| 单词 | broom |
| 例句 | He opened the door and placed the broom against the inside wall. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I focus on the path of the broom, keeping my eyes on the dust that collects between glass fragments. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Mamita looked at me like I was a rat that she wanted to hit with a broom. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrote the poems on notecards and attached them to the broom handle or placed them in my shirt pocket and memorized them as I cleaned the offices after school. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Tilly sniffed the pile of sawdust, and Dad shooed her away with the broom. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Even though it was very late, he heard voices coming from his uncle’s office, so he worked his broom and dustpan closer to the door. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “She’s very domestic. What about that little stove with the silver saucepans? Yes. And that striped broom. We are so troubled with stardust, and she will love having that to sweep it up with.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “You got it,” Rock says, grabbing the broom to sweep up my hair. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “None of you is to move while I take this boy to the hospital wing! You leave those brooms where they are or you’ll be out of Hogwarts before you can say ‘Quidditch.’ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The street below me is quiet now, except for the sound of straw brooms sweeping the day’s litter into small piles on side streets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry craned around on his broom to look toward the commentator’s podium. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Apparently, the Underworld king and queen thought “looking after” someone meant giving him a broom and having him sweep up their messes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z John walked past him to the front and picked up his broom. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He reached and got the broom and swept away the ash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “Get out! Get out of here!” yelled the man, brandishing his broom so menacingly that the terrier tucked his tail between his legs and fled, soaking and miserable, towards his waiting companions. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He yelled at them all the time, waving his broom, stamping his feet, trying to make them understand. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “If you two don’t stop being nasty to each other, I’m going to take a broom to both of you,” Lillian said furiously. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You reckon?” said Ron, now trying to scrape some dirt off his broom handle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He’d gotten used to having the Titan on his side, lighting their way with his silver hair and his fearsome war broom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I barely catch it with the butt of my broom. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z We didn’t jump the broom like the old folks used to do. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I always take longer than I need to, for the sound of the broom is a comfort, whispering whispering like Abue’s broom at home. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z She leans toward the back room and yells, “Someone get me the broom!” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “We think the Death Eaters will expect you to be on a broom,” said Moody, who seemed to guess how Harry was feeling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I was tempted to bring out the broom and set it by the door, the country way to tell people it was time to go. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As she walked back to her sister, she noted corners and passageways, broom closets, other offices—ambush spots. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z All the campers were in their cabins packing up, or running around with brooms and mops, getting ready for final inspection. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z While the fire catches, I sweep out the snow that has accumulated under the empty windows, using a twig broom my father made me when I was about eight and I played house here. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I lean the broom against the end of the bar and scoot around behind it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen floor was made of bricks and the man used to wash it with a rough broom and sweep the water out through the hole. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He used to straighten his tie and adjust the angle of his hat in the rearview mirror before pulling his sample fans and electric brooms from the trunk. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everyone’s just been admiring the brooms my father’s bought our team.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She gently pokes her broom around the table leg propped up by the Bible. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He handed her the torn photograph, and Hermione smiled at the baby zooming in and out of sight on the toy broom. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His broom had started to roll over and over, with him only just managing to hold on. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Bob hefted his broom, like he was ready for a messy cleaning job. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I take the broom back to where it was hanging, my steps echoing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z "No," I said, seeing a woman moving slowly past with a row of about a dozen dressed chickens suspended by their necks from the handle of a new straw broom . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Just emptied the dustpan in the trash, then put the broom back in the kitchen closet. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z And with that, he walked over to his wife and pulled her into his arms, broom and all. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “He told me last night in your broom shed.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Sefia was struck by his thinness, as if he had wasted away down here, and all he had to hold himself up now was the broom he clung to like a walking stick. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I give the piñata a strike with the broom, and sure enough, I hit it on the first try. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Others handled brooms and sent shards of glass leaping across the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we slosh buckets of water across the floorboards, using push brooms to sluice the resulting muck from the car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Cora comes into the kitchen, from the pantry at the back, where they keep the mops and brooms. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z As he turned to walk away, dragging his broom behind him, he mumbled that he guessed the Epsom salts hadn’t worked after all. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Jones took the handle of the broom and pushed vigorously toward the altar. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Quit knocking that broom and come chase this character away.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z May’s broom could barely keep up with it, and our oil heater could scarcely hold its own against the drafts. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Kelly wrapped a towel around her head and took a broom with her upstairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He returned the comb to his pocket, stepped off the tins and put them back with the bottle and swab and broom. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Cook takes my broom, her hair a wild halo in the storm. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The broom pushed him away, turned him around, and swept him up the street. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He fumbled for the light switch and re-armed himself with the broom handle, just in case. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They arrived in the evening and spent the night going through the great deserted halls and the silent offices with mops and pails and brooms. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Candice walked across the lawn and took the broom from him. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Madame Manec whisks a broom across the landing one floor up. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Her mother took the broom from Stella’s hands. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z All around him other people were dismounting from brooms and, in two cases, skeletal, black winged horses. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He’s remarkably easy to steal from; his trunk combination is the date he got his first broom. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “Sure you can manage that broom, Potter?” said a cold, drawling voice. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Her name was Mrs. Jones, and up until then she, like all of her neighbors, had kept her house spotlessly clean by using a broom and a mop. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She gave me the broom and Jay the dustpan, then wiped her hands on her apron. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He leaned the broom against the workbench and brushed off his hands. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z If she had been in their Lagos kitchen, she would have found a broom and killed it, but she left the American cockroach alone and went and stood by the living room window. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I know of one,” says the other woman, leaning on her broom. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Candice dragged the broom over to him and hoisted it up again. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Sam Parkhill motioned with the broom, sweeping away the blue Martian sand. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A little girl with a much smaller broom, helping. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Beyond the crowd, in the shadows of a doorway, I notice a young indi'gena girl, a maid, pausing in her sweeping, broom in hand, watching the procession, swaying slightly in rhythm to the music. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron went speeding in the direction that Harry was pointing, crashed into the ceiling, and nearly fell off his broom. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I was at home braiding the bristles on my whisk broom when the museum called, inviting me to participate in their new "Month of Sundays" performance-art festival. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Instead, under almost perfect control, I got a broom and began savagely to attack the sand that was stuck like cement in the corner of the living room. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She met Matt coming out of his room, holding a broom on his shoulder. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Old T.R. trotted ahead or dropped behind or went dashing off across worn-out fields grown up in broom sedge. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She took a broom that was standing in the comer and swept the dried leaves off the porch. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Minya had put him in the corner, the way one might lean a broom or umbrella when not using it, and he was, amazingly, still trying to resist her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The oldest girl kept her broom up as she hustled her companions toward the door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Lander lived in a broom closet; no one would room with him. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Up in the air, Harry was suddenly able to clamber back on to his broom. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Sweeping stray ashes from the hearth, beating at the stones, she was so rough that shards of corn husk broke from the broom’s bottom. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The broom was short, made of thin sticks that were tied together. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, in that case — I really didn’t want to lose you as Seeker, Harry. And have you ordered a new broom yet?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Plus, since my apartment, though rented as “furnished,” contained almost no kitchen items when I moved in, I was forced to acquire my own inventory of spatula, can opener, “utility knife,” broom, etc., at Wal-Mart. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been the owner of the best broom in the world for a few short hours, and now, because of her interference, he didn’t know whether he would ever see it again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z This is also like sweeping the floor; as a rule, where the broom does not reach, the dust will not vanish by itself.’ Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The innkeeper hurried to the wayfarer’s defense with her broom. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “You promised us voodoo,” a girl by the brooms whined, fingers twined in her stringy bob. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I get the broom from the closet and start sweeping. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Witches zip by overhead on brooms, cackling madly and firing plumes of black smoke at one another. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I pulled out the broom and tore out a batch of straws and tossed them into the fire and watched them smoke, turn black, blaze, and finally become white wisps of ghosts that vanished. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They crept inside, stepping over frayed curtain ropes, a lute with no strings, a plastic pitcher, and an old broom. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Beyond it were slopes covered with sombre trees like dark clouds, but all about them lay a tumbled heathland, grown with ling and broom and cornel, and other shrubs that they did not know. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z One carried a broom and began sweeping the path behind them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A spearhead jutted from the end of Bob’s broom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Around him brooms were soaring upward too; the long black tail of a thestral flicked past. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When Hugo finished sweeping, he handed the broom back to the old man. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She picked up her broom — she never felt quite herself without it — and was about to climb upstairs, when a rickshaw pulled up to the collapsible gate. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He selected an old broom handle and a short piece of inch-square scrap wood. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He got his broom and took after the huge tom, who calmly jumped onto the kitchen table. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I bend down, and my body aches, but I muster up all my strength and manage to pick up the broom. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sander picked up two brooms and handed one to me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A broom was propped in one corner, near the candy dispenser and the rusty hair dryer that had not been used in a hundred years. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I’m going To strike the Pinata six times, And then let my Six guests swing A broom at the pig. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Um, don’t you remember how I just held up that broom for you?” she asked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The broom got put to good use as I tried not to think about what the little hard pellets in the growing dust pile meant. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They got brooms and bats and a shovel. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Being chased with a broom probably wasn’t the kind of attention he had been hoping for. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Several were even provisioned with a broom—a cozy, domestic touch. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The broom vendor with his mops and dusters and stiff bristle brushes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d never imagined a broom could have so many useful features. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His right hand found what felt like a wooden broom handle. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry’s numb hands slipped on the broom handle and his Nimbus dropped a few feet. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Probably cost more than all the Slytherins’ brooms put together,” said Ron happily. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z For some reason this seemed to annoy Hermione as well; she didn’t say anything, but she kept looking darkly at the broom as though it too had been criticizing her cat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “You must be brilliant. I’ve never flown. Is it easy? Is that your own broom? Is that the best one there is?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z One of Harry’s most prized possessions was his Nimbus Two Thousand racing broom. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Before I climbed into the tub, I picked the ropelike body out with a twig broken off a broom and threw it in the toilet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She was soon back that first afternoon, dragging the broom. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The match against Ravenclaw was drawing nearer and nearer, but Harry still hadn’t ordered a new broom. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The old swamper shifted his broom and held it between his elbow and his side while he held out his hand for the can. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Harry, who knew nothing about the different brooms, thought it looked wonderful. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z You see, Hannelore, I am generous with my spirit, not only my broom. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z "It means I hope you like pushing a broom." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The wind through the open windows had broomed out all the fetid feeling of absence and nothingness. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She would get a broom and bang on the ceiling. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “I remember you. You was the one was always running off with my broom.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Bree takes my traveling cloak, then sweeps my gown with a handheld broom, batting at it for dust, bugs, or any other unwanted occupant I may have picked up on my journey. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I’ve followed ladies around with a broom in one hand and a trash can in the other trying to keep up with their mess. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Put it here, Harry,” he said, laying the broom in the middle of the table and carefully turning it so that its name faced upward. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Ron, an expression of ecstasy on his face, mounted the broom and zoomed off into the gathering darkness while Harry walked around the edge of the field, watching him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He wore frameless glasses, had floppy silver hair, and a salt-and-pepper mustache that was like a miniature duster broom balanced under his nose. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Turn himself into a penny swept into one of the corners by Mr. Munch's big broom. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “She was waving a broom and screaming at us. We ran into the room and slammed the door. It was a stupid thing to do.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z If Mother headed to the back porch while I was behind the tree, Constantine would rush out and bang her broom handle on the iron stair rail. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A black-haired baby was zooming in and out of the picture on a tiny broom, roaring with laughter, and a pair of legs that must have belonged to James was chasing after him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Harry tried to turn back toward the Gryffindor goalposts — he had half a mind to ask Wood to call time-out — and then he realized that his broom was completely out of his control. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Nobody runs around with Empire State. He’s a nut. He just stands around with a broom, dribbling spit. He can’t even talk.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Now for the first time he learned to handle a broom properly. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And Sam held his broom like a weapon. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z For many years before the revolution, Jorge had traveled five weeks out of six, selling electric brooms and portable fans for an American firm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z First, I swat at the dust with my broom, but it’s thick, matted up in his fur. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Mae set aside her broom and brushed her hands on her skirt. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z When Lourdes was a child in Cuba, she used to wait anxiously for her father to return from his trips selling small fans and electric brooms in distant provinces. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Photographs of the children show a sweet if sober bunch who seem ready at a moment’s notice to swing into action with brooms and dishcloths. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Malfoy only just got out of the way in time; Harry made a sharp about-face and held the broom steady. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The colored man gripped his broom tighter and started sweeping yet again, but I could see the rage in his eyes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After this she started to beat the quilts on each side with her broom. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then he took the broom from me, put the stuff away, and we went our separate ways. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Master found a broom and swept the study himself and left the pile of lizard droppings and dust just outside the door. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She left the bathroom and came back holding a dustpan in one hand and a broom in the other. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I pictured a rug being lifted and a huge Soviet broom sweeping us under it. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She jerked the broom as she swept, raising a wind. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When the boy saw that he was not going to be punished, his frightened expression disappeared, and he smiled and hummed as he came back with the broom. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They had a Titan with a broom and a very loud kitten on their side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And as I watched him strike at the walls with that broom like he chased after bats, I could only imagine what John Worth tried to outrun that night. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z At home we danced with each other or with the mop or broom to keep in shape. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Mom hurried into the garage, coming back with a long straw torn from an old broom. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, from somewhere far away, she heard the gentle strains of an old voice humming, the swish of a broom, and the squeak of Mr. Calloway’s well-shined boots echoing across the marble floor. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He wore frameless glasses, had floppy silver hair, and a salt-and-pepper mustache that was like a miniature duster broom balanced under his nose. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “But perhaps the Gryffindor team will be able to raise some gold and get new brooms, too. You could raffle off those Cleansweep Fives; I expect a museum would bid for them.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z When George and Julia come that night, George doesn’t get his mop or his broom. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Well, they’ll never replace brooms in Britain, will they?” said Bagman. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The Mellower’s mother huffed past with a broom in her hands. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z With a leafy branch acting as a broom, Eira swept the ground around the rock. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There’s my father’s soga hanging on the wall, his farm tools, my mother’s broom, the eucalyptus stick she smacked me with when I misbehaved. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He lifted the broom and pressed the bristles against the light bulb that burned in the ceiling. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind her, my mother knelt and swept the carpeted steps with a whisk broom, collecting the dirt in a dustpan and watching me anxiously. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He hurled the water full in the face of the astonished dog, then grabbed a broom. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I stir the broom, grateful for the distraction. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He passes an old Jewish woman pushing a broom in the street. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He dropped his broom and ran at me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Hugo took the broom and began to sweep the floor around the booth. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Let me tell you, we probably did not look bold as we crept toward the Coat Room with our brooms. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I scrub while she sweeps, from one end to the other, and she does a good job with the broom. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The event was an opportunity to sweep the dust from Jaime’s lair and chase away the insects and cobwebs with a broom. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She held up the broom, the bristles at the top. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They could hear the splashing water and the singing of caged birds and the sweep of the long brooms on the flagstones. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stick out your right hand over your broom,” called Madam Hooch at the front, “and say ‘Up!’” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The monkeys chattered angrily, spitting and clawing, but their former servant was persistent, pushing and shoving with the broom until both monkeys were out the door. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Some chickens had gotten into the office from his house next door, and the maid was chasing them out with a broom. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She glanced nervously at Bob’s broom handle, wondering how long it would be before that hidden spearhead jutted out and got pointed at her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The next day, after school, Canton, with the broom dog tucked under his arm, slowly walked up to the corner to watch his mother—to guard the crossing guard. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z She could see the little old woman in a blue dress and a white apron, with her broom in her hand. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Night of Joy broom old, they good and splintery.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like an old storage closet, brooms and buckets pushed haphazardly to the side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He rests the broom he was holding against a shelf and saunters down the aisle toward us. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z My Papa’s hair is like a broom, all up in the air. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z And I was planning what I’d do back with the broom or my knee. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He pushes a wide broom to clean the floor. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It’s not as bad off as the store, but a broom and a dustpan won’t make it better. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z As Poppy was being released, he found her outside shouting, waving a broom, and demanding to see the governor. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Then I make two fat lines, like broom handles. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Helena grumbles, grabbing the broom while I put the extra food in the cupboards, out of sight, and stuff my armband into the hole in the mattress, looking for anything else a policeman shouldn’t see. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I set my beer by his and get the broom. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And I went into the back room to get my broom. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m the Arbitrator here,” said the man with the broom. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z From time to time when they cook they set off the fire alarm, which is overly sensitive, and they bang it into silence with the handle of a broom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I said yes, and as a result, I can still hear the witch's shrill cackle every time I reach for a broom. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He wakes up with broom hair and catches Joon and me watching cartoons. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Two women have come around the corner, brooms in their hands. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Munch reached into the locker and pulled out the head of a broom—the sweeping part—which he'd detached from the broomstick. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Harry had heard Fred and George Weasley complain about the school brooms, saying that some of them started to vibrate if you flew too high, or always flew slightly to the left. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z At the end of the corridor he pulled open a door, and she saw a push broom, and a scrub bucket. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Just sat down on the kitchen stool, the broom across his knees, and laughed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly neither kid could see the other, because a broom came down like a straw curtain between their faces, and a voice said, “/’// take it.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z So the residents tossed her bucket and rags, her baskets and reed broom, down the stairwell, past the letter boxes, through the collapsible gate, and into the alley. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Very well, then,” said Dumbledore, pushing open the broom shed door and stepping out into the yard. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As soon as the man with the transistor radio and broom left Room 5, Ralph squeezed under the door and ran into the next classroom. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z She picked up a broom made of branches and began to sweep the dusty floor. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Thursday is for polishing floors and sucking rugs, minding the antique ones with a hand broom so they don’t thread. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His lungs were like burning brooms in his chest. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Dustpan in one hand, broom nowhere to be seen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They bring hoes to clear the weeds and brooms to sweep the stones and they offer dumplings and oranges as spiritual food. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The broom dog rested on his lap as he scribbled words and phrases trying to describe the environment around him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Somehow she tripped over the broom and fell. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mommy dusted it off with a whisk broom, set out eight or nine bowls, poured oatmeal in each one, left instructions for the eldest to feed the rest, then ran a comb through my hair. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thinks he’s something special today, doesn’t he?” said a snide voice, and Harry was nearly knocked off his broom as Harper collided with him hard and deliberately. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Harry’s broom had given a wild jerk and Harry swung off it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “It’s the fastest broom in the world, isn’t it, Dad?” squeaked a boy younger than Harry, who was swinging off his father’s arm. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Outside a tent, a young girl in a pink T-shirt and long skirt dutifully swept the entrance with a broom. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z They turned their heads to watch as an energetic old woman came out, waving a broom over her head and shouting something. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff was laying hands on things—rain gear, rubber gloves, floats, lines, hose, life ring, deck broom, buckets. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then she leaned the broom against the wall and went into the drawing room. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z My father, I know, would have chased someone like me right out, stamping his broom, saying, What you do? Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "Perchance later you'll tell me how a nine-year-old girl the size of a wet rat managed to disarm you with a broom handle and throw your sword in the river." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He was nervous, mainly at the thought of what Wood would say if Gryffindor lost, but also at the idea of facing a team mounted on the fastest racing brooms gold could buy. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Played on broom —” “All right, all right!” said Uncle Vernon loudly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Why, she even had me pull the big Persian rug out of her divining room and beat the dust out of it with a broom. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She put down her broom and observed one cloud passing behind another. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Harry was just mounting his broom when Professor McGonagall came half marching, half running across the pitch, carrying an enormous purple megaphone. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z They took turns riding Harry’s Nimbus Two Thousand, which was easily the best broom; Ron’s old Shooting Star was often outstripped by passing butterflies. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The bristles of his broom had been burned off. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Fox and Talis were there, each of them on a broom. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He’d slip Magdalys and the others candies sometimes, and they heard him humming to himself to the swish of his broom and squeak of his well-shined boots as they fell asleep. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He’d rather get beat with a broom than go back out in that nonsense. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The servants’ corridor swims in a half foot of rain, and Cook and I sweep out the water with rush brooms while Izzi tirelessly stacks sandbags. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "But I cleaned it. Promise. And yeah, it's a broom, until you do this." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Stella said bye to Tony and grabbed a broom without being told. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But the blade’s so short, he’ll have to be awful close for me to cut him, so I get the broom too. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I got the broom and dustpan from the back porch and proceeded to sweep the fine china pieces into it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He'd glare at the bristles of his broom as if they had conspired to hold him back. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The two daughters were gently sweeping the bare stone floor with stiff brooms, and the son was polishing the silverware. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Filch won’t be able to get in to his brooms.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Laborers moved quickly to the stage with brooms and swept away the mounds of discarded hair. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “Is it true there are four balls? And two of them fly around trying to knock people off their brooms?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “You may as well take a broom and start sweeping dirt off the mountain,” she said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A gust of wind threatened to scatter the pile of trash she had collected, and she scurried to cover it with her broom to keep it from being blown away. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Canton pulled a notebook from his backpack, along with Dusty the broom dog, then set the bag down against the stop sign so he could sit and have a little cushion. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “They are much simpler tools than the Whisperer, hardly more sophisticated than metal brooms. Otherwise my Executives would be unable to operate them.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He had become distracted, and Harry couldn’t blame him; one of the veela had thrown a handful of fire and set his broom tail alight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z An old balding man detached from the crowd and came toward them, leaning heavily on a broom for support. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It seemed this was a place where odds and ends were kept too; every few feet, her toe stubbed against an old broom or mop, a broken chair long since forgotten. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The broom, my alibi, leans against my knees. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had found a broom out back and was sweeping the board sidewalk in front of the store when they walked up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Jimmy took a broom handle and smacked one of the cats hard, skidding it halfway across the yard. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “We did,” Guillermo says, coming down the stairs with a broom and dustpan. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Half of Gryffindor House seemed to have turned up, from first years who were nervously clutching a selection of the dreadful old school brooms, to seventh years who towered over the rest, looking coolly intimidating. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He walked over to the counter and started digging through a pile of things, and finally, he came up with a broom. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z His destrier seemed a pony in between his armored legs, and the lance he carried looked as small as a broom handle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Excited, I toss aside the broom and run to the kitchen for some twine that will blend in with the vines. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Post’s son, Canton, sits at the stop sign on the corner holding a broom. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He chased the mother away with a broom, then kept trying to shoo the baby in the other direction. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to admit it, but her arms were starting to burn from holding the broom. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z All I can hear is the scrape of Hannah’s broom and the taps of Lena’s rubber hammer as she fastens the lids in place. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Grasp your broom firmly by the tail, he thought. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She carried a broom to the privy, to swat the cat if it gave her any trouble. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Let’s focus on the fact that we have no wands, no brooms, no means of returning to our time. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z And there was always the danger that a voracious army of ants would swarm through, eating up their specimens and leaving trees and bushes “clean as the handle of a broom.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One of the men made a broom from the branches of a tree, which he used to effectively push the leaves aside. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z On their second day at Manzanar they were given a mop, a broom, and a bucket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Their mother buzzed the hotel desk to ask for a mop, but the clerk brought a broom instead. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The hair that was not on the top of his head seemed to have fallen to the bottom of his face, as he had a dense white mustache and a goatee like a broom. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Around the end of February an old woman with an ashen look arrived in Macondo riding a donkey loaded down with brooms. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “We’ve checked for most of the usual curses, but Professor Flitwick believes the broom might be carrying a Hurling Hex. I shall tell you once we’ve finished checking it. Now, please stop badgering me.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She used the handle of the broom she’d found in the kitchen to repeat the knock on the ceiling before sending the note up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Found anybody you want to jump the broom with?” he asked me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “We have to treat her immediately. Arturo, get me my bulto, my medicine bag. It’s in the hallway, in the broom closet, up high. Hurry! We don’t have much time.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z After a while he tried to speak to her, but she would only clutch tighter to her broom and sweep furiously in silence, so instead he took to talking to the cat. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Armed with sponges, soap, brooms, and mops, they sweated together in the climbing August sun, working hurriedly before the movers arrived. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We figured Grandma might grab up her broom to swat him off the porch. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A stained armchair and an old- fashioned desk peek from behind a collection of mops and brooms. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He stalked over toward the wastebasket, holding the broom handle out like a sword. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I grab the broom and go to the produce aisle on the other side of the store. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I’m hoping to use the bricks to prop up this broom. I need to practice shooting over a defender.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then Mama hit him with a broom and told him to keep the Lord’s name out of his mouth, but he wouldn’t stop, and Daddy was cussing, and everybody was screaming.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Burning straws was a teasing kind of fun and I took more of them from the broom and cast them into the fire. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The old woman from the next field swept a broom through the air and loosed the spirits-of-the- broom over our heads. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman stood in the doorway of her house and shook a broom at them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A Korean woman with a broom lingers outside a convenience store, and I smile at her but she sort of swats me away. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A roar of rage echoed from the Gryffindors below — Marcus Flint had blocked Harry on purpose, and Harry’s broom spun off course, Harry holding on for dear life. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I strap the bag with the whisk brooms and the batteries onto the back of Uncle Drum’s old bike. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Jones threw his broom into a booth and put on the record of “Stranger in Paradise.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Lena opened the pantry, removing a broom and dustpan, and left the room. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Like others around them, many scavengers abandoned their brooms and shovels and ran from the city. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I set the broom back in its place and went upstairs, where I stripped off the bedding, carried it outside, and pegged it to the line. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman fed her, and then handed her a broom and told her to sweep the yard. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He gripped the . broom tightly with both his hands and knees. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It was getting harder and harder to hold his broom straight. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z When I applied the brakes, which I did every few feet, brooms and mops ended up in the front seat. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I pulled several straws from the broom and held them to the fire until they blazed; I rushed to the window and brought the flame in touch with the hems of the curtains. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z This morning, Mama stands on our balcony, beating the rug with a broom. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Harry jumped off his broom, a foot from the ground. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z And I grip the broom with both hands. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The hill is grassy, but the site of the Confederate stand is toward the back of the rise, under the cover of broom sedge and pine shrubs. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the glow shows that the tiny broom closet is full of brooms, a bucket, and a pair of mops, but is lacking any of the disguises that Adam was hoping for. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Rock hands me the broom and grabs his wife’s arm. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Full of fresh determination, he urged his broom through the turbulent air, staring in every direction for the Snitch, avoiding a Bludger, ducking beneath Diggory, who was streaking in the opposite direction.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She came riding to the slough with a broom between her legs, and she had powdered one cheek red and one white. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as though the broom was trying to buck him off. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Roy dropped the broom handle and streaked for the nearest exit. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, the attacker was a V-gallery porter who had been sweeping the flats with a push broom. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Katie banged her broom and pail in the corner with that final bang that meant she was through. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stop knocking that broom against the bar,” she screamed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the size of a broom closet: tall enough to stand in or to sit in, not wide or deep enough to He down in. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Nurse Duckett plucked Yossarian’s arm and whispered to him furtively to meet her in the broom closet outside in the corridor. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In some parts of the city, black and white women were seen battling each other with brooms and stones. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He was in the Street Sweepers’ section, in a stovepipe hat, carrying a two inch Italian flag, smoking a cigar among the brooms and scoops. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Give it here,” Harry called, “or I’ll knock you off that broom!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She wanted her shoes to sprout into a broom and take her away. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z George has a bucket and a long-handled broom. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I put the broom down, wrap my arms around her, and tell her thank you. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “Just cleaning this here old broom, Miss Charlotte.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Is it true?” asked the servant who had been carrying a broom earlier in the day. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Her stick thumped on the wooden floor and the foot of her flawed leg brushed the boards with a sweeping sound, as if she dragged a broom. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Madam HoOch then showed them how to mount their brooms without sliding off the end, and walked up and down the rows correcting their grips. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She lived in the best field in the whole district—a large one full of buttercups the size of saucers and dandelions rather larger than brooms. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Rock stands up, grabs a broom, and starts sweeping up the hair. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “Go look what I got,” she said, pointing to the broom closet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His broom was vibrating so hard, it was almost impossible for him to hang on much longer. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The boy listened to the wind passing through the tops of the tall pines; he thought they moved like giant brooms sweeping the sky. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I raised dust swirls sweeping around and under the FOB’s chair—very bad luck because spirits live inside the broom. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z If I stepped over a broom that was lying on the floor, I would have bad luck. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited for her to say more, but she shook her head once and handed me a broom. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whenever Quincy held the broom, he would always try to yell to break my concentration.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My body goes weak, and I lean into the broom handle for support. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Harry’s broom jumped into his hand at once, but it was one of the few that did. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Bigwig and Silver were talking with Buckthorn under an overhanging broom. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Tonks cried as she staggered off the broom into Lupin’s arms. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then she picked up the broom and pail again and replaced them gently. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The Titan swept his broom in a wide arc, forcing the spirits back, but they came in again like the tide. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She went for the broom and swept the clay up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She shoved the drawer closed and spun around, nearly tripping over her dustpan and broom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Madam brought the broom down on the small, twisted body. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He blushed and handed me the broom and I started to work. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Before long, Joe was staying late almost every day, pushing a broom alongside McMillin, helping him get through his work quickly so he could go home and study. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Put down that broom and get on that phonograph before 1 call up the precinct,” Lana hollered at him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s see you two do the limbo. Come on. I’ll get a broom we can use for the pole.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Up, up, you mighty race,” I murmur, working the broom. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Bob swept his broom around the base of the altar, occasionally crouching to study the ground as if looking for something. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Stick out your hands out over your broom, and say, “Up!” Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Cora remembered seeing a broom in a corner of the platform. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Bob loomed over them, his broom planted like a flag. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z One unfortunate maid lost her head and lost his place in Tuckwell’s Pre-Tractarian Oxford, and Dr. Finch shook a broom at her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” said Hermione slowly, “but it’s a bit odd, isn’t it? I mean, this is supposed to be quite a good broom, isn’t it?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Madam shouted as she again raised the broom over her head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She lowered the broom but kept it between them. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Jones bumped the push broom into a bar stool. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Bob seriously knew how to use a broom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I sleep on a narrow bed in the room where they keep the ironing board and sewing machine and mops and brooms and buckets. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z DeVante leans against a broom near the cash register, wearing one of those ugly green aprons Daddy tries to make me and Seven wear when we work in the store. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The place made Grand Central Station look like a broom closet. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I take Helena to Tatarska Street next, one of us carrying a broom, the other a mop and a ruined dish towel. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “I said I would buy you a racing broom,” said his father, drumming his fingers on the counter. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The Arbitrator leaned on his broom and peered at Sefia and Archer. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She used the handle of the broom she’d found in the kitchen to repeat the knock on the ceiling before sending the note up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Mama nodded and picked up a broom that lay against the wall. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Suddenly rising, he crossed the cell and picked up a broom. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The broom bumped against the bar several more times. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “There must be a kill,” the Arbitrator repeated, his face gray as he sagged against the broom for support. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He set them there the same second I set down the batteries and whisk brooms. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The woman dragged the thin broom with slow, deliberate strokes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z His downstairs neighbor knocked his immediate protest with a broom handle. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He runs to the kitchen and comes back with a broom. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He began to sweep with a wide broom while the radio poured forth sad songs about lonely highways, broken hearts, and jail. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z He went on poking, and then with the tip of the broom handle, he shoved the basket away—and out it came. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Then she decided that with a broom in her hand, working in the yard, she would look as though she belonged on the place, certainly no one would suspect that she was a runaway. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “What the—!” I drop the broom and act shocked, which isn’t hard because the crash was very loud and sent my heart racing. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She pointed to where Sam was helping to sweep the scuttles out from under the dining table with a twig broom. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z To keep them from coming inside, you painted the house haint blue, or you laid a broom across the entrance to the house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z George Weasley really did fall off his broom at these words. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He stood his broom against the wall and he rubbed his white bristled cheek with his knuckles. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z On Main Street he saw Old Martin sweeping the street with a stable broom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I grab the poker and the broom handle from the grass. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I catch it with my broom and knock it back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He hands me the broom, and me and my superhero haircut get back to work. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z And then I rush forward and swing with the broom. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Gendry was too stubborn to make one for her, so she had made her own by breaking the bristles off a broom. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Elizabeth’s broom knocks Mama’s tote bag with a loud thump, and I jump. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z We have brooms to direct the run-off, which is a big job in and of itself. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Mother would beat back illness with a broom. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He swept his way into the back room, jamming the straw broom into nooks and crannies he had already swept clean. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z And after them came a line of black girls, old, fat, dressed in ragged gingham, walking loosely, carrying tin cans of soap powder, rags, mops, brooms ... Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Deidre Baker, the oldest, chasing me out of her backyard with a broom. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Then the cloud of smoke and the broom moved off across the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the broom to the side and sheepishly walk over to Rock. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Outside I hear someone selling an evening newspaper, and the gritty, swishing sound of a broom over cobblestones. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then she got clumsy or cocky and fell onto the tracks, losing both the broom and any desire beyond huddling on the ground. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When another inmate appeared, walking down the flats, the porter attacked him, first breaking the broom handle over his head and then trying to gouge his face with the splintered ends. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had swept the floor, and the beer bottles and cigarette butts were piled high in the middle next to the broom leaning against the back of a chair. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In his hand was a massive push broom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He sat, looking conceited and uncomfortable, straight as a broom. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “They are clean now. I beat them with my broom.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then I pick up the broom and start beating the dust out of the rug. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I got a broom and tried to hit the rat with the handle, but it dodged me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z From our spot in a clearing between some dried Lydia brooms and spiny mesquite brush, we watched the moon as it rose higher into the sky above the canyon rim. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The big mirrors on the wardrobe doors are spotted black with age, and old leather boots stand beneath a little desk, and a whisk broom hangs from a peg. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Little-boy droppings,” she says, examining whatever is stuck to her broom. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He went back into the kitchen and got the broom and came out and swept the cover clean and set the broom in the corner and lifted the cover from the tank. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Their swords were wooden sticks, broom handles from the look of them, and they were rushing across the grass, swinging at each other lustily. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Because I thought — and Professor McGonagall agrees with me — that that broom was probably sent to Harry by Sirius Black!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Viola doted on her, which was odd since she barely tolerated the other cats—the Outside Cats—and sometimes swept them off the back porch with her broom. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It was a little like having to sweep away your footprints without a broom. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She smacked the broom three times before going inside. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z "I should say so," said the cleaning woman and, by way of proof, poked Gregor's body with the broom a considerable distance more to the side. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z She asks Mrs. Kluck where to find a broom and dustpan. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I get the broom I keep at my station for such occasions and sweep up broken Broken Me-Blob No. 8 while everyone mutters about how unlucky I am. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z James asks, taking a broom handle to the stack of ready boxes to straighten the tower we’ve made. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The boy stood up and got his broom and put it over his shoulder. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It held a large cloth trash bag, a dust broom, a sponge, and toilet supplies. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A man in a faded shalwar kamiz holding a broom and a dustpan brushed past me as he headed toward the main house. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They laughed when mother set out with her broom and pail. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I hunted around until I saw the broom leaning in a closet. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She noticed he hadn’t retracted the spearhead on his broom since their fight with the arai. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She got down, then got a broom from the broom cupboard. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Harry got off his broom and looked up to see a gaggle of Gryffindor supporters sprinting onto the field, Ron in the lead. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps brooms, like horses, could tell when you were afraid, thought Harry; there was a quaver in Neville’s voice that said only too clearly that he wanted to keep his feet on the ground. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The room was about the size of a broom closet, with barred windows on all four walls. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Its better to split up the comparison: Harry’s broom is as good as Malfoy’s, or better. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow was blowing so we could hardly see and we went into the little inn by the station and swept each other off with a broom and sat on a bench and had vermouths. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Then he stared at her and he said to the younger girl, “Take the broom and sweep, for your mother is ill.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Then she bustled around the room, muttering, sweeping the windowsill with her short-handled broom, straightening the bags of rice and flour and sugar on her shelves. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The Witchlings, Seven’s family, and the Town Gran rode back to town on brooms. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Fifteen brooms rose up, high, high into the air. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “It’s part of our new training program. Come on, grab your broom, and let’s go,” said Wood heartily. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “You will find the dustpan and broom inside the hall closet on the left.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I drag the tree out of the basement and stand it in the driveway so I can sweep the dust and cobwebs off it with a broom. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Enrique straddles a broom, pretending it’s a donkey, trotting around the muddy yard. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A cool, gentle breeze blew boiling small clouds of dust as my mother, Maria slung loosely about her back, swept the stoop with a grass broom. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I put down my broom and sat on the chair and flipped through the book, curious and excited, sensing this was something very forbidden. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The broom came down on my back, once, twice, but it didn’t matter. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Yoshoto, in a beautiful, black and cerise silk kimono, was sweeping die floor with a short-handled broom when M. Yoshoto and I entered the instructors’ room. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z At night, hours later, the cleanup men would arrive with brooms and hoses. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Someone was poking my head with a broom handle. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was over a year since he had carried charcoal or a bucket of water, touched a broom or helped Mrs. Lapham brew ale. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They hit you if you wave brooms around or drop chopsticks or drum them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She climbed back on the chair again and reached up with the broom. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I took my first time, with one of my brother’s mates from uni when I was seventeen, and I found the smallest, most cramped little broom cupboard I could muster, and I shoved it in. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She sighed and picked up the broom that stood in the corner near Baba’s pile of sundari wood. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The sound of her whistle was lost in the roar from the crowd as fourteen brooms rose into the air. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Now let’s fly round, and do double duty today, so that we can play tomorrow with free minds,” said Jo, preparing to replace her pen with a broom. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a broom from the corner and poked about with the handle. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She stood in the middle of the field waiting for the two teams, her broom in her hand. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z With a splattering thud he hit the mud and rolled off his broom. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I straightened to face her, rested my hands on the broom. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z John dropped his broom and walked into the back. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Eight rats, two from each group, ran to the round pieces of wood Mrs. Frisby had noticed earlier; these resembled sawed-up pieces of broom handle, each about a foot long. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Amari and her mother scurried around their small dwelling, rolling up the sleeping mats and sweeping the dirt floor with a broom made of branches. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she called to Frolic, who was industriously chewing a broom in the corner. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z In his hand was a big push broom. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “Ignatius! They only hire blind people and dummies to make brooms and things.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The station was empty, but the ticket window was open and a porter in a gray uniform was pushing a broom. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell him to line up the electric brooms and turn them all on at once. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Heard their hallway conversation, and the bathroom laughter penetrating the broom closet like fumes from her bottle of ammonia. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh — yeah —” said Harry, quickly forcing his thoughts back to that first broom ride. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Canton stood, the broom dog falling from his lap like he had forgotten it was there. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He gave us ten minutes to dress, then he came in carrying a broom, a hammer, and a sack full of tin can lids he had scrounged somewhere. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Take away Bob’s broom and his janitor’s clothes, put him in armor and cut his hair, change his color scheme from silver to gold, and Iapetus would have been almost indistinguishable from Hyperion. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Rita Skeeter had reported him saying an awful lot of things that he couldn’t remember ever saying in his life, let alone in that broom cupboard. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She first tried to kill them with a broom, then with insecticides, and finally with lye, but the next day they were back in the same place, still passing by, tenacious and invincible. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He’d been working the first floor of the Hospital Building when an officer in B-block was struck on the head with a broom handle by an inmate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you got your own broom?” the boy went on. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Covering his ears with his hands, he bolted to the corner of the garage, grabbed the broom, and swung with all his might at my friend who was perched on the wire. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A mob of laborers then chased the black worker through some sheep pens, beating him with shovels and brooms until he keeled over dead. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Hermione seized Harry’s arm and dragged him across the hall to the door of a broom closet; she opened it, pushed him inside among the buckets and mops, then slammed the door behind them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z "Why is the mouth like that? Is the...broom...dog angry?" Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I’m putting the broom away when I hear Mama’s horn beep loudly outside. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Cecil shouted for the lieutenants to get brooms and for every officer to clean the blood off himself or fellow officer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been riding one of the school brooms at team practice, an ancient Shooting Star, which was very slow and jerky; he definitely needed a new broom of his own. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z For he also was furnished with a ceiling bulb that burned eternally, but, unlike Hickock, he had in his cell a broom, and by pressing the broom-brush against the bulb he could unscrew it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Understandably, the sight of Johnny wielding a broom, carrying charcoal, firewood, water, had not quickly lost its fascination for his erstwhile slaves. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Charity picked up the broom by the hearth and began to sweep. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “That old woman hit me with a broom when I came to see you this forenoon, and broke my spectacles. Could you not wait until tomorrow?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman swept away the broken bowl with a flourish, almost dancing with the broom. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The point of Bob’s spear shot from his broom handle. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He swung his leg over the broom and kicked off from the ground. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The camera zooms in on me holding a broom—a zombified me with wide saucer eyes—then swings back to the Doctorita. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like an enormous broom had swept away all the people. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama blindfolded me and handed me a broom. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ran in the broom closet. Get me a glass of water, wouldja.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z From the pile of belongings Boori Ma kept only her broom. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z This time, they were chased away with a broom from a few houses and called beggars. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He was holding out his guitar to me, instead of the broom. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Mom went upstairs to investigate, then came down and explained that Erma was hitting the floor with a broom handle to signal that we were making too much noise. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She smiled, a smile as beautiful as the yellow day, and came down the steps, leaving her broom against a post. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z During these visits, we brought with us brooms so that we could sweep away our footprints as we went back to our hiding place to avoid being followed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I stop, lean over, breathing hard, the short broken-off broom in my hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z My slippers scuff against the concrete, sounding like brooms sweeping the floor. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It's been a year since Mr. Munch gave Canton the broom dog. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Doc watched his progress through the windows And then wearily he got a broom from behind the water heater. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z That meant that her bucket, quilts, and the bundle of reeds which served as her broom all had to be braced under one arm. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Finally, they were rescued by a Titan janitor named Bob who had Einstein hair, silver eyes, and wicked broom skills. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Alyce was sitting by the fire one cool November morning, tying up birch twigs for a broom, when a pounding came at the door. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Driver ants, Ebola virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome: all these are brooms devised by nature to sweep a small clearing very well. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had finally taken off his bandages, and celebrated having the full use of both arms again by doing spirited imitations of Harry falling off his broom. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The biggest girl was valiantly trying to ward off the monsters with a straw broom while the rest of the kids cried or screamed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Harry saw Madam Hooch’s mouth form the words, “Mount your brooms.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Inside, Ekon was surprised to find that what he’d always assumed was just a broom closet actually contained a set of narrow, inclining stairs. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Instead she stopped, straightened, and pointed to his books with her broom. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Every broom and mop was snapped in half. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z She kept her eyes on her work and moved the big broom back and forth laboriously. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The broom handle cracked, and Madam tossed it aside. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z One winter day we ran through the house as usual, chasing each other up and down the steps, laughing and shouting, daring Miss Lilian to come after us with her broom. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Broom! I found us a broom!” the little girl announced happily, and scraped the sand with it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mama came in soon after with her broom and pail which she banged into a corner with that final bang which meant that they wouldn’t be touched again until Monday. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She slipped out of bed and went to her window, A servant was sweeping the empty driveway with a frayed broom. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He disappears into the house and returns with a broom and dustpan. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In bed I toss and turn and watch the dark shadows of the broom and mop looming in the comer like monsters. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Crispin,” he said when he saw me standing there, broom in hand, “with the widow demanding two pennies a day for our keep, it’s good to see you working. Where is the good dame?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Dozens of witches on brooms flew overhead and then landed as one like a flock of birds. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes they talked about picking broom corn, and as they talked and laughed I could see the rows of green broom corn and I could smell the sweet scent it left in their sweaty work-clothes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he nodded, went down the hall to the supply closet, and came back with a shovel and two brooms. 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