Sam was building a fire to cook his breakfast of wild cereal grains he had collected. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

After milking that morning, I had poured me a big glass of sweetmilk, warm right out of the cow, but that wasn’t enough to call breakfast. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We used to talk in school, but when 2:30 was up, I didn’t see him till the next morning on the breakfast line. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lefty ate his breakfast of prunes and yogurt, reading a Greek newspaper a few days old. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Take a shower, get dressed, and take some clothes for overnight. You’re not leaving this house without breakfast.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“And Mami,” I said as I sipped my afternoon café con leche, “Miss Jiménez said the experts will give us free food and toothbrushes and things...and we can get breakfast every day except Sunday...” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, when they were clearing fallen branches from the porch, Tiller said, “I had a crazy notion just now.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

After bathing in the river and eating breakfast, the men of the Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition lined up and stood at attention. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Every morning at breakfast, when Poppy greeted Rafik and Liyana with his characteristic, “Good morning! And how are you today?” she felt like answering in a gloomier way. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dad took his seat at the kitchen table and Mother stood to fix his breakfast. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His breakfast companion had packed up the morning's breakfast—fire, pans and all—and made it vanish into his pack. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty-five-month-old Colin sat in a high chair, eating a breakfast of indeterminate vegetative origin while his father read the Chicago Tribune across their small kitchen table. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Later that morning when the family sat down together for breakfast, I couldn’t believe that Mama was reading the paper over the breakfast table, something we were forbidden to do. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, because he thought anybody could have told he was lying, he added a normal-Finn line, “Is it breakfast time yet?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After a bit, I heard my sister sit down and start in on her breakfast. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There was whispering and shoving as we crowded the door to be the first in for breakfast. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was like someone who for twelve years had had an inseparable, beautiful marriage— and then suddenly one morning at breakfast the marriage partner had thrust across the table some divorce papers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

This morning I crumbled some of the remaining corn bread in some milk and took it to him for breakfast. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Dudley sets out breakfast at nine. What will she think when we show up bright and smiling?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

His pair of gray horses was out under the tree and the men were fooling with the gear when Janie arrived at the store with Joe’s breakfast. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I had eaten a bowl of cold spaghetti for breakfast and the strands were dangling off the head of the key like tiny octopus legs. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, thousands of people—at home over the breakfast table and on buses and trains coming into New York—read about Chester. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I turned and went downstairs to breakfast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Isobel sipped at her tea and said, “Aisling, go upstairs and see what is taking Ana so long. Her breakfast is getting cold.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s an odd choice for breakfast, but she points out it has a high liquid content, so consuming it is killing two birds with one stone. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As we ate breakfast, Farmer went on writing his letter. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have to leave for Dallas until one. You want to get together and have breakfast or something?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Once breakfast was over, most of the kids left, except for a dozen who stayed behind, including us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll run and get us some breakfast. You just . . . get ready. Looks like it might take you a while,” she says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I started the story but didn’t get very far before the nurse came in, interrupting everything with breakfast. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I thought: after I get the cress and the other greens I will cook breakfast and then go fishing. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was a time when I had willpower, when I could run 10k before breakfast and subsist for weeks on thirteen hundred calories a day. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

On April 14, Booth’s day began in the dining room of the National Hotel, where he ate breakfast. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only saw him for a few moments at breakfast and at suppertime. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So what are you guys doing today?” asks Sneaky’s mom, like she always does at breakfast. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I hear Mom on the phone with someone, and I can’t find anyone else when I go downstairs, so I grab my keys off the quiet-room desk and decide to take myself out to breakfast. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Cal gulped down a breakfast he did not want, darting glances up through his eyelashes at his father’s face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Madge had a felon on her finger and wasn’t good for anything and Dorcas was complaining because there was no butter for breakfast. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” said Officer Delinko, rubbing his chin, “so then, how about a disgruntled customer? Maybe someone who once had a bad breakfast at a Mother Paula’s!” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What made you think you could make breakfast, Jinny?” he asked. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

How am I going to master the science of plumbing products when I can barely summon the concentration required to assemble a breakfast of peanut butter and toast? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’a girl. Just eat your breakfast. Don’t pay me no mind.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

At breakfast, she told the president she wanted to go to Ford’s Theatre that evening. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s gone,” I said, “they went after breakfast. She sent up a note. She had not seen Maxim, she said.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually everybody cleared the room and took showers and got dressed and ate breakfast, and after breakfast we did our chores. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

At the breakfast table, everyone talked fast, and tried to sound cheerful. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry, who hadn’t had any breakfast, leapt to his feet, but Ron’s ears went pink again and he muttered that he’d brought sandwiches. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She and her mother sat in the park near their apartment, having a picnic breakfast. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Back at camp, they’d had a running joke about stealing each other’s breakfast. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The flag reminds me of our conversation at breakfast. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t they give us lunch or breakfast or something on the plane?” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I had been feeding him in the morning; it was time for his breakfast and his food dish was in the yard near the front porch. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Pressing business awaits Lin coln in his office, but he allows breakfast to stretch on for almost an hour. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

We milked first—since cows don’t celebrate Christmas—and then came in to a breakfast of eggs and grapefruit and cherry babka and hot tea. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You go get some breakfast and then go back to school. I’ll take care of him.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The squid eye would keep appearing at breakfast and dinner until eaten. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s shirt was wrinkled and stained with sweat under the arms, and Stella could see bits of the egg he must have had for breakfast in his beard. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Had the voice added: ‘Your breakfast is ready,’ he would hardly have been surprised. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I tell myself this is a good thing and bite the inside of my cheek hard because my breakfast is threatening to make a reappearance. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Through breakfast and then bathing in the onsen, Du Barry's words drum through me like a vibration whose ripple won't stop. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I was bummed that he interrupted my practicing to ask for breakfast My own brother... and all he wanted was some oatmeal. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I very quickly shut the window, and oblige when she tells me that today is not a computer day, and that I am to come down for breakfast. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I handed my letter to my mom at breakfast and asked her to mail it that same day. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Benji had only gotten four hours of sleep last night and didn’t have the energy for a breakfast meeting, but his mom had insisted. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Karhiders eat four solid meals a day, breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper, along with a lot of adventitious nibbling and gobbling in between. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And now we sit in the boiling-hot outdoor section of the cafe, sweating and waiting for this breakfast. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I love you. I will always love you. Nobody sensible believes in ghosts anyway—that’s because they’re all such liars. Smell the lovely breakfast I’m making for you.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The typical peasant in traditional China ate rice for breakfast, rice for lunch, and rice for dinner. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The maid's warty index finger slid down the list of names of the patients in Belsize tacked upon the kitchen wall "Greenwood, no breakfast today." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They tasted a new snack called Cracker Jack and a new breakfast food called Shredded Wheat. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Look there! You got a bite. Fresh trout for breakfast, Winnie.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s time to make breakfast,” Beatrice said, as if she were accustomed to letting Ash out of the cellar every morning. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast I joined Mom in one of the guest bedrooms. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is at the kitchen table eating breakfast. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

While the conditioner works its magic, we eat the breakfast feast Pop Pop prepared: T-bone steaks, cheese eggs, grits, coffee, and orange juice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She didn't say anything about Alfred's leaving without breakfast or forgetting his lunch. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my last Sunday in Greenwood, I slept late, waiting for my grandfather to get up and eat breakfast and find something to do before I came downstairs. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

You had to be downstairs on time and in your place, but Grandmas breakfasts were worth it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not letting you out of my sight,” she announced after they’d finished breakfast. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

But today, at breakfast, she suddenly noticed something that she had taken for granted until now. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“What will you do with the million dollars? What do you eat for breakfast?” and other silly stuff. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Ana did not come downstairs for breakfast. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sounds more like breakfast than a hair product. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I put it in my pocket, and even though I still think I’m only minutes away from losing my breakfast, I smile. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“What if I don’t want to join you for breakfast?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you come outside and wait for the bus with me? Then when the bus comes, you can go back inside, and Mom will have your breakfast ready.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I baked these and boiled mussels for breakfast, then I curled up behind a willow and watched the cliff. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because shortly after breakfast, the relatives from Virginia began to arrive. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He could go without breakfast, graze at lunch, and barely touch dinner, all while working twelve-hour days of constant activity, and still his weight never fluctuated. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know you were out here. Do you want to come in? I can whip up a quick breakfast.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He saw his mother shake her head and go behind the curtain to prepare breakfast. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We had breakfast together the next morning, just before the press conference when Cassius calmly made the announcement which burst into international headlines that he was a “Black Muslim.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reckon he thought if he took dinner and breakfast both at our house, it wouldn’t be any time before Papa would be after him to move in with us. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They drew imaginary subway maps and worked out math problems on a whiteboard the family kept in the breakfast nook. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, I went out into the hall for a while. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The shelling resumed sporadically after breakfast, and now, around six P.M., has ceased. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"If I had magic powers, why would I hunt crows for breakfast?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Next morning at breakfast she was downright ecstatic. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

If God made each minute last six months I'd be middle-aged by breakfast and dead by the time I got on the school bus. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“We thought it would be fun for you, like breakfast in bed.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“You can serve yourselves. I clear up in the morning. I have breakfast ready for you at nine. That’s the way I agreed to do.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was putting the breakfast dishes away and Harold was warming up the car so we could go to work. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just after breakfast, and the frost was still visible on the grass at the center of the cloister. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I think it was made up, but we had it for breakfast a lot. It was this fruit salad thing. This is my version of it.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Miss Mortimer often shared breakfast with her favorites among the students and would read the newspaper aloud to them as they gobbled up their boiled oats and milk. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

"This came for you," Mom says, handing me an envelope as soon I come down for breakfast on Thursday. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

After breakfast I milked the cow and planted some more of the garden: melons, beets, and several rows of beans. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the morning everyone did chores and Ginny fixed breakfast before the six children hurried off to school. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, you caught this feller before he could even have breakfast.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Harriett texted me and Hudson separately because she literally couldn’t stand the idea of her text bubble even being near Dylan’s, so the three of us grabbed breakfast. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

If time permitted, Dad would join us for breakfast. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t felt like eating breakfast, and although there was still plenty of food left, he’d started to get nervous about when it would run out and what they’d do when it did. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then I skipped breakfast for the next three days. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

That seems odd, but hunger wins out over curiosity and I load up my plate with breakfast before I join them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When Mitraillette turned up to bring me my breakfast ration of bread and onions and their dreadful pretend coffee, I blurted out the whole sordid story. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

What a good idea,’ said Mrs Helena Kingshaw, smiling eagerly, in the breakfast room. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Theo will wash your face for you and make you all neat for breakfast.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He walked down to the rocket, and some of the men were eating a freshly cooked breakfast under a shelter built by Cookie. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was noon by the time they stopped and ate breakfast at a Chock Full O’Nuts on Madison Avenue. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dining halls served five different kinds of breakfast. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In Sunday morning I woke up to the smell of coffee land breakfast cooking. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When I come down for breakfast, Boomer is the only one who doesn’t stare at me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

At least I’d stuffed a couple microwave breakfast sandwiches into my pockets. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I arrived at the Fabric Barn a little late because Wynn insisted I eat breakfast. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Celina Aunty drove me from the house where she lived, along with two teachers and all the children, to the hospital. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I barely have any breakfast, just some wild rice pudding made with goat’s milk and maple syrup Mr. Grote tapped the day before. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The two girls were up at dawn each morning to prepare a hot breakfast for the men who had lain out in the yard on guard during the night. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

People really like to come here for breakfast. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

For the next nine years, knowing that I’d earned it, I made myself a fat peanut butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast each morning and consumed not a single egg. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The smell of breakfast soon rose from the German boy’s bowels. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you’re lying about your daddy beating you, you better scram right after breakfast ’cause my gramps is taking you straight back home.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, we run up to his room so he can grab his bike lock. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Virgil fed Gulliver and texted Kaori as he walked down the hall for breakfast. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

After breakfast he rested before the electric fan in his underwear. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like Mother to leave Dad to make his own breakfast. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The swinging door in the corner of the dining room opened, and Mrs. Dudley stood, one hand holding the door open, looking without expression at the breakfast table. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

For breakfast they brought you these peanut butter sandwiches on thick slices of bread. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Sefia stumbled up the steps to the quarterdeck, clutching her breakfast. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She's taken her eating disorder on the road, conditioning her hair with whipped topping and rolling her bangs in finger-size breakfast sausages. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

After breakfast of coffee and a slice of bread, we were ready to leave. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The landlady is clearly not yet up and about, suggesting there is little chance of her serving breakfast earlier than her declared time of seven thirty. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I woke at dawn as usual, moved my blanket and sleeping bag to the cave, and ate the rest of the fish for breakfast—cold, but cooked, not so bad. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Last year, Daddy made me a huge breakfast in bed: ten pancakes, ten pieces of bacon, ten bananas, and ten little cups of orange juice. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I sit down at a table by myself and am done by the time I see Sneaky jump in line for his breakfast. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The smell of breakfast wafted up from the kitchen. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

For weeks afterward, we ate green grapes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Th e next morning there was a lot of excitement at breakfast. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m hungry,” she said, although breakfast had been only an hour earlier. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I make sure to fully prepare myself for the day -eating a big breakfast, securing my pack, readying my weapons -before I descend. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Count Olaf had taken out a bottle of wine to pour himself some breakfast, but when he saw the book he stopped, and sat down. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

That was the only breakfast he had ever known outside of feast days and one incredible fiesta on cookies that had nearly killed him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a penchant for leaping at her whenever she went by with the breakfast tray. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen table was still laden with breakfast: a basket of toasted bread, bowls of nuts, jars of jam, a platter of cheese, and a few slices of some sort of melon. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The one on the breakfast bar—The Power of Ownership, or whatever it’s called. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

One fine sunny morning, after breakfast, Wilbur stood watching his precious sac. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Since it’s in the past tense, use would: Dudley said he would make waffles for breakfast. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, we drive the tree-lined streets of our new neighborhood. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The next morning, early for our plane to Moscow, we had breakfast at an airport cafe. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

His breakfast was about to become fish food. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Medications are given out after breakfast, after lunch, and before bed. We take them over there.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He took the toasting-fork and sausage from me as he spoke, and set forth the Aged’s breakfast neatly on a little tray. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Shaving will be supervised by an attendant every day after breakfast. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Leave that boy alone, Brooke,” Grandma said, slapping the old man on the shoulder, setting a plate full of breakfast food in front of him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m hongry. You hightailed it out of here after breakfast, and I ain’t seen hide nor hoof mark of you since.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Doon dawdled over his breakfast of carrot sticks and mashed turnips, waiting for his father to go. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You lot had better come down quickly too,” she said as she left.Harry took advantage of the temporary silence to eat more breakfast. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We’d go down to the corner of Nineteenth and Roosevelt for breakfast. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I offer to help my mother make breakfast, and she eagerly accepts. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll see if I can rustle up a gourmet breakfast for us,” she says, leaving her warm spot by my side. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Maybe the cereal I ate for breakfast was too old.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The dining halls were open, though at that hour of the morning there were no students, only cafeteria workers and maintenance men eating breakfast before their shifts began. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mario gave the cricket his usual breakfast of mulberry leaves and water, which Chester took his time eating. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three lodgers stepped out of their room and looked around for their breakfast, astonished that they had been forgotten. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

At breakfast on the third day she suddenly announced that she was going home. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Then you may do without breakfast as well, for your impertinence.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hornung had just tiptoed into the bedroom to wake Bobby and tell him breakfast was ready. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It had a huge range, everything from serious academic tomes to a “Sky King Spy Detecto Writer,” found in a box of breakfast cereal. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I had such a plentifid breakfast that I dug a big hole. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom finishes dressing her oatmeal, whisks her phone out of her pocket, and leans back in her seat to take a picture of our breakfast table. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The phone was right next to me, and I started to call down and have them send up some breakfast, but I was sort of afraid they might send it up with old Maurice. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Even on weekend mornings, I have to leave early to work the breakfast shift at the hotel. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he made casual conversation at the breakfast table, Herold appeared unaware of the danger he faced. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I’m done, she and Papi and Izzie eat breakfast in the dining room while I eat from a tray that sits on top of my cast. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

With breakfast out of the way, I pulled on my clean haptic suit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He managed to get some breakfast and sleep, but was back at the scene of that fire to supervise the mopping up of embers in the early afternoon. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cook asked as Ophie took the dirty breakfast dishes over to the sink. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I imagined Mr. Pirzada’s daughters rising from sleep, tying ribbons in their hair, anticipating breakfast, preparing for school. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jack digs into his breakfast, oblivious to my discomfort. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Ask me nothings as yet. When we have breakfast, then I answer all questions.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

No breakfast at all, not today with his bitten tongue swelling in his mouth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Veronica would attend and at times even help out with breakfast programs and clothing drives, but what Veronica really wanted was for Bodega to find a real job and marry her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

One Saturday, sleepily thumbing through the newspaper at the breakfast table, she’d suggested to Rafik that he attend a youth workshop on “developing artistic talents.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet she just went up to Oxford to see Dad and Mom. We can eat breakfast at the River Café, and then you can take me to school. We’ll be okay.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

At breakfast, though, nobody else says anything—Vanessa’s parents and sister seem genuinely afraid of her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, George pulled out her bike and put on her helmet. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He’d eaten four of them at breakfast, but she was always convinced that he wasn’t eating enough. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They came the next day when my mother and I were washing up the dishes after breakfast. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

People are actually eating lunch before we eat our breakfast, and when it finally comes, Margaret slops it down on our table like she’s serving us compost. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

All I’ve done is read and nap and look at magazines and eat the leftover waterbreads from breakfast, and now I’m going to try to write— Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I reckon us and Mr. Izzie, Cold Sassy’s only Jew, were the only folks in town who never ate a piece of fried ham for breakfast. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When he awoke, she was already up and about and was heating coffee for breakfast. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning we breakfasted at a Hardees across the street and paid for a taxi to take us back to the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

While Dallas and Florida went back to get their sleeping bags, Tiller and Sairy packed up the breakfast things. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“At my old circus we always got up when it was still dark and then we had breakfast and we walked in a circle. And then they chained my feet up, and that really hurt.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

When he woke up the sky above was dim, not lighter but darker than when they had breakfasted. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He thinks Hooters is fine dining and women are only good for sex and getting his breakfast. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

That was a very happy breakfast, though they didn’t get any of it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun is already up, and the gentlemen should have been grumbling for their breakfast. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It’s morning in Bethany and God is hungry; God wants His breakfast. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I asked for my job back at the cafe and the boss lady allowed me to return; again I served breakfast, washed dishes, carted trays of food up into the apartments. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back on the District 12 floor, Haymitch and Effie grill us throughout breakfast and dinner about every moment of the day. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But then she heard the cook's voice saying, “Goodness, it’s you again — you never change, do you? Get upstairs and get dressed; it’s time to serve the ladies breakfast.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d eloped on the Northern Pacific to Seattle—she remembered eating breakfast in the dining car—where he worked for two years in a Harbor Island foundry and for one loading lumber on the waterfront. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We came down to the breakfast table armed with our plan. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He heard the guard coming down the hallway, picking up the breakfast trays. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I was a real girl, with two parents and one house and no blades flashing, breakfast was granola topped with fresh strawberries, always eaten while reading a book propped up on the fruit bowl. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

We had it read to us every breakfast, as we sat in the high school cafeteria, eating porridge with cream and brown sugar. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She makes us breakfast and I feed all my bacon to Buttercup. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

If Mom had any house-showing appointments, she must have canceled them, because when I finally came downstairs for breakfast, she was standing in the kitchen in flannel pajamas. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I went over to town and went to Parker’s and had a good breakfast. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mornings the children climbed out of bed and went downstairs to the back room for breakfast, maybe a cup of hot chocolate. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I made a checkerboard of peanut butter wafers and slowly began to eat my breakfast as I searched through the newspaper. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They stood at the breakfast table and recounted the glories and strengths of each family member. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a quick breakfast I cleaned myself up a bit then hid my bloody white shirt in a bag and walked swiftly toward the back door. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In any case, The Times was not present at breakfast, and more attention was given to Vogue, the only magazine to which they subscribed and about which Francis could converse at length. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Daddy made breakfast that morning as if it were another ordinary day, and after we ate together, the Maull children caught the school bus. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And the cadets insisted on asking our commander why I didn’t ever have breakfast!” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I’ll write you a note,” he says, searching for a spare piece of paper in the earthenware bowl on the breakfast bar. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning when I came out for breakfast, there was a crowd of women gathered around my father. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jam went down to breakfast in the morning as if the skin of her life was normal, as if it hadn’t bubbled and warped and fallen off. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“How can you drink ice-cold milk for breakfast?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I went to the dining hall and had a late breakfast of tea and soft-boiled eggs, the first thing I’d eaten since Thursday. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When their breakfast was over, and their packs all trussed up again, it was after ten o’clock, and the day was beginning to turn fine and hot. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

More servants wheel in breakfast carts with carafes of snowmelon juice and water. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

All the two of them were eating for breakfast was toast and coffee. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

So he went to a restaurant and lingered over breakfast. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She backed down the tunnel entrance to her house tail first, pulling the corn after her and calling cheerfully as she went: “Children! Wake up! See what I have for breakfast. A surprise!” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning Mama knocks on my bedroom door so that we can have breakfast together. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

As I grab a quick breakfast, Mom is cleaning up in the kitchen. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the papers are delivered we unload the magazines at the office and go home to breakfast for fifty minutes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I prepared breakfast for them and made them tea in the late morning and afternoon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, she’d just eaten one of Nan’s best breakfasts, and we both laughed. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When I come down for breakfast, I marvel at the spread of food on the table. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“What do you think’s the matter with you anyway? I mean you sounded so—you know—so perfect when I talked to you on the phone last week. Didn’t you eat any breakfast, or what?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had this brought home to me the next day in Waynesboro, after we had gotten a room and treated ourselves to an extravagant late breakfast. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She rolled her eyes and picked up the breakfast plates from the coffee table. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

While the women were eating breakfast, a group of German aircraft descended on the thirty wood-and-canvas Po-2s, firing their machine guns. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I go downstairs for breakfast, and Mom makes me eggs and some tea and I pick at the eggs and drink the tea. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The next morning Quentin hitched over the mountains in time for breakfast. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I went straight to the bathroom and threw up my little bit of breakfast. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s so easy. All I have to do is go up to you and say, ‘By the way, I shot Will, and now guilt is ripping me to shreds, but what’s for breakfast?’ Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

So even though the rocky land was cold and windy, the family brought their breakfasts of warm rice porridge out to eat. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He quietly put the phone back on the receiver and pretended to be looking for breakfast. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

My dad is smart enough to know that I need to go easy on breakfast. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, my mom heads back to the room to pack a small bag for us. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Dad tried to do everything he could to help Mom and the rest of us around the house, like getting up early each day to make breakfast for everyone. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At breakfast, he stared and stared, trying to catch Kingshaw's eye, to find out. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

One entire cupboard was crammed with boxes of vintage breakfast cereals, most of which had been discontinued before I’d been born. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then I got into the habit of skipping breakfast each morning and going straight to the barn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After a breakfast of three biscuits and one can of water, I read what the survival manual had to say on the subject. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Catching sight of Harry, Pansy called, “Potter, have you split up with your girlfriend? Why was she so upset at breakfast?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“That was a lie, Harry,” said Hermione sharply over breakfast, when he told her and Ron what he had done. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

At breakfast my mom doesn’t say anything about finding extra clothes in our bags. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are two eggs and half a cup of milk left for breakfast. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Elinor seemed to share Meggie’s fears, for she was to be seen several times talking earnestly to Mo—in the hotel corridor outside her room, at breakfast, at dinner. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mother ate her breakfast early in the dining room, then moved to the relaxing room to do needlepoint or write letters to missionaries in Africa. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Johnny left right after breakfast and often did not return until dark. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had just woken up and was having her breakfast: a croissant and café au lait delivered from downstairs. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

So I ate flatbread and cheese for breakfast, just like every other teenage boy in Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You have plenty of time for breakfast,” the nurse said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was eating breakfast when I saw Dr. Snydman hurrying up the aisle with Mrs. Carpenter. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

A moment later she adds, “Feel free to feed me, though. I’m as hungry as an old lady who hasn’t even been offered breakfast!” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Come down to the terrace while I eat my breakfast,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It had had its breakfast and was satisfied. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went to the truck stop for breakfast. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She told them to give the campers breakfast and to make sure they didn't talk to anyone. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Next morning at breakfast, everyone was rather quiet. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I clear breakfast at ten o’clock. I set on lunch at one. Dinner I set on at six. It’s ten o’clock.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then she runs into the kitchen and starts washing the breakfast and lunch dishes like a maniac, doing them by hand and stacking them away instead of putting them into the dishwasher. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, we keep the common cook fire going so we can warm ourselves while Captain Smith tells his story. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I sank seventy-nine out of a hundred after breakfast, and he told me I could do better. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Genie nodded and sat in the same seat he’d sat in at breakfast, which he decided was his seat. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She turned and went across die yard into the kitchen saying: "Miss Brent and I are getting you breakfast. Can you—bring some sticks to light the fire?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

We would get up before it was light and go down to the warm kitchen where Poosh’s mother, a comfortable Scotswoman, was already beginning work on breakfast. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was while we were eating breakfast that Houston told us the story of the Chinese rabbit that I mentioned at the beginning of this book. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re about to waste some perfectly good truffles on a bunch of cold eggs,” I say, before hurrying off down the hallway to finish our breakfast chat. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The next morning Judy woke up early to eat breakfast with me, even though she didn’t have to. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s relatively easy to agree that only Homo sapiens can speak about things that don’t really exist, and believe six impossible things before breakfast. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At breakfast and lunch and dinner my father and I called her “Ah-juh-ma,” literally aunt, but more akin to “ma’am,” the customary address to an unrelated Korean woman. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered if she would be allowed to have breakfast with the children and, if so, at what time. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He had the Opel washed before Master finished breakfast, and when Master came back from work and was taking a siesta, he dusted the car over again, before Master left for the tennis courts. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Giant is running fast, she told herself, because he is hungry and he wants to get home as quickly as possible, and then he’ll have me for breakfast. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another time, we were having breakfast at our uncle Danny’s house. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Nathan searched the cornfield, looking for more evidence of the thief. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“A word, Mr. Portman,” she said, and led me into the privacy of the kitchen, still fragrant from the rich breakfast I’d missed. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Early Meds were a handful of diabetics and others, usually old or weak, who had to visit the emergency room for medication before breakfast. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed my bowl away toward Jay, and he dug into the rest of my breakfast. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Before breakfast I’d put the wash boiler atop the stove and lugged in kettle after kettle of water from the well to fill it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I had cut the palm of my left hand on a dull blade at breakfast. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left pretty early and didn’t feel like a big breakfast at that time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made me breakfast in bed, and by breakfast, I mean cookies, and by made I mean wore a cargo jacket with cookie-sized pockets to the dining hall. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Grampa felt better Monday morning, so after breakfast we drove out to the fields. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I greeted him and sat across from him to eat breakfast. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I washed up the breakfast dishes, left his two hundred dollars on the kitchen counter, got into the car, and drove south toward home. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After we clean up from breakfast, I’m all yours.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The only good thing about breakfast on Monday was the return of the brown owl he had sent to Sirius. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I saw her at lunch and dinner at the cafeteria, and I probably would have seen her at breakfast, if I’d ever gotten up for it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Park took forever to eat his breakfast and take a shower. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

After breakfast little Willy would hitch up Searchlight to the sled. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen senior citizens were heading to breakfast. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought I was the lazy one,” Theodora said complacently through the door, “but you’re much, much worse. Lazy hardly begins to describe you. You must be clean enough now to come and have breakfast.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

After she cleaned her teeth, she surveyed what she had on hand in the kitchen for breakfast. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

All through breakfast Caroline went on saying almost nothing, but finally when she was almost through she did say that she wouldn’t mind being called Grandma or even Grannie, if April liked. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our trailer is tiny, even for a trailer, so Mom and I were bumping into each other as we rushed around trying to brush our teeth, dress, and eat breakfast. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was the last one down for breakfast and right away I noticed how happy everyone was. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the Tule Lake camp she used to go out every morning after breakfast and talk and talk to people. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I sat sweating on the swaying, jolting train, then went to the hole that was the lavatory and threw up the tea I’d had for breakfast. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I talked with Judy at breakfast, and she told me how she had wanted to be a garbageman when she was a kid. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could have the bread for breakfast and lunch if we planned it right. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There shouldn’t be any such thing as bad-news special breakfast,” Finn said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Behind him stood his house, great and rambling and very new, and in the kitchen his wife, a beautiful woman, made breakfast, and the smoke rose out of the chimney, melting into the morning air. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The woman disappears and Cinna is retrieved from the roof, An Avox boy comes in and directs us to a room where breakfast has been laid out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’ll get started on our breakfast. Bacon and eggs okay with you?” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I had eaten two meals on the plane—a sort-of dinner and a sort-of breakfast—and though neither of them left me that satisfied, I did not want Subway. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“How about this? I’ll get some breakfast while you finish all this cooking. We’ll meet in the living room in one hour to study. Got it?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Dressing took an hour, breakfast the same, everything went slowly. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As it was, they no longer ate breakfast. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Among them were the usual: take Mrs. Caruthers her breakfast and lunch and dinner trays as well as see to her various needs. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The truth is that I haven’t been paying that much attention, not since breakfast. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The half hour at noonday dinner with more food than she had ever had set before her at one time was worse than breakfast. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to steady herself, and to hold down her breakfast. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I add a dainty flowered teacup and some English digestive biscuits to the breakfast tray so Mom can have tea in bed. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When I went to the kitchen and made myself breakfast, I heard the faint rumble of more cars and trucks passing the house. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like only a few seconds had passed before she woke to the breakfast bell. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Daddy cooked breakfast every morning for the family, and Mama cooked supper each evening after she got home from her school-teaching job. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We ate slices of bread for breakfast and headed to school. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

After a breakfast of coffee and peanut butter-and-jam sandwiches, Granny took out her gardening tools from the shed, and we started working. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m alone at the breakfast table, already feeling how long and lonely this Saturday is going to be without Carla. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

There was the time, for instance, we were sitting around the kitchen table after a long breakfast, Ruth, me and a few veterans. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would hike eight miles, get a room, have a shower, phone home, do laundry, eat dinner, buy groceries, watch TV, sleep in a bed, eat breakfast, return to the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ellen had managed to sleep a little in the early morning hours, but she got up when she heard him and prepared a breakfast that neither of them wanted. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn't touched the breakfast one of the maids had brought them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Far back behind them stood the high place where they had breakfasted. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

So even though the rocky land was cold and windy, the family brought their breakfasts of warm rice porridge out to eat. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast she gave me a pair of her own earrings and a matching bracelet I had admired. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning, after breakfast, Kathy, Walter, Eddie Daniels, and I drifted over to the garden at the southern end of the courtyard where we appeared to be having a political discussion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d tended to Shiloh first, taking a fistful of scrambled eggs left over from breakfast, a bit of bacon, and a half slice of whole wheat toast that I stuck in my jeans pocket. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aloe asked across the breakfast table, and lam started, her fork clattering against her plate. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It lashed in rhythmic waves against the windows of the white, brightly lit kitchen as we guests sat around the table and ate a silent, cheerless breakfast of coffee and Pop Tarts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She said, After you have a little breakfast. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Wrong? Nothing, girl, I made you breakfast. A little inspiration. A little sustenance. A little bravery.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Gilly had long since finished her breakfast, but she sat at the kitchen table, her head propped on her fists. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

As soon as we sat down to breakfast on my tenth birthday, I said, “Well, Papa, I’m ten!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Or some breakfast? How about we stop and eat a meal, any meal?” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

At breakfast, Janice wanted to know what I did for money. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I’ll take it before breakfast if you don’t mind,” I say pleasantly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I had such a strange dream last night,” said Jane, as she sprinkled sugar over her porridge at breakfast. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I skipped breakfast and went to the very front of the ship where the railing comes to a point. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only six o’clock in the morning and he was sitting by the fire in the kitchen, warming a pan of milk for breakfast. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They climbed into her bed as she ate breakfast; Emma pulled licorice out of her sewing basket and gave them treats. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning I went to the Y cafe next door for a breakfast of grits and eggs. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was a very big one. Don’t you worry, darling. You go away. Go have another breakfast.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She ate the breakfast, trying not to wolf it down. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I still held my breakfast chapati and would gladly have given it to her. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next day Humble isn’t around for breakfast. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He let them out, then cooked and ate his solitary breakfast. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well done, Mr. McQuade. What did you eat for breakfast this morning?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Papa kept trying to get Grandpa to eat breakfast with us, being as he came by home anyhow for his snort. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We’ll have eggs and rashers on Sunday for breakfast and ham and cabbage and potatoes for dinner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

After a skimpy breakfast of milk, they started out and soon were crossing the Thames River on a bridge that arched like a rainbow, high enough to allow huge cargo ships to travel under it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because she had finished breakfast earlier than she expected, because she was bored. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a full box of Cheerios yesterday, but David eats huge soup bowls of cereal for breakfast. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I put the breakfast and the vase of flowers on a tray and knocked on his door, which was partly open. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The people who lived in them looked up from making tortillas or eating breakfast and smiled at me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ate a depressing breakfast by myself at the Poseidon table. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ron looked both sulky and annoyed when he appeared at breakfast half an hour later, and though he sat with Lavender, Harry did not see them exchange a word all the time they were together. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We went home for breakfast, and I remember how Papa kept patting Mama’s hand. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe she doesn't think making breakfast makes up for intruding into their family home for two weeks. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The bread was hard and tasteless and had to serve as breakfast as well. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning I had fried tomatoes for breakfast and a tin of green beans which Mother heated up in a saucepan. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve had breakfast?” his mum asked, leaning against the kitchen doorframe. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Judging from their half-eaten breakfasts, the others still felt uneasy; but Leo managed to shake them out of it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene and I muddled our way through breakfast, trying to tamp down our excitement. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The exercise had begun at six o’clock in the morning after a gray-lit breakfast of sausages and beans. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Afterward, they made up their beds and ate breakfast. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

At the breakfast table, the boys ate scrambled eggs and steak, sitting silently, their eyes seeing nothing and no one. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As we ate, I hoped no one noticed that I pushed my food about my plate because my stomach didn’t want breakfast. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it was,” I said, and we finished breakfast together, communicating only through overly stern looks and repressed giggles. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In the middle of breakfast, Mr. Shears said, “OK. He can stay for a few days.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast I walked to the courthouse to see Sheriff Smith; when I got to his office, his secretary sent me right in. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Usually at breakfast, we got hours to talk. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nhamo! Hurry up and give the little ones their breakfast,” said Grandmother as she entered the hut. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid made breakfast for the children who would take the first laundry shift; the ones going to summer school would take the afternoon and night shifts. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At breakfast this morning, when I dropped sugar into my tea, I slipped two lumps into my pocket. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ron asked Harry and Hermione when they had finished breakfast and were leaving the Great Hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Tanaburi was a small, ordinary village, and it was the ordinary things that he liked to watch the most: people hanging their wash out to dry, sweeping porches, chatting with their neighbors, cooking breakfast. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Or I’d eat breakfast slowly so I could stall off going to work. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she knew I was eating cookies for breakfast, there'd be an even sterner lecture. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Nan and Wynn were up and eating breakfast while I dashed around getting ready. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Breakfast food for breakfast, and lunch food for lunch. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you know, breakfast isn’t always a chatty meal.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a terrible headache, so I lay down for an hour after breakfast and then went to the office at around two. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He thought of the breakfast food Mrs. Cooper had put before him, which had disgusted him then. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Boy, let me eat my breakfast,” John muttered—though his plate had long been empty, and he was pleased that Roy had turned to him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“If you girls want breakfast, go’n down to the People’s Center.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he jumped up on Mother’s quilt and prepared to pick apart his breakfast. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever we get a jailbreak, Paul, aka Thing Three, streaks around the gym with both arms up yelling “Blue Team! It’s what’s for breakfast!” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I heard the telephone ring while I was at breakfast and I thought perhaps Frith would come into the dining-room and say. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I could begin to take Ben for granted, with his ties and haircuts and grapefruits for breakfast. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He says he feels too sick, and he doesn’t want any breakfast, even a surprise. I felt his forehead, and it’s burning hot.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Eating with the Sleets and Lefty Lewis was really hard to do, not because they had bad table manners or nothing, but because they talked through the whole breakfast. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s our last day before school starts. Let’s have a nice breakfast together just like old times, okay?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I wanted to watch her eating breakfast, wrapping a gift, sleeping. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

At dawn the companions had made such breakfast as they could; now in the growing light they were getting ready to search the ground again for signs of the hobbits. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We were lined up, put through roll call, and then marched off to breakfast. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured her sitting in the breakfast nook, legs up on the padded bench, flipping through a Hollywood gossip magazine and sipping coffee out of one of my mother's china cups. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Did you see him at breakfast?” said Frank. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

While I knock down breakfast and get prepped, I try to think of what I might say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s a special breakfast day? Is school canceled? Is it a snow day? Or a holiday nobody told me about?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Things started to go downhill from breakfast in the Great Hall. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

From the menu the bellboy brought him he selected a luxurious breakfast—broiled bluefish, hominy, French toast, and hot black coffee. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Then I’ll start on breakfast,” she says, and leaves me to get myself together. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But no, first we had to prepare Mum Olga’s breakfast and wash all the dishes, and Mandy wouldn’t use the smallest magic to speed the process. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s past eight o’clock. We haven’t had real food since breakfast.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the jaded horsemen would take a respite from their labors to see him, eating their breakfasts outdoors on the benches near the siding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

"And do not count on me for breakfast. I do not want any." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom cooked his favorite dinner last night and his favorite breakfast today. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mom makes Ms. Louise breakfast, lunch, and dinner, gives her baths, and takes her to doctors’ appointments. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Doubtless Mr Coldfield failed to come to breakfast in the black coat, and more days passed and still he did not, and that was all. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at six o’clock she heard Bill go to the kitchen and fix his breakfast. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Felt like that letter would burn a hole in my pocket, but I finally got breakfast over with and set off to the post office. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Once when I was twenty-four, once when I was fifty-seven. Two tablespoonfuls taken with breakfast. Two perfect days.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“The street of the bakers is this way. We shall forage for breakfast,” Michelangelo said, his voice hushed in the quiet hour. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Penelope assumed it was one of the serving girls come to take away the breakfast dishes, but it was not. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She arranged two trays, one for Nivea, who always breakfasted in bed, and one for Rosa, who by virtue of her illness was entitled to the same treatment as her mother. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After prayers, breakfast in summer was usually dry cereal and fresh milk. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My bed was unmade and breakfast dishes lay desolate in the sink. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good-by,” Catherine said, “and have a fine breakfast for me too.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

One of my early Socratic victories came from a question driven by self-interest: “Why do we have to eat eggs for breakfast?” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He imagined Blanchepon—sweet, stormy Blanchepon—whispering support while they scurried to make sure that there was always a fine wine for the elf for dinner and healthy whole-grain toast for breakfast. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to go without breakfast altogether. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I joined Neil and Buzz and a couple of friends for the astronaut’s traditional launch-day breakfast of steak and eggs. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Lapham came down to start breakfast, she always began by getting him up. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s all I usually eat for breakfast. If you guys want something different, fix it yourself.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Our food on the train had lasted only until breakfast. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

If he was seeing anything, it was the mocking faces of the other alchemists, or the cool calculations of the queen herself, ordering up miracles like breakfast. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

On January 20, 1969, Lady Bird and Lyndon Johnson ate breakfast looking out the White House windows at a gray and windy Washington morning. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

For breakfast Mario had brought a crust of bread, a lump of sugar, and a cold Brussels sprout. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was something new to the breakfast this day, Tabasco, and Zeitoun had an idea. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The paper lay open on the breakfast table, and it was clear from my mother’s expression that she’d already read the story. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She put her husband’s breakfast into the food container that she had bought in Chinatown, one dish in each tier of the stack. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before I got to eat my breakfast, I saw what looked like about a hundred police officers, park rangers, and school staff, all gathered around the front gates to the school. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He probably knows what they were wearing and what they had for breakfast and now he’s telling Dotty O’Neill it was the three Marys. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We began cooking their breakfast, somewhat constrained for space, with so many in so small a chamber, and the fire burning large within the hearth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yes, I frequently watched you eating your breakfast before school. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Dr. Hueper has little patience with the wishful thinking that promises “a magic pill that we shall take each morning before breakfast” as protection against cancer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We get extra hay for breakfast or what? The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I told her, ‘All I know how to do is make breakfast.’” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Shady was tinkering at his workbench as I ate my breakfast. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He ate his breakfast meticulously, spitting the tiny bones into the fire circle once he had chewed the meat from them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I really like their breakfast menu, especially the hash browns. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Because of the bread shortage, we eat potatoes at every meal, starting with breakfast, but then we fry them a little. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

That they could start pulling their weight around the place and get in early to help with breakfast. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Not bad, really, and I finally ask Marv exactly why he’s chosen today of all days to take me out to breakfast. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Of course I would rather take my breakfast in the dining room. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He and Ron went down to breakfast to find Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Ginny already sitting at the kitchen table. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

As I went upstairs and knocked on the brown door after breakfast, I didn’t even feel frightened of the Matron. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Resident World Controller’s Second Secretary had asked her to dinner and breakfast. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the biscuits were right before my eyes, and though there was more flour in the kitchen, I was apprehensive lest there be no bread for breakfast in the morning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m picking at my breakfast when Abuela comes over, carrying the bag with my costume. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Three men sat at breakfast, their hands on the table, not moving, their food getting cold in front of them. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, do you want to have breakfast in the dining room this morning, or would you like me to bring you something here?” she asks, wrapping the cuff around my arm and inflating it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And this because he comes to her shop every morning and buys two chocolate-frosted donuts for his breakfast. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Papa found out, he made Amil sit in the corner with no breakfast this morning. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When I said this I remember he laughed, and stretched his hand to me across the breakfast table. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He put his hands under his head and watched them eat breakfast, smiling as the girls kept peeking at him over their cereal bowls. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I noticed you slept through breakfast call this morning,” he said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

After eighteen solid hours of sleep and a light continental breakfast, Artemis climbed to the study that he had inherited from his father. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The cat daintily picked up his breakfast and made for the stairs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And by then, she says, putting our breakfast on the table, it was too late. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

If S.P. didn’t use so much soap on his hands, he wouldn’t always be late at breakfast. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Beg pardon,” he said, ignoring the flurry of feathers, “shall I fetch m’lord some breakfast?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He came into the parlor, and when he saw that she was up, he smiled and whispered, “Good! You’re awake. Come on—you can help me catch some fish for breakfast.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The medics knew that and did what I did—stashed breakfast in their packs or just didn’t eat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped I could catch her on her way to the breakfast. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Loo hopped down right away and began to point at things. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"She hadn't got up to fix your breakfast. You were in the fourth grade. You always liked oatmeal in the morning. You tried to wake her up to fix you some." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The two girls had come by his house for breakfast. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Rosemary returns with a breakfast tray, and when she pulls off the brown plastic lid I see that she’s put cream and brown sugar on my porridge. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As he slowly chewed his breakfast, she sat opposite from him with her arms crossed over her chest, watching. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then he finished feeding me breakfast, not caring that my oatmeal was getting all over the juice-stained shirt. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She was probably in the kitchen, eating breakfast and watching cartoons. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t eat much at breakfast,” I said. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take you to Friar Hugo’s kitchen and see that he gives you the nicest breakfast you’ve ever had. Now what do you say to that?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I had a memory of Mom singing along to it while she made breakfast on a lazy weekend morning. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

As each member of the family appears at the breakfast table, the encounter is, in effect, a house-call. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get some breakfast for you and those sisters of yours.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, I head to the landing, where Baba's portrait is displayed. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It must have been his birthday, and she had put it amongst her other presents on the breakfast table. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I sat Dinah against the sugar dish and had a hot bowl of grits for breakfast. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It looked like the kind of dog that ate babies for breakfast, old men for lunch, and virgin sacrifices for dinner. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“You and Jaja can have breakfast upstairs. I will bring the things up. Your father will eat with the guests,” Mama said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Get there at dinner time on Saturday, come home after breakfast.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

They’re in June’s room, scarfing down breakfast before Zahra and June leave for a rally in Pittsburgh, and June drops her waffle on the bedspread. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Before going to mass, she went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the family. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since it was breakfast and he was home and it was a warm day, he left his cap on a hat rack. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

One day I worked the steam table at breakfast. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She entered the kitchen and built up the fire and began to prepare breakfast. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

After their breakfast the hobbits had to re-pack, and get together further supplies for the longer journey they were now expecting. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At breakfast on Thursday she bored them all stupid with flying tips she’d gotten out of a library book called Quidditch Through the Ages. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“It does smell an awful lot like bacon. Maybe it’s some old codger who’s living in the woods and he’s making his breakfast.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But every morning she made breakfast, gave me carfare and lunch money, as if I were going to work. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab a muffin from the tray of breakfast food that someone brought us, and sit across from her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Have bacon and eggs for breakfast, go to a real school. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Great-uncle Edisto keeled over with a stroke on a Saturday morning after breakfast last March. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I left it to its work and went down to breakfast. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He realized, with some shame, that he was hoping she had prepared a special breakfast for him on his birthday. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They invite me to breakfast, and I ask them about Violet before the accident since I’ve only known her after. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I can’t remember the last time Papa had breakfast with us on a weekday. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She scooped Laney up and crashed down the stairs, the destroyed breakfast left abandoned outside the Beiderman’s door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The van Daans, who always make breakfast for everyone, give themselves one and a half times more than they do us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He does not show at breakfast or poetics or morning field exercises. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Kelly hurried back and forth from the breakfast table to the kitchen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At four in the morning, she would prepare breakfast and lunch for her son and for herself. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Come on, buddy, let’s get out of here for a little bit and get you some breakfast. There’s a good diner around the corner.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Our bus pushed out of poor and black Oakland, where lines formed for free breakfasts and men stood around because there were no jobs and too much liquor. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d sort all the clothes into piles and start to washing early in the morning before cooking breakfast. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I wake up, eat breakfast, help Mamá Jacinta cook and clean, and then lie around reading and writing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As the next day was Saturday, most students would normally have breakfasted late. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

William was eating breakfast when the report came through on the radio. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The next morning, after that restless night, I said to Grandma at the breakfast table, “I need two bucks bad.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sing before breakfast you’ll cry before night, Eleanor told herself, because she had been singing softly, “In delay there lies no plenty....” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Next morning as I finished a late breakfast served to me in my suite in Shusgis’ mansion the house-phone emitted a polite bleat. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Elisabeth grabs a luna pastry from a nearby breakfast cart and pops it into her mouth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The hoverboard still had some charge left, so after breakfast she decided to keep moving. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Her mom was cranky at breakfast and gave Hazel a talking-to about snow shoveling and maturity and accepting responsibility. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Fern stood at the kitchen sink drying the breakfast dishes as her mother washed them. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“So did I. If you are not ready in three minutes I will come in and drown you. I want my breakfast.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m always the first one up in the morning because I like to cook breakfast. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

He did not look at her but busied himself with his breakfast. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Baba was still shrouded in the same strange silence during breakfast, and this time Neel couldn’t bring himself to try to break it. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I confessed about the barefoot-discovered cat puke and a comatose Fig sleeping past his breakfast head bump. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mom asks about our “Wander Indiana” project, and for the rest of breakfast, Finch and I talk about some of the places we’ve been so far, and some of the places we’re planning to go. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I assayed to try my own hand at botis mots, saying to her in the morning, “You are — you are come down to the breakfast room as the — some dew on the flowers. Falling.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“So, I hear you’re leaving us,” she said, pushing in the breakfast tray for the last time. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I called her to my fist and we went into the meadow to rustle up breakfast for the guests. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went about the business of gathering breakfast items, her lips pressed together against saying anything. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Sleep she did: Kate was so tired from her night’s exertions that she slept through the wake-up announcement and was late getting ready for breakfast. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some are cooking breakfast, others are just waking up, and many are still asleep on the side of the road or in the grass. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She often told him that her friends envied her, and said he behaved like a foreign husband, the way he made her breakfast on weekends and stayed home every night. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At breakfast the next morning, before Mr Hooper went to London, there had only been looks, passing between him and Mrs Kingshaw, and the talk of an outing, a surprise. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He fed the cricket his breakfast—leftover asparagus tips and a piece of cabbage leaf. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Henry comes wandering into the kitchen in his pajamas, there’s an entire breakfast spread on the long green table, and Alex is at the stove, flipping his dozenth pancake. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t fret. Jacob here will take good care of him. August, go get this little girl some breakfast, will you? We have to hit the road.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The smell of hot breakfast filled the air, and she followed the sounds of cooking to the kitchen. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The horse got breakfast when he woke up, usually at four-thirty, followed by stall mucking and grooming at five, and a lengthy gallop with Pumpkin at eight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody was quiet at breakfast the next morning. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The sun had not yet shown itself, and I hoped I might be at Mr. Pope's in time for breakfast. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

What I really liked best that summer was going on little breakfast picnics with Lin Nai-Nai. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, in a small convoy, we drove to Tuynhuys, the official presidential office, and parked in an underground garage where we would not be seen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to leave today. How about if we have bad-news French toast today, and then a celebration special breakfast when I get back?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“We finished breakfast really fast because we were all excited, so we got to the airport extra early.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I put the tray down, setting the breakfast near the fire where it would stay warm, and ran to the front door. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He has the feeling, from the tone of Maxine’s voice, that she’s been up for hours, that her breakfast has already been eaten, her Times thoroughly read. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I let my mother doctor me and feed me breakfast in bed and tuck another quilt around me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Ash sat on the front steps and watched her father and his driver loading trunks onto the carriage. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His grandmother never asked him what he wanted for breakfast. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

We all took showers in the morning and walked down to breakfast on time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When breakfast was over, they were joined by the sisters; and Elizabeth began to like them herself, when she saw how much affection and solicitude they showed for Jane. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

What amazing things you could have for breakfast in an expensive hotel...but she didn't feel like waffles with fresh strawberries anymore. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The young nurse cleared my breakfast tray away and left me wrapped in my white blanket like a passenger taking the sea air on the deck of a ship. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah, no problem. Let me eat some quick breakfast and wet down my hair and I’ll be over.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My bed is the couch in the living room, so when Dad comes in to fix his breakfast, I pull on my jeans and go out to sit across from him in the kitchen. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the boys would be up, needing clothes and breakfast. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Park tried to sneak out without seeing him, but his mom was nonnegotiable about breakfast. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Later, when we were able to go into the courtyard to serve ourselves, I would go out into the courtyard and jog around the perimeter until breakfast arrived. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hoping for a big breakfast, Hannah was disappointed when all Gitl put on the table was a jug of milk, black coffee, and a loaf of dark bread. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For breakfast we had waffles and bacon and eggs, and her mom looked at me curiously when I said, “But where’s the rice?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The good white bread of breakfast; the rolls dripping with yellow butter that I had slipped into my pocket so often to be munched later in my room with wild blackberry jam from home. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The aunties will soon be calling our numbers for breakfast.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

They finally managed to find their way down to the Great Hall for breakfast without getting lost once. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Of course she’s all right, only you’ve got to take better care of her from now on. Here, take this breakfast out to her!” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next morning after a late breakfast, the wizard was sitting with Frodo by the open window of the study. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

You’d have thought he was a guest in a hotel the way he looked, with this breakfast tray right in front of him on a weird-looking bed table. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

At breakfast, son Robert told tales of Lee’s surrender. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jasmine had stopped by with breakfast for the group, and pink boxes of doughnuts had been passed around until they were devoured. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

One of the Brazen Beasts ripped offhis brass hawk’s mask and began to spew up his breakfast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There are no plantains and avocados to make a complete Haitian breakfast. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then she nodded at Mary Alice to set the table for breakfast. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even she, who loved the breakfasts, had a suspicious expression on her face. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Standing next to his mother was a tall, chocolate brown man who was looking out of the kitchen window, paying no attention to the nervous conversation or the rich breakfast smells about him. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, ma’am. I brought your breakfast,” she said, struggling back to standing and lifting the tray a little higher. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

After breakfast I asked him very nicely to take the garbage out, and he refused. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel like breakfast was a lifetime ago. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She takes my hand and drags me merrily forward, like she's one of my sisters and we're headed to lessons, or breakfast, or to sneak off someplace we aren't supposed to go. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I wave that away and instead hold up my tray like a gameshow model to show Poe my lumberjack breakfast. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I had to clean up after Sam while Lynn made us breakfast: what we called brown eggs, made by scrambling eggs with shoyu and sugar. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the hubbub, Charles’s routine stayed the same: He would rise early in the morning and go for a walk before breakfast. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dashed out the door after breakfast, Matthew and Mark complaining about their packed lunches, Dad calling back, “I’m going to that auction up at Chytlesville. Won’t be home until supper.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I eat breakfast and read for a while, then feed the animals and do my other chores. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It went straight from her nose to her stomach, turning it, churning the boiled yam she’d had for breakfast. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have a few hours now if you want to get a book,” Bilal whispered to me now as we cleaned up after breakfast. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And with blueberries or huckleberries, there might be pie and then muffins for breakfast besides and maybe pudding for lunch. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Here it came to hand just as easily as the coin which I now placed on the counter for my breakfast. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurried to set out the breakfast dishes before Eliza came downstairs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a smear of breakfast egg on her chin and the blurry eyes of someone who has just stopped crying. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“James, go wash up while your sister finishes breakfast. Then you two can go. I need some time to myself today.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then one morning when I went in early to cook breakfast, Lizabeth was sitting at the kitchen table holding a envelope. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Gray had killed six of the ogres, but judging from the campfires around the property, there were dozens more—all waiting to cook Frank for breakfast. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I put on my uniform last thing before I leave the house so it doesn’t get dirty as I eat breakfast by the fire pit. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At breakfast don’t blow on my porridge, and don’t spit out the lumps. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, the place is filled with people having breakfast. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, they said they’d come for us. I asked the tender who brought my breakfast. “ Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead of him, just emerging from the Apprentices’ Quarters and finishing his breakfast as he ran, was the new boy, Heqet. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

‘Take her downstairs and give her some breakfast,’ the Queen said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rose early and kept the children quiet by serving them breakfast outside. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Gangulis learn the cause of the delay the following morning, as breakfast is being served, the passengers agitated and horrified, all speaking of the same thing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom hadn’t even cleaned up breakfast before she left for work, which was extremely weird for her. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at the houses. Isn't this a fine square? There’s a place we can get breakfast.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

We didn't linger over breakfast because of the smell. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

His laptop is set up on the breakfast bar with a USB cord plugged into his camera. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Gives thanks for the meager breakfast, for living to eat another morning meal. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, May 22, Gold ate breakfast at home with his brother and father. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wood spent the whole of breakfast urging his team to eat, while touching nothing himself. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Madam ran me like a donkey all the next day, then demanded that I stay awake all night to make rolls for breakfast because the bakers in town were rebels, and they had fled. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yell in the direction of the kitchen where Mom and David are still having breakfast. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I want to go to a Yankees game," Didu says at breakfast the next morning. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was eating breakfast and reading the paper when she began to kick on the back door with her slippered foot. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Each morning at five thirty, six days a week, Mrs. Nielsen makes breakfast for her husband, usually fried eggs and toast, and he leaves for the store to open for the farmers at six. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She laughed but never smiled and in 1963, when she was sixty-eight years old, she had not shed a tear since Circe had brought her cherry jam for breakfast. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had bread and tea for breakfast, rice and soup for both lunch and dinner. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I glare and stuff a breakfast bar and a lunch bar into my backpack. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

After a reluctant breakfast of a few guava leaves, we continued our journey. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered how they had looked, the three of them sitting at the breakfast table, how Hooper had stirred his spoon around and around in the teacup, bland-faced, knowing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

At breakfast, Aunt Pearl would make some comment about his huge appetite eating them out into the street, but she smiled when she said it. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used to wait for me to sit at the breakfast table before he started iron­ing—that way, we could talk. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He liked to eat a poached egg on toast for breakfast. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Now I'm lost in space again, like that first trip down to the kitchen at breakfast this morning. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At breakfast, a boy with a mop of thick black hair walks in like some cowboy from an American film. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it,” his father said, going back to his breakfast. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

They got up, folded the blankets, and started preparing breakfast. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes Papi and Dad will call me down to eat breakfast and open presents, and I’m not sure if Coop will be there. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

At seven, they carried their mess tins, mugs, and cutlery to breakfast. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tally realized that she had slept through the breakfast call, too exhausted to wake up with everyone else. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Yes, the woman said that she wanted a boy who could milk a cow, feed chickens, gather vegetables, help serve breakfast and dinner. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning at breakfast Mom tells Dad, or else. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“You had this morning a breakfast which you could not eat; you must be hungry:—I have ordered that a lunch of bread and cheese shall be served to all.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, we join hands in the living room like we always do, under the framed poster of the Ten-Point Program, and Daddy leads us in prayer. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Her pose was so similar it was hard to believe she had gone to sleep, eaten breakfast or even patted her firm hairdo. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who probably swam a mile in the ocean every morning before breakfast? The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Later, during breakfast, she held up the medium-size envelope of notes and said, “All the cash we have.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After waking up, I have a potato for breakfast. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At breakfast, Scott asks me to cancel my therapy session. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That morning when Pa came in to breakfast he caught Laura and said he must give her a spanking. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm passing by the bagel store where my mother sometimes gets us breakfast. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They stood a few moments until Alice sounded the bell for breakfast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In my arms she feels fuzzy and soft and smells like the pancakes that Mami and I made for breakfast. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“If I were you I should have a good long lie to-morrow morning. Don’t attempt to get up. Have your breakfast in bed.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take long for my breakfast to be ready. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We ate breakfast every morning and dinner every night, and we even went camping with our foster family once or twice. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The lieutenant says, “Well, enjoy your breakfast. And your Sunday. Stay out of trouble. I’ll see you soon.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Can’t a man get breakfast before he has to give an oration?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The very next day, the twins came to Clive’s as the Saturday breakfast rush was ending. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the breakfast rush, she would make sure whatever food was needed was in the kitchen for the cooks. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dilsey stood for a while at the table, then she went and cleared the breakfast things from the diningroom and ate her breakfast and cleaned up the kitchen. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roommates were forever stepping out of showers, and waitresses appeared out of nowhere to deliver the onion rings and breakfast burritos that stained the pages of the manuscripts. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He set down at the little breakfast table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I delay going down to breakfast as long as possible the next morning because I really don’t want to discuss our training strategy. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Looking back now, it feels like we spent ages in that steamed-up kitchen after breakfast, or huddled around half-dead fires in the small hours, lost in conversation about our plans for the future. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the variations of Dad’s power breakfasts. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Try the sports deck for meditation tomorrow morning before breakfast but do not lose consciousness. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“You will join me for breakfast at eight-thirty in the Great Hall. No excuses. Good afternoon to you all.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, we headed down the mountain to Rocky Creek Baptist Church. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Rattling pots and pans in the kitchen would now awaken me in the mornings and I would know that Uncle Tom and his family were getting breakfast. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clara was in such a hurry to make her literate that at the age of five the little girl was already reading the newspaper over breakfast and discussing the news with her grandfather. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small campfires had been lighted, and breakfast was being prepared. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He got up early every day, bathed, shaved, and put on a necktie to translate Attic Greek for two hours before breakfast. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I stopped in the living room and fed canned clams to Hugo’s sharks, then had a breakfast of cold leftover spaghetti and root beer. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But then I remembered he’d gone to town right after breakfast. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Next morning Winnie went out to the fence directly after breakfast. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sugar and chocolate and caramel scents were all floating out of the box, landing in my nose, and even though I’d eaten breakfast, my stomach gurgled. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had not eaten since breakfast, but the things that had happened had made me forget my hunger. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next morning at breakfast we heard a big whomp, boom from the tenant shack. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She’d have to account for the broken glass in any case; but Rita would get surly if she had to cook a second breakfast. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scanning the papers as he ate breakfast, he turned to the New York Times—and suddenly leaped from the chair. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

While she makes breakfast, I feed the clothes I had shed to the fire. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I might even say roadside America is the paradise of breakfast except for one thing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brain was toast—burnt toast that your mom scrapes so you can still try to eat it for breakfast, but there is no saving it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They had planned to leave before breakfast so as not to add to Suya’s food worries, but she pushed two bowls of hot porridge into their hands. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Violet and Klaus read the note as they ate their breakfast, which was a gray and lumpy oatmeal Count Olaf left for them each morning in a large pot on the stove. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Later that morning, your breakfast, along with your morning meds, comes up in an epic projectile puke in the rec room. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“You should come to breakfast at my place sometime,” he said suddenly. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Odysseus was helping prepare breakfast when the young man appeared at the door. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, however, all the rejected players and a number of people who had come down to watch after a lengthy breakfast had joined the crowd by now, so that it was larger than ever. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

After breakfast I went back to my room and began to work on the irregular second aorists. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Presently Will came up from the river, and then Mary came out of her house and offered them breakfast; and soon Atal came along, too, and the village came to life around them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He grinned as the dog licked breakfast remains from his face. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Secretly, she watched her father eat his breakfast. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He didn't want to talk about it over breakfast. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had agreed this morning, his first of summer camp, to make him chicken nuggets for breakfast. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m being called in for breakfast, so I’ll have to end this letter here. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

On Monday, we all get up and have breakfast together. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

What did they eat for breakfast—and lunch? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of the watchers of the night before who had promised to come back so he cooked breakfast for three which he and the other man ate together. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

"No wonder my breakfast toast was all nibbled round the edges this morning," my grandmother went on relentlessly. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Once you get settled come on back to the kitchen and I’ll fix you up some breakfast before we get to work.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“She uses the pink one with the gold trim for breakfast. Always has.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Annabeth and I walked down to inspect the cabins. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And so there were flapjacks again for breakfast, but no one seemed to mind. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the room was warm she brought in breakfast. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Fd never seen the Black Panthers making breakfast on the news. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Warden greeted the boys at breakfast the next morning and went with them to the holes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

When Kino had finished, Juana came back to the fire and ate her breakfast. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the training ground the soldiers were settling down to eat breakfast, dumping their packs on the ground, and stacking their muskets into neat little tepees, four or five together. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Have either of you had breakfast?’ the Queen said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys caught five small fish, which they killed and then left lying in the water, so they’d be fresh for breakfast. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was there in the hand-washed and ironed clothes on the cane-seat chair, in the warm slippers left outside my door, in the wood already burning in the stove when I came down for breakfast. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At this the tall king, clarion in battle, called to his lady and her waiting women to give them breakfast from the larder stores. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, she shows me the phone and then, with an encouraging smile, leaves the room to give me privacy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning I found breakfast in a little Negro cafe—coffee and toast— and then walked down to the highway to begin hitching. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Usually breakfast is bread and jam with my coffee.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

If I hurried I could get breakfast at the mission. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She fixed me breakfast—scrambled eggs and Cream of Wheat—and fed me, one spoonful at a time. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“After breakfast, I headed for the bus stop to wait for the 8:05 bus to take me to Honolulu where I was to play golf,” he said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, doctor, I thought drowsily, did you ever wade in a brook before breakfast? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt sleepy and told him to go get some fish to fry for breakfast. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

A hot shower and a breakfast of French toast helped drive away the fear. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man got up early and cooked his breakfast, still on a fire out in front of the house; he was quick and purposeful. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I got some breakfast on deck and it wasn’t a bad trip. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up at me sideways, slyly, and I saw that it would be better if we could both pretend I’d eaten my breakfast after all. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are those called eggs Benedict? Is it because that’s what Benedict Arnold used to eat for breakfast?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “Having a little breakfast, are you?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Harry still had two of them left, and so, looking forward to a real breakfast when he got back upstairs, he ate his grapefruit without complaint. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“All the more reason not to worry about writing one. If it’s lost among a gazillion pages, you can write your grocery list and what you ate for breakfast. No one will care.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He had risen early, breakfasted almost alone, and had spent the morning going over the notes of the case that was recalling him to London. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s no problem. Doesn’t remember what he had for breakfast.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There would be no breakfast until seven, and that was two and a half hours away. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then the inner door opened—the door, she now saw, which separated the office from the pair of cells—and in the light that streamed before him, the constable appeared, carrying a breakfast tray. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Moody’s invitation, she spent hours at their house, coming over just after breakfast, staying until dinner. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She would come back for more after breakfast and bring the children to help. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

At home she just ate supper and slept and then ate breakfast and went off to the store again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had heated the leftovers from breakfast on the little stove at the back of the laundry. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That morning we gulped our breakfast and left the dining hall one at a time. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

By the time I had finished getting dressed, Mamá was already preparing breakfast and the lunch for our trip. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She said real soft, “Bud, wake up. Come on, sweetie, I’ve got a nice breakfast waiting for you.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Nuah looks up from the breakfast table and immediately stands, chopsticks in the air. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Is that any good?” he asked, turning back to me abruptly and eyeing my breakfast with a teasing look on his face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mama was looking down; her hands were placed on her belly, to hold the wrapper from untying itself or to keep her bread and tea breakfast down. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And the sun coming in the little stained-glass section of the breakfast room window made her smooth gray hair look just like a pigeon’s wing. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They scooped out nests in the straw, uncovering one of Medwyn’s breakfast guests curled up and fast asleep. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

At first light blowing their fire up, they cooked their breakfast and sent their lads out, driving herds to root in the tall timber. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calvin hollered to Luther, “Go get Vemell. Tell her to get breakfast ready. Soon’s we skin this cat, we comin in there with a appetite and she better be ready to meet it! ” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She decided to head to the stable and look for breakfast among their provisions instead of waiting for the others to wake up. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After a breakfast of rationed airline pretzels and four sips each from the rescued water bottles, the girls worked on their opening dance number. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The church served free breakfasts and gave away bags of food to poor people. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After breakfast, let’s go to the animal shelter. You can get started on your Seniors for Seniors project. You want to do that today?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes my father did this in the morning before sitting down at the breakfast table, but I never asked him what he was doing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast things settled down to a boring normal. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning at my breakfast table my homie and I knew something had to be done. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He moved about the kitchen, washed the breakfast dishes, and swept the floor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Go get your pop ready for his day, and I’ll put on breakfast.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Manya came in a little before eight and served us a light breakfast. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After Naomi served him breakfast, Henry asked, “What time does school let out?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jacob, meanwhile, pushed his breakfast around in his bowl. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Fix breakfast and feed the babies. Don’t think you’re going to sneak off to the bushes today, my girl!” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guiteau didn't plan to pay for the room or his breakfast the next day. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I hadn't had time to eat any breakfast at the hotel cafeteria that morning, except for a cup of overstewed coffee so bitter it made my nose curl, and I was starving. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We passed the pot around, spooning in our warm breakfast, and again I couldn’t believe how good the plain undercooked lentils and rice were. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

First, I did up my breakfast things, then scrubbed the plank floor. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

At home, the two of us would have been up, making breakfast. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was on this very Formica table where you could still see the egg stains from my family’s breakfast that the bombs were made. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day I woke up without the scent of my mother's breakfast wafting through the air. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

To cheer us up on our first day on the road I made jam sandwiches for breakfast and they tasted hopeful. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time we returned from breakfast, the mattresses we had brought outside the previous night were back on our beds. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Henrietta was still freaking out, and I couldn’t blame her because she probably didn’t have any food or water left, and my parents were going to be mad if I wasn’t at breakfast. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

As if she could tell we needed her, Ren is just finishing in the breakfast line. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The kitchen had a huge old-fashioned stove, a red chrome-trimmed breakfast table and chairs, bright yellow walls, and a linoleum floor with visible marks of wear and tear. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want any breakfast, Papa,” I said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pilate began to cry the day Circe brought her white toast and cherry jam for breakfast. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we had breakfast we left in buses to Los Angeles. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

So I fell asleep; but I woke up very early and set off for Thessicher’s farm before breakfast, having spent an uneasy night full of dreams and wakenings. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lent her the textbook he had studied while attending the University of Glasgow, and she completed her first Greek grammar lesson before breakfast. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Just then Doc comes around the corner from the breakfast buffet with the rest of the team in tow. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

After I had my breakfast, it was only around noon, and I wasn't meeting old Sally till two o'clock, so I started taking this long walk. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The first Saturday after the departure of the Señora, Shirley sat at the breakfast table hunched over the sports page of the Herald Tribune. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The breakfast dishes had only just been cleared away. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“We had dinner, then lunch, then breakfast, in a diner. He owned it.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet Miss Fulton makes a mean breakfast with eggs and sausage and gravy….I run out the door zipping my jacket, trying not to think ’bout how empty my belly is. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Janice bought us breakfast in a coffee shop across the street. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my way to breakfast, the sun popped out, filling the world with encouraging brightness, and I stepped outside to check out the air. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

After paying for a private room last night and breakfast and bath this morning, the drab represented a good portion of my worldly wealth, so I kept my finger on it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She figured that since her job seemed to consist of taking trays hither and thither she would be expected to take the empty breakfast setting back to the kitchen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth had taken out her special tea tray and tea things to use for the Beiderman’s breakfast. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“And I’m hungry. Have you had breakfast yet?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, but not even the breakfast blessing could halt the thoughts buzzing through my mind. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What math I was ever taught I learned doing the breakfast dishes and listening to Mother explain, over and over, what a fraction is or how to use negative numbers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I collected three eggs in the chicken house and returned for breakfast. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What a dreadful thought. It’s much too early for breakfast.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was meant to be for breakfast tomorrow, but he decided that meeting his first cricket was a special occasion. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, it was the first time they were allowed to come downstairs for breakfast, and for another Mr. Banks lost his black bag. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The next day at breakfast, Tanasia and I are the first two there. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

For the next few stops, Walter marches off to town immediately after breakfast and doesn’t return until it’s nearly show time. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron met Hermione in the common room before breakfast next morning. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Wow! Tell them thanks! Do you want to have breakfast with us?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Over breakfast, Dad and I discussed our plan for the day. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Three people sat eating breakfast in the kitchen. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

After breakfast Bill and I were sitting warming in the sun on a bench out in front of the inn and talking it over. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Most of the guests insisted on leaving at once, and the few remaining stragglers had departed at daybreak without even waiting for breakfast. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They’re not going to spoon all night or wake up in each other’s arms or eat breakfast together. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“They were gone long before I came down to have breakfast,” their daughter, Barbara, recalled. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was a horrible smell in the kitchen the next morning when Harry went in for breakfast. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, but I’ll stay here and clean up the breakfast dishes. Gideon says I’m supposed to be a help, not a burden.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Frith wanted to know whether to keep the breakfast hot for Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I gave this to him for breakfast, murmuring good wishes about his health. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sort of kept looking around for those two nuns I'd met at breakfast the day before, but I didn't see them. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Until one day, at breakfast, Helen said, “Maybe I should go to work, save up some money for a down payment.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You boys want some breakfast? How about some waffles?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He floated on his back when the valise filled and sank; the river was mild and leisurely, going away from the people who ate shadows for breakfast and steam for lunch and vapours for supper. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

At five I got out of bed, ate breakfast, and drove the forty miles to Utah State University. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Daddy made a special breakfast, pancakes and bacon, but no one ate much. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mornings there was cooking to do for the breakfast. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

A pleasant young Negro woman took my order and fixed my breakfast: eggs, grits, bread and coffee—forty-nine cents—no butter and no napkin. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Water must be fetched first thing each morning, and my breakfast is just a hope until I have fed and watered Plug and Violet. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Between them my breakfast disappeared in four bites. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

My parents hadn’t stormed off in the middle of breakfast. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then one morning, Ma had an I-won’t-even-look-at-you way about her as she cooked breakfast. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That Sunday morning, you fixed us breakfast,” he said, his voice raspy, “and we played cards, remember?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Free breakfast from six a.m. until ten in the hospitality center downstairs. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

One day at breakfast I whistled for Frightful. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes still pleasant and fond and warm and breakfast and lunch. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Janie got up with him the next morning and had the breakfast halfway done when he bellowed from the barn. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Saturday dawned without any more outbursts from Mrs. Weasley, though she seemed very tense at breakfast. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake stuck out till he had some breakfast, then he talked and acted out the story. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Bring him down the hill to the house, feed him the heels off a loaf of new bread, all the leftover sausage from breakfast, and a bowl of milk. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, I figured I ought to get some breakfast. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Very well. I shall explain everything, and you may listen as you eat your breakfast.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t mention that disgusting stuff in front of me! Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I met her there once and discovered that KittyBix and peanut butter is a good breakfast. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I waited in my room for Ali to clear the breakfast table in the kitchen. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The way I figure, I can check on Freak and be back in time for breakfast, no harm done. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

At least I’d stuffed a couple microwave breakfast sandwiches into my pockets. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say another word for the rest of breakfast. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I tell you what,” he said, “I’m not going to be very busy today, so let’s have a good breakfast and then I’ll help you.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that. Well, to hear the Post tell it, we lynch ’em for breakfast; the Journal doesn’t care; and the Times is so wrapped up in its duty to posterity it bores you to death. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“We had breakfast and opened our presents earlier. She had to go do the Christmas thing with her boyfriend’s family.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She describes the narrow house, the gas fireplaces, the dank odor of the bathrooms, eating Weetabix and hot milk for breakfast, wearing a uniform to school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For breakfast my parents often made their ochazuke—green tea mixed with rice—from the crusty old rice at the bottom of the pot. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Noodle soup is a traditional breakfast for Cambodians and Chinese. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got to the house around eight forty-five in the morning, and I went right into the kitchen and started making breakfast. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

When Mom saw me, she said, “Get back upstairs and eat some breakfast.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sunday Bep dropped by to make sure there hadn’t been a break-in and stayed for breakfast. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Funny thing, I skipped breakfast and lunch today, but I’m not hungry. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped at a diner so he could get something to eat, since he hadn’t eaten for most of two days except for the Baptist potato chips and breakfast with Pastor Greenleaf. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, during every waking moment from breakfast until bedtime, she drilled the children on all they had learned in preparation for the big event: table manners, proper introductions, handshakes, bows, and curtsies. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

When she was living, Mama would sit with me and Jay and eat breakfast Gran cooked, then get up and head right for her food stall when she was finished. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Would you care for a bite to eat before the assault? We can serve Yankees done to order, before or after breakfast.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dinner would be whatever strange thing we’d been able to buy at the side of the river, but breakfast and lunch were always limp cassava bread and fish wrapped in banana leaf. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I ask Dad over breakfast, “Do you think Mom stopped loving you before or after she met what’s-his-name?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning I didn't go down to breakfast, which meant going down two flights of stairs to the cafeteria. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He ate his breakfast, grabbed his book bag, and said “Bye” to his mother. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The waiter came with the breakfast, and I sat with my hands in my lap, watching while he put down the pot of coffee and the jug of milk. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I apologize for offending your aesthetic sensibilities. Maybe I should’ve put makeup on before coming down to breakfast.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In the morning, I got up when the rooster crowed or when I heard the clatter of dishes as the women downstairs made breakfast for the men. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"I am comfortable with that," Vogel replied, taking the proffered breakfast. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christina and I sat together at breakfast, and earlier she shielded me from the rest of the dormitory as I changed. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But before I got to eat my breakfast, I saw what looked like about a hundred police officers, park rangers, and school staff, all gathered around the front gates to the school. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the morning, she refuses breakfast, and even at ten A.M., when her visitors are told to leave so that she can be prepared, Mary is still hopeful. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The only reason to get the paper from him is to have something to read while you’re having breakfast. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got down to breakfast just as Dad was leaving. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clarisse was watching us like she knew what we were talking about, but then she fixed her eyes on her breakfast plate. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She was rushing around in her usual morning ritual, making breakfast and lunch, putting on her eye makeup while looking at her reflection in the toaster oven. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He had had no breakfast and for supper the night before only one salt alewife and a mug of milk. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The residents start drifting in forty minutes before breakfast is ready, by walker and wheelchair or just marching stiffly on their own power, and scuffle briefly over who sits where. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fred and George set off for the hospital wing, accompanied by Lee, who was howling with laughter, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione, also chortling, went in to breakfast. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Jenny Flick is the girl who turned Charlie against me,” I say, plopping myself on the stool by the breakfast bar. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

We made breakfast for the children, then played with them in the snow. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Right away I chugged some pills, and I stuffed another fistful in the pocket of my jeans before heading downstairs for breakfast. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They were just minnows, but they looked edible, and I would have loved to eat thirty or forty of them for breakfast. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a cell opposite Walter’s and Walter used to complain that he would demand Walter’s breakfast from him each morning, and that he was too scared to refuse. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to eat my breakfast, but fear had taken away my appetite. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, I lay in my bed and began to think about my left eye. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I invented a memory trick to help me with this one: What did Caesar have for breakfast? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I clear the breakfast dishes, Uhmma takes her Bible down from a shelf and opens it to a certain page. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

They were eager to get the truck unloaded, and get breakfast, a hot shower, and some sleep. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Following an exquisite breakfast at one of Las Vegas five star restaurants, Burger King, we headed home. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

On Sunday morning, Uncle Vernon sat down at the breakfast table looking tired and rather ill, but happy. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Breakfast was an hour later than usual, and after breakfast there was a ceremony which was observed every week without fail. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

"She wasn't hungry," Sansa said, knowing full well that her sister had probably stolen down to the kitchen hours ago and wheedled a breakfast out of some cook's boy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Due to a nervous stomach I had missed breakfast and I felt lightheaded. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were busy the rest of the day getting settled in our cabins, but the next morning after breakfast Nancy and I decided we should practice the safety measures. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Working full-time has given me an appreciation for days off—sweatpants and slippers and skipping breakfast. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

First, I would have a shower, then get breakfast. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other thing was a knock at Grandma’s front door right after breakfast. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They breakfasted together, sitting at one corner of the table with their knees touching. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Effie calls a reminder to meet early for breakfast to work out our training strategy, but even her voice sounds hollow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But right in the middle of my little speech on the virtues of Weed Eaters, Ob pushed away his half-eaten breakfast and gave me a long sad look. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

She took a much needed drink, but saved most to make dinner, or breakfast, whatever it was. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He had to watch two more of his company die, for Polyphemus breakfasted as he had supped. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each day was the same: a morning run with Scythe Rand, weight training with Scythe Chomsky, and a nutritionally precise breakfast prepared by a master chef. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Mama always packed a lunch for me, but after such a breakfast, sometimes I was not hungry, so I would give my food away to some of the poor children who attended our school.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered now that the last time I had seen him was about five years earlier in a Denny’s restaurant where I was taking my mother for breakfast. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

My mother muttered something to herself and left to continue preparing breakfast. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pour a large glass of milk, and breakfast is fine and mine. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He and Newt had just joined Chuck for breakfast at a picnic table right outside the Kitchen when a large group of Gladers got up and ran toward the West Door, talking excitedly about something. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I came down as soon as I thought there was a prospect of breakfast. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I clutched the rail and stared into the green waves, contemplating the fish who might soon be enjoying my breakfast, while my father stood shivering beside me in shirtsleeves. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Harry went down to breakfast the next morning with the rest of the boys in his dormitory, all of whom seemed to think the Firebolt deserved a sort of guard of honor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In a moment, I’d blink and rouse from this beautiful dream, get out of bed, march down to the kitchen to eat breakfast with no one to talk to but Hassan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I perceived that I was sickening from excitement and inanition; neither meat nor drink had passed my lips that day, for I had taken no breakfast. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

All I could do now was hope I didn’t cry like a little girl in front of the hundreds of kids having breakfast. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And while part of him felt like falling to his knees and hurling up breakfast, another part of him wanted to howl to the moon like a wolf. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It’s what I call my power breakfast, and it’s my favorite. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The only meals they could afford were bread and margarine for breakfast, boiled potatoes and cabbage for lunch, and cabbage soup for supper. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

That, and a breakfast I hardly finished anymore. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were never on drugs, but they like to help Jay cook breakfast and even make bagged lunches for folks like Ms. Sonja, who may not get a good meal otherwise. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

On Saturday, I went to the kitchen to get breakfast and was surprised to see a few of my baking supplies set up on the island. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When I went into the dining-room, breakfast was prepared; but I could not find the Count anywhere. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

On Saturday morning, I told my parents at breakfast that my sister would be at the Port Authority in New York at 10:50 that morning. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

As I prepared breakfast before leaving home on that first morning, Grandmother India stood over my shoulder watching while I cracked the breakfast eggs for poaching. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The breakfast table, normally the morning hub, is empty. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe there would be donuts, giant donuts, for breakfast. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Helpers stop serving breakfast in fifteen minutes, girls!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I go downstairs and have breakfast with his mother and his three sisters. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I said Scout and Jem should be nicer to their mom because she is probably dying of cancer and one day will not be able to come back and fix them breakfast. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

So instead he sat quietly at the breakfast table and ate his cereal. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

They’d all eaten supper, leaving enough food so they could have breakfast the next day. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Seeing that he was awake, Madam Pomfrey came bustling over with a breakfast tray and then began bending and stretching his arm and fingers. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

How impressed I was, I remember well; impressed and a little over-awed by the magnificence of the breakfast offered to us. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

After a few months, breakfast was delivered to us in the courtyard in old metal oil drums. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon could feel his breakfast churning in his belly, but he pressed his lips together and made himself look at the second body. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But in the short run, what she ate for breakfast wasn’t going to be the deciding factor. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It was she who, after breakfast, before bath time, and at bed, nuzzled Mirabelle’s soft belly until the baby gurgled with laughter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was unfolded laundry in the living room, and the breakfast dishes were still in the sink. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning at breakfast the Imperial Entomologist derided his argumentative Marxist son by reading out newspaper reports of the riots, strikes and incidents of police brutality that convulsed Kerala. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat was some distance away, belly to ground and tail twitching excitedly, stalking his breakfast. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The seniors have a tradition of going out to breakfast en masse one morning in the spring. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was too hot even to drink coffee for breakfast, so she had ice water with syrup in it and cold biscuits. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We woke rather late next morning, had a double breakfast, and then got in harness and prilled our light sledge right off the edge of the world. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

After I got back to the dead man’s house, I told Inés they were all out of newspapers, then we ate breakfast in record time. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

After a breakfast of grits with flakes of fried shark steak, Jay washed dishes while I snapped a whole colander full of pole beans. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Murdo gave her beet tea and spinach hash for breakfast. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The entrance hall contained a few last-minute stragglers, all leaving the Great Hall after breakfast and heading through the double oak doors to watch the second task. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She had busied herself with setting pans of oatmeal and oven bread ready for the next morning’s breakfast. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“He came over to invite me to breakfast that his dad’s making. I don’t think his parents would be too happy if he ruined his appetite here.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He always sat at the kitchen table and did his math homework while she cooked his breakfast and wrapped up his lunch for school. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe she will lay another one, and then in a few days I can make breakfast for Mom and Dad. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Others entered, ordered breakfast and joined the conversation. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I held my breath coming down the stairs to breakfast. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She would catch their breakfast, and he would hold her on his hand and feed her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

When I came downstairs for breakfast, Mom and Dad were arguing. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Powers had been up since two AM, undergoing medical tests, scarfing down a huge breakfast, and cramming himself into his uncomfortable, pressurized flight suit. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the girls except for Aly had already gone to breakfast. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

One morning when I brought her breakfast, she looked at me and said, “Who are you?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Zafoona had surprised them by getting up early that morning and making them breakfast—Fadi’s favorite of a fried egg and peanut butter on toasted Afghan bread. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Abraham Lincoln ate breakfast with his family and planned his day. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I wanted to eat my breakfast under a maple tree and watch the day grow between its leaves, I could—and did. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

One morning while we were sitting there eating breakfast, my dad showed up at the door, his face looking like it had caved in, like it was in ruins or something. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I go downstairs for breakfast, she’s loading the washing machine. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They were followed a few moments later by the cat, who was still licking his lips after his feathery breakfast. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two Sundays before Easter, Mr. Chris came early in the morning while Marly was eating breakfast. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Up at six-thirty, breakfast by seven, private study time for three hours in the morning and in the afternoon, and orchestra rehearsal before dinner. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had wanted fish for his breakfast and had gone out to cast for a striper or two. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He finished eating his breakfast; he ate it all and drank the coffee. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then the babysitter arrived, an older woman named Mrs. Trapane, who got Jaime and Jason dressed and gave them their breakfasts while Nancy climbed back up to the cupola and returned to her books. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who cares. The whole world will die someday and who cares if you had a bad breakfast?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s got a screened-in porch where we can eat breakfast and watch the lake,” she said. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the first week or two, I would take a nap after dinner, awake at ten o’clock, and then write until it was time for breakfast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down with the same breakfast as everyone else: a bowl of oatmeal with a sprinkle of brown sugar on it, and a mug of coffee. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He didn’t understand himself, now, looking at Hooper as he sat on the chair in the breakfast room. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

May had always made a big hot breakfast for me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had just finished breakfast at her family’s home in Hiroshima when she noticed the time. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ate breakfast as he always did, by the number. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first sunny day, when Nat came down to breakfast, he still had not thought of anything to do about his good-luck spell. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which means I have to skip breakfast and go to the lobby of the Department of Magical Science to wait for her. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

How could my father just sit there at the breakfast table with the rest of us and be so false? It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

‘First I had a horrid nightmare, then the maid dropped my breakfast and now I’ve got a giant on the piano.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The new nurse forgot to bring me in my breakfast tray today." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I felt lousy and helpless, and I said something to Ruthanne about it while she was cleaning up after breakfast. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

And he drank a little pulque and that was breakfast. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got a few breakfast cakes from the lady selling them in the aisles. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three days later, on a Saturday morning, as we were making breakfast, the camp learned that the firefighters had begun to get the upper hand. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not normally a breakfast eater, but here I had to be or I wouldn’t see anybody unless I stopped for gas. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ate sharp cheese and dark bread for breakfast, and liked chocolate with hazelnuts, and salty black licorice—nothing like the Hershey's Kisses and Starburst sweets I had grown up with. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Well, breakfast was sort of like that, only instead of the clothing problem, we had an unmentionable cancer problem. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You shall all go and help me, and when we come back we will have bread and milk for breakfast, and make it up at dinnertime.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her look told me to find some other place to eat my breakfast. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They must have served stewed garlic and squash for the breakfast vegetable. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

During this time the other employees arrive, about twenty of them, already glowing in their uniforms, and breakfast on the free coffee, bagels, and doughnuts The Maids kindly provides for us. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I was climbing down from the stepladder with cereal box in hand, a voice from the breakfast nook said, “Hey, Sophia.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She locks the door, and Mami and I slip out of the closet and eat breakfast, taking turns drinking out of one cup while Tía Mari and Tío Pepe share the other one. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Over breakfast, I began to wonder if I’d given up too easily. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

On the following morning Úrsula was bringing him his breakfast when she saw a man coming along the hall. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

We used to joke that if nobody remembered to wake him, he would just sleep through the day and night and not get up again until we called him for breakfast. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast I ran up to my room with the three younger boys on my heels debating what to christen our new charge. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her family was wealthy then, but that didn’t stop her from stitching entire quilts before breakfast, or spinning miles of wool before tea. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Octavian would probably be there, enjoying breakfast at a safe distance from the fighting. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The captain stood in their way, fascinated by the silent men and the way they sat at their breakfast. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the girls in the dining hall were finishing their breakfasts and dropping off their trays at the door. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I carry my breakfast into the living room, listening. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

So the next morning, after breakfast, we spread our maps across my motel room bed and studied the possibilities that were suddenly opened to us. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She slept on the couch and the next morning wouldn’t talk to us all through breakfast. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were slices of boiled yam, like lunch, but then a plate of fried eggs, too, more like breakfast. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lincoln is eager to be downstairs because his son Robert is just back from the war and will be joining him, twelve-year-old Tad, and Mary for breakfast. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

This morning, I skipped breakfast, though not ’cause I want to. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The kitchen table was set for breakfast, and the room smelled of coffee, bacon, damp plaster, and wood smoke from the stove. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She enjoys the wild and feeding us breakfast pancakes. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Both she and Mo often read at breakfast and, as a result, he had more than once taken her to school late. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“What do you want for breakfast? I’ll make you anything you want on your birthday.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I returned the woman said: “Your breakfast is in the kitchen.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Uncle Clark took me to school, introduced me to the principal. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the window, Ash could see her taking down plates and bowls and teacups, apparently preparing to serve her stepsisters and stepmother their breakfast. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the breakfast table we started discussing some options. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I want to grab some breakfast. I’m starving.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

That breakfast tasted better than anything Eddard Stark had eaten in a long time, and afterward his smiles came easier and more often, until it was time for the tour-nament to resume. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dallas, Florida, Tiller, and Sairy had packed up the breakfast things and retrieved the sleeping bags and returned to the cabin, and now Dallas and Florida were out running through the hills. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I decided right then and there that juice would be my choice of breakfast drink. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Jess and Mom had barely finished breakfast when the twins came barging through their door. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

We both got up every morning to a hot breakfast of eggs and grits and sausage. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I looked at her and said, “So, are you going to give me time to get dressed, or is it okay if I come to breakfast in my underwear?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s pity,” said I, scornfully, as I finished my interrupted breakfast, “that the man did not say what he had done and would do again.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

His breakfast was drying up by the fire. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

At breakfast, Raesa and Tulan announced that they were going hunting, for they planned a celebration that night and hoped to bring back a deer. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And socks, because I remember how cold the floor was at breakfast. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For breakfast he was given only half a bowl of beans and three tortillas instead of six. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most Marines ate as much as they could of that big breakfast. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A voice floating in the air scratches a sentence in vuvv and then translates, “Is breakfast included with the double king-size room?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We sat at the breakfast bar, me facing the sliding doors, him facing me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mom took a break from writing and had breakfast with me and Dad, and I made pancakes that were sort of shaped like chickens, if you used your imagination. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It won’t just be Todd and Viola, sitting by a river as the sun comes up, eating our breakfast, the only two people on the face of the planet. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Give it here. A boy your age has better things to do than sniff hooch. I’d offer you breakfast, but seeing’s how all that’s left of it is an apple core...” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“My mom says I need to invite you in for breakfast.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

After they had breakfasted Gandalf decided to go on again at once. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She staggered and slouched into the dining room, where an enormous breakfast lay on the table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was suddenly glad he hadn’t eaten since breakfast. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’m aware that we’re all making our way over to Regatta Park, where the breakfast celebration is being held. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I must say,” she began at once, “that I think you might have called us for breakfast. I suppose everything is cold? Is the coffee bearable?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

At breakfast a toaster is on your table. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was direction and purpose in Mrs. Breedlove’s movements that had nothing to do with the preparation of breakfast. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spent that week eating fried fish for breakfast and cake for dinner, leaving underwear on the counter, and blasting Ghostface Killah. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

This drive is much longer than the one we took to the clam-digging beach, so we’re eating breakfast in the car. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The first thing the next morning, even before I had breakfast, I was visited by an older doctor who was head of internal medicine at the hospital. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I said as I bent to my breakfast, sad about deceiving him. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

One time I accidentally dropped a spoonful of our mid-grade Cairo sauce in his breakfast pita, and...I glanced over at Mo. "You thinking what I'm thinking?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

"Now, Aunt Pearl, you know I never drink till after breakfast." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Elinor asked at the cash desk which was the best hotel in town. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My mother, meanwhile, started serving a few girls breakfast at our house each day. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But if I had to eat a healthy breakfast, maybe thinking it was a bowlful of mini donuts wasn’t the worst thing in the world. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He’d feed his breakfast to them so it wouldn’t be wasted. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked his girl to get dressed and took her downstairs for breakfast. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I went back home and fixed myself some breakfast and read a little. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

‘You’ve been getting your dinners here free for two weeks and now you’re feeling out for breakfast. I don’t care, not me. But I’ll warn the women to put on an extra plate.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said it the same way she had said it to Dad at breakfast. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I mean, I guess it’s technically a breakfast restaurant. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t even eaten my breakfast yet, and the thought of eating a Finkle at eight o’clock in the morning made my stomach feel funny. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What am I supposed to do for breakfast?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When they went down to breakfast on the morning of the thirtieth of October, they found that the Great Hall had been decorated overnight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’m sure she is thinking of all the hungry children who used to eat breakfast at our house before school in the morning and wondering if anyone is feeding them now. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After two weeks of staying in the dark, she went downstairs and interrupted her parents’ breakfast. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Up at our hut. There’s a fine breakfast waiting all of you up the hill. Will you come?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the great exasperation of the others, Constance demanded to know why they couldn’t have candy for breakfast. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

At breakfast the next morning, Roy asked if it was against the law for a kid his age not to go to school. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laura began to float away on the music, and then she heard a clattering noise, and there was Ma by the stove, getting breakfast. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her parents stared up from their silent breakfast at her. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then a little while later he cut into the breakfast line, just in front of Squid. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

We breakfasted on a Snickers bar and coffee, packed up our camp, hoisted our packs with a sideways stagger, and set off once again. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, that got that breakfast crowd going, all right. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood with Scythe Curie in the rotunda, with no appetite to partake of the lavish breakfast spread. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“For both of you. After breakfast, why don’t you put away all the food we got from Uncle Jimmy?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I didn't have my Healthy-Start breakfast, and not because they have never heard of it, but because I'm still having trouble swallowing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“No, really. I’m full. I just ate breakfast,” I lied. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When my stomach feels like it's about to split open, I lean back and take in my breakfast companions. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

Great — for the crime of attempted breakfast- making, I got demoted from “beloved firstborn” to “this one.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother said hell would freeze over before she surrendered her kitchen to an owl, then marched in and began slamming pots to make breakfast. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So after eating breakfast, with full stomachs, the saboteurs attended classes from nine o'clock until noon. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I wake up early, cut myself a big piece of Richards birthday cake for breakfast, and start writing the letter. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Conclusion reached by the Annex while breakfasting at nine: this is a trial landing, like the one two years ago in Dieppe. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Billy got out his best knife, one with a needle point. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it all happened just as their father was coming down for breakfast, followed by Uncle Iman. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Then, cooking my own breakfast and making my own coffee, I found that the difference was instantly apparent. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am writing in the morning, having eaten my breakfast; I am sitting at the entrance to the cave with my binoculars, watching the house and the tent for a sign of life. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was sitting at the breakfast table, waiting for my mother to finish packing a sack lunch which I always promptly threw away as soon as I rounded the corner. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was never any money left for food, just enough for Top Ramen noodles; it was our breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the elevator doors eventually open, he sees a cart stacked with breakfast trays, most of their contents hidden under domes, and tiny cartons of milk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sam returned to his mountainside camp and ate a breakfast of nuts and dried apples from his root cellar on the mountaintop. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

On her fourth day at Daffodil Manor, Ophie brought down the breakfast tray to find Cook waiting for her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“My dad will cook you a huge breakfast, obviously,” Taryn went on. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Tobias will sit in it; if he’ll grin at me over breakfast; if he’ll look at me in that secret, stolen way that I imagine myself looking at him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I had quite a large breakfast, for me--orange juice, bacon and eggs, toast and coffee. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She took her breakfast and dinner alone but joined the rest of the company for supper each night. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene and I scrambled away from the breakfast table, practically tripping over each other to make it down the hallway first. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My mother woke me up, made me porridge for breakfast. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His mother would give him a dime in the morning for breakfast—three donuts, orange juice, and coffee at Nedick’s. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Sunday morning before breakfast Abuela handed me my piqué dress, washed and ironed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I saw all the things I took for granted—which cereal to eat for breakfast, or whether or not I wanted ice cream or cookies for dessert. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The Huntsman came to collect them shortly after breakfast. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She planned to have a boiled egg for breakfast. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ella’s downstairs in the kitchen already, getting ready to cook up some breakfast. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to dress and eat breakfast before going to find him. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We had breakfast in silence long after Papi left for work, Mami distant as another country, shrouded by something dark and grievous that we couldn’t break through. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think we ought to get breakfast first?” he asked. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the excitement of the Christmas gifts, it was time to get breakfast ready. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione went up to the Owlery after . breakfast on Sunday to send a letter to Percy, asking, as Sirius had suggested, whether he had seen Mr. Crouch lately. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He’d nearly finished by the time we sat down to breakfast. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The next morning starts well enough, with the waking and the breakfast and getting to the car on time. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

At breakfast, the Freedom Writers were exhausted from staying up late the night before, but we were looking forward to receiving the award. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t need an argument from me at breakfast. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The wind grew cold, but fearing that those on the ship would see the smoke we did not start a fire, though we had meal to cook for breakfast. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crept closer, and what she saw nearly made her drop her breakfast. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s a little early,” Mama says, “but you’ll be able to use the bathroom and get breakfast.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“We all went out to breakfast early that morning—” I interrupt. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And now I have to go home and find out what happened with my brother and how long I’ll be grounded for making breakfast What? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How about if I get some breakfast?” he said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Just yesterday one told me that. Mom and Dad say as soon as you have breakfast and get ready, we can go.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He’d popped open the first Budweiser before breakfast, and by the time midnight mass rolled around, he was having trouble standing up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Right before breakfast, Jaden brought me into the TV room and introduced me to all the posers sitting around on the couches watching a rap video. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I loved the breakfasts with pancakes, scrambled eggs, little bottles of juice, and sausage links. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When he had finished his breakfast it was time for work. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The first warning siren went off in the morning while we were at breakfast, but we paid no attention, because it only meant that the planes were crossing the coast. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

There was enough food to fill them, and they kept back some bread and milk for breakfast. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face at the breakfast table was the face of all mathematical girls, counting days, measuring liquids. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A woman in a paisley apron was sweeping with demented vigor in front of her house through whose open door came the smell of fried breakfast. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But my brother made breakfast this morning, and my mother prepared our lunches, and my father made dinner last night, so it’s my turn to cook. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He lumbered off, leaving his breakfast half eaten. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning Mr. Sullivan showed us where his crop was, and after breakfast, Papa, Roberto, and I headed for the vineyard to pick. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, I went down to breakfast with a baseball cap on. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad came home early from work, since he’s leaving tomorrow before breakfast. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

As Japanese planes dove over Oahu, more than two thousand miles to the west, a few marines were sitting in a mess tent on Wake Atoll, having breakfast. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I see that breakfast has not yet been touched,” Penelope commented. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m goingto go get breakfast. Do either of you want something to eat?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He’d already had breakfast at the hotel, but he could make room for a doughnut. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

But we heroes eat danger atop our porridge for breakfast. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes Mom called me into the kitchen for breakfast. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Charles Chiltington wolfed down his breakfast, then raced up here to finish the game he started last night so he can enter his name as the first high scorer.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Almost every day this past week, Fig had slept way past breakfast. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I look around for help and then gather the remains of my breakfast and stand up, flushed, realizing just how hot it is. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I had gotten him a breakfast tray from Sarah, and he had invited me to share the large meal she had prepared. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I knew she would say “Breakfast” And once she did, I went home that afternoon and told my mom that my health teacher said the most important meal of the day is breakfast AR: Ahhh! The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Next morning, I grabbed the sheet of paper and excitedly plonked it in front of Dad at the breakfast table. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The neighbors’ radios were all silent, and his mother hadn’t yet risen to fix his father’s breakfast. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Dude, she’s in there making breakfast. You guys are practically married.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

From breakfast at the automat they went to laundry at the laundromat. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mornings we wrap blankets around our shoulders while we eat our breakfast. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The breakfast spread in the rotunda was an elaborate one. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

After breakfast she packed a basket: chicken, peach pickles, fresh tomatoes, butterbeans in a jar, the leftover biscuits, and half a pecan pie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The natural New England taciturnity reaches its glorious perfection at breakfast. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And make him coffee after breakfast. And wash the dishes.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wear our coats to bed, huddling together beneath the blanket while the wind moans, drinking hot water for breakfast because there is no tea. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Their conversation was more animated than at breakfast. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mom woke me at ten to eat breakfast and head to the first therapist. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I had called Ivette right after breakfast and pretended to be sick. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She just needs some eggs and a slab of bacon for breakfast, she says. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

For now, she wanted breakfast and a phone book. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he kept looking to the house, probably wondering after his breakfast. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

When she and her sister, Lauren, were younger, it was done behind closed doors, muffled voices and tight smiles the next morning at breakfast. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Look here,” said Mr. Popper at breakfast one morning. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I decide to ponder this seriously while making some waffles for breakfast. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

When breakfast was over, I thought, Maybe if he liked us enough, we could get him to stay. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

In the morning, he refused to go out for breakfast, so I went to the supermarket for groceries and brought us both a bag of food from Hardees. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

So after a rapid breakfast, our cavalcade left the Grand Hotel in three more taxis and headed for Oslo docks. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rows of tables lined the pavement and dozens of children had gathered to eat breakfast. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They had their shock treatments while we breakfasted in our rooms, and then they came into the lounge, quiet and extinguished, led like children by the nurses, and ate their breakfasts there. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was an odd feeling to be suddenly sitting in a cafe having breakfast, watching perfectly ordinary people outside in the street, going to work, shopping, or just standing around chatting. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She became aware of the nervy, fidgeting music behind her the moment it ceased, and in the sudden new measure of silence, which seemed to confer freedom, she decided she must eat breakfast. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We ate breakfast together, my mother serving us. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded and took another bite of his breakfast. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Jemmy sat on the bed straw beside the prince and contemplated his breakfast. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

For breakfast I ate mush and gravy made from flour and lard and for hours afterwards I would belch it up into my mouth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gogol is eating frozen waffles for breakfast, wishing his parents would turn off the music so that he could hear the cartoons he is watching, when his mother’s water breaks. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Nali drove the two of them to the primary ceremonial site where the N’daa was going to take place. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Frank rolled up one of the pancakes and started munching—not a guy to let impending death stand in the way of a hearty breakfast. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then he and the rest of the crew chowed down on cantaloupe and ice cream for breakfast before turning out to row in front of Fox Movietone’s newsreel cameras. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Grandma and the three of us went to the park immediately after breakfast. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, everyone was up and smoking hash for breakfast. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She finished her breakfast and put on her red jacket. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then I ask, “Are you hungry in there?” and if I get a growl back, I go get some breakfast. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I shoot back a quick message seeing if he wants to have our usual breakfast date in twenty, before putting the phone down and swinging my legs over my bed to grab my laptop. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I had no idea what to expect of breakfast entertainers, but they weren’t bad. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Grandfather bathed quickly and was polite about his breakfast soup. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To complete this vision of perfection, she was carrying a heavily laden breakfast tray. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Lana waved and added, “Now go grab some breakfast if you haven’t already and let’s get packed and marching. I want to be back within a week.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Your mama wanted me to tell you it’s time for breakfast,” Anya said. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Always on the day when Doug ate six eggs for breakfast, he ran around and around a big track and people clapped and gave him a shiny medal. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

After sitting a little while with Jane, on Miss Bingley’s appearance and invitation, the mother and three daughters all attended her into the breakfast parlour. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

‘I shall get you some more breakfast, ma’am, and have this mess cleared up.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny already hated the very sound of his name, and then one morning, before breakfast, he met him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my head again and dig into my breakfast, matching Jenna bite for bite. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When I came to the table for breakfast, Kazi was not there. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I think about breakfast this morning—but the point is that I caught him in the lie, and he admitted it straightaway. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah! More than one. Too bad you’re going to miss the Union Lions pancake breakfast in the morning.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nothing was said at breakfast, and Eleanor was served coffee and eggs and rolls just like the others. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We can worry about this in the morning, when I’ve fixed you a good breakfast.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Old master did not go to work these days until after breakfast. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want breakfast. Can I have the shutters opened please?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“He loves you,” he said over breakfast, waving an airy forkful of fried egg. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I noticed Robert staring at me as I crossed the hall and went in to breakfast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘There is one crumb of comfort,’ said Merry, ‘and more than a crumb, I hope: we can have breakfast while we wait — and sit down to it. Let’s get hold of Nob!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was a child of the South Side, now raising daughters who slept in rooms designed by a high-end interior decorator and who could custom order their breakfast from a chef. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, Privet Drive. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

A supper, or a breakfast, by the fire in the old kitchen at Bagshot Row was what he really wanted. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Make sure your guest's up and breakfasted for seven thirty, Mrs Taylor.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to have ‘breakfast for dinner,”’ I answered, crossing knife and fork over my mostly full plate. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, that little alcove outside the breakfast room has not been dusted for some time. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I walked in after breakfast and found him paging through it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had for breakfast more paprika, and a sort of porridge of maize flour which they said was “mamaliga,” and egg-plant stuffed with forcemeat, a very excellent dish, which they call “impletata.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As Nat ate his breakfast, he watched his Father’s face for some sign of a twinkle to show he was thinking about the surprise. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up very early in the morning and went to buy food for breakfast in the little shop at the end of the street. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After the late breakfast, we lined up facing the corporal, who handed us AK-47S. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

So I went outside, before I had breakfast or anything, back by those stumps I was talking about. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Immediately after breakfast, I am slated for Production. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Having an operation in the late afternoon meant having to skip breakfast and lunch. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She sat down on the back steps to eat her breakfast. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We had been too busy to read it at breakfast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She ate breakfast with a frown on her face. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel as if there had been an earthquake,” said Jo, as their neighbors went home to breakfast, leaving them to rest and refresh themselves. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she would go to the nursery, where she would rouse and dress the children, take breakfast with them, and settle in for the day’s lessons. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

At the farm, Dr. Mudd’s wife, Frances, rose early, called for her servants to prepare breakfast, and woke her husband. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been down to the main hall for breakfast with his fellow donors, but had come back up again and was now sitting on his bed, looking vacant, not doing anything. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went back into the diner and had breakfast. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mama just shook her head and started putting our breakfast on the table. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right after his breakfast he goes back to sleep. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t eaten since breakfast and proceeded to stuff myself silly. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I hid it in the fridge like Agnes said to, so this morning for breakfast I scrambled it and Mom, Dad, and I each had two bites. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

After a hasty breakfast of mush, the Hunters were off, eager to take advantage of the halt in the rain and the appearance of sliced sunlight through the striated clouds. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

We had an excellent breakfast, and when any one declined anything on table, Wemmick said, “Provided by contract, you know; don’t be afraid of it!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I nod my head at Lizabeth and tuck the envelope in the big pocket of my uniform and tend to breakfast. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At breakfast that morning, she asked him, “When will you come back?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered Soraya handing me the article over breakfast, her face bloodless. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once their Dad had said that all Bill’s dinners went to his feet and his breakfast to one ear and his supper to the other ear. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After breakfast they stood on shore, in arrogant full view of the fish, yanking one out with every cast. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess what messed me up was so many folks coming to call, from right after breakfast on. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Again he was a boy of twelve, sitting at the breakfast table, filled with bubbling joy because he was going to go back to school—he thought. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

So during breakfast and for a long time afterward, they talked it over. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, then. Would you like your shower before or after breakfast?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Amelia and the Rutland girl, whose name was Prudence Allen, offered to take her shopping for a proper dress, work apron, shoes, and bonnet. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Head of the Army and the Head of the Air Force stood at attention beside the Queen’s breakfast table. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me wonder^how many white women’s breakfasts she has ingrained in her brain.’ The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Harry went down to breakfast the next morning to find the three Dursleys already sitting around the kitchen table. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When I had finished cooking breakfast, I found Mr. Loomis on his bed, up on his elbow, reading one of the volumes, and he showed it to me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We passed roadside restaurants advertising breakfast specials and movie theaters with the show times listed on towering signs near the edge of the highway. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She wandered along the deck toward the bows, and soon made the acquaintance of an able seaman by flicking at him the pips she’d saved from the apple she’d eaten at breakfast. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She worked from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a half-hour break for breakfast and an hour at noon for lunch. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Is that the kind that eats fully grown men for breakfast?” the Head of the Fire Department asked, going white as a sheet. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, I had seen what happened to a lot of those big breakfasts eaten by keyed-up Marines who had to get into boats being rocked back and forth by the waves. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like at breakfast, I feel a surge of power from knowing that I can see his face, but he can't see mine. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held it tighdy, and said, “Major, I am sorry. If this breakfast will kill me, then today I am prepared to die.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nonsense. Martin, tell your brother to get out of bed at once or he’ll get no breakfast.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Squirrels lived in the tree, and after weeks of tempting them with leftover breakfast scraps, Perry lured one off a branch onto the window sill and through the bars. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beau was lapping up some river water to wash down his beef jerky breakfast. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Kendra sat at breakfast across from her grandfather. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He felt like getting up early and watching his dad try to make breakfast, crack the eggs and drip them all over the counter. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Harry wondered if they were feeling like he was: as though he’d eaten something extremely wriggly for breakfast. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

What they don’t know is that I didn’t eat breakfast, and I haven’t had pizza in months! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When Lupita came out in the morning to fix the family breakfast, beans piled into corn tortillas, she found Salvador asleep on the floor, rolled into a blanket. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Bunny came down late the next morning, puff-eyed and sullen, while Francis and the twins and I were eating our breakfasts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Poor Fig was locked in a metal cage, smothered with strange smells, and surrounded by furry howling inmates, while I sat here having breakfast. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

This morning before church, Dad was reading the New York Times Weddings section over breakfast. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Was yogurt for breakfast stalling my breast development? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And then one morning when she got up, Lefty was sitting at the breakfast table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The next morning, at breakfast, I asked what they had decided. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The guy was too busy trying to feed breakfast to an army of starving Gladers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Had she been at home she would have finished her breakfast long ago. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, I know it's very early, but we have to leave. How about cocoa for breakfast?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I drew ruddy, billboard-genic children, beside themselves with delight and good health, holding up their empty bowls of breakfast food and pleading, good-naturedly, for more. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I want to have scrambled eggs for dinner without this ridiculous construction that a scrambled egg-inclusive meal is breakfast even when it occurs at dinnertime.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

At night, after we had exhausted fighting, we would bring our mattresses outside in the yard and sit on them quietly until morning arrived and it was time for breakfast. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The table was set for breakfast when they came down. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to the diner for a sick breakfast. Call me in the next ten if you want me to pick you up.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Hazel stood at the port rail, trying to settle her stomach. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He took a bite of his brownie and grabbed a pack of Italian junk food - Fonzies - to round out his balanced breakfast. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After breakfast the following morning, two warders entered my cell and said I was wanted at the Head Office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was almost more than Wilbur could stand: on this dreary, rainy day to see his breakfast being eaten by somebody else. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I go to Violet’s early and catch her parents as they’re eating breakfast. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sitting up in bed eating breakfast we could see the lake and the mountains across the lake on the French side. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

‘I not going to eat breakfast,’ she said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"You got it?" he asked X-Ray the next morning at breakfast. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I go out to the kitchen, where my mother is cooking breakfast. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

While we packed the breakfast dishes, Papa went outside to start the “Carcachita.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

After vitals was breakfast, where the guy who was afraid of gravity and Rolling Pin Robert were gone—Humble told me and Noelle that they got discharged. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I know,” she said, “but you shouldn’t have to make your own breakfast every morning.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

A good alternative is the roadside restaurant where men gather for breakfast before going to work or going hunting. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, I’m in the valley pasturing sheep under a sky the dull gray of cow intestines, when Hermelinda appears on the hill. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like to work on the cutout puzzle while I get your breakfast?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The following morning, I ate some more for breakfast and later for lunch and dinner again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The two girls who set out soon after breakfast did not provide such a contrast as on Meeting Day. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to take a shower. After breakfast we’ll go to school.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The breakfast dishes were standing piled around on the table, because for his father breakfast was the most important meal time in the day, which he prolonged for hours by reading various newspapers. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wanted safe streets, and a bigger breakfast program. We can give him that.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She got up in the morning to fix breakfast and pack a lunch for her husband, then marinated a leg of lamb with wine and garlic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Morning finally came, and I fixed myself some breakfast and coffee; though I have no appetite I must eat. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I woke up late, took too long in the shower, and ended up having to enjoy my breakfast in the passenger seat of my mom’s minivan at 7:17 that Wednesday morning. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now he could enjoy breakfast, get Gulliver packed, and have plenty of time to find the five stones. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Look here. She’s likely to turn back into a sour old cow by breakfast, so I say have a good sit- down and enjoy a little peace.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hits me like a bad clam for breakfast. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Lee brought the breakfast tray Adam was asleep in his chair. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the remains of breakfast out of the way to make room on the table. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What I wanted to know was how people ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner with the smell of cows—and worse—overwhelming their nose buds. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sure wasn’t that time I kissed Mary Riley St. John behind the door at Oralee McGibboney’s party, and it sure wasn’t like that when Papa kissed Mama good-bye after breakfast. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We drove through a Burger King for breakfast, then got right back on Route 301 and drove north. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The smell was delicious—warm milk, potato skins, wheat middlings, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, and a popover left from the Zuckermans’ breakfast. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was early one morning when we were seated at breakfast that my mother heard a car and looked out the frosty window. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had flung a letter at me the morning before, as I poured out her coffee at breakfast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We both stare down at the breakfast table, but neither one of us sits. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, we hiked out across the hardpan of the lake bottom. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You know how it frets Jason when breakfast is late,” Mrs Compson said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not seem to be at the Slytherin table in the Great Hall, eating breakfast... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We having marched and delivered fine shew of arms throughout the northwestern quadrant of the island, we returned to our point of disembarkation and commenced our breakfast. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

After I put my bags in one of those strong boxes at the station, I went into this little sandwich bar and bad breakfast. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

If she had cooked breakfast for my father, I was going to be salty. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“That’s no way to speak to your mother. Okay, Sweet Pea, hurry up and eat your breakfast. You don’t want to be late for school and keep Monday waiting.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Tally made her way toward the fight, and the incongruous smells of breakfast reached her through the choking haze of smoke. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When Ann started losing her breakfast in the mornings and sleeping all afternoon, her father fretted about the mysterious illness that had swept over his youngest child. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And here he filled his thermos bottle with hot coffee, had them make up six ham sandwiches and bought two quarts of beer for breakfast. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. Look for it. Now Magdalys, Mapper, you head out in the morning after breakfast. Be extra careful and no unnecessary risks. Understood?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"I'm barely out of bed and haven't had breakfast," she whines. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Grandma Post let us have leftover peanut-butter pie for breakfast while she played solitaire, occasionally looking up through her thick glasses at the Perry Mason rerun she had on, the volume blasting. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

By the breakfast bell she was almost too tired to eat. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Usually breakfast was a bowl filled with cold or hot cereal. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Hold on to your breakfast. Roller coasters ain’t got nothing on this.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“If we're in Switzerland let’s have a big breakfast. They have wonderful rolls and butter and jam in Switzerland.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ade Coker was at breakfast with his family when a courier delivered a package to him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

By Monday morning the sun finally came out, and everyone was cheery and chatty at breakfast, even me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She buried her nose in the bucket and gobbled the hot breakfast. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through a grand arch lay a grander chamber beneath the central dome—a rotunda where hundreds of scythes greeted one another, engaging in casual conversation around an elaborate breakfast spread in the center. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And every day, my mom says, “Silly sweet pea, you can’t have lemon cake for breakfast.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wipe a hand over my eyes, wishing I’d asked Mama for some Tylenol at breakfast. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

That morning it was clear they were going to eat their breakfast right at the kitchen table. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you mind finding him? It’s breakfast time.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Um, you guys,” said Kyle, standing near the fireplace at one end of the room, “don’t mean to interrupt your breakfasts, but we sort of need your help.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

After a quick breakfast he filled as many water bottles as he could carry, placing an iodine tablet in each one. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I always have cookies and a Pepsi for breakfast.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

While I ate breakfast and Calista sipped her coffee from downstairs, we worked on our superheroes, and I was extra careful not to drip any milk drops on mine. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the gong sounded for breakfast at nine o'clock it found everyone up and awaiting the summons. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

In London they sang for Queen Victoria and the Prime Minister, William Gladstone, who invited them to breakfast with him. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

My mom made blue waffles and blue eggs for breakfast. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What two things can you never eat for breakfast?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the morning she was still dancing and the Red Calf had to take its breakfast of dandelions all by itself because the Red Cow could not remain still enough to eat. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He hadn't even had time to eat breakfast or brush his teeth, which made him self-conscious, knowing he was going to be sitting so close to her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I saw him once or twice talking animatedly to a crowd at breakfast, or visiting with Zu at Cubbies, but it was always from the window of Clancy’s room. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After breakfast they did calisthenics and other physical exercises and played football or other games. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a small breakfast of rice and salted eggs, we get back in our truck and take off again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner together, sometimes in the equipment room, sometimes at a restaurant. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made sure they all ate a good breakfast in the morning—usually potatoes with mushroom gravy and beet tea. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I always feel better when I’ve fixed you a good hot breakfast before you go on a long hop,” Lillian said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following an early breakfast she tied her sandals carefully, anticipating the walk to Annabella’s. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fledge also made an excellent breakfast; he tried one of the toffee fruits and liked it but said he felt more like grass at that hour in the morning. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

My father had already eaten breakfast, and he was out in the fields. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

My mother, I remember, finally asked about it at breakfast one morning. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They washed and dressed and went with the others to the canteen for breakfast. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

To-morrow, at breakfast, we are to meet again, and, after making our conclusions known to one another, we shall decide on some definite cause of action. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Because I lost her and this morning I got to have breakfast with her.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Doris never cooks breakfast for us because she leaves so early. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I forgot to buy breakfast stuff. Want to wake up early and eat at the diner before school?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

For breakfast, I devour the other PB&J from my backpack along with a can of peaches from Phil’s stash. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Every hall sings a song from their musician before breakfast. ‘ Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mom riding a tiny tricycle with tiny me on her shoulders, me eating breakfast with cinnamon sugar plastered all over my face. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“A fine big breakfast is what Mrs. Dudley certainly agreed to set out at nine,” Luke said, waving a fork. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope we reach Digitopolis soon,” said Milo, thinking of the breakfast they hadn’t eaten. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

A scratching noise in the corner of the room had woken me, the scrambling feet of a desperate mouse about to become breakfast for a lumpy orange cat. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t sat with him at breakfast, and when Plutarch had sent him down to training this morning, I’d let him go without a word. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When Kaede only stared morosely at the arrow clutched in her hand, he said, “Come inside and eat some breakfast.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Where is the breakfast?" asked the middle one of the gendemen grumpily to the cleaning woman. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

So every morning for breakfast we eat vetkoek, which is fried dough, basically. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Come on and let’s have a nice family breakfast, okay?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning at breakfast I was telling the Jordans when one of the servants came in with a note and gave it to my father. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Mr. Clutter, the young man breakfasting in a cafe called the Little Jewel never drank coffee. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ate a quick breakfast and then Dicey washed and dried the bowls and glasses and spoons. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad finished his breakfast and left without a word. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I walked into the kitchen, Dad was telling Mom something while they ate at the breakfast counter. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Slopper sat on a rock, exhausted and cranky at having to wait for his breakfast this long. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

On the day before Christmas, Lieutenant Colonel Gawie Marx, the deputy commander of Polls-moor, wandered by my cell after breakfast and said quite casually, “Mandela, would you like to see the city?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a clear October morning, Henry asked Elizabeth to join him after breakfast. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The next day, immediately after breakfast, Brave Orchid talked about driving to Los Angeles. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Demeter and Persephone sat behind them at the breakfast table. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When I went into the kitchen, my parents were eating breakfast together and talking about bills. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

A mother making breakfast for her two sons. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

My daily routine was exactly what it had been: after breakfast I sorted scrap or pulled copper from radiators. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They had told their parents that they were going on an early-morning breakfast picnic to the park. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

During breakfast, Sanjeev had read in the liner notes that Mahler had proposed to his wife by sending her the manuscript of this portion of the score. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then, looking down at my breakfast, I ran to the front of the house and right into Father. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished breakfast I bought a cigar. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horses liked it; they pranced a little during the first two miles, heartened by an extra-good breakfast and perhaps conscious of a light hand on the reins. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know she’s really worried because she hasn’t fixed me breakfast or café au lait. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Let’s forget it. Say, I heard a joke about Yll yesterday, I meant to tell you. What do you say you fix breakfast, I’ll tell the joke, and let’s not talk about all this.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma peeked through the doorway as we cooed over the appliances, suggesting romantic uses for them: breakfasts in bed, candlelight dinners, and the like. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Then he placed his breakfast before him with great care, and said, “All right, ain’t you, Aged P.?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

As he did every morning, he went into the kitchen for his breakfast and saw a hen pecking crumbs from the floor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could search high and low for a black at the Rotary Club breakfasts over at the Holiday Inn. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I washed dishes, thinking, wondering; I served breakfast, thinking, wondering; I served meals in the apartments of patrons upstairs, thinking, wondering. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the leftover egg whites, she fashions star-shaped meringues, which she serves with the ice cream day after day, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bought the same thing for himself, so they ate breakfast together in the baseball-equipment room. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wednesday heaped his plate high with several kinds of breakfast meats. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then I eat a breakfast pack and drink a cup of water. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So get yourself dressed and go down and ask Mrs. Bedlow to give you a extra big breakfast.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was unable to look at Granddaddy at breakfast. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

No solid food, only juice and coffee, was taken for our breakfasts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up at dawn just for the chance to sit on the stairs and watch the rest of his family eat breakfast. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was not surprised when his father—and his mother—repeated the word forbidden four times during breakfast. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He had certainly spoiled the mood of peaceful self-congratulation in which I had eaten breakfast. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was making him breakfast and he fell off his stool. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hotel brought a breakfast to our room that, much to my delight, featured deli meat among many other denials of American breakfast constructions. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I have a mug of hot cocoa and toast for breakfast while Mom and Dad bustle around. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They ate their bountiful breakfast without any meaningful conversation. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for breakfast, but I’m not that hungry.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t eaten a single thing since breakfast. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Come in to breakfast, boys, and ten me aU about him.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next morning they had just finished breakfast when they heard a shrill, exciting sound from outside. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He poured a bucket of warm slops into the trough, and while Wilbur ate his breakfast Lurvy scratched him gently with a smooth stick. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Rebellious seniors, not that worried about missing breakfast. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I had charge of serving breakfast; in the late afternoons I carted trays of food to patrons in the hotel who did not want to come down to eat. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was nine o'clock when we finished breakfast and went out on the porch. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Eat that now,” she said: “you must be hungry. Hannah says you have had nothing but some gruel since breakfast.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Bear finally appeared, he fairly stumbled down the steps, bawling for his breakfast. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

On my way out the door, I head to the kitchen to grab some breakfast: a piece of cornbread and an apple. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The museum restaurant wouldn’t open until eleven thirty and the snack bar wouldn’t open until after that, so they left the museum to get breakfast. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forty-five million kids were eating healthier breakfasts and lunches; eleven million students were getting sixty minutes of physical activity every day through our Let’s Move! Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mama's face crumples, and all the goodwill we amassed during the breakfast and the piano playing disappears. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for breakfast. And the clothes. And... not hating me.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They had eaten tomatoes and biscuits for breakfast. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

"Well, mother, it looks as though we better go back and get another breakfast." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mother says we’ll skip breakfast, eat hot cereal and bread for lunch and fried potatoes for dinner and, if possible, vegetables or lettuce once or twice a week. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A line of hungry kids waited for breakfast, except they weren’t all black. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Fig’s breakfast routine, I set a laser focus on the family laptop. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I heard Nathan scoot to the end of the padded bench in the breakfast nook and pull himself up. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We pause for a quick breakfast and scramble to get dressed for the main event. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I knew now what the officers had gone up to Mr. Heron’s for: it wasn’t breakfast, it was to find out who the Rebel leaders were. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d be surprised if she weighs more than ninety-two pounds before breakfast, assuming breakfast is even on her agenda. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the brush fence were other brush houses, and the smoke came from them too, and the sound of breakfast, but those were other songs, their pigs were other pigs, their wives were not Juana. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Luckily I don't have to hunt crows for breakfast anymore," she says to me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t even had breakfast yet when the doorbell rang. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Let us turn our thoughts to wild adventure on the high seas,” she suggested, after an unusually glum breakfast in the nursery. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Outside, all of the other orphans gathered to wait for breakfast. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy stuck the brush and currycomb together and laid them on the rail, and went up to breakfast. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

We discussed it all, and about halfway through breakfast I began to realize that I had changed. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll never get used to everybody knowing what time you get up in the morning and what you’re cooking for breakfast. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

After breakfast I march up the hill to the warden’s house. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast he left his car hidden under a skunk cabbage leaf and walked up to the post office. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Barack said to me one day as we sat at breakfast, his eyes mirthful. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was all so hurried at the breakfast table. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the first Saturday after I mailed my letter to Marcus, my parents and I went to breakfast at the Broken Egg. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He looked at the two of us, sitting there, eating breakfast. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

No breakfast, no lunch, and a half a can of spinach for supper. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mam tells Mrs. Meehan, The first telegram money order I get I’ll be in the shop buying a big breakfast so that we can all have our own egg of a Sunday morning. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Right after breakfast this morning, Beno appears with a big basketful of the most beautiful roses for her he had picked himself. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie thought back to the first breakfast when he asked Grandpop about wearing sunglasses in the house. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When my mother brought in a breakfast tray, Desdemona opened one eye and gestured for her to leave it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The next morning, at breakfast, Benton sat across from his father with the hope that the date wouldn’t be brought up; he wanted the entire thing to just fade away. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

They were kinda sweet for breakfast, but they was good. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quincy, I don’t feel so good. I don’t think I’ll have breakfast this morning.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After breakfast we walked two blocks in the freezing weather down to a building where most of the meetings took place. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And as he looks around the motel room, his eyes watering from yawning so big, he says, “Are we having popcorn for breakfast?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Wes was already up and showered, finishing some cold breakfast cereal with his book bag next to his leg, when Mary left to go to work. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, they dared to eat a cold breakfast. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“K is one rectangle and two parallelograms,” Sasha announced at the breakfast table one day. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We were in the dining hall by 6:40 for a breakfast of dry bread and hot sugar water, watched over by a somber portrait of George VI, the king of England. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The power breakfast is getting soggy, but I can handle it, when possibilities exist. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Percy, Hazel, and Frank ate breakfast early, then headed into the city before the senate was due to convene. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I knew I wouldn't be able to stomach anything, so I put on my clothes and I left before breakfast. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He indicated that he wanted me to come and have breakfast with him and his wife, on their rag. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it was, Walter didn't initially think much of the flirtations of Karen Kelly, a young white woman he'd met at the Waffle House where he ate breakfast. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

So it was she got through breakfast and dinner, but by supper she could only manage a few bites of stew before she dragged herself up to bed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a search, a hopeless one, in the sand, and so we set off on the long ride back without any breakfast, and got to Devon just in time for my test. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo caught sight of the breakfast that was set out on the low stone table. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She said good morning to my mother and turned to help prepare breakfast. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pass the days as productively as I can: trying to stay clean, sharpen my aim, and keep my lip buttoned from Vespers till breakfast. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will’s sisters were already in their usual spots at the kitchen table, arguing over the positioning of a cereal box for the best viewing, when he made his way down for breakfast. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Horace walked up from the Southern Pacific Depot and stopped in the Chop House for breakfast. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then when he was seated before his breakfast he looked at Portia sternly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The days quickly became routine: roll call, breakfast, work, lunch, work, supper, work. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately after their cold and comfortless breakfast Strider went off alone, telling the others to remain under the shelter of the cliff, until he came back. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Before breakfast, I heard a little pebble strike the window of the bathroom. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

There were pancakes and maple syrup for breakfast, and then Pa brought the horses and sled to the door. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made us a late breakfast, and we spent the rest of the day napping, playing cards, or listening to the radio in the living room. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

His mouth tasted sour, his head ached, and he wished the sun were not so oppressively bright and that Master would not speak so loudly over the newspapers at breakfast. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad and Leo are pawing through a mound of paper on the breakfast table, the contents of three or four fat folders from the cabinet above the wall oven. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Romeos and Juliets, who I bet had pancakes for breakfast, and health bars in their back pockets. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Their cousins and aunts and uncles ask them about life in America, about what they eat for breakfast, about their friends at school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now that we all live in separate foster homes, that breakfast is the only time of the week all eight of us can be together. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have a quiet breakfast at the kitchen table without Seven. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Grandma says, “He can have egg and rice for breakfast. And then, we’ll see.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She sat across from Isabel Reyes at breakfast, eating a bagel and sipping from a carton of orange juice. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Jordan, for the breakfast, but I’m not very hungry. Where’s my cat?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gate swung open at the gallery’s end, and the inmates began to return from breakfast. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They might as well have been going to a go-go, not to a free breakfast. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was really little, I remember sitting in our kitchen, being fed breakfast by Mom, and a song came on the radio that made me screech with joy. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He had had an egg sandwich for breakfast, I could tell. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Grandma looked up from her breakfast, scrapple and corn syrup with sides of bacon. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I loved opening the kitchen cabinet to choose my cereal for breakfast. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without glancing at his reflection, he started to get dressed before going down to breakfast. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Charlie doesn’t want to leave the next morning after breakfast and, to be honest, I don’t either. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I was planning to cook breakfast in the morning. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

How he and I used to play poker and watch Wheel of Fortune and eat macaroni and cheese for breakfast. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When we get there, we head to the cafeteria for free breakfast. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He did not look at his mother, who stood up and went to the stove to heat his breakfast. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was all very soothing, and as soon as the fog of worry dissipated, everyone’s normal hearty breakfast appetites returned, including Penelope’s. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

One morning in September, when he had finished his breakfast, Jody’s mother called him into the kitchen. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning she did not get up, and when the maid brought in the breakfast tray she refused to have her open the curtains. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A man ought to have a real belt,” Dad said at breakfast on the day Luke was well enough to return to the junkyard, handing him a leather strap with a steel buckle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Nobody had a chance to be resentful of her at breakfast. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Joe brought the breakfast tray every morning—green China tea and cream and toast. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I used to sit with my mother most mornings as she made breakfast in the early hours while everyone slept—it was the only chance I ever had to be alone with her. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, we were on the porch swing, drinking lemonade and gliding back and forth to create & breeze. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The sun shone weakly through the curtains Ugwu had drawn when he brought her breakfast. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There had been an explosion yesterday at breakfast, last night at supper, and this morning again at breakfast. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“That was the final straw for Severus. I think the loss of the Order of Merlin hit him hard. So he — er — accidentally let slip that I am a werewolf this morning at breakfast.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Th e next morning after breakfast, I told Grover about my dream. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I just want to have a good stick ready for after breakfast.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Arable dressed, ate breakfast, and then went out and polished his truck. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

But my smelling breakfast was interrupted by my suddenly wondering whether or not I was going to tell Jazz what happened last night. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Harry had been slightly worried that Slughorn might be at breakfast, but he answered his office door at the first knock, wearing a green velvet dressing gown and matching nightcap and looking rather bleary-eyed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“It seems they all went to breakfast together, then came straight here. It’s a good thing they did too, or they wouldn’t have gotten out.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

For breakfast there were pancakes, and Ma made a pancake man for each one of the children. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Feed your brothers breakfast. I’ll stop at the store on the way home so we can have an extra-nice treat for supper tonight.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why she want two Speddies, ones she don’t know for boo or squat, sitting at her breakfast table? Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In those days, following breakfast, the B-block inmates bound for programs in various other parts of the prison were allowed to congregate on Q-north prior to being released from the block in smaller, escorted groups. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take care of it. You go and eat breakfast. Tell Mama I’m not hungry.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Back to your mom’s house. She made me the best breakfast this morning after the time we had together last night. Her maple syrup tasted just as good as she did.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

No: better not, I thought, but first return to waterside and ship, and give the men breakfast before I sent them to explore. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning I rose early to make her breakfast, and we drove over to the Sisulus’ house to meet Walter’s wife, Albertina, one of the leaders of the protest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For now, I move around the Commandant quietly, setting down her breakfast tray, clearing her tea from the night before, laying out her uniform. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The others were gathering around the breakfast table. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast Saturday morning, when Mama wiped her mouth for him to kiss her good-bye, he kissed her twice and then came back and kissed her twice again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His dull, groping eyes lingered kindly over his boys as they trooped in for breakfast. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Isannah who ran in to tell them that Grandpa was in his chair and breakfast was on the table. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She senses when something is happening to me, and she moves quiedy around the apartment, making breakfast, cleaning up the place, or going out and leaving me to myself, without any questions. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Come and have your breakfast. The bread tastes almost as good as it did last night. I did not want to leave you any, but Sam insisted.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“If you need more water, you can find it along the way. The priest told me so. This food will be your breakfast tomorrow morning. Do not forget the sack when you go away.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Before breakfast she had a minute or two to herself along the walkway by the river. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He does not tell me he will call an ambulance or a funeral director, but instead asks me what I want for breakfast. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, at breakfast, Mama made oatmeal with spoonfuls of her scuppernong jelly, but I pushed at the bowl until Jay grabbed it and shoveled it into his mouth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Their voices, even when they called us for breakfast, enraged me so much that I would punch the wall, my locker, or anything that I was standing next to. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Footsteps shuffle in the kitchen —Cook making breakfast. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I set the ice cream down cautiously and sit down at the breakfast bar. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Cereal and milk, toast, bacon, fried eggs—the smells of breakfast seemed to hang over the raft. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of breakfast was now overpowered by the suffocating but fresh smell of ammonia and bleach. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They eat breakfast then and, more often than not, fall asleep. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lunch was now out of the question, so was breakfast; and having pap ’n vleis became a sporadic, chancy luxury. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His attention upon his breakfast, Jean Louise thought it would be safe to have a look at him. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And she smiled at him across the breakfast table. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“All this talking,” he said, “and I have not even had my breakfast. While you will be late for lessons.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Yes!” said Hermione, causing both Harry and Ron to gag on their breakfast. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Soon after breakfast people loaded with gifts would begin to stream out of their homes to wish friends and relatives a happy New Year. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So,” said Wood, at long last, jerking Harry from a wistful fantasy about what he could be eating for breakfast at this very moment up at the castle. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Despite my vigorous protestations, the joke is repeated twice during the breakfast service. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Picked up an extra breakfast shift at Toast.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“So if you two don’t mind tidying up these breakfast things, Tiller and I will go to our private banks and get some money and then we’ll all go into town, okay?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s no reason for you and Biddy to carry your food to your apartment. Please join me for breakfast.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“The kids loved it,” the product’s inventor told me, “but the mothers didn’t like the idea of kids bowling their breakfast across the table.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He stared at the window through which Fred and George’s owl had departed, then said, “Come on, let’s get some breakfast.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the morning Ma blew out the lamp before they finished breakfast. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hungry as he was, he couldn’t eat much of Vernell’s breakfast, so he pushed the scrambled eggs, hominy, fried apples around in the plate, gulped coffee and talked a lot. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Chicken nuggets for breakfast is strange enough, but is this chicken or just plastic?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Go up and tell her breakfast is ready.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearby, Wikki hurries from one of us to the next, serving each person their favorite breakfast. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had not as yet eaten his breakfast as far as Peggy was concerned, and his coming into the kitchen would be thought natural. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

During those first few months, breakfast was delivered to us in our cells by prisoners from the general section. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now eat up your breakfast, my sweet. Don’t worry—it won’t hurt you.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Also, I need three of your best breakfast goodies for our upstairs neighbor.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I am sitting around the breakfast table with my family, drinking hot coffee, laughing at Teddy’s chocolate-chip mustache. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night I went to sleep listening to Rattling Brook and when I came down to breakfast the next morning, Mrs. Jordan told me that my mother was in the hospital. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We argue over how much breakfast I should eat, compromising at two eggs and some of the steak. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Most people wouldn’t expect that, but during the school year you can get free breakfast and lunch and sometimes after-school snacks. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The breakfasts started in the Connecticut home of a partner in Goldman Sachs but grew so large they had to move to a local church. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

At breakfast the next morning she pronounced the porridge inedible. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Joe got up at ten in the morning and ate a monster breakfast at Pop Ernst’s. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She went to the library early,” said Andrew Peckleman, who was rolling a rubber barrel between tables to collect people’s breakfast trash. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Eighteen inches overnight,” her mom told her when she came down for breakfast. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Go and tell her to come down to breakfast.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The presence of foreign girls at breakfast did not compensate for the lack of hot water in his room. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Over breakfast at his hotel on Thursday morning, Burnham read with uneasiness about the failure of S. A. Kean & Co., a private bank in Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We packed up our tents, breakfasted on raisins and Snickers, and set off into the deep woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The following morning, I staggered down to breakfast. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He did his chores and ate his usual breakfast. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those meetings introduced him to an even more promising pool of like-minded Christians, the New Canaan Group, a Friday morning prayer breakfast typically attended by more than a hundred investment bankers and other professionals. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She tried to imagine walking in the door of her house and joining her parents and siblings at breakfast. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But if her grandmother noticed the hairdo, she said nothing about it at the breakfast table. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The indefatigable bell now sounded for the fourth time: the classes were marshalled and marched into another room to breakfast: how glad I was to behold a prospect of getting something to eat! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Will came back downstairs, she was standing with his breakfast wrapped in foil. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I looked down into my breakfast bowl and began counting the flax seeds, multiplying them by 7s. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

‘I even been puttin’ it to her mornings before the breakfasts she makes me before we go to work,’ he boasted. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And you wouldn’t even get as far as breakfast before running out of paper. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, over breakfast, it’s on an impulse that I ask her, maybe from a sense of obligation, or maybe from a small hope that she’ll enjoy seeing this piece of my world. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The action in the hallway picks up as the buses get here, but I’m still first in line for breakfast. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

After he woke up, ate breakfast, and showered, he put on an expensive new suit. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

In the morning I added: “It is quite true. The can is dry, and thick with a black substance. It is very salty, and I tried it on frogs’ legs for breakfast. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that two or three of those Indians might not have eaten breakfast that morning. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

While we were eating our breakfast, we were talking on the radio with our friends in Mission Control in Houston, Texas. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the supermarket, Jeremiah asked his coach to buy bacon, one of his favorite foods, so they could have it for breakfast. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I was with my mother, and we were walking back from a breakfast pot- luck at First Congregational before it became old First Congregational. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

And sure enough, this morning after breakfast our biggest enamel pan appeared on the table, filled to the brim with peas. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The standard form letter appeared on my bed after breakfast, warning me that the cleaning harpies would devour me if I stayed past noon. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But Roy went speechless the moment he sat down at breakfast. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z