kohl pencils. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I apply myself to a module in which Sam Walton waxes manic about the perpetual inventory system, then I cautiously get up from the computer to see if Howard is anywhere around. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The waxing moon is low, dull as dry blood; a great brownish, iridescent halo surrounds it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Papery ropes of skin wrapped delicately around his thigh and down his calf, like wax dripping from a cheap candle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Sovoy began to rummage around in a drawer, bringing out sympathy wax, twine, and a few pieces of metal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And if Turtle was right about the wax dummy, Sam Westing himself might be there to watch the fun. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Just this perfect Now. after g’reenville #1 After the chicken is fried and wrapped in wax paper, tucked gently into cardboard shoe boxes and tied with string . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z It always looked freshly washed and waxed, its chrome grille polished. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Musicologists love to wax on about the ambitious first movement of the Eroica symphony, mainly because it is unusually long and complex, and provides fuel for seemingly endless analysis and scholarly scrutiny. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I’d wrapped Declaration’s sandwich in two pieces of waxed paper so it wouldn’t go stale; the paper made a crinkling sound as I set the sandwich in the best flat spot. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t wax on about my worship. It’s personal. And honestly, poppy seed soup, bah.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “There’s wax and a candle on the desk there. I’ll send the letter as soon as I can get to town.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It was a natural choice; the waxing and waning of the moon in the heavens was hard to overlook, and it offered a convenient way of marking periodic cycles of time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Crying out to his brothers and sisters, he fell to the ground and was soon nothing more than a pool of wax in the dust. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Finally she stacks the croquettes on a large circular tray, a sheet of wax paper between each layer. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A bag filled with wax lips, Jolly Ranchers, and Pixy Stix was the very thing that made Fern skip to the candy store. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z But that was something that a wax child could never do, as it was far too dangerous to follow such paths in the nighttime. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Truly, the gods had heard Jon's prayer that night; the fire had caught in the dead man's clothing and consumed him as if his flesh were candle wax and his bones old dry wood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I fix his sandwich and wrap it in waxed paper. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Alice began to find gifts—in her sewing basket, in her worn-out purse, under her pillow—two cinnamon pinks, a bluebird’s tailfeather, half a stick of green sealing wax, a stolen handkerchief. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Madam complained every time she saw me: I left a streak of wax on the tabletop. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yup. Okay, what about when he puked in the wax hand?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z As he walked out, his mother rushed to the kitchen and emerged with a sandwich wrapped in waxed paper. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Only then did he reach down in his pants pockets, haul up an old leather pouch tied with a wax string and count out old green pennies that looked like junk too. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It smells of old wood and candle wax. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They waxed the floor, took down curtains to wash and arranged books on the shelves. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Once we sight ogres, we always put the wax in. The danger is being caught unawares.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z |
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