| 单词 | bucket |
| 例句 | In order to pick up her path she was walking directly toward the house, toward the terrace where a paraffin globe lamp shone among glasses, bottles, and an ice bucket. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes they dropped their buckets as they ran away from us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z In sudden inspiration, he sat down directly in the water bucket. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Periodically, the groom stopped him and poured ice water inside his leg bandage while the horse slurped water from a bucket standing on a bench. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Bump my forehead into the bench we made with the five-gallon buckets. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z They were given no food, no water, and no toilets—just an overflowing bucket in the middle of the boxcar. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z After a few days Boori Ma moved her baskets and her cooking bucket to the rooftop as well. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He took out a handful for himself before nudging the bucket toward the donkeys with his foot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He removes his sneakers and puts them and his bucket near his head. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The earth floats like an apple in a bucket. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He had a brush and a bucket of bleach, and he tried to scrub a wall. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At my place, I convinced Faith to wait while I got a brush and a bucket and scrubbed the car. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In all the years I’d known him, we’d never had a conversation that hadn’t been a sham to lure him through a door with a bucket of ice water balanced on top. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Mrs. Bates jerked the bucket from the woman next to her. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Hugo wiped his eyes and picked up his bucket of tools. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z For instance, during the War, after the pipelines were blown up, he and his classmates had ferried water up to the girls’ dorm, each leaving his bucket at the door of a particular resident. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an old man attending to some task beside the house, and an old woman leading the goat toward a stool and a bucket. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I remember my mother telling me about having to haul buckets of water to the workers in the fields. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I can toss a soda can into the recycling bucket from across the room. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A mason with trowel and bucket awaits the king, up on the scaffolding; all the other workmen descend by rope ladders, like a swarm of fleas. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Will the mess look worse than what was in the Hells Angel’s bucket?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He could burst into the shebeen and knock out all three adults with the bucket. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I carried a tin bucket of water to a shaded area in the five acres of scrub and dumped it on the ground in the same place a couple of times a day. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He was carrying his buckets, his ladders, and his boards so that he had rather a hard time moving along. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z I pick up the mop and bucket, and then, on second thought, let them clatter to the floor. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Someday,’ said Johnny, his good nature restored, ‘I’ll kill you, Dove. In the meantime, you have your uses. You get out the buckets and run to North Square and fetch back drinking water.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of nothing except passing the buckets of water, until my fingers are blistered and my arms ache. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Mother was terrified the place would go up in flames, and she made Alberto keep big buckets of damp river sand in each corner. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z When my father saw I was a girl-child, he took me up to drown in a bucket of water. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z When the bucket had been lifted, she secured the rope so the pail would remain there until James retrieved it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Richard is carrying the oatmeal pot for our mess, and James has a slop bucket he has just emptied. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z While we’re drinking our tea an old man passes our door with a bucket in his hand. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Will they give us a bucket of water?” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She dunked the mop in the bucket and then twisted the water out. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It isn’t with Abby, and I certainly won’t be crossing off that one item on Will’s bucket list, but just going makes me feel closer to them. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z When my turn came, I handed my buckets to the ancient slave who worked the pump handle, a man old as dirt, with stone-gray hair and skin the color of the night sky. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It was strange, even though this was the bedroom of some little girl who’d kicked the bucket, I wasn’t feeling scared or nervous at all. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z They were bound to need another bucket soon. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Number five was bright red—a real nasty paint job, as if the color had been splashed on with buckets and fists. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Jojo mused, “Who knew we had so many buckets sitting around here in Bumblebee?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Suckley wheeled his bucket to the edge of the pond, balanced it there, and raised a sort of gate. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z When I was all set, the lid on the bucket was my seat. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the spigot, she filled a bucket with water and brought it back to the beeyard. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I journeyed in a crow-hop fashion-carrying one bucket for twenty strides, setting it down, then returning to fetch the second bucket and carrying it forward to meet its partner. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z As the guard turned to point to the outside pump, Jack slipped a pound of wrapped butter into his bucket. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Twice daily the maid twisted rags into buckets of water and wiped the floors. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The galvanized bucket remained perfectly still on top of her head—a great, levitating crown. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching me make sure the water bucket is in place. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I took hold with my wee fingers and held to the side of the bucket. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Working feverishly, I made it, but since the paint required a few minutes to dry I picked up two finished buckets and started lugging them over to the loading platform. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The white and yellow roses planted in old buckets are thriving despite the drought, because tía Fermina cares for them as if they were children. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Kate began to sort through the items in her bucket, making sure each was in its proper place. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Janie laughed and drew two quarts of syrup from the barrel and Joe Starks pumped the water bucket full of cool water. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z But the artichoke doesn’t stop, and Zola pushes through the gate and grabs the metal bucket and throws it into the pond of frogs. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Far away he looks like a doll bent over his rake, a bucket at his feet. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z James turned a corner by the bucket man, who was still beating his makeshift drums in a frenzy. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Instead, he closes his eyes and leans his body all the way to one side without falling off the bucket. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I hooked the handle of the bucket onto the rope and let it down into the well. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no furniture except the chair, the wooden bunk, and a bucket. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Gay passed me the popcorn bucket and shot me a disappointed look. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He dropped to his hands and knees and moved as noiselessly as possible, pulling the bucket along with him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A clumsy, hurried blow, and not hard, but the other slumped immediately and slid clattering among pans and buckets to the floor. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The label on the jug next to the bucket said muriatic acid. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z In the fall, squatting between the rows, they pulled weeds or poured fertilizer out of buckets. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She liberated buckets, shovels, and other sand toys from one of the sheds. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He’s marching up the tracks carting another two buckets. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z James knocked, and the bucket lowered back to her window. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The second line passed the empty buckets back to be refilled from the river. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There are pans and pots and buckets everywhere. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “He has the crab in his pocket, but the jellies are in a bucket of water,” says Taft, and runs off. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “On the porch,” Tiller said, “but we’re going to have to figure out how to get that other bucket out. Don’t want it rotting in the water.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z But when they were whipping some seaman they had another man standing by his side with a bucket of salt water, which he would throw into the open whip-wounds after each strike. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I closed the laptop and backed away from the desk into a bucket of water, accidentally kicking it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z A girl with a bucket, a ladle, and water comes five times a day. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z At the landing I saw a bucket half full of kerosene and seized it, flinging it impulsively into a burning room. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment, the cell grows thick with the stink from the bucket, and then thins, becomes ordinary again. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Sister Pat passed around a bucket of Magic Markers and crayons. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed a pair of water buckets, filled them from the big tub in the center of the pasture, and lugged them to the nearest pen. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I stepped in front of him and reached for my buckets, but he took my hands in his. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Max can’t come down, so Cesia brings me the dirty bucket, crying because she thinks her mother is going to die. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We had dug a pit more than two feet deep when a truck brought a small bucket of water. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z 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 An old woman ended the contest by leaning out of her window and emptying a bucket of slops on the heads of the combatants. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If I find a few buckets of pig food, that’s a bit more evidence, and the noises and smell may provide better evidence still. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Last one in the door is the first one to clean the toilet,” said the old woman, handing Pong a mop and bucket with a smile that was more gold than teeth. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Anyway, he is Guapo, with a body like a bear and a head like a bucket. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Then Mama or one of my grandmas would haul up the dirt a bucket at a time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Two huge washbasins had been slung across the brachy’s back, and the fire brigade went to work filling up buckets and rushing around with them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Let the government worry about that, I thought, and started to work on the unopened buckets. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t fill the bucket too full. I don’t want you to hurt yourself or spill all over. It’s wet enough down here.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I think this, but my body is falling asleep right here in my bucket seat. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I open the oak cabinet and, just as Max promised, there's more than enough room between the buckets of Lego bricks and rolling carts with drawing supplies to fit me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She finished, emptied the bucket and put it away. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand on a bucket and reach up. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “Yes, I know that,” Reynie said, “but why do you have one with you? Most people don’t carry buckets around for no particular reason.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Two or three times a week, Enrique lugs buckets filled with drinking water, one on each shoulder, from the water truck at the bottom of the hill up to his grandmother’s house. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z When I said one day to my daughter, Katherine, “Drive around, out of town,” and I brought along a trowel and a bucket, she did not ask why. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He comes down Jonagold Path dragging the two buckets on the road. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Maybe the water in her chopper is just a drop in the bucket, but it’s going to help someone somewhere. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Excuse me,” I say to a girl about my age carrying a tin bucket. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Most climbed to the balcony, but three stood on an elevated platform near the ceiling, holding buckets full of cadmium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A kite string led from his pursed lips to the handle of a large tin bucket a few feet away. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “They get a bucket each. Go on,” he urges. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The innkeeper brought a second bucket of hot water, then a third. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I nodded again and added another five balls to the bucket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I see Dray standing over Bad Leg, who’s just sitting on the bucket. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z That night when I bathed, with a bucket half full of rainwater, I did not scrub my left hand, the hand that Father Amadi had held gently to slide the flower off my finger. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It was still early morning and people were coming with buckets to fill and take home. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A moment later they were back with two buckets. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There was no way being a bucket boy would be enough to prove his worthiness to Father Olufemi and the warriorship. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Over each of these on a special little hook at the top, Joe and Marly were to hang a bucket and put on each one its little pointed hat of a lid. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z After the air around the buckets cooled and sank, it would lower the temperature around the president's bed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The guard crossed the room, took a bowl down from a shelf, and used a spoon to dish the rice pudding from the bucket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The answer from the friendly vessel came back: "Cast down your bucket where you are." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z One day in early March, Seaborg and Segre carried a hot sample of bombarded uranium out of the Crocker Lab in a lead bucket suspended from a long pole. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He’s in charge of the bucket of rope. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The system on the left uses a water-wheel to drive pistons which pump air, which, by driving a second set of pistons, raises and lowers a bucket. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “He couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There was no proper chair, but an upturned empty lard bucket suited me fine. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z A posthole digger, shovels, a few bags of quick-set concrete, large buckets with lids, a role of fencing wire, pliers, and a couple of hammers were piled on the ground near the bushes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Anyhow, I’ll load on, fire up the outboard, go down creek to the harbor, fetch a bucket of bait from Dev Murphy, then off again to wherever I’m setting traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I stuck my long-handled brush in the bucket and made a few grudging passes at the thatch, then paused and looked out over the plain of red-tiled roofs below me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z That hit like a bucket of cold water. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And I couldn’t believe it was even him when he poked his head between the bucket seats and in a real authoritative tone told Faith to “turn off the radio.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Jammed up in the forward peak, where the water and wave action had taken it, was a plastic bucket. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Right after noon that day he filled the water buckets and went back to the little river for more. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Inside are oats and water buckets and horseflies flying sleepy loops but no horses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The question hit me like a bucket of cold water. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When he passed out the bucket, he would give me another disgusted head-shake, even after I assured him that he could have as much water from us as he wanted come spring. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They buried him in his brother’s pants and the old woman pumped another bucket of clear water. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to throw a bucket of water in her face. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers were already going from tent to tent dragging out those who were still asleep and splashing buckets of water on them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Then she filled a bucket full of clean water, pumping that handle up and down so hard it was a wonder it didn’t snap in half. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I knew enough, she says, to snuggle down in my bucket seat and take a very long nap. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The pump was near a mile from the tea water back down the island to the Lockton house, a long journey carrying heavy buckets that stretched my arms into sore ribbons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He sets the mop in the bucket and looks at me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I collected the fresh milk, over eight litres of it, in the fish bucket. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “And if I’d dropped that bucket and bundle, I wouldn’t have had to shoot him. I could have stood and watched him eat what’s in them and lick his chops.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the girls burst into my room, frayed backpacks and old bucket purses busting at the seams, I was all ready to go. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I muck out their stalls, fill their water and feed buckets, and groom them for the show. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Thinking that I ought to have a bucket of water in case things got out of hand, I looked desperately around me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though James had his window open upstairs, too, they seemed to have made an unspoken agreement that there would be no verbal conversations when the message bucket was in use. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Either way, let’s put them in the bucket. Then we can get out of these creepy woods.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He carried water to them day after day after he had given up the wheat, the heavy wooden buckets slung upon a bamboo pole across his shoulders. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Jody seized the bucket and ran, down past the bunkhouse, past the barn, with the heavy bucket banging against his knees. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned our bucket upside down, sat on it, pulled a length of string from my pocket, and wove it into a fanciful pattern around my fingers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z We can slap at the flies and the fleas and kill them but there’s nothing we can do about the neighbors and their buckets. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He could see nothing else except the bed and the bucket. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Fritz would drive along and stop, and then he and she and Joe took their big buckets and separated, each having certain trees. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I got in line behind the others that were waiting, some with old gourds and others with buckets. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It sniffed again, then butted the bucket with its nose, tipping it over. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I have to take care of the cow,” said Jonathan, almost without thinking, and handed the bucket to the soldier. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I tied the bucket in place using rope and the tarpaulin hooks on the side of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Some guys formed a bucket brigade and started trying to put the fire out of the huts that were still burning. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a cinch that you can’t do that kind of work on an empty stomach, so I’ll send your oldest sister down with a lunch bucket.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They found some sails, some nails, buckets erf tar gone hard, and a mother cat with a litter of new-born kittens. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Volkheimer has also discovered a bucket of paintbrushes in a corner with some watery sludge in the bottom, but how desperate will they have to become to drink that? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I nodded and added five more apricot-size balls to the bucket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I call down to Pouncey, who’s working the hand crank that keeps bucket after bucket of chain rising up the rounded side of the silo and spilling in through the opening. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I bounce-passed to Todd under the hoop, and he got another bucket. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Mrs. Beale was out front with the yellow bucket, soapsuds spilling over the brim, a stiff bristle brush in her hand. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As much of a warning as that was, it still didn’t sink in as deeply as it should have—because the official responses were, well, literally, a drop in the bucket. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Through the door there’s a pump and bucket. Don’t bother to hurry, it’s na a race.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If I’m on soak the bird for fourteen hours in the salt water, I’ll put it in the bucket around three this afternoon. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When I step out of the bathroom, James is at the big sink, filling the bucket. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Carlyle smiles, and dumps some water from his bucket for me to mop up. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The first person in line scooped out water into pails, pots, and buckets, then passed it down. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Instead, they ran back and forth with buckets of water, all the while giving what Grandmother called their personal best. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It consisted of a one-rail fence with twelve buckets underneath it. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a hopeless task, given all the stacks of Mom’s junk and the hole in the ceiling and the disgusting yellow bucket in the kitchen. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She was used to hauling buckets and hives and boxes filled with honey jars. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A few hours later he was back, carrying with him twenty baskets of food and twenty buckets of water. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Vola pulled a bucket out from a cupboard and set it in the sink. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was jerked out of my hands as the draccus chewed the bucket a little, crushing it in its massive jaws. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “It’s wonderful, Joe. Hundreds of trees with buckets hanging around them like charm bracelets. And smoke coming out of the little brown house. It looks like the old witch’s house in Hansel and Gretel.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I slipped on the work gloves that had been a gift from Charlie’s mother and reached into an old lard bucket filled with dark objects. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I leaned back on my lard bucket chair. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Kate threw on her shoes, fastened her bucket to her belt. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s toward the end of twilight now, and they’re wrestling with a black plastic trash bag, a bucket, and their barbecue. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Vanderbilt walked out onto the track with a bucket, burning off a little nervous energy by picking up loose pebbles and clumps of dirt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Chase had filled not one but two buckets with chips and had the stove fire roaring. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The young boy, barefooted, hurried across the room, set the bucket down, and turned, smiling. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z And he did for three out of their first five buckets. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z "Are you sure? I mean, it's pouring buckets out there. I don't know how you can see anything," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z When the words finally came out they sounded like the squeaky old pully on our well when Mama drew up a bucket of water. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He returned her to the starting circle, this time taking away her bucket and tools, which she handed over with evident reluctance. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And here I am with buckets of money, far more than enough to feed both our families now, and he won’t take a single coin. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I can hear the clams sloshing and knocking around in Jack’s bucket. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Rather than argue, I put my crab bucket and money on the edge of the porch and stepped out of my overalls. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Your father will fall in a bucket of paint. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She looked at the little houses surrounded by boats, oil drums, tires, buckets, broken cars, and rags and bags, and happily followed her new parents home. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I had hopes that some might find its way into the scraps bucket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z We then emptied the bucket into a burlap sack. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He wets the paper with the liquid from the bucket, and somehow the paper stays in place. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Lifting the tops off the boxes, she peered inside, swinging a tin bucket of smoke back and forth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew refused to leave, so Emily and James agreed to meet him by the bucket man after they found their book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z When it rains heavy, I might have to put some buckets in the living room to catch the water coming through. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We had no running water in our cells and instead of toilets had iron sanitary buckets known as “bailies.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He eased the bucket on the table and sat down to rest before taking a drink. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She returned with a fresh bucket, her lips pouting with worry. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z With no time for embalming, they brush the dead with formaldehyde from buckets. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Ralph slipped through the window into a bucket seat, made sure his tail was safely inside, grasped the wheel, took a deep breath, and went pb-pb-b-b. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z "The idea is to open each bucket and put in ten drops of this stuff," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Gran had left such a big hole in our lives to fill that I wondered if I could even be a drop in the bucket. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I looked up; one of them stood over me with a five-gallon bucket. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Reminded her of our cows. And when she still wouldn’t take the milk back, I poured it out right there and gave her the bucket.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Sarai scooped water into the tub with a bucket, and Ruby put her hands on the side and ignited them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Those who stayed brought things: a pallet, a pot, some pan bread and a bucket of milk. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the carousel, a bucket brigade was hard at work. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z One day Robert climbed over that fence, filled a bucket with peaches. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I start up the ladder carrying the slop bucket carefully. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Only in Washington would the fact that it was raining buckets have no bearing at all on the playing of outdoor sports. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In very little time the bucket started shaking and rattling emptily with each strike of his tongue. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I pressed my nose against the glass and cupped my hands around my eyes to stop reflections, and saw a bucket smeared with a dry brown crust. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the wind was sleeping tonight, and the still air filled the alleyways like warm water in a bucket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I thought of fishermen standing on the concrete freighter docks with their bait buckets and tallboys, the baseball game on the radio. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The other maids had brought a bucket of water and towels, but they didn’t attempt to clean Matt up until Rosa gave them permission. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We would laugh as we destroyed their buckets. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I’d make that boy— I set down the water buckets, removed my cloak, and hung it from a peg near the fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Back and forth, back and forth we went: Perilee hauling water up from the well, and the rest of us forming a bucket brigade. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Dropping the phone in the human innards bucket!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Some people watched, horrified and weeping, from their windows, but a surprising number kept their heads and were forming a bucket line from the town’s cistern atop the city hall to a nearby burning building. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Well, well. I thought you were hiding under a cleaning bucket somewhere.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z ‘Ma abets him. And Ma says it’s not suitable for grown women like Madge and Dorcas to be carrying buckets through the streets. So I’m the one.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “That makes me nervous, kids gathering around like I’m going to kick the bucket.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z It came out fast, like pouring water out of a bucket. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Toward the rear I could see two men unloading heavy buckets from a truck, stacking them neatly on a low loading platform. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I finish, dump and rinse the bucket, and clean the mop-head. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He stood normally on the bad leg and dove into his feed bucket. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “One person! Two buckets. Any dead bodies in there?” the guards would ask. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “If we go back to Blind Tillie Trestle we can find your bucket,” I said. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “And not the water bucket. What do you take me for?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z My hands squeeze around the grips, I’ll kick the bucket before he will get a squeak out of me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Somebody poured a bucket of water on the verandah and the boys lay down, with their backs on the wet floor. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Percy was toting a steaming five-gallon plastic bucket that smelled horrible. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He lowered the bucket; Flip got in and was hoisted to the nest. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Richard is the only one I can ask, the only one who should be asked to bring a slop bucket to another servant. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Junior gave me his bucket, took my empty one, and returned to the river. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Then a little girl had seen the Virgencita swinging on the bucket that was kept decoratively dangling above the now dry well where she had once appeared back in the 1600s. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The other man stands directly in front of her, holding the bucket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As we were walking back home with buckets of water on our heads, I slipped and fell, spilling the water. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The men crossed the tracks and I saw the glint of their lunch buckets in the tipple light, and I came slowly back to reality. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z More clutter on the third floor: boxes of jars, metal disks, and rusty jigsaws; buckets of what might be electrical components; engineering manuals in piles around a toilet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And he picked off several hundred sea cradles and put them in his wooden bucket. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Typical JP: His face was blacked, which was a good cover for the massive purple bruise around his eye, and he was dressed in combat fatigues with a camouflaged bucket hat that shaded his eyes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Jameso’s sitting on an upside-down bucket, knees on either side of the machine, turning the wooden crank with gloved hands. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, she fumed a little and threw her bucket down. That’s all.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Back at her apartment that afternoon, Emily wrote a note for the bucket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Then, taking the length of rope from her bucket, she fashioned a loop at the end, and with one expert throw lassoed the doorknob at the far side of the room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She prepared a large wooden bucket for each girl to carry. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Kelly pulled a bucket of shoes from under her bed. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Tucked back inside the bucket on the dresser, as if I’d never used it. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Then they taunted Manolo, setting him up on a bucket and saying, Come now, leader, deliver one of your revolutionary messages. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ah, Jaysus, he says, and he has a coughing fit which brings up all kinds of stuff from his insides and has him hanging over the bucket. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z We were given two buckets of slop and water. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Here, Caroline,” he said, handing the package and the bucket to Ma, and then he put the gun on its hooks over the door. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z When she thought about it that way, that talking to Clara was about justice and fairness, the bucket she heaved up the narrow staircase to the dusty, disused attic didn’t seem quite so heavy. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z His school held terrifying air-raid drills, and in each classroom was a large bucket of sand—to be used to extinguish fires sparked by incendiary bombs. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She let go of the bucket and grabbed Brigid’s hand. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z But as I murmured my words of thanks to the clam and dropped it into the bucket, I felt a sudden streak of pain in my knee. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z With a wild swing of the shovel he knocked over the bucket, and commenced flailing and hacking at the snakes in a blind, slobbering fury. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath sat a mob of men and women with buckets of beer. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest was quite easy to read, the tall yellow letters the same color as the scrub bucket. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if someone had tossed a bucket of raw hamburger meat into their cages. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He dropped the beans into the bucket and swatted with both hands. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Kathy had grown up in Baton Rouge and was used to the hurricane routine: the litany of preparations, the waiting and watching, the power outages, the candles and flashlights and buckets catching rain. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She took a lunch bucket of bread and cheese and a little packet of molded sugar. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the line, passing buckets with the rest, stood the slim boy who had played Ophelia. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I put down the bucket a Sunshine cleaner them ladies is always smiling about on the tee-vee. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “The plane shook violently,” he later said, “rattling and clanking as if someone had thrown a bucket of nuts and bolts into the engine.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And home was our apartment on Euclid Avenue, with its fading carpet and low ceilings, my dad kicked back in the bucket of his easy chair. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If he did and if he saw the mice, the poor things would be in the hall-porter's bucket of water before I could shout stop. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Neighbors rushed from their homes, many carrying buckets or pots of water. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The bucket even had a thing on top of it that you could use to wring the mop out, and Herman E. Calloway didn’t even know how much fun I was having. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Using the few tools they saved, he fashioned two camp stoves, one using the ash chute from the ship’s boilers, and another, smaller one from the ash bucket. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The count reached down and twirled the bottles in the shiny bucket. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She could carry three small bucketsful in her bucket, but it was so heavy she couldn’t lift it to dump it into the high tank on the flatboat. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z People emptying their buckets made it worse and there was a sickening stink in the kitchen. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z An empty plastic bucket was near the toilet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z If he would shed a bucket of tears for Bandit, perhaps her life would be spared. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z People stand in line on the saturated ground, waiting to fill buckets, basins and containers from a row of taps on the outside timber wall. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Chris laughed and reached over his head where a bucket swung from the rafters by a rope. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The buckets were swiftly emptied, then refilled, as the Fruit of Islam ushers covered the entire audience. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sustained, though, by seeing her once more reel in laundry— elegant hand over elegant hand—drop the clothespins in a bucket on the railing, then fold shirts, sheets, and towels. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Were my number translated into dollars, it would buy you about three buckets of fried chicken. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Arturo walked like a crab over to the bucket, careful to keep his footing on the slanted roof. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Next duel She went to her room, slid open the window, dropped the paper in the sand pail, and raised the bucket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The singing man stands up from his bucket and braces himself to sing the chorus as loud as he can. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He was simply in the kitchen, cleaning the floor with a mop and a bucket. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I walked to him and set my buckets on the ground. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She wedged herself into the line and passed the bucket on. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I stood there clinging to my bucket of dirty water until she finally turned around and looked at me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I turned away and went toward the water pump in the yard, filling the bucket we used to give water to the chickens. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Only trouble is, I got just one bucket of herring. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He reached for the bucket, and though he wasn’t close, the little boy shied away at once. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Then they bolted the bucket to the floor. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z All at once, a huge tear that would have filled a bucket rolled down one of the BFG’s cheeks and fell with a splash on the floor. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The custodian’s name is Mrs. Krajewska, and she warms to me as soon as she realizes I’m not put off by water buckets and outdoor toilets. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He shoved a bucket of fresh water into the cell and slammed the bars shut. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Sneaking it out bucket by bucket until he had enough to buy out his indenture and burn off his work tattoos. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As she grabbed the mop and bucket from where they’d been left in the corner, Ophie wondered what it must be like to have so few things to worry about. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Thor and Tyr gripped the thimbles, which were the size of buckets, and they drank the beer with enthusiasm. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z It was repetitive work; the muscles in his arms and lower back twinged as he stooped over and over to pass off refilled buckets and pick up empty ones. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Secondly, I would like to empty this well and fill the other; but I have no bucket, so you’ll have to use this eye dropper.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Lastly—and most horribly—they had to wash each slimy strip of plastic in a bucket of hot, soapy water. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I still remember my uncle taking a mouthful of water from a bucket, spitting it into his hands, and then washing his face with it,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z A bucket was on its side in one corner. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The rain was now coming down so thick and fast that it was as though buckets of ice- cold water were being emptied repeatedly over their heads. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Give me one of them buckets,” Papa cried out, shaking her arm loose, heading for the part of the line closest to the flames. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He grabbed three apples out of the bucket and heaved them out into the yard. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She focused her concentration on not dropping a bucket. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He wound the rope until it was tight around the windlass, seized the bucket, and started down the hill, spilling soup as he went. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The buckets were full or had been kicked over. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was waving his arms, and he had the strangest thing she ever saw over his shoulders—a kind of yoke, with a bucket hanging on each end. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t wrap my head around the fact that I’m living a day where I might need a bucket list.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Once outside, Jonathan moved to the cow and stroked her about her ears, still searching about for a bucket. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z He tilted the bucket and poured green paint on my chest and legs and arms. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He has another coughing fit and we have to stand and watch him hang over the bucket again and bring up the bad stuff from his insides. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There was some speculation that the Russians’ payload was a bucket of red paint. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A bucket of filthy trough water was passed around, and everyone grabbed for it eagerly. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Uncle George came with a smaller bucket of syrup, and everybody ate the hot hasty pudding with maple syrup for supper. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They look like the older women you see working in the alley behind a restaurant, pouring out buckets of dirty dishwater. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed a ladder that was leaning against the overhang and settled himself onto the roof with a bucket of clay and a trowel he used to spread it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I crept up to the lifeboat and I gathered from the locker one of the fishing kits, the knife and a bucket for my catch. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Within a few minutes, some nurses had come into the room with mops and buckets. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z In the bucket was a little bottle full of something white. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Jamie and Dylan pour a bucket of water on the fire. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Earlier in the day, Tess had traded five Notes for a bucket of pygmy pig's blood from the back alley of a kitchen. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Shawn said they had to be washed before they could be loaded, so I fetched a rag and a bucket of water. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I put the bucket away in the Drinkers’ laundry room. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z We passengers are only allowed up to empty slop buckets or get the stew pots for our meals. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Luke had collected the fuel in five-gallon buckets, which he began to haul across the yard to Dad’s flatbed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The nurse emptied another patient’s bedpan into a tin bucket. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Max finds a cloth, wets it in the water bucket, and starts cleaning Helena up while I hold her. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He lowers the yoke and sets the buckets on the ground so I can drink. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z We broke the ice but it refroze quickly, so we carried buckets of water to each horse. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I had paid the woman a nickel for the bucket. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The horse with his tail where his head should be is exactly that—a horse backed into a standing stall so that his tail hangs into his feed bucket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A boy follows them, his hair so blond it looks almost white, as if it sat in a bucket of bleach overnight. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Ruth May had attempted to convince every family member in turn that she could lift a full water bucket by herself with her one remaining unbroken arm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Chris glanced at Marly as he put the cream back into the bucket. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z We had hardly filled the bucket with water when Call and the Captain appeared at the front door. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A friend at camp lends him a bucket. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z We would stand or squat in these buckets, soaping ourselves with the brackish water, rinsing off the dust from the day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z First Johnny, with a customary ‘Look sharp,’ got the sulky Dove and his buckets headed for North Square. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The barman swished two half-liters of dark-brown beer into thick glasses which he had rinsed in a bucket under the counter. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Outside’s been dunked in a bucket of shiny clear shellac. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z With deft hands, she slices open their bellies, pulls out their goopy organs, and washes their flesh in a bucket so they’re ready for roasting. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He lowered his rifle to the ground and eyed my bucket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But mostly I am hoping someone will figure out that I need a slop bucket before I soil my slops. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Drew buckets and buckets of well water to pour over them. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He grabs a bucket, runs to the tree line and dumps it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When the truck backed up to the platform I was pressing the cover on the last bucket—and there stood Kimbro above me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z On the last night of his spying he saw her empty a bucket of kitchen scraps not fifty yards from where he crouched. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He could carry buckets or sift through shards. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The four of us were shackled together and put in a windowless van that contained only a sanitary bucket. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He gagged on the water and tried to spit it into the bucket in one long stream, but it just gushed out of his mouth over Henry's shoes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Lena hoists a bucket of water onto a desk and puts it next to our pile of plaster strips. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z History is something that very few people have been doing while everyone else was ploughing fields and carrying water buckets. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z About the compound yard were strewn empty beer cartons and bottles, papers, rotting porridge, rags, overturned trash cans, overturned nightsoil buckets, ash from burnt peat and coal. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, where a boy with an attractive, pensive look was emptying ashtrays into a bucket, last night’s air still had a bluish look. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Clutching the bucket and mop, I force myself to walk down to the kitchen and pour another glass of water. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m all out of drool. I could use a big ol’ bucket of water.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It’s like you’ve finally won the lottery of peace and quiet and then you rip that winning ticket to shreds and dump a bucket of angry, screaming monkeys on your head. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Jojo grabbed the bucket from Stella, ran to pump fresh water, and hustled it right back in. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She went inside the kitchen for the water bucket, and then came back outside to the pump. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We used to make fun of her when she would cry: We said she could produce a bucket of tears, her eyes were so big. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But Ms. Bethune’s next sentence hit him like a bucket of cold water. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The old man chuckled softly and reached for the buckets of the girl standing behind me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I nod, still drying my face, and Helena grabs the bucket and goes out the door without an argument or the smallest noise. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I asked, as together we balanced the buckets and hauled the wagon across the yard to the funeral home. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was brimming with buckets of orange lilies, purple stock, yellow spray roses, red carnations, baby snapdragons...and lavender, lavender, lavender. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Give these to your grandma,” he said while we gathered up all the buckets of chicken. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z That was because he purchased like a slop- bucket of cologne from the duty-free. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So “fire” meant longer and longer forays into the forest, stealing fallen branches from under the blunt-eyed gaze of snakes, just for one single bucket of drinkable water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They must have given him hell, I thought, as he got grunting to his knees and began removing covers from the buckets. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He dunked a large scrub brush into a bucket of water and commenced halfheartedly scrubbing the floor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z As they were talking, Kate unfastened her belt, slipped it through the bucket handle, and fastened the belt again so that the bucket hung at her hip. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z We mischievously overturned the buckets of excrement reeking by the entrance gate awaiting pickup by the night soil men, who seldom came. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I found a bucket with a hole in it and used it to scoop water up on his flanks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Banging his knee against the golden lard bucket he used for school lunch, he contrived a good bass drum, while his tongue fluttered sharply against his teeth to fill in snare drums and occasional trumpets. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Hannah threw the brush in the bucket and water splashed on the floor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z We were warned to expect rain in October, but at the close of July—surprising no one in Kilanga but ourselves—the serene heavens above began to dump buckets. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I sipped my soda and wondered if Dorothy felt this way when she dumped the bucket of water on the Wicked Witch of the West and watched her archnemesis melt. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z A rosy golden glow filled the salon, and Aru had a strange vision of someone gathering up the first light of dawn in hundreds of buckets. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Ishmael had come up the beach deliberately, and squatted beside Hatsue while she raked clams free and dropped them into a bucket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The bucket contained about a gallon of seawater, and Fred set the moon snail at the bottom while he grabbed his tools. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “But I do business with Chinese pirates all the time. I’d love to visit China. I’m also dying to go see Japan. It’s on my bucket list.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The challenge was not to lose too much of the water as we lugged the bucket from the well to the house. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He ambled over to the bar and set out three glasses and a silver ice bucket and a big pitcher and began to mix drinks from several different bottles. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The guard tosses in a few loaves of stale bread and a bucket of water and slides the door shut, its steel pin dropping into place. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z From each end hung a chain with a hook, and on each hook hung a big wooden bucket full of hot maple syrup. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z One early morning when the grass was still wet with dew, Amari was returning to the kitchen with a bucket of water for Teenie. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z An hour later, Nathan lugged a bucket to the cornfield to water his science project. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Thankful, Jonathan filled the cup with milk by dipping it into the bucket, then drew it out and drank it down in two quick swallows. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z When I got back, Gus was home from work, sitting in a lawn chair dunking turnip greens in a bucket of water. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z In front of the cutting table sat three five-gallon buckets full of scraps. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “Got some more remnants for you to sort,” she said without looking up, pointing to the buckets. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z My main fear was that the draccus might accidentally crush the bucket before it smelled it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The buckets had been taken down from the trees and lay upside down on the ground. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Polly picked up an empty wooden bucket and threw it across the floor. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The January wind hit me like a bucket of ice. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We lug buckets of water from the river for cooking and washing and drinking. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It was one of the things a man learned gradually, but after forty years of springs and runs and carrying buckets and keeping fires, he knew whether the syrup was right or wasn’t. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z To everyone's great surprise, the king gave the man his arm and picked up the fallen buckets. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z By this time, I would’ve had to wash and rinse out the bucket from the bathroom to bring it outside and pull clean water up from the well. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I turn and find that August has set a second bucket beside me and left. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He sat up, grabbed a shoe heel out of the bucket at his feet, and hurled it with all his might. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He filled his buckets with stones and sank them, and then he eased himself into the water and swam a long way down-stream, rested and swam farther down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When I got the bucket and gourd back she said, “Come close and keep your voice down. What you doing here? You work in this stable?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “We’ve been using it for a toilet. There’s a bucket!” he says, responding to what must have been a look of disgust on my face. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Anne got hot water from the water heater, Margot went for a bucket, all hands on deck! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Back in Lansing, when I was small, Mom would wash my hair like this, pouring bucket after bucket over me while I squirmed. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The locksmith brings back a shirtful of vegetables and fills a tin bucket at a spigot and eases shut the barn door and feeds his daughter in the dark. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Before long, he was thumping around the house, thin as a string bean, swallowing buckets of food to regain the weight he’d lost. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She follows me into the barn where I set the bucket down. As I Lay Dying 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z He simply carried the buckets to the Locktons’ gate for me, then walked away. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet the patrolman didn’t say a word as he backed away from the bucket. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped the bucket into the well to fill it with water, then turned the handle to bring it back up again. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z You’ll see passing your door here the buckets of eleven families and I can tell you it gets very powerful here in the warm weather, very powerful altogether. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It would not have surprised me to see her put a third bucket on her head. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The pieces we found were so small that after an hour we’d filled only half the bucket. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Pike thought to look up just as I was pouring the bucket of dreg onto him from the edge of the low roof above. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They took him up to his house in the tractor bucket and laid him on his porch like a corpse. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I scramble down the ladder, bucket in hand. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The men were still behind them, rounding past the bucket man. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Then there was a mad scramble to shift furniture and get pans and bowls and buckets in all the places where the roof leaked. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then we get busy cleaning up the soggy drop cloths and dump the buckets of gray water in the grass outside. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Water has weight when you take it out of its proper place: try lifting a bucket of water out of a pond. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Something whirred and ticktocked at an uneven pace, and Emily finally zeroed in on a glass case with a structure inside designed to keep marbles perpetually moving up in buckets, down slides, and around sprockets. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I need to fill the kettle. I figure it’ll take three or four buckets.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Painting the house,” Axel says, dipping his brush into the bucket of water. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z George has a bucket and a long-handled broom. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Now put it back in the bucket. Grammy will make some great crab cakes out of it. With extra tartar sauce. You’ll love them.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Stella grabbed the water bucket and hurried after him. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Pass the buckets hand to hand!” he yells. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I opened the door of a tiny ramshackle shed and saw more buckets, long wooden paddles for stirring the sap, scrapers for getting it out of the pans.... The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He clambered up into the back of the wagon and came down with a wide bucket and a nearly empty burlap sack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Those closest to the fire jumped back as a spray of sparks rose up like demonic fireflies, but the bucket brigade pressed forward again as soon as the embers settled. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Pulling back out of view, Kate eased her slingshot from her bucket, snugged a marble into it, then peeked around the corner again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Let her go, I say. Saves us the trouble of freezing our tails off” She dipped the brush in the bucket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He took his buckets and jars and his crowbar and put his sandwiches in one pocket and his thermos bottle in another pocket and he went down the cliff to the tidal flat. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I went off to the spring after a bucket of fresh water and wondered when Papa would come back. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw a woman run down the fire escape with a bucket of water. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The innkeeper mopped the inn’s hardwood floor seven times, until the water in the bucket no longer tinged red when he rinsed it out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It took longer to get back, because the load was clumsy, the bucket was heavy, and she didn’t want to spill. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He closed his paint bucket and returned it to the supply truck. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z And there’s Tyler on his father’s boat, loading the long harpoons aboard and acting wicked cool while his dad, Jack Croft, dumps buckets of ice in the ice hold, getting the boat ready. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I persuaded him not to. Three buckets of water did the trick.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z A Ford Mustang this was, maroon, with cream-colored bucket seats and air conditioning. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I go to the railing, throw the contents of the bucket overboard, and then stop in utter astonishment. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Once inside, I go to my room, noting that Jude knocked over a water bucket on my floor in retaliation. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She crammed the fire bucket down over his shiny pate, his bulging eyes, his rosebud mouth fixed in a perfect little 0. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z If she drinks tea or eats anything she throws up in the bucket under the bed and I have to empty it and rinse it in the lavatory down the hall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A guard approached the car and handed up a bucket of water and a bucket of slop. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I knelt in front of the well, grateful, while the others sighed with relief, pulling up the chain with a full bucket on the end, trying to fill a bottle with a very narrow opening. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She laid the empty bottle on the ground and reached for the next bucket of water with renewed gusto. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Mam goes to the door and says, Why are you emptying your bucket in our lavatory? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She knocked her knees against the bucket, bruising them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "No use letting folks see who we are. Now when you get your buckets line up and let me fill 'em." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Frustrated with drawing, I switched to the printmaking department, where I overturned great buckets of ink. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The buckets make a muted, frozen clanking as they are refilled. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Matilda, more bemused than ever now, took the bucket and carried it out into the back garden. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Day and night we’re tormented in that kitchen with people emptying their buckets. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I drop the scrub brush into my bucket and climb to my feet. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I might wander freely through the house drinking pancake batter from a plastic bucket, but the moment one of my sisters overspilled her bikini, my father was right there to mix his metaphors. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z After a moment Linda stopped and carried her water bucket over to the curb and asked why I was so sad. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I dumped bucket after bucket of water into Eliza’s biggest pots and swung them over the fire. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to the cash register was a large metal bucket filled with ice and soft drinks. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Mama’s flowers were poked into every corner and onto every surface—bachelor’s buttons, snapdragons, asters, Shasta daisies, and huge buckets of sunflowers. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He dropped the bucket down the well once more. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When she returned, she wore rubber boots and an old raincoat, and she carried a bucket of buttermilk and a small wooden paddle. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z It was a turret really, a flipped sand bucket and then a flipped Dixie cup on top of that. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Each word comes out like a drop in an empty bucket. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She brings tea but the look of it makes me sick and I have to throw up in the bucket. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The moccasins were so big my feet squeaked and squished in them, like they’d been plunged in a bucket of water. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa and Grandpa poured the syrup into the brass kettle, and it was so large that it held all the syrup from the four big buckets. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he dipped the torch he was holding into the bucket, took it out again, and held its dripping head of wadding to one of its burning sisters. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z If only we could plunk her down in the loft in a bucket of cold water! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Wait—” Tiller said, but it was too late, and the bucket had come loose from the rope, and they heard it splosh in the water below. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z When our hands blistered from the buckets and shovels, we tied scraps of cloth around our palms. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The fingers of his left hand were slimy with blood, and his right throbbed from the weight of the bucket. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Helpers, feeling compelled to reciprocate, stopped walking and set down their buckets so they could wave back. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Misha pushed the goat away idly and lifted up the bucket out of their reach. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Finally, the demon girl filled a bucket of water and pointed in my direction, meaning it was for me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked back to the steps and picked up her bucket of potatoes and went inside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not as long as I have my bucket with me,” Kate agreed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z For a Christmas tree we had a palm frond stuck in a bucket of rocks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I ran for a bucket of water and doused the whole thing. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He stared at the water, too, and ordered a bucket lowered. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked down to the river to keep Charley company, returned, even shaved and took a sponge bath in a bucket. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z One arm got so tired she had to carry with the other; she got so she could even switch the full bucket from side to side without spilling much. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z It’s like having a bucket of ice water thrown into my face. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Up ahead, in a clear area near the summit of the hill, she saw the source of the thin smoke—a waist-high cylinder of stone with a wooden windlass and a dangling bucket. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z After dinner, Arturo pulled bucket after bucket of water out of the well in the courtyard to fill up the enormous bathing trough in the laundry room. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I turned the bucket over and brought its head against the bottom. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Zeitoun emptied all of the buckets in the house, put them under the holes in the roof again, and got ready for bed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I drew a bucket of water from the well and used the dipper to drink as much as I could hold. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama always smiled when she took the bucket from me and would say, “Now you go back out and help your father with the chores. Breakfast won’t be ready till first light.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d like to keep our door open in the warm weather but you can’t when people are trotting down the lane to empty their brimming buckets. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The rain ended abruptly, and the sun started to burn through the clouds as if it hadn’t just been pouring buckets a few minutes ago. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She got handy with the little lids, too, so she could slide one off and put it under her left arm while she dumped the sap into her bucket. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He took the bucket from Chase’s hand and set it on the ground. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I stared at him with awe as he gulped his beer from a tin bucket, as he ate long and heavily, sighed, belched, closed his eyes to nod on a stuffed belly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The sugar mill workers sat in the front row in chairs or on old buckets. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z After pouring the grits into a napkin out of the picnic basket so I could use the bucket, I filled the radiator from the creek and cranked up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z As a result, the tank leaked so badly neighborhood children gathered molasses in cans and buckets. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She shook her head as she wrung out her rag over the bucket beside her on the chair. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ain’t no need to wash your hands if you come here to work. Just take hold of that mop and put some soap and water in the bucket.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He let his mind float as he gazed at the swirly buckets of ice cream. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I run up the next flight of stairs to the terrace, where I keep the bucket and mop. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I packed the resin down into the bottom of the bucket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Lula,” said Miss Brown, frowning, “you have to put that bucket down.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Perhaps someone in the Resistance will know who Cook is,” I say that evening as Izzi and I trudge to the Commandant’s bedroom with buckets and dusters. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Inej moved aside a bucket full of cleaning supplies that she’d placed there precisely because she knew no one in the Slat would ever touch it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z James knocked, and the bucket lowered back to her window. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Nearby, a plastic bucket sits upside-down on a footstool. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I see one resting in a rolling bucket. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z However, when his men accidentally knocked over an old bent man carrying buckets of water, the king insisted on stopping. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The man pulled drumsticks from his vest pocket and gave a practice rat-a-tat run before readjusting some buckets. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I remember that: the sound of water dripping into buckets in the kitchen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “What things?” asked Sticky, who, like Reynie, was trying to sneak a peek at the bucket’s contents. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He crouches beside our collection bucket; he murmurs a few words of thanks to the clam, for feeding his family. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Feed the chickens and get the water and take out the dirty bucket. You know that.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Every time I finish a meal, the leftovers go to the compost bucket. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I shoved the mop back into the bucket for a soak. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I got up, stumbled to a bucket of water, splashed some on my face, brushed my teeth with my finger. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z If she hadn’t rushed to help me, she wouldn’t of lost the bucket, and I knew those blackberries weren’t picked to make a pie with or to put up as jam or jelly or wine. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z His overturned plastic bucket is gone, and the streetlight shines on only the empty lot and me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z To bathe, we put water in a bucket and splashed ourselves with it, using soap we bought from local vendors via the kids on bikes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Katherine nods, and we each grab a bucket, hefting them back to the kitchen. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Comprehending, the soldier shrugged, then turned and took the bucket inside, leaving Jonathan alone. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Mama Brunelle looked like she was going to say something nice, but then another bonobo infant sucked in a mouthful of water from a bucket and spat it at her. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I hung it on its rack and carried buckets of water to it from the reclaimer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Jon shifted the bucket to his right hand and thrust his left down into the bloody bits. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I would need a bucket, with this pain. Thank you, but no. I want my wits about me. I’ll have no more need of you tonight.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Two days later, while on the bucket run, Andrius found an oval stone full of quartz and other minerals. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Back at the condo, Grandpa carried the bucket containing the live-pipped into the utility room, and we all sat down to have milk and cookies. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He empties the bucket into the lavatory and flushes and there’s a powerful stink in our kitchen. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It had been four years since he and Emilio Segre had crossed the Berkeley campus with a bucket of ether infused with microscopic quantities of plutonium and suspended from a long wooden pole. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Thus a chip of ebony, which is heavier than water, floats if placed on the surface of a bucket of water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z After three applications and what seems like a bucket of pus, the wound does look better. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They were followed by rain, buckets and buckets of rain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z To get water, people have to walk about thirty minutes down a hill to the fountain, stand in line, fill a bucket, and walk back. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z As soon as she got out of the kitchen he meant to go to the bucket and drink right quick before anything had time to stop him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I’m holding him by his armpits, dangling his naked posterior over what Walter calls the honey bucket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There they were, though, sitting through it again, still giggling to themselves, eating buckets of popcorn and drinking buckets of Coke. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z She took away the waste bucket Matt had been forced to use since he arrived. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Some kind of tree planted in a rusty bucket by the window. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I had never lived without a bucket before—scrub buckets, water buckets—and so when a water problem came up, I just thought I could run to the kitchen and get a bucket. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She wants to change the “o” to “e”’s on every billboard with a bucket of red paint. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He threw it over the side and pulled half a bucket of sea water back to the cockpit. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in a great, billowing white cloud, floating in the whiteness, and there were huge buckets of water being thrown on him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A few bees flew out of my head as I walked north with my buckets, blown out by the strong cast wind. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I quickly tipped over the lard bucket so he couldn’t see its contents, then set out some refreshments. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Though we watch Mama Tataba vanish that way and return again, intact, with her water buckets full, our mother did not yet trust the path to swallow and deliver her children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed the moon snail out of the bucket. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The young man ruffles the big bucket head, holds the old dog close to his breast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Matilda pulled up the rope and hooked the handle of the bucket on to the end of it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Like dark water poured from a bucket, tons of fine grey sand spilled across the floor in a sudden rush, burying Elodin’s feet up to his shins. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Any colorful thing they might hold in their hands, like a plastic bucket, stands out strangely. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Not loud, just steady, steady, steady, like the sap into the buckets. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He ate it anyway and within half an hour was sick to his stomach and had to sit on the chamber pot bucket kept in the small compartment beneath the front bunk. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She got her bucket of paraffin heated and dunked her hands into the hot wax while I numbed my nose with the anesthetic. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Near her a bucket hung against a tree, and she distinctly heard a sound of drip—drip—drip— Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The inside of the circle represents the “bucket.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Down in the bottom of my lunch bucket I found a neat little package of scraps for my dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I chopped it up into pieces with the hatchet and put it in the bucket. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Thinking he had made himself understood, Jonathan cast about for a bucket, but couldn’t find one. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z In the narrow aisles between them are people, mostly children, selling things from trays, or carrying buckets of water, or cooking over open fires. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Ishmael took the clam back and put it in the bucket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Inside, there’s a bucket on the floor and a metal box. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily slid open her window and listened to the pulley squeak as the bucket was lowered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He pulls his away to protect the contents of the bucket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I don’t miss toting water from the well in a bucket for Mama to cook or clean with, or washing up from a basin in the corner of the room. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Guffawing, several of them strolled in closer, carrying their lunch buckets, their helmets set back on their heads, pants tucked in hard-toe boots. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Estha put his wet clothes in a bucket and began to wash them, with crumbling, bright blue soap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the bucket in both hands and flung the rest of die slops through the bars. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Two of ’em reached their hands out at me and strained up ’gainst their chains so’s to get close to the bucket as they could. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Past exhausted Helpers with their buckets and mops, out of the dormitory, and straight for the secret entrance behind the Institute Control Building. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Kate said, bending over the brook to scoop the bucket full of water. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 Later I tied one of the buckets to a rope and bailed the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Even though it was years ago, I think he still remembers how I tried to drown him in a bucket when Prim brought him home. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Hauptmann accepts his bucket and throws a sheet of water and doesn’t linger to watch it land. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Before I could think of what to say, Mama picked up florist wire, kitchen shears, and a bucket of pink tea roses and scooted past me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z All ran off down the ladder, to where Merlyn had left the bucket, and there was such a noise and yelling as if a lot of children had been let out of school. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Chris was laughing and calling her to come along smart with those buckets. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Earlier this morning, in the pitch black, I bathed and washed my hair in the wooden shack out back, crouching, shivering, wincing beneath buckets of frigid water. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a normal garden shed with pruning shears, buckets, watering cans, and the accompanying assortment of cobwebs, dead bugs, and dust. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The thought niggled at Ophie as she set down her bucket and began to wipe at the windows, the water sloshing a bit as she worked. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z After a little thought, the pigs sent for buckets and milked the cows fairly successfully, their trotters being well adapted to this task. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z We turn the buckets upside down inside the root cellar. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Today, I threw a whole bucket on the creature and bought rounds of cassava for everyone in our cell with the money Santicl6 brought us from Mami. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like somebody had taken bucket of glue and splashed it on him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She was filling her bucket from the coal heap on the other side of the roof. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It was how light a heavy bucket could suddenly be. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Oh—something jolly—like ducking me or pouring a few buckets of water on me. No celebrations, please!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Two Helpers had appeared on the path below them, each lugging two buckets full of gardening tools. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Three more men came out and got buckets of water. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Maya had found another one in the bucket of cleaning supplies under the bathroom sink. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Seth continued unwinding the rope, sending the bucket ever deeper. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Now, tonight you set a bucket over each of them. That’ll teach them to stay put.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Every once in a while he stops and lets her slip her trunk into the bucket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Fred took the lead and we headed for The Garage, the sound of drumsticks on buckets fading away. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The key sounded in the lock as the bucket returned to my hands, wiped empty this time. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I pointed to the bucket on the rope, and he nodded. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And that bucket in the second bedroom probably needs emptying, too. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Sitting back in the comfortable leather bucket seat, Milton Stephanides could see the downtown skyline approaching. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Only their top halves had taken on a scarlet-and-golden hue, as if someone had dunked them halfway in a bucket of fire and then plopped them back on the lawn. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When the heat was unbearable I took a bucket and poured sea water on myself; sometimes the water was so warm it felt like syrup. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I planned to haul the bucket to safety if that happened, then cast it out again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was adapted to climbing apple trees and running after gazelles, not to clearing rocks and carrying water buckets. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Dupre stood before them in his new hip boots and filled each bucket with oil. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The man sprinkled some of the cold water from his bucket on Saidu. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A stream of blood shot from the cut and poured down into a metal gutter that funneled it into a bucket. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z All the pails and buckets were heaping full of dripping, golden honeycomb. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I got me a bucket with cleaner and water. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I can't make the pale orange stream of water trickle into my bucket any faster. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I take some chicken from the bucket, then bring it back to my room. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He wiped his hands on his apron and sent an apprentice for a bucket of ale. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the fact that the bucket was sturdy wood and built to hold at least two gallons, it looked tiny as a teacup next to the draccus’ massive head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We saw a few mill people near the tracks, picking blackberries into lard buckets, and a whole family of colored people. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We even managed to fill the bucket all the way, but the warders had provoked us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But when she was in the little room, which contained nothing but a sink and a bucket, her courage almost failed her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Jack is carrying his duffel bag over one shoulder, the bucket filled with razor clams in his other hand. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I clenched my eyes shut and held my breath as he emptied the bucket over my head. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When he finished, he glanced over at the shelf with his bucket of tools, and his heart pounded. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The boy was sitting in front of the shack on an old plastic bucket turned upside down, straining his eyes to find the words on the page. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He was older, and was carrying a small bucket. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not an easy or pleasant task for men shackled together to use a sanitary bucket in a moving van. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The liquid at the bottom of the paint bucket, however toxic it was, is gone. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It should be able to handle a few buckets of water. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mothers stand at doors and yell gardyloo when they empty their slop buckets. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There was watermelon, which we kept cool in a bucket of ice, and a salad made with vegetables from the organic farm that some of Mom and Dad’s friends had started. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On the back porch, she picked up the tin dipper that floated in the well bucket and started to drink. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z First we get the horse ready, give him a bit of a rub, fill the wooden tub with oats and the bucket with water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z While they were eating I walked down to a spring and filled the bucket with cool water. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a plastic chair, a lightweight folding table, and a bucket with a cover on it, which served Shadow as a makeshift toilet. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z If boats like that come back empty, what can you expect from a plywood skiff with one pitiful bucket of salted herring for bait? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Each flower is individually wrapped in cellophane and tied with a red ribbon, and he’s got a sign that says $3 that he props up against the bucket. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He stopped cranking and pulled the bucket up the last few feet by hand, setting it on the lip of the well. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Goldilocks wandered the floor, pecking at kernels from her spilled bucket of feed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Ruth dropped her stockings in the rinse bucket and loaded her bucket with rocks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I pick up a slop bucket—my ticket to the ship’s deck. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Chantal’s window faces the front of the house, so I see Bad Leg to the far left, still sitting on the overturned plastic bucket with a streetlight shining over him like a limelight. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until fives shots later that Brandon missed his first bucket. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Something whirred and ticktocked at an uneven pace, and Emily finally zeroed in on a glass case with a structure inside designed to keep marbles perpetually moving up in buckets, down slides, and around sprockets. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I set the biggest pot I have on the stove and start pouring in the contents of the water bucket. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then he ran back downstairs, zipped past Grandma, who sat at the kitchen table with her feet in a bucket of steaming water—standing too long caused them to swell, she complained—and jetted outside. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z "Okay, give me one with batteries so I can find the buckets. Then every man get him a light." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the city room Vega sat on a upside-down pickle bucket playing his violin while he watched me and Rose build. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z We borrowed a bucket and mop and a bottle of disinfectant as well as a pile of rags from my mother, whose face was set in a question she did not ask. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I carried all my gear in a big white bucket. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I started to reach into the bucket to hand the scones through the bars, but stopped. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the digging and construction was done by workers using shovels, buckets, and bare hands. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She shakes her head and looks toward Dray, who kicks the bucket that Bad Leg is sitting on. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Then he passed the bucket to the next. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z As he passed Apache Bill, a bucket of water was thrown on him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We bought ginger ale and a bucket of fried chicken and we headed over to Central Park with a blanket. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z In the morning, before she readies herself for work, Maria Isabel bathes her daughter with buckets of water and plaits her hair into two braids. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Better than being chained up by Captain Smith again with no slop bucket nearby. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The boy tossed his brush back in his bucket and took his leave. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Pima started scooping up storm-stunned croakers and small redfish, throwing them into her bucket. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She was on her hands and knees with a bucket of soapy water by her side. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave her a small bucket and sliver of soap and she got to work washing a pair of stockings and singing to herself. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But the soldiers ignored him, hurrying the bucket along. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a bucket for a toilet and a tin washbasin. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z 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 The bucket being passed to Mrs. Bates nearly slid out of her hands. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Helena comes in slowly with the heavy bucket of water and locks the door without being asked. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It makes me sick to look at it and I wonder if I should go home from all this sickness and this bucket and let my parents kill me if they want to. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Refusing my help, he filled it with buckets of water from the back of the house. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I should have known that tracing a single bushel of industrial corn is as impossible as tracing a bucket of water after it’s been poured into a river. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Open the empty ice bucket and remove its thin plastic bag. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When she’d finished, her pockets bulging ridiculously, she unscrewed the handle from her bucket and tucked it through her belt. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Lettie and I used the upturned bucket to stand on so we could reach out the window and grab hold of Ruthanne. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Kit let the bucket down, leaning over to watch it meet the far-off circle of reflected sky. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z After hitting through a couple of buckets of range balls, Dad dropped me at Starbucks. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z After he had wet the bar a little, Jones tossed the sponge back into the bucket, took a seat in a booth, and tried to look at the latest Life Darlene had given him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I gripped the buckets tight, holding in the pain. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Hatsue, her bucket beside her, her shovel in one hand, pointed out the darkness of the exposed clam’s lip, its size, its hue and tone, the circumference of its watery dimple. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Alex feels him shifting against his side, arms crossed over his chest in an attempt at his typical closed-off stance while lying on the floor with his feet in a mop bucket. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It would kind of make up for that bucket of blackberries she lost. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I glanced over at Roberto, who was emptying his bucket into a sack. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He Filled the bucket and sat down to rest. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t think of anything more beautiful than buckets of cool, clean water to drink. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Surprised though he was, Jackson resisted the urge to let go and catch the bucket. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t we just lower the boy down the well in a bucket and leave him there for the night?” she suggested. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Jasper Jr. was on the beach cruiser, and Bull was jogging to keep up—beet-faced and sweating buckets. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The crank stiffened as if it were attached to a mill stone instead of a wooden bucket. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She came through a door on the side of the kitchen, rolling a yellow mop bucket. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Each time I returned with a full bucket he greeted me with hugs and smiles. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Men pumped endless buckets of water and carried them aloft to douse the sails so they would catch what little breeze blew. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Chase burst from the house with an empty bucket on each arm. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She stepped into the rope and began to pull, Ma leading her with a bucket of oats. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The boat smelled of old mop buckets and a history of nausea. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “The magic runs through me like a bucket with holes in it. It’s drawn toward you. Everything I have, everything I am, flows to you, my darling. This is as it should be.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Your girlfriend,” he said, “she kicked the bucket.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I nodded and she headed back into the trees while I made another twenty-one balls and dropped them into the bucket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She ought to realize that water buckets needed washing like everything else. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He dragged what papers he could out of the newsstand and got a bucket of water to douse the rest. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When they walked in, Amanda’s mother was busy with her usual tools: a yellow plastic bucket and a sponge. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Each morning the two monks brought us buckets of water. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z So a lot of people were already scrambling to fight the blaze, using garden hoses, buckets, empty Big Gulp cups, and whatever else they could find. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As soon as the door closed, Rosa hurled the bucket against the wall and cursed the doctor by all his ancestors. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, the size of the place makes us pause for a moment, buckets in hand, before searching out an appropriately humble entrance. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z No one refused the water or gray slop in the buckets. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It was as if he was telling me not to just stay at my level and drive a $200 “bucket,” when I could shoot for driving a Mercedes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Foods like frijoles and papas, clothing, plows, tools, nails, machetes, ropes, leather goods, baskets, comales for the toasting of tortillas and such, cleaning rags, buckets, and jeans jeans jeans, which have taken over. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The doors were opened, and Jonas jumped out with the buckets. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The life churning in the bucket was a mystery. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z One bucket, that’s all I had room for, and already it’s halfway gone. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Cleaning pads—part cloth and part rough plant husks—were handed out along with buckets of soapy water. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z By the mast pond, where the great spars of ships lay refracted, we saw a little girl with a bucket, a vain and minute assay at extinguishing the flames. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Back when I was ’bout five or six Ma told me to fetch a bucket and go into the woods behind our home and pick her some blueberries. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z To rinse them, I got water in a bucket from the faucet, which was located a few feet from the outhouse in the middle of the camp. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Oh boy, I need a bucket to drink it properly!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The bathroom at the end of our corridor had two seawater showers, a saltwater tap, and three large galvanized metal buckets, which were used as bathtubs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My confidence was seeping out of me like water through a bucket hill of holes. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I arrived in the morning that day, and I remember it was bucketing down. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z That smile drop off her face like — I don’t know the word, but like you drop a rock into a bucket. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Cold water from large wooden buckets was tossed upon them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He was drenched by buckets of yellow glop, white sludge, and chunky green gunk. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, indeed...very nice...a great pleasure…,” they said, taking up their buckets and hurrying down the other side of the hill. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z My white horse overturned buckets and danced on them; it lifted full wine cups with its teeth. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z People trickle onto the street, and more buckets of sloshing water are hauled into the store. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z And then Siunek finds a full bucket and tosses water into the air, making it splash and rain, and everyone is wet as they scream and squeal. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z For days the family either walked to the fields or used the night soil buckets. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Did I toss my bucket of filthy water onto Mrs. W.’s casual white summer outfit? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we sat in silence watching Lenny and Cotton filling a plastic bucket with rocks and dragging it to the side of the yard where they were building some kind of wall. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He lifted the corner of the rag that covered my bucket and sniffed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A young woman soon enters with a tray of ornately sliced fruit and a bucket of ice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Tipping the bucket, he slurped some of the broth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Every morning, the keepers marched each gallery’s prisoners to an outdoor latrine to dump their tall iron slop cans, or night buckets, which each man carried in his left hand. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Some sip Budweiser on the job, stashing the cans in an empty paint bucket when the supervisor stops by. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Rabe’a al-Adiwiyah, a great woman saint of Sufism, was seen running through the streets of her hometown, Basra, carrying a torch in one hand and a bucket of water in the other. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Or a sadness so deep, like your very core has been hollowed out and fed back to you from a dirty bucket? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Matthias picked up a bucket, flipped it over, and sat down. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z After four days, I only had to show up with my bucket, and the worms, drawn by my footsteps and the promise of water, crawled to the surface. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Mom took the bucket, and 1 could hear her cleaning it out in the kitchen. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Dozens of people, many of them children, treaded water, checking crab traps and hoisting river prawns up to their parents and friends, who waited up top with buckets. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I need a slop bucket badly, and there is none within reach. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I grabbed a tin bucket next and, letting out a grunt, threw it with so much force it left a dent in the wall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A guard inside dumped down a bucket of oil on the first men to reach the gates, but as he’d had no time to heat it, the bucket caused more damage than its contents. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I went looking for a bucket—you know, to drain the gas into—but I got lost. They found me.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Then she scraped the leavings from the plates into the bucket. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Francie got the idea of tipping over the cans, dumping the ashes on the cellar floor, carrying the empty cans up to the curb and then refilling them with coal buckets. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Two buckets stand in a corner, half full of what might be water. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Even though most nobles were not known for their strength, the king lifted the heavy buckets of water with ease. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She follows me into the bam where I set the bucket down. As I Lay Dying 1930-10-06T00:00:00Z I got down the wooden bucket from its hook and started to milk her. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Or at least, it’s their favorite game until someone needs to go to the toilet in the bucket. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “You miserable rust bucket!” shrieked a voice from the house. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “My heart has been giving me fits lately and so I’ve just been lying low for a few days, but I don’t think I’m ready to kick the bucket.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But what she said, in a wail hard to understand over the train racket and me still part deaf, was “I left my bucket in the blackberry bushes, Will! Hit were might near full!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The bucket rose from the water, rope, bail, and sides dripping white fire. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Others dropped buckets and shovels to join his search, dread and panic thickening. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A few neighbors were already racing out of their homes, grasping buckets and rushing toward the Spencers’. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z One drift is even with the roof of the barn and they climbed up there and slid down in that bucket over and over again. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Soon there were five buckets of frothing creamy milk at which many of the animals looked with considerable interest. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z But she got so she could fill her bucket as fast as they did and get it back with them almost every time so they didn’t have to wait for her. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Supplies for the club’s first recipe are piled on the island: a brown bag labeled zebra basmati rice, a bucket full of onions and potatoes, a bunch of wilting cilantro, and a few bright tomatoes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z When Joe returned with the knife and a clean plastic bucket, he was trailed by the kids, all three of whom loved a good butchering. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of her fingertips striking the bucket’s side seems louder than the gong of a cathedral bell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “We’re very grateful for your help,” he told her, as she pulled the bucket of cleaning supplies from under the sink. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sam was dipping a water bucket into the millpond when he saw Chup leave the nest box. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z From somewhere above came a bang and then a pained yelp— apparently Dana had delivered a ferocious upper cut to an aluminum bucket. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a leather bucket hanging from a nail so I went and brung it and the drinking gourd that was next to it over to where the woman with the baby was squatted down. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Kate was making it difficult by slipping on things that had spilled from her bucket. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A half-dozen cans of paint, a bag of brushes, some buckets, a heap of cardboard, and several large tarps waited in a pile underneath the bent rim. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The potatoes proved that all too well, as did the wood shavings, which Father collected in a bucket and brought downstairs to burn. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And sure enough, I turned around and a sullen woman was now squatting in front of the bucket of fish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The top side was painted to look like the surface of water—dark, dirty water you’d never want to drop a drinking bucket into. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Twenty-four of us eat, sleep, write, go to school, and use the bucket—everything—in a room 25 by 20 of my size 6 feet. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I began filling a bucket and packing it, then turning it over to make towers of a castle. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Such as: the yellow bucket and sponge spent more time gathering dust in the cellar and less time in Mrs. Beale’s hands. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On the worst she gulped at the hole like a fish in a bucket. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The window above her was open, the still night air thick with the odors from the gutters behind the house, where people emptied their toilet buckets. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z From a spigot on the side of the building, he fills the bucket. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The rider brought his club down on the brachy’s thick hide as a bucket flew past him and clanged onto the street. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She hoisted a bucket from the well, rolled up her sleeves, and splashed water on her face and neck. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She buried her nose in the bucket and gobbled the hot breakfast. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandfather paid me ten cents a bucket for my berries. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As we leave, in our usual rush to get the buckets to the car, Holly trips in a hole in the ground and falls down and screams. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The man tucked the squeegee and chamois in his back pant pocket, picked up the bucket and brush, and headed toward the van. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The best one was when she’d balanced a small plastic bucket of gumdrops over the closet door so that when I opened it all the way, it fell on me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z She hung the unused snowshoes in the shed and the lunch bucket in the pantry before she entered the warm kitchen. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I packed the water in a bucket that Papa had made out of the hide of a cow’s leg. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z When the bucket had been lifted, she secured the rope so the pail would remain there until James retrieved it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Clydas was with him, carrying a bucket of chopped meat as they shuffled from cage to cage. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One by one, each instructor takes a full bucket from Volkheimer and flings its contents at the prisoner a few feet away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And, at the far end of the shed, Billy saw pink arches with azure draperies hanging between them, and an enormous clock, and two golden thrones, and a bucket and a mop. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The goats around Anya noticed Misha was the one with the food, and they wandered away from her to the apple bucket. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Each person’s clothes and blankets must be washed once a week, or we have more arguments over smell than from the bucket. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Each person had his or her own bucket, and it was clear the group had settled down for a night of serious drinking. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At the house, I went straight to the well, got a bucket of water, carried it up the stairs somehow, then washed, spread antiseptic on my new cuts, and put on clean clothes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Eva took a bucket over and Mrs. Jackson told her to come back and fill it up in the morning, because the evening milking had already been done. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He pulls a bucket of clay from under the pottery wheel, breaks off fist-sized balls, and tosses one to each of us. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He pulled his wet hand from the bucket and pinched at the spot, pulling off as much of the grease as he could. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A pathway for the sap to follow as it flowed into our bucket. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He pointed to a bucket of water on the floor and made sipping motions as he lifted a dipper. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew if he accidentally dropped the bucket, he would be shot on the spot. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z She held a bucket in one wrinkly hand. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “They look like somebody stuck them in a bucket of bleach and forgot they were there. That goes for their passion, too!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I flung my rag into the bucket, sloshing gray ammonia water all over my ankles. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I see the men at the fort, throwing bucket after bucket onto the burning posts. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z We were inside the servants’ quarters, which was really more of a toolshed added on to the back of the house, full of wooden ladders, buckets of old paint, turpentine. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z On the last turn, the bucket swung with such force that a spike of iron was flung toward me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z To make things worse, it was leaking, so they had to put it in a bucket. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They recommended hanging metal buckets of ice from the ceiling. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They took it off for him and threw a bucket of water in his face. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He scoops some rice or beans out of buckets of food left in the pantry or eats from a can of food he plucks off the shelves. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Zu took off at a run, blitzing down the aisles of extension cords and buckets. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Charles came in from work and found Adam sloshing water on his hair and face from the kitchen bucket. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In all there were over fourteen hundred buckets. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He dipped it into that same bucket I’d kicked a few days earlier. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He dropped his bucket at the same time Ekon did, and together they broke into a run. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Getting straight A’s wasn’t on Qareeb’s bucket list, despite my parents’ best efforts. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Got twelve keepers and a bucket of crab,” I tell him. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He ladles it out of a purple bucket into big bowls. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Okay, I admit it, so did I. Left it in a bucket by the barn door.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Emily slid open her window and listened to the pulley squeak as the bucket was lowered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In short order, I’d come upon the three urchins, more intent on skipping stones across the creek than filling their buckets. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z There are rose petals all over the bed, and a silver ice bucket on a stand. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Taking a deep breath, Ash picked up the wooden bucket and went to the pump, where she lifted the cold iron handle, creaking, to release a flood of icy water. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As it was, he filled the bucket at the well and trudged reluctantly to Hen Wen’s enclosure. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, the authorities placed an enormous bucket in the courtyard and announced that it had to be half full by the end of the week. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His grandma was on the settee, holding on to his mum, rubbing her back as she threw up into a small bucket they kept nearby just in case. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I carried over the cleaned latrine bucket and a smaller bucket half filled with water for washing up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z No zinc tub, no buckets of stove-heated water, no flaky, stiff, grayish towels washed in a kitchen sink, dried in a dusty backyard, no tangled black puffs of rough wool to comb. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He upended the sack into the bucket and seemed disheartened by the results. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We put the buckets just inside the entrance of the stock cars. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z My movement startled her, and she stepped backwards, kicking over the bucket of soapy water, and the dirty suds rushed down the steps. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z It feels as if someone dumped a bucket of boiling water over my head. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I hurried with my bucket duty and returned to the jurta. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I fetched the buckets of warm water and ammonia. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What brought me to was not the whiff of smelling salts but a half bucket of cold water thrown in my face. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Scooter took it back to the ship, named it Ollie, and for years took it almost everywhere he went in a bucket of seawater. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I leave the buckets and crawl back down. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Men sit on buckets and stare at whatsoever passes by. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After we'd harvested those, we scrounged along inside the fence for probably a mile until we'd filled the bucket with the dandelion greens, stems, and flowers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I grabbed a bucket and Prim's hand and headed to the Meadow and yes, it was dotted with the golden-headed weeds. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He hung his huge head over the bucket. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We scampered through the woods lugging our three poles and the ever-important catch bucket. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Wealthy farmers and their families carried buckets of slopping milk and rounds of cheese. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The frozen air hit me like a bucket of ice water. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Lesson number one: bring in a bucket of water each night for coffee in the morning.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I have to send Helena for two buckets of water to clean the floor, and I can only hope Mrs. Krajewska thinks my supervisor and I are drinking cup after cup of tea. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They gave him the jobs of cleaning the camps, of handing out the slops to the prisoners, of filling the water buckets. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I could see miners moving up the old path, their lunch buckets glinting from the lights bolted high on the man-hoist. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The disappointment felt like a bucket of ice water to the face as all my hopes crashed to the floor. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I spent most of the voyage bent double over a puke bucket, bringing up every scrap of food and swallow of brackish water I choked down. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But a short while later the drüskelle returned with a tin cup and a bucket of clean water. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z While visitors watch, I dip my hands in fresh buckets of paint. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Besides that, our potatoes have contracted such strange diseases that one out of every two buckets of pommes de terre winds up in the garbage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Then he and his wife, whose name is Margaret Ann, wrap them in a refrigerated shipping bucket, which will keep the flowers hydrated. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As for me, it’s as if God mixed my parents’ skin tones in a paint bucket to get my medium-brown complexion. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Here,” she finally said, as she drew the water-filled bucket up. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The jailers threw buckets of cold water on the men who had lost their senses in fear. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, for the ladies. If the bucket don’t convince them to set, you dunk them in the rain barrel a time or two and turn ’em loose. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Laughed so hard that he wedged his behind farther into the bucket, and could not get out. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Slowly, steadily, the buckets were filling up again. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She rinsed out the towels in plastic buckets of water. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He placed the bucket under the cow’s udder, then quickly knelt, pressing his face against the warm flanks. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z But one bucket is not really enough, and Helena has to empty it several times a day, just to deal with the smell. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She saw one of the riders swing his whip over his head—and then fly backward when a metal bucket came tumbling through the sky and cracked him across the face. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He’s loading the last of the buckets into the back of the van. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The sailors began throwing salt water on the women from buckets on the deck. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bring in a bucket of water from the yard so that Jody can cook in the mornings.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman squats in the dirt to wash a squawking baby in a metal bucket. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead, Ginny bought two soft drinks, which came in plastic souvenir cups, and a bucket of popcorn for them to share. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The ghost patted his arm, giving Harry the sudden, horrible feeling he’d just plunged it into a bucket of ice-cold water. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Over the rooftops I could see men pouring water on the flattish roof of St. Paul’s, the buckets handed to them from a long line of people that stretched to a backyard pump. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wait,” says August, pointing at a different bucket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In the dream, if that’s what it was, she was playing a game of some sort, laughing and running up the empty street, kicking a big aluminum water bucket. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The other man wears filthy overalls and carries a bucket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I took the bucket out into the darkness. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The light only shines on the overturned plastic bucket and the dancing smoke. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I looked up, and sure enough, it was Mr. Willie Ray standing there while Renee piled fried chicken into cardboard buckets. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z One could not imagine what she was thinking as she marched so grimly down the halls, her head tied up in a rag, a bucket and a mop in her hands. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z In the basement was a bucket of filthy rags. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Each evening, without fail, he summons his courage and goes to the Nuevo Laredo city hall with a large plastic paint bucket and two rags. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The tree stood in a big tin bucket with broken bricks to hold it upright. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She slips the can into the bucket and lets it fill. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “That can’t be!” she cried, catching the bucket at the last minute. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He’s shirtless again, streaked with sweat and black soil, carrying two buckets of dirt. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We handed the buckets to Karl, and he threw the water at the fire. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Even mainstream trainers would drop pennies in mares’ water buckets to halt estrus, or exhaust themselves trying to get a mane that fell to the left—a bad omen—to fall to the right. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Grandfather,” Curzon said to the man as he handed us the full buckets. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Princess Sabine is craning over the edge of the table, vomiting into a bucket. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z All of us banging drums or buckets or whatever we could find and then shaking hands and smiling and talking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It was like their house was a bucket being filled up by the biggest hose in the world. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z He placed the railroad watch in the bucket, pulled his knees up to his chin, and held his head in his hands. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z They were cluttered with stacks of plastic buckets, overflowing garbage cans, and makeshift clotheslines hung with wet aprons and towels. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Soon, the bucket’s water was a dingy gray and the washrag was heavy with grime. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Thinking that he probably was going to disembowel me if I didn’t obey, I slowly lifted my legs and gingerly dipped them into the bucket. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “That old well, that old bucket. Wish we had plumbing.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He props Volkheimer s rifle against the bed and raises a bucket and drinks once, twice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I held the mop so that it was floating on the top of the water in the bucket. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Mom grabs her umbrella from the bucket by the door. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z But lugging all those buckets of water up to the house was hard work, and I would put off bathing until I was feeling pretty gamy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Pizza is the best deal—a dollar fifty will buy two slices, a can of soda, and a cherry Blow Pop from the candy bucket next to the register. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “And don’t forget your boots—and your mittens. Those buckets will be cold.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She comes out with a bucket and sloshes cold water all over us. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Everywhere he looked there were buckets of loose metal bits, tiny motors, gears, springs, nuts, bolts, and brightly colored tin. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “Get in there, boy!” he bellowed, pointing to the bucket with his metal hook. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Under one arm he carried a large package, and in the other hand was a big, covered, wooden bucket. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z A mop and a full bucket of hot soapy water would not only get a floor cleaner but would be a lot more dignified for the person who does the cleaning. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I join the crowd waiting to fill their plastic bottles and buckets with water to drink and wash with for the day. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I watched him kneel and open one of the buckets, stirring a milky brown substance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z That part reached into the bucket for a thick Magic Marker. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyone with three fingers could play it, and if you had one ear and a bucket you could carry the tune. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Kiki offered her ten minutes, too, and soon I had a whole other half hour to stand on the bucket if I wanted to. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t help thinking about the last time he’d held a bucket of popcorn in a crowded place, but they safely reached section B, row M, seats 1 and 2 without incident. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I caught a glimpse of his face as he retrieved a brush from the bucket at his feet, and quickly retreated into the shadow of a tent. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Some burial societies poured buckets of water over the dead to ritually purify them, but ours had a mikveh built specifically for that purpose. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z That dumps a bucket of water on the campfire, and the buzz in the room dies down a little. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She dropped the note back in the bucket and pulled the rope to raise it up to the boy’s room. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Richard, James, and I spend the afternoon bringing buckets of water from the river to dump on the tiny new shoots. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He started the engine and drove on another mile or more before stopping again, climbing out, carrying his lunch bucket, and walking to a little promontory where he could look back at that dusty city. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman in the yellow head cloth finished filling the second bucket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Plop! plop! went the sap behind her as she hung one bucket after another. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Nathan entered the cornfield with the heavy bucket of sloshing water. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Every morning Nguyen went to the city well to fill heavy buckets of water and bring them home to keep their cistern filled. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Then, with two of us at a time sharing the weight of the bucket, we started back to Shady’s place, looking hither and yon for any ghostly movement. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z There was a bed in his cell, a table, and a sharp-edged, rusty bucket for a toilet. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z August hands me the buckets of meat, one at a time. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When I got back me and Gordon carted the buckets of topsoil to the end of the garden. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In Rocinante I heated water in a tea kettle and took sponge baths, but bathing in a bucket delivers little cleanliness and no pleasure whatever. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Guards gave each of them a bucket filled with a cloudy liquid that smelled, to Shin, like agricultural chemicals. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Little round islands of frozen sap simply waited in the buckets for the next thaw. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The sound of it wakes me up like a bucket of ice water dropped down my shirt. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your slippers fell into a bucket of slops!” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Helena comes in to return the rinsed-out bucket, and Max bends down automatically, letting her ruffle his long hair and then scratch all through his beard and he makes noises like a well-petted dog. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z At a stoplight he looked at Reilly’s address in the morning newspaper folded and stored in the well between the bucket seats. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “What good is your bucket doing you now?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The cut on my left hand pained me too much to use it, and my right hand was not big enough, my arm not strong enough, to carry two buckets at once. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They start looking through a bucket of lacrosse sticks and sports stuff. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “As I remember, it was important for someone to bring me a bucket in the morning when I was locked in those things,” he says, and yawns. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Eventually, she locked them in their room at night with an alarm that sounded if anyone tried to escape, and they were given a bucket to use as a toilet. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He showed us this little metal bucket thing and explained how he’d made it from a can and a piece of wire. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Doc approached me while I was trying to lift the full bucket. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And every bucket had a little pointed lid, like a cap. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The women laughed together as they filled bucket after bucket with corn. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z We may be tempted to control it, or douse it with buckets of doubt, dismay, and disbelief. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z One camper was washing up in an old red mop bucket with a crack down the side. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Kate, meanwhile, was removing all the items from her bucket and stuffing them into her pockets. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Two or three other migrants set up their buckets along the same sidewalk. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The moment Richard sets the bucket down, I drop my slops, have a seat, and relieve myself. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She dipped it back in the bucket and took a long pull herself. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z My mother directed the arrangement of the buckets and burners into orderly rows and divided the fuel. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was little, the bucket kinda pulled me over to the side and would bump against my leg. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “She drank a lot of goat’s milk—almost a whole bucket full.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Stella made room for Thelma, who took the bucket from Stella’s now throbbing fingers and passed it along. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I had a large plastic garbage bucket with cover and bail. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And now Jackson and Jillson, never the most delicate creatures to begin with, were equally determined to knock Kate about, having been embarrassed—not to mention bruised—by her bucket. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The nasty fellow who had tried to steal my bucket on my first visit, Dibdin, leaned his face against the bars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistant began bringing out buckets of beer. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here I come running all the way so he wouldn’t bust a gut lifting one of them chairs, and all he got to say is ‘put some water in the bucket.’ Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Okay,” said Akimi, “from the way Mr. Lemoncello was just winking, either somebody kicked a bucket of sand in his face or our recommended reading list is another clue.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z As the bucket went down the line again, the sergeant motioned for me to stand with him close to the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Since it was nearer, we thought we would carry water to the house from that—two buckets at a time as needed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Lyddie stopped to leave her snowshoes and lunch bucket on the porch, then followed the woman into a large, fragrant kitchen. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Those trees with their full buckets went marching on and on and on. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z In Europe, I vomited into small buckets and brushed my teeth repeatedly with chalky British toothpaste. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It seems like the answer to “Haven’t you heard” always has something to do with someone kicking the bucket. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Lena, Hannah, and I have made a huge pile of buckets, garbage bags, masking tape, and drop cloths in the main office. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And Cha-Cha, the water dog, bustled over carrying a sloshing bucket in her mouth. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I sank the mop back into the bucket and gave it a twist before starting under the windows. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Two women walked past us carrying large buckets of water. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z After a moment he began winding the bucket back up. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Though it was lighter than he expected, the smaller pack gave the impression of being heavy and unwieldy, like a brimming bucket of water in danger of overflowing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Some parts of the cell were so thick with virus they looked like buckets of rope. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Carefully, he picked up the bucket and went outside. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I had delivered fresh solar-still water to his bucket not long before. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I try to pay them, but they wave my money away, and I promise to bring the bucket back as soon as I can. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Volkheimer returns carrying a clattering raft of buckets; two other seniors uncoil a water hose across the quadrangle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Finally, they put me in the hip bath and took turns pouring buckets of water over me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It had been no uncommon sight to see a man-at-arms whistling like a lobster, and looking like porridge, because they had emptied a bucket of boiling bran over his armour during a siege. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he seems like a regular boy, with his hair too white as if it’s been left in a bucket of bleach overnight, his eyes a dull blue. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z She knows I once dumped a bucket of cow dung on Marcus’s bed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then she could slip it back on with one hand without having to set her bucket down. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z You’re sitting by the window watching a guy with a bucket of roses set up shop near the subway station. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Early on the morning of March 2, race day, groom Harry Bradshaw came down the shed row, poured a helping of oats into Seabiscuit’s bucket, then stepped out from under the shed row roof. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Johnny Mercer’s backhoe bucket clanged and dropped dirt into a big pile next to Great-great-aunt Florentine’s grave. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Hector Santos kept the beat tight on percussion with two buckets, a brass hi-hat, and a snare drum. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z You can’t lower a bucket into a drilled well; the hole is too small, so that left us a choice of two brooks. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Once his mother had undertaken a major cleaning of Gregor's room, which she had only completed successfully after using a few buckets of water. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Misha stopped by the horse’s front leg, the apple bucket dangling from his fingers. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He grabs my bucket and empties the water over his head. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z At least that’s what they were supposed to be doing, but more was going into their mouths than into the buckets. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I spilled the fireplace ashes on the kitchen floor, then kicked over the bucket of wash water I brought in to clean up the mess. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Two hundred silvers is a drop in the bucket for him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and drown in color, open them and drown in light because billions and billions of buckets of light are being emptied on our heads from above. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Garrett had figured that out instinctively, because he had gone looking for a bucket. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Joon stands next to him holding the yellow bottle, squeezing too much dishwashing soap into the bucket. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Lizzie set down the clam bucket and rake she’d carried from the dory and walked carefully up to him, a little wary because you never can tell what idiots might do. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Still, without planning or discussion, as more and more neighbors arrived, a bucket brigade had begun. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Even children helped, filling buckets from wells and troughs in the nearby yards. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In spite of ourselves we tripped and emptied the bucket over his legs. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the door was thrown open again and a man rushed out, a bucket of water in his hand, his face convulsed with fury. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I go in, work out, sweat buckets, and get out. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He pointed to a white plastic bucket full of kernels near the cage. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Shoulders aching, Stella kept her hands tight on each bucket passed to her until the next set of hands took it away. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He picked up the bucket I was struggling with, and I thought he was going to toss it off into the trees, but he didn’t. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Upon his plow and upon the ox’s yoke and upon the two buckets in which he carried his fertilizer and his water, upon each of these he pasted a square. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Sweat is already trickling down my neck as I settle in among the buckets and drop cloths. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z You exchanged pleasantries and the key, which he used to let him-self out and then placed back in the bucket for you to pull up with the rope. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A group of young men in white helmets piled out, armed with buckets of paint and brushes, and proceeded to cover the walls with light-colored paint. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But he stirred it vigorously until it became glossy white, holding the spatula like a delicate instrument and studying the paint as it laced off the blade, back into the bucket. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I lined my shoes and cap with newspaper to keep out the wind and emptied the leftovers hiding under the holly bush into a bucket that I covered with an old rag. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Nita filleted another eel and dropped its carcass into the bucket between them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Buckets of water are passed from one person to another, the last person with the bucket pours the water onto the garden and runs the bucket back to the well. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course,” Maribel said, and ran off to find another bucket. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He turned his face away, pulled his shirt over his mouth, and dropped the pellet into the bucket. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We scrambled after him, juggling the three poles and our catch bucket between us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I let Charley out, and suddenly an angry streak of gray burned across the clearing in the pines and bucketed into the house. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Huddled beneath his black cloak, with his hood drawn up against the wind, the man never even looked to see if he had a bucket. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was no window, no bed, not even a slop bucket. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Grasping the bucket in his hands, he drank deeply. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z He ducked my head into the bucket, dropped me on the floor, and just walked away as if nothing unusual had happened. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Right after lunch, when it isn’t raining yet and all the women with their buckets and things have gone down to the river and the fields and the men are home sleeping. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear yawning, grunting, men relieving themselves into slop buckets. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He was pulling clay out of the bucket with his hands and slapping it into the crevices between slats of wood. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I held her eye as I set the bucket down in the middle of the driveway. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I leave five dollars in the jar for a bucket of bait and try to skedaddle before anybody thinks to ask what I’m up to. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She told me that the first mouse to break the rules would be drowned in a bucket of water by the hall-porter. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Ekon glanced over his shoulder as he threw another bucket into the well, alarmed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They went down the aisle three abreast, Donatelli and Henry moving him along with their shoulders, Bud right behind with the towels and the bucket, up the ring steps and through the ropes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There were buckets lying around, of the sort that could carry maple sap so it could be boiled down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Fred veered off to his side of the street, his bucket of snails sloshing. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z We go with paint bucket at night and ex out what they add in, but it make me frightened now when I see the message. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside I saw Mama Tataba, on her way to the kitchen house, dip in a hand and drink straight out of the bucket. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Isaacson said to the staff, “I won’t be of much use to you now,” and she got a bucket and mop and washed the rooms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora made the mistake of turning back as she departed the kitchen and caught Alice tossing the heads into the slop bucket. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As the numbers increase, a person is added to the bucket encircled by the clasped hands. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z So I pry the lid off the bait bucket and cut up some herring and drop it over the side. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z As the sun set behind them, a citronella candle burned in a bucket in the center of the table to ward off mosquitoes. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Laughing and breathless, she touched the tree just seconds before Jojo did, her lunch bucket clunking against the trunk. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And then I call, “Be right back, Hela!” as I grab the water bucket and walk out the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He pulled his swollen fist from the ice bucket, flexed the fingers, then stuck it back in. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She set down the first bucket and picked up the second. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone stepped out of the vending machine nook holding a bucket of ice. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I stirred it vigorously, then grabbed a rag, wiping each of the boards clean, then made a new sample of each bucket. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z To get the key, you presented yourself at the gate and waited for the officer you were relieving to drop the key down in a bucket on a rope. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When it froze that night, only a little bit of sap was in each bucket, so nothing was hurt at all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Yet nobody seemed to want to put down the buckets. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I stood, walked to the door, and looked in the bucket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The urinal was an almost unimaginable luxury after five and a half years of crusted buckets. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He throws a bucket on me, and we drip and cry while Helena dances because the war is over. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Everyone will file past and soak the prisoner with a bucket of water. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Well, at least it was better than bucketing rain, Victor thought as he pulled his hat down over his face. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a long road going into darkness and hills and he held to the wheel, now and again reaching into his lunch bucket and taking out a piece of candy. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z When my sister came with the lunch bucket, I could have kissed her, but I didn’t. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice rang like a metal dipper hitting a bucket and he spoke English. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ash's thirteenth birthday was shortly after the Spring Festival, when flower peddlers flooded the market square with buckets of daffodils and crocuses. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She dropped the ladder and reached into her bucket for the rope. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “You hot, big boy?” he asked the lion, then splashed the rest of the bucket right in the lion’s face. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She knows exactly where the two galvanized buckets are: just inside the door of her room. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Behind it was a latrine, which was a one-rail fence with buckets under it. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I bathed slowly in the crusted galvanized bucket. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe you spend the whole day considering new ways to live before finally you fit every window back into its frame and empty your bucket of Pine-Sol into the sink. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z What I could not clean up with the gaff—the smells and the smears—I rinsed with buckets of water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z When I get back to the driveway, Apa is filling up the bucket with water. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z One by one the Daughters dipped their hands into a bucket of water and washed off the honey. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Just now, waiting for her bucket to fill, she felt strong. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw a big man coming up the street The bright shiny star on his vest looked as big as a bucket. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Roamer stumbles up with a bucket of beers. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She rinsed out the bucket before filling it again. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z When he emptied out the last bucket of water, Chase looked around. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z We needed at least a bucket to keep a fire going for one evening. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His father is in a bed in the corner, groaning and spitting into a bucket. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Her supplies, once she had made the original purchase of bucket and long-handled squeegee, cost her five dollars a week. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He handed the bucket to Curzon, who removed a long parsnip peel. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they were safely stowed among the buckets and mops, Harry yanked out a couple of the bristles that covered Goyle’s forehead and Ron pulled out several of Crabbe’s hairs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She was pouring boiling water into a bucket full of dry midlings and stirring the materials to a steaming paste. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “The urine in the bucket...but what was the point? We’re still stuck in here.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Others hunted for hidden petrol and ship oil pockets, bucketing out the valuable fluid. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The bucket crashes to the floor, splattering chopped entrails everywhere. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z While we fill the buckets, Ann walks to where some wildflowers are growing and picks a small bouquet of yellow, purple, and white. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z At the wharf, workers flashed their tin lunch buckets and grumbled for cigarettes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “That’s all right, my boy,” August says cheerily, slinging a bucket of meat at me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A few minutes later Kote returned with a bucket of soapy water. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I wondered where you’d got to,” boomed the Afrikaner as he plunged his hands into a bucket to clean them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And every morning the sea breeze bustled up and called Turner until he followed it to the shore where Lizzie waited for him, her bucket half full of clams. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Outside, on the driveway, Apa has already set out the white bucket and sponges next to the car. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The buckets were full; we fished out floating leaves and twigs and took the buckets in. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z By now, the roads were filled with children swinging their fathers’ meal buckets and workers returning from saloons for the night shift. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But before long he came hurrying back, hitched the horses to the wagon, threw in his ax, the two washtubs, the wash-boiler and all the pails and wooden buckets there were. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent hours retching into a bucket until his throat burned like fire. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers ignored it until, when it persisted, the young one stood up and waved Jonathan toward the bucket and the door. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “The engine on that thing sounded like a bucket of nails in a blender. I knew you kids wouldn’t get very far,” he said, “so I ran and fetched your folks.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Mother stood still, watching Miss Annie coming, and then she put her bucket down and went to meet her. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Dad says the people should empty their buckets in the middle of the night when we are asleep so that we won’t be disturbed by the stink. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A shower had been improvised from a rubber hose and a bucket filled with water heated by the kitchen staff. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z We form a line that stretches from the river to the fort, and we pass the buckets quickly, one to another. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He burst out laughing and slammed his cleaver on a salmon, its head shooting across the blood-slicked counter to land perfectly in a little guillotine bucket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z With an unexpected shove from below, I ended up tumbling into the storage room, overturning a galvanized bucket with a god-awful clamor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They took a hemp sack and a bucket and went seeking, working their way across the sand, out along the spit that led to the island. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the bucket and started for the door. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Waited a long time while he set the bucket beneath Rosie. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Jonathan set the milk bucket on the table, now very much aware of his hunger. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The upperclassman hands him a bucket and Frederick pours it out on the ground. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z That’s a mere drop in the bucket, compared to the number of texts sent—six billion in the United States each day. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I couldn’t even imagine how the rickety insulin bucket might be faring. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She dropped her rag in her bucket and turned to find Clara watching her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I filled the bucket with potato scraps and mutton fat, and put the pie on top. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch her as we haul our buckets down the hall. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He brings me a huge pile of paper and big buckets of paint. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He balanced a wooden yoke across his wide shoulders, and two buckets hung level from either side. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Later he returned with fried-fish soup, rice, and a bucket of water. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Your mama has buckets of sunflowers downstairs,” said Peach in a shaky voice. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In our house he used a bucket in his room and took it to the bathroom. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Each of the children went to the toilet, a zinc bucket in the comer, since it was too cold for them to go outside. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I returned to the buckets, my emotions whirling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Our ladders clatter overhead, and the bucket slides out from under me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Olanna went to the backyard and began to sift through the metal bucket of ash. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Shoot a few buckets down at the Y, maybe wash the Chevy. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought me a brush, a bucket of steaming water, and a cake of lye soap. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “It’ll be good for you to get some air. Fetch a bucket of water home with you, mind. I wager Madam will wake with a thumping headache.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I followed the boy down an aisle between endless cans, buckets and drums labeled with the company's trademark, a screaming eagle. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She hung a milk bucket on the fence post and started toward the darkened house, where the two small boys stood at a window and stared outside. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z During final exams, if we started to fall asleep while studying at night, they would bring a bucket of cold water, put our feet in it, and say, “Keep going!” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z 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 “It’s like we was in a bucket of ghosts,” said Johnny. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat there and enjoyed the smell and the dark greenness of it.Oh, the mystery of a great tree, a prisoner in a tin wash bucket in a tenement front room! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t like most of my teachers because they’re as interesting as buckets of rocks, but English with Mr. Ingman is always fun. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Keep the egg in the fire, ’cause their mothers breathe on ’em, see, an’ when it hatches, feed it on a bucket o’ brandy mixed with chicken blood every half hour. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “How about if you fill up the chip bucket? That would be a help for Leafie, I’m sure.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He assembled fifty buckets of human urine, which he kept for months in his cellar. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Wheat was thirsty, so humans dug irrigation canals or lugged heavy buckets from the well to water it. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But here, he lay exposed, alone, ignored, his life leaking from his body like water from some rusty bucket. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Bucket!” he said, kicking the bucket with his foot. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He muttered more congratulations before he sat with Uncle Mbaezi on the veranda, with a bucket of sugarcane in front of them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The lobby is full of other old folks in wheelchairs, lined up in front of the bucket seats meant for visitors. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Today our cowboy brings a paper bucket of chicken, skin crispy and golden, smelling of perfection. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He sits over the open top of his water-filled bucket to cool off. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I say, “Like a five-gallon bucket with a glass bottom in it?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The bucket was moving more quickly the second time around. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers became calloused from scrubbing the hall floor, and she learned how to carry the heavy bucket of soapy water up the stairs without spilling a drop. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can I have a look in the bucket?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll bring you a bucket of hot water. Winter rate’s two dollars.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z This was what the men of Hellgate competed for: a private cell, a blanket, clean water, a bucket for waste. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Now I am the one who heats and carries the heavy buckets of water, stirs the soapy brew, lifts the sodden clothes to be rinsed, and spreads them to dry. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “The mountain’s a thousand miles high and three thousand miles wide, and all a man has to do is wait until the sun warms the mountain and then scoop the gold into big buckets.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He rushes to the slop bucket, throws up. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z She uncovered the bucket, and it was full of dark brown syrup. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Wooden buckets and lanterns and knots of rope dangled from the ceiling. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Where was I going to get a bucket? My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Out in the barn, he threw hay down from the loft and carried buckets of com from the crib in preparation for the evening feeding of the stock. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He helped with a bucket and mop Mother had borrowed from the porter, and brought us soup heated over recently acquired Sterno cans. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Never mind the milk, comrades!” cried Napoleon, placing himself in front of the buckets. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z A handful of kids were playing with buckets and pails in the sandbox. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then he would be doused with the bucket and returned to his cage. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Beside the cannon is a bucket of polish and a rag. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Someone ran up behind her and dumped a bucket of water over her head, dousing her. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z When I enter the large room again, some of the factionless are walking out with buckets of paint and paintbrushes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z We passed a family, all in their nightclothes, throwing buckets of water against the wall of their house, as the fire chewed through the wood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you dare,” said Edgar, but Seven put his little mushroom tank in the bucket anyway. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “The rain would come, and it would be like buckets falling on top of you,” de la O said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The boy always brought a brush and bucket too, to clean up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I set the bucket down and turn away, retching. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The cool water splashed over the edge of the bucket as Ash lifted it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of them devise a game that involves kicking the ball through one doorway or the other, and we’re lucky it never lands in the slop bucket or the soup. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In her haste she missed her grip on the bucket and, to her horror, it slipped loose and tumbled several yards down the hill behind her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She waved the bucket, sending smoke into the hive. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sliding over to make room for her in the bucket seat, Jack says, “Just do what it takes to get those hours over with, right?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Pa and Ma went back and forth, carrying the two loaded tubs and the wash-boiler and all the buckets and pails into the house. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I can tell she's imagining an empty bucket drifting down into the dark well and coming back, water sloshing out of its sides like tears. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Hatsue turned down between strawberry rows and upended her bucket on the compost heap, glanced at the moon so that its blue light caught her face, then returned to the house by a different route. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Below the sink, I saw a green plastic bucket filled with water. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I filled up a bucket at the pump off the side of the mill and brought it back. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruby dips her trunk in her water bucket. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z With the well right up by the porch, I only had to lean over to let the bucket down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We took turns bathing in the narrow bathroom, with halffull buckets of water, warmed for a while with a heating coil plunged into them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Blue Balls himself stood near the middle of the table with a bucket in his hands; opposite him stood Apache Bill with another bucket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I steel myself and reach for a bucket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z This brought a loud laugh from Rainie, which sounded like someone had dropped an empty bucket on a gravel bar and then had kicked it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I hauled up bucket after bucket of cold well water until the rope blistered my hands and the blisters burst and bled. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I meant the water bucket, from when I watered the chickens this morning.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My backseat is a far cry from leather, but he crossed his legs as if he owned my bucket. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A real house with curtains and proper shelves for my books and actual chairs to sit on, not old lard buckets. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The one-legged man let the bucket fill, then began to draw it upward. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Raises his smock, urinates into the slop bucket. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The next week we were ordered to fill the bucket to the top. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Often she poured the water off, and filled the tub again with buckets of water from the spring. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Me and Rondell hopped in the back of the truck and my gramps handed me an empty bucket and nodded at me, and I nodded back. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The cowbells rang softly as the tin bucket slid down over his ears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As soon as she was well out of sight, Tea Cake got up and dumped the water bucket and washed it clean. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Then he added, “That puzzle you were working on was interesting. Did you like the one I sent in the bucket?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I moved my bucket and chair to the side of the house where she was standing on her chair, scrubbing and humming happily. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I climb into Papi’s van and balance myself on the paint bucket as usual. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She waited until her heart had calmed before she dropped the washrag back into the bucket, her breathing ragged. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z On the main deck, she plunked herself down among the spare ropes and buckets of tar Horse and Archer had left on deck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They steadied the buckets with their hands, but the weight hung from the yokes on their shoulders. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Helmuth uses the slop bucket again, a handful of cut-up newspaper squares in his hand. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I washed up in the cold water bucket, quickly pinned on a clean apron, checked my kerchief was on proper and followed Becky to the parlor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw a pallet of horse blankets and two buckets placed against the wall, one with a bloody cloth peeking over the rim. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z More than anything he wanted the camaraderie of the road men: the lunch buckets, the hollering, the body movement that in the end produced something real, something he could point to. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z "Was it in buckets or them little biddy cans?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A sly look came over Penelope’s face, and she dropped her washrag in the bucket at their feet. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Lem hesitated, swallowed hard, and brought the bucket up. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It also contained the old man’s simple living quarters: a cot, a lamp, a work table, a folding chair, a bucket for carrying water, a plate, pots, pans, and so on. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The water was deliciously cold on her hot face, and she gulped it thirstily straight from the bucket. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Well, when the maple sap came to the hole in the tree, it ran out of the tree, down the little trough and into the bucket.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z A spider had strung a web between a wall and the bucket of waste. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I’m betting it’s charity work, or maybe he’s been secretly chatting with Aimee and arranging a meet-up so she and I can make things right before I kick the bucket. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He pulled the moon snail out of the bucket. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “What happens when water freezes? Swells, doesn’t it? Well, if sap freezes in full buckets, sometimes all the seams split, and there we are. A leaky bucket’s no good for man or beast.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Once he let go, I gave the bucket to the sergeant. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The water at the bottom of the horses’ buckets is murky and has oats floating in it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He went out to walk to the canal to fetch a bucket of clear water to wash in. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A short time after Minnijean’s return, a boy doused her with what appeared to be a bucket of soup. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally she showed them a length of slender nylon rope coiled around the bottom and sides of the bucket. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Remember when your father caught that big crab in a bucket?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z On top of all that Carl broke his leg in ’36 and spent his time hobbling up and down the rows, chasing after posts or buckets he couldn’t carry on account of his homemade crutches. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There was the ice on the oiled paper window, ice on the inside of the cabin walls on cold mornings, ice on the frozen paths and ice in the water bucket. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He’d crawl through the damp tunnel each morning with a pick, filling buckets for his family and neighbors so they could keep their houses warm and stoves burning. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I hauled buckets of water to the potato patch, drenching the plants which looked healthiest. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We bent like dogs, each taking turns lapping out of the bucket while the blond guard drank leisurely from a large canteen. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His trainer gave him a swig of seltzer, which he spit into the bucket. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That means that if there are more than two people, somebody sits on a paint bucket. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z None of them are wearing much of their clothes, because it’s hot now and they can’t open a window—and what can it matter when you’re all doing your business in the same bucket, anyway? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I hold out the bucket and say, “Which is why I wanted you to have these.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I picked up the bucket to fetch more water in preparation for the next crisis. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In less than an hour, the men are heaving their buckets of mixed rocks back into their truck. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Quick. Empty the bucket from the bedroom and leave it outside. Then chase out the chickens and stay with them. I’m going to lock the door behind you.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He even put out his hand and took hold of the milk bucket to help carry it. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting on an old tin bucket turned upside down by the doorway to his hogan. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A stream of water flowed upward from a bucket near the door, crossed the room, and cascaded into a large pot on the stove. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Before she buried it? Yes, I saw it. Looked more like a bucket than a rowboat.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Very pleasant, thank you,” said Mum, as a tubby man with joke-shop sideburns trundled a large, white, lidded wheely bucket round from the front of the house. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The following week, the warder in charge announced that we must now fill the bucket three-quarters of the way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After turning this over in his mind a few times, Reynie gave up and said, “Okay, what did your bucket have to do with getting through the maze?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z On his head was a mock helm fashioned from an old tin bucket, with a rack of deer antlers strapped to the crown and hung with cowbells. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He can no longer avoid the overflowing slop bucket. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The boy returned with a bucket of well water and an empty burlap sack. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The huntress undid the latch and pulled the gate open for her, and then Ash set the bucket down on the ground for the bay mare. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She handed me a neon pink bucket containing a fresh tube of toothpaste, a new toothbrush, and a small bottle of shampoo. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She dropped the note back in the bucket and pulled the rope to raise it up to the boy’s room. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z If somebody’s got a piece, security puts it in a bucket nearby and returns it once the Ring lets out. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She thrust the bucket away from her, and it spilled over the deck, black and sticky. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He plunged a scoop in a bucket and threw some sort of white powder at us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z A water spigot rose a few inches above the ground near the toilet, so you could get a bucket and tote water upstairs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had he passed the bucket off to him and refilled the empty one dropped at his feet than another one was coming, and then another. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It looked like an old storage closet, brooms and buckets pushed haphazardly to the side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He has a bucket and is washing the slurs from his window, smearing the yellow paint into huge wet circles. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z At the front door he almost knocked young Tom down carrying in a bucket already filled to the brim. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was pouring his tea, Ma,” Rupa said, but she grabbed the bucket and headed outside again. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z She sat in Elizas rocker with the children at her feet and told a tale of magic buckets and flying ships. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The goatman pitched the bucket of stew into a tangled patch of thorns and bounded over a fallen log. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I picked up one bucket; Chase carried the two others. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Beastkeepers were also desperately carrying buckets of water and haphazardly throwing the water onto the fire, but it was no use. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Meanwhile Galen and I hauled five-gallon buckets of blood and guts and feathers from the processing shed to the compost pile. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He ran them through his fingers, foot after foot of them, described them as “normal” to the microphone, put them in a bucket on the floor. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I grabbed the small plastic bucket Mama kept my hair things in: pomades, combs, barrettes, and knockers. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I dipped the mop into the bucket for a soak. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I can balance a bucket on top of my head, too. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Take the buckets on the front porch,” said Birdie. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She sneaks the dirty bucket down and the water bucket up every morning, as soon as Karin and Ilse are gone. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z James turned a corner by the bucket man, who was still beating his makeshift drums in a frenzy. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z For this I got another half bucket of water in the face. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Take that bucket outside. Wash it out in the snow,” the bald man told me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Hermione sat down on an upturned bucket, looking desperately anxious, but Harry wanted a few questions answered. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We have caught it in buckets and barrels to drink, and the river is no longer so salty. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “I shall have to purchase another. But first, I have some need of sheets, a bolster, a fire, and, with an even greater show of celerity, Madame, a bucket into which I may vomit broth.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It pulled up short of the fire, huffed again, then advanced on the bucket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Just outside the door was a wide bucket full of sand, with several torches jutting out of it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z And then, because hot tears have sprung to my eyes, I give the twins’ water bucket a hard kick and march across the yard for home. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They had brought in plastic totes, coolers, and big buckets, and deposited them in the smaller rocks just beyond the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Lula trembled and clutched a tin bucket to her chest and looked like she was going to be sick at any moment. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z We took the eggs in to Mama and she floated them in a bucket. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There is not much required of me aboard ship, just to bring him his wash water in the morning and empty the slop buckets we all use. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Then she turns toward the door and yells, “You better leave something in that bucket, or the next time you’ll have a table next to the restrooms.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She was washing the stainless-steel knives in a bucket of water, and the water had turned red with her work. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Diamond Joe and I carry buckets of offal from behind the menagerie to the main train. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The chauffeur came up with a bucket full of salted ice. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z On the floor right next to the door is a bucket and mop. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “I am sorry for punching you last night. Bring me a bucket, would you?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I return to the river, fill my bucket again. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Rishi crumpled up his strip and stuck it into the recycling bucket provided. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They took buckets from the verandah of one of the houses and headed toward the river. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But I laughed when she would hand me the bucket. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been sent to Camp Green Lake because of a bucket of popcorn. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Only one woman, with two buckets, was ahead of me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z "Hey, you over there. Come on from behind that counter and take this bucket. Don't you see ain't nothing in that cash register, that if it was I'd have it myself?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Katz cried in astonishment, as if somebody had just thrown a bucket of ice water over him, and scooted inside. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I asked as I dropped the bucket down the well. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She came with a bucket and I took it, knowing I had me a big kicking fight on my hands if I ever hoped to get any milk. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z After adding a little sea water to the bucket’s contents, I placed it on the side bench just beyond the tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Scooping a coconut shell of water out of the bucket, I run over and hand it to her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then on her bucket of coals she set her lunch to boil, and monitored the flame with a plaited palm fan. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I bucketed Rocinante out of California by the shortest possible route—one I knew well from the old days of the 1930s. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We dashed back to the flat and placed buckets on the verandah to catch the rainwater and watched them fill rapidly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I could not understand why people would buy giant buckets of popcorn, only to dump them on the floor. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z One evening on her way to dinner, she collapsed on the third-floor landing, pounding her fists, kicking her feet, sweating buckets, lost to this world. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z With his tongue Mullet Fingers displayed the string that connected him to the bucket. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And when she had finished and had pushed the bucket around the ground with her nose a little, she stepped quietly over to Jody and rubbed her cheek against him. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z But even worse was to lose her bucket. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He finished hauling the buckets, then went home for lunch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Flowers, greens, and buckets forgotten, we ran across the prairie, joined at the hands and wobbling like an unwieldy snake. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z There was a battery-powered drill, a canvas cot, a bucket of sea water for rinsing, a metal suitcase full of the various instruments. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He began turning the windlass, spooling the bucket down into the darkness. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Then he said slowly, “I figure that your little ‘mission of mercy’ is worth a bucket of reward money.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Jon's fingers were in the bucket, blood up to the wrist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She had started humming sadly to herself, but she stopped, her rag poised midway between the bucket and the floor, as if suddenly aware of my presence behind her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “What kind of person doesn’t know what a bucket’s for? It’s for carrying things, silly.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Just as they had with the buckets, folks took a sip of the soda and handed the bottle to the next person in line. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She emptied her bucket, flipped it over, and standing atop it on her tiptoes, unscrewed the maintenance panel above her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z We were in the cabin by then and Papa dipped a cloth in the bucket. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Back at her apartment that afternoon, Emily wrote a note for the bucket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Yeah. You work good,” Nailer said as he yanked a fresh eel from another bucket and handed it across to her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Faster and faster Kate ran, catching her pace, her bucket bouncing against her hip and Constance clinging desperately to her shoulders. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I left the bucket at the boy’s feet and stumbled three steps backward. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Sitting on what looks like an overturned plastic bucket is an old man with a hat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Nothing suited her better than to wait until the milk bucket was nearly full, then kick it over with a back hoof. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It feels like somebody just dumped a bucket of ice-cold water on my head. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Carrying those full buckets back to the Locktons’ was powerful hard. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must say what you think, or else spend your Saturday with your head in a bucket and not in conversation with me. You understand?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Here,” he says, pointing at a pair of buckets. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She padded toward him with a bucket full of kitchen scraps, her sandals squeaking, moving toward the compost heap, and on her return trip she’d passed between the rows of raspberries. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z For a moment Carlyle ponders the gray suds in his bucket, then finally says, “It’s behind the peach pit, in the socket of his dead eye.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z People had to lug their own water, in buckets or milk jugs or soda containers. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Chase picked up the bucket and took my arm. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I come up the walk carrying the refrigerated shipping bucket, and she says, “Finch, what on earth? Why do you smell like smoke?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Esther was there already, filling a bucket in slow motion for the women in the sewing shop. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Bates asked in exasperation, heaving a sloshing bucket to Mr. Malone, who had just run up to join them. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As he sat on a wall and drank from a wooden bucket, she answered his questions. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The trailer was a fifty-foot flatbed rigged for scrapping, essentially a giant bucket. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The rations are long gone, the canteens are empty, and the sludge in the bottom of the bucket full of paintbrushes is undrinkable. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Next duel She went to her room, slid open the window, dropped the paper in the sand pail, and raised the bucket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Come on, Henry,” Lelia says, tossing the sponge into the bucket. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Empty paint buckets, paint brushes, stepladders, stools, saucepans, frying-pans, rotten eggs, dead rats, bottles of hair-oil—anything those brutes could lay their hands on came raining down upon the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The water used for farming, cooking, and washing had to be fetched in buckets from streams and springs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This assortment scrabbled unhappily against the tin of the lunch bucket. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z We placed buckets of water on the cast-iron wood stove in the kitchen so we could have warm water for washing and shaving. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was too hot, so I spread newspapers out over the kitchen table and got the bucket of wooden mallets from the cabinet above the refrigerator. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Inside are hundreds of buckets, lined up two deep in front of trunks and clothes racks, with names or initials painted on the sides. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 I took my buckets to the fountain, headed to the end of the line, and joined my neighbors in their fight. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It had the same standard tin roof, the same cement floor, a narrow kitchen, and a bucket toilet in back. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The whale oil lamps stayed on nearly the whole day in the factory, so water buckets were kept filled on every floor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The man who had been carrying the two buckets to the menagerie came back with his buckets empty. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He shook her gently but the blank look remained, so he went to the tap and splashed a bucket of cold water on her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Matthew refused to leave, so Emily and James agreed to meet him by the bucket man after they found their book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He picked up his bucket and his jars and his crowbar and went slowly over the slippery rocks back toward the beach. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z As I went to empty my porridge into the scraps bucket, Becky pointed to her own bowl. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Women were out on their front porches with their mops and buckets, waging their never-ending battle against the coal dust. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Holly took the scraps and put them in a five-gallon bucket behind the counter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The sap was coming so fast that before they got the buckets on the spiles were dripping. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, the bucket tipped and spilled and she crawled out through the bucket hole, smelling horribly. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z You found a plastic bucket to sit on under the shade of a thorny acacia tree, about as far from the rubbish range as you could go while staying within sight. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z After filling the bucket, Jonathan moved away so the cow wouldn’t kick it over. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I push the mop bucket back to the pasta disaster zone. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z We strolled past Mama Mwanza’s and a bunch of other houses where mostly old men were sitting on buckets without a single tooth in their heads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I send up two buckets of clean water, make a tasteless pot of porridge that will at least keep someone alive, and then Helena and I clean. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Mrs. Cooper from the candy store and her daughter, Thelma, arrived next, stepping into the bucket line and asking how to help. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The sailor spoke more words, but to Amari they sounded like wooden buckets clattering together. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Soldiers splashed through the glittering puddles, toting wood, emptying wagons, carrying buckets hither and fro, and standing about on corners conversating with each other. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The man pulled drumsticks from his vest pocket and gave a practice rat-a-tat run before readjusting some buckets. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z At the end of an hour’s work, the water in his bucket was still clean enough for a lady to wash her hands in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She moves slowly, pausing often as she carries a bucket of hot water. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Denna dropped another load of wood and peered down into the bucket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She placed a bucket next to the bed and picked up the lamp. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The hair-washing sink, propped up with a piece of plywood, drained into a large white bucket, the walls around it splattered with years’ worth of hair dye. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He retrieved it, found some thin line tangled in a ball, and untangled enough to cut and tie ten feet to the handle of the bucket. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The pump bucket and pump handle, for example, were straightforward applications of existing technologies, and the boiler was basically a large brewer’s copper. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Pieces of coal were always falling off the trucks when they made their deliveries, and Brian suggested that he and I get a bucket and collect some. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He’s still standing in the doorway of the bedroom beside his buckets, dirty, unshaven, and in need of a haircut. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I dragged the bucket to the center of the room and got to work, sliding the mop over the floor in long, easy strokes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I take the bleach, pour a capful into the bucket of water so I can mop. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After that, we each grab a little bucket of water and run to the nearest available door or window to toss it out. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z She came over and dipped her hand in the dog’s bucket, and held out a handful of porridge. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Lem bent on a rope, lowered a bucket, and pulled. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Estha put on the tap and water drummed into a plastic bucket. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He slammed through the door, scaring Grandma, who kicked the bucket of water over. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Nathan grabbed a bucket and gently poured water over each of the seeds. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He held the bucket, leaning away from it to avoid the spitting, and lugged it full back to the dory. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Once she finished, I filled my bucket and carried it back to our tent. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Don’t look into the bucket again, I warned myself and jerked my head away. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The room was empty and devoid of any kind of furniture—no bench, no basin, no bucket. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Becky wrapped it for me, but it stung to carry even an empty bucket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the citizens would rush in with buckets of water, and the fire was quickly drowned. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Valley threw a bucket from her window, which very nearly hit Seven and broke the glass of the art gallery in one fell swoop. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z They hauled buckets of water up from a relative’s home two blocks down the hill. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Kicking the bucket onto its side, she hopped onto it and began rolling it forward with her feet, like a circus bear balancing on a ball. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z We left a slight hole in the middle and that’s where we spilled the buckets of guts. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Even though James had his window open upstairs, too, they seemed to have made an unspoken agreement that there would be no verbal conversations when the message bucket was in use. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I released the handle and the bucket splashed, a distant sound. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t wear any gloves, either, when I filled buckets with alcohol, bleach, and ammonia, dumped old rags and sponges in, and scrubbed death from the walls and floor of the house. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Twig’s dad is a banker in New York and makes buckets of money. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Smoked ham, bacon, a bucket of salt mackerel, flour, cornmeal, grits, raw sweet potatoes, lard, coffee, a tin of butter, some store bread, and a can of beaten biscuits that Dunse’s mama made. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She ended up tipping over and plunging, headfirst, into an overflowing bucket. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Louise hammered up a one-room shack with no running water, an outhouse behind, and a roof that leaked so badly that they had to keep buckets on the beds. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I bend over them rows so long, dropping the beans into a bucket, I think I’m going to be bent for life. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He declares that the show’s vet should not have to bathe with buckets of cold water and invites me to shower in the stateroom. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It seemed like magic how quickly the buckets were emptied and into the storage tanks. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z We topped off the leaves by hand and dumped the carrots in a bucket until it was full. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z There they were in a bucket, all sizes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There was blood already—he’d stumbled and ripped open the tender web of skin at the base of his thumb on a jagged splinter—and buckets of sweat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Another guard came over and dumped a bucket of water on the screaming man. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Wait a minute. He’s got the bucket. If you give me a leg up, how will you get out?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “And we only have one more bucket of water. No more running water until four A.M. tomorrow.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She was on the floor by a bucket of suds, wiping the floor, and Marly saw the look on her face. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She’d helped her parents pick the paint four years ago, and her dad spilled a whole bucket of it on his shirt. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He hastily buried the ndoro in the mud at the edge of the pool and plunged the bucket into the dark water. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She pulled it up again and lo and behold, there was water in the bucket. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z In the silver chill of the Maine afternoon, as I bucketed and lumbered over the pitted surface of a wood road, I saw four lady mooses moving with stately heaviness across my bow. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Helmuth picks up his slop bucket, carries it outside, waits his turn to empty it, hose it out. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z It must have rained, for the glass was beaded with moisture, and water licked the brim of the leak bucket in the corner. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Miss Sadie gave me this bucket and told me to find a young cottonwood tree in the moonlight.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I hadn’t doused the fires, merely slowed them down enough to give the townsfolk and their buckets a fighting chance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It feels as if I've dipped my arm into a bucket of snow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Dicey filled a bucket with water and ammonia and took Sammy upstairs with her to wash windows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the bucket and started to bail, tipping the water over the side where the canopy was still undone. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I heard the empty thud when the bucket hit the floor. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Only after greeting and caring for the animals did Baba wash his feet, legs, arms, and hands with the water in the bucket Rupa left for him. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z By the time we reached the movie house, Poet had traded the boots for a large bucket of hot porridge. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Cinder’s arrogance left him in a second, like water poured from a bucket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Sure,” I said with false bravery, and stupidly took a step forward which was a mistake, because next to my foot was a bucket filled with thick human fluids. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I stepped over to the man closest to her and set the bucket in front of him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z But it’s water all the same, so I carry the buckets outside, remove my shirt and dump what’s left over my arms, head, and chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Then he added, “That puzzle you were working on was interesting. Did you like the one I sent in the bucket?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “This goes in the chips bucket and”—he rolled his hands around—“yee-haw! The chips flip right in the stove. No more mess.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z James arrives with two buckets of water hanging from either end of a yoke balanced across his shoulders. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “I don’t see a tape measure in your bucket.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The captain of the distressed vessel, at last heeding the injunction, cast down his bucket, and it came up full of fresh sparkling water from the mouth of the Amazon River.' Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I get my last bucket of salt herring from the cooler in the shack and put it under the middle seat in the skiff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It hurt him that the heavy yoke and the two buckets which he had worn so often, to his humiliation, had somehow descended upon her thin shoulders. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In a corner of the room stand two galvanized buckets filled to the rim with water. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At the end of the day, Hugo put down his bucket of tools and sat next to the clock he had been checking. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z And my sisters and I are still standing there like three thirst buckets. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z A short time later Moniek took his bucket out—with a jar of marmalade in it. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Bogdana yelled, “Good riddance!” then picked up her bucket and went back to scooping up debris. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The steak bits're okay, but kidney makes me reach for the vomit bucket. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z We had been relieving ourselves outside, but with the snowstorm in full rage, we had no choice but to sit on a bucket in the jurta. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Here, I’ll draw you some fresh, Miss Love,” I said, emptying the bucket into the wash pan. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z To get to it, to redeem it, Franny had to shuffle across the floor through a quantity of newspapers and sidestep an empty paint bucket. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z If I told Lord Bolton what she said, her head would be up next to Hana’s before it got dark, she thought as she drew up the bucket again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Gat ducked a bucket into the cold seawater and rinsed the dock clean. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Each turn of the crank took a year of effort, summer, spring, fall and winter, and my tears splashed into the dust as the bucket climbed out of the earth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I carried the bucket inside and poured a mug for Grandfather. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bed was made, most of the surfaces gleamed with a fresh coat of lemon oil, and a bucket and mop were propped up in the corner. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She waded through a mixture of old rags, used bandages, the emptied-out waste of the slop buckets. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He looped the rope to the bucket handle and tossed the bucket over the edge. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z They finished washing up the windows quicker than they ever had before and took the bucket of wash water down to the kitchen to empty out. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z What was I thinking, bringing only one bucket of bait? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When folks saw the spell he was under they stepped aside like he was toting a bucket that was overflowing with the plague! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z In some of the thin-walled houses, it was so cold that water could freeze in a bucket before you’d finished washing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Even in her panic she couldn’t help noticing that Mrs. Odom, who never seemed to walk farther than her own mailbox, dashed right past her, a bucket under each arm. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I grab the Clorox and the rags and a bucket. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The men were still behind them, rounding past the bucket man. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Inside the wooden bucket, bits of meat, cut carrots, potato fragments, and onion floated in a fragrant yellow broth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She opened the trap and the small fish flickered green and gold as she spilled them into a bucket. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The bucket made its way around the room at a snail’s pace as each man studied the contents and chose a small portion of discarded potato or bread or gristle. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed a paper bag from the bucket and looked inside. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The other end was tied to the rope handle of the wooden bucket below, midway between the fire and the greystones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We help her balance the yoke across her shoulders and lift the buckets of water. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I drew a final bucket of water, washed the dishes, and set them on the table. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Setting the kitchen bucket down, I would drop the bucket with the rope. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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