| 单词 | buying |
| 例句 | Green went from bust to boom in weeks, buying up whatever tobacco was available from his neighbors and shipping it off to New York, Kansas, Ohio, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Maine, California. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Are they buying one of those plastic fans? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Any silver that English or French pirates could steal from the Spanish was also ideal for buying Asian cloth. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Within five minutes, there was a small crowd of neighborhood kids and pedestrians buying lemonade from the stand. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z It’s the same corner where there’s a little market perfect for buying bottles of orange juice and roles de canela, cinnamon rolls packaged in bright pink wrappers featuring a white bear wearing a baker’s hat. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “What if you step on something? A piece of glass? I’m buying you a pair.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Samuel Ward—the man they said was buying the chandlery. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He wished that he were walking through the streets with her just as they were doing now, but openly and without fear, talking of trivialities and buying odds and ends for the household. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But in all branches of industry—and death is an industry, my young friend, make no mistake about that—one makes one’s money from operating in bulk, from buying in quantity, from centralizing one’s operations. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I want to see what he’s buying, but it’s already bagged. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She considered saving the shirt for Christmas, going to Rizzoli and buying him an architecture book instead. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z With no companies like GE buying scrap for their manufacturing operations, or shipping companies like Patel Global Transit looking to buy scavenge to sell overseas, the ship-breaking yards were idle. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The word hangs in the air between us—church as opposed to the synagogue were buying this suit for. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Some have slipped out of sight, buying bigger and more lavish homes in neighborhoods increasingly insulated from the rest of Americans. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z If I get back to Earth, I'm buying Bruce Ng a beer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Steering the colored pilgrims down this or that path, buying them from estates and the block in order to conduct this experiment? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He could go to jail for buying an underage high school senior vodka coolers, right? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z There were no older brothers buying kegs and there were no empty houses. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I discovered that I’d received several offers from movie studios and book publishers, all interested in buying the rights to my life story. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There were also Daughters of Liberty who played an important role in the campaign against the buying of products made in England. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z There were the visual customers—officers wanting food, ordinary soldiers wanting a chance to get warm, Redding people buying things. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Fully grown women were seen going into sweetshops and buying ten Wonka candy bars at a time, then tearing off the wrappers on the spot and peering eagerly underneath for a glint of golden paper. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “You trying to tell me you blood buyers got some kind of clean conscience? Like making some petrol is different than buying our blood and rust out on the wrecks for your recycling?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The boys would now examine some new article of clothing I had bought; none of us allowed a week to pass without buying something new, paying fifty cents down and fifty cents per week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Flournoy said he and his wife would come, but most folks either acted like they didn’t hear the invite or else huffed out of the store without buying a thing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z You can help by buying products that have not been tested on animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I was a little worried that Mom had not gotten the message, or that she had gotten it but was not buying it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Or when he was just starting out in the business of buying houses, he would lounge around the barbershop and swap stories with the men there. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert only stays long enough for my mother to thank him for buying our tickets for getting us home. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z She sniffed all the spices for free before buying nutmeg and pepper. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Am I to fill my mouth with clay? Am I to be lectured by one who was wetting his loincloth when I was out buying cattle for my family?” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You and I aren’t like Hassan, that rich merchant. If he makes a buying mistake, it doesn’t affect him much. But we two have to live with our mistakes.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re not going to save too much money buying nice art books for your friends.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She noticed many people staring curiously at the chickens as if they had never seen them before, but few were buying, because they could not afford them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Didn’t Walter wind up buying that little Bonanza?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And also because it took up my Sunday—not to mention the trouble of getting to the bus, buying tickets, and spending two hours traveling. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Unfortunately for Ruth, though, there were registers kept of everything bought at the Sales, along with a record of who’d done the buying. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They were black people and they were buying papers to read about how the white folks were trying to track him to earth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t do him any good to bankrupt himself buying war bonds. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “And I have a lot of money. I’m buying expectations.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I’d do them a favor by buying their records and breaking them in two. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If consumers stop buying, stores and shops and restaurants go out of business. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This may explain why grandparents are in love with buying grandkids pajamas and bathrobes. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z These chefs, along with the buying clubs and the farmers markets, are all part of a worldwide movement. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Finally, he thought that one apartment had “possibilities,” but his two friends quickly tried to talk him out of buying it because it was right above a tawdry sex shop. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His aunt was rich and always buying them new stuff. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z At our school we wear uniforms so our parents do not bother buying us as many clothes as you have. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Alec had reached out and closed the door after Mark came through, maybe buying them a couple of seconds. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z One was an old Victorian Zeitoun had always admired, and a few doors down was a house he had considered buying when it had been on the market a few years earlier. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Dad had a nicer boss and talked all the time about buying a boat. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z On the afternoon of September 10, driving out of Cut Bank after buying some parts for a malfunctioning combine, he pulled over for a hitchhiker, an amiable kid who said his name was Alex McCandless. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I was walking away toward town with visions of buying something good to eat, and this older white boy I knew, Richard Dixon, came up and asked me if I wanted to match nickels. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I was surprised to see John break down and start buying his own six-packs of beer. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z We stayed the whole day in Salcedo, sitting in the park between masses, buying treats for the kids as bribes for the next hour-long mass. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Belonging was drinking and laughing with the platoon, dancing with blond women, buying drinks for buddies born in Cleveland, Ohio. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He often prowled through junkyards touching old cars and buying old alternators and carburetors just for the joy of cleaning them up and making them work again. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Her desktop computer had crashed right before they moved, but Candice’s mom wanted to wait until the fall before buying her a new one. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Regina wasn’t buying his sales pitch and wrote back that Armstrong and his church were feeding Bobby a line of mumbo jumbo and engaging in fear mongering. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The scythe tried to defend himself, claiming the old adage, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” but the High Blade wasn’t buying it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Lourdes’s job is to sit at the bar, chat with patrons, and encourage them to keep buying grossly overpriced drinks for her. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Listen to you. Bobby Kennedy is out buying sacks full of votes.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is buying the wool out of his wages, sir!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z For the next two weeks I whirled around the city going to doctors, taking vitamin shots and pills, buying clothes for the baby, and except for the rare moments alone, enjoying the imminent blessed event. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z One kind of monetary policy, which involves the central bank buying private assets, is chunked as quantitative easing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z That’s why when he saw this house for sale, on the corner of American Street and Joy Road, he insisted on buying it with the cash from his ransacked and burned-to-the-ground car dealership in Port-au-Prince. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Someday, people will be buying these in antique shops, and they’ll have tiny computers that they carry around with them”—which I think he probably meant as a joke, except he didn’t laugh. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We used to talk about buying a house like one of these, an old big house, fixing it up. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z All we had left was the hustle, and we hustled even harder, taking the bit of cash we had on hand and trying to double it, buying this to flip it for that. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Tipper bought jewelry and had the idea of buying animal sculptures for the houses here.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Thorn was able to grab on to a root on the other side of the river, buying a few moments. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “I pretend I’m buying it and getting to read it for the first time. Besides, I try to support Riverbank. It’s basically the only semisophis...” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She thought about buying some for Laxmi, then hesitated, wondering how to explain what she’d been doing in an Indian grocery. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She still saw it as buying her something: appreciation first, information now. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten minutes later, I was in line at Kmart, buying three spiral notebooks, a new calculator, a pack of unsharpened pencils, and a pack of Skittles. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The Life Cult often supported itself on the ovum of its devotees, and the Harvesters were always buying. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Shopping is walking into shops and actually buying things they've got inside instead of just looking at them. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Fussing at his mother for buying too many bananas? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Her with her begging forgiveness for not buying me and telling me I’d have been a good slave for her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom had scurried around St. Louis buying these things before they left. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Dadi buying it at the flea market was the first time someone in my family had acknowledged my dream of becoming a filmmaker. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I think there is status to having a house full of pretty things, to buying expensive paintings of seashells from her arty friends and spoons from Tiffany’s. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Most of it went toward the cost of my rig and buying my own asteroid. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When it came to things like saying hello, counting from one to ten, or talking about buying coffee and sugar, they did pretty well. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He promised to support mother and child, as he did, buying them a home in the Philippines, sending occasional gifts to the child, and money to Marilyn. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z What troubled her mother was not the mistress, she knew, but the significance of what her father had done: buying the mistress a house in a neighborhood where Lagos socialites lived. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Guess who actually is buying up all the Norvelt houses and moving them to West Virginia?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But when it became clear that there was no risk of a HeLa shortage, they began sending the cells to any scientist interested in buying them, for ten dollars plus Air Express fees. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Lola had been complaining about his mother’s fruit buying for the past three days, so he knew his mom was trying to prove a point by putting every mango and clementine to good use. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It was part of a buying spree I had with some of my scholarship money when I heard I was one of the lucky ones going to New York. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z By then the refugee was buying bread at a bakery on the quay. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Others, the Quackenbushes of this world, could calmly watch the war approach them and jump into it at the last and most advantageous instant, as though buying into the stock market. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “See, I’m not going to make the mistake other guys made, buying those Hereford, white-face cattle. If it’s going to be a drought these next few years, then we need some special breed of cattle.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “You can’t take it back. It’s not like buying a sweater.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hazleton began buying more monkeys from the Philippines, from the same monkey house near Manila, and restocked the building with crab-eating monkeys that had been trapped in the rain forests of Mindanao. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter; he wasn’t buying my argument anyway. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He could reimburse the government for all the people and property he had destroyed and still have enough money left over to continue buying Egyptian cotton. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z That meant selling every stock mentioned in their clues and buying more shares of Westing Paper Products—at a loss of some thousands of dollars. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t see a sign saying anything about buying nothing. Rex, go ahead. Have as many as you want.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I knew Dad wasn’t talking about buying me some extravagant present, like a pony or a dollhouse. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Sure it was. And he ended up buying the plane anyway. Hugh?” he shouted into the next room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z After buying a few items at the five-and-dime store—a comb, toothpaste, notepaper—the four young black men would head for the lunch counter at the rear of the store, sit down, and order coffee. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Some 400,000 English people stopped buying the sugar that slaves grew and harvested. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z People mill in a little crowd on the other side, waiting, but there will be no buying or selling today. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And that was the other reason I didn’t mind buying Guzzo beer. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I’m considering buying a new car,” Mr. Trepid said soberly. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The sun was getting low by the time Joe Pepitone had smacked them out, and Mrs. Baker stood at home plate, surveying the place like she was considering buying it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z For a fleeting moment she wondered if Mother would consider buying an ambassador a pair of high-heeled shoes. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Where exactly do you plan on buying this new Bible?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Ruth was stunned by this, but Chrissie just went on: “We like buying them in big batches. It’s always cheaper in the long run. And you’ve always got one handy when it’s someone’s birthday.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, all the men on the docks started buying from us. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe because more was at stake than going to the pictures or buying ice cream. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z One day alter work, I went to look at buying another mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And that was how Baba ended those humiliating food stamp moments at the cash register and alleviated one of his greatest fears: that an Afghan would see him buying food with charity money. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Benji, if you keep buying people food and offering trips to Disney, they’ll want to hang out with you. But then how will you know who your real friends are?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z After docking the boat, he insisted on buying me a cheeseburger. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had nearly achieved his goal of buying every single Hard Tack yearling on the market. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He never talked about material things, like buying a house or a car or even new shoes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He started with Allen Textiles Inc., buying up enough shares to oust the family from control. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The farthest Buddy Willard ever went was buying us a bottle of Dubonnet, which he only did because he was trying to prove he could be aesthetic in spite of being a medical student. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Their buying power fuels the booming market for Christian books, music, and films. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “You’re not throwing away money buying those magazines, are you?” she asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I never see any of them in here buying milk for their mamas. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In mid-July, District Attorney Corkhill gave the press Guiteau's confession, in which he described planning the shooting, buying the gun, and following the president around Washington. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She was buying a soft pretzel—regular, salted—at Auntie Anne’s. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Plus all the “baked goods” are store-bought, so no one’s buying. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I spent a lot of time riding around among the farmers buying whatever they had. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On the way up the mountain, I stared out the window while Howard told me about Burl buying a motorcycle and his mama being mad as all get-out. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Since we didn’t have a camera, I thought buying ten postcards for fifty cents would be the next best thing. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Or guardians would claim to be buying homes and land for their wards while really buying these for themselves. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Jaime would have liked to do something for them, but his conscience told him it was better to spend his extra money buying food for the hungry than luxuries for his sister and his niece. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When the food ration is reduced, we supplement it by buying food from the Thai market at the edge of the camp. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks after that, Sima was in a market buying pomegranates, and tea, and saffron, when a black van pulled up onto the sidewalk. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He joined the Klan soon after buying the business. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But the more we washed them the worse they looked and Dad ended up going back to the Yankee Store and buying some brown-and-white seat covers for the front seat. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Got himself all involved buying up the new fairgrounds, getting folks in Amity Harbor to donate lumber and whatnot for the dance pavilion at West Port Jensen. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There was something rather sincere and pathetic about her going off to a shop in London and buying me these books because she knew I was fond of painting. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As Mark Munro of the MIT Technology Review has written, “Our future prosperity is not going to come from buying more stuff, but from doing more for each other.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She spent her days at the fair buying art. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Maybe instead of buying a house, we look into a place in the new building?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There was a girl there trying to sell some old jazz records but nobody was buying. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I’m thinking of buying the Parkers old homestead and using the fields for additional corn for the whiskey, since our small distillery has become quite popular. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z At that point, I knew for sure this was a better idea than just buying a bag of cookies from the store. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It seemed such a waste buying new underclothes for Clarice that I put the catalogue away in a drawer and never wrote to the shop after all. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He ended up buying a fifty-dollar car for seventy-five dollars out of a young man’s yard. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I started buying food at the Dollar Tree instead. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Look at that. She’s buying him candy,” said Arm disapprovingly as the boy’s mother fed money into the machine. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And protests — by the time troops had turned their muzzles on the marchers down South, the family was buying its joint compound by the half gallon. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Like nearly every other crew coach in the country, Ebright was by the late 1920s buying almost all his equipment from Pocock, who ran an independent business from his shop in the Washington shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In all respects it seemed as if August 3 was a very normal day, with business and buying and pleasure as usual. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “That’s all. Maybe by Monday. No point buying milk before then.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “First time buying for a lady?” he murmurs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She began buying single, unmixed oils—eucalyptus and helichrysum, sandalwood and ravensara—and the house, which for years had smelled of earthy bark and bitter leaves, suddenly smelled of lavender and chamomile. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "I give people credit for buying into consumerism!" he says excitedly, having found his pun. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z I remembered my parents buying it at a little gallery in Colorado when we were on vacation once. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z And I’m not buying it with a mortgage either. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Dad decided to take on the task of buying me a typewriter. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She shrieked and the neighborhood ladies buying vegetables laughed. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z You know, the one that fine, upright boy admitted buying on the night of the murder. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Me and another fella went to see him about buying the piece of property next door to his store. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We were on our way home from buying groceries at the market. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They speak about buying slaves the same way they discuss the purchase of cattle or supplies, Polly noticed, surprised at how uncomfortable that made her feel. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the upper class version of buying drinks for the fiddler. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Someone’s always buying, someone’s always selling, and the hustle is about trying to be in the middle of that whole thing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I sit in the back seat of the car that smells of gasoline and cheese, waiting for my parents, who are buying groceries. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I said good evening to Mr. Szymczak, our new neighbor downstairs, buying a German newspaper on the corner, and he just shook his head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I now had more money than I had ever had before, and I began patronizing secondhand bookstores, buying magazines and books. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of our Basques came in and insisted on buying a drink. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z In the coming year, Dad would spend hundreds of thousands of dollars buying equipment and scouring the mountain for water. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One was so desperate for relief that he moved into an air-conditioned theater, buying tickets to movies and sleeping through every showing. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The new prisoners nodded, buying it hook, line, and sinker. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Nowadays there is money enough for buying useless and slightly ludicrous gifts for my mother and father. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z After buying the hoodie, they passed a bulletin board covered with announcements for various activities. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Even the graphs! The questions were all about people buying and selling everything from gasoline to hula hoops, but in my own mind, I put it in terms of tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Even the simple chore of buying milk was new to me; in London we’d had bottles delivered each morning to our door. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He had lived thirty years of his life buying and selling crystal pieces, and now it was too late to do anything else. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I hope the day will come when the wealthy developed countries stop buying timber from countries containing the tropical rain forests of the world. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z —We should remind our mothers to be prompt in buying us books and a uniform and other school paraphernalia. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am here already. I am hungry, finally. You will not eat with me? I am buying the food tonight.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of them are trying to get away from the kingdom of corn and processed foods by buying organic food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes she couldn’t make their house payments or buy groceries because George had drained their account yet again buying lab equipment they couldn’t afford. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t bother about me, Nat. I just dropped in to look around. I don’t know if you’ve heard it yet, but I’m buying the chandlery.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, I’ll tell you, for the last ten or twenty years, instead of digging, I been buying my bait at a fishing store. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was buying more erasers in the stationery store, so I ran over with the other kids. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Glad he stopped buying those kiddie books and started buying ones with more intricate complex designs. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was sure that if all the kids stopped buying lunch, sooner or later someone would figure out that it was all Nick Allen’s idea. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m interested in buying this car,” they were supposed to say, pointing to the lowest-priced car in the showroom. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z All we had was the twelve bucks I had left after buying the soap and the watch and the Tic Tacs. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z No one could get what we call a “handle” on your shopping habits, like for example you asking for information about all those wow and brag products and then never buying anything. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And when the buying was over, these buyers sat alone and their fingers played restlessly with the pearls, and they wished they owned the pearls. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s not going to last forever if you keep buying pizza and doughnuts every day,” Alma said, rubbing Freebie’s belly. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z It may seem odd that I was constantly buying materials for my artificing over the river, but the truth was merchants near the University frequently took advantage of the students’ laziness and raised their prices. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If a floorwalker asked whether she intended buying anything, she could say, yes, buy it and show him a thing or two. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “My father’s next door buying my books and Mother’s up the street looking at wands,” said the boy. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z You take somebody old as hell, like old Spencer, and they can get a big bang out of buying a blanket. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z If I ever need glasses I’ll think about buying some like his. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It irritated her, but she was ashamed to confess it, and now and then she tried to console herself by buying something pretty, so that Sallie needn’t think she had to economize. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Harold Morowitz has calculated what it would cost to put together the correct molecular constituents that make up a human being by buying the molecules from chemical supply houses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He could tell his mom wasn’t buying it. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z My friends are buying long-pants suits that cost from seventeen to twenty dollars, a sum as huge to me as the Alps! Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Belle had to ring up a few kids buying their after-school junk food, so I wandered around the store. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z That was a good change, buying the membership card, but it took a whole year for Axel to use it. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But this one agent said maybe he could interest some supermarket chain in buying the factory for a store. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He sold shears and needles, copper pots and small bottles that wives hid quickly after buying them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She asked people to support the striking garment workers in St. Louis by buying only clothes with the “union-made” label inside them. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Well, sure, when he put it like that, I could see that I was never going to become a preteen real estate mogul if I wasted earnings by renting rather than buying. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, let’s get some dinner and I’m buying.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I do not know what happened, but people stopped buying our school supplies. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z You’d be in Philadelphia, buying soft pretzels and Italian ices for your baby son, not checking in with your microwave-oven maintenance son. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought of his hair as silver, to go along with his silver tongue, which he used trying to talk her into buying diesel Cadillacs with red-leather interiors. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We built a tavern there, and I began buying and selling land. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was my buying Otto that encouraged the man to come here with these two more bonobos. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z In addition to spying, Catt accused the antis of “buying” votes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Consumers had no interest in either eating it or buying it. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “After that, I’m going into real estate. I’m buying my mom a house. I’m buying Georgie and Michelle a house. I’m buying everyone a house.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Lots of people buying and selling make up a market. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She began immediately haggling with Mama and Papa about the price of the cakes, even though they hadn’t said a word about even buying them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z First Momma started writing in a notebook and adding things up and subtracting things, then Dad and Joey and Rufus and me started driving all over Flint buying things for the Brown Bomber. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Nico and he were wandering along the esplanade when Jason spotted the guy with wings buying an ice cream bar from a street cart. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z People who had never thought about organic food started buying it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They left Mr. Binks after he got caught up at the white socks table buying twenty pairs of socks, Genie guessed for when he got his skates. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “You are buying into the cross-stitched sentiments of your parents’ throw pillows. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z When he borrowed a pencil he never gave it back and when school was almost over, he always borrowed loose-leaf paper because he didn’t see the point of buying a new notebook. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Ginika was buying a dress for a dinner party, hosted by the lawyers she was interning with. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z "Tell us, O Brilliant One, what is it we shall be buying?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z And instead of buying Ma a new prayer book, I helped Pa make an audio file of him reciting her favorite Bible verses to listen to every morning. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I’m actually kind of glad I'm not buying my new Mitchum, because a girl would be embarrassing to buy deodorant in front of. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But I told no one I was buying ninety-nine grams of pork, seven-eighths of a bushel of spinach, four and three-quarter cubes of tofu. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I colored it myself today. I was at the drugstore buying ice—did you know that I only like store-bought ice? Homemade ice tastes funny and makes my tea smell strange.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A teetotaler himself, he made his living buying and selling liquor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At the Abuja airport on his way back to Lagos, he thought of going to the international wing instead, buying a ticket to somewhere improbable, like Malabo. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Mamá was saving to pay the moneylender, she was working in the fields to help, and Salvador was thinking of buying a motorcycle! Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It's the look on Mom's face that makes me talk back to Dad, because she isn't buying his little science speech either. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly not if you're buying cars, I wanted to say, but instead I asked her about the Pickett disappearance. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He had plenty left over after buying five cans of frozen lemonade mix with his earnings from yesterday. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “I’m in business for myself now,” Carl thought, after buying the cart, “I’m on my way.” Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z He shouldn’t blame them for buying the idea that everyone would get a fair shake. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to risk buying one that didn’t have the one word she needed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Unlike most Americans, however, Holmes sought also to capitalize on the craze by buying bicycles on credit, then reselling them without ever paying off the initial purchase. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When he returned, he announced, “Mamá, Salvador is thinking of buying himself a motorcycle. Lucky’s found a secondhand one that he can buy cheap.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The addition of a $3-per-pack “sin tax” is a strong economic incentive against buying cigarettes. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I have to earn coolness in Garden Heights, and that’s more difficult than buying retro Jordans on release day. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z "Yes. He should be back. You know he's extraordinary about buying champagne. It means any amount to him." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I heard his mother tell my mother that she has to buy industrial-sized bottles of bleach and boxes of detergent in bulk at the buying club. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman’s husband regularly beat her, and I used this to my advantage, terribly, as I was the retailer who would extend her warmth and tenderness on his buying visits. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where the hell I put that.. . You know other countries be buying her for twenty-five dollars, sometimes fifty? Her family didn’t get no money out of it.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The Dothraki did not truly comprehend this business of buying and selling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “So what was your brother doing—buying from him?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Maybe you seemed up to something because you weren’t buying any clothes.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They sold two loaves for a nickel, and when it was dumped out, a pushing crowd fought for the privilege of buying it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z All around him was the market, with people coming and going, shouting and buying, and the aroma of strange foods. . . but nowhere could he find his new companion. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not like the idea of buying a cheap shirt. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Mam tells Mrs. Meehan, The first telegram money order I get I’ll be in the shop buying a big breakfast so that we can all have our own egg of a Sunday morning. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “And do you know why your dad is buying and moving all the Norvelt houses to West Virginia?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had a crazy desire to believe that there had been some mistake, that Floyd Lee had gotten them innocently, maybe buying them from the real thieves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They were buying the island back at the same bargain rate. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Told me he spent nearly two thousand dollars buying what he needs for his chemistry class this year.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She had four passports, four driver’s licenses, three wigs, several thousand dollars in cash, and a credit card number belonging to Forrest Smith-Martin that would do for buying plane tickets. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Besides keeping the store’s ledgers, my daddy took a lot of the buying trips to Atlanta and Baltimore and New York City. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The fights are why anybody goes to a hockey game, a clerk at Walmart once told me, straight to my face, when I was buying a new pair of gloves. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I gave him a shocked look, but he was so not buying it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “I was thinking of buying the ice plant here in Salinas and trying to ship some things.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But if people stopped buying that sugar, the whole slave system would collapse. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z She remembers the time difference—her father must be at work already at the Desh offices, her mother at the market, a burlap bag in hand, buying vegetables and fish. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We took delivery of enough potatoes to fill the bin in the cellar and had no trouble buying meat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been on the other side of the river buying a dram of quicksilver and a pouch of sea salt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He looks over at his best friend, who has tried his best not to cry, and sees that even he seems to be buying into these terrible theatrics. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z A prerecorded voice came on over the speaker: Hi, this is Ganymede, cup-bearer to Zeus, and when I’m out buying wine for the Lord of the Skies, I always buckle up! The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The Joy Luck uncles begin to talk about stocks they are interested in buying. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He folded his arms and told Rondell to get away from the nectarines unless he planned on buying every single one his grubby hands touched. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I showed interest in buying a fish and at that moment Rutledge walked up and asked the vendor if he minded being photographed with some of the fish. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody’s buying the hunger strike,” 1 told him, “and you definitely need to back off this Mandela thing.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I used to go around and buy auto parts for Abel, and I learned that he was buying his parts on credit. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z After asking Harry furiously if he knew the man, Aunt Petunia had rushed them out of the shop without buying anything. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It was always crowded with succulents that Bitter kept buying at the farmers’ market and Jam kept trying to relocate into other parts of the house so they could actually use the table. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It looked nice and natural that way and she was glad she had got it for him rather than the nickel pop-gun she had first thought of buying. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny, already jealous, for the first time in his life, over Rab’s taking Cilia out, buying her sweets—and never saying anything— tried his best to quarrel with a puzzled Rab over this apple. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “God’s not buying a horse today, I am. The thin Cealdish man paused to collect his thoughts. “ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z So even if Haupt had money to spend, there was nothing worth buying anyway, unless he wanted to wear clothes made of cellulose "wool." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z There wasn’t anything I needed, but I never had any money before and I enjoyed buying some gifts. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In those days, buying a Coke was a big treat—we seldom had Coke at home. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He would buy a hamburger, eat it, drink a malt, then think immediately of buying another one, but that only lasted a brief time. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z “If you are buying nothing more,” he said at last with much impudence, “you will have to pay rent for the stool.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z And of course, Murphy’s Law, the year my mom started buying my clothes too big was the year that I stopped growing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z My boss didn’t mind me working drunk, and Cindy Sindy, my girlfriend since junior high, didn’t mind me not buying her anything. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He spent a lot of time looking at other cars before buying this one. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Strauss, for his part, was delighted by the performance of his trusted scientists, for plainly they had succeeded in buying time for continued testing, if not for sweeping a ban off the negotiating table entirely. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "They're already buying stuff for the baby. Everything is gender neutral because it's going to be a surprise." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z After lunch the next day, the boys wandered through town, joshing one another, poking into shops, taking pictures with their new cameras, buying a few souvenirs, exploring corners of Kopenick they hadn’t yet seen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The prosecution, Miss Petrocelli, paraded in front of you a bunch of admitted criminals, people who have participated in stickups, buying and selling stolen goods, you name it. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z McWatt was deeply impressed with Milo, who, to the amusement of Corporal Snark, his mess sergeant, was already buying eggs for seven cents apiece and selling them for five cents. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We got out and walked up to the ticket booth, where Mom quietly spoke with the cashier for a minute before buying four tickets to the movie. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We walked for hours through the city, long meandering walks that took in whole neighborhoods which we would pass through without buying a thing or speaking to anyone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z By its nature and its size Texas invites generalities, and the generalities usually end up as paradox—the “little oF country boy” at a symphony, the booted and blue-jeaned ranchman in Neiman-Marcus, buying Chinese jades. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now I know he’ll rest in peace. Uncle Eugene gave Mom so much money she’s buying seven cows for the funeral!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “And we can keep buying seats until you apologize.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z My primary motivation behind buying a car, despite the scarcity of my funds, was that I refused to be driven around town in a car with red and blue lights on top. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Hey, it’s not my fault what people think they’re buying. How is that my fault? Am I supposed to be a mind reader?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z There had been the secret buying of the railway tickets. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Quarantine and massive chemical campaigns are only extremely expensive ways of buying time. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Sykes stood up, extended a hand, looked him over as you look over a horse you are contemplating buying. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the train leaves, the gangsters roam the Tapachula depot, eyeing which migrants are buying food and where they stash their cash afterward. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “We’d be doing something, not just buying something. It’s an even better way to experience how huge six million is.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Indeed it was, for as they approached, Milo could see crowds of people pushing and shouting their way among the stalls, buying and selling, trading and bargaining. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z To be consistent, buying seven bags of balls and seven bags of blocks from one toy store has to be the same thing as buying seven combination packs from the neighboring shop. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And Mother and Grandmother had decided to invest the money Father sent to us in buying more land and livestock. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Been saving my pocket money all summer for this,” Ron told Harry as they and Hermione strolled through the salesmen, buying souvenirs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Letting the flies live, in her view, was the same as buying cat food, only cheaper. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The top of it says something about buying Valentine’s Day carnations for “Your Sweetie and Besties!” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z All week, she’s been complaining about buying me school supplies, saying she doesn’t want to waste the gas. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z While she talked about the outfit she was planning on buying at the mall that weekend, I wondered what the guys were doing. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z But since no one in their right mind was buying homes there anymore, she couldn’t make a single sale. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “He came too late, though, and this folly... buying sellswords, loosing two dragons on the city ... that was madness and worse than madness. That was treason.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "It is not meant for the buying of horses." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He and his wife had split up around the time Eric and I did, but he had consoled himself by buying and renovating a wreck of a town house in Brooklyn. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody’s buying the hunger strike,” 1 told him, “and you definitely need to back off this Mandela thing.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Often they had bought a Cadillac, and sometimes for three and four days, they were setting up drinks and buying steaks for all their friends. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Just buying the pens took most of another afternoon because it took so long to get waited on at Schmitt’s Variety Store. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The nearest one is pretty far away, but I make the trek, and have the clerk spend twenty minutes trying to sell me on a phone I have no intention of buying. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Trouble was, while I might be able to talk my head into such a thought, my heart wasn’t buying any of it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She thought of buying a wig, but wigs brought anxiety, the always-present possibility of flying off your head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He began to talk about buying a farm and drove her up and down island roads where property was for sale. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Soon she had a better room in the house, her own private rickshaw, a house for her elderly parents, a sum for buying blessings at temples. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The top says selective buying campaign and there are two lists. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There was the cost of buying slaves and their upkeep on one hand and paying white workers meager but livable wages on the other. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “You know I’m buying curtains in the ghetto?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It was like I kept buying these things to be cool, but cool was always flying just ahead of me, and I could never exactly catch up to it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And again, the buying of it had not been quite so filled with glory as he had anticipated. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z My dad wasn’t paying much attention, because he was busy tearing open luggage, removing the drugs, and buying new luggage. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Arms crossed, her expression just as smug as when she tricked her grandpa into buying her that expensive bat. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z They waited as long as they could before buying because Losher’s smelled kindly of baking bread, and the sun coming in the windows felt good on their old backs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Orff began by buying recorders, which were rare at the time. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z This could be to say: I’m not buying into all things Dutch, all things the establishment stands for. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Just look at his loot. Who knows how many other innocent people he’s hoodwinked into buying that snake oil. I insist that he be put under arrest.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “If ye have something worth buying, bring it. Those are old and brittle. They’re worthless.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I thought it was about dressing them up and buying them clothes,” she recalled. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He was buying white liquor in the Hob just this morning, apparently still in command of the district, but now he’s nowhere to be found. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z No sense buying a lock—it would be busted the first day. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m supposed to be in Danbury buying cattle. They sent me down from Cambridge with Captain Champion, the commissary officer because I’m from around here.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Francis was around the corner, buying her a book to read on the train. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t be after seeing an old woman in there buying a codfish head for her cat, would you now?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z How angry Digger had been at the DiAngelos for buying his grandfather’s farm. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Two months later, after buying Tori a new car with unlimited car washes, Candice and Brandon split the remaining money fifty-fifty. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “You got the choice of buying or borrowing, but either way you don’t need a card. If you borrow, we trust you to bring them back. If you buy, we only take cash.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Was my marriage to be like the buying of a sack of yams in the marketplace? Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Dad walked in then, fresh from buying our Christmas tree. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Army commissary officers, like the one Sam was working for, were buying up a lot of the livestock to feed the troops. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Did buying local have to include the wine too? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The serious piece of folly had been to come back here in the first place, after buying the diary and without knowing whether the proprietor of the shop could be trusted. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Momma’s not a big fan of buying me stuff she’s not a hundred percent sure I need. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z A meal here, gas there—the one real contact was the buying of the car, and the seller needing a buyer would naturally be friendly under those circumstances. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Pong thought about the poor people he'd seen agonizing over buying Violet orbs at the Light Market. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I was in the liquor store buying some candy. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z There were thousands of people there, arguing, selling, and buying; vegetables for sale amongst daggers, and carpets displayed alongside tobacco. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z After a short talk there, the guide bid them good-bye and mentioned that they might enjoy buying some of the museum pamphlets on Egypt. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t think of anything funny about buying a train ticket. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Mrs. Federio always followed Mrs. O’Brien, and Mrs. O’Brien always followed Mrs. Callaway in talking and pushing and even in buying an apple. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The top gangs went even further, buying vast “mother ships” that could be loaded with up to sixty thousand cases of drink. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She was, Mia realized, buying Mia the maternity clothes she would have bought herself, and she smiled and accepted them, and wore the dress on her next visit. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Don’t go in a store, a coffee shop, or anything unless you plan on buying something. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t buying a new house in Florida just put us in debt?” she said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Well, not blank, but not exactly helpful, because most of the links were for buying birds and Genie didn’t have any money, besides the ten bucks Grandma had given him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Would Yedsha want to see the house he was supposedly buying? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She knew how to exude glamour even when buying groceries, and I am ready to be pretty again, myself. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But Addie is not buying this and will not get off the phone until I promise to come over there around lunchtime. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Maria was now a working artist: buying, selling, and painting for others. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Tommy had some explanation about shooting hoops, but Mrs. Salinger wasn’t buying it, even though it sounded pretty reasonable to Naheed. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z So I left them buying and selling among themselves at a nickel a point. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She then headed to the grocery section and started buying food! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z And yet when the noble lady had once gone by, the crowds knitted together just as before, milling about, strolling, buying or selling. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “He was buying a Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent,” said Harry quickly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Since we didn’t have a camera, I thought buying ten postcards for fifty cents would be the next best thing. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “The tannery owners are buying the land. They pay good prices.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know what those guys out there think? They think people like you aren’t apologetic enough. With everything on the news, they’re not buying that ‘peaceful religion’ rhetoric. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z "Yes, sir, he put through the sale—though he made it clear that he was buying Soldier Island for a third party, unnamed." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z And some of them were buying tickets at big black machines on the wall. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I walked over to my files of newspaper clippings and pulled out a manilla folder, the one which has all the newspaper clippings about the auction and the museum buying the statue. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He went about his business, buying supplies, greeting friends and neighbors he passed in the streets. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was starting to feel like the majority of boys weren’t buying into Julian anymore. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The downsides of a growth spurt means that my mom insists on buying clothes that are two sizes too big for me when she’s at the consignment store. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Herbert Dean looked forward to buying his own home one day and spoke of land in the South that his family had lost. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Neither can I,” Father said and explained that he had left all the buying up to me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not buying anything Malfoy thinks is good,” said Harry flatly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I see children and their parents buying tickets, just like the tickets Mack sells. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z People were buying toothpaste, having arguments, picking up eggs on the way home from work. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z That August, nearly a year after buying the houses, Greenberg’s lawyer asked the city to extend his client's deadline for making repairs, citing insufficient manpower to get the job done. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Trading. We come with a load of New Danish smokeleaf and we was buying furs.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z As a result, people started buying and playing Mozart to their children thinking that this would increase their intelligence. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Crazy for standing on her principles: no buying on credit, no giving up her children, no eating of unclean meat. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry, Yanek. The Nazis grabbed them as they were coming back from buying bread. I saw them taken, right there in the street in front of the building.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Judging from the shouts, no one was buying whatever he was peddling. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Seems to me she just loves the buying. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z There were order forms for buying HeLa cells online, receipts, newsletters from Deborah’s church, and seemingly endless copies of the photo of Henrietta, hands on hips. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I was actually buying time to go to the lake without her worrying. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere along the line they started buying buildings, apartments, and houses, and now they had six properties with eighteen tenants. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Felix had been buying stuff he wanted, not focusing on the price and the end goal of spending every penny. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks for buying us yogurt,” I blurt out. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Besides, she already imagined taking over the running of Zoe, turning it into a vibrant, relevant companion for Nigerian women, and—who knew—perhaps one day buying out Aunty Onenu. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “It’s the intention that matters,” Luna said out loud, her bones buying as she said it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but—anyway, Mom put some money on your books instead of buying you Christmas presents. She figured you could get what you wanted at the commissary.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z In fact, if somebody came in buying too much of it for his wife or child, you got concerned, because somebody taking that much BC was mighty sick and probably dying. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about my brother giving that money to Mrs. Jenkins next door and him buying groceries and I wished I had a job to help out around the house. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He was buying equipment to make his collection of cars simpler, but he wasn’t generating the kind of revenue necessary to support the costs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Might a just been the other maids, though, buying for they friends. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “A crew of us have been hired by some folks down there who are buying up all the empty Norvelt homes and adding ’em to their own Roosevelt town.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her mother had been trying to sell their house in Atlanta since the divorce, yet no one had shown any interest in buying their “cozy” bedrooms and “classic” kitchen. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “But must you join them in buying from enemy territory?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He tumbled along with the racetrackers, and soon found himself buying a few nondescript Mexican horses and traveling down to attend their races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That way I could prove if he had been buying art supplies or just testing out pens to buy a pen. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And he lives fifty kilometers away, far enough from a city that buying furs might be difficult. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Even if I never found more money, we could keep buying a little extra food here and there for quite a while. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Kate said at table one evening that she had just happened to look in Ethel’s room and it was so neat and pretty she couldn’t help buying her a present. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Companies arranged kickbacks for buying certain products, and a black market in stolen equipment thrived. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It can tell you how to get them, and help you make buying decisions that are hard. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If you come to the dealership but don’t end up buying anything, he’ll call you the next day, thanking you for stopping by. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But I could also imagine this: Margo picking these books up at various garage sales, buying every travel guide she could get her hands on for a quarter or less. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Please just pretend you don’t notice what I’m buying. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “If we ever get through this day, it will be a miracle. What say you, Shady? Still interested in buying the aforementioned land belonging to the late Widow Cane?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The usual customers come in, like Mrs. Jackson, who insists on buying her greens from Daddy and nobody else. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The little Jewish delicatessen was full of Christians buying Jew rye bread. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom was not allowed to test-drive the Piggy Bank Special before buying it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Francie was sorry that she deceived that kind man by buying the other meat elsewhere. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I find pretty fabric shoulder bags for the twins and Granddad insists on buying me a book of fairy tales at the Edgartown bookshop. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “I’m not buying that, and let’s be clear about something: you only get one ‘Uncle Carlos, get me out of school’ card per school year, and you’re using it right now.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I’ll bet you my whole store it’s a matter of time before everyone starts buying cheap fiddle-faddle from SmartMart rather than paying a little more for something from their own neighbors.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He tried buying their mercy with his lunch, but they pummeled him anyway, leaving him bloody. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Looking forward to buying you a beer back on Earth. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z All those years of running from city to city one step ahead of the Usurper's knives, pleading for help from archons and princes and magisters, buying our food with flattery. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mom insisted on buying lots of clothes at Old Navy, not just for Hadley, but also for me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z My mother would proudly walk with me, visiting many shops, buying very little. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see her going into the shop in Wigmore Street and buying them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z British purchasing agents roved about the country, buying food and cloth and metals and chemicals. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll be buying school supplies soon,” she said with a sigh. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Even though we were close to starving at the end of the time in Brünnlitz, we managed to survive because Schindler chose to spend his fortune on buying us food. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He was continually buying books, usually two or three a day, keeping most, discarding a few, and giving others to friends. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I would pretend that I was just out buying school supplies. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Someone had come to see my grandfather about buying a car. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z For all she knew, he was out buying her a wedding gown. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And yet my parents thought I was mentally incompetent for buying clothes at Goodwill. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Then Will insisted on buying popsicles, which they ate as they walked to visit the somebody, a friend of his who was a Reverend. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d agreed that this is the best setup for video chatting with Dad as he sometimes starts asking about Mom’s buying habits if he glimpses anything new in the apartment. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z All of the buying and selling went on indoors. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Instead of buying Pa a coffeemaker that would have to be replaced within a year, Ma made him an I love you, Diego mug that he cherishes. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I tried to explain it to Mom, but she wasn’t buying it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Whatever he’s doing, I figure I must be buying him some time, at least. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Some grapes have spilled out from those red-eyed guys sampling before buying. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Instead of buying the watch, Agnes bought an extra ticket west so her mother could see her marry. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I can imagine someone buying this script book and memorizing each of these potential responses. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So he’d been getting paid with salt and then “buying” fish with this. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There were no cracks on the screen, thanks to the heavy-duty phone case that his father insisted on buying. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Thirty percent of those who stopped by the six-choice booth ended up buying some jam, while only 3 percent of those who stopped by the bigger booth bought anything. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z A few years ago she made enough money to consider buying a car. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Rappers and basketball players were always talking about buying their mamas houses and cars. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “And miss the chance to make a show of buying Liberty Bonds? Not likely.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “And then you have added so much to it yourself, you are always buying books.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “I’m not selling anything. I’m thinking of buying and then renting,” Macon answered her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She thinks I’m trying to punish myself, but I figure it’s still just someone trying to sell something, and I’m not buying. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Even when yer buying stuff from him and he’s polite as can be, the despair of him seeps at you like pus from a cut. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It had given her pleasure, buying chocolate bars from the newsstand, cheap bars filled with sugar and chemicals and other genetically modified ghastly things. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Yes, I am. But I thought I would come in and talk to you about buying an automobile.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He later recounted: “I felt bad when the pen was handed to me, because it looked like the ones that I was always buying for a quarter or a half dollar.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And when I visited their shop, she would let me taste the strawberries, even if we weren't buying any. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Widow Garibaldi insisted on buying rubber flippers for the feet. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Oh, and Ms. Kathleen is buying the whole team that bat on top. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z He recognized that the common practice of competing with specially outfitted racing cars muted the promotional effects of victories, given that the consumer knew he was not buying the race car. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z How long was it before they moved up to buying their joint compound by the quart? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In New York, Mom and Dad were always buying stuff for Trey’s basketball team. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I gave him the money and a tip for running in and buying me one. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Officials periodically descended on the markets and arrested traders under vague laws that criminalize buying and selling. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They simply left her one day, moved out while she was in the town buying thread. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She wasn't sure what kind of car to watch for; her dad was always buying classic cars, then selling them when money got tight. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z It’s everyone from the mom buying some food that fell off the back of a truck to feed her family, all the way up to the gangs selling military-grade weapons and hardware. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t come right out and tell folks I was in his store buying cheap food, but he might just pass it along that the Preston family’s in hard times, and suddenly food starts appearing. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry supposed it was a bit of a giveaway in these dangerous and suspicious times to buy Dark artifacts — or at least, to be seen buying them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The next day was a whirl of activity—picking up their Olympic credentials and their German visas, stocking up on a few last-minute sundries, buying travelers’ checks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was grandstanding, Inej saw that, buying her time as she leapt over the slate shingles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Everybody who had made money during the war moved as close as they could to the valley, and the white people were buying down river, cross river, stretching Medallion like two strings on the banks. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And we reckoned the Gobblers were buying off the Tartar chiefs by giving ’em kids, cause the Tartars eat ’em, don’t they? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z And the same cordiality when we left, without buying anything. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z You could tell old Spencer'd got a big bang out of buying it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Delighted — and young Master Malfoy, too — charmed. How may I be of assistance? I must show you, just in today, and very reasonably priced —” “I’m not buying today, Mr. Borgin, but selling,” said Mr. Malfoy. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Tyrion reached for his wine cup, buying a moment to gather his thoughts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She half-believed she had a free dress, though, when here came a card to Mama saying Grandpa was buying her a black grosgrain coat. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When I finished buying lunch, Spoon—that was how I thought of him now—was waiting for me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He ended up buying Ginny a silk scarf that showed the Golden Gate Bridge stretching across a background of blue sky and green ocean. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z As I grew older I started buying my own books. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Carroll advised him that he had some sick prisoners the local hospital refused to treat, so he had ended up buying the medicine himself. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Cool. Hop in. We’re heading to Good News Coffee. I thought the name was appropriate. I’m buying.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I was also buying presents to give away. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe when Dad’s at home, he’s not buying groceries just for him,” Candice said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “It’s hardly ever cold enough in San Francisco to wear mink. But it seems to be a fad, what people are buying their wives and girlfriends these days.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z What kind of world is it, Ben thought, that lets its coaches die without his boys around him, buying him Cokes, calling him by his first name, and rubbing his shoulder with Atomic Balm? The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was there on her lunch break, buying discounted pantyhose in the Basement. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z At first Ashima is reluctant to introduce such items into her home, ashamed at the thought of buying what had originally belonged to strangers, American strangers at that. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She says she was buying socks with her mother the week after her braces came off and some lady asked if she modeled. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t think buying milk, bread, and water could be so much fun. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z That night, I tell my mom I want to start buying milk and a snack in the cafeteria. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see myself buying a boat or even traveling anyplace on a boat. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The entire courtroom knew Bodega was guilty, but the officer had agreed that he was buying the hot dog and that the heroin was free. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z That way, she’s drinking one glass while he is buying four. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, Nan, I was talking to Jubilee about buying some grass seed for the yard. You’re losing your topsoil because there’s nothing rooted down.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Moon Girl said, “She could sell off a kidney. Maybe tap out a couple pints of blood for the Harvesters. They’re always buying.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Lee was alerted to make sandwiches when the day came, and he got tired of waiting and stopped buying sandwich bread every two days. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She delighted in comparing Harry with Dudley, and took huge pleasure in buying Dudley expensive presents while glaring at Harry, as though daring him to ask why he hadn’t got a present too. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I am now buying food from farmers and having Helena resell it in the market while I’m at work. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z On the third night of torture, overcome by asphyxiation, he went to Aureliano's room to ask him the favor of buying some powders to inhale at a nearby drugstore. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She keeps buying blank scrapbooks at the craft store. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Relax. I will not use this for gambling, only for buying drinks. There is nothing like wine to loosen tongues.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We were giving him money and buying him lunch. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not recall being this interested in anyone since the glorious day when he had first set eyes on Rosa the Beautiful buying licorice in the pastry shop on the Plaza de Armas. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That turtle would still he alive, kicking and trying to get away while the man was standing in the store, poring over the vegetables, buying garlics and peppers to cook it up with. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s like their parents are buying them a spot in the Bureau. But that’s how it’s always been.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She watched him while Josiah was inside buying a six- pack; Tayo tried to avoid her eyes, but she was a patient woman. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Vonetta went on and on about all the money we were saving and how she made sure Fern and I didn’t waste our money buying candy, airmail stamps, and mooning over boys in Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z That winter my mother and brother came and we set up housekeeping, buying furniture on the installment plan, being cheated and yet knowing no way to avoid it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Twenty bars a day I’ve been buying for weeks and weeks!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z "You knew what I was buying, and you knew the price, and yet you let me pay it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z How did you talk your parents into buying you dresses? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z IT’S past three o’clock by the time I get back home from buying the dress. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Elinor did a great deal of buying over the next few weeks. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Still another accused Teacher Wang of attempting to corrupt a young revolutionary by buying her some bread when he learned that she had not eaten lunch. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked around all day, buying ice cream and Vimto drinks. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Mother had spent a good bit of money buying us new outfits so that we would make a good impression in California, and she thought she ought to economize on train accommodations. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Once people started buying from me, they wouldn’t buy real CDs ever again—the deal was too good. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They had new cars and were buying their first condos and liked to talk about it all over martinis after work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “There’s not any point in buying things that have no use.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I did. But they told me the school quit buying their gas three months ago. Said the school probably switched to bleed-off gas.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z No idea if he is buying this explanation, but the chief nods along. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He saw a man buying a hot dog at a cart. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “It’s not just old people. I see young mothers buying it. I see teenagers buying it. You want to know the truth? This entire country can’t do number two!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was like buying a fish at market. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Like there was a law or something against doing anything but buying. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I examine it from several angles, as if I’m considering buying one for myself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Once they started processing food, they discovered they could make more money by buying produce from other farmers than by growing it themselves. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The industry has kept prices down in part by buying bigger ships, the better to accommodate a broader clientele. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Some equate it to buying your way into becoming a permanent resident. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But it didn’t stop any of us except Thwaites from buying Liquorice Bootlaces. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He took him into business and tried to inoculate him with the joys of buying and selling, of outwitting other men, of judging them for a bluff, of living by maneuver. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He'll be away for three days buying parts for a salvaged printing press. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She imagined packing her things, somehow buying a ticket, and going back to Lagos. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He was very busy with his politics and his business, traveling constantly, financing new political campaigns, buying land and tractors, raising race horses, and speculating on the price of gold, sugar, and paper. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Audrey’s kind gesture of buying them for me felt miles away in the past. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He hadn’t meant to make his mom feel bad or to keep her from buying Georgie a wedding gown. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Mama didn’t see the sense in buying a drink when you could get it free from the well or a cow. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They glimpsed the centaur and his lady; she held a parasol and he a string market bag, and they were just another couple out for a stroll, buying vegetables for their supper. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We even got to go to the back to play with them, because Calista said we were thinking of buying one, which was a lie, but Calista said it was okay. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “Wants to look over some of our patients. He’s thinking of buying the place.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Mine got wrecked—brake cable got busted and the seat clamp was all screwy. I’m buying another one when I get a job that pays more than eight an hour,” he says. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He assumes that everyone who walks in the door has the exact same chance of buying a car. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She was baking plain white bread instead of buying it at the store. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, the people who had thought the most before buying were the most satisfied, and those who had made impulse purchases more often regretted their decision. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “I keep saying things I shouldn’t. Well, there’s one thing you’ll be glad about. I really will be buying some of your clothes at Second Time Around from now on.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z His last skip, he was in a 7-Eleven buying a soda. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “Likely they’re foreign and don’t know about buying their drinks at the bar. Want to be waited on, I expect.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She had never been on her own in terms of moving, checking out neighborhoods, buying houses, driving cars. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother had gone back to buying insurance after the second car accident, and Dad said I should pay my share. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z You started my training by buying me a beer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "Aight, so how about when we get to the store, we just take some yarn, man. I mean, ain't no point in buying something so stupid," he said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “He’s buying my house. Giving me a very good price for it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I know, but the kid is lovesick, dude. Just once more? It’s the perfect cover. And Claire is buying it and everything.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I seriously came this close to buying them, just so I could text you pictures of their crime-fighting selves. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He had practiced talking about his mother selling kernels at the store and buying the cake makings, his little brother and sisters being all right, no strangers coming past, not finding Sounder’s body. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Today’s Application has something to do with buying guppies at the pet store, and calculating how many guppies you could breed if you wanted to go into the guppie business. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z A few days after buying the volume of Shakespeare, Sissy woke up one morning and nudged her current lover, with whom she was spending the night in a quiet family hotel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If Gordievsky was seen buying a train ticket, the KGB would apprehend him immediately. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Madison observed the buying frenzy and complained that unscrupulous speculators “are still exploring the interior & distant parts of the Union in order to take advantage of the holders.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The groups of women who were coming to Wells’s readings were members of reading groups, and they were buying extra copies not just for family and friends but for other members of their group. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Of all the decisions he’d made, not buying the flashlight was one he never regretted. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z To be exact— instead of the government buying all the extra corn, or loaning farmers money so they could store it, it just paid farmers part of the cost of growing it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “You have your mother’s eyes. It seems only yesterday she was in here herself, buying her first wand. Ten and a quarter inches long, swishy, made of willow. Nice wand for charm work.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He is beginning to regret buying a ticket to Octopussy’s Garden. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It had taken Luke a while to figure it out—he certainly hadn’t dared ask anyone else in his family—but he thought maybe the people were thinking about buying the houses. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z We walked with you to the balloon stand, though I worried about whether buying a balloon was really such a good idea. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The ladies buying upholstery fabric agreed and attacked my quilting display. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z If people weren’t interested in buying the petrol, the kids would sometimes snap at them, telling them to drink it: “Kunywa ayo!” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In the mornings, Primus would talk to the sea captains with ships in Scaithe's Ebb, buying them grog liberally, but neither drinking nor eating with them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z They would make a big deal over her; I couldn’t even think about buying a drink. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z For decades the press had been reporting that cell culture was going to save the world from disease and make man immortal, but by 1951 the general public had stopped buying it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Thanks for buying this for me,” I said. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As black fought against black, Alexandra was sealed off by armoured vehicles and soldiers, to prevent the violence and carnage from spilling into the suburbs, where whites were buying shotguns and rifles. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I listened to him, and then I asked him if he remembered buying me my first outer-space kit. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z After unloading the car, my mother began to tell my grandparents about what she had seen earlier, the woman buying the drugs from the young boy. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “A likely story! Sneaking around on your own — why aren’t you in Hogsmeade buying Stink Pellets and Belch Powder and Whizzing Worms like the rest of your nasty little friends?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z One morning shortly after buying Grog, Smith logged the colt’s name on the work tab, then sent Seabiscuit out to work in his place. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like you said, you can only buy six tickets. Six tickets at a time. There’s nothing that prevents someone from buying six tickets, then getting back in line and buying six more tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I check my watch—an old one of Dad’s he gave me after buying a digital one that could glow, for his bad eyes—and it’s close to 1:00 a.m. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes I’d find him in home improvement, sometimes in philosophy, sometimes in fiction, his arms straining under the weight of all the books he was considering buying. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Such, I suspect, were the questions that swirled in Mother’s mind as she contemplated buying cigarettes. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I believe,” he continued, “if we keep saving money we can think about moving within a year and buying a place in Florida.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In contemporary Western society, buying a magazine on astrology—at a newsstand, say—is easy; it is much harder to find one on astronomy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d become kind of addicted to the things since buying some in Bologna. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I was working, eating my meals out, buying my own clothes, giving what few pennies I could to Granny to help out in the house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Every Friday and Saturday night our two tiny rooms were packed with migrant workers, menial labourers and garbage collectors, buying drinks till well past midnight. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I was limited in my wardrobe choices because I was stuck buying in the shops my mother let me go to, and my mother did not believe in spending money on clothes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They don’t want their son to be buying or selling drugs, being bullied or bullying anyone else. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z |
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