| 单词 | boiled |
| 例句 | I hissed and boiled, and my heart felt as if it was going to explode. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes there is no food for the migrants; she must ration antibiotics and not give patients a full dose; she runs out of gauze and must use boiled rags instead. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Blood boiled under my skin, burned in my lips. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When dried, the white or pink pulp makes flour for thin, tortilla-like cakes; when boiled and smoked, it becomes hors d’oeuvres; when cooked and fermented, it makes beer. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They poured their final precipitate into a platinum dish smaller than a dime, boiled off the liquid, and slathered the residue with a layer of Duco Cement. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The fog was burning even as it boiled up, engulfing everything in a roiling pool of flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My stomach turned at the thought of boiled potatoes, or mashed potatoes, or potato latkes fried in schmaltz. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She scurries about preparing a hot bath with water boiled on the stove. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day, she would serve him the finest white corn boiled in sweet water from the lagoon. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Finally one warm summer afternoon, those tensions boiled over. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z For the first year of the Leningrad blockade, Yekaterina lived on not much more than a daily ration of soup made with boiled water and four slices of brown bread. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z We had to skin him to get the feathers off, and he was tough, great goodness, despite we boiled him and boiled him and boiled him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Things boiled over in the lunch line on a Friday. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z First she forces warm boiled potatoes through a ricer. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Miss Anderson jumps to her feet, her face redder than boiled beets. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z If enough neutrons boiled out of each shattered nucleus with just the right energy, the process might continue on its own until no more uranium nuclei remained to shatter. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I half expected to see vendors selling cinnamon water, boiled sweets, and currant cakes, and a conjure man who could juggle two balls and a stool. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z At every few moments the fury of the crowd boiled over and the voice of the speaker was drowned by a wild beastlike roaring that rose uncontrollably from thousands of throats. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But first she bathed him, gave him a scented cloak, and put on board a skin of dusky wine with water in a bigger skin, and stores— boiled meats and other victuals—in a bag. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was an instinctive man, and suddenly his brain knew and his own temper boiled. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It boiled down to this: I wanted to buy the fanciest, most expensive casket in the place, complete with every extra handle and cushion a casket could possibly have. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z All these things need to be produced: crops have to be grown and distributed, soap must get boiled, cloth has to be woven. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He could make three dishes now — boiled rice, egg rice, and fried eggs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, bless your heart. Okra. There is nothing that the colonel and I love more than okra. Fried, boiled, baked, or raw. We could eat okra and nothing else.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On his orders his sanitary engineer, William S. MacHarg, built a water-sterilization plant on the fairgrounds that pumped lake water through a succession of large tanks in which the water was aerated and boiled. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I want this room aired and the linens boiled, girl. It smells of decay in here.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The rivers boiled and the mud bubbled and entire lakes turned into steam. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z That powder was then mixed with milk and boiled again. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The seed had all the softness of boiled corn, and the taste of his friend’s deception was bitter in his mouth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I flung the corpse as far as I could, then hurried downstairs before Mother boiled over. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They go back to eating their soft boiled peanuts, saying stories among themselves. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It had to be carried a mile and a half, and boiled. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Shame boiled my earlobes and there was nowhere to look but at my food. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z His face was dirty, and he was piling his plate high with boiled new potatoes and with what looked like cold, whole, cooked, trout. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Wooden clubs, stone axes, mauls, spears with fire-hardened points, knives of bone and stone and dragon- glass, wicker shields, bone armor, boiled leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The group of children I lived with pooled our camp food rations and boiled them in a large metal cooking oil container we had cut in two to make a pot. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon there was talk of tonics and purgatives and cod-liver oil, but at that point I managed to rally and take some plain boiled chicken, averting such drastic management. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In the end it may have boiled down to what the poet Robert Frost once said about a successful education: “Just hanging around until you have caught on.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z You had to use Passover dishes and we had a big seder, where the family sat down and the table was set with matzoh and parsley, boiled eggs and other traditional Jewish food. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Forks continue clinking on the table; Becky keeps on digging her fork in her boiled potato. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z All I know how to make is boiled cabbage and mutton, I tell him, but he says it’s not that different. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z We ate smoked fish for dinner with boiled dogtooth violet bulbs. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a little clutch of boiled eggs as well, in their own special heater, and porridge, in a silver porringer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The argument boiled down to one issue: the landlady demanded that my mother beat me and, for once, my mother refused. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while Sam sat musing, and tending the fire till the water boiled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Minerva boiled cedar branches and pine needles into medicine and fed it each of us every two hours. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He wrote to Fox that his son had “caught the other day Brachinus crepitans My Blood boiled with old ardour when he caught a Licinus—a prize unknown to me.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The red cloaks wore mail shirts over boiled leather and steel caps with lion crests. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But he drank, and the coffee was sweet with brown sugar, and strength boiled into him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one of those nofrills brands, and the label had said chocolate mint, but it tasted more like boiled Scope. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The clouds broke and boiled in the sky, and the ship’s master roared out ragefully, “This fool’s gale blows all ways at once! Only a magewind will get us through this weather, Lord.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The tooth looked like one of those Halloween candy corns that had been boiled in sewage. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Although the scientific panel had proposed informing Britain, France, China, and Russia, in practical terms the real question boiled down to what to tell the Soviets. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We hadn’t spoken about Dad in a while, but he and his stupid girlfriend boiled to the surface of my upset feelings. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The men stood in their mail and fur and boiled leather, as still as if they were made of stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z While the whites boiled, I scrubbed a load of the kids’ dungarees and overalls. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He could not even tan their skins, because their fur turned dark and fell from the hide as easily as feathers from the skin of a boiled fowl. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Typically, it included fruit juice, hot cereal with milk and butter on it, a roll, cheese, and perhaps smoked fish, along with a boiled egg served in a little cup. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The boiled yam and peppery greens refused to go down my throat; they clung to my mouth like children clinging to their mothers’ hand at a nursery school entrance. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She planned to have a boiled egg for breakfast. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A spray of salt water broke across the boat, dousing the marines there; the phosphorescence boiled up green and luminous against the darkness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She boiled mealie meal and sprinkled it with dried fish. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Frau Elena brings a plate; on it sits a single boiled potato cut in two. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A strange wave of excitement boiled within me as I peered out at the sinister light. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The exact green taste of the concoctions he boiled to cure me; the temperature of his hand on my cheek. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I hauled water from the well, boiled it, threw it out the back door, and started again with a clean chamber pot. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And the chicks were beautiful—even more beautiful than the eggs when we boiled them in onion peels and herbs to color them. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z With a complete loss of pressure, most of the water boiled off. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I put away my sketchbook when Mama places the boiled potatoes on plates and passes them to everyone. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z A tali was brought out piled with boiled ducks’ eggs, crisply fried pooris, dal, rice, curries, chapatis, mango chutney, and many kinds of sweets. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It all boiled down to this: Mr. Dussel had recommended the book to Margot and me as an example of excellent writing. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He merely held out a bowl in which he had placed a small mound of rice and a little pile of boiled greens. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She was making a thick omelet with dried herring, served with boiled plantains. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z As the spaghetti boiled, pictures flashed in and out of my mind. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The junior wife came in with a bowl of boiled potatoes covered with a gray sauce. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He stirred the spices for another minute and poured in the boiled lentils. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Both were clad in boiled leather and mottled cloaks of brown and green and black, with branches, leaves, and brush sewn about their heads and shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Under black wool, boiled leather, and mail, sweat trickled icily down Ion's chest as he pressed the attack. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I lift a box of highlighters, all shaped like boiled eggs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She had calabashes of water and boiled marula juice, a pot of toasted grasshoppers, a basket of tsenza roots, and a small grass mat covered with ripe bramble berries. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared at the empty space where her bacon had been, and then she stared at the dog, its expression smug, and all the frustrations of her life boiled up in her head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Rita said he was like a buffalo that had been boiled down until only the gristle was left. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “You didn’t even eat the yam Mama boiled.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The house smelled like a forest as the leaves boiled on the stove. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z His body seemed a flaming cross as words boiled hysterically out of him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z So much going in low gear had boiled it out. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z From then on, Dad never boiled a lobster alive. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And after that they boiled mush in ‘sweet tree water’ every spring.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z That is, my father ate the heart, liver, and lungs of a sheep mixed with oatmeal and boiled in a sheep stomach. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “The entree,” he continued, “consists of boiled dog, stuffed with rice.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She boiled it into a stew instead, tossing in various vegetables and herbs she found around the house. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon, near sunset, the clouds thickened and boiled up into an anvil thun- derhead that flickered with silent lightning. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His black sorcerer was more puissant than all of Euron’s three, even if you threw them in a pot and boiled them down to one. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “There is wine. Or water boiled with lemons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Francis thus never had reason to envy those college fellows whose High Table food was undeniably better than their wives’ drab mixtures of tasteless meat, boiled potatoes, colorless greens, and typical trifles. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He had eaten boiled monkey thigh, and he had drunk banana beer fermented with human saliva. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We have tea and boxty and boiled eggs and we all fall asleep. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Nothing changes instantaneously: in a gradually heating bathtub you d be boiled to death before you knew it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z While the water heated and the milk boiled, she stacked the plates to be taken into the dining room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were right, my dear. You had everything under control! Lets go see if we boiled anyone important, shall we?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She made me sit down on the frayed silk of her eighteenth century settee while she made me a little supper, with bread and honey and coffee, and tiny yellow apples, and a boiled egg. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “But I boiled it five minutes more than usual.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Are raw oysters more acceptable to you than a dish of boiled dog? Evidently not.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The sizzle always boiled down to “Three Benefits, Three Needs, Three Reasons to Buy.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As the long August afternoon boiled along, the exploded knot-hairball would cave in here, cave in there. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A jerkin of boiled leather and a pothelm at his feet were his only armor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I wanted to throw his boiled peanuts against the wall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I boiled some water, poured it into a pitcher and put in two bags. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z For herself and for Father, she made tea, using water from a copper teakettle that she must have already boiled and set at the edge of the stove to keep hot. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess it either froze or boiled off. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In the quiet the wind pushed against the window sashes; steam hissed and boiled through the radiators. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And he saw through the windows in each of the stairwells how the snow fell hard out of a glowering sky and boiled, borne by the wind. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There was a large bowl piled high with hot boiled eggs. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She had spoken wearily, as they sat in the living room, eating boiled corn and ube. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They boiled what was left of the rice in a steel pot on a charcoal stove. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Far to the east. Would you like a boiled egg?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z In another spot, people were dancing and drinking some kind of black liquid out of a pot that boiled over a makeshift fire pit. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z In a can of water from the mountain stream, I boiled three eggs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Drums of boiled mealies were delivered to us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Supper the first night," he recalled, "consisted of one item—boiled potatoes." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I carried the boiled diapers outside, washed my hands carefully with our sliver of soap, and interrupted the afternoon’s procession of cookpots to make Elévée a cup of tea. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the vlei people boiled out of their tunnels and tried to cling to the men. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z My blood boiled at the sight of it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "And now, little brother, pray excuse me. I need to bathe and dress for the feast. I wonder if I still have that chainmail gown I like to wear over my boiled leather smallclothes?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then Ma put on the boiled potatoes and cabbage and meat, the baked beans, the hot johnny-cake and the baked Hubbard squash, and she poured the tea. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat there with his arms crossed until Estella made him boiled carrots and fried potatoes with bacon. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Breakfast was a single slice of bread for each person now, and lunch was maybe half a boiled potato. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Fried chicken, boiled potatoes, and frozen green peas. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I boiled them, toasted the last of the corn bread, made some coffee, and opened a can of tomato juice. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Nailer turned to smile at Reynolds when a wave of halfmen boiled up from the hold, guns firing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z In addition to the boiled egg, her breakfast tray contained more of the thick bread and a bowl of warm cereal swimming in cream. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Captain Nips began spearing boiled potatoes, and Betsy returned with Petunia. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Ma put the cubes into the big iron pot on the stove, poured in some water, and then watched while the pumpkin slowly boiled down, all day long. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She had had the pain; it had been like being boiled alive in scalding oil and not being able to die to get free of it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a day, the British promised boiled peas and rice with butter twice a week for their American prisoners. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z For three days, we'd had nothing but boiled water with some old dried mint leaves I'd found in the back of a cupboard. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Where his eyes should’ve been, miniature spheres of fire boiled like nuclear explosions. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “This need fer coffee is an evil hold on me, Matt,” she told her husband on the morning after the last of the coffee grounds had been boiled until they were worthless. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The water boiled and a barracuda broke the surface, slashing through a school of needlefish. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She opened the pot on the stove and stared at the slices of boiled yam. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The prospect of food brought other men out of the houses, near all of them wearing bits of mail or boiled leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Rice, boiled plain and white, with no meat or sauce, was a rare treat now. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Mother boiled the chicken to loosen the feathers before she plucked them and opened up the cavity. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma boiled some yam slices, and we ate them dipped in palm oil that had chopped red peppers floating in it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In the fall of 1942, people in Leningrad had nothing left to eat but wallpaper paste and broth made of boiled leather. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Soon we realized the decision boiled down to one question: How scary was the prospect of landing in the forest? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z That afternoon, while Joseph’s things were drying, they boiled maple syrup and Joseph put on the gardener’s boots and they took the pan outside. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z His face had turned so red, he looked like a crab that had been boiled so long, its claws were about to crack. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “It’s just Alan,” he says, face red as a boiled beet. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They ate mealie porridge, called sadza, with tomato, onion, and chili sauce; boiled pumpkin leaves; and okra with peanut butter. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She had gotten her chloroquine injections there the last time she had malaria, and the nurse had boiled water on a smoky kerosene stove. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z And he did; propped up in bed, he ate most of a boiled egg, some more milk, and a bit of toasted biscuit. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The juice that dripped through was collected in a pot and boiled until only a white residue was left. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was gone, Mrs. Flagg handed me a bowl of rice and boiled prunes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If I have to eat one more plain tortilla or boiled potato, I swear I’ll cry. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When a thin whimper from the child was silenced by a vicious cuff, her anger boiled over. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z When the cheering had died away, the boiled girl came to him and put her hand in his. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The hatred of a thousand angry animal deaths boiled out at him from the bloated spirits of the Masks. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z For all her layers of wool and fur and boiled leather, Asha felt naked standing there. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With the stew came boiled squash, an apple, and a bottle of water. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had his only son Pelops killed, boiled in a great cauldron, and served to the gods. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Gram took all the sheets and boiled them. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Clyde and the cauldron bubbled and boiled. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She put a handful of boiled acorns on the disc of wood into which she had chipped a bowl. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Familiar noises surround me: street vendors call out to passersby, selling boiled goose eggs and fried dough and hot dogs. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Then she explained that lobsters only turn bright red after they’re boiled. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The suppers were TV dinners in floppy aluminium containers with separate compartments for the stewed meat, the boiled potatoes and the peas. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z That day, boiled cabbage had featured prominently on the menu, and not even the jam roll that had come after it did anything to dispel the heavy atmosphere. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Shortly before ten A.M. on May 7, 1896, after a breakfast of boiled eggs, dry toast, and coffee, Holmes was escorted to the gallows at Moyamensing Prison. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A few days ago, I tried to make beans, but they never softened, even though I boiled them for three hours. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Catelyn had ordered garments sewn to her measure, handsome gowns to suit her birth and sex, yet still she preferred to dress in oddments of mail and boiled leather, a swordbelt cinched around her waist. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She pushed her dirk into a northman’s chest through fijr and wool and boiled leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Three minutes, who’s up?” he announced, upending an extraordinary ormolu-gilt hourglass and displaying a boiled egg with a pair of silver sugar tongs. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Around Mars’s feet, the ground boiled in a circle of flame. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The water that Nya fetched from the pond in the plastic jug could be boiled before they drank it. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The waiter set down Dimple’s steaming, fragrant plate of cod and potatoes, garnished with halved boiled eggs. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It went straight from her nose to her stomach, turning it, churning the boiled yam she’d had for breakfast. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I seriously don’t know what she saw in him, because not only was he ugly, he had the personality of a boiled potato. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Now we never have lotus root, except boiled, and I like it better raw, don’t you?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Then the sleeping leviathan breathed out, the waters rose, the weed streamed, and the water boiled over the table rock with a roar. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He could hear the Sisters singing as they pounded flour or boiled down herbs or sharpened their knives. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Like Davos, the king was plainly garbed in wool and boiled leather, though the circlet of red gold about his temples lent him a certain grandeur. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her violence boiled over when I got lost picking my way through the thicket of notes I’d been traversing without mistake all week long. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He boiled them hard and shared them with Mole. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z That rock that had been living inside my chest boiled so hot it melted and shot at her like lasers out of my eye sockets. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z We handed most of the potatoes over to the landowner in exchange for our wages, but some we boiled into soup, which we ate every night for dinner. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z An uninvited anger boiled up inside me and raced out my mouth. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z With him comes the scent of boiled plantain and lemongrass tea. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z By contrast, the plantation had only one purpose: to create a single product that could be grown, ground, boiled, dried, and sold to distant markets. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Rage boiled up from my stomach, burning my throat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Large white hunks of this fish were carved out and put on to our plates, and with it we had hollandaise sauce and boiled new potatoes. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I tapped some trees and boiled the sap to syrup. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The wife came every day and cleaned my ear and my arm and felt my forehead and gave me water and carrots and boiled turnips. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He put on the pajamas, and after the milk had boiled and cooled he drank a cup of it, warm; I had boiled the cup, too. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Interested to see just how active, I had a look at the shelter register while Katz boiled water for noodles. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The food Mrs. Byrne makes is bland and unappealing—soft gray peas from a can, starchy boiled potatoes, watery stews—and there’s never enough of it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The loaf of bread was already as hard as a rock, no good for anything but boiled dumplings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Just in case,” she said, slipping in their simple food of rice wrapped up in leaves and salted boiled eggs. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z This aquatic mayhem didn’t last long, but while it did, the sea bubbled and boiled, fish jumped and jaws worked hard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Earlier, August had boiled her tweezers and fingernail scissors in a pot on the stove and used them to pluck out Rosaleen’s stitches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was cold boiled mackerel submerged in aspic. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z "Like X-Ray said. Working so hard in the hot sun, while Caveman just sits around doing nothing. My blood boiled." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z She must be milked every morning so that she will produce milk, and the milk must be boiled in order to be mixed with coffee to make coffee and milk. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They boiled out of an alley, turned, and headed straight toward me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Following this, we retired to the wedding feast, which, there being no meat for the Ethiopian Regiment for two days, consisted of pork bones boiled in water. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Now Rita and Tendai Fired up the old coal stove in the kitchen, cut grubs out of the guavas and boiled the squash. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Mother had sent him over to the school to take Leah some boiled eggs for dinner, and he came running back to tell us Anatole was over there looking like he’d seen a ghost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever he drained a pot of boiled beans, he thought of the slimy sink as a politician. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The racial divide widened, and the anger boiled. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Haley remembered another bit of Irish wisdom, something her dad said all the time: “Never bolt your door with a boiled carrot!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Now the vague unease Jinjoo had been feeling roiled in the pit of her stomach, as if she’d eaten too many boiled eggs. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Then she and Lupita boiled a dozen eggs, which they packed into a small cloth bag along with some corn tortillas and a bottle of water. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The problem boiled down to the fact that they wanted to become Americans and their father—and their mother, too, at first—would have none of it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Yummy canned peas. Lovely boiled squash and cream crackers with—are you ready?—-fish paste a la margarine. The best kind, with the little bones inside.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Next came Rattleshirt in clattering armor made of bones and boiled leather, his helm a giant’s skull. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As the fish stew boiled away, Anya opened the special cupboard in the kitchen, where she had gotten the challah’s white cloth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z His heart had festered with murder and jealousy—so little by little he boiled away all the loving parts. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Leaves boiled and stirred where my pups were. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Cordelia’s family does not eat boiled eggs mushed up in a bowl but out of egg cups. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Just in case,” she said, slipping in their simple food of rice wrapped up in leaves and salted boiled eggs. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z They were blackened and caved, mouths agape, eyes boiled shut, melted and pooled together in the gutter like some hydra-headed horror. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She boiled cassia pods to make a thin, unsatisfying soup, and roasted spongy, tasteless water-lily bulbs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But we found a big can and boiled water and cut up that chicken and put it in. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He had washed the cut, poured some boiled vinegar over it, bound it up, and thought little more of it, trusting that the pain would fade and the hand heal itself in time. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Some dressed in fine soft furs, some in boiled leather and oddments of armor, more in wool and sealskins, a few in rags. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But up here the wind streaked past and the clouds boiled. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z There’s no use making the tea till Dad gets home because it will be stewed, coddled, boiled and unfit to drink. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I wander back down the halls to the cafeteria, which has the same fried-food, boiled- vegetable stench as cafeterias everywhere. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sheets need to be boiled. Then you can start going through the kids’ hair with a comb. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Trees blazed like torches; the sap in their veins boiled and split them asunder, the pitch in the conifers caught like naphtha, the twigs seemed to blossom with ferocious orange flowers all in a moment. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And as it touched the surface of the pool the water boiled and churned. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t eat the boiled onion in milk. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A hate crime is bias boiled down to its most vile essence. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “That place there has the best boiled peanuts in North Carolina.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Next, I boiled half of the remaining salt pork. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Redemption’s rage became even more perceptible in the room; it boiled loud and furious. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The cluster of cities and hamlets around the harbor of Hampton Roads—Newport News and Hampton to the north, Portsmouth, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach to the south—boiled over with in-migrants. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They bent their backs to unload heavy crates from ships and trains, or to carry pallets of bricks to and from construction job sites; their daughters scoured pots and boiled laundry. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There’re the restaurants that smell like the salted stew beef and boiled plantain my mom liked so much. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They had to be better than boiled meal. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z We sat at a picnic table on the banks of the lake, just Baba and me, eating boiled eggs with kofta sandwiches—meatballs and pickles wrapped in naan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, my family boiled and skinned peaches, pitted apricots and churned apples into sauce. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then the wave came back, the gully boiled before them and spray dashed up to the very creeper so that the boys were wet and shrieking. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The huge pot steamed and rattled as the glass jars boiled, to be sterile for the day’s canning. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But then, my father says, “the pot on the stove boiled over.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z These would be boiled with the bone to make a rich soup with shreds of meat floating in it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was much more than she'd asked for: hot bread, butter and honey and blackberry preserves, a rasher of bacon and a soft- boiled egg, a wedge of cheese, a pot of mint tea. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The subject boiled down to this: Could Seaborg devise a chemical process for separating element 94 from the stew of radioactive fission products in which it was mixed after the bombardment of uranium? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We returned to the kitchen, where my mother was draining a pot of boiled rice into a colander. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Gaston was in the station alone, eating boiled peanuts at his desk, when Brother Gerald and I came through the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I had brought dried grapefruit peel in my saddlebag, and we also boiled that. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was so full of grease and dirt and sticks and boxes,” he thought, that it looked like a big, wide, dirty street, except in some places, where it boiled up. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The kitchen was sweet with tarts, and some of the berries had boiled over in the oven and burned, making the sharp, bitter-sweet smell pleasant and astringent. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “The sea boiled with waves, fierce winter swells. Seven nights you swam, so people say.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath his black sur- coat and golden mantle was a shut of well-oiled ringmail, and under that a layer of stiff boiled leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She built a fire and boiled mealie meal with the remains of the tomatoes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sarsaparilla boiled for one of Sybil’s tonics, overpowering the aroma of the roasting meat. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The dwarf was reminded of the day Myrcella sailed for Dome and the riot that boiled up as they made their way back to the Red Keep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He felt suffocated in that cell, let out only to exercise and to eat, food that brought to mind a bowl of boiled worms. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Because,” Luba Luft said, “they used to eat boiled dog stuffed with rice in the Philippines. I remember reading that.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “The company says it’s going to give me a nice boiled ham for Easter,” Miss Trixie told Ignatius. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It boiled streams and cooked mud and sent waterfalls disappearing into deep pits, only to reappear miles away. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Charles found that he could cook his fried and boiled meals more quickly and efficiently on the forge than he could on the kitchen stove. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Turtle is as tough as rock and has to be boiled for hours before it gets tender. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A few drops of liquid formed and then boiled off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z One late morning, as she was peeling and cutting potatoes for the boiled noon meal, she felt a presence behind her shoulder. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Hobb says he’s out of horseradish, though. What good is boiled beef without horseradish?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When things were really bad for the family, they boiled clean sugarcane pulp to make what Lili called her special sweet water tea. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “So, Morales,” Kevin said as they ate their cafeteria lunch of boiled potatoes and canned carrots. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I baked these and boiled mussels for breakfast, then I curled up behind a willow and watched the cliff. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The pot boiled and bubbled over a fire which hissed and spat, and she stirred it with a spoon as big as an oak tree. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I like taking these walks during dinnertime because of the dinner smells wafting from the houses—toasted chiles, stewed meat, boiled beans. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The magistrate boiled over and exclaimed, “You’ll pay dearly for this!” and then walked away. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But those who could hear the insides of words heard that we were selling a miracle salve made from boiled children. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I started thinking: if Dad were boiled down to one word, what would that word be? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they use the same tea leaves over and over and Mam says the tea is stewed, coddled and boiled. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A yolk addressing a sea of boiled eggs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The wildling wore a sleeveless jerkin of boiled leather dotted with bronze studs beneath a worn cloak mottled in shades of green and brown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The first dish was a boiled swan, head still attached, which he would not touch. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z One evening we actually chased a little boy who was eating two boiled ears of corn by himself. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A wave of anger boiled in my stomach, and I slammed a fist onto the table, scattering papers and chains onto the floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Out came the platters of boiled beef, the bowls of gravy and red cabbage, the knodels as big as softballs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It all boiled down to one thing: she wasn’t supposed to light the lamp, and yet she had. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Kazi always boiled the water first before putting the rice in, but I didn’t say anything. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There was salt-rising bread, too, and cold boiled pork, and pickles. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, it boiled down to this: I said yes because I believed that Barack could be a great president. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The only meals they could afford were bread and margarine for breakfast, boiled potatoes and cabbage for lunch, and cabbage soup for supper. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z He gave them wise advice, too, about the dangers before them, in especial about the Clashing Rocks, the Symplegades, that rolled perpetually against one another while the sea boiled up around them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore black leather boots, black woolen pants, black moleskin gloves, and a fine supple coat of gleaming black ringmail over layers of black wool and boiled leather. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was boiled chicken, gravy, biscuits, and peas. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z When I know it’s boiled long enough to kill any cryptosporidium, I block Crick’s view and pick a smaller piece out with forceps. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He would bring Mariam chocolate candy wrapped in foil, a basketful of dyed boiled eggs, cookies. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He boiled spaghetti, then fried onions and peppers to add in. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The table was piled high with food: matzah, roast beef, hard- boiled eggs, goblets of deep red wine. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Before them marched the clansmen from the hills; chiefs and champions astride shaggy garrons, their hirsute fighters trotting beside them, clad in fins and boiled leather and old mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For Africans, lunch consisted of boiled mealies, that is, coarse kernels of com. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “For instance, you had orange juice, boiled eggs, toast and jam, and milk for breakfast,” he said, turning to Milo. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z There were buckets lying around, of the sort that could carry maple sap so it could be boiled down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She cooked meals where she made three separate eternally boiled vegetable portions for everybody and would giggle in the corner at Christmas with a small glass of sherry and a paper crown on her head. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The bananas were raw, so we boiled them by adding wood to a fire that was in one of the outdoor kitchens. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Would you like to join us in a boiled egg, Second Officer Brodatt?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Auntie Sallay boiled the groundnut and put it out on a large tray. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “It only me, no need to help. No help! Please! Dinner simple, boiled carrot top, potato, and rice. Not much rice.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was impossible to escape the ruthless business of sugarcane as slaves cut, pounded, boiled, and poured it into sticky barrels, bound for Europe. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Ren, in typical fashion, is fussing over a platter of egg whites and boiled spinach, while Roshan just nurses a cup of spiced chai and grimaces at the plate that Wikki offers him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He sat there unflinching as the maester dabbed and squeezed and cleaned the pus away with squares of soft cloth boiled in vinegar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z High above, the red and black waters boiled and bubbled. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z We woke up early, as usual, and immediately started the pack-up while Wab and Rose boiled water for the mush and got the youngest and oldest set for the day. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Some of the white, pulpy fruit she also devoured, and some she boiled to make a drink for later. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But after a while Fritz brought some eggs and boiled them in the syrup. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Traft let me rest—I may have dozed off—while the water boiled and he made tea. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “No. I’ll have it right here. And I want a boiled egg and a piece of cinnamon toast. Four and a half minutes on the egg. Make sure. I don’t want it gooey.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z After the Egyptians crushed cut cane and captured the juice, they boiled and strained the liquid, let it settle, then strained it again. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Halfway there we stopped and ate a meal: boiled rice, dhal, vegetables and curds. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He found it impossible to cut the top off a boiled egg. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Hawkers descended on our car, pushing boiled eggs, roasted cashew nuts, bottled water, bread, okpa, agidi into every window of the car, chanting: “Buy from me, oh, I will sell well to you.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z About half of them hid their faces behind crude helms of wood and boiled leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My conscience, my shame, it all boiled over. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The tips glowed with blue light, and the water around it boiled with energy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It tastes as if they boiled old socks and dumped the liquid into a coffeepot, but I gulp it down anyway because I’m not about to waste my two dollars. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Lee came out with a platter of fried chicken, a bowl of smoking boiled potatoes, and a deep dish of pickled beets, all carried on a pastry board. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he filled a kettle from the brook and boiled it up for tea. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Come evening there were sliced hams, boiled eggs, and roasted larks stuffed with garlic and onions, with pale ales and Myrish fire wines to help in their digestion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dinners were always noisy, and they were always abundant with great pots of boiled rice, platters of home-grown vegetables, fish Papa caught. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It started with boiled meats, moved on to grilled meats, continued with fried meats, and ended with cheese. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "It would be easier to educate a boiled cabbage! Prepare to be punished, Your Lordship!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Every extra bite of pork chop or boiled potato or spoonful of peas gets made into soup. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of him was wrapped in layers of wool and boiled leather and ringmail, his features shadowed by his hooded cloak and a black woolen scarf about the lower half of his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And what do you think of that, Francis, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled, eh? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The first time Nelson fetched the water and boiled it by himself Mother was so grateful she sat down in a chair and cried. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Today it was three brown eggs boiled hard, with fried bread and ham steak and a bowl of wrinkled plums. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She boiled the weeds we pulled up in the yard. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Did I want to go swimming at the Y sometime and did I like boiled peanuts? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z In a tin bowl, in the captains lap, steams a cylinder of boiled gray meat. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Now keep quiet. I’ll give you a feed in a minute, when that boy’s boiled some water.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z And the sweet potato that I boiled was supposed to be for sweet potato pie. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The soup was thick with chunks of boiled beef and dried fish and dark green onugbu leaves. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z We hugged until the water boiled, and then she got up and I stood too, because I was sick of lying there or sitting there—I wanted to do something. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Malachy says, I’m hungry, and I’m hungry, too, but Mam says,Ye’ll wait till Oliver has his onion boiled in milk. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The Trunchbull, her face more like a boiled ham than ever, was standing before the class quivering with fury. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The girl blushed, so far as she could blush when she was boiled, and said in a small voice: “Please give me your hand.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t know what words he would use, but the gist of it boiled down to why. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And beneath it all there boiled up all the shock-absorbing phrases that I had learned all my life. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she went back to the small house where she lived and boiled the roots and herbs, making a strange dark-looking concoction. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever, after a hundred ravens had boiled noisily off, one mammoth black beast remained, flapping around hysterically in the smoke. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She could almost smell her mother’s boiled chicken and yams. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I was not too fond of crab, ever since I saw my birthday crab boiled alive, but 1 knew 1 could not refuse. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The agony of wonder made the fuzzy seats hard, soured the boiled eggs, and when I looked at Momma she seemed too big and too black and very old- fashioned. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Yesterday I got desperate and boiled some old potatoes and ate them with nothing but salt and pepper. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Actually, I’d be boiled,” he said, picking up a floppy yellow noodle. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Newfound anger boiled her blood as she watched their retreating backs and remembered yet another piece of the night before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Earlier, my mother gave me a glass of water, but I didn’t touch it, worried she hadn’t boiled the water first. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Before it got dark, she boiled water and added it to the leftover mealie meal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The menu was always the same: fried chicken, collard greens, potato salad, boiled okra, sliced tomatoes, corn bread, and chocolate or coconut cake. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I can remember very clearly how we experimented with eating boiled lichen and reindeer moss to supplement our diet. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the tension which had been growing in Juana boiled up to the surface and her lips were thin. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Jody’s mother put a platter of steaks on the table and boiled potatoes and boiled squash, which clouded the room with their steam. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z In all four Egyptians frozen fear boiled at once into a choking mixture of anger and relief. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Ash shrugged and went to deliver the message, but her stepmother insisted that she bring Ana a boiled egg and some tea. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There were slices of boiled yam, like lunch, but then a plate of fried eggs, too, more like breakfast. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In the winter of wet years the streams ran full-freshet, and they swelled the river until sometimes it raged and boiled, bank full, and then it was a destroyer. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The westbound lane boiled and boomed with vehicles which were rushing German reserves to the front. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Soft boiled foods could be fed to small children, permitting the kids to be weaned earlier and their mothers to produce babies at shorter birth intervals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Bronwyn acted as den mother, rounding us up every time one of us strayed to get a closer look at a stall of brightly colored pinwheels or steaming boiled candy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The clown showed us to a table stacked with food—the same boiled nuts and roasted meats that had tempted us at the carnival. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Mariam, who’d had a queasy stomach all night, boiled some water and made herself a cup of green tea sprinkled with crushed cardamom. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A rose garden looked like piles of boiled spinach. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Over the next few days, Lyra concocted a dozen plans and dismissed them impatiently; for they all boiled down to stowing away, and how could you stow away on a narrowboat? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There was porridge, honey, milk, boiled eggs, and crisp fried fish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The windows of the cabin stayed steamed up almost all day, the kettle had boiled so long. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In this school Alba learned to eat boiled vegetables and burnt rice, to withstand the freezing courtyard, sing hymns, and give up worldly vanities except those in the realm of sports. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother says anyone that writes such letters should be boiled in oil and have his fingernails pulled out by blind people. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z From a street vendor, Tariq bought them each a plate of boiled beans topped with thick cilantro chutney. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z With every step, it boiled in his bones a little deeper until his heart was leather. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The dark water boiled, and there was a hideous stench. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Ms. Rosalie said the heat “boiled” my stomach and that something cool would settle it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Their first night on the ice field, they built a small, hot fire in the lee of the sledge, and boiled water for their first hot drinks since morning. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I can smell the cabbage Emilika boiled two floors below us. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The coffee boiled over and Cal spent minutes cleaning up the stove. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The dinner is sublime: We start with oyster bisque and follow with prime rib, boiled potatoes, and asparagus in cream. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z We bought boiled groundnut and ate it as we conversed about what we were going to do the next day, made plans to see the space for the talent show and practice. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Over the years the odors of liquor and vomit, boiled cabbage and burned meat, unwashed clothes and mouse droppings have intermingled into a stench that brings tears to my eyes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She boiled teas and honeycombs, steamed open her pores, adjusted the shutters, and drank. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She then washed Tendai’s monkey bite with boiled water and applied disinfectant. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The cloud boiled and writhed, they said, like a living thing. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they got the Primus going and boiled down some snow so they could cook their hoosh. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z If picked young and quickly boiled, it has a starchy sweet taste that reminds me of springtime just as much as fresh peas or asparagus. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But what Rabadash hadn't realized is that it is very easy to frighten people who know you can have them boiled alive the moment you give the word. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z A pan of water on the worktable boiled without any fire under it for a half hour until it completely evaporated. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He turned round and found himself looking at the boiled girl, Elaine. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinners are simple: boiled corn from a farm stand, cold chicken, pasta with pesto, tomatoes from the garden sliced and salted on a plate. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I made her by hollowing out an enormous boiled sweet! Isn’t she beautiful! See how she comes cutting through the river!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z It boiled out of her: pain and anger and choking, bitter disappointment. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The stewardesses brought us small trays fitted with square plates filled with sauce over chicken, mushy rice, and boiled string beans. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z One overcast morning, as I was pushing the boiled egg around on my plate, Ali walked in cradling a pile of chopped wood. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The neighbors slipped away to go to their houses, and Juana squatted by the fire and set her clay pot of boiled beans over the little flame. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Kufa was so stingy, he would rather eat boiled weevils than admit porridge had gone bad. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom didn’t know Miss Volker had gone insane, and I knew I would go insane too if I had to watch her cannibalize her own body down to the white boiled bones. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Termites boiled out of their nests, and Nhamo paused briefly to have a snack. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, the pot of hot dogs, which had long since boiled out of water, was seething and shaking on top of the wild gas flames. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They boiled water and mixed it with the precious sugar and salt to feed the weakest people. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The water they have been boiled in is supremely tasty; her whole body seems to reach up to absorb it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Plates of petit-waffles, boiled eggs, tiny quiches, grape clusters, and sweet luna pastries are placed in front of me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "Ain't I been listening to your stomach rumbling- bumbling for the last hour? Do me the kindness of filling the kettle at the pump. Soon as the potatoes are boiled up, we'll feast, eh?" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I had a chicken—a great treat for us in those days—stuffed with oysters, boiled potatoes, corn pudding, some of Momma’s canned beans, rolls, and a hot peach cobbler. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Roza thought being fat was better than looking like an angry chicken carcass boiled for angry soup, but said nothing more. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The lasagna is extra tough tonight, being that Mom boiled the pasta in Dad’s red sauce in an attempt to use as little water as possible. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Amma would never have let us drink water that wasn’t boiled—but we didn’t have a choice. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A round scarred face and a stubble of dark beard showed under his steel cap, and he wore mail over boiled leather, and a dirk and shortsword at his belt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He wasn’t home by noon, or one, or two, and we boiled and ate the few potatoes the shopkeepers had given the day before. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He killed his brother’s two little children, had them cut limb from limb, boiled, and served up to their father. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma scraped and cleaned the head carefully, and then she boiled it till all the meat fell off the bones. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z After pouring a little of each into a large glass beaker, he stirred the mixture thoroughly with a wooden spoon, watching intently as it smoked and steamed and boiled and bubbled. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Ma filled the bathtub with water and then dumped the boiled leaves inside. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z All the water and the juice must be boiled away, and the pumpkin must never burn. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire spit and the sap boiled, and the drowsy heat and wavery lantern light and steamy smell were wonderful. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He was looking at us now in the impassive way he looked at the plates of boiled rice the hospital orderly placed before him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds and hundreds of hideous blisters boiled all over his face. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The other stuff too, but mostly it boiled down to Annabeth. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Her son was dressed in boiled leather and ringmail, she saw, and a sword hung at his waist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She handed Nya a bowl of boiled sorghum meal and poured a little milk over it. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We steeped the leaves in the water I had boiled. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z We would then drink the boiled blood as soup. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam puts the boiled onion pot up on the mantelpiece for fear a mouse or rat might be at it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There’s a lovely smell from the dinner can, boiled bacon and cabbage and two big floury white potatoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Uncle Stanley sometimes sneaked down beans he’d boiled for us, but he was afraid if he stayed talking, Erma would think he’d taken our side and get mad at him, too. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Most people in Ember had potatoes at every meal—mashed, boiled, stewed, roasted. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The smell was awful, nose-filling, the smell of a dirty toilet and rancid steamed beans and boiled eggs gone bad. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I boiled that head an’ sick an’ all as he was Dennis couldn’t wait for it to be done. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t eat the boiled onion and got sick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z No. He explained that the molasses went to a factory where it was boiled down into something called industrial alcohol. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z “All pond water should be boiled for five minutes to remove germs. It’s in the Scout handbook.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When she had everything stored at the back of the cave, she built a fire, boiled pumpkin, and toasted a few soldier termites she cornered in the baskets. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On the evening of his very first day, Salva was given a bowl of boiled maize to eat, and another one the next morning. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z One summer in the late 1970s, long before Roy Eberhardt was born, a small but powerful tropical storm boiled out of the Gulf of Mexico and came ashore a few miles south of Coconut Cove. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The gaoler's eyes had gone big as boiled eggs as he yanked open the drawstring and beheld the glint of gold. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Rashid Uncle lit a fire in the enormous stove and boiled a pot of lentils. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The rider's helm was made from the broken skull of a giant, and all up and down his arms bearclaws had been sewn to his boiled leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All the days of anger and resentment boiled up in him. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Miss Mortimer often shared breakfast with her favorites among the students and would read the newspaper aloud to them as they gobbled up their boiled oats and milk. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z After ten minutes or so at 170°, I would be red as a boiled lobster, but feeling good—relaxed, drowsy, and healthy. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother muttered for an hour, and then her anger boiled over. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bring me coffee, a boiled egg, toast, marmalade, and a tangerine,” he said to the waiter. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Out into the moonlight where the ground boiled and there stood Mother like a tree rooted motionless in the middle of a storm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And Norwegians, by the way, always eat the skin of the boiled fish, which they say has the best taste of all. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z They made stewed meats and boiled potatoes in the kitchen. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They lived on biscuits and boiled beans, maybe a little bacon. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z A couple of drunks and wild teenagers had drowned there, and people at the Owl Club said when their bodies floated back to the surface, they’d been literally boiled. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The crowd boiled, sweated, heaved; women with shopping bags, men with highly polished shoes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The water hissed and boiled when it struck the burning wood, sending up a vapor of white steam. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The table had already been cleared, so we got some water, made coffee and tea, boiled the milk and set the table. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Yet Franklin fit neither model: she was neither affable housewife nor cauldron-stirrer in a boiled wool robe, neither Madonna nor witch. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There he left it until it was thoroughly boiled. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The Polish girl’s pink hat bobbed like a candy egg amidst hundreds of gray faces all so tired and drawn, they looked like boiled meat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Succotash—okra, corn, tomatoes, and peppers—sliced, diced, boiled, then fried. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Small, bluish tubers that don't look like much but boiled or baked are as good as any potato. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The other had a stiff roof of boiled leather to keep the wind off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She thought we were going on a picnic, and in fact there is a picnic basket on the back seat, beside her, with real food in it, hard- boiled eggs, thermos and all. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he lay in his bed warm and satisfied while in the kitchen the woman fed the fire and boiled the water. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z His armor was iron-grey chainmail over layers of boiled leather, plain and unadorned, and it spoke of age and hard use. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Jon could feel her heat, even through his wool and boiled leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Instead of coconut yam kootu, why not boiled beef tongue with a mustard sauce?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But remember at the Siege of King’s Port they had to eat rats and boiled leather until King Targhaer’s brother broke the siege. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Ivan didn’t say anything to them as he dove for the food, cramming meat patties, boiled eggs, and fried, flat cakes into his mouth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “It sounded like she was being boiled alive.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Later, after they’d eaten a lunch of boiled eggs and potatoes with bread, Tariq napped beneath a tree on the banks of a gurgling stream. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The saucepan had boiled and the water had cooled enough for Lyra’s bottle, so Alice filled it and started to feed her. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z An aide brought a cup of hot boiled coffee, thick with sugar. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She would often have me help her make desserts: fruit rolled in pastry, wrapped in cloth, tied and boiled, then taken out of the cloth, topped with icing, and baked. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The tendrils got thicker, exuding a steamy green vapor that smelled of boiled cabbage. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The big pots simmered and boiled, but they must not smoke. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I slip the two eggs I boiled the night before when I was making supper into my coat pocket. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z A scarred face and a stubble of dark beard showed under his spiked steel cap, and he wore mail over boiled leather, dirk and shortsword at his belt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Well, what we think it is—” As she began, the kettle boiled, so she got up and made the coffee as she continued. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in sleep she wore ringmail under her furs, boiled leather under that, and an old sheepskin under the leather, turned inside out for warmth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The vegetables were overcooked, the cornmeal was too lumpy, the soup too watery, and the yam slices coarse from being boiled without a dollop of butter. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In her rough, steady hand she held a bark container of rabbit soup boiled up with potatoes from the storage cache. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Yes, I did. You think I wanted two months with my grandma? She’s always crabby and everything she eats is boiled. Boiled cabbage. Boiled turnips. She even boils hamburger.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But when she saw that scar, it was like her sense of the lighted world had boiled over all at once, rushing over her, revealing images, stories...or were they memories? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Hens strutted by with one suspicious eye on the deweys, another on the brick fireplace where sheets and mason jars were boiled. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Once the water in the kettle boiled, Joseph lugged it upstairs, using a towel he found by the sink so the hot metal handle wouldn’t burn him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Iaided in the pounding of boiled clothes; I translated dull tags; I daily ran my fingers through Mr. Sharpe’s hair, greasing it and feeding his graying queue into a bag. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The air itself smelled burnt, the way a soup kettle sometimes smelled if it was left on the fire too long and all the soup boiled away. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I looked up at Luke, and anger boiled inside me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z One morning she boiled molasses and sugar together until they made a thick syrup, and Pa brought in two pans of clean, white snow from outdoors. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Lena Feldt hid among the rocks above and watched as Mrs. Coulter spoke to the officer in charge, and as his men put up tents, made fires, boiled water. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Cuchulain would get so hot that when he jumped into Lough Neagh it boiled over and warmed the surrounding countryside for days. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Termites boiled out of the little tunnel and all over my hand. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When it boiled, she sprinkled in the fine grains and stirred. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Since Mama said her floor was clean enough to eat off, she made us put the grains in a bag to save them, while she boiled fresh rice and reheated okra and tomato soup. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Everyone had a piece of boiled fish with some of the water for gravy. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Chris told Marly the stove wasn’t called by that name, but was an “evaporator” because it boiled the water out of the sap and left syrup behind. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Carlotta’s frustration apparently boiled over two days later when I won bronze on beam—ahead of Vanessa at fourth and Carlotta at fifth—and gold on floor, again edging out Vanessa, who took silver. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "Better do what he says or he'll have you boiled in oil." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Then came the Sunday of the spectacular dinner that was to end the revival—for which dinner Deborah and all the other women had baked, roasted, fried, and boiled for many days beforehand. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She had small piggy eyes, a sunken mouth, and one of those white flabby faces that looked exactly as though it had been boiled. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I woke up to find toasted bread, brewed tea, and a boiled egg already on the kitchen table. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Over the city, a thunderstorm boiled—a wall of absolute black with lightning streaking across the sky. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Best of all was the food—suppers of juicy rabbit stew and gooey boiled puddings and buttery dumplings that slid down Nate’s throat. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Supper was a boiled goose that Smiley shot on a nearby pond after the sun came out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The boys fell upon roasted mealies and boiled pumpkins. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Fried chicken and boiled ham, baked sweet potatoes, peach pickles, big buttermilk biscuits, cookies, cakes, apples, boiled eggs, I don’t know what all. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When angered she had a terrible eye which could blanch the skin off a bad child as easily as if he were a boiled almond. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Some of the clarified syrup was boiled until it turned to sugar and was molded into fancy shapes. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Supper was a royal feast of boiled potatoes seasoned with a scrawny turnip and a few beans. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She handed Lyddie a cup of her boiled coffee, thick with cream and maple sugar. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The radiator boiled, of course, but most Model T experts believed that it wasn’t working well if it wasn’t boiling. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will have nettle tea, a boiled egg, and bread with butter. Fresh bread, if you please, not fried. You may find the wildling as well. Tell him that I must speak with him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her face boiled beneath her hat and wig. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Or “See how I can make the ink blacker by mixing soot with the boiled oak galls.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Matty obeyed, tilting into the pan the bowl of broth in which the rabbit had been boiled earlier. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Across their backs they bore round wicker shields covered with hides and boiled leather, displaying painted images of snakes and spiders, severed heads, bloody hammers, broken skulls, and demons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I boiled some more rice and lentils, the smell waking me up and making me feel more normal. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “We’ll find food soon,” I say with a cheerful smile, knowing when we do, it will be slimy boiled lake vines. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As the juice boiled, a foul scum rose to the top—which a slave had to keep skimming off with a long-handled ladle. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Mami fed us broths, and in the evening, a bland, watery boiled rice that at least stuck to our bellies and calmed the roiling inside. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z We watched as she boiled two potatoes and gnawed on a stump of bread. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z As Endurance steamed down the River Thames toward the sea, however, World War I boiled up in Europe. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Once out, I boiled some eggs and left two in a bowl for him. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Aunt Chipo squeezed the honey out of the combs and boiled it with millet meal to make delicious cakes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no lobsters like these—simply boiled, with no fancy sauces, only melted butter and lemon, they have no equals anywhere. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss’s blood boiled, an instantaneous fury spreading so fully within him that tears leapt to his eyes. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The sky and sea boiled together in a roaring mass. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Richard beckoned to a young woman carrying a tray of boiled groundnuts that he didn’t really want. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Let’s get your older brothers married before we worry about you,” Marina said idly as she spooned more boiled eggs out of the cold water. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The ever resourceful Garikayi started a fire and boiled tea with water from the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They were clad in shabby skins and boiled leather, with long hair and fierce heards. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It boiled wildly and spread out all around until it had painted the entire sky a furious black. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z They boiled meat until it was as strong as whiskey. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went, sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He had a V plate of boiled beans in one thick, stub-fingered hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She brought a new kettle of water in, skinned her rabbits by the light of the fire and boiled them for a nourishing soup. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z In 1915 the river boiled up in a flash flood, ripping over the shoreline around the factory. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He went directly to his mother’s bedroom, where Aureliano had boiled mercury for four months in his grandfather's grandfather’s water pipe to conserve the body according to Melquíades’ formula. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Thick smoke poured from the doorway and boiled upward from the blaze. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There was barbecued pork, roast pork with an oyster sauce, and cold boiled chicken. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe after many, many offerings a priest noticed that if the juice of the cane was boiled in the right way, it crystallized into sweet, dark brown clumps. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z They built a small fire in the stone-lined pit in the middle of the clearing, and they boiled water for tea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Breakfast that morning was a feast—a bit of the rice boiled to a gruel in a castoff earthenware pot, served up in a bowl carved from a gourd. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The Trunchbull was in such a rage that her face had taken on a boiled colour and little flecks of froth were gathering at the corners of her mouth. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t read books so she didn’t know that she was the world and the heavens boiled down to a drop. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Billowing clouds of steam rose from the plant where blubber was being boiled down. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z As I held the book behind my head so he could not get it, something boiled up inside me and I grabbed the back of his head and yanked his hair. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Dinner that night was plankton patties and boiled seaweed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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