Sir Ector sat in the solar, while the wintering sunlight threw broad orange beams across his bald head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even after a hard winter that had frequently forced me to pay for a warm spot to sleep, my hoard was over twenty iron pennies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Summer or winter, snow or shine, be was running or galloping after boars and harts, and all the time his soul was somewhere else. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

While retreating from Moscow, Napoleon’s army was whittled down to almost nothing by a harsh winter and an equally harsh Russian army. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The scraggly, stringy, nasty tangle of hair that run ’round his head jus’ above his ears made it look like his head was wearing a furry little winter coat! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

They simply ran out of money and couldn’t make the jump to the next town, never mind back to winter quarters. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s nice in the winter. And you can raise anything there.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It required only a rich winter of rain to make it break forth in grass and flowers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rambled through the dense neighborhoods along the river that were more squalid than ever since the mills had been slack this winter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She pulls him toward her and it begins to rain, a hard afternoon rain that is rare in winter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy seas and winds of winter drive the fish into deep water where they stay until the weather is settled and where they are hard to catch. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a winter house, such as some field mice move to when food becomes too scarce, and the living too hard in the woods and pastures. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once winter break hits, the three of us are together pretty much perpetually, and it feels good not to have to think about tests or homework or other school things. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Used to the bitter winters at Riverbank, they marveled that there was “no ice whatsoever, and no bad wind, and very little snow.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was a rare icy cold winter day as Connor, Zion, and I sat outside the office on the sidewalk eating our lunches. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She would put the slippers next to the bathtub on the linoleum floors in winter and trick her lazy children into wearing them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a leader the pack would not live through the winter. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve come to the shocking conclusion that I have only one long-sleeved dress and three cardigans to wear in the winter. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The shelter, a simple wooden affair, open on one side, stood in a snowy glade—a little winter wonderland—150 yards or so off the main trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

After Poland fell in 1939, Nazi leaders planned their next military campaign over the winter. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If we could make it through the first winter, we’d survive. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The drapes are kept closed at night, folds and folds of cloth drawn against the winter, hoarding the dim heavy light, keeping it in. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They want me to take over when the winter term starts on January second.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

She continued to live in this fashion, spending the winter in Canada, and the spring and summer working in Cape May, New Jersey, or in Philadelphia. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the winter of that year, the sine curve of Rajesh’s psyche had tightened in its frequency and gained in its amplitude. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I fear what will happen in James Town this winter, with its overcrowding and lack of food. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ll give him a call first. If it’s a go, you can pay him a visit after winter break.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She made Moon Orchid sit in the kitchen sun while she picked over the herbs in cupboards and basement and the fresh plants that grew in the winter garden. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Wallace and his son tonged for oysters in the winter, and in the summer they netted fish, chiefly menhaden and rockfish. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And then when you go away, you may leave one or two of my sisters behind you; and I dare say I shall get husbands for them before the winter is over.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Still, much could be done between the end of work and the coming of full dark, which was later now than in the winter seasons. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The winter had started out bare, frosted the trees deeply, and then the deep snows had fallen. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I’m sure it’ll take us all winter to finish the project, but I look forward to the day we catch our first breeze and go sailing down the Corsica. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

In that first, brutal winter Burnham’s photographer, Charles Arnold, took a very different series of photographs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There was a little pea vine that grew wild all over the hills during wet winters and bloomed pale lavender in the spring. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the life I had lived until the winter of 1975 came along and changed everything. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at them now, leafless at the end of winter, and saw the same thing. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I loved a maid as white as winter, with moonglow in her hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The whole thing started right before winter break. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I wonder why exactly, since I hardly know them, but I promise to call them when I come home for winter break. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Early apples waited to be peeled and sliced and dried in the sun for the winter's use. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Along the main thoroughfare, the houses were built right at the edge of the road, as if huddling for warmth during the cold Polish winters, and hoping for company in summer. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

One morning in early winter, Beatrice did not come to unlock her door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whitewash was only partially completed, and the kiva murals were veiled under the white clay wash, not yet repainted for the winter ceremonies. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

So every winter Baba picked something out himself. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wish winter would pack its bags and get the hell out already. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My ribs looked like a weather map predicting a winter storm, but I’ll count it a worthy sacrifice if Charlie never drives drunk again. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He knew he’d be dragging the sled through the woods soon, and after a winter of doing not very much, he was ready to get out. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

You could talk about a mighty boar which had nearly slashed you last winter, but he only stared at you with his distant eyes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to tell when it’s winter in Wyoming. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then March came, breaking the back of winter with warmth permeating the cold, and with the smell of spring drifting daily to tease hope and to give shy promise of a coming radiance. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful, but the windmill compensated for everything. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In the winter the frigid air that flows north from the Pole creates one cyclone after another and collides with warmer air from the tropics, spinning off gales, hurricanes, and blizzards. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to do the winter story.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

During the winter most of them regarded anything unexpected in a student with suspicion, seeming to feel that anything we said or did was potentially illegal. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's tougher for the fish, the winter and all, than it is for the ducks, for Chrissake. Use your head, for Chrissake." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Various states have different names for them, but I had dawdled in New England, the winter grew apace, and I had visions of being snowbound in North Dakota. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I arrived at the house on a sparkling winter morning in a wagon drawn by a scrawny horse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while the ice was melting to form a flood in which I threatened to drown I awoke one afternoon to find that my first northern winter had set. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since last winter, Piper had expected Khione to show her frosty face sooner or later. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But the Germans were unprepared for the severe Russian winter, where temperatures fall to subzero. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wait in the vestibule, my winter boots dripping onto the spread newspapers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We showed Mom and Lori the gardens, which were ready for winter. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They turn paler in the winter, when the hens are not in the pasture. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“If they were able to complete it in the summer of 1945,” he said, “we might have had the luck to complete it in the winter of 1944-1945.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I leave an excellent substitute in my daughter. Emma will be happy to entertain you. And therefore I think I will beg your excuse and take my three turns—my winter walk.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Don’t we want our girls to be warm for the winter?” she asked, but she wasn’t really asking a thing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

If you were a peasant farmer in Southern China, by contrast, you didn’t sleep through the winter. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Even though winter was long over, there was still some snow in piles around the building. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In the winter, every town sport took place in the Ravenskill Sports Egg. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Later, the grass had been cut to make hay that would feed the farm’s animals through the winter. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Train whistles always carried farther on winter nights. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

As they moved away, he looked out and looked up, for one hasty glance at the gray winter sky. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I won’t tell it again, I shall go on now with my relief and the fun and wonderfulness of living on a mountaintop in winter. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

This winter, Yule would be a much more subdued affair, “out of respect for my husband’s untimely passing,” Lady Isobel declared. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His round stomach had flattened out a trifle from the starvation winter, but he was by no means thin. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I can snow- shoe it. Nothing better than a good hike on my own. That house gets mighty crowded come winter.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Those prison ships were terrible places—filthy and baking hot in summer and freezing in winter and of course nothing but slop to eat. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the winter of 1952, a visiting committee had been appointed to review the work being performed at King’s College. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“My birthday is ... is in the winter. In ... in February. ” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he’s not helping his parents, he still works on his art, painting weavers and winter landscapes and gardens and views around the village of Nuenen. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Possibly these dreams were in the back of her mind when she spoke to William that winter about quitting her job. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I am a small ant crouched by the entrance, with the winter wind at my back. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, we all trailed back to our cabins for an early, winter lights out. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I spent my summers bottling peaches and my winters rotating supplies. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She had come to a plateau, and the sight before her froze her as still as a winter night. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The drawing at left, from a sixteenth-century codex, is a winter- count-like depiction of a year dominated by smallpox; two men lie dying or dead, their bodies spotted with pustules. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She had guided these corn plants and worked hard and she was not, now, going to give up the winter’s dried corn soup to a flock of birds, no matter how hungry they were. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

One of the few advantages West Coast crews were supposed to have over East Coast crews was that the easterners could not train out of doors during the winter when their home rivers were frozen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She was struggling against the cold, gray winter wind, carrying a huge round ball in her arms. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The winter mantle had gone, taking with it Sir Grummore, Master Twyti, King Pellinore and the Questing Beast—the latter having revived under the influence of kindliness and bread and milk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the coldest winter month, we were all bored, adults and children alike. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s blisteringly hot in the summer, bleakly cold in winter. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

To my surprise the stove came apart fairly easily—the oil I had put on the bolts last winter had done the trick. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bet you in other parts of this country, where there’s no real winter, people miss out on spring,” Grandma said. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I shed my winter coat, mittens, and boots. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

One night that winter, with the big contest only four days away, Baba and I sat in his study in overstuffed leather chairs by the glow of the fireplace. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Its lights twinkled in the winter night on the first bench of the river near the sea. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his shoulders out of his too-thin winter coat and blew on his fingers. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Still that stingy winter light but warmer than Indiana, the sun almost overhead. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But whenever she would bring things back from the cleaner’s, her good blouses, winter coats, she’d save up the safety pins and make them into a chain. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles looked for it all the following winter and well into the spring. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to go away somewhere this winter for a change.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shuddered, thinking what it would feel like to do this in winter, when it was cold. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Not the substance. Just the fact. Pilate came back here just after her baby was bom. One winter. She told me they split up when they left here and she hadn’t seen him since.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had to watch the goats and chickens more closely, but other than the gloomy, dark days, winter wasn’t terrible. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The girls were going over to a Greenpoint factory which needed hands for winter orders, poinsettias and artificial holly wreaths. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wished we were back in the mountains but the spring weather lasted only a few days and then the cold rawness of the breaking-up of winter came again. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Saturday afternoons are terrible in a boys’ school, especially in the winter. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was a little thing, in summer; in winter, it was the difference between life and death. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The “Looks like an early winter,” or “Any good fishing hereabouts?” didn’t seem to apply. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the middle of December, a week before winter break, when it all got really ugly. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the winter I loved to curl up in front of the fire and read. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pinmei had not realized how long it had been winter until she was getting the rice for dinner. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The most notorious such quakes ever to hit the United States were a series of three in New Madrid, Missouri, in the winter of 1811-12. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Seems like when the children was young they got the fever or if it was a rainy winter, they got the cough. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not add what I have been thinking for weeks: You'll never live through the winter if you stay so skinny and tired. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

That winter everybody had colds and went around sniffling most of the time. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s cold as hell in here because Amá always keeps the heat down in the winter to save money. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He has one great fear—that of getting his head wet, so that summer or winter he ordinarily wears a rain hat. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sidewalks of Williamsburg were cracked squares of cement, the streets paved with asphalt that softened in the stifling summers and broke apart into potholes in the bitter winters. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We were out walking the orchard, checking how the trees were doing through the winter. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put on my winter coat and went out for a walk, in a disagreeable mood, in a disagreeable world. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides, we still have about two hundred and thirty pounds of winter potatoes in the spice storeroom.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This was wonderful in winter but unbearable in summer. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was the first week of March, the winter snow having just melted, leaving the city in what felt like a perpetual state of dampness. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If you experience freezing temperatures in winter, check your chickens’ water more frequently, breaking up ice or refilling with warm water as needed. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Life in the barn was very good—night and day, winter and summer, spring and fall, dull days and bright days. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ivan’s mom smelled like the river after a thunderstorm, and a handful of salt crystals, and some kind of flower that Anya couldn’t place, and an ice-cold winter night. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was not winter in the woods—at least in these woods. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He went to his desk, pulled out a piece of paper—his basketball schedule from last winter—and flipped it over to the back. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

We never fed them, unless maybe it was a little corn that we threw to them during a bad spell in the winter. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drum’s course took him back to his wintering grounds on the Chilean shore. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“We have vegetables, but it’s been a hard winter, and we don’t even have any chickens left.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

By the winter of 1839, Darwin had assembled the essential outlines of his theory. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was throwing pieces of paper into the fire— Mythomagic trading cards, part of the game he’d been obsessed with last winter. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

This from a man who reportedly ran around with an exotic dancer in McKeesport throughout all of last winter, according to Mom’s diary. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Did he ask her to warm with her own body his spot in the bed on cold winter nights before he slid in? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, on a winter field trip to the Oklahoma state capital, I stepped in an icy puddle. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Better for driving in these Minnesota winters, he had said. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Marina was lucky it wasn’t later in the year or she wouldn’t have been able to survive the taiga’s severe winter weather. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The coffee table was stacked with magazines, and a little kid’s winter coat was spread on the floor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Dad was wearing a winter coat when he dropped me off at Katie’s, though. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t seen him since the winter carnival, and I didn’t know he’d returned from Colorado. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They went far off to the kelp beds of Tall Rock where they stayed until the first storms of winter. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

That winter on Boston Common, Harriet heard the word “overcoat” become a joke, a slang word for “warmonger.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not until spring that those at Point Comfort found out about the horror that befell James Town that winter. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“It is evident by this,” added Jane, “that he comes back no more this winter.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It passed in a flash of man-made, unnatural color, glittering here and there and brighter than a winter holly tree. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath a hazy winter sky the following afternoon, Smith pushed Pollard up on Seabiscuit for the San Antonio, then went up to Howard’s box and sat down. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He traveled at night, and the train reached the place of his destination just as the red winter dawn was breaking. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hams, mutton, even wild turkey hung there in the darkness of the smokehouse, waiting to be used in the winter, when food was not so plentiful. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The New York winter wind began to blow snow flurries through the trees of Central Park as Bobby entered the Manhattan Chess Club for the first round of the United States Championship. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even in the winter, when the rough-stone hut was all but buried, the villagers still came. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, the vacation cabins the pilots had been living in all summer turned out to be drafty and freezing cold in the winter. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“My mother kept our winter coats in our closet.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

That winter he heard a strange crying sound coming from under the bridge, and he saw the children standing outside the low sides of the shelter, watching. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Omakayas knew how important it was to tan the skin, how her mother would cut up the soft smoked hide and sew on the winter’s makazins all summer. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Tears glistened on his cheeks and in the winter whiteness of his beard. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bowls of raisins and walnuts we share tucked under a comforter on winter days. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If I could solve the canning problem, there would be enough stewed tomatoes to last all winter. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was the first day of winter and very, very cold. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Though Demeter and Dionysus were the happy gods of the harvest, during the winter it was clear that they were altogether different. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strange Southern winter was at its end. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

That winter I spent many hours on the phone with him and Stefanie, who became a sister to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

What bothered him more was that, without the hydroponics idea to keep him busy, Dad barely left the farm for the rest of the winter. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

They would keep chugging in winter, when canal traffic was immobilized by ice. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I was eight winters old when it happened,” said Grandma. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It reminded Aru of how sometimes in winter it hurt to breathe because the air had become overly sharp and thin. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was the second of three daughters and remembered how her younger sister had died of tuberculosis one winter; they’d buried her on Indian Knob Hill in the Lutheran part of the cemetery. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Disease and malnutrition, not to mention the biting winter that year, which Ridgeway himself remembered without fondness, claimed thousands. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have access to the dance rooms at school over winter break, and we were really sick of the cardboard boxes we’d used on weekends, so we splurged on an upgrade. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry about the difficulty of your journey. This winter has been particularly harsh.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was made of gray stone, which was cool in summer and very cold in winter. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Made me see how my entire life, long before the winter of 1975, dating back to when that singing Hazara woman was still nursing me, had been a cycle of lies, betrayals, and secrets. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

What was so funny was that, for the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At night and on winter days, Sam brought Frightful inside the huge old tree. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

God grant that I never know true winter, then. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When winter is over, they must move out of the garden and back to the meadow or the pasture. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The tug of war between the two elderly men reached a climax one winter day at noon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Susie let out a glad cry and picked up the skin, shaking it like a coat that had been in a storage box all winter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They spread them in the sun to dry, then they beat off the dried outer hulls and stored the nuts in the attic for winter. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

That winter, her team saw some strange intercepts that followed no known pattern. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As Mom had predicted, one day in early winter Dad stood outside the tipple and called out the names of men to be cut off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

You feel it first in your heart, the possibility that winter might have passed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Isobel racks her brain for the last time she felt under the weather and she can only come up with a head cold she had a decade ago, the winter before she met Marco. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wondered what he would do when winter came; but by the first snowfall, the preoccupation had vanished, never to return. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I know the story of Omakayas. It all happened in the winter. She has a beautiful friend, a favorite baby brother. They die. She is left to cry for them.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

For various practical reasons, principally to do with the long, punishing winters of northern New England, there are only so many available months to hike the trail each year. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Holly takes attendance, goes over class procedures, and talks about how we’ll soon be preparing for this year’s winter choral concert. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

By winter, the United States was at war and tobacco companies were supplying free cigarettes to soldiers, so the market was booming. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was a big enough hole in the roof for the winter sky to shine though, showing a dappling of snow on the wooden floor. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Taking the briefcase, he got out into the still, crystalline winter air of Michigan. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Basketball Rule #10 A loss is inevitable, like snow in winter. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He’d put on a big padded suit that he’d made out of pillows, a tattered movers’ blanket, and a pair of puffy winter parkas. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There were only a few more days of oystering left that winter of ’44. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never mind that we spent entire winters flying kites, running kites. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of winter, there was little to do in Magyarkanizsa. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Farmers are busy; farmers are busy; if farmers weren’t busy, where would grain to get through the winter come from?” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He knew how it came, like the frost that bleeds out of the winter ground, hardening the clear water that an early thaw leaves in wagon ruts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He smiles, his bright green eyes dazzling in the winter sun. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A double layer of clothes never hurts anyone in winter, as long as the clean ones are worn closest to the skin. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s just because winter is over and gray March has marched on, but things feel a little lighter. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Everything started to change the winter I was ten and a half One unusually warm day in January all the kids from the apartments were playing dodgeball after school. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There’s always one that sneaks in during the middle of winter. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“All right, and skip the sarcasm. We’ll save it for Earth, and preserve it in jars for future long, cold winters. Meanwhile, what emergency can we create?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Janae and Ainsley are being all cutesy as they walk, mostly talking about nonsense like the best campus frat parties and their white schoolmates who wear shorts and hoodies in the dead of winter. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Montag stood alone in the winter weather, with the parlour walls the colour of dirty snow. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

A late winter wind blew the tops around, inducing in her a momentary vertigo. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Andeg did, however, perform a great service in the winter cabin. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

BD, I was looking forward to winter vacation. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Was some scientific hypothesis, well on its way to validation and ultimate public use, discarded because of unexpected findings on that cold winter day? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learned the dangers of sitting on the edge of the tub last winter after he fell in and Dad had to blow-dry him. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She would not store her supers for the winter until the bees had sucked out the last remaining bits of honey from the combs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fencing would be my winter sport, and I would play softball in the spring. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“When I think of my own mother. On the beach in San Juan every winter. A tan, a bikini. Dancing, swimming, laughing. Boyfriends.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest were leaving, being shuttled out of the city for their own safety—and from the look of the winter coats and overstuffed cases some of them carried, maybe for a long time. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She thought of how she and Charlie had made spills last winter for tapping their own maples. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had been helping Judith and Rachel to make the winter supply of candles. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

THE evening was almost of a winter coldness, the corner well lighted and the all-Negro crowd large and tightly packed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved to Massachusetts from California, and I think she forgets that winter isn’t just an idea anymore. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The winter sky is bright gray and sharp. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Chipper had, after all, eaten the family Bible the winter before, chewed right through it from Genesis to Revelation, shredding generations of inscribed Hickams in the process. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not all the field mice move into the garden for the winter, of course. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at me like winter has inched through the house and we are freezing from the inside out. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have many troops in France that first winter, but we had millions in training, getting ready to go. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of us can’t stand cold northern winters with their short days and characteristic germs, while others of us can’t stand hot tropical climates with their own characteristic diseases. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like if you sprinkled some winter on peas, they’d probably takes like...cold peas. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Hickock’s uneven eyes turned toward a window in the visiting room; his face, puffy, pallid as a funeral lily, gleamed in the weak winter sunshine filtering through the bar-shrouded glass. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s too bad Zion’s gone for winter break,” I said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I can build it in three seasons. Tomorrow is the first day of winter. It would only take me a winter, a summer, and another winter to build.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Now you rabbits do whatever rabbits do. And, White Rabbit, you get ready to rack up the assists this winter, you hear?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the days seemed long and dark like winter days, even though it wasn't winter. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was a time of quiet departures, of the sifting away of all that was not staunch against winter. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the simple cold you feel in your skin and limbs on a winter day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We ended up moving to Washington right after our traditional Christmas holiday in Hawaii so that Sasha and Malia could start school just as their new classmates were coming back from winter break. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The winter sun is setting and the house is almost dark. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And she never sung you the song o' the winter rose?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I could just see it: the winter’s day, the crowds on the rooftops, the balloon tugging at its ropes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been routed up early all winter and had to spend my days working for other people, so now I’m going to rest and revel to my heart’s content.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

By winter’s end the bedding, and the cattle, can be as much as three feet off the ground. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

As word spread, a collective sigh of relief seeped through Baltimore’s brisk winter air. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“No. In Tarbean at least I could beg or steal. I’d managed to survive in the forest for a summer, barely. But over the winter?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He went to no houses of the village and when they came to him, those who were left of the winter’s starving, he was surly with them. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Shifting among productive locations, individual families, living on their own, ate seeds and fruit during the spring and fall and hunted during the winter. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The apartment is drafty during winter, and in summer, intolerably hot. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

The night was as ordinary as a winter night can be, and I was alone. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

On winter evenings it roared in sheets against the pavements and made Amity Harbor invisible. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

If the deer could survive in winter on this food, why not she? Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bolverkr,” said Baugi as the first mists of winter rolled down the mountain, “you are misnamed. For you have worked nothing but good.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I’ve hardly seen you since we got back from winter break!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Wistfully the woman asked Katie not to let it get damp or cold, to leave the bedroom doors open in winter so a little heat would get through from the kitchen and prevent warping. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Huddled in their half-built village that first terrible winter, the colonists rarely saw the area’s inhabitants, except for the occasional shower of copper- or claw-tipped arrows. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I recognized those tracks from the many winters in Piatra Neamț where I had stumbled out onto the frozen pond with a neighbor friend, dull blades tied to the bottoms of our shoes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He’d moved with them to the American army’s winter camp, in Morristown, New Jersey. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen crows were pecking around her potatoes and winter vegetables. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t know. We don’t even really know that he’s dead. He just vanished. But he was only thirteen. It was the middle of last winter. My sister was pretty broken up about it.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The warmth of her bed on a winter night. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

That winter, we fidgeted a lot because we were too old to do the stuff we used to do, like play card games in the tree house, and too young to do anything interesting. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I feel as if this Montana winter is Goliath and I am David. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I do not deny it. I simply said there is no winter sport at Mon-treux.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps going north would be the unexpected choice; no one went north in winter unless they had a death wish. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Herons will hunt and eat many things in winter, even though the ponds are frozen over. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

We can live through next winter on what is in the store, and so can the cows and the chickens. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It had its dormant winter when it slept underground. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, he told Kwang in Korean, this man bought the watch many months ago, during the winter, and he was being generous enough in offering him another one. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmers had finished harvesting their soybeans, milo, and alfalfa and had planted their winter wheat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He pondered Mr. Ludsbury’s exclusion from the plot of the fat old men as we watched his figure, reedy even in his winter wraps, move away from us. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing her jacket, which might be pink but was clearly designed for winter in Florida, and she looks completely frozen. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I remember my first summer here in Würzburg, after that dreadful winter when I left the ghost of my mother behind in the burning city. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The winter night blew in with frosty wind, and the street lamps with their sputtering carbons swung restlessly and made the shadows dart back and forth like a runner trying to steal second base. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The elevator doors open, and the wind hits us immediately, still warm but woven with threads of winter cold. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A robin—the little British bird with a red breast, not the big American robin—came to my windowsill one winter while I was sick in bed. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She drew them out, turned them over, and relived that pleasant winter at kind Mrs. Kirke’s. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the hemisphere ecosystems cracked and heaved like winter ice. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Almost no one passed on the road in winter except to buy flour at the store far down the road or to go to the town of a Saturday. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the creek from Julia’s house, where the old washed-out road lay in crumbled chunks, stood a concrete abutment that once served as an overpass to the floodwaters of winter and spring. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

For both women the castle was suddenly too dark, too empty, too lonely, too northerly, too full of night and winter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a very long time since Hugo had left the train station, and he wasn’t dressed for winter, but within moments he burst through the doors. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He inhabited a gray winter fog on a distant elk mountain where hunters are lost indefinitely and their own bones mark the boundaries. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you smell the spring in the air? The winter is just melting away.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The hard feelings of the long fall and winter were forgotten; everyone had come out a winner. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Stupid Marysville had so much snow that winter that the town ran out of money to pay for the plowing and the salting and the sanding. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I told her she dances like a spider on a hot plate, and if I want to see that, all I have to do is turn on the barbecue after a long winter. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was going to be a long, cold winter. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the fall they depend on goldenrod at a season when no other food is available, to stock up for the winter. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was a clear winter night and somehow even the stars looked more welcoming here than from elsewhere on the continent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We'll see how warm you can dress when the winter comes." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Everything had the colour of winter, the faded lichen green, like a green velvet cushion which has been left in the sun for years. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So Julian had this huge holiday party over winter break,” she said. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The repeater kept saying we had to make it through the first winter. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When Mother allowed herself a still moment by the fire on winter nights, I could sometimes see the face she wore when Father was alive. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Woe, woe, woe!” cries Hrothgar, hoary with winters, peeking in, wide-eyed, from his bedroom in back. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows were always glad to see us — maybe because they had nothing else to do, closed up in the barn for the winter. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

McNeish pried nails from Endurance’s distorted decking and made a stockpile of scrap lumber, including the lumber that had been meant for the expedition's winter hut. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She had already waited an hour past when the doors were closed for winter break, until everyone but the custodians were gone. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow is winter solstice. If we miss sunset tonight, we would have to wait until tomorrow evening. And by then, the Olympian Council will be over. We must free Lady Artemis tonight.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They weren’t high fashion, but they looked cute enough, and more important they’d keep the girls warm regardless of what the Illinois winter had in store. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“So, let’s all rest over winter vacation and think about what we learned about ourselves and others this first semester. We all get a fresh start in January.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One day last winter he had given her one of his pictures. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The air is so warm, we don’t even need jackets, just sweaters, and after the winter we’ve been through so far, it feels almost tropical. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Just last week we helped Mama plant collard and mustard green seeds and sweet potatoes to harvest later in the fall and into winter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

While I was in the condition I was in I couldn’t find another job, so I was unemployed most of the winter. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took the baby wipes from the backpack and cleaned herself up—chest, arms, neck, hands—shivering in the winter air. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Luce used to wear this bee brooch when we were kids. Do you remember that? The one she’d wear on her winter coat when she picked us up from school?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I looked at my sleeves to see if the Nemean Lion pelt had somehow changed back to fur, but it still looked like a brown winter coat to me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The musicians played and she sang, and this time the audience sighed and sat forward, a few of the men stood up in surprise, and a winter chill moved through the amphitheater. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madison served as the floor leader of the opposition in the House during the debate that raged throughout the winter and spring of 1796. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The General had said Annabeth would only be kept alive until the winter solstice. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Everybody got a big bright orange, a rare and expensive present during the winter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She rose at six every morning, winter and summer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a winter bird, one who cannot go south. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It is a perfect winter day and there is not a building in sight for miles, only an expanse of snow and wood. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In winter the wind of the plains may keep the city clear of snow, but when it blizzards and piles up they do not clear the streets, having no streets to clear. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wanders through a hard winter, taking shelter beneath trees. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Under the blanket of winter white, the boulders and trees glimmered with golden threads of light, swirling and shifting with the passage of time. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But sailing due north across Drake’s Passage in the winter would be suicide. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“When winter comes they take their own cats indoors for safety, then they put out dishes of poisoned food for the strays.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After the fierce storms of winter came many days when the wind did not blow. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder how they’re getting on with that winter burrow down the hill,” said Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was grey as the winter sea, with a mane like silver smoke. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Here the Continental Army had suffered through a winter of their own, and the vast, stark, frozen desolation itself seemed a more proper monument than statues and stones. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was cold at Christmastime, cold in the winter there on the Eastern Shore. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His vigilance and hatred for mice helped the whole family in their efforts to ready the cabin for winter. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“In winter, up here, people just don’t wander around; he knows that.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Later a young brother and sister gave recitations, which everyone present had heard many times at winter evening entertainments in the city. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a grim, overcast day, and when I stepped out of the plane, the cold winter wind whipped through our thin prison uniforms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were generally hungry, they slept on straw, they drank from the pool, they laboured in the fields; in winter they were troubled by the cold, and in summer by the flies. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Never again would Wang Lung have to rise summer and winter at dawn to light the fire. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

About the cold, hard days and long, dark nights of winter. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Through all the months of winter she had, each day, lain on the hut floor, put her hands behind her head, and raised herself. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the winter, the long brick wall on the bedroom side warmed the whole room nicely. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

In the back of my mind, I thought about my winter sickness, about all those days she spent in bed with me, comforting me, refusing to leave me, but I buried those thoughts and counted. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On top of this, the winter of 1607/8 was unusually severe, with heavy falls of snow in Padua, and during March and April 1608 Galileo was severely afflicted with his arthritic complaint. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s going to be hot, one of those weird warm winter days. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Because, to me, Malik and Millie are homecoming/winter formal/spring fling/prom king and queen combined into one. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I roasted the bird in a pan surrounded by the potatoes and chunks of winter squash. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t welcomed in Olympus except on the winter solstice, so he’d built his own Olympus underground. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He’d talk of winter sleigh rides in the countryside, of lakes frozen solid enough to jump on and snow that fell like crystal from the sky. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to ask what was wrong, when a warm breeze rustled past, like a gust of springtime had gotten lost in the middle of winter. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

These, Omakayas knew, were for the hardest times in winter, when they would need sweetness to survive in spirit, as well as food to keep them strong. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ten days after our birth, despite the winter wind and a threat of being iced in, my mother took Caroline on the ferry to the hospital in Crisfield. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The winter cannot hurt them and therefore increases their sense of cleverness and security. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in the winter of 1981, he launched yet another solo attempt on Denali. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran yearned to ride out among them, to see the winter houses full to bursting, the jostling crowds in the market square every morning, the streets rutted and tom by wheel and hoof. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Flashes of steam showed intermittently on the wide horizon, gleaming translucently in the winter sun. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

On winter days, when the sun shone, she played on the south side of the cabin, where it was warmer. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the emptiness to his left like a pressure, a coolness, the coming of winter. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry you could find nothing better to read. I write that rubbish because it sells, and ordinary people like it. Are you going to New York this winter?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not hear them, but I could see them puff from his mouth in the winter air. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

All that long night, until the pale winter sun rose, Nat tossed and turned and hunted for an answer. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s still snow on the ground, a dirty filigree, though the winter is losing its hardness and glitter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"If you was a fish, Mother Nature'd take care of you, wouldn't she? Right? You don't think them fish just die when it gets to be winter, do ya?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was no storm, only the long, cold winds and rains of winter. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The low valley fog of late winter would slowly yield to the coming of Easter. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent the winter locked in his room eating carrots, without complaining about the cold, and filling page after page with his minute handwriting in black ink. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Big enough to let the heat go up and the wind come down. Much as your life’s worth to keep it wooded in the winter.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see the tops of ships’ masts, peeking over the rooftops like trees in the dead of winter. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dormitories we passed were massive and almost anonymous behind their thick layers of ivy, big, old-looking leaves you would have thought stayed there winter and summer, permanent hanging gardens in New Hampshire. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the winter of 2005, once the dowry was settled, we were considered married in the eyes of the Dinka tribe. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the packs of wolves from the Forest Sauvage attack our flocks of sheep every winter.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The distances were smaller, of course; shoreline families would move a fifteen-minute walk inland, to avoid direct exposure to winter storms and tides. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

That we’d have to kiss and hold hands and slow dance at the winter formal? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“The first winter is always the worst,” Don Julio explained, “because your blood is still thin from living in Puerto Rico.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I am not trying to say that I was happy, during those weeks of hauling a sledge across an ice-sheet in the dead of winter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Its constituents are men and women and children of all ages, folks on the dodge from collection agencies, relationships gone sour, the law or the IRS, Ohio winters, the middle- class grind. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A great metamorphosis had come upon the city since last I had been there, the winter previous. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Each night in the bitterest winter we were forced to wash faces, arms, necks, legs and feet before going to bed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the winter of 1926, acting on a whim, he exposed a cohort of flies to an even lower dose of radiation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They weren’t absolutely at the mercy of their merciless climate any longer; a bad harvest would not starve a whole province, or a bad winter isolate every city. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then the truth hit her, as cold and harsh as a blast of winter wind. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Bull was dressed in his dark green winter uniform when he parked his squadron car in front of the bank and walked the six storefronts to Hobie’s. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we studied the seasons, Mrs. Brush assigned us an essay describing a winter holiday with our family and said the best one would be printed in the school newsletter. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When winter arrived, I pulled Mother’s dress in worry each time lightning belted the ballooning clouds, spilling rain on the fields. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was called Old Lady and chided for moving and talking like winter’s molasses. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would be no summer; there would be no autumn or winter or spring—only this never-ending grayness, as if all the color had been leached from the world. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were boggarts, mischievous creatures who slammed doors and shattered pottery or pawed through a household’s winter stores in search of sweets. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered die summers with lightning bugs and honeysuckle smells; the cold winters when the fields would all be brown and would crackle under my feet I didn't remember too much else. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think there’s going to be famine throughout the country this winter. Throughout the world. And with famine come epidemics. I think we’re in for horrifying times.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She sees him off at the train station, standing on the platform in the chilly winter night, even though she has a cold. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you saw them in the deep of winter, when the godswood was white and still. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Over his pallet was a window that looked out on the sea, but most often the shutters must be closed against the great winds that blew all winter from the west and north. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up, taking a deep breath and automatically coughing as the cold, harsh winter air shocks my lungs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She had not looked inside them all winter. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The Vaughns hope to meet us in Rome next winter, and I shall be dreadfully disappointed if they don’t, for Grace and I are great friends, and the boys very nice fellows, especially Fred. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

That lone winter afternoon, however, I felt that I had lived long enough. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In winter the cream was not yellow as it was in summer, and butter churned from it was white and not so pretty. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I, meanwhile, stayed home on Euclid Avenue, living upstairs from my mother as another leaden Chicago winter descended, shellacking the trees and sidewalks with ice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was a fish to keep a man all winter, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The winter light, coming from the side, reddened the far, translucent wing of her nose. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was a winter wind that was bringing tears to his eyes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fields were bare and planted with winter wheat, and Ada sat in her chair in the living room and stared outdoors. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a brutally cold winter, with temperatures slipping under zero degrees at night. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It had not started snowing yet, but the winter winds were blowing through the yards, bending the flowerbeds and rustling the leaves. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder how long this winter will be for me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But winter is long, and need is great, and we know not whether we travel to join the ranks of Edenic vision or guilty brigandage. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

One day, our caseworker John took us to a church clothing drive to help us stock up on clothes, including much-needed winter coats and boots. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Throughout that fall and into the winter all of Germany holds its breath, waits for more fighting, but nothing more happens. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Crow was buttoned up in a black moth-eaten winter coat; a black shawl covered her head. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was one of us, one of the leftovers. But he became hers and then one winter he died from cough.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And because it had rained so much the previous winter the city had flooded a dozen times. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looks like she’s been crying, and this might be because she really hates winter or, more likely, because we’re coming up on the anniversary of the accident. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gault, whose sheep flock we took over when he disappeared two winters ago, only tried to disappear. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

One winter, when I was very young, Luke found a great horned owl in the pasture, unconscious and half frozen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Patiently he awaited the end of winter and the coming of the little spiders. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

This year, the strange, lingering winter, combined with the unexpected spoilage of much of the Kingdom’s food stores, had led to growing panic among the people. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was bracing, like opening a door in a warm room in the dead of winter and getting a blast of arctic air. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When Westerberg was jailed and the work came to a halt, and with winter coming on, McCandless headed for warmer climes. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

All winter the Germans drive their horses and sledges and tanks and trucks over the same roads, packing down the snow, transforming it into a slick bloodstained ice-cement. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The harsh winter would give the young women a taste of the trials that lay ahead of them, although of course they could have no idea that they’d be fighting for over three more years. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I would go home and feed her, then crawl into my tree room, light a little fire on my hearth, and Frightful and I would begin the winter evening. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

All fall he had been looking forward to winter break, and to spending time with Joyce somewhere other than in the dreary student cafeteria. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Water Claire had come in clothing, though it had been shredded by the gritty winter sea. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The chill that must come from one’s own bloodstream, for it comes in summer as well as winter, from some inside part of you that knows it is early morning. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We follow them—especially in winter when there are few plants to eat. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amalia’s aunt's guesthouse has a painted porch and a cheerful sign hanging out front, assuring guests that they're open for the winter. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“All winter long, nothing. And now this! At the end of March!” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

An hour later, the front door pops open, bringing with it a gust of winter and a uniformed detective, the combination of which curdles my stomach. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each year, after he had been gone for a whole winter and returned, the faithful Sounder would come hobbling on three legs far down the road to meet him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the word “winter” from Shakespeare’s texts and I thought I should look up its meaning again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Whenever a winter day kept us inside, there was always the chance that Mrs. Backus would ask one of us to read aloud, which made me nervous. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The one called Cinder sheathed his sword with the sound of a tree cracking under the weight of winter ice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mother reads my diary, tracks it down under the mattress, or to the lining of my winter coat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the hardest winters, when the scavenging was poor and the hunting was worse, Nin had taught Sefia to pick locks, pick pockets, and even steal huge hocks of meat without anyone noticing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The following summer I was again called for temporary duty in the post office, and the work lasted into the winter. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Card playing, guessing games, impersonations, listening to gramophone records, slide lectures, reading aloud—the men found ways of entertaining themselves and keeping their thoughts occupied in the long, dark winter months. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

We had a movie night every Friday that winter. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Trent and Chip both wrestled in the winter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Blanca spent the winter knitting a sweater made of Scottish wool in her sewing class at school, with the boy’s measurements in mind. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bod woke early the next day, when the sun was a silver coin high in the grey winter sky. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The bears would be hidden away in their dens where they slept soundly all winter long. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps this month . . . perhaps this winter ... or next spring. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Ophie fetched tea and ran hither and thither as she was told, and the winter continued melting into spring. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

For birds and animals, as for poor men, winter is another matter. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet somehow, after five cruel winters of war, I was still alive. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

December is rarely bitter cold in South Alabama during the day, but at night the temperatures can drop, a dramatic reminder that it's winter, even in the South. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In the winter the fever had come to Richmond. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We turn off into the grove of brown winter trees, brushing branches out of our faces. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They tried to discourage her because it was getting to be winter, but she paid them no attention. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She threw on a thick winter coat, pulled on a knitted cap, wrapped a long scarf around her neck, and tugged on a pair of snow boots. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Point Prospect camp-ground south of Rose Hill was said to be swarming with soldiers who made forays on chicken coops, pigpens, and smokehouses where winter meat was hung. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because South Africa is below the equator, their seasons are the reverse of ours, so I boarded the plane knowing that I would bypass the winter cold this year. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Men and mounts alike were trotting by the time they reached the trees on the far side of the sodden field, where dead shoots of winter wheat rotted beneath the moon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe Dr. Locke isn’t checking his e-mail because of winter break. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“We might do best to winter here,” suggested Lord Pease- bury. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Someone was standing in the doorway: A woman in a thick winter coat, holding a hunting rifle under one arm. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But if he returns no more this winter, my choice will never be required. A thousand things may arise in six months!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

When the young women of the 122nd Air Group were given winter uniforms, of course once again it was standard military issue meant for men. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Audrey was picking me up to go to Calypso Highs winter carnival in fifteen minutes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I’ve got a sawmill to tend and food to gather for the winter. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Preachers and sinners cried at revivals, and old Chickenfoot Creesie, a colored man, would cry when he came to our back door begging vittles for his children on a cold winter day. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They put a hooded winter coat on me in the lobby. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I walked outside and stood in the winter chill, gazing up at the pinnacles of the Wasatch Mountains. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She will have to think of something else for the winter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The world was washed clean by the winter rain, and it felt new under and above us. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The womenfolk had spent all day paring apples, threading them on strings preparing to dry them for the winter. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they were eating, teasing, commenting on the soup, flavored with low-growing juniper berries and parched hot summer corn, something happened that disturbed everyone and changed the course of the winter. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She had a haunting mental picture of Jane, fifteen years hence, still wearing pugs over her ears, long winter drawers, and heavy ribbed stockings. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snow was falling, the first of the winter here on the lower slopes of Gont. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Children, walking alone to the City of Bright Moonlight! In winter? You’re meeting someone there?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

That winter was long and dark, and I wondered if sometimes Mother was staying in bed even when she didn’t have a migraine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Europeans, who had barely survived the previous winter, were in much worse shape. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

With long winters and high mountains, the country lacks arable land, denies incentives to farmers, and cannot afford fuel or modern farm equipment. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Spring was firmly nudging winter on its way. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ophie had hauled more firewood in the past month than she had all winter, and still the old woman complained of being chilled. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Between these lampposts my shadow on the winter snow would stretch ahead of me, double, shrink again and disappear, the lamps casting their haloes around them like the moon in fog. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Years later, when Laura offered me one of her winter jackets, I refused to accept it because it was a woman’s jacket. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But after so many months of the cold Parisian winter spent indoors with Vincent, Theo is a wreck both mentally and physically. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And now here we are, standing with the winter chill nipping at our noses, forcing ourselves into a conversation. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The following winter months brought the first intimation that other life was affected: the western grebes on the lake began to die, and soon more than a hundred of them were reported dead. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The fishermen folded freshly knotted nets they had mended in winter while their wives, beside them at the fire, made the sweaters they would wear on their boats. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Gerald laughed, ducked, and just as he was chasing Angel around the kitchen with a full glass of water, Monique breezed inside with a burst of winter air. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t even recall what season it is, except that it must not be winter, since it’s the only season that can’t be unseasonably cool. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

There were pictures of his wife — a pretty girl, blonde, dark-rimmed glasses, in a winter coat. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snows that fell in winter always melted in the spring. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A few come to Cape Cod where the winters usually aren’t too bad. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The lucky numbers were on one side, just like they always are, and the learn Chinese message told me that in Chinese, winter is dong tian. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Spring in Garden Heights doesn’t always bring love, but it promises babies in the winter. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“If the winter is over and the rain keeps up it won’t be fun up here. How long is it before young Catherine?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t see her, but she was there, gaining in size and spirit as fall became winter and then became spring. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Buddied up to the other side of the reservoir was a small hill, where children went sledding in the winter. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were painted in white winter camouflage and had skis instead of wheels so that they could take off and land from the snow-covered airfield. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The topic of the column is obviously “herons in winter”; that’s what the reader asked about. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

We’d play all summer, sweating from morning to late afternoon, and in the winter we’d shovel the snow away in the park so we could still play. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was late in the winter, almost spring, but the ground was still frozen, and the snow hadn’t melted. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It was one of those cold winter days,” Burnham recalled. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Not likely. But winter is coming,” Stella said, kicking up some of the crisp leaves along the road’s edge. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

By the fol­lowing winter, it was only a faint scar. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He came to regret this mistake, however, when the winter term ended and I went back to my comfortable little room in Monmouth House and all my old incompetent ways. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The house was as cold to me as the southern streets had been in winter. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If a lot of refugees come, we won’t be able to feed everyone this winter,” another farmer was saying. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

My mind flashed to that winter day six years ago. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the spring air held a sadness too, sharper than all the loneliness of winter. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Families that live too far to go home between services cook their meal there on Sunday, and in the winter they can warm themselves at a fire.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I would throw my heavy winter boots at them. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I pull my winter coat hood over my ears. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I could not imagine it rough now, any more than I could imagine winter in summer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was coming from Chicago, after all, where winter stretched through April, where it was normal to keep a snow shovel stashed in the trunk of your car. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And it came with the winter cold of November, beneath a canopy of clouds heavy with unfallen snow. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Usually, winter makes me glum, but every once and a while, moments like this are peaceful and pleasant—the icicles, the glittering snow, the silence. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She was still as vigorous as ever, though, despite the fact that she had celebrated her half-century mark the previous winter. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Construction took another year, with the usual hiatus for winter. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

From time to time Mrs. Popper sighed a little as she thought about the long winter ahead. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, right now you can buy fruit and all kinds of vegetables for two bits a lug. And in the winter you know what we pay for canned peaches and canned string beans.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In January, after winter break, Coach Mustilli told me he wanted to talk to me in his office after I finished leading warmups. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Men thin as insects rowed scows between the clumps, shepherding them with paddles, pressing down upon them, dousing them, drowning them, so that light might play unimpeded upon the winter sea. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If she went back, another winter might kill her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Now they were singing their welcome to their guests in the winter night. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “I’m going out to the storage bin today to get winter clothing for all of us. If there’s anything particular you want, let me know.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of the few ironic remarks Phineas ever made, and with it he quietly brought to a close all his special inventions which had carried us through the winter. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look in the window of the shoe store next door wondering if Daddy’s gonna be able to get me some new shoes ’fore the winter comes. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was in the middle of winter, and they didn’t have jackets. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Typically, his walks had no destination: To him they were akin to meditation—a chance to think without thinking—and he rambled about even during the bitterly cold winters. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I have a little plot of vegetables. Not now, obviously; it's winter. But in the summer. Why?” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was no indoor plumbing, and in the bitter winter the trip to the outhouse was one I learned to delay as long as possible. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I loved the garden. And it died because it’s so cold. It’s August, and I’m wearing my winter coat and gloves and my garden froze to death. And I hate corpses! I hate them!” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

To have winter in your home and year-round summer outside. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the dark green wool winter hat out of my backpack and pulled it on. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Cowboy Charlie” Irwin ran two businesses: a raucous Wild West show in summer and an even more raucous racing stable in winter. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands dig around in my closet until I find the insulated winter gear Cinna made for me for recreational use on the Victory Tour. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Galton was born in the winter of 1822—the same year as Gregor Mendel—and thirteen years after his cousin Charles Darwin. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s not the same. But it's cheap. One can will feed you for a week. And it's hot. Good for the winter.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Ku-ru-tsu-eh-ah-eh-na! to the east below to the south below the winter people come. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I change into a pair of shorts and swap my red winter jacket for a freshly laundered sweatshirt. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

This is life, he thinks, this is why we live, to play like this on a day when winter is finally releasing its grip. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

So as much food as possible must be stored away in the little house before winter came. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

To publicize his campaign, he laid plans to make a solo ascent of the south face of Denali, the mountain’s steepest aspect, in winter, with a minimum of food. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked satisfied, as if she had been waiting all winter for him to say something like that. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike anyone in the camp, the cutter had assembled a complete extra set of winter clothing and shoes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Although these settlements were permanent, winter and summer alike, they often were not tightly knit entities, with houses and fields in carefully demarcated clusters. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

About 1933, however, it was accidentally introduced into Florida, where the climate allowed it to survive over winter and to establish populations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The winter hadn’t been kind to his rheumatism. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But after winter break was over, they were best buds again. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Each time, the winter ice had turned him back. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

In winter the trough was placed on the floor of the cookhouse. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Papito who paid the rent and bought them their winter clothes and spoiled them once with an outing to Lincoln Center to see the doll-like ballerinas dancing on their toes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The winter was as cold as the last one had been, and food was even shorter. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The ground was still pretty soggy from the winter, and the sand around the stakes was all wet through. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They got there bread, and butter, and cheese and apples: the last of the winter store, wrinkled but sound and sweet; and a leather flagon of new-drawn ale, and wooden platters and cups. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

That winter seemed to stretch on interminably, but spring finally crept back to West Riding to suffuse the meadow in a glow of pale green. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could grow vegetables even in the deep of winter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The problem was the books were written by white people who did not think about drought or winter blizzards or dry thistles, which the cattle had to live with. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A winter storm in late spring, they said. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t listen, not really, because Baba’s casual little comment had planted a seed in my head: the resolution that I would win that winter’s tournament. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All around them, too, were signs that the Antarctic winter was fast approaching: there were now twelve hours of darkness, and during the daylight hours petrels and terns fled toward the north. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It was the end of winter, and the garbage-filled snow that had been banked along the edges of sidewalks was melting now and filling the gutters. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The heating system couldn’t keep up with the weather, and we had no winter coats. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And a little red-velvet coat and cap and muff for winter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

One night in the middle of winter a fierce storm came along and shook the shack as if it were made of matchsticks, and shrieked at the ceiling like a poltergeist. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We know it. We want to go where they have the winter sport.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

All winter the Opel roves occupied territories, cities that Jutta recorded in their radio log coming to life—Prague, Minsk, Ljubljana. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was a false spring day, which, like Maureen, had pierced the shell of a deadening winter. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she called Aunt Kay and her boyfriend, Bernie, they borrowed a truck and helped us pack, bundled us up in winter coats turned off that swinging light and got us out of there! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

His host threw over him a heavy blanket cloak, his own reserve against the winter wind when it came wild. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I searched for the boy who’d given me the calling card behind the auditorium before winter break, but couldn’t find him. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

On my way to the Eolian I bought a pair of low boots, good for walking and warm enough for the winter months ahead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Catching the afternoon sun, the petals filled with color, a clean cup of lemon in the winter light. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

They sang in True Tongue, so Bran could not understand the words, but their voices were as pure as winter air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the dark warmth of that house Ged spent the winter, hearing the rush of rain and wind outside or the silence of snowfall, learning to write and read the Six Hundred Runes of Hardic. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But how could a mouse leave in winter when there was snow on the ground and wind howled? Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

One palliative of winter on Winter is that the days stay light. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

All I see are piles of shiny winter coats and snow pants. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The Beatles sang in their English accents about the sun coming out after the winter. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We’ll work on it for the next few weeks, she says, right up to the winter break. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Seasons passed, fall and winter and spring and summer. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He lived out the winter in that ugly, neon-lit neighborhood, with its air full of the scent of popcorn, simmering hot dogs, and orange drink. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was this what strengthened these New Englanders to endure the winter, the knowledge that summer’s return would be all the richer for the waiting? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He wants this territory, but his display is for the young vixen’s benefit—she will choose a mate this winter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In February 1945, when they were in western Prussia, once more the winter weather made the roads utterly impossible to travel on. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The old wooden houses looked lopsided on their foundations after decades of long winters; poking out of the snow. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“In winter, the lazy man freezes to death.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Thy house came through the winter in good shape.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because it was winter, they met in the Constantine Theater, in Pawhuska. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The glare of the winter sun off the snow has played games with my vision, and I am so exhausted and wrapped up in my own hopeless thoughts that I don’t notice the signs. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The winter will be beyond anything we’ve experienced. Temperatures will be below freezing. There will be no food.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But the winter afternoons, she knew, were short, and they had to be home by tea-time. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her skin was warm, and she smelled like laundry detergent and frost, as fresh as the winter air. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

During winter, spring, and early summer, there was much less to eat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I was now really into the teeth of winter, and quite fascinated by its activity. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked to the living room window, murmuring about how this might be the last good snowfall for the winter and we’d better enjoy it while it lasted. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

For their main course, a little farther on, there was a whole field of winter wheat, its kernels newly ripe and soft. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the bitter winds that winter brought, Cole spent more and more time holed up inside the warm cabin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

His successful predictions included rebellious activity by the peasants in Styria, incursions into Austria by the Turks in the east and a cold winter. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

How quickly we forgot that in that winter Ludendorff could not be beaten and that many people were preparing in their minds and spirits for a lost war. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hot African sun felt good on my skin after the long winter in New York, and we gawked at hippos, rhinos, giraffes, and zebras. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The legend goes that one winter he was tired of the cold rain, and so he commanded his artists to create a new season. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“An unkind winter, as I remember it,” Miss Trotter added. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He buttons her into her winter overcoat, though it is the middle of June, and they bustle downstairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“And I can tell you that the winters have gotten colder, and the summers have gotten hotter, and the storms have gotten fiercer.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was the end of winter, and a light snow had begun to fall. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

They were flagging in the rays of the bright sun, winter sun shining in a pale cool sky though it was; their heads were down and their tongues lolling out. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When I got home, I joined my brothers and SanJuanna and Alberto in carrying quilts and winter clothing outside for airing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In winter, the only source of heat in the whole house was the brazier in his mother’s bedroom, where the three of them huddled together to save on candles and coal. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the early years of this punishment, the water—which could be icy cold in winter—was released all at once upon the naked inmate, delivering a terrible shock. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there, near the southern horizon, was a new constellation: the Huntress, a tribute to a friend of ours who had died last winter. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When she pulls away, she says, “No more winter at all. Finch, you brought me spring.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Although the days had lately been cold and damp, the afternoon had that sudden, surprising warmth that makes New Orleans winters gentle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a bewitching moment: a gorgeous train rocketing through the winter landscape carrying five of history’s greatest architects, all in the same car, gossiping, joking, drinking, smoking. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In the bed at night she planned about how she was an orphan and lived with Mister Singer—just the two of them in a foreign house where in the winter it would snow. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had assumed she was going to be praised for her work in Maine the previous winter, when she had collected more than one hundred thousand women’s signatures in support of a prohibition law. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But if I can hold down Greasy Sae's concoction of mice meat, pig entrails, and tree bark -a winter specialty -I'm determined to hang on to this. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

At this time the winter which had been following my track ever since I left home suddenly struck with a black norther. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there is this winter, the winter that never ends. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

That autumn and winter, I just wanted to be alone. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t there some way to grow stuff inside during the winter? Like down in the basement, with special lights, lots of water and extra minerals. And then you could sell it?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her cheekbones were still high and strong, but the skin was parched and ruddy from all those winters and summers exposed to the elements. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her daughter guides her to an indoor courtyard, suffused with winter light. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a sparkling, whiter-than-white winter morning, a morning of brusque sky, inky black branches, and the blinding, two-dimensional look of new snow. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But there is still a need for caribou and wolverine furs for clothing and trim,” she said, “so Kapugen and Atik go hunting every winter to supply the town.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she tried out her breaststroke after a winter of neglect, he had to support her, not easy when he was treading water himself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The house was stuffy from being closed up all winter. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Caroline decidedly says that none of the party will return into Hertfordshire this winter. I will read it to you:” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

We were at Palisades Park one beautiful winter day during Christmas break. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I think every teacher at Knightsbridge signs a pledge to schedule an important test the week before the Christmas recess so that families that plan a winter vacation won’t take off early. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why were you avoiding me and Julia all winter break? Are you mad at us? Are you mad at me?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

At Pulefen Farm we were, as I said, underfed for the work we did, and our clothing, particularly our footgear, was completely inadequate for that winter climate. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of every winter Momma and Dad would go downtown to Montgomery Ward’s when gloves were going on sale and buy six pairs for us kids. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the winter of 1957-58, Dr. Wallace saw no chickadees or nuthatches at his home feeding station for the first time in many years. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Instead, the Cape has a Mediterranean climate of winter rains, in which the Bantu summer-rain crops do not grow. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

With everyone working, it made a nice little pool against the winter. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Members of both parties cast their votes at precinct-level meetings—caucuses—in the middle of winter, and the whole nation paid attention. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She could see herself a child, rocking a baby in a cradle, rock, rock, rock; could see herself sick with the measles, walking the length of Cook’s trap line, in winter, shivering, eyes watering. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hard labor of spring planting and fall harvesting is followed, like clockwork, by the slower pace of summer and winter. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Nuts could be harvested in autumn in prodigious quantities and then stored for the winter in underground storage pits up to six feet deep and six feet wide. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

This winter the hunting was getting worse and worse. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was sick with the mumps, once in the winter, my mother found one at the bottom of her steamer trunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Stubborn monkey, I have been making you sandals every winter since you came here—and now you would refuse them?” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I serve myself on one of the wooden plates I carved when we were snowed in last winter. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This sweetness just at the raggedy end of winter!” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sigurd’s was the rumble of a winter squall. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I had to keep Blackjack up in the clouds, which were, fortunately, pretty low in the winter. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes my mother would break the silence and state what we were all thinking: "How will we make it through the winter?" she asked repeatedly to no one in particular. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She had loved the scent of winter roses. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Toward August, when winter began to last forever, Úrsula was finally able to give him a piece of news that sounded like the truth. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

A long hard winter will leave the Watch so deep in debt that we will never climb out, Jon reminded himself, but when the choice is debt or death, best borrow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But winter was my favorite time to be outside—on those special days when the rains had stopped and the fog had burned away. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked as though her soul had gone dormant, like a tree in winter. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I thought about my meeting with Aphrodite, in the back of a white Cadillac in the desert last winter. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Walnuts and hickory nuts were dropping to the ground in the Big Woods, and squirrels were scampering busily everywhere, gathering their winter’s store of nuts and hiding them away in hollow trees. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved in the winter of third grade. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The smallfolk said that a long summer meant an even longer winter, but the maester saw no reason to frighten the child with such tales. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Anna worried the first wife might hurt her baby, so she returned to her father, where she gave birth to twins, though only one would survive the harsh winter on the frontier. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

‘I always imagined that as one journeyed south it got warmer and merrier, until winter was left behind for ever.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

So desperate were conditions in the besieged city that, in the winter of 1941-2, police had to form a special unit to combat gangs involved in cannibalism. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

How I wrestled with death on the edge of the slick winter pavement. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Vanderbeeker kids were bundled up in their heaviest winter coats, weighed down with scarves, hats, earmuffs, and multiple pairs of socks. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s a Tuesday in winter. We’re not sleeping in a nest house. We can go Saturday. If you wait for me after school, we can go somewhere a little closer than the Indiana-Kentucky border.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He wore no winter jacket, only a sleeveless green sweatshirt, which ballooned over his enormous stomach. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had begun it, he said, the preceding winter—to be exact, on December 3, 1894. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They spent the winter of 33-32 BCE in the port city of Ephesus on the Aegean Sea. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The island became dotted with lodges that all glowed warmly through those long winter nights. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She discovers a yam store and begins to knit for the coming winter, making Gogol sweaters, blankets, mittens, and caps. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

That winter, in Richmond, three of his children have died within a week, of a fever. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kepler spent the winter of 1595/6 working out his idea in detail, and corresponded with his old teacher Michael Maestlin about it. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The last bright rays of sunlight split his head in half, like a big ax splitting logs for winter kindling. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was that magic strung the days all together, like holly berries on a winter garland, into one long, ripe ruby afternoon. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Both sides made vows, swore the duty of peace, and so winter came, in its time, to the country of the Jutes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every Saturday during the winter, when the opera was broadcast, they would sit clustered around the radio in the newsstand, straining to hear the music above the din of the subway station. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Venerable he seemed as a king crowned with many winters, and yet hale as a tried warrior in the fulness of his strength. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The first time Crazy Joe tried to kill himself over Henrietta, he ran circles around her in the middle of winter while she was on her way home from school. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Now it was winter, and the top of the soil was solid. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There aren’t nearly enough bathrooms and the ones there are are hard to keep clean, get freezing in winter and are generally too far from the donors’ rooms. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the summer, the water felt wonderful, but in winter, the icy Benguela currents made wading out into the waves a torture. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know that geese migrate south for the winter.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

North Africa enjoys a Mediterranean climate, characterized by rainfall concentrated in the winter months. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

My winter in Hampden had given me a horror of snow. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Each had gone on to its own ancestral wintering grounds. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Bonnie and Twill, the District 8 refugees who I encountered in the woods last winter, weren’t so far from their destination after all. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, Cape Cod winters are often mild and pleasant. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In winter I saw snow and blue sky. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I cannot fly or swim, so I will spend the winter here on the island.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Last winter, Piper had slowed the power of Gaia at the Wolf House, helping to free Hera from a cage of earth. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My father told me that some of them were advertisements, offering a heavy winter coat for sale, or somebody’s services in writing a letter home, or perhaps a request to buy a demon watch. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even began to worry about the winter, about cutting firewood. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It’s an attractive and drizzly winter’s night, scraps of melting snow shored up against the edges of the Place de la Concorde, the city looking ghostly, its windows jeweled with raindrops. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But, trapped by winter, Descartes shut himself up in a room heated by a stove and sat and sat, and thought and thought. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The dog, who had sounded so ferocious in the winter distances, was a female German shepherd. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chris said they knew winter was coming soon, and they had to get all the noise out of their systems. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I grab my winter bubble coat and a knit hat. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

But when we came back to school after winter break, it was all forgotten. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like, in the winter when it was freezing cold, did his fingers have a magical way of keeping warm while they pressed the keys? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

In summertime this event occurred around sunrise; in the winter, of course, it happened well before dawn. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light and warmth intensified until my winter coat felt like it was melting off of me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

So, maybe it’s the winter air or maybe it’s soccer boy calves, but after everything that’s happened today, I’m actually in a pretty decent mood. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He wore an old winter jacket and stained khakis that didn’t quite fit. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Normally she buys boxes of cards, marked fifty percent off at department stores in January, always forgetting, by the following winter, exactly where in the house she’s put them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For two succeeding years I was alone each winter for eight months at a stretch in the Sierra Nevada mountains on Lake Tahoe. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spring passed and summer passed into harvest and in the hot autumn sun before winter comes Wang Lung sat where his father had sat against the wall. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Not bad; that cold winter we had means there’s lots of perch.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Davos could not argue with the truth of that From what he had seen at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, he did not care to know winter either. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When he was a younger man, the freezing temperatures and piles of snow hadn’t bothered him so much, but last winter was too brutal. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It had a very distinct, unusual scent: like winter. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Alex, of course, still thinks it’s spectacularly funny to pretend to trip almost every time he sees me, but his goofiness doesn’t bother me today, because it’s the last day before winter break. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

There had been short thaws when the wind blew warm and the snow softened and the air felt like spring, but always the clear hard cold had come again and the winter had returned. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He had not forgotten though; he’d been only seven that winter of ’59, but the memory of the tragedy would always be sharp and terrible in his mind. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would not be enough food for her to survive in the frigid northern winter. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

All my life, winter has meant gray skies and rain, puddles and umbrellas. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A cold wind loosens the curls from my Belle-bun as Rémy and I follow the attendant, weaving through the maze of winter shrubbery. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He sits on the left side of the train, the winter sunlight strong on his face. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And not even in Hay Lane, or the fields about it, could you find a trace of them. I don’t think either summer or harvest, or winter moon, will ever shine on their revels more.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were half-naked, but the sun was up and flaring, so they didn’t shiver, even though it was the middle of a bitter winter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

During those winter months she was troubled by a recurrent, disturbing dream which had no meaning. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The winter seemed reluctant to let go its bite. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mother left China in the winter of 1939, almost six months after the stoning, and arrived in New York Harbor in January, 1940. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as the weeks dragged on and the winter locked up the ocean around Elephant Island, they knew they were stuck until spring. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She set to work gathering a huge load of dry sticks, dead branches torn off during the winter by heavy snow and ice. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But now, after months of winter, we were finding our hands and our stomachs empty. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It was the day when school got out for winter break. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I saw your third note, pulled out of my coat pocket with last winter’s dirty tissues. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think winter would do me any better. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Snowfall is never known there, neither long frost of winter, nor torrential rain, but only mild and lulling airs from Ocean bearing refreshment for the souls of men— the West Wind always blowing. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how much you know on the subject, if he just starts asking all sorts of unexpected questions, your mind and brain seize up like a pump in the winter. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

If you don’t know how, you can end up out of control or controlled by some outside thing like that hard case last winter. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light had that tinted orange look that meant fall would be coming soon, and then the darkness of winter. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He remained in the hospital through the winter months, working to regain his memory and physical movement. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The fireplace not only provided heat in winter, it was the source of light, and it was used for cooking. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

That winter my mother and brother came and we set up housekeeping, buying furniture on the installment plan, being cheated and yet knowing no way to avoid it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In more temperate regions of France, where temperatures in the winter rarely fell below freezing, the same pattern held. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

There should have been the sound of the wind, there should have been her breath and beating heart, but she could hear absolutely nothing but the whispering of the winter. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Basketball will be her boyfriend for the winter, just like it’ll be my girlfriend. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leaves swirling, the gravel crunching, the crisp smell of winter. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The building was too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had become sixteen when winter turned to spring in 1943, but he had no way of knowing which day was his actual birthday. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The farm as Cora discovered it originated one winter night after a blur of slow, heavy snow. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In the winter of 1609-10 he had transformed what seemed to be nothing into something. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In the winter, the cars were cold because few were adequately heated. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several grubby urchins stood around a bushel basket on the table, clutching winter apples. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“The officers are discussing where to erect the winter quarters for the soldiers.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

And we were expected to endure an arctic winter in a mud hut? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The wind had risen, cold and biting as a winter gale, but the forest opened a little, and as the ground dipped, they found themselves in a protected hollow in a glade of alders. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s crowded as we shuffle along the halls, following the paper streamers, baby-blue and yellow, in our winter overshoes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Famine, war, nuclear winter, black holes, or coronal mass ejections. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Back in England you'd see mothers pushing infants in prams through winter gales. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was an uncommonly hard winter,” he later said, “with vast amounts of snow.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you enough covers on? It’s getting winter.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Manya came in the mornings and left after supper, and during the long winter nights of January and February I was all alone in the house. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

On another perfect blue-sky day in Honolulu, we boarded a plane and flew home to Chicago, back into the chill of winter and into what for Barack was shaping up to be a political disaster. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The only thing everybody could talk about when we got back from winter break was “the war,” also referred to as “the boy war.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She almost liked winter, the glittering coat of frosted ice on the tops of cars, the lush warmth of the cashmere sweaters Curt bought her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It is winter and there are no leaves, but it is clearly still alive. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

On winter nights the average temperature is a degree below freezing—cold, but not any colder than New England, and considerably warmer than one would expect at 12,600 feet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Amah smiled, and, for the moment, winter was forgotten. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I decided I wanted to go there, too, and that winter we came up with a plan. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Crazy Horse was the biggest reason the Lakota and Cheyenne won the battle. December twenty-first, 1866, was the start of winter. The temperature that day was thirty degrees below zero.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sitting just by the drugstore exit, a box teems with donated winter coats. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In the winter, when it snowed, we'd build snowmen in one another's front yards. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He is as fat as a hamster in winter, but he trundles his pots when it comes to that right up to the very front-line. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her white linen dress, her winter gloves, her sweet toothless smile, and the mischievous gleam in her hazel eyes, she looked exactly as she had when Alba was a child. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each winter she would accumulate more of the poison in her body tissues. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Another Russian winter was closing in, and it hadn’t finished taking its toll. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The green velvet curtain was drawn back to let the thin winter sunshine wash in. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

That whole winter, Hassan and I took turns wearing the hat, and belted out the film’s famous music as we climbed mounds of snow and shot each other dead. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any friends here for the winter,” I said, and I didn’t. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes poor people take the venison for their winter’s meat, but most of the time the carcasses rot until their skin hangs like ribbons over their bones. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She definitely didn’t feel like the same person she’d been last winter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

During the past winter he had fought near Philadelphia and been wounded in the leg. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was a winter bird and a lonely one. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

My bedroom, with a fire in the winter, someone knocking at the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was the winter afternoon years ago when I’d come in to find Gram looking out the window at the snow, and she’d been angry at me for not knocking. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They had winter gardens and salons, dining rooms that could seat 200, and porches like the promenade decks of ocean liners from which guests could drink in the wholesome air and survey nature’s craggy splendor. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But in the winter of her eighth year, to Marie-Laure’s surprise, she begins to get it right. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

This particular winter, however, because of the severe cold, she would keep it inside the house until we children were asleep, which was usually round midnight, then she would take it out. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t have been more than four the winter of the bear, but that was now nearly two years past. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The streets were still full of trees, bare in winter, so that we could see all the way to the frozen river. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But the wind was blowing ice-cold air from the sea, reminding the Venetians that winter was approaching. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The Black Tortoise brings winter, just as the dragon brings spring,” Amah said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was born in the poorest quarters of the city, because of the harsh winter, the malnutrition, and the dirty water, and it joined forces with the unemployment and spread in every direction. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not: the rooms of the old house rang on winter nights with male cheer, and occasionally a shotgun would be let off, not in anger but in excessive high spirits. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The winter I was fifteen, the Van de Kamps invited me to go see the Christmas premiere with them at the Schouwburg, an old playhouse that Mama let me wear her pearls to visit. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Construction of the Mines Building had gone smoothly, thanks to a winter that by Chicago standards had been mercifully benign. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘I didn’t know even winter apples were still so green,’ she said, and walked off toward the house without a glance for the admiring Pumpkin. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a dining hall, it left much to be desired—it was dark, dirty, drafty, and hard to heat in winter, its cellars infested with rats, its massive wooden rafters worm-eaten and festooned with cobwebs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And in the still, cold nights of winter, terrible howls issued from the dark place, as if the castle itself were weeping and moaning. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Even when the winter’s bad and others starve and freeze, We’ve porridge from the kennels — But we also have the fleas. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

For a horse, it was said, the pension would be five pounds of corn a day and, in winter, fifteen pounds of hay, with a carrot or possibly an apple on public holidays. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

She pauses, and then she adds, “And don’t make plans with your friends over winter break. I have some extra chores for you to do.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They came hurrying out, rubbing their eyes in excitement, for any kind of surprise in food was a rare and festive thing in the cold dead of winter. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“They all look the same in the winter.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

In summer there were snakes, dangerous to Mrs. Frisby, but there was no need to worry about them in winter. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The winter kill had not taken place because they waited for freezing weather. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The winter I was six, I saw a yellow dog on thin ice on the Alliance. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Even with my base layers on and the stiff shell of my red winter jacket shielding my torso, I can’t help but shiver. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A solid shelf of winter clouds stops just short of the horizon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Curtains, a good coat lining to bear the winter in. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or in the foreign country of Norway by the gray winter ocean. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He talked about the arrival of the wild ducks, the thickness of the winter coat of muskrats and of rabbits. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But some figures stood alone, isolated by blank space like tents pitched on winter slopes or lampposts on white roads. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It had been grown in the hoop house where the laying hens spend the winter. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was beaming, one of them freaky warm days in late winter. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The Red Army had held the invasion back from the Soviet capital, but it was the wretched Russian winter that really turned the tables. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Today I'm the only person to get off at this station, holding my small suitcase, looking like a mad vacationer who has elected to come to the sea in the middle of winter. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

How would he endure the coming winter, alone in the dank vegetable pit? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

This is what my father says in the winters, before dinner, lifting his glass when there are other men there at the table: “You can’t fly on one wing.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Since winter evenings gave us a lot of time to practice, we’re actually pretty good partners. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He spent the winter recovering from his wounds. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was at the end of one of those days in late winter when for the first time it seems possible that spring may come again. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad survived the winter, but every time I saw them, they looked a little worse for wear: dirtier, more bruised, their hair more matted. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

O silent indications of the inevitable, as among the natural restraints of winter and good sense, life blows you apart in her arms. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It’s maroon and very plain, worn over a faded pair of jeans as if tonight is an ordinary winter night. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The scent came right into the bathroom and wrapped around my nose like a winter scarf. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They were soft and thick; my father used them only on cold winter nights. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The cumulative effect of the sound was that of a mild winter wind or the roll of a summer surf. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing tainted these white warriors of winter as they swooped down their spotless mountainsides, and this cool, clean response to war glided straight into Leper’s Vermont heart. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were handed winter clothing: striped shirts that were a bit heavier. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells us this is a disgrace and he’s going to have a raffle to raise money so that we can have strong warm boots for the winter. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He is standing by her car the week after the winter dance. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In the winter he wears a gray felt hat with his gray overcoat. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed they were better than red roses from the grocery store, because those greenhouse-born flowers couldn’t survive in the winter. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Under winter clouds, victorious, he unlocks the door. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He nods and picks up his winter coat from where it’s slung over his chair. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

At the end of the hall is the tiny room where Mom keeps her telescope and our winter coats. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

In winter when the ground was frozen, the rattle of wheels and each distinct hoofbeat punctuated the winter quiet. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was empty and dark, save for a faint blue hazy light that seeped through a window from the winter sky. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s woodsy and shaded, and the dampness of winter still lingers. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Everyone wanted the honor of hiding him for the night; the women wove him ponchos and winter socks and the men saved him their best brandy and the best dried beef of the season. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For kite runners, the most coveted prize was the last fallen kite of a winter tournament. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dad said the nomadic Indians had watched for her appearance as a sign of spring, a signal the mountain was thawing, winter was over, and it was time to come home. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Like, was he in a homeless shelter for the winter? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

By the winter of 1857, Wallace had begun to formulate a general theory about the mechanism driving variation in these islands. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Charles had gone for most of the four-month term up until this past winter—until it had seemed too hard. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Optimistic ranchers were predicting an “open winter”—a season so bland that cattle could graze during the whole of it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

By winter he was back in the woods with Charlie McDonald, cutting cottonwoods, chaining them to the draft horses, and skidding them out of the woods in snow and sleet. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

On winter days it swims with the odor of roasting chestnuts; on summer evenings it becomes slow and drowsy, full of sleepy conversations and the scraping of heavy iron chairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

My memory of the rest of that winter of 1975 is pretty hazy. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The weather grew colder all day, and that night there was once more a fire on the hearth and the windows were shut tight and chinked for the winter. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a beautiful way to spend your winter vacation, Charlotte,” he said. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Crane-man exclaimed one evening, tucking in the final straw as the last of the winter light faded. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Or if you turn into one of those girlfriends, always ponying around after her boyfriend, and speaking in the first-person plural. ‘We love the winter. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trainer motored up to the ranch and silently watched as Seabiscuit, looking blocky in his winter coat, was galloped in front of him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was the last day of winter, and the wall was all but completed. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The building has a festive air: its usual smells of Dustbane and furniture polish and mouse droppings and snakes mingle with other smells, of winter clothing, cigarette smoke, and women’s perfume. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I read two of these studies on a winter morning on the subway in New York, a few months after returning from Calcutta. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The memory of Tyler haunted me that winter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her gardening gloves, still smudged with the last soil she’d ever lifted; a box of her favorite tea, which had long ago lost its peppermint scent; the thick candy-cane-striped kneesocks she wore in winter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We treasured that coal and used it sparingly so it would stretch into a second winter. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

All the outside portion of the monkey house was closed, so we went inside, and it was obvious that even in the winter those apes desperately need deodorant pads. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Thorn and Seven ran through the night, the winter wind howling as it whipped their cloaks and threatened to send their witch’s hats into the Boggy Crone River. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It's technically winter in most of the nation, but already there is gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands in my mother’s house. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She had worked on music in this notebook all the winter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her elbows were absolutely black, with a dry white dust on them in the winter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The visitors to the northlands were leaving, and those who remained were preparing themselves for the long winter that lay ahead. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam dropped her fear like a winter coat and walked forward to help Whisper set the table as if she was stepping into sunshine, leaving a heaviness pooled on the floor behind her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The freezing-cold winter had killed three-quarters of all the cattle that roamed the Badlands, and ranching turned out to be a money-losing venture for him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

They were to sweep out and prepare the family cabin for the winter move. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

For them, we represented the end of a long, hard winter. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The six House lavatories, none with doors, were situated in an unheated outhouse and on a cold day in winter you could get frostbite out there if you stayed too long. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noseless Ned, he was called; frostbite had claimed the tip of his nose two winters past. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The winter had been deep and long, but now the air was scented with first blossoms and thawed earth. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

His winter victories said little of his quality, as they had been achieved on the suspect terrain of the West. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He returned with a shipment of enormous boxes that were piled in the far courtyard, between the chicken coop and the woodshed, until the winter was over. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When school let out for the winter break, Naomi asked Henry if they could go to San Antonio for a few days. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The silence of the street was cold, colder than the muffled quiet of winter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

His hair was very fair, his face naturally sanguine, his skin roughened by coarse soap and blunt razor blades and the cold of the winter that had just ended. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But I had no idea how to find them, and tomorrow was the winter solstice. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The Raleigh winters agreed with him, but he would have gladly traded the temperate climate for a decent radio station. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s three in the morning, and we are making our way from southern to northern Utah, when the weather changes from the dry chill of the desert to the freezing gales of an alpine winter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In my dream, spring came after summer, came after fall, came after winter, came after spring. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes she stopped before the picture she had painted at the free government art class for school kids last winter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The fall was approaching, and winter was rushing in right behind it. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I should tell him that his puffy winter coat makes his legs look even more like toothpicks, but I restrain myself. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The Baron was getting a new suit for winter. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know this happens, that some of the Jews who disappear are packed like winter linens in other people’s basements rather than relocated to work camps. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Through fence slats, he watches a column of uniformed schoolgirls walk double-file in the winter sunshine. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The other is that wintering at a relatively northern latitude has advantages that make up for the disadvantage of its coldness. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I was the girl whose belly held a colorless winter melon. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fall and winter seemed to calm everything down and drive everyone into their own houses. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a silly holiday to celebrate the coming of winter. The bonfires just produce ash to cover the fields.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There’s a breeze messing up her hair, and the bright winter sun’s making her crinkle up her eyes, so you’re not sure if she’s smiling at our antics, or just grimacing in the light. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her red sari shows beneath her brown Canadian winter coat, her overshoes poking out beneath it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He constantly worried that we would not have enough money saved at the end of the cotton season to carry us over the winter months. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Use them to trade this winter when the hunger sets in.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But winter had set in, and they struggled to get to their new base. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In retrospect, Fenn told me, “One of George Washington’s most brilliant moves was to inoculate the army against smallpox during the Valley Forge winter of ’78.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Its firth had remained free of ice even in the depths of winter for centuries. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Last winter, Stella’s foot swelled to twice its normal size. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Diego’s painting from the winter carnival was leaning against my bed when I finally got home. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember when we tried to be an eight-foot giant, and we put on my mom’s winter coat and you sat on my shoulders while we tried to walk around?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I put away my winter coat and overshoes and walked around, nearly light-headed with joy, in my shirtsleeves. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you remember last winter when we went deer hunting and I taught you about gun safety?” he said, raising an eyebrow. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now I began to understand why Gethenians complain when the temperature rises in winter, and cheer up when it falls. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s winter, early darkness blurs shapes, inside and outside the car. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It's a lovely winter day in Amsterdam, and though there are other people on the street, couples like me and Willem, nobody acts like the forced parade of people is out of the ordinary. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Amah,” Pinmei said slowly, “it has been winter for a long time.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I could always run up into the fields and save myself, but the point was to try to get the wagon home so we could earn our livelihood through the winter. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big horse pulling the wagon was half-shaggy with a winter coat that hadn’t entirely grown in yet. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“An early snow,” he said, “maybe it will be a wet winter. A good year next year.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered if his touch would spread a frost over her, snowflakes blooming over her skin like a dress of winter. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard in places like Pennsylvania it’s a lot harder to get around, except for in the winter, when the dead lie down and become dormant. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She hid the money in a pouch she’d sewn in the lining of her checkered winter coat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Herbie hunkered, petrified, horrified, on his sleeping bag, watching them die like gas victims from the First World War, like Napoleonic soldiers on a Russian winter battlefield. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jack, what do I tell you every winter?” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You’ll worry all right when next winter comes,” said the sheep. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Peace lay on Devon like a blessing, the summer’s peace, the reprieve, New Hampshire’s response to all the cogitation and deadness of winter. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ocean, throwing up foaming sun-sprays across some nearby rocks, was winter cold. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Middle of winter I almost drowned in a cow pond when I was little, maybe eight. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was early May, but we had driven back into winter. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Tristran could smell the distant winter on the air—a mixture of night-mist and crisp darkness and the tang of fallen leaves. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

That was before the old dragon, calm as winter, unveiled the truth. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can buy fresh tomatoes in the middle of the winter, flown in from Israel or Holland or Mexico. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He looks healthier than he did in the winter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The low winter sun has turned her sails to gold, and she is gliding toward us on the wind. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Are you joking? You think we’ll still be here when winter comes? Mother, no!” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

After this the cold would come, they warned, and a long summer always meant a long winter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then as autumn flares with the false heat of summer before it dies into the winter, so with the quick love Wang Lung had for Pear Blossom. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Her body hits the floor with a thud, her eyes still open and shining with tears as blood pours from her neck and into the rug we knotted together last winter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had seen a winter once, when he was very young, but everyone agreed that it had been a short one, and mild. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I thought they was gods. I thought, Now I'm walking in heaven, and it wotit ever tnatter what happens on Earth!' Together, we looked at the apple-trees against the winter sky. “ The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her smile was now whole—new teeth had grown in over the winter. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Until sundown and the blood-orange winter light of the dying day cast long shadows. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But he never took one tuft of fur from Mouse when winter came. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The contest was about two months away, right after winter break, so I had to start as soon as possible. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was the first time this winter, but it comes back right away. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Deer hunting was popular in our area because shooting and dressing a deer provided a lot of winter food for a family, so we had school off for the first day of hunting season. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The last two years, with their summer droughts and winter storms, and now the unending grayness, had been heartbreaking. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I returned to my room and laced on my heavy winter boots. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There’s no monthlong flu, summer, winter, or otherwise. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She is wearing a winter coat over her blue robe, and has a purse slung over her shoulder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

By navigating there through fog, snow, and winter seas, Worsley had found the needle in the haystack. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

This would light the stalls and warm them in winter, and would also run a circular saw, a chaff-cutter, a mangel-slicer, and an electric milking machine. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Now it was high summer, with the hay drying in the fields and all the village praying for the rain to hold off until the grain was safely cut and stored away for winter. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you really want winter sport,” the second official said, “you will go to the Engadine or to Miirren. I must protest against your being advised to go to Montreux for the winter sport.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

At winter's end he returned to the Great House. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were always hungry, always cold in the winter and hot in the summer, always struggling to survive. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

In the summer he usually raced at the cluster of tracks around Vancouver or at another western Canadian track called Glacier Park; in the fall and spring it was California’s Tanforan; in the winter, Tijuana. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were moving to their wintering ground ahead of the deep freeze and the snow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was early January, and the winter chill sucked the air as dry as a bone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As she and Henry walked side by side to the drugstore, she wondered if Maycomb was planning a fall or winter wedding for them. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

That’s how it would be at night on Parker Head, where folks knew that, come winter, their houses would still be on Parker Head, not floating down the New Meadows. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It’s like how perennial plants seem to die in the winter, but really, they’re just waiting till everything is all right again. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I do not usually raid in the winter, when the world is a corpse. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I think of a couple winters ago we hardly had any meat on our table, and I guess I can see how a father with three kids could shoot a deer. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cypress trees towered to the left of the car, an ink-black creek paralleled the highway, full of rotten winter vegetation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“White flakes. They come down every winter. You’ve seen them before.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

One was gaunt, with flinty eyes, a long white beard, and a face as hard as a winter frost. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And some members of Parliament would fuss like wet hens. No, I predict a cold winter will dispatch most of them in a natural way.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old people shook their heads, recalling blizzards of their childhood, but it was impossible for Kit to visualize anything more bleak than this first winter of her experience. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And I’m reaching across his shoulders, accidentally smearing bits of dirt on his black winter jacket. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The next day two of them came together to audience,- the Greatjon's uncles, blustery men in the winter of their days with beards as white as the bearskin cloaks they wore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They talked about merchants, and deserters, and levies, and not enough salt to last the winter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All through the winter he remained as patient as he could, and tried to restrain himself from going round constantly to see if anything was happening. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the heart of winter, he needed to find water at the places where streams rushed quickly and didn’t freeze; many of the quiet pools he knew well would be coated with ice. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then in the winter of 1840, Henry wrote that he had been elected as a delegate to the World Anti-Slavery Convention, in London, and he would be abroad for about eight months. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We had to make it through the first winter. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Last winter, when she had walked to school in Barrow, these mice-like rodents were so numerous they ran out from under her feet wherever she stepped. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was filled with a winter storm of sorrow and rage, and I needed someone to blame. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

All they did not eat fresh was salted down in barrels for the winter. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were designed for winter wear, when treacherous drafts came down chimneys and insidious currents of deadly cold found their way through keyholes. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could stop a puck from passing between the pipes—but I had to make it all the way to winter before anybody would care about that. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Seattle people passed into memory and winter savings accounts; stoves were stoked, fires banked, books taken down, quilts mended. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Since it was still winter and any day the ship might return, there was no use to store food I would not need. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The winter was the best thing, because then there were the geese on the islands—long smoke lines of them singing like bounds in the cold streak of morning. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they would have to complete it during the most terrible Russian winter on record. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I grew bigger, I knew every winter that I must be another year older, but none of it...it just hadn’t seemed to matter until now. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When it continued to zag she realized the pilot was following a meandering river where game wintered. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around us sang the chorus of insects which had just worked their way out of winter nests and cocoons. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have seen ninety-three winters, far more than any of you.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

If a bunch of people can jump into icy waters for polar bear plunges in the cold of winter, I see no reason I can’t wear my favorite clothes when it’s ninety degrees outside. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

We had just about decided, after nearly four months of freedom and constant roving, to find a place to settle down—if not permanently, at least for the winter. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were times though, especially towards the end of a long cold dark winter, when, no matter how hungry Francie was, nothing tasted good. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like how plants can live through winter in the frozen ground and still bloom again in spring. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Augurey has since enjoyed a vogue as a home weather forecaster, though many find its almost continual moaning during the winter months difficult to bear. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, though, western Kansas winters are imprisoning, and usually frost on the fields and razory winds have altered the climate before Christmas. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was her good long winter jacket, the one with the fake fur collar and cuffs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His very smell like that of coming winter, a tomb, the heavy inertia of time. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the winter of 1937, America was in the seventh year of the most catastrophic decade in its history. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in the winter when I walked past the beggars in Hankow, I would think of Peitaiho and be glad to know that it was in the same world. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The best thing to do, it being fall, was to head south or west for the winter, and because I didn’t want to go south I decided to go west. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Her children did not laugh, but eventually sang along when she left her tent to sit by the winter campfires, ringed by barbarians. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon afterward, the King announced a grand celebration in the City during Yule that winter, and Lady Isobel was overjoyed, for Ana was well ready to find a husband. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d seen her once before in the winter, but now in the summer she looked like a totally different goddess. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The normal meanness that the winter brought was compounded by the small-spiritedness that hunger and scarlet fever produced. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When winter came, they hiked to the warmer coast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They starved through winter and into spring, dodging German patrols, waiting for their next job. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news hit me in Geneva, where I had stopped for several days to talk with the Swiss phage worker Jean Weigle, who was just back from a winter of work at Cal Tech. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I had always welcomed vitality and energy and warmth radiating from thick and sturdy winter clothes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He inspected it from stem to stern, scraping off the green slime that had accumulated during the winter, examining every inch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Tia Alicia appeared in a petticoated dress, carrying a parasol against the mild winter sun. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed his winter coat and soft, peaked brown trench cap before rushing out of the service quarters on the factory grounds where he lived with his father and younger brother. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Telephone poles were covered with posters faded by the winter rains, and every available inch of space was filled with the slogans of the two opposing sides. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the last day of school before winter break, and we’re heading to the airport to pick up Uncle Paul. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He put the goats in the huge stewpot that hung above the fire, while Roskva and her mother cut up their winter stores of vegetables and dropped them into the stewpot. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was something that gave heart to one who hated the cold dreariness of winter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spent a few hours in this formal visit, speaking of the opera season, trips to Europe, the political situation, and the winter chills, while they drank sweet wine and ate puff pastries. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wandering by herself behind the spare-parts warehouse last winter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love this game like the winter loves snow even though I spent the final quarter in foul trouble on the bench. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He had dragged me on foot from the ice-encrusted sprawl of Lake Michigan to the slaughterhouse district, which bustled with life even in the dead of winter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Unlike Hideo’s, his expression is warm enough to heat a room in winter. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’s still trying to get his winter boots off without using his hands. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The following weekend, however, it snowed again, then two days later much harder, and by the end of that week the ground had been clamped under snow for the winter. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had driven me to his house on our way to Quiet Oaks the morning after the winter carnival, but he hadn’t been home. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“He and his mate stay around here all winter long,” Mr. Chris said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of it—the tinkle of joy in the midst of our bleak American winter—was startling. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

No fresh facts had come in to chase away the stale taste of last winter’s debacle. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She says she doesn’t need them—not even in the winter—because her feet are tough. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Fashion Minister draws the queen's attention away from me with a question about silkworm production and winter gowns. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Have you thought about the winter yet?” asked Holly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ship did not come and thus winter passed and the spring. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were hers, the Latvian who had lost her life to winter and war on the side of a road. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I had two weeks off for winter break and I drowned my sorrows in music, I stayed up late reading, I trained hard, and I drew ugly, unimpressive things. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Week by week he could feel the accelerating advance of winter. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the advent of winter the traditional building season had come to an end. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She was beautiful, as innocent as dawn on winter hills. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A hooded crane. The only one in Indiana. Maybe the only one in the United States. They winter in Asia, which means he’s about seven thousand miles from home.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A winter during which Tessie’s worries about her children immobilized her, so that she failed to return Christmas presents that didn’t fit, and merely put them in the closet, without getting a refund. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"Because they are the knights of summer, and winter is coming." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was a winter afternoon, and the library was dark and silent, lit only by the fire that was dancing in the chimney. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This clan, having put their own small farm to bed for the winter in the Province of Quebec, came over the line to make a small nest egg. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing anybody wanted but to get through this terrible winter. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re doing without a fridge for the winter, since there’s the weather instead. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At ten o’clock one winter evening in early 1935, Houseman slipped backstage at a New York production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

In the dead of winter, nothing is growing, but stakes with seed packets affixed to them stick out of the ground, labeling herbs and vegetables. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harry woke up on Sunday morning to find the dormitory M _L blazing with winter sunlight and his arm reboned but very stiff. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

"I've no doubt the house is shut up in winter," she said. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Everything was good, well made, and little worn, but Amy’s artistic eyes were much afflicted, especially this winter, when her school dress was a dull purple with yellow dots and no trimming. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

All this and I was still in my winter fur-lined underwear. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe their father, Mikwam, would arrive and say he needed an always-hungry little boy of five winters to accompany him on his next long trip. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The matter of the ship was apparently held secret, but the news of my escape from an Orgota prison, my journey over the Ice in winter, my presence in Sassinoth, was freely reported and discussed. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was July—winter in the Amazon, the worst time of the year for fruit. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She pinned the flower to the young woman’s winter coat. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I almost didn’t pay attention to the description until I read: blooms through winter, even in the snow. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The last time I had felt a rush like this was that day in the winter of 1975, just after I had cut the last kite, when I spotted Baba on our rooftop, clapping, beaming. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think the dark, gray days of a Washington winter didn’t help my mood much. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But here in the desert, nothing green could survive except tiny evergreen acacia bushes, which somehow endured the long winter months with almost no water. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knows that Pilar keeps a diary in the lining of her winter coat, hidden from her mother’s scouring eyes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Preparation for the winter in New England is drastic. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petra’s dad changed departments that winter and was much happier with his new job. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

So off she went, leaving me filling the root cellar with bushel baskets of vegetables, pruning the fruit trees, spreading the compost—getting ready for winter. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But now few villagers came up the mountain, and it was not just the winter keeping them away. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

A darkness comes with winter that these Southern people don’t know. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur can’t stop complaining because every winter he takes Sonny and Henry outside to sled down the driveway. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

On a winter evening Adam looked up from his account book. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything gets crunchy and fades away in the fall and winter.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Like the other villagers, she bundled herself against the increasing cold as each winter approached, and welcomed each new spring. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had no sense that we were poor or struggling, even though my father had to stop working as a housepainter during Denver’s long, cold winters. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“When I went to India this winter, on that volunteer trip, we were building toilets. Building them because people there, in this one village, didn’t have them.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Blanca was prone to colds and slept winter and summer in woolen shifts she knit herself in her spare time. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a small path at the edge of the clearing, and scarcely three steps into the Wood, the winter returned. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a winter of strong winds and rain and wild seas that crashed against the cliffs, so I would not have gone out much even if Rontu had been there. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spending two months in Sweden in the middle of winter, Bobby found the weather less cold than he’d thought it would be: Temperatures remained close to fifty degrees Fahrenheit. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning just after Sam arrived, Frightful heard the voice of her winter friend, Jon Wood. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the reason for this was that the boar season happened in the two winter months, when the old English snow would be liable to ball in your horse’s hoofs and render galloping too dangerous. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Frankly, I just don’t see anything to celebrate, winter or spring or anything else.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was always encouraging, especially when I thought I could not make it through the blizzards of winter to spring. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underground, inside the house, it’s cool in the winter, and mostly in the summer, too. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands are freezing on my face, and she tastes like coffee and the smell of the onion is still stuck in my nose, and my lips are all dry from the endless winter. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

There were gloves on his hands, not knitted gloves such as those she was accustomed to wearing in winter, or the coarse gloves that had helped her grip the rope as she climbed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The winters were bitter cold, the springs stingy and slow in coming. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Assef unbuttoned his winter coat, took it off, folded it slowly and deliberately. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This one guy got lost in a winter storm and couldn’t find the schooner. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Cordelia remembers all kinds of things: the graying underwear dripping on the clothesline in the cellar, the kitchen paring knife that was worn right down to a sliver, the winter coats from the Eaton's Catalogue. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For as the wind first filled their sail, both had felt a heavy foreboding, cold as that winter wind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Another means is the shipment of plants carrying the egg masses, the form in which the species exists over winter. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In the winter, the warmth of the machines makes it one of the best places to be. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She wore it on the collar of her winter coat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

So she leaned down close to his ear and said: “Joe—guess what! We’re not ever going back to Pittsburgh, we’re going to stay right here at Maple Hill all winter long!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The winter was much harder north of the city,” Tali said. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

That icy feeling Aru had wasn’t just autumn turning sneakily into winter....It was him. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s been too cold most of the winter. The last few weeks I’ve been soaking as long as I can stand it.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Fall turned into winter, and Lady Isobel had the rest of their things sent down from Rook Hill. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to put any people in your story. What do you like about winter?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

This ruler began his trip after the start of the winter, a winter that came early and harshly with winds that whipped and screamed at the mountain peak. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But by March 16, winter on the ice seemed inevitable. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

For me, it was another reason why winter couldn’t end soon enough. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I thought it was a lovely story, especially the part about the fig tree in winter under the snow and then the fig tree in spring with all the green fruit. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

There the big oaf was, snoring like a fox cub in his earth on a winter’s night. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sookie’s hands were red and cracked like winter hands, and he had sausage fingers. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She would have given anything to be back at Camp Half-Blood, where the weather was controlled even in the winter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When winter came, she went back to a far-off town where she lived, leaving two of her sons to keep the cow and the little house they had all built together. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Isn't it awfully cold in the winter?" she asked. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The living room has two big upholstered chairs and a sofa, all placed so you can see the fire, which my father and mother liked to do in winter. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Anyway, in the winter they didn’t fight much. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Corin climbed up to its lair on the Narnian side of Stormness one winter day when the snow was on the hills and boxed it without a timekeeper for thirty-three rounds. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Although they were experienced winter hikers and were well equipped, they couldn’t have imagined what they were letting themselves in for. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Our heating unit busted right at the start of winter, and luckily we had enough to pay for it without my mom having to deal with another creepy guy. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

For a moment Eddard Stark wanted nothing so much as to return to Winterfell, to the clean simplicity of the north, where the enemies were winter and the wildlings beyond the Wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I thought it lost, but it appeared again, beneath a fallen tree perhaps or struggling on the other side of a muddied ditch created by the winter rains. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The force of Desdemona’s fanning could be felt all over the house; it swirled dustballs on the stairs; it stirred the window shades; and, of course, since it was winter, it made everyone shiver. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Brown, who boarded with them, had a radio in her room, and all last winter she would sit on the steps every Sunday afternoon and listen in on the programs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And all winter, far into the night, we read books and we practiced writing. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

More than once they put on winter coats and visit the moon. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the middle of winter all of a sudden we’d get a summer day. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘My heart will be glad, even in the winter,’ said Aragorn. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the terrible solitude of the winter sea Ged stood and saw the thing he feared. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Only the bedrooms, water closet, and winter parlor were fully enclosed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Even the weathers had grown milder, and the wolves that had once come ravening out of the North in bitter white winters were now only a grandfather’s tale. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Because then what happened is this: over winter break, Julian had this huge party and, basically, turned everyone in the fifth grade against Jack. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I have two dresses, one for summer and one for winter, and a tunic and a wool skirt, for school. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You must have everything you need, all together, before the winter really begins. For you I have something, too, and Joe will make a fence like this for them to run—but much higher.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

And yet even as he embraced that bleak understanding, on this, the worst day of the winter, he recalled something he’d seen on the worst day of the worst heat wave of the summer. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The only thing is, I hear it’s cold up there. Jesse doesn’t like cold weather. He might not last the first winter. If anything sends him home, it will be the cold.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t always pay much attention when you kept talking about codes all the time last winter,” Chess said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Despite Pullman’s vestibules ice as fine as dust settled between coaches and filled Burnham’s train with the tang of deep winter. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I remember what Chicho taught me about perspective and all of a sudden the winter seems beautiful to me, a time of hibernation and waiting, just like I’ve been hibernating and waiting. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Surely are. Like birds flying south in the winter.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

On winter afternoons he moves among the antennas like a sailor through rigging. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I begin to question them casually about what other hardships this winter has brought them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They do not kill people on their Farms: they let hunger and winter and despair do their murders for them. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Through the first part of the winter, before Mon-a-nee swam away, this was sometimes hard to do. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the wide expanse of stars normally visible in the unpolluted winter sky was hidden behind rain clouds on that gloomy day. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then I practiced singing one of the solo choices Ms. Holly had listed for the winter concert—just for fun. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The first week of winter break seemed to crawl by. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Turns out nominations don’t happen till after winter break, so I still have a chance. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The gutters filled with rust-colored pine needles and the pungent effluvium of alder leaves, and the drainpipes splashed with winter rain. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I wish I could go. We've been looking forward to this fishing all winter." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even these sternly hopeless Norsemen, whose daily life in their icy land through the black winters was a perpetual challenge to heroism, saw a far-away light break through the darkness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shawn shuffled in wearing heavy boots and a thick winter coat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The cartilage in his nose was twisted—it’d been broken by the lash of a wayward logging cable in the winter of 1915. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When under pressure, each man had a tendency to become more controlling, and never was the pressure higher than in the winter of 1940. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following the ceremony, the doors to the church opened to a clear and cool winter day. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

His gear seemed exceedingly minimal for the harsh conditions of the interior, which in April still lay buried under the winter snowpack. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought me strawberries in dead of winter and flowers every weekend. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the winter, which was confined by statute to two months, the snow lay evenly, three feet thick, but never turned into slush. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the autumnal surrogation to winter and the Thanksgiving holiday quickly ascending upon us, I find myself reminiscing to mind the many blessings and bestowments of the past. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Are those your winter formal pics? I saw a bunch on Insta!” she says, excited. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The early winter evening was falling when they saw a cove that might give them a good landing. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I was a caretaker on a summer estate during the winter months when it was snowed in. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reunited at last, they spent the winter of 37-36 BCE in Antioch recapturing the spirit of their time together in Alexandria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I arrived in Memphis on a cold November Sunday morning, in 1925, and lugged my suitcase down quiet, empty sidewalks through winter sunshine. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They follow the mushrooms as they appear: porcinis in the fall, chanterelles in winter, morels in the spring. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Men froze by winter and sweltered in summer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He recollected that on a good day in winter, when the maple trees stood bare, he could look through his dormer window out beyond the trees and see the green salt water to the southwest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

So he trundled aft fiercely over the twilight snow, for it was winter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dryer than the rest of the year, winter might be pleasanter, if it were not for the cold. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Of all the seasons of the year, the rabbit most preferred winter, for the sun set early then and the dining-room windows became dark and Edward could see his own reflection in the glass. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

They’re not ready to be eaten for eight to ten months—in the next winter. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was a fine winter morning with the fields frosted, no wind, and a light fog which was not enough to confuse the pigeons. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half of the 102 people on the Mayflower made it through the first winter, which to me seemed amazing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Child, there's a way to comb this cotton. If we are going to have cloth for this winter, you better pay attention.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rice gathered now would see the poor through the winter months when no wild food grew. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Grandpa said he was too old for Idaho winters; the cold put an ache in his bones. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We stopped at the hot-shop, through the narrow shutters of which flowed, in cracks and rays and arrows, the yellow light we had seen across the hills of winter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And it doesn’t matter what time of year it is as long as it feels right. Right? I mean, winter is cool, too, because you’re all like, ‘Oh my God, it’s so cold. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I must say here that I was beginning to wonder if I should not go home for the winter and come back again in the spring. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I said, “I guess you won’t be culling for Daddy this winter.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day is quite cold, with a pale winter sun, and yet not a single gentleman has come to our cabin for an ember. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, I will be glad when winter’s over,” I said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Many of the island animals were already thinking about their winter hibernation. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My eyes for seeing the blooming purple flowers coming back to say hello after being gone all winter long. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe this winter I can be persuaded otherwise. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It is cold, cold; so cold that the grey heavy sky is full of snow, which when it falls will settle for all winter as the ground is hardening to receive it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The cold will have killed the spiders by now, thought Jon, and the rats may be a useful source of meat come winter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The wind and the sky had finally quieted, and it was not the tense, anticipating stillness of winter, the pause of the tortoise taking a breath before a thunderous howl. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Shackleton knew—everyone knew—that they could not hold out on that desolate spot all winter. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He’s always been clean shaven, except for a beard phase he went through one winter during elementary school. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The air was chill and the wind blowing from the north had winter in it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dreary and wearisome: Cold clammy winter still held sway in this forsaken country. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Neewo slept in his winter bed, a blanket fixed on the ropes so that he could gently rock to sleep. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And she said nothing but she worked at her cooking and at the washing at the pool even in the winter when the water was stiff with ice to be broken. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

There was the prospect of fighting ahead; but immediately it was winter, and there was, literally, nothing for a soldier to do. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dad lined himself up a good bit of carpentry work for the winter and started in on it early. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was a feeling to that time before the sap began, a quietness that had the going-out taste of winter. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to see so many new things and meet so many new animals and if there are any squirrels at your wintering grounds please tell them that Chitchat says hello!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was winter and I would buy a dime’s worth of coal each morning from the corner coalyard and lug it home in paper bags. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had begun to feel safe, for the winter storms would soon be here and the Aleuts would leave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the winter, children cleared snow, chopped down trees, and shoveled coal for heating the school. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Why was Yishan talking to the Sea King about the Black Tortoise and winter? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He’s halted alongside a wide field, its high grass stunted and straw-like after the winter but shot through with tiny early-blooming wildflowers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Hands were clapped, feet were stamped upon the floor and on the hard winter ground outside. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Eagles — probably northern nesters — winter along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In the winter, the temperature can sink to 100 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Last winter, when we’d faced Luke and the Titan Adas on the top of Mount Tamalpais, the air had smelled just like that. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mama said he was nervous because of the winter coming, but was that really it? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“First winter I remember, the snows came over my head,” said a Homwood man in the queue ahead of him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As I lie here, bundled in my winter coat and scarf, I can smell Dad’s wafting pot smoke, and I find three planes all flying in a row in the dusky sky. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I just hate showing houses in the winter. Everything always looks so bleak.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

One year it had been “Yes, he was in the quarry, but he was sick in the winter and was moved to the bean farm in Bartow County.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in winter, you can tell nature is on a mission to take it back. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Raw and chill was the winter morning: my teeth chattered as I hastened down the drive. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sun set early in winter, but a little light still filtered in through the lace curtains Aunt Rose had crocheted long ago when she and her husband had first been married. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Even if Fertile Crescent crops adapted to winter rain could somehow have crossed the Sahara, they would have been difficult to grow in the summer-rain Sahel zone. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The trader will have all of next year’s furs by the time winter is finished,” he said, “unless some game throws itself at us! Or unless I can get him another way.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“But his mother should darn his pants and dress him in warmer clothes. The winter is coming. Didn’t you hear the wind in the chimneys today?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He arrived here in the deep winter when the Founders were under attack from many foxes, vermin and a great wildcat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon in early winter, nearly dark outside. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In the cold of winter they developed slowly, as was their way, and only when spring at last brought thawing and release to the forest streams did the young hatch. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She had not yet woken him and his soft, whistling exhalations blended with winter birdsong that came from somewhere beyond the lawn. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She wore her thin hair in a knot, and except in winter always had a flower stuck behind each ear. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Colonists grilled the birds, stewed them with salt pork, and baked them into pies; they plucked their feathers to stuff mattresses, pickled them in barrels as a winter treat, and fed them to livestock. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She brought over a few paper snowflakes, too, to remind people it’s supposed to be winter. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I guess the winter’s nearly here,” she said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Calypso High winter carnival was held in the school’s senior parking lot. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There rabbits and ptarmigan gathered to eat seeds out of the wind, and moose wintered on the twigs of the willows. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The previous winter the town had been underwater several times, deep enough for a small boy like Bo to be washed away. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody knows you're here, murmured the trees, anchoring down for the winter. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The frigid winter slowly began to give way to the extremely cold spring. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

People were very willing to help, but Eva felt she would soon run her welcome out; winters were hard and her neighbors were not that much better off. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was dated that last day of school, just before winter break. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I stopped long before winter arrived,” the king said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I go to the window, open it, and in come the eerie moans and caws of the loons, the thunder of the winter waves, stellar waves, I see. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But my brothers and I were not allowed to play outside again until winter turned into spring. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The shield had been badly damaged in a manticore attack last winter, but now it was perfect again—not a scratch. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

During the winter months at that time, the court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany always took up residence in Pisa, from Christmas to Easter. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Nothing on it today, they don’t leave the bodies hanging as long in summer as they do in winter, because of the flies and the smell. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light snow touches the glass, an early taste of winter, and melts within seconds. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A huge space opened up in her head, black and rushing as a freezing winter stream. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The thing that annoyed me the most when we got back from winter break was that Jack had gone back to being friends with Auggie again. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

That song Vetch sang aloud now as he held the boat westward, going before the cold wind of the winter night that blew at their backs from the vastness of the Open Sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

One of Leila’s pleasures was cooking, lots of hearty soups in the winter, and salads as things got warmer. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And I know that it happened to Sheila on January twelfth three years ago in Denver, Colorado, and it happened to me February twenty-third—both in the winter. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must get him another shirt and a jacket for the winter and some sort of shoes and another blanket. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

That winter Robert Cohn went over to America with his novel, and it was accepted by a fairly good publisher. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The man took my grandfather to the store to buy him some warm clothes to wear until he could properly equip himself for the winter. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

During the summer and fall I had thought about the coming of winter. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told Mama I guessed it was just going to storm all winter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would save every drop of the spilled honey and put it away, and they would have plenty of honey again, long before winter came. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the deep of winter, Neewo and Ten Snow were buried side by side. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The day had started out as winter but had warmed to spring. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Spending the winter here has its advantages, and I’m not talking about the free off-season parking in Provincetown. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s a couple weeks after we get back from winter break, which means we’ve got about three months to prepare. And were going to start now.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The summers were long and the months of winter cold were very few. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He could see it still: a crown of winter roses, blue as frost. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hazelnuts, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds mounded in her basket and stirred her hunger with thoughts of hot roasted nuts on cold winter nights. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

What time I didn’t spend studying or in the Archives I spent on the road to Imre, braving the coming winter wind, if not looking for its name. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The last time I was here, I think it was winter then too. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had packed so carefully: six skirts—three for summer and three for winter. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Pa said he must go to town to trade the furs of the wild animals he had been trapping all winter. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet Pilate said it was winter when she was there, and there were only bones. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one visit to New York City, where Woolner’s mother lives in the winter, Woolner lost her debit card and felt anxious about being disconnected, even briefly, from her money. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And that was in another place—a dry, stony land of long winters and low sun, distant. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The brothers’ spirits are good this winter, kept up by each other and friends. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She knew with a shudder how close the family had come to being on the mercy of the town that winter her mother had fled with the babies. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the winter set in we moved into the auditorium and there, although many a meal was eaten in complete silence, we felt we belonged. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A terrible winter for the sheep and for all other animals. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Pontellier's mind was quite at rest concerning the present material needs of her children, and she could not see the use of anticipating and making winter night garment’ the subject of her summer meditations. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he still wore the star from that time pinned to the lapel of the three-piece woolen suit he had been wearing, summer and winter, for the last thirty years. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The branches of the old trees, which had been familiar to me either half-denuded or completely gaunt during the winter terms at Devon, now seemed about to break from their storms of leaves. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if we did make it through the winter, would we have the strength to build things? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She could feel the coldness of winter, feel her aching leg and the warm stickiness of her own blood all over her body. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She remembered that last winter, before the sickness began, she had seen Fishtail walking from the mission school. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was late winter, still cold and miserable, and she was bundled up in a long woolen coat that nearly reached the ground. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s October, it feels like winter. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

A hard winter had been followed by no sign of spring, and Maesie had delayed planting at first, hoping for sunshine and warmth before she subjected her seedlings to the cold earth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Further on, as Montag moved in darkness, he could see the helicopters falling, falling, like the first flakes of snow in the long winter. to come... Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad said we should stay vigilant, but by winter my attention had shifted back to the trifling dramas of my own life. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I stood by the door, arms laden with books, my winter coat still on, too terrified to move. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In summer the wormwalks were seldom used, save by rats and other vermin, but winter was a different matter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As the sun dropped in the winter sky, the man called out to the empty track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had helped her dad, movie actor Tristan McLean, get back on his feet after being kidnapped by giants the past winter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The Wall will weep. And winter almost on us. It’s unnatural, m’lord. A bad sign, you ask me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He wondered if they would all be reduced to eating ravens before the coming winter had run its course. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The winter melts, leaving a grubby scum of cinders, wet paper, soggy old leaves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Josiah said they would grow up heavy and covered with meat like Herefords, but tough too, like the Mexican cows, able to withstand hard winters and many dry years. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then the class captain would blow his whistle and we’d march in a single file to our classrooms, long­ing for winter already, greeted instead by the specter of yet another long school year. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Onstage I am calm as a windless winter night. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The kids looked hot and sticky and their winter clothes had a sour smell. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the winter, when the first snow was too delicate to last on the sidewalks, it clung to the rough surface of the brick and was like fairy lace. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Go ahead and listen to that same song on repeat until its sound turns to nothing and you sleep the winter away. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mom says, her eyes pinned to the pages of winter formal. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The long winter evenings of fire-light and music had come again. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lived a tidy few summers—as they say in that part of the world—and learned to know well the changes of the downs to spring, to winter and to spring again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then on Friday there was a long, slow winter rain. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then, in the winter of 1977, TRIGON's communications took a strange turn. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

One of the Xi came to take Kaede's horse away, and she felt the lick of winter against her skin as she looked out over the glacier. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone must have been dreading the onset of another harsh winter—especially now that Marina’s aviators had to work to keep the planes ready for combat every day. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It's late winter here near Nahariya, but the rains have been sparse. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

With their forces assembled and in place, Mark Antony and Cleopatra confidently settled in at Patras for the winter and waited for the war to come to them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

In the winter, Mark Antony contacted Cleopatra from White Village, a fishing port on the Mediterranean coast. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

It’s a winter cloak, not a cotton summer one, and it smells of mothballs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They have, in the North, buildings so high that for months, in the winter, you can’t see the top floors.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told Mrs. de Roo how I'd heard Eskimo kids spend time under artificial sunlamps to stop them getting scurvy, 'cause at the North Pole winter lasts for most of the year. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They are more subject to disease in winter and the cold lowers their vitality. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Alliance flows pretty fast, so it doesn’t wear safe ice until winter has hung around for a while. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

One frigid winter he worked on a clam boat on Long Island. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

That winter, Andeg found a little hollow in a tree next to the cabin. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Often, there was a healing ceremony, a doctoring to cure the winter’s illnesses. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Adam waited out the winter, wandering up the river to Sacramento, ranging in the valley of the San Joaquin, and when the spring came Adam had no money. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a dream I’d had often in the winter but seldom since. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could buy a rag blanket that I would hide on the rooftops, keeping me warm all winter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My father died last winter — also the chickens. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Momma bought two bolts of cloth each year for winter and summer clothes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can only hope she won’t take to practicing, later when it’s really winter, on the outdoor rink, where somebody I might know could see her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At times, these depictions defy logic: showing people nearly naked in the dead of winter, as if they didn’t know better, were impervious to cold, or were more animallike than human. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I will see you by winter solstice. Zoe, you are in charge of the Hunters. Do well. Do as I would do.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The first day or so I was content simply to sleep away some of the accumulated exhaustion of the winter. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following winter, Grandpa flew with us back to Columbus. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

That winter the electricity is out more than it is on; Etienne links a pair of marine batteries to the transmitter so that he can broadcast when the power is off. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The first storm of winter ended my hopes. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the sole Norse site located on Newfoundland apparently represents no more than a winter camp occupied by a few dozen people for a few years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Are we going to stay here all winter and have to go to that funny old school, like Marly says?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

As he put on his spectacles, he was quite pleased at the prospect of a whole winter of reading travel books, with no work to interrupt him. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I called about the winter,” the king said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

His own beard was as grey as the winter sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I guess I’d been shading Hank, because suddenly he was sitting in a beam of low winter sunlight. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A few calls confirm my impression that winter housing for the poor consists of motel rooms that the more affluent fill up in the summer. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the best part will be the end of Illinois winters. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, her name’s not really Boots, it’s Margaret, but we call her Boots because in the winter she steals everybody’s boots and runs around in them and because of this musician my dad likes.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally a group of whales will leave their winter waters in the midst of a song and six months later return to continue at precisely the right note, as if there had been no interruption. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, it was the first really cold night of winter, and the only fire in sight was the stars high above us and far away, glittering like ice. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Heat snapped mirrors like the brittle winter ice. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids who slide on icy patches in the winter and stomp in puddles in the spring. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But this was not the real reason why autumn and winter were unpeaceful in Ghalas-at. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. The snow may be falling in the winter of my discontent, but at least I’ve got sarcastic company. Sit down, will ya?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The rocket stood in the cold winter morning, making summer with every breath of its mighty exhausts. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t thought of it at the time, but I guess all of the snowballs hitting him had taken a toll, even through his thick winter coat. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the park’s nonconformity, during the 1950s organized tournaments and other games were played there almost every day, even in winter, with players wrapped in mufflers and hats, awkwardly moving their pieces with gloved hands. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The past two years had delivered extremely harsh winters followed by particularly poor harvests, especially in the South. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was possible to foresee that the coming winter would be a hard one. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Beyond the castle walls, winter was waiting with its icy teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Coach West called an extra practice, saying we’ve gotten soft over winter break, and I’m dreading it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

An ancient green-plush sofa lolled alone in the center, like yet another mossy fallen log, facing a soot- streaked fireplace still deep in last winter’s ashes. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m still on a high from our winter vacation,” Abby says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Now that Mr. Popper’s work was over for the winter, the icebox was not quite so full as usual, but the penguin did not know that. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, the winter after the Greasy Grass Fight was very hard,” his grandpa said. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

They were clad in red shoes—red like the winter berries beginning to pop out on the bushes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He had been sick all winter, and he had not recovered with the coming of spring. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He must learn to face his fears. He will not be three forever. And winter is coming." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He visited Holland again in the autumn of 1628, spent the winter of 1628/9 in Paris, then returned to settle in Holland, where he stayed for the next twenty years. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The light from his desk lamp makes the black bristles of his hair look even more sparse, like a landscape of trees in winter. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Guess I got lazy this winter,” I said, resettling the hat back on my head. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how a man in his right mind can go off and leave a wife and family to starve and shiver in a Limerick winter. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And he left the fireside and the warm kitchen, taking up his cloak and going out alone into the drizzling cold rain of winter in the streets. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Over the winter, they rallied their forces and launched their attack. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You need a new bed. Quilts, a pillow. A blanket when winter comes.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They left the valley road and drove into the worn and rutted hills over a set of wheel tracks gulleyed by the winter rains. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The air was clean and cold, the sky blue, more like a bright day at winter’s end than November. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe lots of students board at Saint Augustine’s over winter break. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Russian winter might stop the Germans, but it wasn’t going to stop the women of Raskova’s regiments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“There’s one of a Dutchman that Roger had last winter in Switzerland. It would have suited you excellently.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The dogs were shedding their winter coats, whining and restless to be off the ship again, and growing hungrier every day. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

They speculate about how much snow we are bound to get tonight, how long it will stay on the ground, when we might expect more snow, and what kind of winter it will be. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Last winter he had watched in horror while a family of Cyclopes prepared to roast Jason and Piper with hot sauce. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In winter, when the flooding came, residents there would have to drive through the creek, which became impassable during heavy rainfall. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You will find the climate delightful and beautiful. You will have no distance to go for winter sport.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They scowled at the revelers as if to say, All of you are drones, and when winter comes, the worker bees will throw you into the snow to die. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julia says, “You didn’t talk to us all winter break, and there is a thing called a landline, you know.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Ring me up!” the customer cried cheerfully, placing two worn leather bags and a winter jacket on the counter. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Like me, she was still wearing her winter jacket, open down the front. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“If you build the cabin well, you’ll stay dry and comfortable. Build it poorly, and . Edwin shrugged. “It’ll be a long winter. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But after a few weeks when cold winds and winter sickness came, his mother had said, “Give it up, child. It’s too long and too cold.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In winter, the company picks up and moves its operation, and many of its employees, south to Yuma, Arizona. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There were few storms that winter and rain was light and ended early. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the winter of 1851, Mendel boarded the train to enroll in his classes at the university. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

One night Mr. Chris told them a story of two little boys who were the very first white people to spend a whole winter in this very valley. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the winter of 1950, when he was seven years old, he asked Regina if she’d buy him another, larger chess set for Christmas. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the Midwest, as I’ve mentioned, winter is an exercise in waiting—for relief, for a bird to sing, for the first purple crocus to push up through the snow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Since there was already ample food to last through the winter, it no longer mattered who hunted. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drew a map on the floor and showed him where the wintering grounds of the caribou lay. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need strength to get through the winter,” I added. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You needn’t feel wicked, my child! You had no winter things and got the simplest with your own hard earnings,” said Mrs. March with a look that warmed Jo’s heart. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The combination of the northern winter and early rising proved too much for Descartes’s comfort-loving body. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

A couple of miles offshore, a belt of pack ice and eroded bergs was drifting past, warning everyone of the winter to come. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I spent so many winter hours nestled under it, reading my books, drifting to sleep. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At Clear Lake the western grebe is a breeding bird and also a winter visitant, attracted by the abundant fish of the lake. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I knew winter was coming, although each day the sun would rise in a bright sky and the days would follow cloudless. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our shack—like most shacks throughout Alexandra—had no heat, electricity or plumbing, and we had no stove, so my mother had to keep the brazier indoors, as she had done all previous winters. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will be cool under their branches in summer, and in winter they’ll glow white with snow. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His voice was dreamy, quiet, but I was filled with uncertainty; in the winters where I lived it did not even snow. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A line of winter white skin was punctuated by his navel. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

An early winter moon was rising in front of them, and a chill wind came with it, penetrating feet and hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The gardens were sparse, suppressed by a long winter, and the buildings had not weathered well, but enough of the fair remained to give him “a tolerable idea” of what the exposition once had been. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The Envoy, so vulnerable to cold that he wore a coat when the weather was in the 30s, would not survive winter in Pulefen. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

That winter, after she and Thumbumuzi were married, they came to see me, along with their newborn baby daughter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lake still froze in winter, but boodeggers didn’t drive over it anymore. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The haircuts drove home to everyone that they were in the military, not on a Komsomol-club-sponsored winter camping adventure. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Stanton wrote in her diary, “We are sowing winter wheat, which the coming spring will see sprout and which other hands than ours will reap and enjoy.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The air smells of tar and clinging winter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheet on top of me felt heavy as a winter blanket, holding me in place on the bed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The main British Army was spending the winter in New York. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They are practicing for the winter,” James told him. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

A flu pandemic was sweeping the world that winter, with people dying by the millions. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then the goose gazed into the flames and told the story of his winter. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Your grandfather and I used to live at Nyanga in Zimbabwe. It’s cold there. Ice forms on the water in winter.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was insane that my blood could run as frigid as winter at the same moment my heart started to squeeze out a panicked rhythm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"I need huntsmen. Who wants a nice warm wolfskin to see them through the winter? Gage?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“They eat grass and multiply all winter,” Mrs. Franklin had said in her singsong voice. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were many empty buildings with black windows, like blind eyes, buildings like skeletons standing with snow on their bones in the winter winds. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then in the evening he stood in the doorway of his house and looked across the land, his own land, lying loose and fresh from the winter’s freezing, and ready for planting. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The hard winter and the confrontation with the press had given her a new sense of her own strength. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They switch them from small field to small field, and, no matter what, they will scrape together the dollars to buy hay bales for the winter months to feed their horses. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did reinforce for him his initial impression of Odessa, when all he could see as he drove into town the first time was the red cast of the clouds from a winter storm. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the winter when there were no crops and no pay, fifty cents for a possum and two dollars for a coonhide bought flour and overall jackets with blanket linings. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I wrote that last winter, I was scared and thought maybe I’d never get out of my tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the left are the winter whites: wool coats, mink hats, wool sweaters. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Another one dead? By Meshe’s guts, and not hardly winter yet.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Around here, it’s easier to be hungry in winter than in summer. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I dream I’m putting on my winter clothes, in Toronto, but my dress doesn’t fit. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was there, in that little shack, that Hassan was born in the winter of 1964, just one year after my mother died giving birth to me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They shoveled coal in winters, fixed broken windows, scrubbed dirty floors, and prepared lunch. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Next winter,” said old Mitsima, “I will teach you to make the bow.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We want to do the winter sport. With the war going on you cannot study architecture.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Some even gave us homework as if they’d be seeing us again after the winter vacation. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was half past six, but the winter morning was still dark. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Either that or she was really enjoying a Popsicle in the dead of winter. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The school house was quiet, like a tomb frozen over by winter. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie and the other WAAFs in her barracks still hadn’t got proper uniforms, but as it was winter, they had been issued RAF overcoats—men’s overcoats. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

In the summertime, this wasn’t too bad, but in the winter, freezing cold drafts blew across the floor all night long, and it was awful. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

People say that winter lasts forever, but it’s because they obsess over the thermometer. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I waited for his reply, my mind flashed back to a winter day from long ago, Hassan and I sitting on the snow beneath a leafless sour cherry tree. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the winter term, you will turn in your project. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It’s a bitter winter, ice everywhere, and I never know when the bike will go out from under me and send me flying into the street or onto the pavement, magazines and papers scattered. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

These tales are pure entertainment, the sort of thing people would tell each other on a long winter’s evening. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There hadn’t been a suicide in Cold Sassy since the Crabtrees’ son, Arthur, got drunk on a cold winter night, laid down across his sweetheart’s grave, and took an overdose of laudanum. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It snowed before dawn, a light dusting of snowflakes, a presentiment of the deep snows that would come further into the winter. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I wrestle in the winter,” he went on. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking maybe Sandy will feel sorry for me and postpone our big meeting until after winter break, which starts tomorrow, when he mouths at me My office, and gestures toward the door. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

What I remember are the long avenues in the frost, the farms and houses braced against the winter, the flat, laconic Maine speech in crossroads stores where I stopped to buy supplies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Garnder said they are going to publish my winter time composition in the magazine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was happy when the glare of the winter light ceased to pierce the broken shade of the kitchen window; it interfered with his thinking. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had even attended school the previous winter when work was slack, which was surely a fool thing to do unless one was interested in “breakin’ up school.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same was true of the water hole, where unauthorized games of hockey were played during the winter. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The García girls out in Queens have told me all about winter in this country. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

These roots survive through the winter and then start growing new leaves in the spring. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The weather did hold for another three days, and then the blizzard of the winter came. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

One evening in the middle of winter, some visitors came to the Trout who were out of the usual kind. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He knew I had nowhere to go for the winter vacation and enjoyed rubbing salt in my wounds. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

"You best get used to it! You are stuck with winter until you let go of the Black Tortoise." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ever after that terrible winter, as though he understood from then on how important it was to be funny, Pinch gave laughter to them all. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Three little girls all alone? For ten days? In the winter? Where are they? Are they still in Kiev?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

One chorus described the changing of seasons, from fall to winter, from winter to spring, and how water changes from water to steam to rain to snow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We were kept there as prisoners for four winters. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it would be a great shame if you could never go south any more, for the fishing, for the warmth in winter. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spring drew on: she was indeed already come; the frosts of winter had ceased; its snows were melted, its cutting winds ameliorated. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It certainly did not seem a time to think of winter. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay far across the room from her, on a winter island separated by an empty sea. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

In reality, the fair was far behind schedule, with worse delay forestalled only by the winter’s mildness. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And I began to feel in the boys a curious, wary, bewildered despair, as though they were now settling in for the long, hard winter of life. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

"May your winters be short and your summers bountiful," he said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My shoulder hardly even got stiff from it, although I do feel it now on winter nights. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first big storm of the winter must have started right after I went to bed. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

On December 21, the day of the winter solstice, something happened to Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Molly is wearing her heavy winter coat because, though it’s May, this is, after all, Maine. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Mama, I’m home,” Siobhan said as she stepped into the house and pulled off her heavy winter coat. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t room in there for her winter coat. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

In winter the river was just as much fun. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“No, for she fell ill one winter and died before she was twenty.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then, she just shuffled out of her skin, like it was a winter coat that got too hot to wear. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then one day, just before the winter break, I was digging a notebook out of my locker when I heard someone say, “How’s birdbrain?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Each subcommittee handled a specific duty, such as obtaining five hundred cords of wood before winter set in, cleaning the streets, or distributing cash to those in need. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It made her bones crack and splinter, made her feel the astonishing cold of a winter long since past. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember me, Hazel? We were in the same burrow during the snow last winter. Dandelion told me you were going to leave the warren tonight. If you are, I’ll come with you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On cold winter nights when the electricity was out in a storm we would sit at the fire here, me and my sisters, doing our homework. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“And I shall bring it back to Olympus by winter solstice. It will be all the proof I need to convince the Council of the Gods of how much danger we are in.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The circumstances that had brought us all together in the winter were no more. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We made Lynn’s altar on her desk, facing the big magnolia, which kept its leaves all winter. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side it was not dark as midnight, but rather bright as sunshine in the middle of winter: blinding, dazzling on the snow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside it there are long hallways with hardwood floors, stained and worn from generations of students in slushy winter boots, but still kept polished. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At 2:30 I left my room, and walking along one side of the oval Finny had used for my track workouts during the winter, I reached the Far Common and beyond it the gym. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a woodstove for winter and a zinc sink with her own pump. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

But most of the meat must be salted and smoked and packed away to be eaten in the winter. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will be very glad to spend the winter at Point Comfort instead of James Town. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He peeked into the windows of bait shops closed for the winter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Touring. It’s the way you get around the countryside in the winter. Touring skiing. It’s how you go overland in the snow. ” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a heavy hooded cloak, bundled up as if it were full winter and not a mild autumn evening. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The air is filled with birds flying south for the winter, and it is easy to shoot enough for a meal. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The winter that Ana turned eighteen, Prince Aidan and his soldiers returned home at last from a successful five-year campaign in the south. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also got a music school to set up a stage outside, where our band and chorus would hold a winter concert dress rehearsal. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

That winter many people were talking of peace. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In late winter, Mom and Dad decided to drive the Oldsmobile back to Phoenix. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’d been no sign of it since that one winter’s day; bounty hunters no doubt had dispatched it, as they had most of the wolves in this part of the country. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“In winter you can look like summer and be warm like summer.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And one more jump-start: In late winter, I Sent Jesse the e-mail address of Jane Mahoney, a junior at the University of Chicago whom I knew from my town in New Jersey. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bitter winter had all the country in its grip. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a point of watching Ahmad and his father get into the car, Ahmad in his wool vest and winter coat, his schoolbag filled with books and pencils. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He speaks with a Southern accent, smokes fat cigars and wears a felt hat—winter or summer, hot or cold, don’t matter—a felt hat. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why you suppose anyone’d try to run in winter? Don’t they know how easy it is to track a critter in the snow?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Marly—guess what? I’m going to take two goats home for the winter!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The week surrounding Yulemas was a time of relaxation, a time to celebrate the carnal pleasures that kept one warm on a winter’s night. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We drove three hours to meet a new doctor for Tina the winter before that. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I pictured it on a truck bound for Boston while we mended our nets and chinked holes where winter had come through our walls. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s a big tree now, and while it’s never been great for climbing, when it blooms late in the winter, the white flowers make the whole yard smell pretty. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"I'm certain of nothing but winter and battle," he said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I wade into the waves after her, the cold winter water lapping up against my thighs and my sides, making my school uniform stick to my skin. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Vanderbeeker kids put on their winter gear and headed out the door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The new gladius that Hera had given him last winter hung at his belt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

To step into a local market was to miss the savor of the peaches, figs, and winter chestnuts of Bursa. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It’s still freezing, so of course no one is around, only a few annoying tourists who, for some stupid reason, thought it was a good idea to come to Chicago in the winter. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The barn was pleasantly warm in winter when the animals spent most of their time indoors, and it was pleasantly cool in summer when the big doors stood wide open to the breeze. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

With the onset of winter Burnham ordered all hydrants packed in horse manure to prevent freezing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was a voice that spoke as ice speaks when it breaks on a winter tarn, or as men's bones speak when a killer cracks them. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was more crowded than ever, though some of the children had gone away to school; the jade trees were inside for the winter. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked south across the island alone in the early winter, along townless empty roads. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I felt profoundly sad, as though winter had fallen during the hour. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know, all through the winter, I was worried you wouldn't want to talk to me anymore, after I asked you—after what happened. I was sure you were mad at me." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He decided it was the last winter they would spend in Springfield. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The town had not known a winter as cold as this one for years. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Every winter for the entirety of my young life our troupe had organized the Midwinter Pageantry for some town. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I know how it is,” he said; “when I was pregnant I couldn’t keep warm—my feet were like ice, I sat over the fire all that winter. Long ago of course, but I remember!” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The butterfly brand and Auntie’s rafter ^ were barely visible through the heavy new growth of winter hair. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a cruel, ruthless madness, and it made them shiver more than a bitter, endless winter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They jostled and bumped one another, laughing, stamping their feet against the cold snap that had surprised the city this week, the last gasp of winter before spring began in earnest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was best to go as late in the year as you could, because the closer to winter it was, the scarcer beef was and the higher the price, you could get. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ancient oaks of St. Charles Avenue arched over the avenue like a canopy shielding him from the mild winter sun that splashed and sparkled 011 the chrome of the motorcycle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you just wanted to know what happened that day this past winter, it would be easy. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I see through her trick—this is exactly when rehearsals are to begin for the winter concert. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My mom and I had pooled our resources to supplement my winter wardrobe, but it was still scanty. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The boy was glad it was winter because in summer there might have been dry-land moccasins and copperheads under the cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s leagues away, dead or dying. Let winter do its worst. A few more days and the snows will bury him and his army both.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It lay at the end of the corridor and wasn’t much used either in winter or summer, having small windows and no door out to the terrace, despite its name. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When these sores were cleaned and he lay warm in the for bag, as well hidden as winter and wilderness could hide him, there was no more I could do. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s winter, most of the kids don’t have down jackets and gloves like me. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It opened directly on fields and forests, allowing riders to come and go without first passing through the winter town, and so was favored by hunting parties. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By the time she returned from Liverpool, he was disembarking at Cherbourg and the dullest winter of his life lay before him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

South Africa's summer is our winter so their February is lovely and hot. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Yet at that moment in the sunrise, it was all so beautiful, everything, from all directions, evenly, perfectly, balancing day with night, summer months with winter. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had one shot and he knew his aim had to be perfect, since the man was wearing a heavy winter coat and wouldn’t feel a thing from his neck to his feet. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The mix tape I made for him hit a bunch of winter songs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Spring is finally burgeoning after the longest winter, and the birches' new leaves turn their faces toward the sun's warmth. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The storm that had thrown such snow at Phippsburg was the first of many that winter. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Babi said they were green winter wheat and alfalfa, potatoes too. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Braavosi coin would allow the Night’s Watch to buy food from the south when their own stores ran short, food enough to see them through the winter, however long it might prove to be. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Later that winter he found another entrepreneurial opportunity. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s the first time the winter blossoms have bloomed in eighty years.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Dave and his girlfriend in my room ... the coats ... the cold ... the winter . The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Last winter, after Annabeth and I had saved Olympus, the gods had had a debate about whether or not they should kill me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They knew, at last, that the back of winter was entirely broken. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

One advantage of the Fertile Crescent is that it lies within a zone of so-called Mediterranean climate, a climate characterized by mild, wet winters and long, hot, dry summers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It had hardly snowed that past winter and didn’t rain at all that spring. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

That winter he found a job teaching at a small community school for twelve dollars a month. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Just before winter vacation, Bridge watched as the letters from the Talentine committee were distributed in homeroom. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s sweet—you drink it in winter, after you go sledding!” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

This will be the time of the terrible winter that will not end, the Fimbulwinter. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

From her tree, Naomi listened to the small winter sounds of the forest. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You were the thief on the winter solstice,” he said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He snapped one picture of me, walking away from the camera wearing my dumpy winter coat, my shoulders up around my ears. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They looked up at the uniform gray skies and, seeing in them tokens of much colder weather ahead, wondered how they would make it through another winter. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“The winter solstice and the two equinoxes. Midsummer Eve tends to be the rowdiest of them all.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We finally decided that Aunt Maggie and I would go first, even though it was winter, and prepare a place for my mother and brother. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even here autumn made its presence felt, and winter would not be far behind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For several days he plodded that way, aimlessly searching for nothing, in no hurry, a minuscule curious specter inching around in that peaceful winter country, absorbing something, taking it in—indelibly—for all time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deydey left on his voyage, and the rest of the family worked hard to prepare as much food as possible for the winter. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

When her eyes got used to the dark, she saw that she had found a treasure: a winter’s supply of food, carefully stored and then, for some reason, forgotten or abandoned. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s about two v months since I had a proper tilt, and last winter they put me up to eighteen. That was when they had the new handicaps.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I realize if the bread is not in the house he must take it with him in the pocket of the overcoat he wears winter and summer. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Soon winter rode on the back of the wind as it swept down the mountain slopes toward the village. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

All winter Wilbur watched over Charlotte’s egg sac as though he were guarding his own children. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

It’s hardly ever this cold in the winter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It had turned surprisingly cold, not like winter, but sharp just the same. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It led me aslant over the hill, through a wide bog, which would have been impassable in winter, and was splashy and shaking even now, in the height of summer. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he carrying the child and she the cakes in the basket, they set out on the path across the fields, now barren with winter. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

We see the miracle of nature’s control at work when the cod move through winter seas to their spawning grounds, where each female deposits several millions of eggs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But towards the end of summer, just before they fly back to the North Atlantic, where they pass the winter bobbing on stormy waves, they host a series of get-togethers. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it was winter, Reggie wore gym shorts and a ratty, brown, hooded sweatshirt. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was early morning of a bitterly cold winter day in 1965. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom even texted me asking if I wanted her to bring my favorite winter hat to Hina’s so I would have it for school. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I drop my head in my hands, feel the heat of my cheeks on my palms, reliving what happened in the woods with Fry and Zephyr last winter. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

With his activities strictly limited by winter’s harsh winds and bitter cold, Cole noticed his body falling into new natural rhythms. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It’s just like the rest of central Indiana: hot in the summer, cold in the winter, and the only way to know the weather other times of the year is to walk outside. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“For the winter sport. We are tourists and we want to do the winter sport.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It had been chilly on his ride to school that morning, and he knew that winter would soon drop over the Bay. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Different caterpillars developed on different timetables, however: some became adults within weeks, some pupated the entire winter. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At sixteen he joined the merchant marine, and his first voyage took him around Cape Horn in the winter: it was his first experience of the Southern Ocean. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Finny sat down on a bench, struggled out of his sheep- lined winter coat, and took a deep breath of gymnasium air. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I pass through Indianapolis, I think of trying to find the nursery where he collected flowers in winter, but instead I keep driving east. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to try to make a winter melon soup,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The winter cold had kept him indoors, but in the spring he was out on the streets all day. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He also found a rucksack and a dark brown winter coat, which was military in style and much warmer than any coat he had ever worn. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A few of the older men spoke of other snowstorms and insisted this was no more than a light dusting compared to what they’d seen in the winters of their youth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The gray museum auditorium steams with wet coats and the slush melting from winter boots. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The summer comes and goes and then it’s fall and then winter, and the King dies. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “This cold spell took a man by surprise, didn’t it? No time to get his winter coat out of the garret.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a light breeze, a scent of winter in it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it must be Thern by now, the first month of winter and of a new Year One, but I had lost count in Pulefen. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Time passed, and autumn began to change into winter. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Coalwood had its routine for the beginning of winter, just as it did for every season. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“All them pigs gone, and it was a hungry winter.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The two figures were 300 yards away and bundled in thick winter coats. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spoke softly and quickly, but the quiet day was becoming a quieter night—the bugs gone now with the arrival of winter—and we could hear her clearly. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Yes, there were hazards on the way—Dakota war parties, hunger, the threat of winter’s dire weather. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It had grown longer over the winter and was the color of dirty dishwater. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They are pictured on the grounds of the Coronado Hotel near San Diego, standing in the pale light of a winter afternoon. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tries to picture her first winter in Cuba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As I recall, I voted to let you live at the winter solstice. I hope I voted correctly.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“The sea boiled with waves, fierce winter swells. Seven nights you swam, so people say.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

By being careful with the gas, I made it last most of the winter; then I cooked on the fireplace, which is a lot of trouble because it gets the pans so dirty. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

All told, more than a thousand Cherokee homes were laid waste during that winter and some fifty thousand bushels of corn and other provisions either burned or looted. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Visiting the East Coast or the gray capitals of Europe during the long months of winter, I often meet people at deluxe hotels who comment on my complexion. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They checked on the speckled cattle once a week to see if they had left the canyons around the springs; but the cattle seemed content to stay there, at least for the winter. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The words fell, one by one, as lightly as leaves from a dead tree, and I was left, like winter’s branches, bare and defenseless. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Far more than the amount of work he faces, he dreads the month of separation they will have to endure at winter break. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dust, paper, warm pipes, all day, all winter. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

During the previous winter I had become rather seriously ill with one of those carefully named difficulties which are the whispers of approaching age. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the cold came back, all in one night, it seemed as if winter was starting over, and everybody was disgusted. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

At the start of another winter, however, a woman who was washing clothes in the river during the hottest time of the day ran screaming down the main street in an alarming state of commotion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

All the different bushes, so pretty in summer, were brown and broken from the long winter. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Grandma was prone to arthritis and did not go out on a winter’s night, even to prayer meeting. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shorty opens his door, and the first slice of winter cuts through the car. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was another bag, with the winter cloak and heavier dresses, but that would be coming later. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This will prove a spirited beginning of your winter engagements, sir. Something new for your coachman and horses to be making their way through a storm of snow.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Sam and Alice were sitting around a small fire, cracking hickory nuts and putting the meats in clay tureens for the winter. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

We walked to school around walls of bricks and breathed the coal dust for one discouraging winter. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Colder,” she said again in Washington, D.C., despite the cherry-blossom promises, despite the white stone monuments hoarding winter light. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Sloan unwrapped it and immediately tore off a bite, chewing hard, and closed his eyes, holding the jerky in both hands near his mouth, like a squirrel with the last of the winter nuts. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s worse needing somebody in the dark, in winter, of an early cold morning. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie spent winter break working at the Mall Cinema, where he apparently let all the hot girls sneak in without paying. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He will be cultivating the garden or hauling in wood for the winter. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The third winter of the war went by with the echoing story of suffering and death. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I don’t remember much of anything before Sunday, at least not anything so far this winter. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Hitler Youth sprang into action, collecting money, winter coats, wool sweaters, gloves, hats, socks, and blankets. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The risen dead will lie down during the winter, since, like most folks, they don’t much care for the cold. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It had been the coldest winter in twenty-five years. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z