| 单词 | bloom |
| 例句 | I may have never been to Tokyo before, but even I can tell that this is in an upper-class neighborhood, with perfectly clean sidewalks and neat rows of cherry trees not yet in bloom. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But the day after he came again, saying to himself that he should gather more of the flowers while they bloomed. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The sprinkler be blooming up into the treetops, making them rainbows. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z No one else noticed the puddle blooming underfoot. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z We had vivid desert sunsets, stampeding horses, sleeping cats, snow- covered mountains, bowls of fruit, blooming flowers, and portraits of us kids. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But by then I didn’t need any call slips; the Internet had bloomed into an instrument of research. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Flower patterns in the fabric changed and bloomed—roses, tulips, honeysuckle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Even more remarkable, she lay atop a bloom of mushrooms that had grown to enormous size at the edge of a creek bed. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z But Hermes met me, with his golden wand, barring the way—a boy whose lip was downy in the first bloom of manhood, so he seemed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A weaving motion in the sky made him turn his eyes upward; he saw a slender streak of billowing white blooming against the deep blue. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Something in his grip, in his step, in the fullness of his voice, made her bloom again—it was their last partnership—into the Rose of England. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Down there was another kind of daylight everything was blooming and growing everything was so beautiful. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “There’s dozens of the blooming blinkers,” said the Duke of Westminster, gloomily. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Kaltain’s lips pursed for a moment, but then bloomed into a full smile. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He eventually lets you up, and that’s when, upon tossing the covers off, you notice the little bloom of crimson on Coop’s light blue sheet. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He said Down below Three worlds below this one everything is green all the plants are growing the flowers are blooming. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In the hot sunlit pastures yellow flowers bloomed. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A letter was like the summer rain that could make even the desert bloom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl gulps down air, bruises blooming on her neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She could practically see the revelations as they bloomed in his mind. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Every time I think about him, a black pit blooms in my stomach and breathing becomes a struggle. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The worst part is the joy blooming inside me from the fruit, blotting out the terror. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “It certainly can be. Students thrive in different environments. You can’t expect a rose to bloom in the desert. But put the rose in a greenhouse with sunlight and water, it will blossom.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I touch her lips, painting them to look like a flower in bloom. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Boundaries blur as tapioca fences take root and bloom. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the rectangle created between the wings, the old school, and the breezeway, flowers bloomed beside a stone fountain which did not work. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Five pale red lines bloomed on the white cheek, glowing like fire beneath translucent stone. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z You saw a fluttering fan before her face and magnolia blooms and sleepy lakes under the moonlight when she walked. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Two weeks later, when Mikayla’s mom gave me my very own seed, Mom and I planted it together, very carefully, in perfect conditions, so it would bloom just for us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When she looked at Rishi, her heart didn’t bloom like it usually did. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In the summer, the rose gardens are in full bloom and the fountain runs, so people stop and make penny wishes. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A world of wildflowers blooming up through the shapes of rusty cast-off parts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Gray like the others surrounding it except for the roses my mother planted around its border just before I was born; they still bloomed each spring around this time, without fail. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She and Auntie An-mei were dressed up in funny Chinese dresses with stiff stand-up collars and blooming branches of embroidered silk sewn over their breasts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Olinski confessed that it was her favorite season and told Nadia that she sometimes felt guilty because she thought she ought to prefer spring, with its pledge to make the lilies bloom again. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z For that spring, while the crocuses bloomed, while the headmistress checked on the daffodil bulbs in the flower beds, Calliope, too, felt something budding. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The two older ladies started shrieking when they got a look at my face, which had bloomed into a hellish palette of grayish yellow and blackish purple. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z They were huge beings of metal, or creatures in heavy armor, and on the foredeck of the vessel, a bright flower of flame suddenly bloomed, and the people cried out in alarm. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I laugh and I smile and I look into his eyes and see my little idea blooming inside him. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Every year the Greek girls mourned for him and every year they rejoiced when his flower, the blood-red anemone, the windflower, was seen blooming again. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy lost the back fields to the rain last month, but the majority bloomed unharmed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z About how it grew and bloomed and how we loved it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A pretty little house stood at the top of the lane, with a garden before it, exquisitely neat and brilliantly blooming. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Hurt bloomed and faded, bloomed and faded on Naomi’s face. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Petals burst out from every edge of the twin ovals in soft pinks, deep whites, even heather blues, but somehow each one has a uniqueness, a vibrancy that feels like it’ll bloom forever. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z And then they would bloom as he grew old. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “It blooms in the snow,” I told her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That across rivers of sewage and blood will be a field of yellow flowers blooming. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The moon was full and bright enough that I found the mangled coyote between clumps of wild blooming buckwheat, where some other creature had likely dragged it. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Mamou and Babou had planted the tiny white blooms along the perimeter of their yard, in little wooden boxes painted a soft blue. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Soon enough, there were bright blue orchids blooming all over the field. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A gentle breeze carried the smell of spring turned to summer—fresh-cut grass, the ocean, and wildflowers newly bloomed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The fumes of kerosene bloomed up about her. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The only blooms were a few early meadowsweet and a patch of pink butterbur. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was encircled by a wild, untended garden fierce in its reckless blooming and accidental color. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We follow the boardwalk and see a set of stairs leading deeper into this blooming rain forest. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When he looked up at her, hope blooming painfully in his chest, she was smiling at him, soft and sure. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Ms. Taggart warmed, a blush blooming in her cheeks and neck, but not from embarrassment. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The apple and peach orchards were in bloom again, and the redbud was almost ready to burst. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Her nose started blooming red, so I put my face back into the thick fabric and tried again. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The darkness is a relief; it cloaks my face that blooms half a dozen shades of red. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It bloomed best, most sublimely, in the middle of an emotional flareup of just this kind. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z There was a blinding, blooming pain right behind his eyes that was quickly spreading to the outer edges of his skull. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z All around me, clothes looked like they’d sprouted roots and bloomed on their hangers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The roses were in bloom, two nightingales soliloquized in the boskage, a cuckoo was just going out of tune among the lime trees. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She took an active interest, for example, in Nick’s flower garden, often eating the heads off the daffodils and hydrangeas, also off the lilacs and roses when those plants bloomed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In patches where the snow has melted, they thrust their bell-shaped blooms to the sun. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And yet, part of her—a growing part of her—wanted only to nurture the delicate bloom between them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Some of the plants were not yet in bloom, their buds curled in pink, pointed spirals held in the pale green calices, but most were already star-flowering and giving off their strong scent. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Ranofer watched until the shadow swallowed them, then walked on through the dusk-filled streets, in which an occasional torch bloomed now over doorway or gate. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It is supposed to be a joke, as if Gram and Gramps were going away by themselves and might not reappear until the following spring when the tulips were in bloom. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Then warmth flooded the valley and the earth burst into bloom—yellow and blue and gold. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was in bloom and the branches scraped and rasped against the house and the myriad air, driving in the window, brought into the room the forlorn scent of the blossoms. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “The trees that run along your stone wall are in bloom. What are they?” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Before the door poppies bloom, and other drowsy herbs. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dead flowers—Miss Finch pointed to the bundle of dried flowers on my teacher’s desk—do not grow or bloom anymore. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Chant, my daughter; your whispers will bloom and shelter you from words you need not hear. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I discovered that as late as it was in the season, the spring beauties were still blooming in the cool pockets of the woods. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Those shoulders that bloomed in Nsukka, that grew wide and capable, have sagged in the thirty-one months that he has been here. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Now it bloomed for each anniversary, cascading in a shower of pink and gold. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There were other times when I’d be awestruck by the white magnolias blooming outside, the everyday bustle of government business, the majesty of a military welcome. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When I put the napkin back on the table a fuzzy pink lip shape bloomed right in the middle of it like a tiny heart. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “I got it!” he said as small clouds of smoke drifted up into the air and a low flame started blooming on the mound of sticks and leaves. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Hazel followed; and together they slipped away, running easily down through the wood, where the first primroses were beginning to bloom. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The centerpieces are elaborate floral arrangements with only the brightest of blooms. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There was a roar and a crackle, and the tree above him burst into a leaf and bloom of blinding flame. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Her disappointment blooming inside me like a black flower. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I’d brought the magical plant back from Calypso’s island last summer, and it bloomed like crazy under my mother’s care. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Looking out a minute ago I saw the glow of the volcano as a dull red bloom on the belly of vast clouds overhanging the darkness. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She pressed the white cloth to it, the red blooming like a rose, and her finger smarted from the cut. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Flowers bloomed among the green blades, and a stream ran at the foot of the hill. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Others were in the full bloom of youth, their eyes like diamonds, reflecting a bright future. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He barely met her eyes when he spoke, but there was a blooming happiness in his voice that belied how pleased he was at her compliments. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Certain and unwanted knowledge blooms in my mind. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He slid the window up and let the night- blooming jasmine float in. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A blush blooms up her neck at my undressed state, and she looks away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Now a bitter part of her refused the treasures of the Valentine farm, even as every day some blessing part came into bloom. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They bloom like roses, I continue because it’s obvious I’m the only one who can speak with any authority; I have science on my side. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The bud was plucked before the flower bloomed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z How quickly the bloom had gone off the whole idea of scientific correspondence. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Oil and flames were flung across the courtyard, and flowers of fire bloomed from the frozen earth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was probably best that the bloom was separated by my T-shirt and not against my skin. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Impossibly, like roses blooming in the heart of December, she said, “That’s past.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a tough thing that didn’t want to go with me, but I pinched off a number of new blooms and tucked them in my pockets. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Shadows bloomed across the walls and multiplied in the stairwells, and as the light died it got bluer, painting everything around me a deep-sea cobalt. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z My heart blooms like a flower in my chest. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The rockets came like locusts, swarming and settling in blooms of rosy smoke. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The skin there was still tender, blooming to black. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z With blooming roses—yellow, red, white—planted in their yards. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z It was a mass of vines and blooms that twisted sinisterly in the flame but sat, docile and domestic, in the moonlight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Inside it, the kingcups bloomed and the brook whelmed up from its source. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is. But it’s like a layer cake. Brown earth or rock on the bottom, green trees, then blue sky. Did you know cacti bloom flowers? Every color except blue. We’ve even got roadrunners.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z His head was a tumult of smells—phlox in bloom, ashes, cow dung, dog, cat, hens, stagnant water. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They say much of blood and bloom, and of others which I comprehend not, though I guess what they mean; but nevertheless they tell us all things which we want to know. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They would not bloom again for another year. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Vines of bougainvillea fully in bloom, burgundy and white like the colors of our house. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Another bouquet of flames bloomed across the night sky. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The capitalism that bloomed in the cities and small towns of North Korea weakened the government’s iron grip on everyday life and did little to enrich the state. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was woven of forget-me-nots, real ones, hundreds of fresh blooms sewn to a heavy woolen cape. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Someday I’ll be fired on in the air, and I’ll go down in flames just because I’m too blooming scared to fly the plane.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The train's wheels crushed the blooms as it slowly passed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Oriana looks like a rose in bloom beside him, wearing a massive necklace of rough-cut green emeralds at her throat, large enough to nearly count as armor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even without sunlight, there were actual plants—clumps of reeds, scrawny leafless trees, even a few sickly-looking flowers blooming in the muck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Given seed, they could make die' plaza bloom. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Finn shifted on the gurney, trying to ignore the sting of his cuts and scrapes, and the dull ache that bloomed in his chest with every beat of his heart. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The sun burns away the fog and reveals the first blooms on the trees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “There was a famous man in earlier. You could have waited on him if you weren’t watching your blooming owls.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A week later, when the blooming is over, the florets will turn into seeds, and ripen. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Vetch furnishes essential spring forage for bees before the alfalfa is in bloom, tiding them over this early season so that they are ready to pollinate the alfalfa. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He helps me choose the brightest blooms—not just violets, but daisies and roses and lilies and others I can’t remember the names of. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The literature of veterinary medicine abounds in similar examples: swine eating sprayed cockleburs with consequent severe illness, lambs eating sprayed thistles, bees poisoned by pasturing on mustard sprayed after it came into bloom. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I bet the land around it will be green and blooming; I bet the water will be clear and rushing. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There are so many things to be scared of in this world: blooms of jellies. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The late afternoon sky bloomed in the window for a moment like the blue honey of the Mediterranean--then the shrill voice of Mrs. McKee called me back into the room. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Every kind of flower she could imagine, birds of every color of the rainbow, and critters of all sorts, from blue tree toads to bunnybeavers, bloomed and flew and scampered about the garden. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z An unpleasant taste bloomed in my mouth now as I bit the end of the yam and threw it into the street; it had been frost-bitten. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A flower that blooms only at night sounds like something out of a fairy tale. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Something warm bloomed in my chest, even as my breath hitched in my throat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The roses burst open in full bloom, their petals as big as porcelain plates. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I watched as he examined flower after flower, looking for a suitable small bloom that would fit onto his pinky. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Careful, Weasley, careful!” cried Professor Sprout as the beans burst into bloom before their very eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “It’s the first time the winter blossoms have bloomed in eighty years.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z There are no flowers or blooming vines crawling up the buildings, no benches where students can relax. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z At these words a black cloud of possibility bloomed in the children’s minds, a darkness in which scary thoughts flickered like bolts of lightning. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z In this blooming consciousness, in this period of intense questioning, I was not alone. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The plants glimmered and shifted in the breeze, some of them still in autumn-start bloom. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The delicate blooming skin, the golden hair, the wide-set, modest, and yet promising eyes, the little mouth full of sweetness, caught attention and held it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Black roses bloom in the moonlight, born dead and brittle. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The cherry blossom trees at the end of my parents’ street in Salem were in full bloom. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And I could see how my boy needed time and space for a story to bloom in his mind, because at any age what comes before sight is a conjuring. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The frail blooms trembled on their thin stalks. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But, of course, she was not back before the tulips bloomed. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I like to watch his hands as he works, making a blank page bloom with strokes of ink, adding touches of color to our previously black and yellowish book. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But as spring blooms, the atmosphere in the apartment does warm. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Though the trees are changing colors, flowers are still in bloom, and there are bees everywhere. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Floating on the top, yellow flowers in bloom, are my beautiful lilies. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “She has not borne in her first blooming, who can say she will conceive later? I need sons.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be the best moment, before the full flush of summer, and in the valley the azaleas would be prodigal of scent, and the blood-red rhododendrons in bloom. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It bloomed through his body until his shoulders relaxed and his chest puffed out. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Perilee had said it would look like the ocean, all bloomed out in blue. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z A light bloomed in the corridor at the other end of the Library, and the Second grabbed his hand, pulling him to the glass doors of the greenhouse and into the warm soil-scented air inside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I took another plate from the cabinet and dropped it, too, watching it bloom at my feet. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Summer came, the flowers bloomed, and the sun stayed out longer as the school semester came to an end. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The bougainvillea and morning glories are in full bloom, too, along with the jasmine that makes everything smell as good as it looks. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He had asked the teacher what it meant, and the teacher had said that if a flower blooms once, it goes on blooming somewhere forever. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivy shrugged and tried to even out her steps, but every time she pressed down on her foot too hard, tears bloomed in her eyes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Shards of glass and metal spray from the center of the bloom, and Uriah’s body is among them, a limp projectile. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Still concerned about propriety, I insisted we keep our blooming relationship out of sight of our colleagues, though it hardly worked. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Haliax spread his arms and the shadow surrounding him bloomed like a flower unfolding. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was one of the prettier, more affluent parts of the South Side, where people kept two cars in the driveway and had abundant beds of flowers blooming along their walkways. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The plantings in the gardens still retained their linearity and rectitude of bloom; but a chicken-house was mere ash, and the windows of the mansion were broken. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I worried at times that my crocus was too elaborate a bloom, not a common perennial but a hothouse flower, a hybrid named by its originator like a rose. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The princess's emblem shines on the rich wood—a chrysanthemum blooming inside a jeweled petit-crown. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Looking to the future, he saw no future; and who doesn’t hurt when he sees his life fizzling, his life that should have climbed and burst, blooming, a fire-flower in the sky? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Although we had fields full of wildflowers blooming in the spring, she never arranged those. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He blinked his eyes and looked away to the shade below the cliffs where the rabbit brush was green and yellow daisies were blooming. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Finally, she tried her own drawings freehand, looking closely at the fragrant blooms, recreating their soft petals with washes of watercolor. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In the high buildings above, gas and electric lights bloomed in the dusk like moonflowers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A flower now bloomed on the side of the bush facing the water, the first to bloom of hundreds of buds that studded the tree like pale gems. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Beds of orange marigolds bloomed all around them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It is a land of rocky ways and stony hills and rugged mountains, and in such places the exquisite vivid bloom of the wild flowers, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt it on the back of his neck first, like a sunburn that suddenly bloomed into a burst of heat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Chroma nodded a fond good-by as they all started back through the forest, and in honor of the visit he made all the wild flowers bloom in a breathtaking display. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z And then the moment passed and a small rage bloomed, not at Lee but at Longstreet himself. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z June burst into bloom—daisies, larkspur, meadowsweet and thyme, foxglove and thimbleberry, purple thistle flowers, and yellow whorls of blooming fennel. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The offspring of those flowers still bloomed, alongside new ones that Emma had planted. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the visit to Berlin, a great dread has been blooming inside Werner’s chest. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Black spots bloomed in Kaz’s sight as he fought to remain conscious. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Just by snapping their fingers they could make honeysuckle vines bloom over their doorway and daisies cover their roof, which was totally unfair. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z And though it still feels strange to be so far away from soft dirt beneath bare feet the ground is firm here and the one tree blooms wide enough to shade four buildings. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Blank walls bloomed with cross-stitch samplers Grams had sewn, pictures of my parents, and a map of D.C.’s metro system. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When Sean caught his balance, a tiny flower of blood bloomed at the corner of his mouth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There the Graces bathed and anointed her with golden oil—a bloom that clings upon immortal flesh alone—and let her folds of mantle fall in glory. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He jumped into the pit, kicking up sudden blooms of sawdust and straw. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There was a barn where the cows and pigs were kept, and there was a greenhouse filled with blooming flowers and growing vegetables. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “My mom, she was really beautiful. My dad used to say she could make trees bloom just by looking at them.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The world had already gone to shades of gray as dawn approached, but now colors are starting to bloom. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In the distance was a dark mansion and he was pleased to see a rosebush near the fence bursting with red blooms. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Peonies and flag lilies and poppies were blooming in people’s yards, and roses and sweet William, mountain laurel and bleeding heart. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.’ The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The flowers that died would bloom again another year, the same birds build their nests, the same trees blossom. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She resembled nothing so much as a spring meadow in full bloom, depicted at nearly life-size. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z In the center of the garden was an orchard of pomegranate trees, their orange blooms neon bright in the dark. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z But some blooms—like this one—can be beautiful. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Do you remember when you were a little girl, and I showed you how to make bubbles around the blooms of flowers, holding them inside?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z A few months earlier, the greenhouse had been beautiful, blooming with life and color and real, delicious light. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Spring was in full bloom in Ravenskill, and Seven was on her way to Valley’s new home with a plant and Edgar Allan Toad in her black wagon. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Behind the house and up some stone steps is a square garden surrounded by high brick walls and in there are tons of flowers blooming already all in shades of white. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I withered in her presence, like a flower that blooms too early and is frozen by a sudden wintry blast. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As the sun starts to set, Hideo takes me to a place overlooking a set of mountains, where a bathhouse sits encircled by cherry trees in full bloom. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Chandresh takes credit only for the white blooms, keeping one pinned to his lapel that he toys with distractedly throughout the service. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Their silver light is ethereal, impossibly beautiful as it spills over every rose and blooming gardenia in the temple’s sky garden. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Oh to be a pear tree—any tree in bloom! Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Now it was unfolding, like a flower coming into bloom, radiant with possibility. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “Spring flowers have been blooming too early for centuries,” he tells me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I felt the little bud of our friendship beginning to bloom, and I smiled to myself. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He picked up an orchid, put it back, and chose another that was in fuller bloom. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z By the one window; all of its yellow blooms had faded to a general gray, and Turner had started to peel it away. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Our school is gated too, and the campus has new, modern buildings with lots of windows and marigolds blooming along the walkways. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “In due season all that lives returns to dust, making the earth fecund with life. Smell how the air tonight is pregnant with the flowers’ blooms and their bee-sought sweetness.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Like most of the trees in Weep, it would never bloom again. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A bright flower garden bloomed in front of the house. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There are plenty of good things I can think of about England: fields of heather blooming in the countryside; London’s busy, exciting streets; the chance to visit my mum’s grave. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There was something rather blowsy about roses in full bloom, something shallow and raucous, like women with untidy hair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z That was to say, ever since the first tiny bloom had opened. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Their skin is rough like wet leather and is all the colors of an algae bloom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Her golden hair was spread around her, and a flush of pink bloomed on her cheeks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I can look after myself; but first the bloom must come back.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I know I could make that rosebush bloom if I pruned it back,” Miss Celia says. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A corner of the night sky, beyond a wall of trees, blooms red. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Dimple felt the heat bloom in her cheeks. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Hazel squatted on his haunches and stared at the orderly forest of small, glaucous trees with their columns of black-and-white bloom. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was especially beautiful in the spring, when the peach trees, which lined the shore, bloomed with pink and rose-colored blossoms. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes their bodies grow over with lichen or bloom with mushrooms. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z For now, she peeled the wrapper from the gum and put it between her lips and felt the mint bloom on her tongue. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z By spring the valley had begun to warm, the poplar trees had burst into bloom, and a tiny miracle in the campaign for education had taken place right in my own home. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Even in winter when nothing was blooming, people made flowers out of gauze or newspaper or hung up pictures of them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He raked sparks into the dish and it bloomed into flame with a low whoosh. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The pink blooms of a dogwood tree over by the driveway. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The purple blooms of thistles became black behind the people’s houses, and migrant birds moved through. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z At the center of the blooming petals was the face of Methuselah. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I lose myself in his voice, imagining the garden in full bloom—pink cherry blossoms, burgundy leaves of the maple tree, yellow forsythia, red azaleas... Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It was in bloom, its flowers fanning out on wide branches and the ground underneath covered with petals the color of fire. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z At the hill’s foot Frodo found Aragorn, standing still and silent as a tree; but in his hand was a small golden bloom of elanor, and a light was in his eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I caught the scent of the gardens in full bloom, jasmine and roses and even sweeter things I couldn’t name. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But it was another smile that bloomed there. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Some trees still stand but don’t have branches that bloom leaves. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z So we went in together and he got them from behind the door—you should have seen the orchids blooming with all that sunlight coming in—and we went down to the horseshoe pits. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Her compliments were clotted with an extravagance that made them seem insincere, yet her friends smiled and bloomed under them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z New friendships are blooming out of the wedding preparations, though. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The leaves were in full bloom when he caught up with her in front of the video arcade. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It was as though here were a palace long dead except that early lilies bloomed among the rocks of the gardens and the golden flowers of the early trees of spring blossomed upon bare branches. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It must have been the way Joe spoke out without giving her a chance to say anything one way or another that took the bloom off of things. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The sill was alive with flowers blooming in pots, and around the frame someone had pasted single pages of books and magazines. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Been trying to ignore her *assets* since they started blooming, if you will, in seventh grade. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Here and there a yellow tormentil showed in the grass, a late harebell or a few shreds of purple bloom on a brown, crisping tuft of self-heal. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Briefly I glimpse myself through her eyes: bloom off the rose, teetering on the brink of matronhood, hoping for the best. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, like a movie that burns in the projector while you’re watching it, a bloom of hot and perfect whiteness spread out before me and swallowed everything. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z To live amidst general regard, though it be but the regard of working people, is like “sitting in sunshine, calm and sweet;” serene inward feelings bud and bloom under the ray. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I hope my friend will come while it is still blooming,” she said. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Final the captain, more red than ever, and in more tongues tell him that he doesn’t want no Frenchmen—with bloom upon them and also with blood—in his ship—with blood on her also. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Boseman flew back, a black flower blooming suddenly on his belly. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z No flowers grew from the dry and thirsty earth, but Chasca bloomed so beautifully that the people couldn’t help but stare when she walked by. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He bloomed suddenly out of the darkness and now three of them were pursuing the motorbike, all shooting curses after it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The trees in this area were thinner and richer in color, their roots carpeted with the delicate pink petals of flowers that looked to have finished their bloom a day or so before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I’d draw a rose, with a velvety red bloom and a green stem and yellow-green leaves coming from it. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z A soaking bumblebee crawled over a thistle bloom, vibrated its wings for a few seconds and then flew away down the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Now through the grey fog bloomed a blur of red, as the Kargs set fire to the thatch of a house. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A little flame started, flickered and wavered for a moment, then bloomed suddenly and leaped high with a roar. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Row after row of sumptuous blooms, in lush pink, sunset orange, and even pale blue. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But as they walked, the morning bloomed in the distance, its light slowly filtered over Ma and Ba through the veil of tree branches so he could finally blow out the candle in his lantern. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z An instant later the whole airship bloomed into a rose of white fire, engulfing the intention craft, which hung motionless and unharmed in the middle of it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z My mom parks next to a Craftsman-style house with big blooms of lavender out front. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Neat handwritten blocks told their names, where to gather them, when they came in bloom, their medical uses. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I stood on our roof looking at the mountains, at the alleys where we used to play cricket, the apricot trees coming into bloom. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They sped toward the fire until they could see the flames blooming white and orange between buildings and over treetops. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z A surge of anger I have never felt before bloomed in my chest. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The dear Earth everywhere blooms in spring and grows green, as new, Everywhere and for ever A blue sky in the distance for ever ... for ever ... for ever. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I was already late, and as I hurried by the Presbyterian church, a girl’s voice called from behind a big beauty bush in full bloom. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Whereas they had been small and mean and nasty and best forgotten, this minister gave them some size and bloom and dignity. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Fire bloomed on my clothes, singeing my hair. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The potent, strong fragrance of happiness still bloomed in him, the sense of being—for the first time in his dull life—useful. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The sun faded to a pale white bloom. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She gazed at him with new approval when she stopped, the lush, responsive tissues of her dark face turning darker still and blooming somnolently with a swelling and beautifying infusion of blood. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Each kind is different—some with fat leaves, some with leaves that bloom, some with spikes or needles. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A cloud of dust bloomed around the trio as they thrashed closer to the edge of the cliff. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When Dede next notices, the garden’s stillness is deepening, blooming dark flowers, their scent stronger for the lack of color and light. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Clematis in full bloom climbed one post of the veranda. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The lips were red, nay redder than before; and on the cheeks was a delicate bloom. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z For a while chokecherries were thick on the trees along the lumber roads that had been a mist of white blooms earlier. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z When Dr. Begbie touched me again, brushing the hair out of my face, an image bloomed to life behind my eyes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Yes, Father. It is in full bloom now.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Dead flowers didn’t bloom, and they didn’t grow. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They contained blooming jurda plants, and Nina guessed the cases must be heated. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We’d miss all of it that year anyway, lost in a whole new blaze and bloom. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Silver and gold flowers bloomed on the lawns. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He cuts roses that have blooms as big as my palms. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z You ran a finger around the edges of what felt like a painful bruise blooming on my cheek. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Gradually, she began to strengthen and bloom again. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the copse and the brook, the slope was covered with pale lilac lady’s-smocks, each standing separately in the grass, a frail stalk of bloom above a spread of cressy leaves. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they both fell to the earth, and a large dust cloud bloomed around them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Her mother’s flowers still bloomed, and the summer-start vegetables were ripening in the sun. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had also been to her Underworld garden—a creepy place full of crystal trees and flowers that bloomed bloodred and ghost white. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The plants have grown in these last few weeks and they have bloomed. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Around her neck I placed a garland of aromatic fennel stalks, their flat golden blooms woven with drooping columbines. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 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 As the food reached his stomach a bloom of warmth opened across his chest and throat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The word bloom can have so many meanings, jellyfish blooms might be terrifying. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z You see, those poor dead creatures returned to the earth, their bodies nourished the soil, and they helped create the most dazzling spring bloom the island had ever known. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The children were enthralled by the colorful blooms and left the road to walk in the field. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Don’t believe were going to get any summer at all—not that we ever did, of course. You don’t look too blooming,” he said to Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I did my best to let her bloom in her own right, and she soon did so without any of my help. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They bloom into thorny chains that I use to press Prince Alfred's arms and legs against the wall. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I remember seeing these bloom in the spring back in Beaufort. But I don’t recall ever eating one.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bringing fortune to our house! Making Fruitless Mountain bloom! You’re always wishing to do impossible things! Stop believing stories and stop wasting your time.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z A bloom of red glows under its thin black body. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I read about the blusher mushroom, a pale fungus that blooms with beads of a red liquid that looks uncomfortably like blood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But already in my memory, it has happened and I am standing under those blazing trees—flamboyants in bloom in my imagination, not having seen those sugar maples he spoke of. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tall elephant grass and prickly, brown brush have replaced Phnom Penh’s blooming flowers and tall trees. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In late spring it briefly produces a delicate golden bloom, but for most of the year the plant huddles unadorned and unnoticed on the parched earth. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like one of those fast-mo- tion videos of plants blooming, except she seemed to be reeling the flowers up from their loamy bed by invisible strings. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z A red, green, and purple flower, blooming from arm to arm and all the way down his stomach. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They were open blooms, as gorgeous as fireworks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The faint taste of blood blooms on his tongue, and he smiles as he opens up to it, pushes it into Henry’s mouth, tugs at his hair with both hands. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The girl leans forward; the freckles seem to bloom across her cheeks as she inhales. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Hyacinth and daffodil bloomed in the flower beds, violet and periwinkle in the meadows; damp, bedraggled white butterflies fluttered drunkenly in the hedgerows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The redbrick buildings are covered in vines, which will bloom green ivy in the spring. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I run outside to pick a couple of daisy flowers I saw blooming in the side yard and ’range ’em in the skinny glass vase. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Things blossom in their time. They bud and bloom, blossom and fade. Everything in its time.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Going to St. Anne’s Church on Easter and choosing a blooming crocus in a green plastic pot covered with foil that was silver on one side, bright yellow on the other. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z When we do these things, jellyfish blooms grow bigger. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Miss Leefolt run out the door cause she forgot she got a errand to run and a blooming hour done passed already. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Favor was like a rose, glorious in bloom but fleeting, and hiding the thorn below its flower. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And as they approached the spot, Minli realized that the yellow was flowers — in front of them was land full of blooming trees. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z There’s a ja- caranda tree in full bloom and its flowers come loose in waves of lavender. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the azaleas began to bloom, a garish display of pink, the rainy days leaving the flowers littering the ground. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I made a sharp turn past the blooming azaleas and stopped short. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The four o’clocks were blooming purple and red. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Beetle shared in the sudden blooming of bread and didn’t care to ask why until, her stomach finally full, she found her mind empty and casting about for something to figure out. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t even thought much about her, though her moonlace plant still bloomed in his mom’s window box. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then the captain replied that he wished that he and his box—old and with much bloom and blood—were in hell. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She’s sniffed every rose, every carnation, and has analyzed every exotic bloom. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Janie pulled back a long time because he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees, but he spoke for far horizon. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z 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 She shivers underneath my “touch,” her eyes locked on mine, a faint red blooming in her cheeks as the pool cue climbs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She remembered, for one fleeting moment, a hunt dressed all in white; a garden of lushly blooming roses; Sidhean beside her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Clummer was creeping over the grounds around the castle; sky L_Jand lake alike turned periwinkle blue and flowers large as cabbages burst into bloom in the greenhouses. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z We passed a manse where two white women, dressed in brilliant sacques, walked arm-in-arm among the blooms, commenting upon the excellence of the sweet peas. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She was wearing her pink slip, and it bore no blooms of blood. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Ever a creature of habit, Bobby moved to his favorite table—one by the window looking out onto a side street, with a few birch and juniper trees not yet in bloom. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z For a few moments he could see little or nothing; but the smells of dew and elder bloom were unchanged and his nose brushed against cool grass blades. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It does feel like spring today—real spring, with leafy trees and blooming daffodils, air so warm you don’t need a sweater. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly my hand reaches out on its own and with a twirl of my fingers, Dylan’s sprout grows and blooms with petals of sparkling clear glass. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “See, the purple hibiscuses are about to bloom,” Jaja said, as we got out of the car. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Out of the locket’s two windows, out of the eyes, there bloomed, like two grotesque bubbles, the heads of Harry and Hermione, weirdly distorted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When I’d pounded in the last nail and gathered up my tools, I fairly floated across the blooming prairie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z A flame blooms inside the station— one of the trains must actually be on fire—and a thick, black smoke billows against the windows. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The last garden roses are blooming in the corner of Gram’s yard, forming a little crowd of pink, cheerful faces to welcome me through the white gate. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It blooms on for whoever has seen it blooming. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I see the painting of a vase filled with sunflowers, some in full bloom and some wilting. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Its blooms are my favorite shade of purple: bright and soft, like lilac but not. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I think he means to conjure up the same magic that made the roots grow, made the branches of the throne bloom and twine. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Shrubs that had been tidy topiaries had grown into great shaggy trees, and bowers of blooming vines had overspilled their neat beds to riot up the walls and columns and drape over the railing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mattie and Chase followed behind like calves, distracted by this butterfly or that bug or newly bloomed lily. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Small white flowers bloomed all around them, and as they walked the flowers became vines that climbed up the tree trunks until it was as if the trees were hung with blossoms made of snow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must come here each day. You must learn all the plants. Look—” The woman gestured at the garden plot, thick with thriving plants, many in summer-start bloom. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time Ba told the story, she couldn’t help thinking how wonderful it would be to have the mountain blooming with fruit and flowers, bringing richness to their needy village. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The brothers are each much happier when the grey of winter fades and the colors of spring bloom: yellow sun; blue sky; purple, pink, red blossoms; green leaves; new life. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The other holds pale pink and white blooms in starry clusters—mountain laurel. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was only three weeks after King Hamlet's burial, and the flowers of summer were in their fullest bloom when the news blew through Elsinore like an icy wind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I’ve been trying to keep it at bay ever since I heard her voice on the phone, but now it starts to swell, it blooms. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Sea-foam white lace bloomed from the sweeping neckline, washing upon her breast from the powder-green ocean of silk that made up the dress. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Because when the bloom opens, it's like having a dead body pop up from the soil. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Not looking too blooming in her new brown kid shoes with two buttons—the idea! Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Must be all those flowers blooming,” she says, looking out the window. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Eat five magic mushrooms and drink a tall glass of water and they bloom in your belly like fog-colored sponges. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms, with fields of grain and hillsides of orchards where, in spring, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There were bruises blooming, too, where the ghosts had gripped her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Beside me, Jody's cheeks bloomed like good apples, and here and there in the little congregation I recognized other faces of other girls from college and my home town who had known Joan. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Ruthanne shoved me behind a rose trellis that didn’t provide much coverage, as there were no blooms to boast of. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The daffodils and crocuses were blooming and there were even a few ducks swimming around the pond. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A bougainvillea bursting with purple blooms climbs up one side of the house, as if holding it up. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z After a few seconds, he turns to all of us and says, “This one never bloomed, and the season’s almost over.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z By late May, the wild bleeding hearts and the rhododendrons had bloomed, and the fragrance of honeysuckle drifted down the hillside and into the house. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Around her waist bloomed one of those starchy pink ballerina skirts. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The first one blooms bright with the color of fresh blood, then turns snow white and back again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Where spiders now spun their webs, geraniums had bloomed red and pink on the windowsills. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The very plants were unknown to them—pink lousewort with its sprays of hooked flowers, bog asphodel and the thin-stemmed blooms of the sundews, rising above their hairy, fly-catching mouths, all shut fast by night. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The smoke coiled above the treetops, a single cumulous bloom of grey far enough to the west that it looked manageable. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But the AEC’s dream of thermonuclear research blooming via a collegial relationship between Los Alamos and Livermore proved chimerical. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A strip of bright flowers lay in front of the house, blooming against the cold. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z In the summer it was a wild and beautiful place, bright with blooms and full of the smell of blackberry blossoms and purple clover. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I remember the day exactly—cold and windy, no azaleas in bloom, no heated swimming pool in the backyard. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees drip; their branches seem moments away from erupting into bloom. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I see echoes of this detail now as she makes turrets bloom from her cupped hands. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z By increments we were blinded, the mainland dimming and the sun fading to a pale white bloom, and we turned circles in the eddying tide until we’d lost all sense of direction. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “You’re certainly blooming, Billy. Before my very eyes. I just don’t know into what.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In the space between them, Koffi smelled earthen things—moss, tree bark, flowers blooming. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Ethan maneuvers his truck down the narrow path and we are swallowed up by overgrown oleander, pink and white blooms brushing our windows. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z We came from the very top—the bloom—and we've made a long journey to the heart of the stem to display our talents. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Vincent has made at least a dozen paintings of sunflowers: sunflowers in a vase, sunflowers on a table, sunflowers alone and with other flowers, sunflowers in full bloom and halfway to death. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe you,” I say, looking into the open blooming face of the old Noah. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Finnick and I sit for a long time in silence, watching the knots bloom and vanish, before I can ask, “How do you bear it?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Lilacs bloom and make the air sweet, and then fade. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z His flashlight beam highlights a row of tulips—they are about to burst into bloom. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She twirls and lets her hair bloom all around her, then leans over to kiss my cheek. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But this afternoon, the sight of Taisin’s face after she urged that flower to bloom— she had been luminous. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I am wearing a choker to cover the bruises blooming on my throat where Valerian’s fingers sank into my skin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z With gnarled hands stricken with arthritis he gently unhooked her scarf and broke off a large yellow bloom and handed it to her. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z A bruise bloomed the next morning, a bruise that didn’t fade for a week. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Otis laughed and strummed his guitar, and the flavor of the Littmus Lozenge opened in my mouth like a flower blooming, all sweet and sad. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The sun hadn’t long risen, and the air had a fresh bloom. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z On the black earth on which the ice plants bloomed, hundreds of black stink bugs crawled. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the goddess, flowers bloomed in the dust—dark purple, orange, and red blossoms that smelled sickly sweet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Precariously perched gardens bloomed with olive trees and rosebushes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The allamanda bushes bordering the garden bloomed heavily with yellow, cylindrical flowers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She pulled a dandelion just past its bloom, before its seeds could fly. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z We had buried her the year before, when the first roses bloomed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A bruise already bloomed across his right cheekbone. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z His son looked on in wonder at the godlike bloom upon him, and called out happily: “Oh, Father, surely one of the gods who are young forever has made you magnificent before my eyes!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadows will bloom in your heart, and you will become everything you hate. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The night sky out here in Kansas is somehow plenty bright to read, and as always, a kind of pain blooms in my chest, part homesick and part grief. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Dari was supposed to be there already, and the minutes kept ticking by, and fluttery panic bloomed in my chest. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He beheaded the dried blooms of a hydrangea bush. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A thick stand of rose of Sharon bushes guarded the path with strong woody branches full of wide pink blooms. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She lost her dreary air, her face became animated, the bloom of youth came back to her. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z All the flowers seemed to be in full bloom. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The blooming of the crocus was an impersonal phenomenon. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She snuck it out of the air and the trees and the blooming fields. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Persephone was the radiant maiden of the spring and the summertime, whose light step upon the dry, brown hillside was enough to make it fresh and blooming, as Sappho writes, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z From where I stood, the moon bloomed like a giant elephant ear off the side of his head. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Water drips on the paper and the birds bloom in the light, their feathers expanding promise. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Illustrations of disasters and holocausts bloomed over the turbaned heads of men with bulging eyes of frightening intensity. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z 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 As Lon finished his story, the Second’s hands drifted to her bloodsword, and the scent of metal bloomed in the greenhouse. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z What was left was strong, and they couldn't stop the me I would and could become—how I'd poke up from what they'd torn down, rise from it all, and bloom again, wild and free. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “It was not. They were proper spirits all right, and you know it. But whatever spirits’s moving this blooming needle en’t that sort of spirit.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z So Janie waited a bloom time, and a green time and an orange time. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The bushes were blooming white and smelled sweet. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I see a spark and a small fire begins to bloom. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The apple trees were coming into bloom but no bees droned among the blossoms, so there was no pollination and there would be no fruit. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Saint Johnswort, he’s called. No blooms yet; it's too early for him. But when he blooms, you can get a lovely brown from his blossoms. Stain your hands though.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lace flowers and a lucky leaf bloomed on a black back. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He took Ben’s arm and drew him up and they went to the fence and stood side by side there, peering between the matted honeysuckle not yet in bloom. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z "It must have bloomed by now," Gilgamesh said. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The flower garden, as always, was thriving and well tended, with late roses in bloom and fall asters fat with bud. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Every time Taisin put her hand on Kaede’s heart, warmth bloomed between them, pushing back the dark night just enough to give them room to breathe together. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It felt like something that was meant to be kept secret, a new seed that might grow to something extraordinary if it wasn’t forced to bloom too soon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z More plants bloomed along the edge of the pit—hemlock, nightshade, and oleander spreading toward Percy’s feet like a deadly carpet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Every flower that had bloomed bore some kind of seed or fruit, and it was a surprise to see how the different ones turned out. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z A green lushness seemed to bloom from the rock — a jewel-colored splendor softened the sharp edges that had painfully sliced the sky. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Her face—as beautiful as a blooming flower to him now—was distorted with a new kind of torture, the tissues serenely swollen, her half-closed eyes misty and unseeing with the stultifying languor of desire. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The sun streamed through the window, blooming light through a jar of amber honey on the sill. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Behind him, the trees along the street were in full bloom, bursting with the colors of spring. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Bunches of pansies and roses were meant to bloom in the four corners, all connected by a border of twining green vines. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z That was true of the narcissus, which was not like ours of that name, but a lovely bloom of glowing purple and silver. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Great Ellen loved to tell the story: how small Sparrow had beelined across the gallery on chubby hands and knees to the orchids that hadn’t bloomed since the Carnage. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But a few minutes later the road turned a corner and began to run along an old pasture dotted with gnarled fruit trees in ragged bloom. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Between them the ground was bare and the naked chalk showed a pallid, dirty white under the cream-colored elder bloom. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The blooming trees and flowers of spring lifted Garfield's spirits, and he enjoyed taking his horse on rides by the Potomac River. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I dream that lawla flowers will bloom in the streets of Kabul again and rubab music will play in the samovar houses and kites will fly in the skies. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The architecture was more elegant too, more modern, and I saw parks where roses and jasmine bloomed in the shadows of trees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His memories were bright and crisp, full of blooming images and colors. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She placed a big basket of extra blooms nearby, so that others could use them to make garlands. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z It was all purple and white and yellow, like some artist had designed an impossible bloom without worrying about composition, like he went wild and let it all go. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We passed the afternoon in delicious solitude and hiked back down in the fading light, a withering crown of yellow blooms encircling my black hair. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Once when the small wild lilies were blooming, I wove them into Maa’s hair, and she laughed like a girl. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The blanket was torn from Pollard’s back, dragged away, and shredded by eager hands before he could pull out Agnes’s promised blooms. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mami propped up her pigeon pea and annatto bushes, which had been flattened by the storm, and soon they bloomed again, their leaves as new and fresh as babies. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Rosaleen made banana pudding, banana cream pie, banana Jell-O, and banana slices on lettuce leaf till August told her it was all right, just throw the blooming things away. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The yellow daffadowndillies have burst into bloom, and the tiny cupped flowers of crocuses are spreading their pied blankets of white and purple. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It bloomed, spreading down his fingers, and there was more red, and it wouldn’t stop coming. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Early wildflowers were in bloom, and lavender butterflies with lacy-patterned wings darted from one to the next. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then the activity gathered momentum, and before I was aware of the change, there were the skunk cabbages poking their funny blooms above the snow in the marsh. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom stopped beside the porch and looked up at the second floor where two windows bloomed with light among the vines. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Right before school began in the fall, the anticipation I felt was like waiting for my Amorphophallus paeoniifo- lius to bloom. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Sing how it bloomed two and a half centuries ago on the slopes of Mount Olympus, while the goats bleated and the olives dropped. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the others, flowers bloom flawlessly, and there are SUVs in driveways, ready to ferry the kids to soccer practice. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Doha’s own courtyard was lush, with pink peonies and golden forsythias, magnolia and plum trees, and azalea bushes that bloomed to a man’s height. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The process was excruciatingly dull—but small thoughts, Mendel knew, often bloomed into large principles. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Her signature flowers, linneas, are embossed in gold along its spine; the paired blooms curve upside down. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes bugs ate holes in the exterior of the bud, but if they didn't get too deep into the thing, it would bloom. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The grass here was waist high with clusters of sleepy blooms nodding their heavy heads in the blue light. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I picked the most fragrant blooms, then ran to the herb garden hoping to find something useful. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The chain rustled as it slid between their hands; the stone warmed as the Queen’s papery skin became strong and smooth, and her cheeks bloomed pink as a rose. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He was like a strange plant blooming in the day and wilting at night; but the sun that made it bloom and the cold darkness that made it wilt were never seen. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I lay beside the bed, fearful for his health; determined he should recover; and conscious of a foreign satisfaction, perhaps even pleasure, that awaited a ripe moment to grow from bud to bloom. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Closing my eyes, I bury my face in the blooms and inhale. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z At that age my love of fire was in full bloom. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z April was in full bloom, and they were young enough to accept the sunlight and color of a new spring as omens of good fortune. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z This camellia tree blooms every November and every February, he told me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “When a man puts in work, he wants to know it will bloom.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Those bursts of white fire from the guns, those red circles where shells landed, looked like exotic blossoms, flowers that bloomed, then faded in less than a heartbeat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a sizzling whoosh as a cloud of mist bloomed from the water. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I walked by window boxes and tiny front yards crowded with bright flowers—tall zinnias, yellow daisy-like blooms, and pink roses had exploded like rashes on fences and arbors. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Two black eyes were blooming spectacularly on his bloody face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Beyond it, blooms the garden that I love. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a small sip of tea, feeling the warmth of it bloom in my mouth. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Then, taking a deep breath, she exhaled slowly through her palms and an incredible, soothing heat bloomed along my forearm, just on the edge of painful. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She stood in the garden on a warm afternoon, the arbour heavy with blooming honeysuckle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z No hand had checked their progress, and they had gone native now, rearing to monster height without a bloom, black and ugly as the nameless parasites that grew beside them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As we got closer, the smile on his face bloomed into something brilliant, and I recognized him then as the man from Cate’s thoughts. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “But to use the knowledge of the threading, you must learn the making of the shades. When to sadden with the iron pot. How to bloom the colors. How to bleed.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was standing straighter, like a plant coming into full bloom. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z So every day began like that, me at one end of the crystal room, engulfed by geranium blooms, and this answering burst of red coming through the door. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Wildflowers and fruit trees began sprouting throughout the clearing and on the hill, coming to full bloom in a matter of seconds. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The lane went along the wall, arched over, shattered with bloom, dissolving into trees. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as he spoke, the bloodstained grass turned green again and there bloomed forth the wondrous flower that was to make the lad’s name known forever. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It needs to bloom to produce more seeds. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She paces the center of the room, and her dress blooms around her, the color of fresh blood. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z For that’s what a field of flax in bloom looks like: acres and acres of sea-blue flowers, rippling in the August winds like waves. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The water table in that one area has kept them living through all these years of neglect, and they were ready to bloom at any moment. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Jellyfish blooms, like garden flowers opening up to the sun. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There was no scorpion in it, only a beetle stunned by the cold, but he gritted his teeth against an imagined sting and felt venom bloom power in his blood. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Letting this thing between us breathe and bloom. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Smiles bloomed on every face we passed, and there wasn’t a single person that didn’t wave at us or call out some kind of greeting, even if it was just a quick, “Yo!” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And when that tree was in bloom, it was a regular aviary of crows, mynahs, babblers, rosy pastors, sunbirds and parakeets. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If I don’t end up in that foul hotel courtyard with my head in a tin washtub it will be a blooming miracle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The flamboyants, I remember, were in full bloom. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She tucked my little Korean Fire plant into the soil, and so I told her about its name and its story and about how it blooms, always, even in the winter. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Taisin felt as though there were a thousand purple flowers blooming inside her, a sea of them, each opening her black eye to the sun, trembling to see the wide-open sky. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But they’d camped there at the spring; and the bee myrtle had been blooming white that day, and seemed like in every bush there was a mockingbird, singing his fool head off. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I ate these as I went on hunting food, feeling better and better, until I worked my way back to the meadow where the dandelions were blooming. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In the schoolroom windows the Easter tulips are beginning to bloom. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The Summer of the Late Rose....Cornflower turned the words over in her mind, dreamily thinking of the old rambler that bloomed in the Abbey gardens. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The city bloomed up in great tosses of heat and light. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z May came in with a burst of bloom in hedge and field. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The rosebush clusters bloomed joyously, their blushing white crowns illuminating the darkness we had endured for so long. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It disturbed him that the plants thrived and filled the fenced patch with bloom like a funeral parlor, but would not set fruit. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the murderous bloom inside his body, only the corruption it brings to every cell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Wait till you see the flax in bloom. I’ve never been to the sea myself, but I imagine it couldn’t be bluer than a field of flax.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He tilted back his head and gazed at it, new elation blooming in him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A rosebush grows there, its leaves withered by frost The sight does not sadden me, for I know the bush will bloom again next year. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Mine took hold, rooted, and bloomed, even though there were inevitable adjustments to the new soil and climate. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Yellow blooms had appeared on a cactus, and for some reason that made me incredibly sad. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Citra’s face bloomed in his mind, but he pushed the image away. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And now all of those plants are blooming again, and they’re reaching up to the sun, and suddenly the school year is over. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She pointed to the dense thorny branches of a Blood Rose, cut and pinioned into cruel horizontals against the wall, yet still wild and heavy with dark red blooms. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z From a pocket, the captain withdraws a loupe, a look of naked greed blooming on his face. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When she looks back at the branch, an identical bloom has already appeared. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Across the field the bloom of the cherry tree under which they had sat that morning hung sodden and spoiled. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The cream strapless gown Valerie wears hugs tightly around her curves before blooming out in a fish's tail. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z This is one of the good kinds of blooms, I thought. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Wild rose vines climb the trees, their blooms turning the air to honey. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The woman smells of roses—like the lush white blooms along the lane at my gram’s house. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Part of her would have liked nothing more than to lead her people back to Vaes Tolorro, and make the dead city bloom. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I remembered watching my mother pushing a silver needle in and out, gently nudging flowers and leaves and vines to bloom on the cloth. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked up a small gear in one hand and a small spring—so sharp at the ends it made a point of blood bloom on her thumb—in the other. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z A feeling, half sick and half rage, blooms in my middle. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A jade-green gown blooms around her waist like flower sepals stitched all together. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was just like the kind the Mexican Indians made, he said, only they made theirs out of cactus that went right on blooming with bright red flowers. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Even though it’s dark and nothing is blooming, I know the garden I’m standing in is extraordinarily beautiful. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Roses and peonies bloomed in the garden; tulips and lilies drooped gracefully in studio vases. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They seemed to bloom so fast, those red hibiscuses, considering how often Mama cut them to decorate the church altar and how often visitors plucked them as they walked past to their parked cars. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A blush, red like henna, bloomed on her cheeks. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A small patch the color of dried blood blooms at his feet. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I figure somebody running off wouldn’t go to the trouble to plant flowers that won’t bloom until next year. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Lilacs bloomed in April and fruit ripened on the vine. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Silver thistles, blue lupins and a few poppies bloomed among the sagebrushes. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Desert mallow spread out peach-colored blooms in pockets of soil, and everywhere late- blooming cliff roses swarmed with bees. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Flowers bloomed along the edges of the trail, pink and purple and white, and birdsong filled the air every morning. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 Trees and flowers bloomed on the terraced walls above the stalls, while below it seemed as if everything the gods had put into the world was for sale. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 And Antain felt that tiny, sticky bud of hope bloom suddenly in his chest. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She could smell the flowers that bloomed around the Santa Barbara Mission. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Their time slipped by all under the elder bloom. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On the warm stone walls, climbing roses were just coming into bloom and great twisted branches of honeysuckle and clematis wrestled each other as they tumbled up and over the top of the wall. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “He asked me to go to the Alisal when the wild azaleas bloom.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It is the emblematic photograph of Ernest Lawrence and Robert Oppenheimer together in the full bloom of their friendship, long before their personal relations became soured by rivalry, suspicion, and politics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “It’s called queen of the night, since it blooms after dark.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Hundreds of them, dozens of varieties, spiking, trailing, billowing, they dressed the colonnade in a forest of blooms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Months of conditioning, jogging, I’ve seen flowers bloom, trees turn green, and birds’ eggs hatch. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A dead man passed us in a hearse heaped with blooms, followed by two carriages with drawn blinds and by more cheerful carriages for friends. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The big trees, with their buttery white petals, bloom sweet all spring. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z A hollow of dead brush where flowers used to bloom. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She wanted me to know that she would think of me every minute and that she would be back before the tulips bloomed. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z His oars entered and left the water noiselessly, broad, smooth puddles blooming in the dark water alongside his boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes, driving in the country, he had seen bicyclists with huge bunches strapped before them on the handles, the bloom already fading from the dying heads, the ravaged stalks straggling naked and unclean. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Designed to waste energy on nothing but getting their blooms up toward the sun. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was an exotic bloom he’d seen in a shop window, and he would have been abashed to know it was called a passion flower. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z An embarrassing sense of pride tentatively bloomed in the middle of the sadness I felt at my surroundings. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Ruby appeared in an arch of the arcade, looking like one more orchid in the forest, her slim form a stem upholding a bloom of riotous hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Where it had lain there was blooming a new and lovely flower, and they called it by his name, Narcissus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z On every vessel—blooming from wine cups and jugs and vases and bowls—the simple eight- petaled flowers caught one’s attention and seized it as if they would never let go. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The ephemeral bloom of a sego lily peeks from the toe of a ninety-foot stone arch, and canyon wrens call back and forth in plaintive tones from a thatch of scrub oak. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her plumage bloomed as she inhaled deeply and said, “And this is where young Nathan comes into play. He will return to the Third World to gather sacred medicine in your stead.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when I’m not even trying to remember, I see those magnolia trees, the blooming white flowers, and the thick brown branches with Negro bodies hanging. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was so beautiful, with the birds flying over it and the flowers blooming on its hills, that I wanted to write to someone who lives there, a girl like me. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “They must like him personally. I had a cat once that only bloomed when I fed him. Maybe it’s the same kind of thing.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “That’ll be good enough at a pinch,” said Bigwig, munching clover and sniffing at the fallen bloom from a wayfaring tree. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The very first trillium to bloom was deep red, which was likely why folks call it a “wake-robin.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z It gives us warmth and life; it melts the bitter snow and ice of winter; it makes plants grow and flowers bloom. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z His body was covered in the little blooming sores that gave the firepox its name, his skin white and bruised. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And then spring came, and I woke up with all those brand-new blooming buds. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Who taught me how to put down roots, and thrive on both sun and rain, and understand what it is to bloom. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Velutha smiled when he saw the Marxist flag blooming like a tree outside his doorway. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is a deep red flower that grows on a strong vine. Its leaves are dark and delicate. They grow best in shadowy places, but the flower itself finds stray sunbeams to bloom in.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "The roses will bloom in early summer," 1 told Sarah. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z The more he talked about how good it had made him feel—"with the skinny needle in my arm and the blood blooming in the syringe"—the higher his voice rose. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z They came to the village, where several fires now bloomed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Along the road for perhaps a quarter of a mile she had been passing and admiring a row of splendid tended oleanders, blooming pink and white in a steady row. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Overhead, moths clustered on the ceiling beam like a branch in dark bloom. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The sun was in full bloom, blinding me as I tried to look for a crooked fork in the road ahead. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The house seemed smaller and quieter after the trip south, and the first bloom of San Francisco’s glamour had dulled around the edges. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I noticed for the first time how the hydrangeas were coming into bloom, their blue heads thrusting themselves from the green foliage behind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Some part of Annabeth’s mind registered how beautiful the city was—the smells from the bakeries, the gurgling fountains, the flowers blooming in the gardens. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A fire blooms on an empty warehouse roof across from us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z His house was detached from those around it, surrounded by flowers that bloomed in splendid colors and overwhelming fragrances. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z This one had not bloomed and its flat spread of leaves was almost hidden under the long grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Ambrosia flowers wink and bloom from animated wallpaper. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When flowers were in bloom, the women of Raskova’s regiments—along with the other women soldiers of the USSR—filled their living spaces with fragrant blossoms. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Saturday morning bloomed bright like, hmm, Stella tried to think of a description her teacher would like. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z You could almost make out the placid expression on Adam’s face, which had two blooming gardenias for eyes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Jasmin finds a bougainvillea branch blooming with red flowers and brings it to her mother. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As he told Rush, “Deceive not thyself. There is not an old friar in France, not in Europe, who looks on a blooming young virgin with sang-froid.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z So many words were still unknown that when the butcher or the lady at the drugstore said something to me, exotic polysyllabic sounds would bloom in the midst of their sentences. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain swore polyglot—very polyglot—polyglot with bloom and blood; but he could do nothing. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The lord of the dark underworld, the king of the multitudinous dead, carried her off when, enticed by the wondrous bloom of the narcissus, she strayed too far from her companions. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Indeed you look in the bloom of health.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “But I also harvest flowers, fragrant blooms to decorate the palaces, the houses of the nobles on the mainland.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The head of mauve blooms rocked gently on its stem as he pushed his nose against it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When dawn broke over the city, the dark red blooms of dragon's breath surrounded the girls where they lay. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I answered miserably that the disease hath a period of quiescence before it blooms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I feared I might handicap him, stunt the speech blooming in his brain, and that Lelia would provide the best example of how to speak. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We waited more than a year, and then, on what would have been Joseph’s sixteenth birthday, when the apple trees were blooming and the bees doing their dances, Mrs. Stroud drove into our yard. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z He saw her flinch as the bullets struck her body, saw red blooms of blood appear on her chest, her breasts, her bare thighs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Some of us didn’t know if we wanted it to, wanted to see how the idea might bloom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z By the late summer of 1857, the first hybrid peas had bloomed in the abbey garden, in a riot of purple and white. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The bloom was gone from her cheeks and her drained face floated in front of me, green and sweating. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z |
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