As my left boot reached the top of the instrument panel, it snagged briefly on something, and I began a slow face-down pitching motion. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was mending the dress she’d wear to the gathering when he “come sneaking out of here holding his boots in his hand and looking like a dog that’d stolen some scraps.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They wore heavy boots, and their footfalls made great stomping sounds on the ground. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A kitten’s face appeared out of the top of the boot. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

So one day my dad put on his big thirty-nine brown boots and his gloves and put my boots on me and my jeans and sweater, and we went for a walk. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I showed her the sort of ground where a boot will leave a scuff or a print. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Thoughts of Manhattan now would always be a thin varnish on top of the image of Mr. Calloway’s boots dangling in the firelit night. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He tugged his boots off and peeled down his socks. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He flipped up the lid on a steel drawer and found a battered boot box. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Neither one of them has toilet paper stuck to her boots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

As he knelt to skin the rabbit, Sam pulled off-his boots. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The warrior marched forward and stomped the basilisk’s head under his boot. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My black trousers are tucked into my boots and I carry a pair of gloves and a black handkerchief in my pockets. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He wished Melissa were fussier as he retired to the dark and dirty tunnel of her left boot. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The officer turned to the doctor and kicked the heel of his boot into the doctor’s kneecap. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The next step was the supply depot for our standard issue of boots, socks, shirts, and pants. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Checking to see if you’re still a cowboy, wearing your boots.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He watched the delicate boots moving back and forth from the lavatory to the paper-towel dispenser. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she put on a pair of bright orange boots she found at the bottom of the cupboard. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The dagger was like a hard splint against her leg, but the boot concealed it neatly, and she could reach in and pull it out without much effort. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Something about his mud-encrusted boots and the way he let smoke curl from his lips and how the sinking sun lit his green hair reminded me of a punk, redneck James Dean. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She bobbed below the next chop and sprang straight up, her boot catching him in the throat. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And she threw the box of muesli and it hit the boot of his car as he drove away and Mrs. Shears was looking out of her window when Mother did this. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed down to his boot, where a mark in the shape of the zmeyok’s teeth marred the leather. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

When he turned him over with the tip of his boot and put the light on his face, the captain was perplexed. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He smirked and lightly kicked the bottom of Clarence’s boot with the toe of his own. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The cheap Russian boots pinch her feet as she trudges, the last of a single file of would-be guerrillas, up the intolerably fragrant mountainside. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It crunched lightly into the sidewalk as he twisted the toe of his boot over it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The boot thumps and the sound of dragging dulled as they moved from the hollow barn floor to the solid earth outside. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“What about my coat and boots?” she said. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I feared hunger, pneumonia, guards with hobnail boots, older boys with bottleglass knives. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And don’t forget your boots—and your mittens. Those buckets will be cold.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pebbles crunched under his heavy hiking boots as he climbed over a wall. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Kaz’s mind stuttered and reeled, trying to explain what he was seeing as a cluster of mist became a cloak, boots, the pale flash of a face. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Their boots gleam and their uniforms are tidy. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Only the ruffled hem of her dress and her white boots give any indication that she is the same girl who was performing in the same spot moments ago. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He pulled on his doublet, flicked some dirt from his boots, and smoothed his stockings. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are no socks and no boots— they’re the rules of the Sledge Game. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Feeling the hilt pressing gently at her ribs, she picked up her boots and took them outside to put them on. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He puts on a blue jumpsuit every morning, faded where it strains over his huge shoulders, too short around the ankles, and walks to work in big black boots. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It stank of fish and seawater, but all Kaede saw were the black uniforms of the guards around her, their thick leather boots splashing through slimy puddles. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Never mind, thought Ralph, peeking out at two pairs of boots, the kind known as waffle stompers, which had thick treads that held snow. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The soles of his boots hit brown grass behind the Palmer Events Center like he’s coming down from a much greater altitude than the back seat of a limo. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But I decided to save my riales for my first pair of shoes, because my bare feet looked ugly next to all my classmates’ shoes and boots. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think this will stop him, but he jabs his boot out again and gets me in the chin. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The cap’n was in a bad temper; I’d slept later than I ever had in my life and he woke me by slamming his boots into the wall. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Then ghostly clothes enveloped it—a muscle shirt, camo pants, and army boots. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She skips away in her black go-go boots and halfway down the block she turns around and smiles at me and says, “Bye, chérie, bye, bye.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

His boots were dry and cracked, his silver- blond hair matted and tangled. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As she walked toward me, the heels of her studded combat boots clicked on the stone floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Sure, I meant it. Amateurs. Girl amateurs, to boot.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I want some twilled silesia, a paper of number nine needles, and two yards of narrow lavender ribbon. Have you got your thick boots on, and something warm under your cloak?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I said give him the boots. Break his face!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t she wear her boots?” asked Ralph, picturing himself squashed in the toe of a boot by the foot of Melissa, whoever she was. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The food was gone but her needles, ulo, and boots were tucked in the pockets where she had put them. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She balanced her weight on the banisters with her hands and planted her boots against Wylan’s chest, kicking him backward into Jesper. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But she was real, stepping out of her boat and wading up to Barry in tall rubber boots. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie was hanging up his gun belt and stepping out of his boots when I came in. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My left eye’s tearing heavily now, and in the dimming light it’s all I can do to follow the boots in front of me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A child’s boot and stocking lay in the gutter, next to an overturned rain barrel. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he did not go for his boots or roll his trousers back down. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he saw their footprints going up the hill; he could see the pebbles and rocks they had knocked loose and the dry grass crushed under boot heel prints. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The glacial water seeps into my boots, and suddenly I feel like I am back in my pod on the first day on the ship, stasis gel flowing over me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The way my mother's face would light up at the sound of his boots at the door. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

With difficulty, owing to their bulky backpacks, the nine of them crowded around the old boot held out by Amos Diggory. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mae sat on the edge of the bed and pulled on a pair of short leather boots so thin and soft with age it was a wonder they held together. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up, stamping his feet back into his boots. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buddy bent to pull off my boots and the several pairs of white wool socks that padded them. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He ate a stick of cheese and a couple of crackers, slugged a long drink of water, then laced his boots and climbed up to the road. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

To boot, our nearest neighbor was an older man without any kids or kids’ games. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

There was a heavy tramp of boots in the passage. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Just to walk without wearing a heavy coat and boots felt like flying. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The style of the clothing and the vintage leather boots suggested that the victim was European and that the corpse had lain on the mountain at least ten or fifteen years. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“My feet are killing me. I hate these boots. They smell disgusting, and they’re too small. I’ll have blisters the size of oranges once this is over.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Guareschi took off my boots so that I could move my toes, and then found a blanket—who knows where—to stretch over me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Prince hurried off then, and, after one stop to unlock a closet and remove several pairs of boots that had once belonged to Guilderian soldiers, he hurried outside. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The hard heels of her buttoned boots made a hollow banging sound against its wet boards, loud in the warm and breathless quiet. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The magicians long ago had been studying boots just like these. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Johnson lit into the military men, dropping the f-bomb, Cooper noted, “more freely than a marine in boot camp.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

For instance, he wore soft black leather boots. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew by the high-heeled, tooled-leather boots, the big white felt hat, and the pistol in a holster on his hip. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to drop him into a sack and boot it out the door. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as a strange dispassionate afterthought, he hit the snake with the stick, breaking the serpent in two or three places, and crushed its head under his boot heel. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dull, rhythmic tramp of the soldiers’ boots formed the background to Goldstein’s bleating voice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Girls started wearing their jeans tucked into sheepskin boots. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“We’ll see. But going in without Pickett is like going in with one boot off. I’D wait as long as I can.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sleep hangs on my eyelids, I work my toes in my boots in order to keep awake. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They put on their boots and headed down the cinder-block hallway, lugging the monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Layla handed her a cereal bar—blueberry, gross—and then started pulling on her boots. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A moment later, a pair of polished cowboy boots appeared, followed by a mountain of a man dressed in a suit and ten-gallon hat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But even as she had the thought, her boot landed on something soft, and she stumbled. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

On their feet, they wore sneakers, and over the sneakers they pulled bright yellow rubber boots. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The training was more challenging than boot camp, mentally and physically. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was lacing up my boot when I heard a faint noise off in the forest, out of sight behind a stand of thick pine trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Commander Jameson will boot me right off her patrol if we do something expensive like that, with nothing to show for it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Though Müller would be delighted to have Kemmerich's boots, he is really quite as sympathetic as another who could not bear to think of such a thing for grief. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could hear our big, heavy snow boots thumping down the sidewalk until we turned the corner and dashed out onto the field. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He used his boot to rub most of the tracks out of the dirt. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He wore overalls and heavy working boots that laced up the front. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you call soldiers “boots on the ground,” for instance, is that not essentially the same thing as calling a car “wheels”? Those distinctions can safely be left to the theorists. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Desperate, he flung himself over Rosemont’s neck, booting and whipping and screaming, “Faster, baby, faster!” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the back door close behind him and his boots on the steps. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s not because I’m a lad that they let me keep my boots,” he said, with just as much outrage in his voice as I must have had in mine. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He sits on the edge of the bed and pulls on his black boots, wrapping the long laces twice around the tops. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

With her curly hair gathered into a messy bun, and her sweatpants tucked into her boots, she looked like she’d rolled out of bed and stumbled into a bad dream. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When I look down, the jean skirt, cardigan sweater, and the black boots I put on this morning all look the same as they did when we left the house. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

With each loping step, the magic of the boots coursed through her body like lightning. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Tayo stepped inside one that was half buried in the reddish blow sand; he hooked an edge with the toe of his boot, and then he let it slip into the sand again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pa came in, shaking the soft snow from his shoulders and stamping it from his boots. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s worse than boots, it’s a silk dress,” she said, with the calmness of desperation, for she wanted the worst over. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

From below them they heard the rapid scraping of boots on gravel. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only sound was the scuff of their boots on the worn bricks beneath their feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Papa took his knife and cut the boot from Grandpa’s swollen foot. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk along the rutted streets toward Grace’s house, in my shoes; it isn’t time for boots yet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then both of them were on him, a blur of ringed fingers and cowboy boots going to work. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well,” Heidi says, taking off her rain boots and pulling up two wool socks. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She wraps her feet in so many bandages, it’s like she’s wearing snow boots. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His brown leather boots were long and somewhat pointy at the tips. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She wore black boots and a black hat and a dress the color of blood. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in his heavy coat and boots and gloves and had his green earmuffs on. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Where there’s a will, there’s always, sooner or later, some kind of way,” Bernabe scowled, loudly scuffing his boot heels as he ambled mournfully out of the store. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One misstep, and he could fall into a hole, the sharp spikes tearing through his boot sole into his foot. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

When he closed his eyes he saw moving asphalt and his boots swinging in and out of view. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

With that declaration, Ralph climbed out of Ryan’s pocket, ran down his jeans, and jumped to the floor, dodging waffle stompers and boots as he fled. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Volkheimer goes inside and returns with a colonel in field uniform: the Reichswehr coat and high belt and tall black boots. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her boots were dry by then—we'd set them right next to the radiator and left them there all night—but they were blotchy and warped. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But they are much faster, flying through the underbrush so gracefully as my boots catch on roots and fallen tree limbs, that there's no way I can keep apace with them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

All in their boots and stomping in the woods. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They were sealed in the hollow heel of my boot. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And yet he’d had to work to get his boots off, so they had to have been attached to something. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He had gone so long without removing his work boots, that when he took them off, the skin of his feet came off with them. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He scraped the mud from his boots with his pocketknife. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were definitely wearing boots and not the mesh runners of the Recruiters. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Where would you be going dressed like that, in that old bowling shirt and those dirty boots? That doesn’t look like investment-checking clothing to me.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

After some coaxing, Nettle was persuaded to take back his boots, tie them together and carry them round his neck. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“My goodness, I’ve forgotten to polish my boots!” the Centipede said. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“And I wish Robertson Ay would go without a word of warning, for he has again polished one boot and left the other untouched. I shall look very lopsided.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mong turned to the other guy, booted him in the ribs and the back of the legs and the ribs again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The woman gave Lyddie’s dress and shawl and strange boots a critical going over with her eyes, then settled again to her knitting, which the bumping of the coach made difficult. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ser Barristan was still wrestling with that suspicion when he heard the sound of heavy boots ascending the steep stone steps at the back of the hall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As I walked around it, I saw golden kernels everywhere, ground into the mud by tires and boots. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I started trying to get Joey’s shoes out of her boots. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

So stupid as I sit shivering here in this cellar, tallying up our losses, fingering the tassels on the silver knee-high boots I stole from the woman’s home. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Oh, she’s fed up, so she is, and off she goes across Henry Street with her black shawl pulled up around her white head, limping along in her black high-laced boots. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Bean, a new pair of duck boots, a down duvet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stand there for a few moments, sweating, arms piled high with boots and clothing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She pulled off her hiking boots, sat on the couch, and snuggled up to her dad, putting her head on his shoulder. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

His gun was on his shoulder, his hatchet and powder horn hung at his side, and his tall boots made great tracks in the soft snow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were boots going down the alley at a sharp clip. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Someone shook me awake with the toe of their boot. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And she remarked to old Grandma, dozing beside her stove with the dial turned all the way to HIGH, and to Tayo who was oiling his hunting boots: “I tell them, ‘It isn’t easy. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Your garb, my lord," the boy mumbled when Tyrion entered, staring down at his boots. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Felicia had only one job for the Bon Temps International Escort Agency, with an obese, freckled rancher from Oklahoma, who wore mismatched snakeskin boots. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their boots, arranged in a row against the wall, shone to mirrored perfection. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She was a stranger—a grown-up and a woman to boot. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Some called them “capers” and some called them “meadow boots.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

This summer, for example, pants may be capri, classic, carpenter, clam-digger, boot, or flood, depending on their length and cut, and I’m probably leaving a few categories out. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing my best jeans, my boots, and an old red shirt that’s faded to orange. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I’ve tried them both on, mixing with biker boots and plaid pants...definitely not working. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

On the landing above—Turner and Nettle could just see boots and lower legs moving stiffly from side to side—a fight was developing, with wrestling grunts and a smack of knuckles on flesh. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ignatius instead fell backward, and the bus, exhaling diesel exhaust, rumbled past an inch or two from his desert boots. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Marina Raskova’s aviation recruits were first given their oversize men’s uniforms, many of the young women were still in their teens—the men’s boots were so big that their feet moved around inside them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“And meanwhile I wish you’d come over here and give me a hand with these boots. It takes me hours to get them all off by myself.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then she saw the boot prints ending in a trampled place under the tree. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I throw open my laptop, the two of them standing behind me as it boots up, surprised expressions on their faces. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The enterprising African boy whose fine leather boots she wore would have been chained belowdecks, swabbing his body in his own filth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Still it was no great feat to make it to the roof of the inn where I collected my boots. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then he had brought the boots to her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

His cowboy boots echoed loudly on the smooth wooden floor. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chett tried, cursing, yanking on the leashes, giving one animal a lick of his boot. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But she isn’t lucky and so we hear the clicking of the monster’s teeth, and the clacking of his boots. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The farmer let his hand drop to the knife handle rising up from his boot. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her gaze is fixed downward, focused on her boots that do not quite touch the floor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You have a lot of boots,” James murmured. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was all the madwoman could do to hang on to the laces of his boot. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"See that he's given a comfortable chamber and a hot meal. Send him a new pair of boots as well, good ones, courtesy of King Joffrey." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I decided not to put my boots on after all, because the echoes might tell Father I was behind him. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he turned down into Tramps’ Alley, crunching with relish through the clear, slightly crusted snow, so that fragments of it clung in a fringe to the trousers tucked into his boots. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to call them ‘meadow boots,’” Marly said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Although she is over two, she still can’t walk fast enough in her red rubber boots to keep up when we go shopping. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Two black boots came into view, then a pair of knees as someone crouched on the edge of the ring. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Tori wore all black, except for a pair of purple boots and a small silver pendant around her neck. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye the boy had a boot on his chest and a swordpoint at his throat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Around the front door lay a jumble of rubber boots and a very rusty cauldron. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They would sit for a moment and stretch out their legs, revealing the holes worn into the soles of their boots. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn back to Boggs, see the swelling on his face left by Gale’s boot. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Vega had just sent me another message, telling me he had got some new boots for Christmas. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The boot was another playing piece from Mr. Lemoncello’s Family Frenzy board game. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Running, my chest on fire, hearing the sound of voices shouting after me, boots pounding on the pavement. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Uncle Holt gave me his old work boots, and Miss Simpson presented me with a copy of Campbell’s 1907 Soil Culture Manual. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She wore black leather biker’s pants, tall leather boots, and a bloodred leather jacket—sort of a Michael Jackson joins the Hell’s Angels look. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The roar of machines covered the slap of their boots on the wet snow. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was clad in black from head to heel; high leather riding boots, roughspun breeches and tunic, sleeveless leather jerkin, and heavy wool cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Odenigbo came out and opened the bonnet and Olanna climbed out, too, and let Baby out and then wondered what she would take from the boot and what she would leave behind. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bran used the bars to move himself to the bed, and Hodor pulled off his boots and breeches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Xan fastened her traveling cloak and slid her feet into a pair of sturdy boots and packed her satchel full of bottles of milk and soft, dry cloths, and a bit of food for herself. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“What would I do with a leather boot in a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific? Do you think I go for hikes in my spare time?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

To boot, he wore out his own shoes and blistered his feet until they bled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After only two days, Gerhard receives his draft notice on bright red letterhead, ordering him to boot camp at the army camp in Reibeck-Gesthacht to the north of Hamburg. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy remembered hearing him get his boots out after supper. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

She also had on faded black jeans and a pair of studded combat boots. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She has on a little beige combat outfit with black boots; she looks like a Soviet soldier recruit. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

And they came from all over, what with most of the country in drought and debt and hungry to boot. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t touch my boot money for there was no way of knowing how far that might have to carry me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents, in muddy boots and earth-stained pants, lay them over our mud like bathroom tiles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the day a decade ago when I came alone to go to the market for my boots. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up in the dark and saw the colonel pulling on his boots. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Put out that wretched light!” he shouted, hurling the boot up at the ceiling. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He settled for brushing his teeth and taking off his boots, and then he lay down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Very likely no boots had been produced at all. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Two Step ran up to them as they passed beneath Mr. Calloway’s boots. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I'd ended up having to wear flip-flops for weeks; they were the only thing that fit until we scavenged a forgotten fishing lodge and found the boots I wore now. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She pressed the tip of Seward’s boot, and the statue stood up, its quill and paper ready. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

His foot shot out and he put the sole of his boot on Esperanza’s right shoulder and pushed as hard as he could. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

By its nature and its size Texas invites generalities, and the generalities usually end up as paradox—the “little oF country boy” at a symphony, the booted and blue-jeaned ranchman in Neiman-Marcus, buying Chinese jades. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me, Jay, and Nessa sit on the ground, struggling with the rigid boots. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the sofa, cowboy boots and all, was Jordan Sparks. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a man in boots and a yellow oilskin. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Running a few feet in front of him is Sasuke—clearly the younger of the two—all grins and laughs, his boots crunching in the leaves as he sprints forward. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Whose boots are these? They seem a hundred years old!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I think about how Danielle and I are decked out in boots as though it were the winter, reminding us there will be cold, dark days ahead. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He kicked the doors shut again with his big boot. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

My boots disappeared in a swirl of dirt coming off them, and the Jik turned brown. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He returned to the cow byre, took off his boots, and slept until he woke, when the sun was high in the sky. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

They are fine English boots of soft, yellow leather which reach to the knees and lace up all the way—they are things to be coveted. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, of course,” says the farmer, retreating to the entry and pulling off his boots. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her coat is decent and clean, her jeans are plain, her boots look new, and her face is hard, but safe—like a schoolteacher’s. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s boots clomped uncomfortably, even though she had stuffed the toes with old rags. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I should take off my boots and clothes and try to swim ashore, but decided not to. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the flames coming out of Akivo’s silver boots. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed a pair of boots at the front of a crisply made bed—Emma’s boots. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Should she ever own boots, she now knew the trick of tallow and wax that extended their use. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Father had sat down to stuff his feet into his boots. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise his dress was plain: studded leather jerkin over quilted doublet, worn boots, breeches of brown roughspun. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’m outfitted in bright red Architect gear, my boots and thick hood trimmed with scarlet fur, and I’m standing on what looks like a hovering board strapped to my boots. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The man stomped down the stairs in only his work boots. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Boots, you’ve lost your collar! And your boots are gone! Oh, you bad boy, where have you been?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He sat in the floor of the saloon with his feet in the rubber boots propped against the pedestal of the table. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He heard people shouting to each other, a hail of stomping boots through the ceiling above. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This year, as forehanded as ever, he’d been wavering between the imported perfumes on sale at Norris Drugs and a pair of riding boots. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a friend in grammar school whose mother wore hot pants and white vinyl go-go boots just like Nancy Sinatra. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can’t afford uniforms or boots and Billy says, How will the world know who we are? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Finally it made that funny sound like water going down the drain and slid out of the boot. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A middle- aged woman, hands in her coat pockets, the legs of her jogging suit bunching above her boot tops, no more bizarre than most and easily forgotten. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He trampled the ants with his boots, and he kicked dirt over the seeds and pulp. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the silver mirrorlike walls, people of different height weave through the streets in high heels and black leather boots. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doon concentrated on his feet—the clumsy boots made it hard not to stumble. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, fine. But that dress goes with these boots.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I had a notebook filled with words and phrases I might need in Australia: chemist means “pharmacy,” boot means “trunk,” lift means “elevator,” and to come good means “to turn out okay.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Doli, short and stumpy, almost as broad as he was tall, wore a rust-colored leather jacket and stout, knee-high boots. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I kept just a little bit in my pocket and the rest I kept down in my boot. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there had been a computer, she would have booted it up, but the O’Sullivans, it seemed, didn’t have a computer anywhere. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jody walked to school dressed in a slicker and short rubber boots. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a man on the beach, a fisherman perhaps, in long boots and a sou’wester, and Jasper was barking at him, running round him in circles, darting at his boots. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at me real quick and then looked back down at his boots. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But, lying on the black ice there, Billy stared into the patina of the corporal’s boots, saw Adam and Eve in the golden depths. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her high-heeled cowboy boots hadn’t taken two steps before the first boo came, low and clear. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It was always black top, jeans, boots, and sweater. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Other lads had bear-paws on their boots and walked on top of the same drifts, never sinking through the crust. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That was what he was thinking about as he stood on the beach with his boots off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I had a return ticket in my boot for St. Louis to Marshall, but that wasn't gonna do any good in Canada. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For nearly two years, the young women would have to struggle with men’s boots and oversize, ill-fitting clothing, made for men “right down to the underwear.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes down as I tugged on my other sock and boot, too embarrassed to look her in the eye. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Through the cracked door, I can see that her socked feet are really close to Dray’s boots. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Where’d you get them nice boots, boy?” came a voice thick with tobacco juice. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph was so angry he sank his teeth into Melissa’s boot. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

There were riding boots, a rucksack and ski boots in the window. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He wore well- mended hunter’s leathers, a faded traveling cloak, and high boots, all dusty from the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They would speed around campus in that Volkswagen, Ojiugo driving and Nicholas’s arm hanging from the front window, music blaring, bends taken sharply, and once with a friend lodged in the open front boot. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was another spasm in his entrails; the heavy boots were approaching. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“They look just like those boots from the old castle,” he said. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Like she got all dressed up in a fur vest and knee boots, full face of makeup and hair fresh-laid, just to go beat somebody up. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Bell chattered on, but Powell kept pounding up the stairs slowly, his boots striking the steps with dull thuds that echoed to the floors above. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of someone stamping snow off boots at the entrance of the inn. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had on my Doc Marten boots, a black Ramones T-shirt, and cutoff khakis. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Dieter had been through several boot camps and was no stranger to abuse. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marina ordered Lilya to spend the next night sewing the lining back into her boots! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The bunk master’s boots go quiet: either he is gone or he has paused outside the door. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The tallest, blackest, shiniest boots I had ever seen, endless columns. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Lashed onto the bottoms of their boots, the things somehow allowed them to walk on top of the snow without breaking through the crust and sinking down to their thighs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Turning back to Hugo, he said, “Don’t you know that the sound of clicking boot heels can summon ghosts? Do you want to be followed by ghosts?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

His boots were dusty and spattered with dried mud. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She wore a pair of men’s boots, patched and worn and lopsided, that she must have borrowed from one of the groundskeepers. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He reefs a boot to my stomach and forces his fist into my face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Every bit of really first-grade leather was taken for officers’ boots and for Sam Browne belts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, something heavy dragged after the boot steps, and liquid leaked through the wood slats of the barn floor into the cellar. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the beach in the coarse dry sand and pulled off his boots. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she told me she tapped playfully with the heel of her boot on the stone slab and said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was dark now and the snow squeaked under our boots. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They had placed the boots on the table and were examining them with tools and special glasses and powders and cloths and other tools. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Finally my father appears, hopping on one foot as he pulls on his thick boots. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

We were allowed to keep our shoes, so I kept my Frye black boots. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He booted the ball down the middle of the street. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Someone sleeping off the night before, but without his boots now, because somebody had taken them to trade for a bottle of cheap wine. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Brownburr clung thick to the bottoms of his pants and the rough leather of his boot’s laces. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They stare at Danielle as she hops from square to square on the hopscotch in her go-go boots, light as air. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

We didn’t even bother to say any good-byes, and to boot, I’d soon be stuck with mean and unlucky Okonkwo for the rest of our trip, and we had a long, long way to go. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A few grabbed the soldiers' boots and tossed their own wooden clogs at them in exchange. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

And wonderfully, after that, the young women were finally allowed to find ways to alter their boots to make them fit better. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But there’s a sloppiness that comes with speed: the poorly placed boot that results in a splash, the accidental clang of a gun against a pipe, even my own commands, issued too loudly for discretion. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I dressed in a gym sweat suit with a towel tucked around my throat, and Finny in pajamas, ski boots and his sheep-lined coat. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were dressed alike in khaki trousers, work shirts, visored caps, and brown boots. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were nonpolitical prisoners and both of our groups were ordered to halt while the two brothers had a chat; the younger brother ordered one of his men to polish his boots while he talked. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her brown feet were bare, her outgrown boots still slung over her shoulder. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s motion—that sweeping kick of his boot through the doorway with its conflicting messages of goodwill and threat—had reminded him that he needed to protect his boy. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“How odd. Word from Boston is that you still lick the t King’s boots.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theon kicked his boots off, let his cloak fall to the floor, and poured himself a cup of wine, remember-ing a gawky girl with knob knees and pimples. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I can see an arm here, a boot there, through the breaks in the branches. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I light the lamp and start unlacing his boots. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I started walking—I just wanted to get out of there—but when I did, I bumped Garrett’s boot, which was on the floor in front of me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But she wears long gowns with Doc Martens boots and severe black scarves on her head, so she’s not exactly a glamour queen. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Even tasks as simple as tying her boots he forbids her to do by hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His boots were always loud on the bare floor, but he never came into the room. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Just what we buy and whatever we track in on our boots." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The clip of boots against the pristine tile forced my eyes up, away from the doctor’s face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His leather boots were shined and reflected the torchlight from the riders near him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They were laying babies on the ground and crushing their skulls with their boots. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The Centipede was made Vice-President-in-Charge-of-Sales of a high-class firm of boot and shoe manufacturers. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

That was when he heard it; the soft scrape of a boot on stone, the sound of a latch turning. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And so, all wet and naked, clothed only in our boots, we break into a trot. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a black cowboy hat and black cowboy boots which were studded with turquoise stones. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Howard worked at Clovis for four years, each time staffing the field crews with a mix of sunburned locals in boots and jeans and well-tailored Ivy League college students on vacation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"And who was that suspicious person in red boots I saw opening the hoods of cars in the parking lot the other morning?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just in time to see him puli' on his boots before he went outside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone taps me on the shoulder then and I turn around and find myself staring at this unspeakably hot twenty-something girl with a labret piercing, flaming red hair, and boots up her calves. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I sit up in bed and grab my laptop, turn it on and wait impatiently for it to boot up, then log on to the Internet. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, from somewhere far away, she heard the gentle strains of an old voice humming, the swish of a broom, and the squeak of Mr. Calloway’s well-shined boots echoing across the marble floor. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Tate was a tall, heavy-set white man who had come to the meeting in boots, jeans, and a light shirt. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I heard his boots come closer as he followed me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not supposed to wear boots,” I said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As his head flipped back, another boot cracked into his shin and a little sporting cheer went up, with some uneven applause, as though for a decent catch in the slips on the village green. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then I slam my boot down on my electric skateboard. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her father gulped down the rest of his coffee and began lacing his boots. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At first astonished, then embittered, and finally indifferent, we recognized that what matters is not the mind but the boot brush, not intelligence but the system, not freedom but drill. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the smash of truncheons on his elbows and iron-shod boots on his shins; he saw himself groveling on the floor, screaming for mercy through broken teeth. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

"Zack ended up in the hospital because he caught something from me? The only thing he caught was your boot!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The farmer bought Shin antibiotics for the burns on his legs, along with warm winter clothes and work boots. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Behind her, Martin leaned against the wall in camo pants and boots. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And I watch his shiny boots step one rung at a time up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I heard a grunt as he stood up, then the heavy thumping of his boots faded away into silence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I found his full kit: uniform, sword, boots and spurs, and a cap. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A little girl with bright yellow boots slides out. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

To boot, Onofre’s TV antenna was so tall, so elaborate, so pronged, and so replete with squiggling copper and aluminum tubing and boosters, that it looked like a DEW-line radar interceptor in Greenland. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wrapped their feet in extra cloth, filled the gaps with balled-up pieces of newspaper, and wore the boots. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“You are beautiful,” she blurted as she watched him don his riding boots and lace them up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Good to have something warm in the boots with all this cold weather.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The new Miss Spink was wearing green tights, and high brown boots that went most of the way up her legs. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Hazel was about to bend down and wrestle with a particularly intricate problem with her right boot when Tyler burst ahead of her and ran through the gate, his messenger bag trailing behind him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She had the heavy black makeup thing going on, shoe-polish black hair, black clothes, black boots, pale skin. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Piles of bear scat on the trail and, at one point, a set of fresh grizzly tracks—each print half again as long as a size- nine boot print—put me on edge. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple felt her cheeks burning, and she looked down at her boots. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was playing with the magnets on my boots and trying not to look at her. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, the boots are all gone.Ye’ll have to come back next month. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Moments later Jeremiah booted a corner kick across the face of the goal, but there was no one in the middle to finish. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Except for two bits that I had in my pocket, I put some paper money and a few silver dollars in my boot. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was a kid, all right, maybe eighteen, dressed in a droopy old army jacket, dungarees, and boots. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear his boots pounding the ground. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mudd made a cut on the boot near the ankle, careful not to cut too deeply and open Booth’s soft flesh. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes her quite a while to locate another door, hidden in a shadowed corner, and she laughs when her boots sink into the powder-soft sand that fills the room beyond. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Woolf hustled him deftly; having begun his career booting horses through walk-up match races in Indian country, he knew how to hit the gas on a horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They slosh through the culverts in their rubber boots and swing from trees and from the lower beams of the bridge. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I focused on Jorgenson’s brand-new boots, then on a pebble, then on my own face floating high above me—the last things I'd ever see. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I put on my parka and my boots and gloves and hat and went out to look for him. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was wearing long robes, a purple cloak that swept the ground, and high-heeled, buckled boots. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They were dressed in ordinary clothing—brown shirts and trousers and muddy boots. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They carried the land itself—Vietnam, the place, the soil—a powdery orange-red dust that covered their boots and fatigues and faces. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crouched down and peered through the gap at the bottom of the cubicle, just in time to see a pair of booted feet climbing into the toilet next door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Albus Dumbledore didn’t seem to realize that he had just arrived in a street where everything from his name to his boots was unwelcome. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I swing my legs off the bed and slide into my hunting boots. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The blue Delta symbol glowed on the top when she booted it up. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He stood up on his bloody foot, boot in hand. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I strip off my boots and socks and go barefoot up the bed of the stream. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Take those boots,” called the shoe poet to an old man picking through a pile. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She was now dressed in faded jeans, work boots, and a green top—clothing scavenged from the attic. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Jonas and I lay on our straw, bundled in our coats and boots. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

With great care, their boots sticking in the wet ground, they continued to advance, Jonathan still in front of the Hessians. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s in the dining room, walking toward the sliding glass doors, with two girls in ankle boots and cutoff shorts. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We stayed under our beds for what seemed like forever, though it probably was only a few minutes, before a booted foot kicked open the door. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like walking up a steep hill with heavy iron boots, only you can never get to the top of the hill because it keeps getting higher and higher and the boots get heavier and heavier. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers draw their short-barreled carbine rifles from the rifle boots attached to their saddles. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I watch the Spec from between a man’s work boots. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t much bigger than Henrietta, but it was black, with a little red comb, and its legs and feet were covered in feathers all the way to the ground, like big stompy boots. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

To accommodate his bulging feet, he’d simply asked my mother to buy him a bigger pair of work boots. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was two miles along a road totally without shade and so hot I could feel the heat through the soles of my boots. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Would it be better if they enlisted in the military on the “buddy program” that allowed friends to go through boot camp together? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The Warlord leaped down from his rostrum and seized the trembling miscreant, booting him forward into plain view of the army. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He baked biscuits and gave them away; when his mother, tired of the mess, booted him from her kitchen, he resumed baking in a neighbor’s house. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Down at my old house, I put on my hunting boots. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Marked inside the boot, plain for all to see, is the name J. Wilkes. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a blue and red uniform with elegantly polished black boots, and his epaulets gleamed gold. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So every time something was shiny or bright—and these boots were both—she assumed they were candy. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

While he was upstairs changing into a flannel shirt, khakis, tennis socks, and tan leather hiking boots, she fixed black coffee in a thermos and some chicken salad sandwiches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wearer of the boots stood by the goats, and the goats sniffed at her skirts in a fawning sort of way that Sister Ignatia found utterly unattractive. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In a move that caught everyone’s attention, she cut the woolly lining out of her men’s boots and sewed it onto her coat to make a decorative collar. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The sounds of expensive leather soles on the cracked front steps of the old house on Westover don’t sound any stranger than his own boots. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The one I have in mind not only is wordy and earnest beyond my wildest dreams but is, to boot, rather excruciatingly personal. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I pull on my boots and stand, feeling pretty good even though I've been abed the past week. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

At the end of the hallway was a room full of people, some of them sitting on benches and pulling on knee-high rubber boots, some struggling into their slickers, some buckling on tool belts. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The timing was perfect: a Blue Springs midfielder booted the ball over the Fugees defense, and to an apparently offside forward. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But what good could a cane do against guns, knives, axes, a dozen boots and fists? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Waterproof boots, a snowsuit that covers me from head to toe, thermal gloves. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only when he asks for their boots do their faces change: they shake their head, look up or look down, roll their eyes like frightened horses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Manuel, I get an image of him in a closet and of big boots kicking him. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Many cars horned and overtook us; some were so full of Christmas yams and bags of rice and crates of soft drinks that their boots almost grazed the road. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The man looked in dismay at his muddy boots. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She longed only to get to the room, take off her boots, massage her abused feet, and lay down her aching head. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her last boots were so small her toenails had turned black. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

The hottest girl in the eighth grade came to my house to tutor me, and I booted her off of my property. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kicks at one of Bryce’s boots that he left near the door. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He started pounding the door with his fist and kicking it with his steel-rimmed boots. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blind girl went to work in the dark, stripping the dead of boots and clothes and other possessions, emptying their purses and counting out their coins. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In one corner stood a potbellied stove, hissing softly, surrounded by a semicircle of limp boots and draped with wet woollen socks, which steamed foully. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I smell bacon,” the lad said, pulling on his boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sullenly, the young soldier swung about, groped for his boots, and pulled them on. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the boots came closer and emerged near the wheel. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I plunge right in, boots still on, and flounder downstream. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

With his clean hat and his clean face and his clean clothes and his shiny boots and his upright pose. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Shawn shuffled in wearing heavy boots and a thick winter coat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Although clothes were hard to obtain in Germany, Kappe offered to use his access to a two-story warehouse that was well stocked with suits, overcoats, raincoats, hats, underwear, luggage, shoes, and boots. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

They walked arm-in-arm; he in his patent leather dancing shoes and she in her high laced kid boots. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only wear work boots everywhere, and you can't jog in those. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The boots, worn over skintight socks, are better than I could have hoped for. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then he tugged off one of his boots, stripped out the lining, and removed a tightly wrapped bundle of coins stuffed deep into the toe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Klava’s boots were dragged off in the air by the force of her fall. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Ichor, the golden blood of the gods, flowed from a gash in the war god’s boot. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But when Briony looked today, the boot had vanished, as everything would in the end. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He listened in terror, stiff as stone, to the scuff of boots and the clanking of iron keys. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Just look at my precious boots! They are ruined by the water!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner, he even gave Miss Whitlaw—a woman, and a demoness to boot—the seat of honor in his favorite chair. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These boots,” I said, holding them up, “they are too big for me, sir.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

All she knew at the moment was that she liked these boots. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They all wore the nondescript clothes of sailors—roughspun trousers, boots, thick wool coats and hats. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A large rodent appeared from behind an aroma tree and began nibbling the toes of her boots. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamp-light, bright on his boots and dull on the autumn-leaf yellow of her hair, glinted along the paper as she turned a page with a flutter of slender muscles in her arms. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I am standing here in a borrowed blanket, boots, and mall-bought underwear. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Piled in a corner, his hiking gear—boots, alpenstock, leather knapsack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The bride wore a white-fringed flapper dress and black spiked boots. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to wear those boots every year?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

A man in rubber boots rose in the bow and started tossing a cast net. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They looked like ordinary farmers with overalls and farm work boots. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing stone-washed jeans and a pink V-neck sweater with fringed leather boots. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Gram used to say that you should never trust a man in clean boots. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I searched his person effectually, but found nothing until I pulled off his boot, when we discovered that something was concealed in his stocking,” one of the militiamen later wrote. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using a toilet brush, I scrubbed my boots and legs to remove obvious patches of dirt. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You took your boot to that poor dog.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A farmer walks in and doesn’t even realize it until his muddy boot treads on a bouquet of jasmine made of pearls and he says, “Oh.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

More, still more, I dress sensibly in snake country, wearing high boots, not reaching under rocks without looking closely first. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The police searched him and found a handful of OxyContin in his pocket. Since he was on school grounds, that was all the excuse DeShields needed to give him the boot.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He’d drop the knotted reins if he felt like it, maybe to pick a burr out of his boot or sweep off his red cap and wipe his face with his shirtsleeve. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The last thing they needed was for Four’s boots to be spotted. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Resigned, Eddard Stark put his boots into his horse and set off after die king. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

No more torn trousers or muddy boots; no dirt on her face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He hung up his gun belt and stepped out of his boots as I bustled about the kitchen. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Scattered toys and battered boots and everything so different than it was in the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But as soon as a tour called his name, he’d pack up two of his three road guitars, his alligator boots, his fancy show vests, and his brown porkpie hat. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure how he was going to get his boots back on, even after daubing the worst of the blisters with a paste made of baking soda. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Those boots might almost have been of human leather, so deeply wrong were they. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As the men left the hut and the night filled with noises of bellowed orders, horses, and stomping boots, Pinmei squeezed her head into her knees, the blackness creeping over her as she trembled. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They also took my boots—I’m brokenhearted about my boots! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She wears all black, from her tight-fitting uniform jacket to her steel-toed boots. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

With a heavy sigh she settled herself down on the porch steps, her sturdy calves poking out the tops of the oversized boots. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He cleaned and bandaged Nate’s blistered hands and patched up the holes in the bottom of his boots. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

We stow the things carefully in our boots; we have to take them to protect our feet against treading on wire and broken glass on the other bank. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells us this is a disgrace and he’s going to have a raffle to raise money so that we can have strong warm boots for the winter. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The colored man’s boots was stained with blood and gore too. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“The naked cowboy. Underpants, boots, and a cowboy hat.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Someone had filled a city fountain with champagne, and it had taken about two seconds for Jesper to dive in with boots off and gullet open. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It is encrusted with mussels and barnacles growing a foot above the waterline, coming almost close enough to touch the scarecrow’s work boots. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

His mother had on rubber boots, unbuckled, and had used small finishing nails to tack a wool blanket across the entry to the living room. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The cowboy broke away from his aroused fans and began to synchronize his lips to the lyrics on the record, slinking around the floor like a chanteuse in boots and Stetson. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It was a wolf," she shouted at them as she yanked on her second boot. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One of these days these boots Are gonna walk all over you! Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Well, she looked like she was about to overthrow a dictatorship in her black T-shirt, combat pants, and boots. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Uncle Darnell had things he didn’t have when he left for boot camp and then Vietnam—and I’m not talking about things in his duffel bag. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I’d seen him slouched in the hall, his hands in his coat pockets, staring at his scuffed boots. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Doc was sitting on the ground pulling off his rubber boots. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle went with the Redneck: woodland camouflage shirt, overalls, trucker hat with a Confederate flag patch, dingy cowboy boots. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I stood shivering, my boots clutched to my chest, afraid to go to him but afraid to leave. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the shoes lightly taps my left boot for what I realize must be the second time. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A blister was swelling on his left heel which forced him to walk on the edge of his boot. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Root spat out the butt of his cigar, squashing it comprehensively beneath his boot heel. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I mumble, “Thank you” and stuff both boots into my backpack. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He came from a rich family—the other men made fun of the silver buckles on his boots. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The main door opens and I hear Lenny stamping the snow off his boots in the hallway. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He kept her voice in his head, repeating those words, again and again, as he stripped off his boots, his clothes, and finally his gloves. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I made a little boot of leather and put it on her wounded foot. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the alley at the side of the warehouse came the noise of pounding boots, moving at the double, and a shout of command: “Halt!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He collapsed to his knees and began crumbling into sand, until all that was left were three cooking aprons and an oversized pair of cowboy boots. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I was already tired down to my bones from the sleepless night before, and the scent of the soldier’s boot polish sent my head deeper into a fog. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She slid the soft feet of her space suit into the boots and glanced at Johnson and caught his eye. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Amy, the dignified, tumbled over a stool, and never stopping to get up, hugged and cried over her father’s boots in the most touching manner. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having climbed the ladder to the crew compartment, he slid into the pilot's couch and booted the system. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ewalt was wearing work clothes; he had mud on his boots; he felt he wasn’t properly dressed to go calling on the Clutters. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his order, I pull on pants and boots before I go. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My booted foot hits his gut as he falls, rolling him over the pavement. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Bands of it flooded his body, twisting around his torso and crossing his limbs, spiraling down his legs and over his boots. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dressed in a shiny silver space suit, Astronaut Barbie also had a helmet, gloves, and boots. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

We make off with our boots in our hands. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to work off his other boot. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at her as if she’d just said I need to eat a large, smelly boot. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But Basta only bowed his head and stared at the floor beneath his boots. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Are any of ye waiting for children’s boots? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I left the shop wearing a pair of rubber boots so large my sneakers fit inside and so heavy it was difficult to keep up with my begrudging guide. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A single pink boot, all shiny like candy, one of the fastest boots in the world, real nishin. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I pulled on my boots and parka and sneaked outside. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Lee Chong came in with his gift, Darling was deliberately and happily destroying Hazel’s only pair of rubber boots while her happy masters applauded her. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bottom has slowly started to separate from the rest of the boot. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We’ll all have new boots and coats to keep off the rain so we won’t be coming home from school famished. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He laughed, put his boot on the head, and kicked it away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He felt Dana’s ashtray breath on his right ear: “How come you don’t got your boots on today? Who ever heard of a cowgirl wearing Air Jordans?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in the dim light of my hootch, boots off, listening to Mary Hopkin on my tape deck. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked the bits of shell and goo off the sole of his boot and thought, I’m sorry. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A kick from a guard’s boot had broken the fingers of one of his hands. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He handed Olanna a note and then went around and opened the boot and carried out two cartons. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Catherine wore hobnailed boots and a cape and carried a stick with a sharp steel point. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Only a certified idiot would set foot in there. Place is witched, and a deathtrap to boot.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

His trousers were black silk tucked into black boots. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Steal some food from the kitch-ens, take Needle and her good boots and a warm cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He put on some of Leo’s thick wool socks and a pair of his leather boots. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The stranger planted a boot on the sack’s loose edge so it couldn’t go far. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Gale and I drop to the street, scuttle the ten yards to the shops, and take cover behind a display of spike-heeled boots outside a shoe seller’s. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

His clothing was too big for him, threadbare, and he wore oversize, scuffed boots. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Item #12 was an old boot box from an Alexandriaville shoe store Haley had never heard of. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Maybe the girl whose boots these are got taken. Maybe she had a bad dream and then they knew she was Nish and they called in the ’cruiters and they took her.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His boots and gloves were lined with fur as well. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had the disturbing realization that each time he put down his boot he might literally step on an enemy soldier. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It is, as someone told a National Geographic reporter in 1987, the place “where boots go to die.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Just now and then he posted an incisive little farewell note in the Paris sewerage system, and it was delivered promptly to Dufarge’s boot. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The Roman ranks moved forward, impaling centaurs and trampling wounded ogres under their bronze-tipped boots. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He called his dog and the dog trotted up to his boots. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It landed with a thump, padded over to Bob, and started purring again as it rubbed against his boots. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

With a secret glee, Lyra hurried there behind the nurse and retrieved her proper furs and leggings and boots, and pulled them on quickly while the nurse dressed herself in coal silk. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It is not cold outside, but Signora Mondopoco is wearing short boots with a fringe of brown fur sticking out the tops. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Did she?” said Mr. Jaggers, bending forward to look at his boots and then straightening himself. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The road was muddy and our boots made wet, sucking noises. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A brass pin weighs lightly on each of their lapels; one hundred and fourteen hobnailed boots spark against pebbles on the trail. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Patches of snow crunched beneath his feet as his boots broke the night's cmst, and his breath steamed before him like a banner. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then Kabuo went forward with his rifle and squatted beside the German boy, on his right, and the boy put his hand on Kabuo's boot and shut his eyes and gave out. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The village was filled with houses crowded together, and when villagers climbed up the mountain, their hearty laughs and stomping boots shattered the quiet. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The moment were inside, the doors slam shut and we hear the Peacekeepers’ boots moving back toward the crowd. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He gives us books of tickets and we swarm all over Limerick for Leamy’s School boot fund, first prize five pounds, five prizes of a pound each. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mandy yanked on her boots and flung her cloak over her shoulders. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A car that looked like a giant red boot on wheels. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The guards were covered with rain ponchos and wore coats and boots. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled on his boots, washed his face and rinsed out his mouth in the meadow stream, and then ran pell-mell through the meadow, toward the village. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike me, they brought their own boots from home, and they all look so cool—and crazy expensive. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Outside on Tremont Street he could hear the clumping of army boots. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I could keep my head up I had to blow ashore, but I admit the half-Wellington rubber boots I wore got pretty heavy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been thrown over Rufus’s horse like a grain sack, head and feet hanging, blood dripping from my mouth onto the familiar boot that let me know it was Rufus I rode with. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke on a bench in the Long Island Railroad Station, a cop rapping on his boots with a nightstick, his escape money gone, the MacNamara sisters ready to eat him alive in Brooklyn. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t object as he removed his boots and unbuttoned his jacket. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A second later, heavy boots pounded past and faded in the distance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A moment later, I’m at my desk booting up the laptop. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It had no caption, and represented simply the monstrous figure of a Eurasian soldier, three or four meters high, striding forward with expressionless Mongolian face and enormous boots, a submachine gun pointed from his hip. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I say, bending down to take the sheriff's newspaper from the top of my boot. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But all seemed settled until the shipmaster casually told him he must furnish his own blankets, oilskins, sea boots, warm pea jacket. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Komorov sat on the edge of the desk, swinging his boot. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Until they do, and their boots thump all the way up. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They came on sleds with dogs and brought coats, boots, and supplies. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He stands there, trying to pull off the knee-high black rubber boots from his new job. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

With hog lard I greased my boots until they were as soft as a hummingbird’s nest I was grinding my ax when Papa came around. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gibbous moon rose above the shoulder of 27,824-foot Makalu, washing the slope beneath my boots in ghostly light, obviating the need for a headlamp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Of course it didn’t help that we’d all been booted off the property a few days ago. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Red shackled Ridgeway five times over, using every chain in the wagon’s boot. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The buckles on his boots were as big as my fists. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said “Yessir” and “No, sir” but I kept my eyes on my inky arm and clunked the heels of those majorette boots against the legs of my chair. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The men ran like cripples in their clumsy boots, as quietly as spiders. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stole a glance behind her, imagining the creak of leather boots, the pounding of feet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The whole suit, together with the yellow boots, went into the Jik. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother, also in her pajamas and rain boots, is hanging up the phone in the kitchen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was dressed, wore his black boots, and his hair shone. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I try to make things better by saying, “Guess what! Look! I have new go-go boots!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

At this point, Ida Nee came marching toward them, her white boots glowing and her baton flashing. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Now he snarls and spits blood at our boots, making me wipe mine against the ground in disgust. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She wore a coat and boots in the house, and her face looked bland and old with no mascara, for which she asked Ishmael’s forgiveness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He changed his shirt and put on a stiff new pair of Levis and wiped off his fifty dollar boots with the towel that was still damp from drying his arms and face. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I found it and now I’ll wear heavy boots for the rest of my life? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The door is answered, and Marv is there in jeans, nice shirt, boots. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The boot was spat up out of the river, flew into the air, and landed on the shore in front of Pyatsha. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A gruff, hard-drinking man who often carried a bone-handled six-shooter and, for good measure, a knife slipped into his leather boot, he was brasher than Tom—“rough and ready,” as a relative described him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Julia jumped out, opened the boot, ferreted through her box of records, and ran back up the drive. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in his surgery, still in his riding boots and spurs. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to her mother, the Witch had big black boots that could travel seven leagues in a single step. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I know it's him by the draggy way he walks, and the heavy boots. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The wind whips the snow into blinding swirls but doesn’t block out the sound of another wave of boots headed our way. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The sound of his boots on the hard dirt disappeared as he headed back to the big house. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled his boots on and climbed on deck to see what the shouting was about. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Guffawing, several of them strolled in closer, carrying their lunch buckets, their helmets set back on their heads, pants tucked in hard-toe boots. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped carefully, pushing the toe of his boot into the weeds first to make sure the grasshoppers were gone before he set his foot down into the crackling leathery stalks of dead sunflowers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled everything off Joey’s foot and gave her die boot while I reached my hand inside to tug on the shoe. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s still trying to get his winter boots off without using his hands. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Ten feet up, twenty, boots catching in the rigging. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Yeah you," he goes, and he's doing his hippity walk, strutting along, he's got these fancy cool cowboy boots with metal toes. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, he entered what had become his home away from home, Melissa’s boot. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Swinging down from her saddle, she let the silver graze while she pulled off her high boots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Robbie made a great show of removing his boots which weren’t dirty at all, and then, as an afterthought, took his socks off as well, and tiptoed with comic exaggeration across the wet floor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The skin on my ankles is dark and I'm wearing a pair of brown work boots. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Boy does have a fine pair of boots,” Cob said to Kote. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I consider removing my boots as I normally would but doubt I can manage it without revealing my injuries. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had been trying to get the mud from my boots, gave it up, and went to the mess tent. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says he means to use the fat that slowly accumulates in the tin-lid for polishing his boots, and roars with laughter for half an hour at his own joke. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine wearing a big boot that goes all the way up to your knee, and you’ll get a sense of what it’s like. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Trying to be as gentle as I can, I remove his boots, his socks, and then very slowly inch his pants off of him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I touch it with the tip of my boot, and it dissolves into dust that is quickly carried off by the breeze. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I toe a stone with my booted foot. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Look, son, it isn’t that easy. The world isn’t going to kiss your boots because you learned to think. You have your answer. It’s no. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have things to do.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally noticed the other rangers were cleaning their boots and uniforms, searching for any trace of the flowers among the mud and foam. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When he takes off his boots, I stare at his feet, with their long toes—bigger and older echoes of my own—and I wonder how I could be related to this man. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps I was hasty about dropping them. Political movements must get their money from whatever source they can. The girls have, no doubt, a charm which their blue jeans and boots obscure.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took months for Bonnie, who worked in the chilly inspection dock, to secure the two uniforms, a boot here, a pair of pants there. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a hundred valley houses fires started burning in combination wood and gas stoves, and men, dressed already in irrigation boots, quietly ate breakfast with their wives and children. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She returns holding two items: a razor and a boot. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

But she had been waiting for some time now, and her eyes flew open as soon as his boots scraped against the ground. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And before I can think— Before I can even think about firing the gun I’m holding— She draws a long knife from the side of her boot, lunges, and stabs Jeanine in the stomach. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The boot had come from the stranger with the broken leg. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Odenigbo let her go and jumped out of the car to get her bag from the boot. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wore my hiking boots, she had on her sneakers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A matchstick hissed, and a glow appeared on the guard’s boot. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Kelvin and A’Leia, standing, keep trying to shove their toes inside like the boots are slippers. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dill gripped the ladder, raised a foot, and scraped his boot on the column before stepping on the bottom rung. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

A ragged tunic concealed the half-healed scars on his back, but his boots were scattered amidst the rushes, and his breeches tangled about his feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He heard the creak of Greyback’s boots as he crouched down in front of Hermione. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Those who will wear high boots tie sand bags round the tops so that the mud does not pour in so fast. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore crimson silk, high black boots, a black satin cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The next day, I wore Jackie’s old white majorette boots to school. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Not like Lark, in her little yellow boots, spun around in the teacup sheet. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Soon he had invested almost all his money in boots, half boots, and shoes, and had ordered them to be packed for the journey to Bourbon. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip off my well-worn boots, tuck them carefully in one corner, and then try on the new shoes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His jeans are half tucked into his boots and his baseball cap is fraying and trimmed in sweat stains. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They wore hats, soft boots, and more layers of exotic skirts and tunics than would seem bearable in the climate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I gave him my boots and he said, ‘Give me your uniform and all the rest of your apparel.’ The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

As always, Chuck was wearing cowboy boots, but these were a pair Ralph hadn’t seen before, blood red. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked in silence through the darkness of the evening, boots crunching on the road. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

All around me there were big black boots going stamp stamp stamp and I dodged around them and ran and ran and ran, twisting and turning, and dodging and swerving across the kitchen floor. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I’d put on my favorite pair of jeans and a pair of Doc Martens boots I hadn’t worn in yet. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I booted it up, the screen was completely blank, save for one word. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The wet leather of Tayo’s boots and the hunter’s elkskin leggings made steam rise around them like mountain fog after a storm. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The mean man who had kicked him with his big boot, the boy thought. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking my money out of my boot I counted it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fellow Fourth-Yearlings, the same boys he fought and sweated and suffered with for years, thump the flagstones with their boots and pump their fists in the air. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

These boots, an old foil, and a slashed doublet once used by an artist for some picture, were Jo’s chief treasures and appeared on all occasions. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the day was over and he was upstairs taking off his boots and slicker, he saw the old man from the generator room and went to talk to him. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever invented these boots should be shot because once the boots got ahold of your shoes they wouldn’t let them go for anything. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Max’s impression of Hitler reading Mr. Diamants copy of Commentary on the Talmud while wearing women’s boots made me laugh until I hurt. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

After dinner TJ and I take a power walk around the neighborhood because according to him, “pageant boot camp has begun.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

This was my view of America—men with big muscles who wore skullcaps and knee-high boots and made lots of money. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He jumped, started to get up, then sat back down heavily and rested one polished boot on his bed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

During the day they trained, playing football on the beach in army boots to build up their legs, and then at night they had the drills. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Knowing him, he’d probably send me right to military school or some kind of boot camp, like Scared Straight. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I pulled off my torn boots with the toe of the other stepping on the heel. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

So we both strip off our boots and socks and, while there's some improvement, I could swear he's making an effort to snap every branch we encounter. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Police escorted him to the border and booted him across. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he touched her with the toe of his boot, she rolled over, blinked at him, and yawned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He kicked at me, his boot landing in my calf, like I was a tin can in the road that he might as well kick because it was there in front of him. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vomit, which was an eerie blue color in the moonlight, had its own wave action, sloshing back and forth over everybody’s boots. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll trade you this tooth and give you ten dollars to boot, any time,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She jumped out of bed and started after him, for her very life was in that pack—food, needles, knives, even her boots. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arturo walked to the edge of the frozen grass and stepped onto the ice again, tapping his boots against its marbled surface. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

You rolled with a posse to the party as sure as you wore boots in the snow, or raised an umbrella in the rain. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

A tall, gangly man stepped out of the boot car. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Those boots were almost all he owned in this world. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trees transform to blood and splash down over my boots. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He traced the patterns on the floor with the tip of his boot. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The men tended to be taut and well built regardless of age, dressed in beige or gray pants the color of the plains and cowboy boots that were worn for function. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their boots were deadened of all sound in the thick green grass. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went up to the demoness’ house in my clean tunic and pants, my boots shined and my face scrubbed—and my charm around my neck. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half awake, I watched as he rolled off his mat and got dressed, except for his boots. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shae scrambled up first, pushing aside the tent flap and stumbling into the dim morning, pulling on her boots as she went. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Don’t you have any pride, begging for boots like that? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Miig nudged the rounded stones placed around the perimeter of the fire with his boot. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The skinny soldiers—with no boots, no uniforms, no half of a yellow sun on their sleeves—kicked and slapped and mocked Ugwu during physical training. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few inches from the toe of my boot is my penny, looking just the way it did the day Bill took it from me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

On another occasion, his boot caught in the stirrup as he fell off, causing him to be dragged by his foot down the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two dozen of the chief rangers had preceded him, and were standing around the firepit in the center of the dirt floor while puddles collected about their boots. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He looks over at Magic Eye, who is stubbing his cigar on the sole of his boot. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowed when I saw Stick standing on the opposite corner, talking to a slick-looking brother in a black leather jacket and heavy combat boots. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

O. B. Dickerson spit in the gravel, swung around, and followed them, his big boots grinding gravel. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

His outfit was very usual—roughed-up overalls of denim so faded it was almost white, and sturdy outdoor boots. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some of them stared at her boots or her cloak, and she knew what they were thinking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He heard Mr. Tiflin in the house, stamping his feet into his boots. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I took my boots off at the door and joined RiRi in her tent. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I’m in my jeans, my boots, and an old white T-shirt, and she’s way out in front of me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We eat our puffs—a heavenly dozen—and then Danielle takes me to her pink room and pulls the black go-go boots out of the closet. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The clicking of their boots as they went into formation was the only sound. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Dad with his mummified boot perched on a chair. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I slip on my rain boots and briefly wonder whether I should put real clothes on. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

‘I should be happier if I could see the print of a boot.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

If such horrors can happen to classrooms of kindergartners, little first graders with little pink rubber boots and sweet butterfly backpacks, there is no hope. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The woman wore a fashionable wrap, high shiny boots, and tapered pants; the man lounged in a rumpled shirt and stained trousers, giving an air of almost deliberate vulgarity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

So, came his first free day when the skies, though still cloudy, did not look like rain, Father announced we were flying it even though we had to wear boots and heavy coats. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his boot and kicked the ground in front of Richie's face. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Oh, clover honey when you were old enough for it. Clothes. A pair of little boots brought over on the ferry. Things like that.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I heard his boot steps quicken as he tramped down the front porch. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Under them she hid three knives— one in a boot, one up a sleeve, one sheathed at the small of her back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And with the cruelty of the world as an excuse for breaking his promise to Ryan, he used his sharp claws to climb the boot lining. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He hooked the toe of his boot under Sigurd’s chest and kicked him onto his back. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

In his not terribly clean uniform, wearing knee-high Cretan boots, Captain Kontoulis scrutinized running lights, stacked deck chairs, lifeboats. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He hitched up his pants, pulled on his boots, threw his rifle over his shoulder, and grabbed his riding whip from the wall. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he was letting himself in, he stepped on something that made a crunching sound under his boot. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before him stood a tall, attractive, muscular man, well dressed in fine leather boots, black pants, jacket, and hat. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thin gray sludge trickled from her boot treads onto the cream-colored linoleum. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wore army trousers and shirt and polished boots, and his braces hung free at his waist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At four I stood and put my boots by the back door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I add some cigarettes, in the sides of their mouths, a few pistols and other hardware, and boots. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We took off our gloves and removed our snow-laden boots at the front door. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The snow squeaked under her feet, and for the first time she felt the dry bite of the cold right through her parka and boots. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That she was wed to his father's shipwright and pregnant to boot only made her more intriguing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The wrangler wore a Stetson hat on his greasy hair, an extra-large set of jeans, and a pair of black leather boots. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They were flanking a car shaped like a big boot and another one that looked like a pouncing cat. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They were just boots, but I knew whose feet would slide into them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He had approximately one thousand dollars tucked in his boot. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fond of costumes, Sandy appeared wearing a high-altitude climbing suit over her evening dress, complemented by mountaineering boots, crampons, ice ax, and a bandolier of carabiners. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They did not walk like ordinary footwear, the boots. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

One night he left without saying goodbye, leaving behind his trunks, his books, his weapons, his boots, and all his belongings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

People who glanced at him saw a tall, angry black man, dressed in black jeans, black T-shirt, and shiny black boots. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She padded across the kitchen floor and pushed at Shadow’s boot with her head. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They bought underclothing and boot liners of reindeer calf skin, and silk gloves to go inside big fur mittens. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Wanted to walk up the front steps where Ali used to make Hassan and me take off our snow boots. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"You each have ten thousand dollars more than you started with and an apartment building to boot. The man is dead, so why not think the best?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too sleepy to think, she unlaced her boots, undressed, and folded her clothes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

What you did in boot camp did not have to make sense. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore cowboy boots with a long white ruffled skirt and a denim shirt and waved like a beauty queen—a perfect combination of folksy and classy. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Veturius takes a dagger from his boot and tosses it to me before turning back to the flames. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As they neared the theater, they came upon an Englishman who was hacking a groove in the Earth with the heel of his boot. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shoveled cold burritos into my mouth as I waited for my laptop to boot. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She was wearing all black—leggings, boots, beanie, and her big puffy coat, which rustled as she moved closer to me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

What I can see, between alternating pairs of lavender and mint green leather boots, is a street full of bodies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The day she heard of this determination, my mother walked as if in sleep to the room where Bono and I sate, shining boots. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their gloves were black, their long-sleeved undershirts stretched tight over large arms, and their boots glistened, even in the shade. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and lifted my head for just long enough to see the victim’s mangled boots on display at the far end of the table. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I walk out the door to find Finch lying on the front lawn, eyes closed, black boots crossed at the ankle. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Billy looked up at all the young people in bright elastic clothing and enormous boots and goggles, bombed out of their skulls with snow, swinging through the sky in yellow chairs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they came up out of the Pipeworks, they stripped off their boots and slickers and hurried out into Plummer Square, where they flopped down on a bench and burst into furious talk. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He is thinking of the lace-up boots and means to be on the spot. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angela, disguised in her mother's old beaver coat and hat and in Turtle's red boots, was the first one out. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were all kinds—jeans and flannel shirts, sneakers and work boots, suits and ties and shined shoes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ben’s cowboy boots click like a girl’s heels. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Forcing female soldiers to wear men’s boots isn’t unique to the Red Army in World War II. Combat boots in women’s sizes for British soldiers were introduced in the United Kingdom only in 2012. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Finally he pulled his foot free and unlaced his boot, wincing at each motion. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His boots have stopped on the second rung from the top. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He headed right for me, boots clicking on the polished floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Distantly, I hear shouts and the thud of boots. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Some were barefoot and others wore army boots. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

On Zinaida’s first parachute jump, one of those too-big men’s boots slid off in the air, taking with it the cloth she’d wrapped around her foot to fill out the boot. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

East Texas clay mixes with plaster dust from the school; red sludge sucks at the soles of work boots. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth filled with saliva, and I vomited all over my boots while the boy smiled impassively. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day in the mill, the noise was just as jarring and her feet in Triphena’s old boots swelled just as large, but now and again she caught herself humming. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Werner laces his boots and sings the songs and marches the marches, acting less out of duty than out of a timeworn desire to be dutiful. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

An eerie, hair-raising creaking of riding boots, a crop striking leather, a peremptory footstep that makes me shake myself awake and turn on lights all over the house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa will be fine, Papa will be fine, Carmen repeated to herself as her boots clicked against the stone streets. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

They're having a march, another one, a chance for rows of them to peacock through the streets in their helmets and black boots. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The boots were one of those vivid details you can’t forget. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, Stella, what can they do? They got no power. No money. Like my daddy says, it’s hard to live like there’s a boot on your back every second of your life.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Talk of the people, Voice of God November 25, I960 The soldier was standing on the side of the road with his thumb out, dressed in a camouflage uniform and black, laced-up boots. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I made a point about the long hours doing mindless work, he declared that as prisoners we had to work and were probably lazy to boot. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My boot is raised to kick him in the throat, to crush his windpipe. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

From below came the familiar sound of singing and the scrape of boots on the flagstones. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Anyway, the boots, once they were on her feet, allowed her to go from one side of the world to the other in an instant. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It made him look like a tree stump in yellow boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The men aren’t shaving carefully and the women never remove their boots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boots were so ancient that their green rubber was cracked all over, as if covered with spiderwebs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After the slow descent, she picked her way up the front walk, her knees coming up high under her long coat, her big boots slamming into the calf-deep powder. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I hand it to Jake, and he quickly tucks it into his boot. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He raises his voice into the microphone, speaks up over the sound of cheers and applause and boots stomping on the floor of the hall. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But my stomach is screaming, and my feet are throbbing inside my combat boots. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I would flip through the Sears, Roebuck catalogue, dreaming of the dresses and boots and coats that were out there somewhere at the other end of the highway beyond the gate. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have T-shirts and flannel shirts, some warm sweaters; a bathing suit, a pair of sneakers, a pair of Crocs, and a pair of boots. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“All you RAF lads wear the same boots. Never seen young Jamie take his off. Wish I had a pair.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

If it falls far enough, he is booted from the elite rank entirely. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She walked him to Ninth Avenue, stood with him at dawn, her hair uncombed, her face still thick with sleep, her coat and a pair of boots slipped on over her pajamas. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I listened with envy as his boots shuffled up the stairs and clumped into his chamber. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That way they wouldn’t eat people’s boots or howl at the screen door. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I literally thought somebody had collected rainwater in a boot. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

His bandy legs were thrust into golden cavalry boots which he had taken from a dead Hungarian colonel on the Russian front. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled off the other boot, then did a cartwheel along the deck, spraying all of them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was tremendous, well over two hundred pounds, with scars on his hands and steel toe-clips on his motorcycle boots. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The cars were parked in the driveway, doors and boots open, waiting to be loaded. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He started down the gangplank, his boots thudding against the boards. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I kicked off my boots and one of the pairs of thick socks. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

At each step up a boot appeared or a slipper peeped out. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the sound of boots on stone, the Lord of the Iron Islands lifted his eyes to behold his last living son. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The next time they’re both at youth group, Travis asks Dillard if he wants to go see this cool place his brother showed him before he left for Marine Corps boot camp. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She’s leaning a bit forward on the toes of her shiny white boots like she’s about to take flight, like— Bam! Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grandfather kicks me with a steel-toed boot, and I grab the seat of the carriage, pain shooting through my leg. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was standing on a narrow track made up of loose gray pebbles that crunched under his combat boots when he walked. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It took an eternity for her laptop to boot up. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Still in fine shape, those boots. Any blisters?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They wouldn’t have died, of course, if they had had the boots, as was the original plan. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Now, on their own, the boots are like any bit of magic—neither good nor bad. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"The Time Is Now . . ." the sign across the river began, but with history stomping upon me with hobnailed boots, I thought with a laugh, why worry about time? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laced up her tall combat boots and squinted at herself again. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

My boot squished in mud with every step and my breath puffed out in white clouds before me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I thought for a minute, and then I got heavy, heavy boots. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and a robber to boot. Fancy stealing Martin’s tapestry from the mice! What harm have they ever done to him?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Reaching down into my boot, I pulled up some money. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are not the first to try and drown me,” he told Duck, as he was pouring river water from his boot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Who wears knee-high combat boots on an airplane? Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I idly kicked a few more clods of dirt into the hole with the toe of my boot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She could feel the magic of the boots lighting up her bones. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

On his way home, he made sure his boots and hands were caked with a day’s worth of cemetery dirt. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the boot off the ground and stood, bringing it up over his head, ready to lob it at his brothers again. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He’s ushered into a courtyard encircled with razor wire, where eight or nine other Germans sit in their high boots holding battered canteens, one dressed in women’s clothes in which he apparently tried to desert. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

While I waited for it to boot up, I tried to remember what I’d learned at that lesson in that man’s garage. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But I feel so good in the boots, my body relaxes, and without thinking I place equal weight on both feet. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then he realized his boots were full of water too, so he struggled to pull them off and empty them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The scrape of boots, the distant sound of voices. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

That and boots would take only $7 out of my stash. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As the boots recede, I open my eyes and nod to Gale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I show Daddy the boots I saw in the window and he says he needs a little more time to put some money together ’fore I can get shoes. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The snow clung to their boots and breeches, and the wind rattled the pines and made their cloaks snap and swirl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The prince wore sword and dagger, black boots polished to a high sheen, a black cloak lined with blood-red silk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Find it rammed into a stairwell with one of Boggs’s boots. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Luce in his leather chair, with his longish hair and ankle boots, was the kind of adult a kid might open up to. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The man took two steps forward; his boots—exactly like the ones on the table—nudged the back of my standard white slip-ons. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mackenzie booted Greenberg back out the door with a demand to see Smith in person. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing he wears that isn’t black are his boots—they’re tan. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

These crews—always, in my experience, made up of young black men—were watched over by tough- looking armed COs wearing wide-brimmed hats and leather boots, their pants tucked in at the top. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course he would have said it was an accident if the boot had connected. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t the same as when she had her boots. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

All I could hear was my own heartbeat and the sound of boots clicking on the stone. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this moment a window at the front of the cottage was flung open and a thin voice—her grandmother’s—piped, “Winifred! Don’t sit on that dirty grass. You’ll stain your boots and stockings.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He has to come sooner or later," she told herself, “even if it's just to put on those boots." One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

One fair evening as soon as supper was done, she dressed in her calico, which was nicer than her light summer cotton, put on her bonnet and good boots, and went out on the street. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The old, crotchety boot I know so well?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Jay,” I whisper, relieved he’s wearing hiking boots. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

She only gave me the boot so her and Sam could have the place to themselves while Ford naps. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The old man himself walking around his grounds, beating the side of his shiny boots with a riding crop. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boots turned out to belong not to a guest but to a man delivering the Cucaracha Voice. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that Roosevelt had lived another day, and was now sitting in a canoe with his fang-bitten boot looking for wildlife, proved it. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

So black were those beautiful boots that they seemed to bend the light around them. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And as she spoke, they could hear the sound of boots on gravel, and a voice issuing orders, and the jingle of metal. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I get to keep your car. Now, if you gave me those nice boots, we’d be even,” he added. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

My feet begin to move forward in my boots, I go quicker, I run. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been asleep, curled up by the fire, but something woke him—the child’s cry, the sound of snow crunching beneath black boots, a sudden indrawn breath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The rest of the girls are pulling on their boots and heading out the door, so I hurriedly do the same. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She could go nowhere without boots; nor could she make new ones. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The instructor placed his boot on the chest of an imaginary prone inmate, pumped five times, then straightened up, looked down, and blew five times loudly toward the floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put on my best lawn dress and kid boots, the ones I’d worn to the music recital, and tied a sky-blue ribbon in my hair, the color Harry liked best on me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The boots stopped, and a German toe prodded Helena’s side. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He unlaces his boots and folds his trousers in the dark and sets the tin of biscuits on top. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

After minutes of noisy crunching over glass, there was sudden silence under their boots where the road ended in fine sand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I need friends, Bax. I don’t need friends getting booted from school.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu climbed out of the car and went around to the boot. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“There never was such a cross family!” cried Jo, losing her temper when she had upset an inkstand, broken both boot lacings, and sat down upon her hat. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have time for this impudence, convict. And the only reason that my boot is not up your behind right now is that I have a job for you.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

So were my jet boots, and everything else I’d been carrying. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Rainwater ran down the back of his white cloak, and his boots left wet tracks on the floors and carpets. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She heard his boots on the steps and the double thunk of him kicking them off onto the porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His boots were covered with manure, and he had a pitchfork in one hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She kicked at the dirt between my boots. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I turn to see the naked English guy, except he’s dressed in a leather jacket and jeans and boots. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I stood still as I watched him take a long drag, drop it, and rub it out with his black boot. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would warm a man’s bed by night, patch the holes in his boots at morning, cook his supper come dusk, and loot his corpse after the battle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I picture my father hunched by the back door, lacing his steel-toed boots and threading his callused hands into welding gloves. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“It looks just like the red boot from that game,” said Miguel. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Taryn has on pink jeggings, a fuzzy cardigan, and a pair of ankle boots. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

On another occasion, a trainer put Luther up in a hotel, then booted him out the window when the bill came due. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Might be an old boot or a tire or a plastic milk crate or a clump of seaweed. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He checked every tin and jar of food, then emptied ’em on the pile of broke-up dishes; he used his boots to stomp every chair into kindling. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The drifts came almost to the top of his boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

No quailing, no clinging there, not in those capes and rough tweeds, those boots that came to the knee. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pulling on my boots, I walk to the edge of the roof. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“No, for real. I want to. It’s just, if I do one more thing wrong, if I do anything, they boot me.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My boots seem to leave prints, and I truly feel like I’m walking over a giant piece of toasted bread. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Johnny took off his jacket and boots, rolled up in a blanket on the bed the black man had made for him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catherine jumped out of her chair and stormed over to where Claire and Molly were sitting, her new black leather boots clicking sharply on the tiled classroom floor. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

At first I just looked down at his boots. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cooke is wearing a scarlet sweater dress, a chunky orange necklace, and brown cowboy boots. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Medium,” said Doon, and Lister found him a slicker and a pair of boots. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A grizzled beard and yellow rain boots as he pulled up a net full of tuna or salmon or whatever. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She just stood out on the porch in a faded apron and broken boots, working her hands. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The brass stepped over it carefully, to avoid ruining the shine on their boots.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He wore black rubber snow boots and a bright green cha-pan over a thick sweater and faded corduroy pants. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She got her boots and raincoat and considered the umbrella. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You’d be free of this millstone around your neck and ahead four hundred bucks to boot.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Wash pulled his boots back on and laced them with trembling fingers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of the menacing green of army uniforms, the shine of boot and gun, he saw a brown caftan and flat slippers and a familiar face that took him a moment to recognize: Miss Adebayo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I strain to listen for boots on the pavement. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I wake some time later and find myself facing a pair of huge work boots. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I trace the perimeter of a tile with the toe of my boot. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Indeed, when Ptolemy’s gem-encrusted boot did lift somewhat, the result was almost instant rebellion. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

When he saw the scarlet footprints her boots had left on the ground, the color seemed to drain from his face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then I feel the tips of my boots beginning to tilt ever so slightly. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There was somebody running in my boots, but it wasn’t me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now I was smuggling Hitler’s most prized treasure, along with a map and key to the Amber Room in my boot heel. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Danny is not my type at all—shaved head, shiny shirt, snakeskin boots, and a gold chain that looks like a rosary. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They are talking about homework and practicing and TV shows and boots. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The moss under my scuffed boots glitters with dew, and there is a threadbare carpet of golden leaves beneath the sycamore tree. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was deep, low, and raw—a voice like woodsmoke, serrated blades, and boots breaking through snow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Johnny went to the surgery, put on his boots and jacket. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can do that, he’s gone, the heels of his boots clicking sharply across stones. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The upturned sole is worn; the upright boot is scuffed. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We ditched our boots by the back door and washed up in a basin in the mudroom. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Littlefinger came next, still garbed in the blue velvets and silver mockingbird cape he had worn the night previous, his boots dusty from riding. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Laced leather boots that don’t pinch my toes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My face lands in a still-warm pool of someone’s blood, but I play dead, remain motionless as the boots march over us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I climb onto my bed and stand tall in my boots on top of the sheets. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

They followed me through the laundry room that was also a mudroom for all our coats and boots, and then into the family room, where they returned to their still-warm spots on our couch. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Red crashed through the underbrush, his boots much better suited for tramping through the weeds than my saddle shoes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfonso wore snakeskin cowboy boots with heels that made him look taller than he really was, and an expensive leather hat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this year came the sound of shuffling boots and sometimes a voice. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was too tall for the tattered trousers that stopped long before his black boots started. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When it finally came, I skipped up to the bus stop in Jackie’s majorette boots. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Manchee jumps, his teeth bared, but Mr. Prentiss Jr. is faster, kicking him away with a vicious boot to the face. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Describe this boot to me, then! What kind of a pitiful salesman are you? No wonder you’re starved for customers.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next day someone dropped a woolly mitten, and it made a restful change from the boot. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Clothes as well: cloaks, breeches, boots, tunics, good leather gloves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mine's to clean between the studs on my football boots. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She was wearing rubber boots and her umbrella dripped with rain. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ryan looked around to make sure no one was watching before lifting Ralph out of his pocket and placing him in an overturned boot. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

A thrill rushed through him as he left the waterfront, his boots clicking against the city’s familiar cobblestone streets. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, I find boot prints in the mud along the bank. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Businessmen wear heeled boots that never feel a stirrup, and men of great wealth who have houses in Paris and regularly shoot grouse in Scotland refer to themselves as little old country boys. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A furry animal the size of a field mouse, but with eyes and ears as big as a chinchilla’s, scurries over my left boot to nibble on leaves. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She stopped in the mudroom, hung her apron on a hook, sat down to pull her boots on. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The dense crashes of Sigurd’s enormous boots in the field grew closer behind her, getting louder, and she pumped her arms and legs faster. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing trendy glasses with frames too big for her face and chunky leather boots. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He twisted and saw a small bright-eyed snake, crimson in the fire's glow, with its fangs sunk deep into the back of his leather boot. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gerris sat upon a sagging bed and pulled off his boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I look down at her boots—the same clean leather boots as before. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In a pair of what looked to be her husband’s boots and a long black coat, Mrs. Bernoffski shuffled onto the front porch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ice crunched beneath his boots, and a sudden gust pushed back his hood, as if a ghost had plucked at him with frozen fingers, hungry to gaze upon his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He put his cigarette in his mouth and put his boots on. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As much as he could, Bran preferred to dress himself, but there were some tasks—pulling on breeches, lacing his boots—that vexed him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But the back half is drowning in a sea of clothes—lots of camo and boots—and fast-food cups. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

That gave me heavy boots, because it reminded me of the lock that I still hadn’t found, and how until I found it, I didn’t love Dad enough. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

His clothes are wearing out, and so are his boots. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Watching him draw on his heavy boots, Kit knew that she could not let him go without speaking. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

As you move past one mirror reflecting your boots, the mirror next to it shows only empty space and the mirrors on the other side. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

These were growing flesh as I watched, turning into men, but men with dull gray skin, yellow eyes, and modern clothes—gray muscle shirts, camo pants, and combat boots. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing long black sleeves inside a striped black vest, slender black pants tucked into boots, and a long black robe that wraps around my shoulders and covers me like a blanket. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He found a rubberized canvas seabag and he prowled the rest of the ship in his boots, pushing himself off the bulkheads against the tilt, the yellow slicker pants rattling in the cold. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And she put the suitcases into the boot and we drove off. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

One man claimed his boots, another his dagger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If that weren’t trial enough, a few hours of standing in her proud new boots and her feet had swollen so that the laces cut into her flesh. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She throws her boots in the direction of the bell, and they fall with a thud, thud onto the concrete. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She buttoned the waistcoat snugly over the shirt and sat down to lace on her boots, then pulled her hair back and tucked it beneath the high collar before tying the cravat around her neck. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clippinger swore at us at first, calling us fools; and, when he saw that this booted him nothing, grew fearful as the boat dipped lower in the current. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Her heart was light even if her feet felt clumsy in their makeshift boots and oversized stockings. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He went careening by, and Anya heard a dull whack as the serpent struck the side of the newcomer’s boot. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I put her in the boot of the car,” he says. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Taran’s disappointment at finding the Lord Gwydion dressed in a coarse jacket and mud-spattered boots, he followed the man with growing admiration. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The first boot was easy to find, but the second took him a while. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When she returned, she wore rubber boots and an old raincoat, and she carried a bucket of buttermilk and a small wooden paddle. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Stick my arm out straight and point my finger at her button boots. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The boys taunted me, saying, “How’s your brother there, Wood? He clean your boots for you too?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was an arm and a gold wrist-watch and part of a boot. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his head was a soiled brown Stetson hat, and he wore high-heeled boots and spurs to prove he was not a laboring man. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without being assigned, without removing their boots, without baths and delousing and hospital pajamas, they were climbing onto the beds. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The captain spat on Hickey’s boots, took one step back, and slid his sword home into the scabbard. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I flipped over on my stomach and dug in with my hands and the toes of my boots. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A heavy boot half pushed, half kicked the entangled feet of the sprawled boy and the nose of the dog and slammed the door. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought disconcerted her, and she hurriedly laced up her well-worn boots. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped in, feeling the warm water fill my boots. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paving stones felt warm beneath his feet when Quentyn climbed down from the hathay, even through the leather of his boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The toe of her right boot can’t clear the snow, hence the dragging. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody had ever stepped on these white rugs with manure-covered boots. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion slipped from the hammock, yawning, and looked about for his boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As Seven’s boots crunched down on the icy snow, she couldn’t help but notice the jagged path Pixel’s body had made. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He ignored her, lacing his boots and scooting over to the closet again. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her legs are encased in striped stockings, her feet in tall black button-up boots. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Worst of all I was only wearing one boot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her African costume was a colorful wrap; her sailor outfit made her look like a street rascal, with a tunic, trousers, and leather boots. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He slipped off Trouble, landing lightly on well-worn boots. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing rain boots, and she has on a pair of flowery Doc Martens. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She turned her back on them to unlace her boots and pull off her outer tunic. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ramsay Bolton stood beneath them, clad in high boots of soft grey leather and a black velvet doublet slashed with pink silk and glittering with garnet teardrops. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This money was divided between the owner of the horse and the rider, and Johnny bought himself spurs, boots, and a fur-lined surtout, all second hand. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall man—probably the guy who’d dragged him down there— put his big boot on Mark’s chest and pressed him back to the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And then he remembered that his shoes were ruined, that he needed boots. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gran had booked us in a really frilly inn, and it was funny to see Gramps in his work boots and plaid flannel amid all the lacy doilies and potpourri. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was given a uniform, a new pair of boots, a helmet, a flashlight, a whistle, and a knobkerrie, which is a long wooden stick with a heavy ball of wood at one end. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was prepared to offer the sight of those bulging boots to his mother as evidence of her thoughtlessness. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore tight breeches tucked into tall boots and a puffy white pirate’s shirt unbuttoned to his navel. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“He’ll be sopping wet before he even gets his boots on,” Mother said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But the shoes we saw coming down were not the glistening boots of an SS officer. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a spectacular outfit: close-fitting pants, a layered tunic studded with whorls of iron, and knee-high boots; she carried her wooden staff, which stretched as high as her head. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was a big man with a crew cut, a black leather biker’s jacket, black jeans, a white muscle shirt, and combat boots. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I stood at the front of the line, looking at the gleaming span of checkered tile between the PSF’s black boots and my mud-splattered toes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

By the time I came home, the blisters had popped and their water mixed with the sweat in the boots; even this, somehow, seemed beau- tiful to me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoes clatter against the wooden planks faintly, under the heavier sound of soldiers' boots. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I returned to my room and laced on my heavy winter boots. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She could hear echoing noises coming closer—the stomping boots, the bangs as the soldiers forced open doors not opened quickly enough, the shouted questions. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Everyone but Edwin wore heavy jackets and tall rubber boots. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She wears black knee-high boots, a white skivvy that gives her a lovely shape, and a dark jacket-vest. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The phrases “saddles on their backs” and “a favored few, booted and spurred” had been lifted from a famous speech delivered by Col. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I have to get my boots on again first.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I try to climb to my feet, but before I can, a boot lodges itself in my side, digging into the soft spot just below my ribs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When he went out after breakfast, he wore his work boots and said he was going to help pack down graves. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

People are rocking hoodies and combat boots, and you just know the days of summer bliss are long gone. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a tight T-shirt with skulls on it and black jeans rolled up so that you could see the white laces of his black Doc Martens boots. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young soldier went straight to where he had been before, pulled off his boots, and lay down. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

So half an hour later, when the rope-ladder had been finished and hung, and the forty-second boot had been laced neatly onto the Centipede’s forty-second foot, they were all ready to go out. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The first step in the examination process would be to pry the thigh-high cavalry boot off Booth’s left leg. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sole of my left boot is noticeably peeling off. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And certain sounds returned—a silver dollar rolling across a floor, boot steps on hardwood stairs, and the sounds of breathing, the gasps, the hysterical inhalations of a man with a severed windpipe. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she gave me a little squeeze and added, “Personally, I love those boots.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The impost consisted of thejockey, his roughly four and a half pounds of saddle, boots, pants, and silks, and, if necessary, lead pads inserted into the saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After walking for some time she saw, crossing a snow-covered field in her fur boots, Raya herself. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I focused on the scuffed tips of my boots propped up higher than my head as they rested on the arm at the other end of the couch. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote, “I can still see the horse with the man’s empty boots and carbine suspended to the saddle, and the firing over the grave.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I already have black pantyhose and my black combat boots. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Luna grumbled, her heart sinking into her boots. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

After returning inside, he stoked the fire, then pulled on his rubber boots and his rain slicker. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It’s fun to be outdoors and see the snowflakes float down past the brim of your hat, and hear the squeak of the fresh powder under your boots. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about calling to Naomi for a towel as he stripped off his boots on the porch, but he didn’t want to wake the kids. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The woman in front of us at the TSA Security Checkpoint was wearing knee-high combat boots. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Gone were the overalls, the big plaid work shirts, the muddied boots, the chaps, the cap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his boots again real quick, trying to hide his smile. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She lit a scented candle and knelt to pull off his boots. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At the time, I had a pair of Timberland boots I’d bought. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Those old Union Army boots he wore; said his son had sent them from the front lines to make sure his of man had something sturdy on his feet. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Outside, the men’s boots scraped and grated over the stones. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There stood Grandpa Sorenson, wearing a flannel shirt and work boots, arms folded across his chest. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Small boots appeared in front of my face. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Of course, others stood out, too, like the guy who had chosen to wear army boots along with his coat and tie. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shout sounds from below us, another from above, and suddenly the stairwell echoes with the ping of arrows and the shuffle of boots. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They looked distinguished in their khaki uniforms, boots shining, half of a yellow sun sewn on their sleeves. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He walked away across the room, his cowboy boots echoing like pistol shots. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” Bailey says, looking down at his scuffed brown shoes, and at her white boots on the other side of the fence. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Doon met her just outside the door, and she followed him inside, where he handed her a slicker and boots to put on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

With belts and long leather laces from their boots, the hunters made a stretcher. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was without his boots and his bluish toes stank. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

You need your running shoes and your sandals and your boots. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, did she?” and Mr. Dashwood gave Jo a quick look, which seemed to take note of everything she had on, from the bow in her bonnet to the buttons on her boots. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Corry, dancing lightly in her elastic-sided boots and holding her skirts daintily with her hands, disappeared in the other direction with her huge daughters stumping noisily behind her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I waited for more—I was desperate for more—but he only pushed his boot back with his toe when it started to slip and walked down the hall to shower. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Bella Luna. Did you ever think that maybe she was trying to help you? She booted everyone out for your own privacy. To make you comfortable, capisce?” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I was focused completely on Sasha, making sure she was smiling and not about to trip over her own booted feet. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I booted a pinecone way up the gloomy path. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The stranger had rumpled gray hair and an anxious expression, and was wearing a strange mixture of clothes; a pinstriped suit, a scarlet tie, a long black cloak, and pointed purple boots. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Shouted orders filled the air, along with nervous laughter and the sound of British boots on the cobblestones. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that afternoon, back at home, I stood tall in my brand-new black rubber boots and jutted out my chin and announced to Mamita, “I am never going back to school again.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Trouble noticed two things—one, a pair of black boots was sticking out of a shrub beside the door, and two, there was a massive human standing in the doorway. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

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

Carmen sat on the edge of the lumpy mattress to button up her brand-new boots. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Now it looks like I'm about to get the boot. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He left the house in the morning wearing a yellow hard hat and big steel-toed boots, which I thought made him look extra handsome. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bed squeaks under him and he grunts when he pulls off his boots and drops them to the floor. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The children heard her and followed, streaming across the enclosure toward the avenue of lights, their boots pattering and creaking in the hard-packed snow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She presses her boot against the small of my back as though I am some felled prey. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And so I marched along in a parade of my imagination, passing one plodding Jew after another, head high, arms swinging, goose-stepping as if I wore tall shiny boots myself. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Nothing but a pink boot without a girl to wear it and a rifle that I knew as well as my own hand. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t say anything, her eyes dropped to her boots and stayed on them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Huntsman was dismounting from his horse, and his boots touched down in snow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I splashed home in a cold rain with the little food we could afford, and when I walked through the front door and slipped off my boots, my feet made tracks across the hallway. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Their cloaks hung almost to the ground, the heavy wool dyed a rich gold; their mail and boots and gloves were black. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For a long time she gazes silently at her son’s boots under the stove, his handwriting on the walls, his toothbrush. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swiftly we slip into the water, lie on our backs and swim, holding the boots with their contents up over our heads. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then came a sort of scuffing, thumping noise—it sounded like Jackson kicking something out of the way with his boot—and the boys were led inside. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wears a pair of nicely faded jeans, brown leather boots with yellow laces and thick rubber soles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had slept through the weather report, so I was the only one without boots. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He’d let Aunt Daisy drag him to a fancy clothes store for a new pair of boots. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

And Fyrian had reached into a hole in a broken tower and pulled out a pair of boots. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If not for the tightness of Booth’s boot, which forms an immediate splint, the bone would be poking through the skin. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Blue light streamed out of it, and she removed a pair of yellow rubber boots. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Less than a dozen breaths later the sound of boots on the wooden porch echoes through the house, along with voices. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When we got down to the kitchen, we found her in a pair of men’s overalls stuffed into gum boots. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without touching my boot money, I took out two silver dollars and some change in my pocket. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I place my go-go boots in their box and put on my old sneakers. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Holly kicked snow from her boots and lowered the hood of her cloak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But the young recruits were forbidden to alter the boots in any way. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

There they are: a pair of new white go-go boots, shiny and bright like two moons. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Deputy Mayor,” Hildy says, walking up the steps, clomping her boots loud against the wood. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

My footsteps kicked up dust, and it rose in puffs around my boots. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as anyone opened the boot, which they did at half the checkpoints, the chickens began to carry on like—well, like chickens! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

For a long time there had been a shriveled boot lying exposed on grass kept trim by rabbits. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was still some 429 points away from grand-master status, but I was touted as the Great American Hope, a child prodigy and a girl to boot. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marly loved her new boots and scarves and gloves in the fall. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t wear any of my shoes, except my ski boots, which are not very practical around the house. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Surely on the feet of Himmler, Master of All the Jews, would be the most magnificent boots of all. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Carl let his eyes flick over to Bernabe, who had dropped his eyes to where his boot tips—pointing outward from being on the wrong feet—were scuffing self-consciously in the dust. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new boots fit him better than the old ones ever had. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the time when I was little and ventured alone to the market in Otavalo to buy boots with my saved-up snack money. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or not wanting the cute new boots Miri showed up wearing yesterday? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The room smelled like wax, candles, oil lamps, tobacco, burning stove wood, whiskey, dirty clothes, and leather boots. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing that makes sense to me is what Walt Whitman said about death: “Look for me under your boot soles.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in jeans and boots and his counselor’s T-shirt from Camp Half-Blood, which seemed like an insult now that we knew he was a spy. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was the opening and slamming of car doors, the scrunch of boots on rocks, low voices talking. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“And what coarse hands he has! And what thick boots!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He poked at Edward with the toe of his boot. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

We would give our containers to the cattle killers—muscular tribal men who wore heavy boots and plastic aprons—and they would fill them to capacity. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doc pulled on his rubber boots and set his rain hat fussily. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked right out of my boots this morning on my way to milk Violet, the mud was that thick. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“A boot with a shoelace and eyelets and a tongue. With an inner sole. The regular kind.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though his inflexible new boots had chewed his feet into hamburger, Beck kept hobbling upward, day in and day out, scarcely mentioning what must have been horrific pain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

As I made my way down the aisle, some of those girls pointed at my boots, giggling and whispering. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

His keys were jangling, and his janitor boots were making a very authoritative sound as they hit the polished floor of the Golden Glen. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

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

Thin bubbles of ice form across these puddles overnight; we shatter them with the heels of our boots. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had insisted I wear my old warm boots today, and though I was glad my toes weren’t freezing, it was highly inconvenient. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He could have kicked himself in the shins with the stiletto toes of his flamenco boots. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take photos all around: an herb garden planted in a giant cowboy boot; bicycles chained to the fences; a nautical steering wheel hung on a rail, splitting the sun into triangles on the ground. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Her head is leaning away from him and her feet are touching one of his splendid but muddy boots. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They did, sir. When I graduated with my platoon, one of them told me he had never heard a voice like mine in boot camp.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Witchlings picked up their pace, which was proving difficult as their boots sank into the dark red mud. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The jeans are arranged by type—straight, skinny, boot cut, wide leg, the ridiculously named “boyfriend.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing Collective-issue boots and jumpsuit, but is also wearing gloves and has lab goggles on the top of his head like a hat. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Next to the golden boots were a pair of feet which were swaddled in rags. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ground his teeth and was silent: he arrested his step and struck his boot against the hard ground. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Robert Finch was filled up with trouble from his dirty boots to the brim of his scraggly hat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

One purpose of boot camp is to take young men who are out of shape and make them physically fit. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These are Danielle’s boots and something magical happened when I put them on. Look, I can walk again, without limping.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I unzip my boots and tear open the inner soles to reveal my knives, then tuck them into my belt. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Not because of my patches or my boots. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I hand it to Jake, and he quickly tucks it into his boot. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She was dressed casually—in blue jeans and a denim shirt and hiking boots—but something about the . woman radiated power. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

This is the woman who crushed my parents under her steel-bottomed boot, who brought the Resistance to its knees by killing the greatest leaders it ever had. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Black boots, two sets, stand near my head. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“He can’t even face me? Sends a little girl to give me the boot? Maybe I’ll just shake a few coins out of you.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Snow was thick on his hood and shoulders; it was already ankle-deep about his boots. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Oberlin College was gravy—all you could eat and no one telling you what to do and your own job to boot if you wanted one. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buddy Ray kicked me in the ribs with the toe of his cowboy boot. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana wore a neatly pressed pink shirt, a bolo tie, beige, tapered western pants, and cowboy boots, and he carried a pack of filtertip cigarettes in his shirt pocket over the heart. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shirt was full-sleeved and the loose-fitting trousers were pushed into the tops of high leather boots. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half-Wellington rubber boots with cork inner soles kept my feet warm and dry. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily kind of smiled as she pulled on her boots, but she didn’t respond immediately. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Pa spun into a fixing frenzy repairing tack, mending his boots, and moving from room to room tending to all the things he’d let go during planting season. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I trod on three people’s feet, but they were big biker men wearing thick black boots and they didn’t notice. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad tried to get a special boot made that would fit my foot—a high heel for a two-year-old boy—but that didn’t work either. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He wore high leather boots, leather breeches, and a pirate-style shirt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Amazing, DeShon, crouching, balancing his right foot on his knee, slips his boot on just fine. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Every year, the Ohio mill chose some of its young engineers and sent them down to Coalwood to a kind of coal-mining boot camp my father ran. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their pants were tucked inside their boots and their shirts were tucked into their pants. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Problem was, my inner voice resembled Chicken Little: it was screaming that I was about to die, but it did that almost every time I laced up my climbing boots. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

His boots crunched through piles of old snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then, with agonizing slowness, I felt the same PSF move behind me again, brushing my shoulder and arm with his own as he gently deposited the boot back on the table in front of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, he felt only the bite of a nail in his boot, which pierced the ball of his foot whenever he came down on it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was quiet, the only sound the crunching of Jack’s boots and the soft drag of the sled. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Stuart, the young Canadian cardiologist, discovered that his crampons didn’t even fit his new boots. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She slowly approached, catching herself as she almost tripped on one of Dill’s boots. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They wore white boots and daisy dresses with flared sleeves. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the desk, on a calendar, a smiling blond girl, in a baton twirler’s shiny blue suit with white boots to her knees, had her arms flung around the neck of a palomino horse. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred yards away a dump of Wellington boots, gas masks and capes was fired, and acrid smoke enveloped the line of men pushing forward to the bridge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A team of creative lawyers and four tough women—two of them teenagers—had just booted Jim Crow off the buses. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

A universal shriek arose as the russet boots waved wildly from the wreck and a golden head emerged, exclaiming, “I told you so! I told you so!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I didn’t have to touch my boot money, the money I was saving for rough times. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My boots clatter on the stone as I head for the stairs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Drummle looked at me, and then at my boots, and then said, “Oh!” and laughed. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

As I walk, I feel a tug on my skirt and glance down, expecting to find it caught beneath someone's boot. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He did the same with his other boot. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I’m sure my face is a swollen splotchfest, and my boots are muddy, and my hair’s completely undone. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Another soldier was kicking down trays of fruits, squashing papayas with his boots and laughing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were big boots and little boots, big shoes and little shoes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father sat down on the sidewalk and got his boots on right. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the awful weight lifted, and a nudge from a boot flipped her over effortlessly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The snows began to melt, and the wet mud that was exposed was thick and heavy, the kind of mud that clings to your boots and drags you down. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Just ’cause Ben wears cowboy boots doesn’t mean you can make fun of him.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I hear a noise over my shoulder and turn to see Violet, on the opposite end of the ledge and naked too except for a pair of black boots. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Some of the men saved leather suitcases to use for boot repairs later on. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He dressed in fatigue pants, a military issue T-shirt, and combat boots. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a big enough deal when you wore those black spike-heeled boots to school when you were in eighth grade. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She didn’t change her clothes, but just took off her boots and reached into her pack, into the little pocket she’d sewn into it to hold her most cherished possession. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, man. Where did you get those ’90s combat boots, though?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her clothes seem like real dusty leather, worn and creased for years and years with a rimmed hat and boots for ignoring mud. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She wore a pair of soft leather construction boots, tight jeans, and a black Led Zeppelin T-shirt, and was chewing gum and blowing bubbles. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Except for two sets of boot prints, one bearing a diamond pattern and the other a Cat’s Paw design, the slayers had left not a single clue. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for taking off his boots, he had not troubled to undress. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

My trousers are tom and smeared with dirt—my boots’ leather is flaking off. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Doc rolled up his wool socks and put them in the rubber boots and from his pocket he brought out dry socks and a pair of thin moccasins. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They washed the cars for the Black Jackets, cleaned their boots and their guns, delivered love letters. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Blood spilled over the grass and into the dirt; it splashed on his boots. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The letter was now under a man’s leather boot. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

His garb—jacket, leggings, and boots—was dark. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was quite small and his arms were by his side, his puttee-wrapped legs and muddy boots together, his cap over his face. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I open my door, the redheaded girl is collecting my unitard and boots from where I left them on the floor before my shower. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When it did not come, hunger awoke him; he ran from his roost to Miyax, pecked on her boot, and fluttered his wings for food. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He believed that any Navajo joining up would have a better chance of getting through boot camp than your average bilagaanaa. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She's wearing a purple dress with knee-high boots and an oversize crescent necklace. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She dropped her eyes and began digging a little hole in the dirt with the tip of her boot. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

No sound of boots as they crossed the sand to the tide line. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Called me Kicker for a time—this was day care, the year Gram and Grim took me over—and I had a thing about booting anyone who dared to touch me. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Polly watched him coolly as he strode away, his shiny black boots getting dusty as he walked. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Periodically Connor would hold something up for us like an old boot or a handkerchief and say, “Check this out,” like whatever he was holding was interesting, when, in fact, it was not. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Kaisa’s dark brown boots were comfortably worn and scuffed, the leather lined and aged. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the non-Indian Marines who had been in boot camp with us were leaving on furloughs. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dressed him in horsehair leggings and high boots, buckling a belt heavy with gold and silver medallions about his waist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Pinkie dropped his boots into the fire; their soles made thick black smoke, and the light from the fire was temporarily obscured. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had never worn boots before of any kind, and that first day, I walked like a newly shod horse. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t even wear boots,” Gum Baby mocked. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh hell. Alright. Jees . . .” Bloom put a raincoat on over his pajamas, shoved his feet into some mud-encrusted irrigation boots, and followed their reeking little entourage around the house. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled delightedly as she came to greet them, and her feet made little dancing movements inside the tiny elastic-sided boots. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The one I have conjured up, the one with the rolltop boots and the turned-up collar, or the one before, or the one after? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the Ministry of Plenty’s forecast had estimated the output of boots for the quarter at a hundred and forty-five million pairs. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Strange voices echoed down the yards, and free folk were coming and going along icy paths that had only known the black boots of crows for years. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now other rich people began to arrive, concealing their status in blue jeans and riding boots. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long before dark they were chafing in the unaccustomed bindings of stockings and ill-fitting boots, reminding her that they had done too much. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I have a feeling that Skyler did not come over here to talk about my boots. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I wish it was possible for me to show you the sea bottom in those days—the black bodies, the blood, the bones broken by boots and clubs! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought all of the soldiers were men until I made out a line of women in those green army uniforms and boots. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He and Señor Diaz stepped inside the shop, which sold items that charros might buy such as jackets, ruffled shirts, whips, and elegant riding boots. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He took his eyes off his boots long enough to look at us. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He remembered his first meeting with Perry in the interrogation room at Police Headquarters in Las Vegas—the dwarfish boy- man seated in the metal chair, his small booted feet not quite brushing the floor. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A soft cushion of ground cover except where it’s been worn away by boots. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I pull a knife from my boot, unfasten the back of her dress, cut the top few lacings, and fasten her back up. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Usually I’d be mortified at such over-the-top PDA, especially with her decked out in red boots, silver arm cuffs, and a gold belt, but today I didn’t mind. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The men fired again and again, and, when the animals got to close quarters, lashed out with their sticks and their heavy boots. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Nothing but the tap, tap, tap of the patrolling SS man’s boots. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They’d each been given the opportunity to select one object to aid them in their ascent—rope, spikes, special boots—and sure enough, Cain had gone right for the rope. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I showed off my boots to every child I passed. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soles of his boots were caked with dirt and there was trail dust on the hem of his long jacket. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She stuck out one pretty boot so that the green leather tip pointed at the ceiling. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I think it will be okay,” Josiah said, poking at the dead flies with the toe of his boot. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Root alighted gently on the deck, his boots adhering slightly to the mixture of dried soap and blubber coating the steel surface. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The sergeant spotted the ax handles on the floor by each cot and kicked one with his boot. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m scrambling back down the ladder when one of my boots kicks someone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We chose some boots and coats, out of necessity, and I also managed to take home two T-shirts and a pair of jeans—not stylish but wearable. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The next day when he got home from work, Henry sat on the porch steps, elbows on his knees, boots unlaced but still on. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of Converse or Vans, he had on dark brown hiking boots. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t have stumbled back, tripping over my own boots, but I was nearly to the door before I even realized it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t ask who the man in the drawings was, because I was afraid the answer would give me heavy boots. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

This dictator was the heavy boot on our skinny necks. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His boots clumped on the bare wood floor as he walked over to her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see boots and the little tunnel of the pistol coming down the sidewalk. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Pyatsha took one of his boots off and threw it at his retreating oldest brothers. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Toby scooted to the end of the truck, and Lily handed him his boots. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He is the epitome of southern gentleman in his creased khakis, plaid pearl-snap shirt, and brown boots. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The mare wouldn’t even understand the command when he shouted, “Giddy-yap!”; at the jab of his boot in her gut, which she’d never felt before, she would rear, twisting wildly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Dad travels. He’s not looking in Mom’s boots during his free time.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got to finish these boots for a tourist,” she said. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks as cool and unruffled as ever, no sweat marking his clothes, even wearing riding gloves, even clean boots. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He detects patterns: one track is waffled, another has fine lines, and another is shaped like the pointed toe of a boot. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He tucked the boot box under his arm and ran like he had never run before. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He was all shiny boots and official uniform. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

It floated a few inches off the ground, its feathery boots moving fast, just out of reach of the sunflower seeds. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The fact that the handcuffs and his boot on my shoulder had kept me from reaching Stick in his last living moments. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, he had his left boot on his right foot and vice versa. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, but it was one of the only things that made my boots lighter. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was the clatter of boots on the stair treads, then boots on the marble steps outside, and then the crash of the front door slamming. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

His next assignment was working chemistry boot camp at Velma T.’s house to make up for blowing out the chemistry room windows during science class. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Each article was set apart as an exhibit; the rucksack in the centre, the riding boots on one side and the ski boots on the other. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was broad from shoulder to belly and then narrow from the hip—where his holster sat—down to his boots. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

"Your boots and socks are still damp and the weather's not helping much," he says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was gray with a white bib and boots. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

After I took off my boots, my feet looked wrinkled and tender and white. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning the ghetto reverberated with sounds of the Aktion, the roundup: gunshots, shouts in German, doors banging, and heavy boots on the stairs. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

True to form, I had forgotten my rubber boots, and the path was a rapidly deepening ribbon of mud. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The man beside him was dressed in a heavy coat, boots, and thick leather gloves. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t do his feet much good to be back in those cold, wet socks and boots. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The boot clamps locked into place around his ankles. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

With sour making my whole head pucker, with the boy boycott back in full swing, I boot up my laptop and type into The Oracle: Guillermo Garcia and Art Tomorrow, hoping to find Mom’s interview. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Harry raised his eyebrows, but said nothing except, “We’ll be starting in about five minutes, you’d better get your boots on.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t think a high school girl like me is visible enough, exists enough for a soldier with a rifle, a pistol, a club, a helmet, and high boots to notice. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

And I can wear my new pink rain boots! Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The woman wore black boots and a plain gray shift dress. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They wore uniforms, but they fit no better than our clothes—no high boots, no silver eagles. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When he prodded Wez with the toe of his boot, the boy sat up and rubbed his eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Miguel was a pale student, with feverish eyes, faded trousers, and miner’s boots, in his final year of law school. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jacket, pants, cap, boots, and bulletproof vest, like the kind the police have, but more heavy-duty and with shiny black plates across the front, like something Batman might wear. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The carefully tailored layers of body armor, the hidden weapons in the boots and belt, the special reinforcements over my heart. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The effect of this gear-crunching was to flip her around in midair, so that her boot heels were pointed directly at the troll’s head. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

You could let your hair grow, he said, and you didn’t have to polish your boots or snap off salutes or put up with the usual rear-echelon nonsense. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pain in the right foot, unmistakable squish of blood in the boot. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, there’s one of Melissa Hopper’s boots. You could hide there.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

His polished boots, the thick gold watch chain cinched across his waistcoat, the handsome fob. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I fired my avatar’s jet boots just before I hit the ground, then quickly adjusted my immersion rig’s control setup, because I was now controlling my avatar instead of a giant robot. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The gray museum auditorium steams with wet coats and the slush melting from winter boots. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It flared for a while, before he reached out and squashed it underneath a gleaming black boot. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The big mirrors on the wardrobe doors are spotted black with age, and old leather boots stand beneath a little desk, and a whisk broom hangs from a peg. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He would’ve talked about this, and how he grabbed Kiowa by the boot and tried to pull him out. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Some sell virtual Warcross items laid neatly out on tables, everything from gold rings to glittering capes, leather boots and platinum armor, healing elixirs and treasure chests. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looks different from how I remember her, dressed in her soldier’s uniform and heavy army boots, her long dark hair swept back under an olive-colored headscarf. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It sucked off boots and shoes and ruined the brake linings on cars and trucks; it built up crippling deposits under horse and cattle hooves. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a worn leather jacket and black boots that came clear up to his knees. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my extra socks and my hiking boots out of the backpack and put them on. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The boot steps are getting closer, deliberate in their plodding pace. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, Maurice could not see any decent way to give Rosy the boot. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I looked at Dad’s boot to make sure the duct tape was holding up. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Now here was Athena, dressed in jeans and hiking boots and a red flannel shirt, her dark hair cascading over her shoulders. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In another moment he would hear the tramp of boots outside. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The leather boots were as black and polished as jet. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find his phone tucked into one of the boots, but it’s completely dead. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A hard frost was settling over the castle, and Jon could hear the soft crunch of grey weeds beneath his boots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I brushed her clothes, cleaned her boots, rubbed her neck where it ached. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thick shoelaces crisscrossed their way up from the windshield to the top of a ten-foot-tall boot collar. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

With him was a big dude wearing a cowboy hat and boots. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby sat next to the driver, continually checking his fingernails and picking specks of dirt off his boots. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I considered leaving off my boots, as feet that can run bare over Tarbean’s rooftops are in no danger of being hurt by the roughest forest floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Game was scarce, forcing Franklin and his men to subsist on lichens scraped from boulders, singed deer hide, scavenged animal bones, their own boot leather, and finally one another's flesh. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind his innocent façade of a doctor without prestige there was hidden a terrorist who with his short-legged boots covered the scars that five years in the stocks had left on his legs. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Melissa hates boots, so she leaves them at school. That way her mother can’t make her wear them.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Joel disconnected the electric fence from its battery and held down the wire with his boot to let me into the paddock. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Kyle locked his feet into the hover ladder’s ski boot brackets. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I put the return ticket in my boot. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped the shingle and crushed it out with my boot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His pants were flared and on his feet were a pair of ankle boots with zippers on the sides. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It rocked dangerously, though she planted her big boots as wide as the sides allowed. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I also bought a few packs of socks and underwear, a simulated leather jacket, a pair of boots, and a black knit-wool cap to cover my freezing, stubble-covered noggin. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He saw a pair of black boots next to him, and he followed them up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As they began to lose feeling, they started wiggling their toes inside their waterlogged boots to keep the blood circulating. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The red boot was one of ten tokens you could pick to move around the board. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Even in heavy boots, his feet seemed to glide soundlessly over the ground. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was wearing brown cowboy boots that were probably made from rattlesnake skin, like the ones Papá had on his feet the morning he walked out of our lives. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He jammed his toes into the desert boots and leaped as well as he could into the tweed trousers, which he could hardly button at the waist. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The visitor was a stout man in cracked, mud-caked boots and a heavy brown robe of the coarsest roughspun, his features hidden by a cowl, his hands drawn up into voluminous sleeves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I refuse to sleep in my boots!” the Centipede cried. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mabel's shoes are thin leather boots, made for city streets in California. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Stella tossed the boots and gloves into a corner of the porch and rinsed off in a jiffy. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Put on your boots and go to work. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His very boots were benevolent, and his collars never stiff and raspy like other people’s. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

On their feet they carried jungle boots—2.1 pounds — and Dave Jensen carried three pairs of socks and a can of Dr. Scholl’s foot powder as a precaution against trench foot. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mikey tells her God is not going to afflict you with the fit and then boot you into hell on top of it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A pair of black leather boots stand at attention by the side of the bed. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

His wife said to him, "This one'll have to go on the back seat. There's no more room in the boot." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Crooks possessed several pairs of shoes, a pair of rubber boots, a big alarm clock and a single-barreled shotgun. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could fit Geels’ brains in the toe of my boot, and Big Bolliger was his only source inside the Dregs.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

You don’t see him roaming the streets kicking everything in sight till the toes hang out of his boots, oh, no, he’s a good boy, dancing for his poor mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ignatia knew that the wearer could put the boots on and off as wanted, but there would be no removing the boots by force as long as the wearer was alive. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We hang our boots around our necks by their laces and hide them, pull on silly shoes to replace them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Madame was crouching by the window, nodding to something Miss Emily was saying, while George closed up the boot and moved round to the driver’s door. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tapped the tip of her bow against her boots. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The air hung still and their boots echoed on the stones as they approached. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Wynn could use those fancy boots to make a mad dash all the way back to Dallas. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

With his boot in the sand and his camera around his neck, he was home. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She wore a thick-ribbed woolen sweater, a pair of navy dungarees, and a pair of calf-high fisherman’s boots, and she stood now looking at the portrait of Arthur from long ago, in his logging days. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“These boots,” he said in a low, purring voice as he tapped the plastic bin containing all of my finished work. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I know that everything exists because tiny specks, too small to see, move through an invisible field the way a pair of boots moves through mud, getting heavier as they go. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In the dirty twilight lies a leg torn clean off; the boot is quite whole, I take that all in at a glance. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her outgrown boots were joined by the laces and slung over her shoulder. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Their well- polished boots were drenched in dirt and they sat away from each other, clinging tightly to their guns, as if those were the only things that comforted them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He shifts his weight from one foot to the other while staring down at his boots. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

An aspiring writer could be forgiven for thinking that learning to write is like negotiating an obstacle course in boot camp, with a sergeant barking at you for every errant footfall. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She lifted her skirts to show sturdy boots. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Remembering the painted boots, she surveyed her white satin slippers with girlish satisfaction, and chasseed down the room, admiring her aristocratic feet all by herself. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the smile left his face and he stood tall and the heels of the boots snapped together with a clack and he saluted me and marched off. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She looked at our boots, our teeth, our fingernails. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

‘Fired, sacked, given the boot. Take your pick.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clambered back up the hill and tore open the wound inside his boot, which began again to bleed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two older guys, Mitchell and Homes, never say much but can shoot the dust off your boots at fifty yards. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Benji also got a second new computer, more sneakers, cowboy boots, and a drone. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was more confusion than usual as the children peeled off their wraps and kicked off their boots. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I drop the sickles, and as I fall to my knees someone kicks me again in the back, the boot digging deep between my ribs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Smith,” said Nye, “was even more careless. We have his boots, too, and they exactly fit another set of prints. Bloody ones.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joey whined a little more while Momma put her boots on her. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was ready to go, Taisin offered to help with the boat and began to walk toward the dock, leaving Kaede with Con as he inspected the boot and the dagger one last time. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I bought myself a nice pair of boots with that money, and even shopped for an electro-bomb on the black market—a weapon that disables guns in its vicinity. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Lark asks, peeking out from the sheet she’s wrapped around her entire body, now only her yellow boots and round brown face are visible. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I sip from the tall glass of Coca-Cola, crossing my legs to show off my go-go boots, wishing we lived in such a nice house. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

As it was, the men hauling the Caird and the Docker were sinking up to their knees in slush, and their boots were filling with seven pounds of freezing water with each step. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The regent gave me my first pair of boots, a sign of manhood, and that night I polished them anew, even though they were already shiny. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you dare track those boots in here!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His well-bred clothes had disappeared; these days he wore khaki pants supported by a garrison belt, and boots which rattled when he walked. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to put on the glittery boots her mother gave her but couldn’t get her feet into them. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was clothed entirely in black, a black shirt and black pants and high black leather boots. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He released Kiowa’s boot and watched it slide away. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dark shadow of an unidentifiable creature scurries across Poppet’s boots and out of sight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When his boot heels hit the ground, they squawked like a chicken, then mooed like a cow. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

One night it was brown-shirted storm troopers singing and parading past in hobnailed boots. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Leaning toward me, she adds, “Oh my God. Pageant boot camp has been a miracle. I almost have a six-pack. But, like, I don’t want to get too muscle-y. That’d be gross.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When the overalls were gone he began on the T-shirt and cut away Carl Heine’s work pants and underwear and pulled off Carl’s boots and socks, out of which seawater ran. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just then the door of the first car opened and a man in a black uniform with high black boots stepped out. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still too cold to take off my coat and hieb and boots. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Callie’s actually doing that pageant boot camp we saw after school last week.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After he had lashed the scabbard onto her shin, she fitted her boot over it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

These they stomped under their boots before they departed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave them the fruits I bought at Ninth Mile and apologized because the heat in the boot had blackened the bananas. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Pin it round your neck, and then it will be useful,” said Laurie, looking down at the little blue boots, which he evidently approved of. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he was looking through the tiny crack between crate and wall, watching a foot in a black boot trembling on the floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His bed was empty and his boots gone, so the moths, fluttering with agitation, had no choice but to settle down and wait. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Beside her, helping to support her arm, was Robin, also coated, scarfed, and booted against the cold damp of the morning. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streets are crowded with young people in elaborate getups—giant lace skirts, elaborate umbrellas, ten-inch-tall boots, eyelashes that seem miles long, face masks that glow in the dark. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nettle had put his boots back on, but he had left them loose, with the laces trailing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sam struggled back into his boots, collected quill and parchment, and shouldered out into the night, the rain pattering down on his cloak and floppy hat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was just starting his hipster- to-square transformation, so he was wearing a vintage suit, with a studded leather belt and black ankle boots. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, while Mr. Clutter was shaving, showering, and outfitting himself in whipcord trousers, a cattleman’s leather jacket, and soft stirrup boots, he had no fear of disturbing her; they did not share the same bedroom. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because they are white boots, they would glow in the dark like two moons. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

"Get me an appointment with your hairdresser this instant for a hair-dyeing job! Tell them it's an emergency! They've got to boot someone else off their list! I'm going upstairs to wash it now!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Holly fumbled the acorn from her boot, clasping it tightly in bloody fingers. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

While he waited for it to boot up, he ran hypothetical scenarios in his head—ones where he stood up to his father. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Ralph crawled down around the bend to the toe of the boot, where he sat brooding in the dusty, musty dark. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not quite the information I was fishing for, but when you catch a boot, you never know what else might be lurking inside. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Water lapped at the rubber tips of her boots. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She frowned at Scipio while she squeezed her spindly legs into her boots. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

After six weeks of boot camp, new recruits are always given a ten-day pass. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boot went wide and hit the bridge’s edge, then dropped into the river. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

As she resheathed the dagger in her boot and stood up, the sprite who had fluttered near Elowen’s throne bobbed into sight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Three thousand bodies swing forward, three thousand pairs of boots snap together, three thousand backs jerk as if yanked straight by a puppeteer’s hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“First off, you lied to me, and on a Sunday to boot,” she said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jordan had stomped his cowboy boots down the steps and down the street. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His garb was plain as well: old boots, brown breeches and blue tunic, a woolen mantle of undyed wool, fastened with a wooden clasp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I desperately wish I had my tambourine with me now, because even after everything I’m still wearing heavy boots, and sometimes it helps to play a good beat. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just curious, do you lick your boss’s boots before or after you clean the presses?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The hilts of my scims knock against my neck, cold as ice, and despite the all-weather boots, my feet are numb. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Tyrion yanked off one boot and then the other, peeled down his hose, squinted at his toes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When she’d built a thick boot, she frosted it with more plaster. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I dress myself in dark colors, in a deep blue tunic with a high collar and tight sleeves, in shiny black boots, with new gloves to cover my hands. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Ike told me you were coming,” he said, rearing back and putting his boots up on his desk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And though military boot camp had been the model, it was arresting this time around to see how much it really was like prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of a light-starved corridor I tested my weight on a rickety staircase, my boots leaving fresh tracks in layers of dust. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Awaking at dawn, he immediately tugged on irrigation boots and a sweater and plunged outside to dig worms from the rich damp earth along his irrigation ditch. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelley could feel blood squelching around in his boots, and his uniform was crusted with fresh and dried blood, sweat, dirt, and vomit. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The captain wore striped pantaloons tucked into high boots of purple leather, a white silk shirt, a vest of golden rings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Walking home alone, I hear music in my boots: step, step, and step-and-step. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

A tad unnecessarily, considering the pool of vomit all over his boots. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

On the brick walk, he shrugged on his sweatshirt and crouched to lace his boots. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The vendor handed me the boots—black rubber with zigzag soles, just like Papito’s—and I was the happiest girl in the universe. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pulled and pulled but it seemed like the harder we pulled, die harder the boot sucked the shoe back in. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arya tapped her wooden sword against the side of her boot. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Kyle and his teammates heard Mr. Lemoncello’s announcement but stayed inside Community Meeting Room B so they could examine the dusty old boot box. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The garment industry was boot camp for the professions. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

From the hall come the clicking boot heels of the bunk master. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s not a boot, it’s a loafer . . . 1 . . .” “Wasn’t there no little stones or anything handy?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flinched as an egg sailed past his nose, but the men holding his elbows kept their backs straight and their boots marching forward. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

From then on, regardless of temperature or time of year, Harry dutifully bathed in the creek and came into the house carrying his boots, with his overalls draped over his arm. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I suck it up, literally suck it up by taking a deep breath, and put the boots on the table. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I glanced down at the sweater, boots, coat, and scarf I was wearing. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Shocked and confused, I pulled on my boots and rushed out to look for Harris. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I squint down at my feet and see that my metal plate is surrounded by blue waves that lap up over my boots. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Get your coat as well, dear. And your boots. We’re going to step outside for a moment.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was wearing the mask and the boots, the black coat and his black leather gloves. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d help take off his work boots, get him some water, and usher him to his chair, with the silent acknowledgment between us that now without question he would need to accept some help. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Around him sounds the din of boots, clatter of rifles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Howard looked anxiously at the jockey’s leg, the brace swelling the boot, and put his hand over Pollard’s shoulder. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In about two minutes I was thumping my boots across her porch. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But no matter what I do, and despite myself, I am pulling on my snowpants, wadding my skirt in between my legs, tugging thick woolen socks on over my shoes, stuffing my feet into boots. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One missed his eye by half an inch, a second found his neck, a third went through his calf, boots and breeches and all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was an arm and a wristwatch and part of a boot. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm not forgetting Storm. She controls the weather with her head; it's still just thinking. Which is about all she could do in those boots." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

His boots clomp against the floor as if he's stomping bugs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then I booted up the computer so I could see how many people had e-mailed to check whether I was OK. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those boots: I remembered them from when I got shot. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stephanie squared up to Erin, her penny loafers toe-to-toe with Erin’s Frye boots. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The girl looks at me for a second and then uses the tip of her boot to knock the burning sticks off the little green box. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Some of the snow got into Julie’s boots, and she began shivering uncontrollably. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Unlike Mr. Sir, however, she had on her boots. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Beside one of the craters knelt a Cyclops in oversized jeans, boots, and a massive flannel shirt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Pod stared at the visitor's boots, lovely things of red- dyed leather ornamented with black scrollwork. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even in Uncle Holt’s old work boots in the settled snow, I made pretty good time up the coulee bank. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

His boots came to my shoulder, and his gray uniform was piped and spangled with silver. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Syrio put a boot to his back and the red cloaks went down together. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On this first day of classes I was clad in my new boots. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have snorted, but he did look rather good in his knee-high brown boots. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When I opened my eyes again, I was sitting up, staring at the standard-issue boots of a PSF soldier. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Will he produce boots, bend himself or me over the desk? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet hurt, and I think longingly of my boots back at Miss Preston's, worn in and so very comfortable. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The boots popped on, and she stood in them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I will have someone bring you my own boots.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She nudged the man’s ear with her boot, and the side of his head caved and crumbled to dust. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Before his hand disappeared, I got another flash of his knuckles, all red and raw from being ground into the Palace floor by a black boot or two. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In perfect Martha style, she wears a green sweater with a huge Santa face on it, red leggings, and fluffy boots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

And by the time James had pulled off the last boot of all and had lined them up in a row on the floor—twenty-one pairs altogether—the Centipede was fast asleep. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her skirt too ruffled for everyday wear; her boots, though dusty, too dainty and impractical for walking across a farm. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Put these on,” he said, holding out a pair of knee- high rubber boots.“Tennis shoes aren’t much good up here except around camp.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Over there, to the right, I see Signora Mondopoco in her sheep boots. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Father,” she replied, and looked down at the ground, staring at the toes of his polished black boots. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now the boot was on the other foot. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It served him right for messing around with a wild thing and for giving it such an ill-fated name to boot. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed as if his whole being was ready to burst from his swollen suede desert boots, and, as if to verify this, Ignatius turned his singular eyes toward his feet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all the while, she had felt as though the boots were feeding her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They fought the devil, no holds barred, boots and eye-gouging permitted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A sketch where the skinnier performer took off his dilapidated boot and counted his toes over and over again, constantly losing his place, generated the loudest reaction. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so soldiers dashed down the middle of the street, their boots thudding. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward the sailors stripped the dead corsairs of boots and belts and weapons, divvied up their purses, and yanked gemstones from their ears and rings from their fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Mud! Get out! If you come in my house, wash your boots first.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around for my boots until I remembered I’d kicked them off to get better traction running around the rooftops last night. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I can’t deal with this now. All this nonsense, and the captain has abandoned ship and left a mess to boot.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I picked up the other boot and dug inside. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

They began to laugh, in high, bell-tinkling tones, pointing at Tristran, in his broken boots and blanket, and underclothes, and bowler hat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It took her forever to get down the stairs, turned sideways, gloved hands gripping the flimsy railing, booted feet groping for every snowy step. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Jumble of shoes and boots and shopping bags by the door. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

There, inches from the tips of Weary’s combat boots, were the pitiful buttons of Billy’s spine. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, from the direction of the Chrysopoesium, came the ring of boot heels. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then, without any warning, he spat—right on the bald knight’s leather boots. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The Ares campers developed a sudden interest in their combat boots. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

Papa told us that night how Mr. Boop ran over from the hotel to say a feller wearin’ a Stetson hat and cowboy boots had come in on the train from Lula. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They would be covered from their boots to the crowns of their hats with dust. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have to buy her her first pair of snow boots, her first winter coat. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Finally, they put on their boots and skis and set off. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even her boots are not the slightest bit damp. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was dressed stylishly in a gold jacket, tight jeans, a scarf, and lace-up boots. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ignoring my command to leave the drowned man alone, Juanita tugged at the dead man’s left boot and yanked it off his foot, almost falling back in the process. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“The boots are from Athens,” she says, catching me staring, and I almost choke on my own spit. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

My new boots go eck, eck, eck, eck as I walk down the hall towards the king, a six months’ journey. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I decide the white boots are nicer, after all. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He has galoshes that buckle on over his shoes instead of leather boots waterproofed with bacon grease. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were brown leather boots, well worn, with fringe coming down in the back. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He put on his hat and pulled on his boots. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His droughts went to his boot, to the mushrooms in the toe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tonight it was rich black velvet, with high leather boots and a wide belt with a silver buckle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He saw the Colonel, went home for his boots and spurs, then took out Goblin and saddled him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel my money in my boot and I just left it there. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone must help me to polish my boots before we arrive.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Had she truly stomped on Mr. Mars- den’s foot with her boot heel? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Shivering hard, I zipped my body into three layers of fuzzy polypropylene pile underwear and an outer shell of windproof nylon, then pulled my clunky plastic boots on. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in faded jeans, work boots, and a flannel shirt. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Shoes, slippers, and boots—in various stages of manufacture—lay scattered. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He forced his legs to work and sought purchase with the toes of his boots. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then I spun around, powered on my jet boots, and flew into the castle. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I enlisted. In the Marines. I leave for boot camp next week. Camp Pendleton, near San Diego.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She was no more than twelve or thirteen, dressed in rough calico with ill-fitting boots. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And they assured those of us who hadn’t been in the service that the Academy was “nothing like” a real military boot camp. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he removed his boots he discovered incipient frostbite on several toes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Down the bench, Kurtsinger was pulling off his boots and quietly crying. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We heard footsteps—cowboy boots, unmistakably loud and clear as they walked on the linoleum. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We pull on our boots and grab our toothbrushes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Not think they can squash you with the toe of one boot. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Up the wet, winding boardwalks and through stretches of mud that cake my hiking boots in sludge. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Some of them wore the cotton slipperlike shoes of the Tang men, while others wore demon boots. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Nudging the sack with the toe of his boot, he felt something hard inside. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Two giggling college girls in miniskirts and Ugg boots walked past us, giving us sideways glances and then giggling even harder into their hands, but they didn’t question us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It’s Tuesday and I’m putting on my white jeans and my nice sandy- colored boots. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They drew water from a feeder creek and warmed themselves at a slash pile kept burning by his children—girls in rubber boots, including Hatsue—who dragged branches and brought armfuls of brush to it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Blue shoes, white shoes, leather work boots, Nike sneakers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I sit down across from her in the entryway, scooting Bryce’s snow boots out of the way. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

After a moment, the sound of someone climbing a set of wooden stairs in hard-soled boots echoed from the doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’s so close that the tip of his boot is touching my foot. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had made himself a black armband out of what looked like a rag dipped in boot polish, and his eyes were puffy, red, and swollen. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Only as we were whacking the mud off our boots by the huts where the sports gear's kept did Mr. McNamara remember the three boys he'd sent to the bridge over forty minutes ago. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was playing a guitar and he had on skinny pointy-toed cowboy boots and he was tap' ping them while he was playing the music. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

With plenty of time to spare before the 9:30 train left Washington, Guiteau paid to have his black boots shined so that he looked his best. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Right. Okay. Let me get my boots, and I’ll show you.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It must have slipped into her boot during all the commotion by the oak. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He was dressed simply: black long-sleeved shirt tucked into black pants; black pants tucked into soft black boots. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to run to her, but the dog wouldn’t let me go, and then the dog was gone and a boot came swinging and I was kicked so hard I popped off the ground. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He set aside my two pairs of prison underwear, two pairs of socks, two round-neck white T-shirts, a pair of sneakers, a pair of work boots, gloves, and a wool cap. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I myself wear miniskirts in primary colors, with tights underneath and boots, and an ankle-length coat over top. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to the sound of his boots going down the stairs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She shows me her go-go boots, nestled in tissue paper, resting in the box they came in. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Morning brought rain to ease the cold, and the kick of a boot in Brat’s belly. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I helped Father tug off his boots, I asked him something else that had been bothering me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

My ticket had been safe in my boot and I took it out when I got to the St. Louis station. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wine splashed across his boots and breeches, a dark red tide. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was tall, taller than the legends said, so large his legs wouldn’t fit under the table, and he extended one booted foot toward Reed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

How was she going to remove her boots without using her bad hand? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he turned down into Tramps’ Alley, crunching with relish through the clear, slighdy crusted snow, so that fragments of it clung in a fringe to the trousers tucked into his boots. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the rustle of clothing, the scuff of a boot on concrete. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Katherine and I halt at the deep voice, and a loud thump follows, the sound of boots hitting the wide plank floor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He did the same, and waited until the sound of boots and guns had cleared from overhead before whispering, “Oh my God.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I hear what they are saying, but the words get lost amid the sounds of wheels on the street, bare branches rubbing against each other, and the tramping of boots. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Not to Jews,” she repeated while the man with the shiny boots read. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My boots gave up the will to stay dry. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’m dressed in my training uniform and a black and red vest with my boots laced and my hair tied back in a tight ponytail. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Once, a shingle came loose under Dustfinger’s boots, but he managed to catch it just in time, before the terra-cotta tile could fall and break in the street below. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Hands shaking, I pull on the combat boots and fatigues Izzi filched from the school’s supply closets. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The shoe poet was already awake, staring at my boots. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She had to wear one of those clunky boots and wasn’t supposed to walk. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was clumsy and tired and hungry enough that he would have gladly gnawed the leather off his boot. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I dashed out of the tent, stepping into my boots with the laces still undone. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Are you all right?” my dad asks as I kick off my boots. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

His boots were scuffed and stained, and he had no weapon on him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Jordan walked his cowboy boots over to the table, sat down, and finally spoke. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore white boots that came all the way up to her knees. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The chief’s messenger and bodyguard, Mister Ngwata, stood at the door in his short pants and army boots, dressed as a policeman. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I've hidden a knife flat against the sole of each boot. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When he sits in the desk chair, the toes of Werner’s boots do not reach the ground. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He wore overalls and rubber boots that covered half his legs. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"Take off your boots and dry your stockings. I'll find some dry wood. If the ground's not wet under the rock, we might be able to get a fire burning." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I heard the hard soles of his boots on the pavement. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The best was when Madam told us to hang dried rosemary throughout; that cut right through the lingering stench of boots and belchings. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled timidly, as if the joke was a pair of old boots that had worn out long ago, but were too comfortable to give up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were tiny but numerous; she took off her boot and then her sock, and filled its toe with the vegetables. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stammered, blushed, and tripped over my own boots on the way to my seat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She wore a black leather jumpsuit and black boots. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s a mercy you didn’t, Mother!” laughed Jo, looking at her boots. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm sure," she says, and she turns in her boots and leaves through the back. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their trousers, striped in red and white, met boots of crow-feather black. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The boots pause for several long moments before advancing into the house. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Your ma should know how hard this is for you. That old battle-ax is ornery and spiteful to boot. Maybe waiting for her tea will teach her a lesson.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But one day, she found a pair of boots. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In the end the nagging voices broke him down more completely than the boots and fists of the guards. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger looked at his dusty boots, at a twisted iron bar lying among the stones, anywhere but at the cat. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“And how much you like whoever you’re stuck there with,” Poppet adds, kicking his black boot with her white one. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The dawn drums fall silent, and boots march lockstep toward the courtyard, accompanied by the clank of chains. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Twice he walked in his muddy boots across Cole’s sleeping bag. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Never was a body found. He brought his brothers back to find it and there sat the trap, still snapped shut. All that was left was an old boot.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Under their boots, the decks were slippery with the blood of the watchman, who now lay dead at the bottom of the main hatchway. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I already told you: Ever since he was booted out of the escape game, Andrew Peckleman does not like libraries. Besides, he can’t practice with us after school, because he has a new job.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It's a ski resort, but it's not pretentious. In Jackson, they say people who go to Aspen expect somebody to tie their ski boots up for them,” Georgina said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“A pair of boot lacings,” returned Jo, guessing and defeating his purpose. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the kitchen, I poured water from the pot into my boots, filling them up, then carefully wedged my feet back inside. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gates stopped talking and started taking his boots off. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I won it fair and square from the Elkton boys up the street. I got a pair of boots out of it as well. You never seen a couple of stupider boys.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I kicked and thrashed and stomped, but his boots were thick—no match for my shoes’ soft soles—and his muscles were like rocks after decades of hard labor against the earth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking at a steady pace, my boots scuffing the gravel, I count a hundred steps and start again. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe even the boots they have in the window with shiny black leather and thick, strong laces. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Go to dancin’, buster!” he yelled, firing off a bullet that grazed the toe of the man’s boot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Their pressed smart-fitting uniforms, their polished black boots, their confident eyes filled her with that hollowness that came with having been robbed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wears tattered clothes in different colors—a black T-shirt with a torn Abnegation jacket over it, blue jeans mended with red thread, brown boots. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A woman’s foot slid into the dark mouth of the boot. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

While she waited for her new laptop to boot up, she scanned through the photos on her phone, posting the best shots to Instagram and Twitter. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She gestured to the file on the table and added, “I’ve just got the contract to supply army boots for the battalion in Kaduna.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Up came Tom with his big boots on. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When my hands straddle the corner, I swing my right boot up over the side. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Walking along in the line, I noticed the beautiful red coats, the caps, and the soft leather boots worn by the other hunters. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She likes those boots so much she wants to wear them to sleep. Can you imagine?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She asked the driver to open the boot, looked inside the glove compartment, and then extended her hand for Kainene’s handbag. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But it was the sharp toe of Weese's boot that woke her, as ever. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s a liability, walking with me, eating with me, always folding my clothes and shining my boots and tutoring me. You have your studies to think of.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z