| 单词 | weed |
| 例句 | I felt like a sprite or a hungry leprechaun, turning over leaves in search of a treat, looking under weeds for a pot of gold, or perhaps a turnip. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex and the rest of the basketball team are smoking weed near the window. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Come on here and watch them knocking that ball. Here. Here something you can play with along with that jimson weed.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Evan also wasn't shy about extolling the virtues of weed and how it opened his mind to things he couldn't explore when he was sober. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z We had to dig out the nut, otherwise the weed would sprout again. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z An hour after the Colonel left, resident stoner Hank Walsten dropped by to offer me some weed, which I graciously turned down. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “You got good weed, though, and the movies were mad cheap.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Directly across the street stood a small one-room shack about seven feet wide and twelve feet long; it was made of unpainted wood, with large gaps between the wallboards where vines and weeds grew. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He raised his head to look and coming through the weeds twenty feet away was one of their number unbuckling his belt. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They started out by pulling the rest of the dead weeds and stacking them in one corner of the yard. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not find my way back up again, and so, tired, I curled up in the cold weeds and I went to sleep. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z ‘The temperature,” said Archimedes, “depends on the vegetation of the bottom. Woods or weeds, they make it warm above them.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Indifferent to our worries, MacDuff followed his nose into the weeds, roaming in circles around us, happy to be outside smelling wonderful smells. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The caretaker, cutting dry weeds a hundred yards away, heard a whining carried on the wind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I pull weed. But today I happy working, because I get to quit early to come get you.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His weeding was turning up bugs and worms, morsels that the crows wanted, he knew, and it put his seedlings at risk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Using large tools like chainsaws and weed whackers is likely out for me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He looked down at the weeds and grass. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In summer she’d sorted berries, cut runners, pulled weeds, and kept one eye on the Indians and Japanese who yearly picked on the Heine farm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She crawled into the weeds as the others scrambled up and over the trees. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The long rows of onions looked endless, their sharp green shoots already half hidden by encroaching weeds. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Seven acres of unshaven men and brighteyed women in search of the perfect screwdriver, weed killer, volcanic gas grills. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “She must have glimpsed something slithering in the weeds,” Mother would say when she told the story, “because she chucked Grandpa clean off.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There were miles of pastures and tens of miles of wasted, washed-out land abandoned to the hardier weeds. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Day after day I found myself in some dude’s house getting blasted on weed and alcohol while he stuffed towels under the door to keep the smell in. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a lot colder up here than down in the weeds.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z About a mile or so down Mong veered us across this little bank, past an old unused road with mad weeds shooting up where paint used to be, and into the thick sand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They’d go on weeding until the foreman told them to stop. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This plant, which the purist would doubtless consider a weed in any rosebed, releases an excretion from its roots that kills the soil nematodes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z At about the same time, though, another group of late domesticates arose with much less effort, as wild plants that established themselves initially as weeds in fields of intentionally cultivated crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s a castle out of a storybook: eight or nine stone buildings sheltered below hills, rust-colored roofs, narrow windows, spires and turrets, weeds sprouting from between roof tiles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The second night I dragged my mattress outside, I was done in from lack of sleep, the heat, and pulling weeds all day. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The road was little more than two ruts through the weeds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The huts stood in fallow fields, studded with African weeds and shoots of young saplings. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On this day I am walking barefoot behind Trini, up and down, up and down, plowing weeds in the furrows, the dirt rough beneath my feet. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Between two weeded rocks on the barrier Doc saw a flash of white under water and then the floating weed covered it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Tufts of grass and weeds poke through broken slabs. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She looked around, a weed of discomfort growing thick and spiky in her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I gathered what scrawny courage I had and waded through waist-high weeds to the porch, all broken tile and rotting wood, to peek through a cracked window. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He has a faded black eye and smells like weed, cologne, and dirty laundry. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I knew the path by heart, knew all of Perchance cobblestone by cobblestone and weed by weed. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Hanako spotted a group of old wooden buildings, a couple of them almost shacks, in the distance, and Papa led them through the weeds toward that. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Some weed? Why don’t you ask your man to hook you up with some weed?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z At poolside, he stretched out in a chaise longue and lit the weed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It still lay in furrows, looking rather desolate, and a few weeds had come up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He approached the old guy, keeping one eye on the weed whacker. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He stretched out his massive purple hand and might have plucked up Percy like a weed, but Bob interrupted. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Hai, weed drive me crazy, but it feel good to pull out. I feel very satisfy when pull weed.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I pushed some tall weeds aside and jumped over the shallow ditch that ran along the edge of the road. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Land values declined accordingly, for the Klamath weed was considered to hold the first mortgage. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The ropes of weed tying the hostages to the statue were thick, slimy, and very strong. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Look here, toad,” she said, thrusting her arms through the bars of the fence and plucking at the weeds on the other side. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The pumice rock minefield was dotted with stubborn weeds armed with sharp thistles, which poked up through the cheap layer of thin black plastic under the brick- colored lava bits. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I didn't till the soil or weed the flowerbeds or try to graft a tree limb; I sat in the shade and listened to my Japanese language instruction. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z His skull rang in the silence, and he watched shock-still as the storm of hot dirt and rocks and branches and weeds rained down upon him and then wasted itself to a veil of grit. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The cart moved slowly, following the tracks that the passage of men and beasts had carved into the mass of weeds. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like the nerds rose to power, kicked out all the popular kids, and stole their weed and alcohol. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It’s like a weed that spreads slowly, just beneath your notice. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Other teams weren’t used to the thickness of the water, the feeling of lake weed tickling their legs, their toes slipping off the algae coating on our homemade turn boards, costing them precious seconds. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z They’re all standing at the entrance to the weed field, waving their signs and chanting, “No more malls!...No more malls!” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Showing Ruth what was weed and what was flower ... Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The slaves were engaged in the tobacco fields, weeding. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Cleaning and weeding was done as many as three times while the cane grew, and it was some of the worst labor. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The great forests of weed were delicately traced, and in them there hung motionless many schools of sticklebacks learning to do their physical exercises in strict unison. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Next thing you know, you’re running around in a bathrobe and pink bunny slippers, chasing chickens with a weed whacker. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z There were no lawns, only brown dirt pockmarked with weeds. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The halls had the vague animal smell of damp mortar, and the grounds were overgrown with grass, bramble, and weeds. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I focused on the burning trees, but the undergrowth—moss, weeds, wildflowers—bums, too. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Everywhere lawns and gardens flourished—residents promised to keep weeds pulled, to grow only flowers, never vegetables. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was dark when we finally pulled into the yard, the headlights of the car flashing across Ob’s old Chevy sitting in the weeds. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “It makes me feel like a weed in a flowerbed when someone starts ‘lording’ me here.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He came to a bare spot between two large patches of weeds and sat down to rest. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z A hard frost was settling over the castle, and Jon could hear the soft crunch of grey weeds beneath his boots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The buzzing of grasshopper wings came from the weeds in the yard, and the sound made his backbone loose. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The weeds and bugs survived only by an occasional rainstorm, like the one he had seen from camp. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Tortoise knew that in this state it would never germinate and Snail’s field would grow nothing but weeds. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z In one was a withered stalk of jimson weed. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But they saw none and soon grew bolder, crossing open spaces and even stopping to nibble at dandelions in the patches of weeds and rough grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Fang took the money and split, probably to find Dwight and hit him up for some weed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He put down his hand and felt a weed rise up like a child brushing him. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The path was almost as smooth as a lawn and clear of bushes and weeds, for it was kept cut for fishermen. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there was more water and more water and more water, and another weed. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Richard says, Because Luke had run through the weeds and set the mountain afire. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z So many textures—prickly pines, rough, crackling wood, smooth leaves, velvet brush cover, and weeds and dirt. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z A well-grown gopher took up residence in a thicket of mallow weeds in the vacant lot on Cannery Row. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In the mornings the weeds outside are sprinkled with dew. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.’ The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They walked from one patch to another, using the weeds as footholds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The school had been little more than slave quarters from which he was sent out as a rock picker, weed puller, and dam laborer. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z There, lying in some tall weeds, he found the shovel and the sack of jars. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Downcountry a storm had passed over the isthmus and leveled the dead black trees from east to west like weeds in the floor of a stream. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z There was still plenty of careless weeds and crabgrass that needed hoeing out of the corn, but I guessed I could let them go long enough to see a bullfight. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He could smell wild flowers growing in the weeds and grass beside the road, and he heard the big bumblebees and the smaller bees sucking the blossoms. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Outside the hut, with the baby balanced on my hips, I watch the mother squat next to the rows of vegetables and proceed to pull the weeds. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They scrambled clumsily back down through the weeds and ferns, with Nailer’s dad’s friends all making comments. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Darling brought him a tennis ball she had found and he threw it out the door into the weeds. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Grass and weeds were sprouting around the edges, but putting his hand against the crack, he could feel a draft of air rising from below. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Everywhere the best ornamental grounds that we see are those in which vines and creepers are outwitting the gardener. We can’t have little vines and weeds enough.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Our play yard had metal fencing and weeds. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He knows she usually goes to the sea—she comes back smelling of seaweed, shoes wet, sleeves decorated with algae or sea fennel or the weed Madame Manec called pioka. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Harry sped on, staring around, and soon the dwellings became more numerous; there were gardens of weed around some of them, and he even saw a pet grindylow tied to a stake outside one door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The younger ones would do the raking and weeding. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “What are you doing? Mostly picking weeds? We can do that,” Hanako replied. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Two sentinel boulders, dripping wet, decorated with flowers, ferns, moss, weeds—everything that loved water—guarded a bathtub-sized spring. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had brought them in and they had become weeds. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The old Bear People said they would come They said Prepare hard oak scrub oak pihon juniper and wild rose twigs Make hoops tie bundles of weeds into hoops. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Lots of tall withering weeds hiding us, and the fog did too. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Getting all weepy won’t help,” says Bastian, and gestures vaguely to the far end of the field, where a line of trees cuts across the weeds. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The tall grass tended toward blue green and waved in the wind the way I imagined weeds would wave in the sea. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The grass alongside irrigation ditches bolted toward the sky like some jungle weed shot full of hormones. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They called me “New York,” and let me sit out there all day, practicing my flute and smoking all the weed I wanted. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She could be five years older than I—but then, she grew rapidly like a weed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She thinks, “They are ugly. They are weeds.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to leave her but was afraid to come closer, so I leaned against a mango tree and stared at my toes against the moriviví weed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She stood up, dumping her lap full of weeds, and reached for the blossoms—gingerly because of the prickles. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They bring hoes to clear the weeds and brooms to sweep the stones and they offer dumplings and oranges as spiritual food. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet the nature of many of the chemicals used against insects, rodents, and weeds is such that they may strike directly at this system, disrupting its beautifully functioning mechanism. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Fingernails rough and dirty from pulling weeds in the garden. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The old road was disintegrating, split, weed- sprung. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z On either side of us the fields grew wild, bursting with flowering weeds and humming with late-summer insects. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But a hundred yards from the orphanage, in a thick patch of weeds and brush by the side of the windy highway, something else did. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z ‘Five mills for the crackers who grew the weed and five for the dupes who rolled it,’ he said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z As the plants moved in the breeze, the sunlight dappled and speckled back and forth over the brown soil, the white pebbles and weeds. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Kira tended his grave now, taking the babies with her while she weeded and watered the soft blanket of fragrant purple thyme she had planted there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And as the beetles thin out the weed, desirable range plants that have been crowded out are able to return. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Other people, too, had good crops, except for Snail, who spent his time cutting back weeds and examining the ground to see when the corn would grow. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z We went back into the laboratory, and he put the weed in the middle of the counter, then sank into his armchair, the springs echoing in a way that normally would have made me giggle. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Left untended, maize fields filled in with weeds, then bushes and trees. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He screams, fumbles with the twine, screams again, and takes off through the weeds. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Tendrils of darkness were now spreading out from his feet, killing all the weeds between the cobblestones. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But no such humility marks the booming “weed killer” business of the present day, in which soaring sales and expanding uses mark the production of plant-killing chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Most were sheep bones, but there were horses too, and cattle, and now and again a human skull, or a headless skeleton with weeds poking up through its rib cage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were acres of tobacco, the plants heavy and green like some monstrous jungle weed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Claiborne Paul Ellis, known to everyone as C.P., lived just a weed patch north of the railroad tracks separating white Durham from black. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The thousands of people had been weeded down to a few hundred, many of whom were still trying to find a way out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The sun was getting hot, and he thought about flies buzzing around their faces as they slept in the weeds along the arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But I have enough canned and dried stuff to live on; and if he had seen the garden, all in rows and weeded, he would have known someone was here. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z At his feet Jody could see the little arms of new weeds spreading out over the ground. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The sidewalks are cracked, tufts of weeds forcing their way through, and sometimes there aren’t any sidewalks at all but dirt paths along the black pavement of the street. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Just as the boys reached the lot in which there was a ragged diamond tramped out, a little yellow butterfly flew across the weeds. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They weeded and watched for fungus and spit bugs and for the mold that grew when it rained. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But there was nothing to be seen but clustering bushes and water weeds and low-hanging boughs of yew. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Each yank of a weed was like a jab in my heart as I thought about her leaving me behind. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “You’re going to weed the garden and then you’re going to string up the new chicken wire Dad bought to keep the rabbits out.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Holes to be dug, fertilizer to be spread, plants gently bedded, watered, weeded. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z As the sky darkened, bugs began appearing above the weed patches. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z "Let's sell some weed and make some cash." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The floor of the courtyard looked like it was made of huge stone blocks, many of them cracked and filled with long grasses and weeds. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He hoed up a big infestation of cabbage weeds, without even being asked to. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Hoe that cornfield again, scrub that porch, weed that bean patch. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t anyone in the field and, judging by the thick weeds engulfing the manioc plants, hadn’t been for a while. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z At the side of the house, she grabs one of the chickens rooting around in the tom paper wrappers and cracked plastic bottles and dirty diapers strewn in the weeds. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After I ate that little pointed piece of pie and made my wish, I went out front to watch Gus do some weeding in the vegetable garden. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z We talked a while longer, then walked down a path toward the river’s edge, skirting high weeds. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z This token infestation is harmless and is actually needed in order to maintain a population of beetles as protection against a future increase in the weed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In particular, two species of beetles in southern France, pea-sized and of metallic color, have their whole beings so adapted to the presence of the weed that they feed and reproduce only upon it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z People to weed out before the real fun begins. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As we head up alongside the stream, we pass the place where I found Peeta camouflaged in the weeds and mud. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He knew he must be even deeper in the lake now, but nothing was moving but the rippling weed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He slid into a patch of weeds and grabbed onto a thorny vine. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z In the street, there were two moth-eaten donkeys searching for weeds in the cracks of a stone wall. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The parking lot itself was nothing but a square of cracked asphalt, marbled with weeds. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We pass a toppled building, its rubble being eaten by weeds, and vines. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Across the landscape weeds advanced; weeds corkscrewed their way into the walls around him and worked the walls until the weeds became their own spore. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It stretched out before him, narrow and stony and pocked with weeds, a road of no particular promise, yet die sight of it filled Jon Snow with, a vast longing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The policeman couldn’t see what there was to be vandalized on the property, which was basically a few acres of scraggly weeds. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He stepped forward, muscles tensed, ready to use force if necessary, but she scrambled away, almost tripping onto the dead weeds of her yard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I spotted where Mama Brunelle had died, the mussed dirt and clawed tracks grown over with weeds, but didn’t point it out to my mother. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Despite the warnings of cancer experts, carbamates are now widely used, not only as insecticides, weed killers, and fungicides, but also in a variety of products including plasticizers, medicines, clothing, and insulating materials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Me kicking it in the weeds like this. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The shovel must be buried in some weeds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z But insecticides and weed killers are brought into intimate contact with large numbers of people. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z People popped out at him from trees and bushes, from ditches and tall weeds, from around the corners of tents and from behind the fenders of parked cars. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Some built new mounds or maintained the old; others hauled wood for fuel and houses or carried water in leather pouches or weeded the maize fields with stone hoes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Pebbles and bits of weed are strung in scalloped lines. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A baby-blue Ford Torino rests on blocks in the unkempt yard, weeds sprouting from its engine compartment. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the park wait the ruins of a fort overgrown with weeds. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A streak of light from the front flowed past me, illuminating dusty weeds, debris and outbuildings some distance to the rear. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the earliest pesticides associated with cancer is arsenic, occurring in sodium arsenite as a weed killer, and in calcium arsenate and various other compounds as insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “From a distance, I mean. You can’t see the wear on things, you know? You can’t see the rust or the weeds or the paint cracking. You see the place as someone once imagined it.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z For ten days after that Ishmael worked—odd jobs and stray chores, weeding and window washing—and worried about Hatsue Imada. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It is early morning on a Caribbean island, and African slaves—hundreds of them— are being sent out to the fields to pull weeds and burn the high, dry grass. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Within small areas the beetles accomplish their own dispersion, moving on as soon as the Klamath weed dies out and locating new stands with great precision. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Putrid weeds,” Florida snarled, heaving a clod of dirt over her shoulder. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Full of weeds and darting eels and slow mud that oozed through toes like toothpaste. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A thin snow had fallen the night before and grimed the weeds. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Now it had turned wild, mostly tall weeds with just a bit of grain mixed in. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Another extraordinarily successful and economical example of weed control may be found in Australia. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He had blue shadows under his eyes, dirty fingernails, and badly cut gray hair, like his last haircut had been done with a weed whacker. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Now clean cultivation and the chemical destruction of hedgerows and weeds are eliminating the last sanctuaries of these pollinating insects and breaking the threads that bind life to life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A haze lingers over the room, smelling like weed, and music rattles the floor. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Help me weed,” I say to Suraya, gesturing at her to join me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “And you can see what it did to my medicinal herbs....Even the weeds are gone.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I let him stop every now and then to sniff a tangle of weeds or inspect a tin can on the side of the road. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Half a dozen gardeners and a tractor got rid of the weeds. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Did it seem likely that his mother, who sat so elegantly in meeting, had ever touched a choke- weed? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Some patches were so dense with weeds that strawberry plants struggled to survive. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Despite constant maintenance, erosion silted up reservoirs, hurricanes destroyed terraces, and weeds and sediment choked irrigation networks. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We pass through our own field first, where, just beyond the outhouse, big green pumpkins are growing like weeds. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the grass around her grave is overgrown and dotted with weeds. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Later, when the crops are high, farmworkers use propane torches to burn the weeds by hand. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Gingerly, I walked up the driveway where tufts of weed now grew between the sun-faded bricks. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Suraya kneels in the dirt next to me and begins plucking the shoots of tiny weeds that form around the okra plants. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Aside from the occasional weed, Uncle Basil’s not that way. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Dad was talking about weeding the old vegetable patch the other day, but he didn’t get around to it. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “I can clear those weeds,” I told Quincy. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Every so often, there is an isolated square of sidewalk with weeds forcing their way through the concrete, or a pile of rotting wood, a collapsed dwelling. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The birds kept planting weeds in our garden, Miss Maggie wanted fresh straw in her rabbit hutch, and I had yet to pick the blue mussels that we’d be steaming for our supper. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He saw a large indentation in the weeds a little farther down the mountain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Tally looked away, trying to drown her uncanny pretty feelings in the sea of white weeds. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z In mid-morning the Model T truck rolled triumphantly home to Cannery Row and hopped the gutter and creaked up through the weeds to its place behind Lee Chong’s. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The hoeing, weeding, and harvesting were left to the women and children. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He kicked at tiny weeds and smoothed circles in the dirt with his hands. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “You know how it goes. It somehow went from you slipping folks candy in the halls to you slipping folks weed in the halls.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He hit the ground and lay sprawled in the weeds like a broken doll. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “If they’re willing to help weed for a few days, a couple of us will take turns sitting with Pete and making sure he gets meals and medicine.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Farther on some teen-agers halfheartedly chopped at weeds along an irrigation ditch behind the junior high school football field bleachers. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked through the weeds all the way around the house, hoping to see some sign of her or maybe to find a note she’d left for me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I took Wishbone out in the yard and pulled weeds from between the marigolds beside the garden shed while he slept in the sun. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The plants were crowded with weeds, grasses and low vines. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Uhmma grabs the Blob’s shoulders and pulls him back like a weed. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z There was a ditch, overgrown with thick grass and weeds. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z From sunrise to sunset humans sowed seeds, watered plants, plucked weeds from the ground and led sheep to prime pastures. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I saw the weeds: Some had sprouted in and out of the cracks in the patio. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He would know soon if the vehicle kept going west or if it turned south down the sandy road overgrown with weeds, and came toward the mine. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They raced through the park, and found Julie’s classmates hard at work weeding. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “There is nothing sweet. I will sow salt, lest the bitter weeds grow.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Rumors about the war, rumors about upcoming “selections,” when SS officers would weed out the weakest prisoners and ship them off somewhere. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z They found their way to the depot, which was a couple of concrete warehouses in a scrubby area of waste ground where thin weeds grew between gray rocks and pools of icy mud. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Crops starting out as weeds included rye and oats, turnips and radishes, beets and leeks, and lettuce. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I nudged the weed and watched him jump away. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The “sterilization of failures”—the weeding and culling of the human genetic garden—haunted him with its many implicit moral hazards. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When we got to the bridge, I stepped down off the highway and cut through the weeds down to the river that it arched over. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Then she stalked around in the weeds, teaching herself to jump at butterflies. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z What about the things we could do to weed out harm before it’s done to them? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The father opened the car door and strode over gravel and patchy weeds to the edge of a wood. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There were rocks and weeds, bushes and trees, everywhere. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If you squinted your eyes, the wind snakes looked almost like they were swimming through those weeds. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Even the lowly weed pullers had boasted a belligerent name: The Mechanized Offensive Brigade. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to do yard work at the big houses where he had gathered weeds behind his father. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately beyond the brambles, the ditch was closed by a pile of earth, weeds and rubbish. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She weeded the fields carefully with her hoe—chop, chop, chop. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He slogs over through waist-high weeds to where the doe lays. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She used to say “A house will keep, whether you weed it or not, but that-air yard will git away from you in the bat of a eye.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The shopping bags were torn, and the weeds and twigs stuck out of rips in the brown paper. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “The young man that cuts the grass and does the flower beds weeds the garden for me. You don’t need to do that.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A man slept peacefully among the weeds in the vacant lot. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the eons of unhurried time that is nature’s, life reached an adjustment with destructive forces as selection weeded out the less adaptable and only the most resistant survived. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z With her shoulders hunched, Percy could see the bleeding gash on her back where Phineas had hit her with the weed whacker. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I laid the bike down in the weeds and went to the fence. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z By the time Jackie and Bertha finished that zipper, there wasn’t a single weed left in that yard and my heart ached so bad I wanted to cry. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z ‘The weed is better than I thought. It reminds me of the roses of Imloth Melui when I was a lass, and no king could ask for better.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In a flash he was gone, bounding through the weeds in pursuit of whatever small animal might cross his path. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The clearing was small, maybe thirty square feet, and covered with a thick layer of leafy weeds growing close to the ground. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Along the edge of the path is a thicket of weeds: goldenrod, ragweed, asters, burdocks, deadly nightshade, its berries red as valentine candies. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The skiff wanted to break free, the buoy ropes were slick with weed, and my knees and ribs were sore after just two pots. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The front lawn was a field of knee-high weeds and thistles the size of small trees. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z After school hours there were the gardens to weed, and the first crop of flax to harvest in the hilly slopes above the town. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Once or twice he thought he saw something larger moving ahead of him, but when he got nearer, he discovered it to be nothing but a large, blackened log, or a dense clump of weed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “She says you can’t turn your back on someone because his garden’s full of weeds. You have to give him water and lots of sunlight.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She would hold my hand or carry me, but if the police showed up she would have to drop me and pretend I wasn’t hers, like I was a bag of weed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She stuffed the weed into a bulging garbage bag. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Coach laughs, plucks a weed growing through a crack on the steps. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Sunday, after I had cut all the weeds, I piled them up in a big stack in the gutter. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She would smell of mud and rust, and that dark black weed that grows deep beneath the sea beside rocks that are never uncovered. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Grass and weeds snuck their way up through the saggy porch and all around the sides of the house, giving it the scruffy look of a week-old beard. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z There was water to draw and linen to scrub and, everlastingly, the endless rows of vegetables to weed and hoe. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Once we cleared the weeds, we broke mud clods with short hoes and shovels. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I showed him my sack of skeleton weed, spiderwort, and toadflax. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The grass in the backyard is halfway to my knees, and there’s weeds higher than that. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I got youngsters to help me clear some of the weeds. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But what none of us saw coming was that when he stopped smoking weed he just replaced it with alcohol. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They passed building after building, and an occasional vacant stretch where wispy trees looked like weeds grown up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z If the cane took root and began to send off shoots, the weeding gang followed. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The dog romped through the daisies and weeds and tall grasses growing along the tracks. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He stepped carefully, pushing the toe of his boot into the weeds first to make sure the grasshoppers were gone before he set his foot down into the crackling leathery stalks of dead sunflowers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Water sprinklers rose tall among the green trees like skinny metal weeds. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He is a touch ashamed and decides to make sure it was a vision, that there is no naked black woman lying in the weeds. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched the weeds in the ditch speeding by. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It looked like she was weaving necklaces and bracelets out of weeds. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Not watching where she placed her feet, she got into the weeds by the side of the road. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I’m the person that is supposed to smoke weed. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The windows were broken and sagging and weeds were growing up between the floorboards, and even one old rusted cookstove had fireweed springing from the firebox. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The youngest children were organized into the “suckling gang” and sent out to weed the cane fields. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I was like a weed dealer, but of food. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I’m not in the mood for a lecture,” I warn the clump of weeds by my shoes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Big Lake Okechobee, big beans, big cane, big weeds, big everything. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Gabriel cursed as he hacked at the weeds. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Men, women, and children were hard at work—just as at Stromford—plowing, weeding, and hoeing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z And it must have been, because the weeds rioted everywhere. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z All around us, trees and weeds and tangles of underbrush rustled and sighed and moved. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “They need sunlight and water, and their souls need to—need to—” “Be weeded,” finished Chacho. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Out back, my grandfather pulls weeds from his garden, digs softly into the rich earth to add new melon seeds. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Out in the fields, where he weeded and harvested from August to October, he snacked on corn, cabbage, and other vegetables. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The wheat crop was full of weeds, and it was discovered that on one of his nocturnal visits Snowball had mixed weed seeds with the seed corn. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z What of our simultaneous war against the weeds? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It was surrounded by high weeds and cacti, and inside some wild pigeons roasted. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Wes knew all about weed but had never actually tried it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Hatsue grew up digging clams at South Beach, picking blackberries, collecting mushrooms, and weeding strawberry plants. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A multitude of weeds, a colony of birds. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z If I was Mom I would have swatted him with a cast- iron skillet and left him conked out in the gutter until the weeds grew up through him. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z While the last of the haze burns off, I weed the meadow garden and split kindling before returning to my tree. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I weeded the bean patch and found a few hidden string beans for my efforts. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I slowed still more, my shadow pacing me, dragging its head through the weeds that hid the fence. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Since then it had spread like weeds in an untended garden, strangling whatever life grew in its way. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z As he got closer, he saw that several boys were weeding and picking in the small fields. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Instead, just as a huge ash falling from his weed splashed against his penis, he sneezed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And then the gardener plucks the weed and the flowering plant can fill the world with its brilliance and explosive color. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I’ve always been the one for outdoor chores anyway, burning the trash and weeding, while my sisters squabbled about the dishes and such. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Clutched between her fingers were four small yellow flowers—wild weeds, by the looks of it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When the White Noise went off, we were in the Garden, pulling weeds. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The primrose was more vulgar, a homely pleasant creature who appeared in every cranny like a weed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The lane was muddy, the weeds were dry and brown, the trees bare. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It is warm and soothing to my throat but tastes of rotten weeds. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Any joy that grows here is quickly choked by weeds. I am not some monster who destroys out of a twisted pleasure. I sow salt because the choice is between weeds and nothing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m delivering Sunday dinners to the elderly. I’ll check on the weeds later.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z After inspecting the grounds, Tawny asked Roz to remove all the dried brambles and weeds and leaves from the garden area. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But it turns out that plowing the land over and over damages the soil almost as much as chemical weed killers do. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The cat got away from them in the tall weeds but they kept the stones because they were perfect in weight, shape, and size for throwing. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The banks rose up thick with weeds, and the water seemed to suck in the sun rather than reflect it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He meant flying kites on the roof of a tenement building, both high on his weed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes in the afternoon he lay hidden in the tall weeds across the street, watching the place. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There were only the flying fish that went up from his bow sailing away to either side and the yellow patches of Gulf weed. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I see the defunct sign dismantled and leaning against the side, almost obscured by overgrown weeds. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z There will be no foul weather, or any parasites to hassle them, or any weeds to compete with for soil or nutrients. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The weed was cheap and burned my throat. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They straggled down the highway in a loose body, blocking the way from the white line to the frazzled weeds that bordered the sun-heated concrete slab. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And after years of bumbling, potentially crooked investigations into the Osage murders, White needed to weed out half facts and build an indubitable narrative based on what he called an “unbroken chain of evidence.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Thomas and Zart were weeding a long row of young corn when Thomas decided it was a good time to start asking questions. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I guess,” I said, wishing he’d forgive me for forgetting about the weeds and rip up the ticket. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They knew the afternoon weed that flowed inwards from the backwaters of Komarakom. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, that exactly what I mean. If weed and insect win, would be tragedy. We would starve, so would others. So I must not take break. So deshō.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They trim the edges of spongy Bermuda grass lawns and attack the grubs, fire ants, and weeds. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “They’ve slipped between the cracks like snakes. Infiltrating our ranks. Supplanting the best of us like weeds.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Dallas spotted his sister, Florida, inching her way along the sidewalk, wrenching clumps of weeds and grass and dirt from the ground. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z It was the yellow Gulf weed that had made so much phosphorescence in the night. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Unlike weeds, I had to be replanted, you see, given food and water. On account of you. That was the deal Jalil made with his family.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I could still hear them humming at the graveside, even though we were miles away in a colored cemetery with crumbled markers and weeds. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Farmers using arsenic dusts over long periods have been afflicted with chronic arsenic poisoning; livestock have been poisoned by crop sprays or weed killers containing arsenic. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Growing like a weed,” Elizabeth said, looking out the window, and I thought, what an odd thing to compare your child to. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He roosts right inside our latrine, which is near where his empty cage was thrown by the Reverend into the weeds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Light trips over pebbles, rocks, dirt...searches for the fewest weeds, fallen branches, and twigs...searches for where brush has been worn away. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Tree-ear dropped the ragged weed he was holding and stole around to the window at the side of the house. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I’d already found the skeleton weed, spiderwort, and toadflax right where she’d said, but the prickly poppy was nowhere to be found. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was a rutted, gravelly field of gray Georgia chalk with a few tufts of grass and tall weeds. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I was embarrassed to reveal that Granny raked leaves and weeded gardens, afraid of being laughed at. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z No one was allowed to swim along the wall because the water was very deep and full of thick weeds, and because the lifeguard was on the other side. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally I have to help, but mostly I watch with detachment as they upend themselves in the mud, digging and weeding, clay stains on the knees of their pants. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A few eejits bent over the earth, tweezing up weeds and squashing bugs.This was their country, the country of the eejits. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to them, lying on its side in the tall weeds, there was a little house, with a front door that opened and closed. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Honeybees and wild bees depend heavily on such “weeds” as goldenrod, mustard, and dandelions for pollen that serves as the food of their young. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Aunt Pooh gave up weed and turned to Blow Pops instead. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He’d roll and wallow in the dirt and go dragging his body through tall weeds, trying to get the scent off; but he couldn’t. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The winds began rising from the bay waters, racing over Oakland and sweeping low over the hissing weeds, which nodded back and forth in great shimmering waves of gold. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he's got the urge to kiss her even though her eyes are red and her hair's a mess and she smells like vodka and cigarettes and weed. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I weeded our garden, sold eggs from our coop, took odd jobs when I could find them, did every chore they asked of me, and then some. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The beer vomit ran down the truck door into dry weeds. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The military got the kids hooked on weed and alcohol to make them more compliant. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “I know you did a lousy job cutting down those gutter weeds and earned your family a ticket.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A landscape of weeds confronted him, a desolation. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “I pulling weed, and I thinking, my grandchildren need cabbage be healthy. Come. We cook soup.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He thought of water weeds, though nothing had brushed him as he dived, and raised his empty hand to free himself. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Or was everything constantly changing—the insects and the weeds and the wheat? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Near my foot a grasshopper clung to a tall weed, his antennae turned toward me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It was slightly better than warm water with weeds in it, but not by much. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There were hundreds of coquitos, weeds that had a small brown nut at the end of their roots. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Chinwe had never spoken to me, not even when we were placed in the same agricultural science group to collect weeds for an album. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I see now that when Norma flowered in our garden I became a weed, allowed to exist only where I would not be seen, in corners and dark places. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, while she pulled weeds from the vegetable gardens, her mind wandered to their first meeting by the river, when she first caught his eye. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he had grasped it, two more grindylows had risen out of the weed, had seized handfuls of Harry’s robes, and were attempting to drag him down. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The horses nibbled at the weeds that grew up between the broken stones while the clouds swallowed die last of the stars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As I’m grabbing soggy junk out of the weeds, I come up with an idea. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z All day, while Gabriel and I hoed weeds, I kept thinking about what happened that morning. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We ran across the snowy lawn spiked with dead weeds. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Sergeant Bloom hoped to weed out the unsatisfactory recruits as soon as possible. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Somebody was smoking weed in the booth near the window. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z "You witless weed! You empty-headed hamster! You stupid glob of glue!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Laura and Mary helped her weed the garden, and they helped her feed the calves and the hens. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I push out her temper, plucking it from inside her like a weed in a garden, and plant the virtues of patience and serenity. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The place was growing like a weed—too much traffic, too many tourists, and, yes, even crime. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a younger sister who carried the family’s baby everywhere she went and hacked weeds with her mother in the manioc field. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In the woods, branches swayed, and dry weeds rustled. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It was not weed: The chain of the Horcrux had tightened and was slowly constricting his windpipe. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He had just found his mother’s weed stash. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And when there was no planting, weeding, or harvesting to be done on the nearby farms, the number swelled to 260, bodies cramming the benches and overloaded desks. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Summertime, when children were sent to the fields to help plant and weed, was peak season for rats and field mice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He balanced on the log, holding himself up with the limbs, and teetered out past the weeds and murky water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The trowel she’d been using and a fistful of weeds fell out of her hand. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I wanted to give up weed, but I couldn’t. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But Grandma was already flat on her back in the weeds. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Secret mailing spots were picked out all around the neighborhood, such as a certain clump of weeds in an untended parkway or the crotch of a particular plum tree. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I was about to log out when the sidebar ad changed from one that tried to sucker you into thinking that only a 99-inch television was acceptable when watching X-Factor to one about weed killer. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z And these houses loomed like hothouse sunflowers among the rows of weeds that were the rented houses. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “They found Art with some weed in the bathroom, but he’s the best wrestler we’ve got, so instead of suspending him from the team, they sent him here.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Kate was laboring in the field, not at ploughing or sowing or weeding but at making a way for her baby into the world. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Two huge pigs are asleep in their pen, and two sheep are rooting around in the weeds by the tree where they’re tied. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Or they might have to work in the garden, pulling weeds. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Presumably the weed is taking something from the soil; perhaps it is also contributing something to it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The housekeeper knelt in the mud beside a bush blossoming with large blue and white roses, absolutely soaked, apparently weeding. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z While they waited, they pulled weeds around the chili plants and shoveled dirt around the low places in the rows of corn where the water might be lost. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m really sorry I broke off your foot,” said Thorn as he helped the robot up from the weeds. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Eventually we came to an old iron fence covered with a tangle of weeds and shrubs. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There were harsher plants as well—spiked jimson weeds and poisonous dark pokeberries, and bees droning everywhere. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I settled myself down and looked at the weed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z But her childhood friend and university acquaintance, Robbie Turner, was on his knees, weeding along a rugosa hedge, and she did not feel like getting into conversation with him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Green weed and river grime was woven into her beautiful red- brown hair. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys played a match while the girls sat and wove necklaces out of the flowering weeds around us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I was helping her weed her vegetable garden, something we did so often I had begun to think that the weeds were wizards. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “It needs some work,” said Mr. Beaver, trudging through the thick weeds, “but this ought to do the job.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z My mother will turn up on their doorsteps, wearing slacks, carrying a bouquet of weeds, incongruous. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At the tide line a woven mat of weeds and the ribs of fishes in their millions stretching along the shore as far as eye could see like an isocline of death. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z So the three of us pulled weeds and picked beans and pinched dead flowers off the marigolds. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Almost like one of those flowering plants that's overpowered by a thorny weed. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She used to spend long hours in the garden, weeding and sowing, pruning and picking, her neck arched elegantly as a bird’s, with her black hair coming loose around her face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z That swing set was still back there, weeds growing out of the little ditch I’d created from kicking myself higher as a little kid. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z A flash of pain woke him, sharp as ice, the color of slow thunder, down in the weeds that summer’s night. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z They were making their slow way up the hill, clearing weeds and debris from the paths. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Her line flew out across the water and landed with a soft plop near a fallen tree and some weeds. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She owned herself for a few hours every week was how she looked at it, to tug weeds, pluck caterpillars, thin out the sour greens, and glare at anyone planning incursions on her territory. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The gray oysters with ruffles like skirts on the shells, the barnacle- crusted oysters with little bits of weed clinging to the skirts and small crabs climbing over them. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He might weed your garden or use the bricks from the building that was tom down up the block to make you a brick path between your rows. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His tail moves like weeds in the wind, spiraling, dancing. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Beneath the walls of Isengard there still were acres tilled by the slaves of Saruman; but most of the valley had become a wilderness of weeds and thorns. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The weed guy is always welcome at the party. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Arroyos might be dry for years, but when heavy rains did come, the run-off carried boulders and logs down the arroyo, where they snagged weeds and sticks and other debris. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They never seemed to run out of talk about seeds and weeds and bugs and sprays and fruit, as Mother and Chrissie seemed never to run out of talk about flowers and jelly and jam. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The vine was Tartarian honeysuckle, a weed that grows in waste places and on abandoned ground. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get out of that window, or you’re going to join your sister down here pulling weeds,” Mr. Trepid threatened. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z They weeded out the gold certificates and decided to avoid handing a clerk more than one fifty-dollar bill at a time. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He edged up the trunk, to his favorite place in the crook of two branches, and looked down at the Potter’s Field below him, a brambly patch of weeds and unmown grass in the moonlight. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Perhaps they are really weeds of some sort, but they have blossoms in beautiful shades of violet and yellow and white. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Before Thomas knew it he was back at work, pulling up weeds again, counting down the minutes until he’d be done with the Gardens. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She was in the garden the next day, weeding, when she saw the rider out in the meadow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’ll be trout down in those weeds and stems. Here—give me the poles and I’ll bait the hooks for us.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere you look is life; even the little ball of spit on the weed stalk, if you poke it apart, has a green worm inside it. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z They talked about how Nature weeded out the weak and left the hardy to carry on. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Mr. Spizz,” I hollered as he bounced past, “are these weeds short enough for you?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Tiny fish darted here and there in the weeds. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A flashlight beam focused on the weeds; in its glare their half-dead stalks appeared stark, menacing. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z But somehow all these houses seem so ugly to me right now, even worse than Las Casitas and our patchy weeds strewn with the twins’ toys in the yard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Never around Grandma because she’d make them scrub floors, and iron drapes, and weed the garden until they were too exhausted to scuffle. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I worried a great deal at the time, but people are like plants. Some shoot up like weeds, and some are slow like fruit trees. In the end, the fruit trees are worth more.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I handed him the hoe I had been using on the weeds. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The barn was gone now and one year they had cut the hemlock woods and there were only stumps, dried tree-tops, branches and fire- weed where the woods had been. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Each spring the dark Nicholtown dirt is filled with the promise of what the earth can give back to you if you work the land plant the seeds pull the weeds. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He told my mom that the weeds in the public gutter along the front of our property had grown too high. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As the crops grow, the jungle rapidly returns—weeds first, then fast-growing tropical trees. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “You’re going to pass something down no matter what you do or if you do nothing. Even if you let yourself go fallow, the weeds will grow and the brambles. Something will grow.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The garden was a tangle of weeds and almost all the shutters were hanging from their hinges. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The asphalt had split in a lightning-streak pattern, and more tangles of weed sprouted through the fissures. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The roads in this downriver neighborhood were full of potholes, the curbs choked with weeds and litter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I felt achy as I weeded my fields and carried water to the garden and fed the chickens, and mucked out Plug’s stall. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z A boy darted up from the weeds at the foot of the hill, the harper’s companion. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Because here in this jungle, there ain’t nothing but weeds and tears and dreams trapped beneath the asphalt. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Kate could make pretty floral arrangements using only the blossoms from weeds she picked in the fields. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Twilight had fallen, and the mammoth walls looked like enormous tombstones in a weed- infested cemetery for giants. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He drank, too, but it was mostly weed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z One very useful function of natural plant communities — now pretty generally stigmatized as “weeds” — is to serve as an indicator of the condition of the soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He disappeared into the weeds with the dog. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The whole picture was bright and inviting like a movie poster, instead of looking like a tired old house hidden behind overgrown weeds. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z From the weeds to the carriage; from the carriage into this cabin that could belong to anyone. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Regulation weed size is only six inches high,” he informed her. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes they would see a few weeds struggling from some crack in the rock or a splotch of pale lichen, but there was no grass, and they woe above the trees now. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The left bank was a great rubbish heap of rotting weed among the trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They don’t grow anything, and it is growing things—preparing, planting, weeding, harvesting, storing—that takes time. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, my father and mother tended to their garden, cutting weeds from their patches of com, beans, sorghum, and pumpkins. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Working in the yard is Ralph’s favorite activity; he likes to weed, to plant, to cultivate. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “I’ll help you catch him,” Howard said, picking his bike up out of the weeds. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It looked deserted: trees and bushes grew thick in the property behind her house, and long grass and weeds filled the front yard. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The mouth is choked with weeds, and there’s some bright graffiti to the left—which pulled our attention the first time we passed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z During those four weeks in Carthage, McCandless worked hard, doing dirty, tedious jobs that nobody else wanted to tackle: mucking out warehouses, exterminating vermin, painting, scything weeds. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Klamath weed, quite unlike such native plants as sagebrush, has no place in the ecology of the region, and no animals or other plants require its presence. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He had his own path worn through the grass and weeds. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z It had once been surrounded by English gardens, which had partly collapsed into clay and African weeds. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Working his way down a row in the garden that afternoon, pulling weeds, he had turned around to find eighteen-month-old Mike following him, imitating him, happily plucking half-grown carrots out of the ground. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t even know if weeding can save them.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I could smell weed coming off his clothes too. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z At the edges, near the tracks, tall weeds have taken over—tough plants with stringy stalks, small leaves, and compact flowers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I tread through knee-high weeds, stepping over bottles and other garbage, heading to the Pet Hut. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “But also remind her about the weed ticket. It has to be paid or it will double to six bucks.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then the two girls went back to their weed pulling, leaving the thistles before the altar of Nefertiti. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There was yellow weed on the line but the old man knew that only made an added drag and he was pleased. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When the players had completed their laps, Luma ordered them to line up on the fringe of weeds at the field’s edge. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It was hers like the cotton she seeded, weeded, and picked was hers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Surely, if she were earning wages they would no longer expect her to scrub floors and weed the onions. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Whooeee!” he says, holding the rifle up with one hand as he plows through the weeds. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The husband lifted his head from weeding and glared at me as I drove past. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We pulled out all the gardening equipment that seemed useful for weeding and fence construction. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Through the dewy weeds below the window, a toad hopped suddenly into view and Winnie peered at it eagerly. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Anderson is a widow, and even though her husband died in the War between the States—fighting for the Confederacy, no doubt—she still wears her widows weeds. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z His bathrobe was spattered with ketchup, and he kept stumbling around in fuzzy pink bunny slippers, swinging his gas-powered weed whacker at the half-dozen harpies who were hovering over his picnic table. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z There was weeding to be done, and she had to fill the hog trough. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The many wild species not represented among the 157 selected are ones that would have been useless or harmful to people, including all of the most toxic weed species in the environment. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She watched him pull a few weeds from the flower beds. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Peering down at the ground passing below, Tally could hardly make out anything in the weed- choked darkness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He fell, rolling over gravel and weeds and came to a stop. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Flowers, weeds, junk, pet houses, tree houses, vegetable gardens, rubber tires, grass ranging from desert-sparse to shaggy to trim as a marine’s haircut — the backyards were as different, as individual as faces. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Once in a while people hung out in the lot and smoked weed and drank and yelled and fought. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Across the street, the geese at the pond ducked their heads underwater for weeds, wholly unruffled by the commotion. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z ‘In that case I will have my pouch back, which is not yours and has journeyed far with me. Wrap the weed in a rag of your own.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z One hot afternoon Mr. Dawson caught me sleeping in the strawberry patch that I was supposed to be weeding and told Mrs. Dawson about it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The weeds they forded fell to dust about them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Petey threaded her fingers through his and pulled him into a patch of wildflowers, more weeds than flowers, a patch that came up almost to their elbows. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It was clear to the bottom and bright with the efflorescence of tropical weed and coral. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Mister,” the boy said, “we found a big can of liquor over there in the weeds. You want to buy it?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And, removing a pack from his front shirt pocket, Joe lit a weed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The old metal gates hanging off the hinges were gone, and the headstones were barely visible through the thick tangles of weeds that had claimed the plot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the garden I pulled up the potato plants and left the weeds. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I picked off bugs, pulled out weeds, and I gave 'em lots of that fertilizer called Tomato Food, like somebody told me. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Dots of sun danced on the green walls of the shady grove above low bushes weighted with pigeon peas, the earth screened with twigs, sensitive moriviví plants, and french weed studded with tiny blue flowers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Absolutely weedy, and named “Spurge,” which is a weed. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “So you didn’t need to be a debutante,” I said, pulling a stray weed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The average purchaser is completely bewildered by the array of available insecticides, fungicides, and weed killers, and has no way of knowing which are the deadly ones, which reasonably safe. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When his feet grew tired and weary, he would curl up in the weeds and rest. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas tried not to think about it as he put his focus back on yanking weeds. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Trees within the Connecticut Arboretum Natural Area were seriously injured when the town of Waterford sprayed the roadsides with chemical weed killers in 1957. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Even if it does manage to sprout, it can be choked by weeds, rooted up by a dog, mashed by a soccer ball, or asphyxiated by car exhaust. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z You could practically measure the growing, especially—as Joe complained—when you had to mow the grass, and especially—as Daddy said—when you had to keep after the weeds in a garden. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z And below the heimongmong, all along the ground, were weeds already spilling out over the edges, running wild in every direction. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z First of all, the toad appeared out of the weeds, on her side of the road this time. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Kendra raised the weed digger, holding the pie tin in her other hand. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The blind man yelled in triumph and killed the power on his weed whacker. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The various reports of livestock losses after grazing on certain weeds treated with 2,4- D therefore have a logical explanation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When the guard looks away, I repeat myself but keep my hands busy weeding. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He could see a break through the trees that he thought was a ditch or a cut and they came out through the weeds into an old roadway. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He mowed lawns or chopped wood or cut hillside weeds with a scythe. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The desire for a quick and easy method of killing unwanted plants has given rise to a large and growing array of chemicals that are known as herbicides, or, less formally, as weed killers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He smells of maybe weed and alcohol both. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The earth of that piece was wet and rich and the rice grew on it as weeds grow where they are not wanted. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Papá tilled the soil with the tractor while Trampita and I pulled out weeds. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Why, she wonders, do people call them weeds? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I push aside low-hanging branches, step on weeds, grass, slips of bark. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Crash crash tumble crash! . .. through a thicket of weeds and bushes ... A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Instead, he said gently, “Remember. A weed is simply another plant.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Who is Stephen? He the one that weeds and cut the grass?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I vomited on a tangle of weeds, my retching and groaning drowned in the deafening roar of the MiG. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was her future self, at eighty-five, in widows weeds. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “If you think you can manage, I might head home for a few days. I’ve got an installment to write and some weeding to attend to.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z A tilled, fertilized, watered, weeded garden provides growing conditions very different from those on a dry, unfertilized hillside. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She would sit in the backyard with him, or play with Baby, or watch him weed the vegetable patch. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Across the channel I could see Osh in the garden, pulling weeds. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Some women were gossiping as they weeded in the community garden. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Thomas asked as he yanked out a huge weed, clumps of dirt swaying on the roots. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She turned away from him and scanned the horizon: trees, rocks, lake, grass, weeds, flowers, birds, sky.... How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “A heap of flowers there if the weeds weren’t choking them.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then more days had passed, more weeds had flourished, while he sat in the Field with his dead wife and infant. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With my flour sack stuffed with plants and weeds, I wandered along the railroad tracks, letting my footsteps fall evenly on each tie. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z A bargeman, poling away from the shore, found Chicken late that afternoon stuck in some rocks and weeds, his knickers ballooning about his legs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Those who really know plants never call things weeds. Because each plant has its special, secret uses. Every plant is a treasure to those who know them.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The grindylow bared its green teeth and then buried itself in a tangle of weeds in a corner. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “The gate’s padlocked. And look. Dead weeds standing outside of it, not even bent. Nobody’s driven in here for a while.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They pulled weeds and worked in trash gangs now, but one day the field work would make them as big as the men grappling and pinning each other to the grass. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It’s disturbing how fast weeds take root in my garden of worthiness. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The bus station, normally bustling with the chaos of brightly colored buses and hundreds of travelers, was deserted, and weeds were growing up through cracks in the paving. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The horses cropped dead brown grass and weeds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the rare occasions that Min dismissed him early, he would hang around the house, looking for little chores to do—pulling weeds in her vegetable patch or sweeping the yard. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Where they were was over at Route 31, at the mall place, which is just a big old weed field now. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z His men were idle and dishonest, the fields were full of weeds, the buildings wanted roofing, the hedges were neglected, and the animals were underfed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Work on them weeds a whole hour, and when five o’clock comes, I start back toward the shed. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They had their coffee and immediately moved over to the truck where it lay among the weeds. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z No way was she using the weed digger unless she could sterilize it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As aquatic weed killers in lakes and reservoirs they have made public waters unsuitable for drinking or even for swimming. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The only green was the scum of livid weed on the dark greasy surfaces of the sullen waters. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Tough brown grass and weed trees sprouted from the gaps between the cobbles, and the mossy walls of what once might have been a huge stone manse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even though it was Sunday, Ma was probably out in the fields trying to get a leg up on the weeding. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Ifemelu stared out of the window, half listening, thinking how unpretty Lagos was, roads infested with potholes, houses springing up unplanned like weeds. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Filling shoe boxes full of pictures of ourselves high on something other than weed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But when I reached over to pull it out of the weeds, I saw it wasn’t a knife at all. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z When Pearl finally came upstairs—smelling of smoke and alcohol and something Mia was fairly certain was weed—she had not known what to say. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “It’s what we call the guys workin’ their butts off in the Gardens— tilling, weeding, planting and such.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He was so close that Malcolm could smell his skin, which was redolent of mud, and fishes, and weeds. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z After while, she stopped weeding mid-swing and looked back up at me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z It was only a blackjack weed at the side of a rock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to get the rest of the garden clear of these weeds. Sun’s ’bout to go down.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Snuffy shrugged, crumpled the aluminum beer can and dropped it in the weeds alongside the porch, stood up and stretched. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go away, you bunch of weeds! Leave me alone!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I would stand beside her holding on to her skirt as she pulled the weeds or held the water hose. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There hadn't been any weeds on the lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Luckily the vegetables had all grown tall enough that we could easily tell what was weeds and what wasn’t. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Let’s get us some weed. That’s one thing I can have.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The wooden wheels made crisp, crunching sounds as they crushed the weeds. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Its top bricks have tumbled to the ground and weeds almost obscure them. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He had been waiting for her hidden in the thick weeds of the garden. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z An unknown but very large acreage of timber-producing lands is now aerially sprayed in order to “weed out” the hardwoods from the more spray- resistant conifers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z His aunts would likely be out in the garden, whispering some kind of magic to the plants or pulling up weeds. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z In the daytime the cows were turned into the high stubble and weeds which had been left by the harvest sickles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z After breaking off a long Jimpson weed to use as a prod, I got up on Rubin’s shoulder, and he raised me up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z No one tended the garden, either to water it or to weed it, until it was swallowed up by oblivion, birds, and wild grasses. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But they were careful not to purloin too often from the same location, fearful that Noble or his customers might be lying in the weeds, waiting for them with a shotgun. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A line of small-leafed weeds ran along the edge of one of the stone blocks, tiny yellow flowers peeping through as if searching for the sun, long disappeared behind the enormous walls of the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “This isn’t nearly that big, and it isn’t natural. We’re standing where the white weed started.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There, if it rained, a few stunted weeds struggled to the surface. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The punt would not have left the bank or, if it had, would have run aground or been fouled by weeds or some other obstruction. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The small space between them is suddenly filled with heat; his cheeks are flushed and there’s the wet-wool smell of boy sweat and that tang of something again, maybe weed. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z In the fall, squatting between the rows, they pulled weeds or poured fertilizer out of buckets. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Plus, if I pull it over my nose, I can’t smell the weed. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It’s all crumbling buildings and graffiti-covered walls overgrown with weeds and ivy. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Within seconds, rope-thick weeds were wrapping around Dr. Thorns legs, entangling him. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In a volume of Proceedings of one of the weed-control conferences that are now regular institutions, I once read an extraordinary statement of a weed killer’s philosophy. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Noticing how close to home I was keeping, Grandma told me to weed the garden. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z About five miles outside the town of San Lucas, along a ruined path overgrown with weeds and full of potholes, there was a wooden sign with the name of the property. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Scooping up my cat, Nero, I plunged into the tangle of vines and weeds lining the drive. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Such plants are “weeds” only to those who make a business of selling and applying chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A few rows over, my cousins Zoyla and Gregoria were pulling weeds and wiping the sweat from their foreheads, crisscrossing their faces with streaks of dirt. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And there is even some evidence that the scraggly weeds and dismal, sterile soil—perhaps even the stones hurled at Mercer by unseen alleged parties—are equally faked. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “I am proud to serve Lord Gwydion, and there is a chance to win much honor, more than by washing pigs and weeding gardens!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She would squeeze his hand between her fingers, which had grown more callused and hard at Manzanar, and he would squeeze back, and they would return to their weeding. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Between the weed he's smoking and the weeds that just live in his idiot head...I don't know if he can even do what I'm asking. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It’s bigger than mine, painted white that’s faded by the sun, with a big garden full of weeds and rocks. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The street lights go out, and the weeds are a brilliant green. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She bustles about, uprooting dead plants and weeds, and mulching new life into the tired dirt. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Her body worked all day planting, weeding, baby-sitting, washing—oh, so many chores!—but her spirit had nothing to do. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days earlier, Samira had thrown herself a massive eighteenth birthday-slash-graduation party, and someone had left behind a backpack at our house, containing a bong and a bag of weed. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Maybe by then someone will have found a way to stop the weed from coming back. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When he had finished weeding, Dewey strolled along the quiet paths. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed a bucket and Prim's hand and headed to the Meadow and yes, it was dotted with the golden-headed weeds. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He says that the things that move in are common weeds, and cockroaches and rats: soon all flowers will be dandelions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Dozens of tombstones surrounded by dense shrubs and weeds. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Was he no better than a tree or some weed? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z But the ground was clean, no herbs; Jomo’s weeding was thorough and careful, and nothing that was not wanted was allowed to be. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Dad looks at the weeds, which are burning fast, thirsty for flame in that quivering heat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I refilled them with fresh candles and set them all around on the grass, under the trees, mostly in the little holes of earth where the cabbage weeds had grown. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he shook loose a smoke from the pack Bud had given him, set the weed in his mouth, and lit it—flame flared up before his eyes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As far back as I remember, he had always been in that courtyard, peddling weed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Gradually it became red and soft with rust and gradually the mallow weeds grew up around it and the flaking rust fed the weeds. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking back, I almost miss his pothead days because the weed mellowed him out. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Out of the side window I point to a faded red rag tied to a stick and what appears to be a driveway, overgrown with weeds. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z We spent the day doing the usual: raking leaves, pruning bushes, watering flowers and weeding the lawn. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore only a pair of denim shorts, and the muscles on his back rippled, smooth and long like the ridges he weeded. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Then I'ma have to tell the po-leese you been smokin’ weed," Lily stated, and they both laughed and laughed. Lily looked over her shoulder at me. “You know I'm kidding, right?" It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z My fingers itched to pluck up the scraggly weeds that were crowding them, but I dared not. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She yanks a weed and continues to speak. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She seent me from ’bout a half mile off and waved her arm twice o’er her head afore she got back to digging out weeds. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I walked by the side of the Mill Pond, which smelled of rotting weeds and fish, gulls clustering above it, screeching at the sea-winds, their cries punctuated by the detonation of artillery. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Fifi held up a Baggy with dregs of greenish brown weed inside. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Weeks before, there had been daffodils springing up among the old weeds, and fragrant hyacinths, and blue flags. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “So it’s strong enough to keep out the weed.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The chemical weed killers are a bright new toy. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The only thing sharp about the weed digger were the points at the end, so she would have to go with a puncture wound. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She sat petting the cat purring in her lap and gazing out at Gus weeding in the garden. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Make four bundles tie them with yucca spruce mixed with charcoal from burned weeds snakeweed and gramma grass and rock sage. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Then they all worked together, pushing or pulling weeds away from the tomato plants. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm guessing from his attitude that he didn't have a problem with the patch of red lava rock and weeds. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Runner weeds were growing between the flagstone walkways that wound between the planter boxes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The earth was soft and crumbling, with a scattering of the weeds that are found in cultivated fields—fumitory, charlock, pimpernel and mayweed, all growing in the green gloom under the bean leaves. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Later—after it had left Woundwort—the dog beat up and down the bank and the open grass for some time, barking and dashing at every bush and clump of weeds. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In a Massachusetts community the town officials purchased a weed killer from a zealous chemical salesman, unaware that it contained arsenic. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Through the shroud of weeds and rubble, geometrical shapes had appeared—a series of rectangles in a line. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Millard removed his greatcoat and threw it into the weeds by the side of the road, making himself invisible. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There was not a patch of clean soil in sight, and the only plants growing anywhere were rank weeds and coarse grayish grass. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She waited on while Sam kicked through the weeds and grasses, still covered with snow. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Now the walls dissolved into distances of parched weed, mile on mile, and warm endless sky. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Men, women, and children were in the fields at their lawful labor, plowing, weeding, sowing, where they would remain till dusk. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The hands had been chopping the weeds for weeks, slashing hoes into the furrows. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then she had loosened the earth and weeded with Mama’s big moose antler hoe and her own smaller hoe carved from a crooked tree branch. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Just when you think you’ve beaten the weed, it pops up somewhere new. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In Manhattan the Irish were blamed, and the quarantine effort was aimed primarily at weeding out sick Irish immigrants from arriving ships. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z So I go in his shed, put the sledgehammer back, take out the sickle, and go tackle the weeds down by his mailbox. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They shone out from the weeds like bulbs on a Christmas tree. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Nate crawled along his uncle’s vegetable garden, tugging up weeds and flicking away fat green worms. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Larkin had been working Jinx pretty hard, making him weed her garden and clean out closets of her husband’s old papers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I sneezed and bent to look closely at the white veil that lay over the weeds. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To the west again was a shallow, dry downland combe, perhaps four hundred yards across and overgrown with weeds and rough, yellowing summer tussocks. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew if he went to whooping at me, Papa might chance to look out the store window and wonder why I wasn’t weeding the garden like he said to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She opened the outer door and crept out and moved back among the weeds. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A little pruning, a little watering, a little weeding and straightening up, to bring out the best in me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think you smoke too much weed and Mom doesn’t love me. I know it,” I correct. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Who is more blameworthy: the young black kid who hustles on the street corner, selling weed to help his momma pay the rent? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “That granddaughter of yours is sprouting like a weed!” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Heaven knows what she dropped in the grass. Plenty of weeds around to kill a cow or dry her up,” Ma Charles said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She yanks another weed free, its thin roots wilting in her grasp. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We pick blue and white weed flowers and some of the nightshade berries, and arrange them on burdock leaves by the side of the path, a horse chestnut on each. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was choked with a succulent weed, whose furred brown roots waved like thin tentacles underwater. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Seldom is the question asked, What is the relation between the weed and the soil? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There’s a straggly line of people, adults and children, along the roadside among the draggled weeds. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We finished the weeding and planted the chicken wire. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Listen, hüerquito, I want you to hoe weeds. But first, give me and Gabriel a hand,” he said. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z While the results of weed killers such as sodium arsenite or the phenols are grossly obvious, some other herbicides are more insidious in their effects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Jackson, before he got kicked out, said he got caught selling coke and weed to business dudes up in San Francisco—which I’m pretty sure is true. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z "Not all of them. The weeds were doing great last time I checked." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He revved his weed whacker, and the harpies wailed in the trees. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was the thud of my heart against the hollow bowl of my stomach that made me eat a cluster of dandelion weeds grown to waist height. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “I think it’s time to give up,” I said as Mom and I worked in the garden, weeding and watering. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Sorry, Viola!” she yelled, plunging the weed digger into the spongy flesh. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Pardon me,” Javier says, stooping to pick glass off the floor from my weed killer. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Finally, I could let go of the kid, and he scrambled up through the mud and weeds like a wet cat breaking frantic from a bathtub. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z We strong-armed the dealer for the weed, and when he protested I hit him and he backed off. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z All the foliage was neatly trimmed, in bright, beautiful colors, the roads devoid of even one small weed and paved in fancy yellow brick that began down by the waterfront. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He grabbed his tin of weed, settled himself on the couch and started rolling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I remembered this weed and dug some where it grew on the far side of the island. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z His only exposure to music had been on the farm, when trucks with loudspeakers played martial music while prisoners picked weeds. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “It’s not like we’re going to run out. Those pines grow up like weeds, don’t you worry. Hey,” he touched her arm lightly, “you can smell the oil.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The visual image congealed; he saw at once a famous landscape, the old, brown, barren ascent, with tufts of dried-out bonelike weeds poking slantedly into a dim and sunless sky. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The dog ran in circles around the girl, sniffing the weeds, the bushes, the trees. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z One morning she had me traipsing out at the crack of dawn for prickly poppy, toadflax, spiderwort, and skeleton weed. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The change was good for me and I gave up weed and drinking for the discipline of music with the help of the school’s outstanding music teacher, a black man named C. Lawler Rogers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the stress of intensive chemical spraying the weaker members of the insect populations are being weeded out. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He drank too much, smoked too much weed. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The two tennis courts were run down and buried under weeds. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He told her that it was important to spray the ground now so all those evil weeds wouldn’t have a chance to get started. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Forms and figures loomed out of the rain: boulders in our path, gruesome as ogres to my susceptible wits, hulking, pocked and eyed with limpets, shaggy with weeds. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Gradually they also started to weed the fields, to guard them against parasites, and to water and fertilise them. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He planted the seed of Helene being in love with me in my head, and now it's sprouted like a misbegotten weed from hell. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z On the left flank, Grover and his nature spirits were regrouping, entangling the enemies with bushes and weeds. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The hedges had gone wild and the lawn was a riot of weeds and flowering plants. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “We could follow the tour. Keep our babies in little sacks. Papoose style. And sell weed.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t much mind weeding the garden, usually. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z A number of deaths among cattle have been traced to sprayed weeds, according to some agricultural specialists. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Red crashed through the underbrush, his boots much better suited for tramping through the weeds than my saddle shoes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She actually had to hold the tip with her teeth to keep from telling, especially when Joe went out to work with Daddy at the weeding, and she and Mother were alone with the dishes. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I ask you now, please go and do the dishes and do the weeds in the garden. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z A breeze ruffled the weeds growing tall on the lawn, turning brown now, their seed pods emptying into the air. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes she pretended his room needed cleaning as badly as the bread needed baking or the garden needed weeding. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Dell would have to come up with his own way of sorting through the weeds of messed-up students. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The Huntsman in bearskin flung out his arms and scrabbled at the weeds, growling in rage; the last warrior trampled the sinking man, vainly seeking a foothold to escape the deadly bog. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z God bless Rooster Jim; he kept my garden weeded and chickens happy that whole week. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The weeding and hoeing he had so despised at Caer Dallben now seemed, as he thought of his past journey and the journey yet to come, infinitely pleasant. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z For now, the lot was bare, save for dirt, stones, and weeds. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She boiled the weeds we pulled up in the yard. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw a huge can partially screened by high weeds. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In season, they fed on acorns, berries, wild plums, prickly-pear apples, grass, weeds, and bulb plants which they rooted out of the ground. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Planting, weeding, harvesting, making clay pots, cooking, making clothes—it is all for the girls and women to do. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I got up around seven-thirty, completely groggy from the weed the night before, grabbed a shower and some cereal and was on my way to school when I got this really weird feeling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And weeds wrapped their way up through the ironwork, daring you to enter. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Please note that the garden is wet and so I cannot do the weeds at this time, but please be assured this task will be completed by the end of the weekend. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When we first met Abel, he smoked a lot of weed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Here the grass and weeds were sharp and thick and grazed our shins. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z "This is where I found the shovel," Stanley said, pointing out a patch of weeds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z When I lay down in weeds or a barn at night, I whispered into the dark: “Come and look! You won’t believe your eyes!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The weeds had swallowed up the path, and wherever he looked all he saw were rocks, thick underbrush, and mountains. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood and walked over to another cross, this one almost completely overgrown with weeds, the ground firm at its base. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She spent every morning weeding and watering the garden, and every afternoon chipping away at the mukwa trunk. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We set it up along the edge of the garden plot and took turns climbing up it to “supervise” the weeding. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was followed by a red streak of fur that hurtled from the dried foliage, flew over the weeds, and landed on her back. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The ground was as stubborn as the weeds. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The place was infested with sting weeds and scurrying field mice. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The weed had a nasty edge and the mood was sort of grim. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z They swim in the dark water, under the moonlight, weeds catching their limbs, out to the neighboring dock. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma told Vonetta and Fern to clean up every last bit of field weed and seed before they went to bed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Slowly the waters sank among the rocks, revealing pink tables of granite, strange growths of coral, polyp, and weed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Sprouting up from every one of the broken faults in the basketball court grew giant weeds and sticker bushes as high as our waists. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Bigger tractors and machines, chemical weed killers, and artificial fertilizer made it easier for one farmer to handle more acres. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She turned to face the ocean of weeds again. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I had read lots of books where people smoked weed. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The garden is overrun with weeds, the koi pond dried up. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I walked around the corner, past the Aguileras’ house, and cut across two empty lots, where I got the left leg of my jeans tangled up on some bramble weeds. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Stanley couldn't see his feet, which made it difficult to walk through the tangled patches of weeds and vines. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I pulled the offending weed, then brushed my hands off. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z My job in the group includes fetching water for the shrimp catchers, helping untangle their nets, and separating the shrimp from weeds. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I mulched the gardens, weeded, planted, and watered everything. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Sometimes, though, the weeding was done in a more thorough and dangerous way—with fire. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I was numbering it with a Sharpie, from one, when the weed hit me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The cat was ambling into the backyard from the weed field beyond. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Slowly, frame by frame, the mound turned green with weeds, covered in brushy grass and scrub and, eventually, a small shrub clinging to its peak. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Some found the sewer and some worked their way up the hill to the reservoir and some went into culverts and some only hid among the weeds in the vacant lot. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the sleeping leviathan breathed out, the waters rose, the weed streamed, and the water boiled over the table rock with a roar. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Driving up Main Street, past the courthouse and the Ben Franklin store, I sometimes felt the fear spreading inside me like weeds. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the years this clearing had grown over with a strange mixture of high, rank grass, tall weeds, berries and wild flowers. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z His hair was tangled with weeds and seemed to be growing through a rusty crown; his skin was greenish, and his long beard trailed over his throat and down into the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I left her alone and went and found Stephen where he was pulling weeds in the front yard. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He's spent hours weaving weeds and thistledown in the milky moonlight, spinning her into existence. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He picked up a small stone and heaved it into the weeds in front of him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Even before the crops are planted, the fields are watered to get any weed seeds to grow. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z When the Professor finally was free to return to his peephole the children had gone home, leaving the storage yard almost free from weeds, and a thistle blossom offering before the birdbath. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Grasshoppers buzzed out of the weeds ahead of him; they were fading to a dry yellow color, from their bright green color of spring. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Momma swung the flashlight’s arc over the path and weeds and scary tree trunks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As the two of us went about the large yard, I raked leaves and watered the flowers; Granny weeded the lawn. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept hold of the weed digger, wrenching it free of the wound as she fell. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z This useful function is of course lost where chemical weed killers have been used. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The palm sapling, bending, pushed the shell across the weeds. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I thought of the girl who bristled at the smell of weed in music appreciation class and realized that I didn't want to be her anymore. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Often she was in the garden, weeding, in the evenings. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z After a while they just looked out through the silted glass to where the track curved away in the waste of weeds. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Suddenly, everywhere I looked, the Taliban seemed to sprout like weeds. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And as the saying goes, he was a lost ball in high weeds when it came to hunting and fishing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Roz peered down from the branches and saw weeds rustling in the moonlight. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z At low tide, we could cross easily to the next island, Cuttyhunk, through shallows strewn with bootlace weed and minnows. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The roots of Opium are watered with blood, and anyone who buys its foul weed is no better than a flesh-eating cannibal. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As he moved through the grass around the pool, a small green frog wiggled out of the weeds ahead of him, and splashed into the pool. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon I was in his garage sorting through new styles when he asked, "You ever smoke weed?" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z In that moment, my knees give out and down I sink, into the dirt and the weeds and the trash. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It had fallen into a little ditch, full of weeds and tree roots and ferns. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But not before grabbing the bag of weed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Hazel and Leo were still ghosts, but now they stood in front of a rundown house next to a drainage ditch overgrown with weeds. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Below us, crickets chirped in the tangled weeds under the porch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I just stayed in my lane since there was nowhere to pull over other than into the gutter weeds. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A light wind bent the dried grass and weeds. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Dried brown weeds wilted in the windows of the house nearest him, and barrels of stagnant water and discarded crates filled the alley. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It smells like weed again, so I inhale to take in everything about this car, this Dray, this moment. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They rest in weeds twenty paces off the road. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We had to be very careful because the field was full of burrs and sting weeds. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “In my opinion too much is taken for granted. We do not know whether all weeds in crops are harmful or whether some of them are useful,” says Dr. Briejer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z With Lettie and Ruthanne gone and no new prospects on who the Rattler might be, I was left with nothing to do but hunt down more roots, weeds, herbs, and bugs for Miss Sadie. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z And then the sound of the wind, and the snapping of seared weed stalks as he crashed through them, and the rough shouts of the war-sick men as they returned to the trenches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I watched his shadow slide over the dirt and weeds and thought he had come to punish me for stabbing a peach. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though this place is called the Gardens of Glen- wood, there are nothing but weeds and the dusty pumice rock in the central open area. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She cleared out weeds and broke up the ground with a sharpened stick. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to Tree-ear that his friend spent the entire day figuring out how to transform a handful of weeds and bones into something that resembled a meal. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z And weed makes me paranoid, like something terrible is about to happen, so I stopped smoking it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He felt shaky inside: what if there were no traces of her, no lines of sand pressed by her body, no delicate track of her blue shawl trailing into the weeds? Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Sam pushes the stick shift into gear, and the vehicle lurches forward, weed killer sloshing in the giant tanks behind us. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He looked toward the house and then he ran to the bottom of the yard through the dead weeds to a still black creek. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “He loves weed like Alaska loves sex,” the Colonel said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But here, on the Test, there were no submerged branches and no gravel spits or beds of weed above the surface at all. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “With the muddy crud and these ugly weed things.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Once on the road, I dodged into some tall weeds and huddled there until I heard them run past me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Now that Susie was gone, my anger had popped back up, like weeds after a hard rain. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Once again I am hiding close by in the tall weeds, awaiting my chance to haul myself up when the wheels begin to grind and screech, when once more it begins to race. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z When you leave the grocery, if you walk catty-cornered across the grass-grown lot, threading your way among the great rusty pipes thrown out of the canneries, you will see a path worn in the weeds. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And plink! a silver drop falls, and the round wrinkles in the glass make all the towers bend and waver like weeds and corals in a grotto of the sea. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She listened to rodents crawl through the weeds. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z As they got higher, the weeds got thicker. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Wander any graveyard long enough and you will find it—waterstained and bulging, with cracked or broken stone, scraggly grass or rank weeds about it, and a feeling, when you reach it, of abandonment. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I just wish he and Lorena would stop drinking and smoking weed all the time. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I worked me up a sweat yanking weeds. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I thought about all the routine things I should be doing—milking the cow, feeding the chickens, collecting the eggs, and weeding the garden. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z A couple of brothers who had never married, they lived alone in a Southern mansion that probably used to be fancy but was now rundown and surrounded by weeds. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Weed was my friend, weed kept me running from the truth. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He laid his bicycle in the weeds by the road and sat next to me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z A fisherman had about a tenth of a second, before the trout shot into sunken branches, logs, weeds, and roots, to horse it out of the stream. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “They still think I’m just a weed. To be thrown away when you’ve picked it. When you’ve yanked it up from the bed where it grew.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She ended up with a weed digger and another pie tin. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The largest chunk, which the donors call “the field,” is a rectangle of overgrown weeds and thistles held in by wire-mesh fences. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon he had a glowing, stinking lasso of poisonous weeds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He helped Bob Timmons scrape paint from his shed and weeded flower beds with Mrs. Herbert Crow, a woman who concerned herself with flower arrangements and treated Ishmael’s mother formally. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A white ball of feathers exploded from the weeds and hit him right in the stomach. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I am like a room where things once happened and now nothing does, except the pollen of the weeds that grow up outside the window, blowing in as dust across the floor. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was getting ready to let five of them west acres go to weeds, you know, they’re so choresome to keep the thistle out of.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Citra thought about Faraday, a decent scythe most certainly choked out by the weeds. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Instead he sent Phiri, who was so powerful he’d walk from tree to tree and rip them from the earth, as if they were weeds. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z In the spring the tall grass grew along its sides— wild oats and mallow weeds and yellow mustard mixed in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A couple of the windows are boarded up, and weeds and vines grow up the walls. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, a good many chemicals also have the power to separate oxidation from energy production, and the insecticides and weed killers are well represented on the list. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Huddled under the loading dock, Lupita heard nothing but the small night wind and the noise of the wet weeds brushing against one another. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Even in winter the roadsides were places of beauty, where countless birds came to feed on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Doris Crockford shook Harry’s hand one last time, and Hagrid led them through the bar and out into a small, walled courtyard, where there was nothing but a trash can and a few weeds. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I stood in the weeds and we looked at one another for a while. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z People still made their yards look like something from an ad for minivans, life insurance, or weed killer. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They look a little like sea horses and will ride over land and sky, according to Vivi’s command, keeping their seeming for hours before collapsing back into weeds. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z For variety she found straggly mhuvuyu, blackjack weeds, and cooked their leaves as a kind of spinach. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She bent him double and put him in her basket, which smelled of weeds and fish, and then she kept walking, swinging the basket and singing, “Nobody knows the troubles I seen.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z The only difference is you didn’t have to plant, water, fertilize, and weed the mushrooms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I know it’s wrong to hate your parents, especially when your sister is dead, but I can’t help it, so I keep it to myself, and the resentment grows through me like weeds. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Then they scouted around and found a trash bin that was nice and roomy and not too full to hold an extra donation of dead weeds. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve eaten too much of it today. I do not feel well. An awful weed. Oh, my stomach.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Because it did not require great arm strength, weeding was often done by women, young boys, or slight men. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z But he plucked the weeds and filled in the rabbit holes and watered the garden, too, just in case there was something to salvage, something under the surface that couldn’t be seen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z On our side of the O, we deal weed. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I look out the window in a few minutes and I see Stephen squatting back down to weed. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z So he hooked a patch of yellow Gulf weed with the gaff as they passed and shook it so that the small shrimps that were in it fell onto the planking of the skiff. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark followed Alec’s lead, crossing the dead lawn—now nothing but weeds and rocks—into the shadow of a home that had once been a mansion. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I was just fixing to quit weeding and rest a spell under the big hickernut tree when I noticed my shadow was underfoot, nearly straight down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Lurvy, the hired man, heard the noise and came up from the asparagus patch where he was pulling weeds. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z There was no way to walk without the icky weeds brushing up against you like greasy old men in the street, so Sierra just gritted her teeth and kept moving. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “You don’t remember, but when I young, I have many idea. Now I only have idea about weed and bug.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I weeded through the heat of the day, and every time I got down by the cobhouse, I had a vision of all four Cowgill brothers stepping out of it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z We all marched around in the area in front of Dragonwings, tramping the weeds down so the ground would be fairly level. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z For humans, they were noxious weeds that needed to stop growing. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Here the sidewalks were shot through with arterial cracks and studded with menacing weeds that had evolved to survive torrential rain and the lack of pollinators. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Her hair hung like a clump of discolored marsh weeds, bound with vines and ornamented with bejeweled pins that seemed about to lose themselves in the hopeless tangle. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Make no mistake—weed kills vital brain cells, dulls critical-thinking skills and reaction time. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Bushels full of that sneaky weed stood as testament to my labors. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z A bug flies up out of the weeds. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Besides the more than four million acres_of rangelands sprayed each year, tremendous areas of other types of land are also potential or actual recipients of chemical treatments for weed control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Stanton weeded out unfit and incompetent officers; battled dishonest government contractors who sold the army low-quality uniforms, rotting equipment, and defective weapons; and endured an epidemic of officers who would not fight. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s got a big old sickle; is cutting weeds along his side of the road. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The girls helped weed out Mamá’s vegetable garden and picked fat zucchini, ripened tomatoes, and spicy serrano peppers, which they bundled together in delicate netting to give away as gifts to Mamá’s comadres. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I am glad now that I did not have time to mow it—I decided last summer that I wouldn’t even try, so the grass is knee-high and a lot of weeds have sprung up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The question sprang up like a lone weed; ugly, and deeply rooted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Hank’s primary claim to campus fame, I already knew, was that he always had weed, and the Colonel told me that for four years, Hank started every game without ever once playing sober. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Tally looked out at the weeds, feeling worse with every word David said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Lupita and Salvador scrambled down it, through weeds still wet from the rain. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z During “weeding combat,” which occurred between June and August, primary school students worked from four in the morning until dusk pulling weeds in corn, bean, and sorghum fields. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I looked out over the field at the black men, the backs of their shirts stained with sweat, bent over their hoes chopping weeds among the cotton plants. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I keep my balance for the first part, grabbing weeds and bushes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Pushing his glasses back on the bridge of his nose, Kelvin says, “Nature’s amazing. It’s better than a park. Way better than my apartment building surrounded by gravel and weeds.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The bank was a muddy slope covered in ragged weeds. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The windows of fallen walls stared up at her, sprouting weeds as if the earth had grown eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z All day long he sprays weed killer and fertilizer on people’s lawns. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Light green weed stretched ahead of him as far as he could see, two feet deep, like a meadow of very overgrown grass. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She was standing bare-legged in the jungly weeds that grew up between our houses. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Inside was peacock water, rocks and weed showing as in an aquarium; outside was the dark blue of the sea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z While other kids were swimming and playing baseball, de la O was out in the hot sun, weeding, picking beans, and pulling heavy sugar beets out of the ground. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z T explains what a “hoe” is and the motions to pull up weeds, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He grew wild, a thriving weed, a tall, quick boy, loud and proud and full of temper. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Farmer families did all they could to keep out wayward weeds and wild animals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Head down, he was hunched over like a windblown weed. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He could tell from the yards, which were infested with weeds and litter and looked like tufts of greasy hair on an old man too weak to comb it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, though, she crossed her arms and wandered the field, looking at weeds, picking up rocks, kicking the sand—killing time. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He sauntered to a weed, collaborated with a sapling, went to the stream and drank, then looked about for new things to do. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m telling you, there aren’t any drugs. I used the weed up this morning. That’s why I needed more from Josh.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Here they all were together, idle above their fields, nobody hoeing, godlike; nobody weeding, New Year’s in summer. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Scare Crow backed away from Finn, vanishing into the tangle of bodies like an eel retreats into a bed of river weed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z My mother doesn’t linger over housework, she’d rather be outside raking up leaves in the fall, shoveling snow in the winter, pulling weeds in the spring. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the schools. More and more construction, I guess. They’re going up like weeds. Espanola is the link into the North for supplies and industry.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Envy can grow like a weed inside you. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Her fingertips discover barnacles, weeds, a thousand more snails. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The back garden of the first cottage was just a marsh of triffidy weeds. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And it is this new form of life that has grown up here in our midst that puzzles us, that expresses itself, like a weed growing from under a stone, in terms we call crime. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He looks up from pulling weeds around his bell peppers. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He stinks of weed killer and fertilizer fumes, from the toxins he spent all day spraying on lawns. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I struggled to keep a straight face as I pictured Mother amidst the weeds, horseflies, and dead mice in our garden. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The rabbit spent the day hanging by his ears, baking in the hot sun, watching the old woman and Bryce weed and hoe the garden. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z There’s the smell of cigarettes and weed and close bodies. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z After the zafra over, I work on drainage ditches for rice, I clear weeds, I cut and burn chaff. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z So C. J. Briejer, a Dutch scientist of rare understanding, sums up our use of weed killers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It’s got almost everything—hardware-store stuff and feed and bits of tractors and plants and huge bags of stuff to kill bugs and weeds and cans of paint and even animals. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z As they climbed higher, the patches of weeds grew thicker, and they had to be careful not to get their feet tangled in thorny vines. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The canyon was the way he always remembered it; the bee- weed plants made the air smell heavy and sweet like wild honey, and the bumblebees were buzzing around waxy yucca flowers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I’ve smoked weed a total of five times now, and every single time, I start worrying about the stupidest things. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We walk up the hill, granite road turning to dust and mud and weeds, and turn down the path to the right of the mahogany tree. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He yearned to be the first to find Hen Wen and he turned aside, clambered through the weeds—to discover nothing more than a boulder. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z There are rows and rows and rows of grapevines on both sides of our driveway, and lots of plants in between them that Dad says are weeds and aren’t supposed to be there. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Very slowly he raised his hand and let the brown weed float back and cover the face. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The rains were heavy again that year and there was much growth throughout the country, but in Snail’s fields only weeds grew. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z She grabbed a burrito in her clawed feet, but before she could escape, the blind man swung his weed whacker and smacked her in the back so hard, Percy winced. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They will mow lawns, weed gardens, wash cars, windows. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere around there the first gray mule had eaten a poison weed and died; the bones would be scattered in the tall grass around the windmill. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I am a little bit like Baron Samedi now, so I ask, “You have some weed?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The workers woke early, and for the first few months they were “seasoned”—learning the numbing work of hoeing or weeding or loading the barges with cut cane. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z In the summer, when Mom stopped working, caring, Dad went into a frenzy over the flowers, brimming with energy I’d never seen in him, watering and weeding and watering some more. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Calamity followed Finn as he weeded and watered their puny half acre of new vegetables—asparagus, kale, onion, beans, carrots, spinach, beets, broccoli, tomatoes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Something had crushed the grasses and weeds beyond down into a little nest. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I fell forward into the weeds and old leaves. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Rooster Jim waved and, with a groan, straightened himself to a stand from the patch of garden he was weeding. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It choked him like weeds and rot and colonies of vermin, clogging and staining him, stagnant and fetid, so that nothing so noble as love, or—gods above—forgiveness, could ever claim space in him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They had worn the scratchy I’ve Been Bad shirts, shoveled manure, crawled across acres of fields pulling weeds. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The roof of the old movie theater on Main Street had caved in years ago, its screen landing flat in a field of weeds. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In one, about fifty young children squat in a row, pulling weeds and planting vegetables. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of weed lingers in the air and most of the people around drink 40s like it’s going out of style. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The boulders show and seem to rise up and the ocean recedes leaving little pools, leaving wet weed and moss and sponge, iridescence and brown and blue and China red. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, farmers today treat several of these crops as weeds—they routinely blast little barley with herbicides. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Such jobs as weeding, for instance, could be done with a thoroughness impossible to human beings. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Wheat didn’t like sharing its space, water and nutrients with other plants, so men and women laboured long days weeding under the scorching sun. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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