| 单词 | carpet |
| 例句 | She ran for the wheelchair and pushed it to the end of the gangplank as proud as though she were rolling out the red carpet for royalty. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She comes in telling us she’s late because her toilet ran over and she had to clean her white carpets before they got stained. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z All the way to the dining room she had walked precisely, placing her feet in the very center of the cabbage roses that twined through the pattern of the carpet. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I was careful to hold the string near the carpet so that if he did lose his balance, he wouldn't have far to fall. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z A handful of Sharpies were lying on the carpet next to an open sketch pad, an old boom box, and a pair of my dad’s even older headphones. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I stand in the middle of the living room, curling my toes into our plush but soullessly beige carpet. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They carried her under their arms like a tube of carpet, with the chains slapping back and forth against her body. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Adding up the size of the carpets, we see 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + ...+ Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They sit awhile on a rolled carpet with the trapdoor open and listen to Madame Manec hum as she makes tea in the kitchen above them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Beneath the carpet is a concrete slab that rests on earth that was compacted twenty years ago by heavy machinery. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The man Jack walked up the stairs, his feet silent on the carpeting. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The leaves, smooth slices of silvery green, create a thick, lacy carpet on the forest floor. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The streets are fenced off, so that no cars other than ours can come through, and a red carpet lines the sidewalk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mary Poppins was in the upper air now, floating away over the cherry-trees and the roofs of the houses, holding tightly to the umbrella with one hand and to the carpet bag with the other. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z As I took off my sweats and my mom started in on my sneakers with some paper towels and a can of carpet cleaner, I muttered, Now you tell me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Theodora came up the heavy stairway after Mrs. Dudley, looking incredulously at the stained-glass window on the landing, the marble urn in a niche, the patterned carpet. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Jagged glass and spilled infusions carpet the stone floor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Rabiya has saved me a spot on the plush green carpet next to her. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Zahotep turned back to his drill and Ranofer started down the length of the shop, his bare feet cringing away from the gritty carpet of stone chips that covered the dirt floor. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was some kind of miniature golf course carpet or something. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z His tires were so thin he no longer wanted to risk the wear of riding them on the rough surface of the carpet. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Let’s cover it with a carpet of size 1. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They trudge up the attic stairs, poke around, and then track dark dust onto the hall carpet when they come down again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Two rumpled men lay facedown—one on the gross shag carpet, one on the gross moldy sofa. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z There it stood in all its wild beauty, a waving red banner in a carpet of green. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Robin and Ray pulled back more of the carpet pad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z To develop your economy, you leveled your forests and carpeted the land with strip malls. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Placing it on the carpet, she pats a spot beside her and puts the candy bag between us. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She gripped at my breast and collarbone and tore me down to the carpet. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The carpet and his blankets are all dark green. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Second, there was a specific problem which people had long been aware of but which was usually brushed under the carpet. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He was on one kind of carpet, I was on another. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z That night he enjoyed a hot Turkish bath, a succulent filet carpeted with delicate mushrooms, imported dry sherry, and strawberries in wine. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The room is cheerful, filled with light, with a tomato-colored carpet on the floor and people reading the paper around a big, round wooden table with forsythias or cattails arranged at its center. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They press the buzzer, peer through the glass door into the empty, carpeted foyer, at a big vase of flowers at the foot of the stairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Each room was comfortably furnished, the floors covered with thick carpeting. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z It would have had to work through inlaid wooden floors and thick carpets, to creep up the grand staircase to the second floor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But I soon realized that it was, in fact, a carpet of bodies that I was walking over. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Water dripped from her curls to the carpet. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Behind him a wine-colored carpet rolled all the way to the thick glass doors that sealed out Fifth Avenue. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A quiet that was thick and itchy like carpet on skin. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She rolled over onto her stomach and pressed her face into the carpet. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The flaps of the tent’s entrance curve to both sides, revealing a yawning, pitch-black hole into which a velvet carpet extends. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The creature slipped off the bed and bowed so low that the end of its long, thin nose touched the carpet. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The oldest sister, Aliya, is cross-legged on the carpeted floor, folding a massive load of laundry. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Her bare feet skipped over the carpeted steps and soon she was standing before him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She flopped down on her shaggy pink wall-to-wall carpeting, glanced at her digital clock, and reached out automatically to turn on the TV. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I have the swirled carpet pattern on one whole side of my face. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z His reading glasses had fallen to the carpet. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z That carpet looks not so bad when I am done. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z We closed out with Kid ’n Play’s Kick Step until our ankles tangled and we dropped onto the carpet in hysterics. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Between the beds was a broad damp stain on the carpet in the center of which lay a bar of soap and damp wads of lavatory paper. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “This carpet is made of fine hand-woven unicorn hair—shed not shaven—and it will not be blemished by the likes of you!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The ground here was a carpet of fallen leaves that hid any tracks we might’ve made the night before. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “The alarm. These wires go under the carpet; they’re antennae. It picks up the presence of a—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Phoebe prowled through the house, examining the walls and carpet, searching for bloodstains. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z After centuries of these baths, gold dust carpeted the lake floor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The passage down which he led them was softly carpeted, with cream-papered walls and white wainscoting, all exquisitely clean. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Flora Baumbach, about to rise with the found pin, quickly sank down again to protect her sore shin in the shag carpeting. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Isa’s eyes followed Jessie as she walked slowly around the basement, running her fingers through thick, nubby carpets hung on the wall and gently touching delicate silver stars strung above. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Run and run and disappear into the mountains and live in solitude in the dark green of the wild, with a pine-needle carpet and a blanket of stars overhead. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Let the whitefolks have their money and power and segregation and sarcasm and big houses and schools and lawns like carpets, and books, and mostly—mostly—let them have their whiteness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The surface beneath my feet hardens, and under the carpet of ash, I feel the paving stones of the square. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At the top of the Arch, the observation deck reminded me of a tin can with carpeting. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Their spacious home has carpet on the floors and mahogany panels on the walls. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The walls were beige, and the carpets were beige, and the upholstered chairs and sofas were beige. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Geisbert checked all the flasks, and most of them looked the same way, like moth-eaten carpet. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor was a carpet of sea urchins, which would have been uncomfortable to walk on, so Leo was glad he was floating. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The horsehair sofa he had rebuilt raised its gooseneck against the wall, and the green carpet had tracks worn light between the doors. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But since it is Joon Ho, great first son, he only gets kisses for messing up the carpet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Bits of her Kleenex fell to the floor, and she picked off the specks from the carpet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Sean shook his head, his face still buried in the carpet. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Video ’n’ Go always smelled too strongly of some carpet cleaner they used, like chemical roses, and I began to associate that smell with Nate—as if it radiated from him. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z The carpet beneath her feet was the same carpet they had in her flat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He fell sprawling onto a thin carpet that did little to cushion his precipitous fall to the floor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His indifference to everything was much too great for him to lie on his back and scour himself on the carpet, as he often had done earlier during the day. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z When Ralph had wiped off all the mud and had polished his chrome, he rummaged through the remains of his nest for a bit of carpet fringe. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Just as we did with the stain, let’s make the carpet sizes even smaller to get a better approximation of the size of the rationals. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He leaves me in a wide, windowless corridor crammed with people sitting on metallic folding chairs set along the walls, others on the thin frayed carpet. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A hen had scratched out a hollow and carpeted its walls and floor with dry grass. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Whisper sat on the carpet, watching her, their mouth relaxed into a soft smile and their head leaning against Beloved’s thigh. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I rolled the bottle off the bed on to the carpet. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z She didn’t seem frivolous, didn’t seem like the type who’d waste an entire day fretting over her white carpet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "You going somewhere, or just wearing a hole in that carpet while you preen?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Evening, Potter. Try not to get too much ash on the carpet.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I passed through the hallway, with its soft white carpet, and felt a stab of anger when I remembered that the last time I’d seen it, I’d been with Tyler. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They could only afford a cramped two-bedroom unit with faded linoleum, brown shag carpet, and a cracked kitchen sink. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The prince threw him a smirking glance as Master Peckwit raised the switch and beat the whipping boy like a carpet. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I dropped my head and found a super-interesting spot on the carpet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Hizdahr’s wine cup slipped through his fingers, bounced off the carpet, rolled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I sigh, while Emily grabs a handful of caramel popcorn from one of the bowls sitting on the sheet spread over Soojin’s carpet. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z A spare parlour and bedroom I refurnished entirely, with old mahogany and crimson upholstery: I laid canvas on the passage, and carpets on the stairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He slumped farther down in his seat and stared at the carpet. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z In Lina’s apartment, layers of worn rugs and carpets covered the floor, making it soft but uneven underfoot. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The sanctuary carpets remained damp most of the time. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And in fourth grade, he actually stuck his pen into the electrical socket while sitting on the carpet, got zapped, and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I take off my slippers and feel the carpet under my feet. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, but I love it,” she said, now rubbing one hand on the carpet. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Bending down, he felt along the edge of the carpet near the wall for the pine bar—part of a music stand he had hidden there that afternoon. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Helen the beautiful came down from her fragrant chamber attended by her women, one carrying her chair, another a soft carpet for her feet, and a third her silver workbasket filled with violet wool. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Mismatched remnants of other carpets were positioned in front of the sofa and chairs, like individual welcome mats anticipating where a person’s feet would contact the floor. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I'm at the study door, then I glide into the room, my feet leaving tracks in the soft pile of the carpet. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was curled up in this ball, like doing a cannonball, but on carpeting, with my arms wrapped around my leg. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Carrying me in one hand, she went bustling out of the bedroom and along the corridor, banging her stick on the carpet with each step she took. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Inside the building, the linoleum-floored hall, unlike the halls of the Mountain View Inn, was a broad smooth highway with no rough carpets to wear down the already thin tires of a little motorcycle. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z The carpet was so thin that Ivy could feel the cold from the concrete underneath. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As the flashlight scans the floor, I can see glue stains on the concrete from where the carpet had once been. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Inside the shed they formed a moving white carpet that stretched nearly the length of a football field. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Something—or more like two somethings—-slithered past the bathroom door, making sounds like sandpaper against the carpet. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Samantha and I shared the sofa, and Hugo lay on the carpet with a couple of forty-pound weights in his hands. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Rabiya is sprawled over the carpet on my floor, leaning on a giant teddy bear that’s permanently squashed from being used as a pillow for years. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z But the sound was surprisingly close, like I was in a carpeted room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The carpet is shaggy, beige, and covers everything in the apartment like dead grass. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z One day, as I led a group of tourists through the church, I noticed a healthy crop of mushrooms growing out of the once-beautiful red carpet near the pulpit. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Between the flinty crests of the two outermost escarpments of the Outer Range runs an east-west trough, maybe five miles across, carpeted in a boggy amalgam of muskeg, alder thickets, and veins of scrawny spruce. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a beautiful room, with a carpet patterned in the colors of the oasis. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The little green squares around each look-alike house seemed more like carpeting that had to be kept clean than yards to play in. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Finn tried to focus but saw only a beard so thick it reminded Finn of wall-to-wall carpeting. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There are only shag carpets for rich Oklahomans, and million-dollar rugs for princes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Souvenirs, like Las Vegas snow globes, cram the shelves, and plastic shields everything—the carpet, the lamps, even the TV. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I looked at the carpet between my feet. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Today the sun lit up the green soccer field like a neon carpet, and Roy was happy to peel off his T-shirt and bake. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Luke had stepped back across the cold spot and was examining the hall carpet, then the walls, patting at the surfaces as though hoping to discover some cause for the odd cold. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Every Christmas now the floor around her is carpeted with red and green wrapping paper. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I rolled out the carpet farther and found a blue knit blanket, almost newspaper thin. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She had picked up some carpet samples at a store on Amsterdam Avenue and written the kids’ names on the backs. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “Stay in tonight,” said Officer Parrelli, as he popped the trunk, rain bouncing off the carpet inside. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z About a thousand years before Europe discovered toothpaste, Khosrou stepped onto a magic carpet that shined brighter than a meadow in May. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Out in the foyer, I can smell tension among the stale popcorn and carpet. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But every single time my little fingers could not hold it, and it tumbled back down to the carpet. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Their laughter echoes in the empty space with no carpets or furniture or houseplants to dampen the sound. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z About arriving at the border, and Safaa’s carpet bag, and the guards shooting at me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The lack of rain I saw in 12 has damaged the plants here as well, leaving some with brittle leaves, building a crunchy carpet under our feet. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Clementine Stark had a canopy bed moored like an imperial barge at one end of her sea-blue bedroom carpet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The furniture was worn, the carpet faded, and the wide front porch was littered with sneakers, sandals, and flip-flops. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z A chunk of orange-brown light now hits the carpet below in Dell's place. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z It seemed to be Davis’s room, immaculately clean, lines still in the carpet from a vacuum cleaner. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I took her and we lay down on the carpet. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of us were strewn across the shaggy brown carpet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I bend down and pull back the corner of carpet. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She turned slowly, taking in the silver-blue carpet butted up against burgundy-and-silver-blue-striped walls. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The carpet, the wallpaper, the kitchen table and countertops—everything was the same as it was in the slides I’d seen of my mother’s childhood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The shelves of books, the wooden tables, the bright carpets. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z There was hawthorn both pink and white, and primroses and buttercups carpeted the fields with yellow. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The only light came from the hall, and Coraline, who was standing in the doorway, cast a huge and distorted shadow onto the drawing room carpet—she looked like a thin giant woman. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The notebook slips out of my fingers and lands on the carpet. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sitting cross-legged on the carpet, in a sunspot bright as the open sea, Uhmma unfurled her fingers. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It’s big, with cream-colored carpet, a yellow king canopy bed, two fat yellow chairs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Bleak heights are carpeted in radiant colors; every crack and crevice of a frowning crag blossoms. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Barbarossa stared down at Bo, who was still lying on the carpet. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He ducked into the next room for a minute and returned with a rolled-up carpet, which he unfurled on the floor of his bakery, throwing up a small storm of flour. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In a sudden flash she knew he was never going to see her again, and the days rolled out before her like a dingy gray carpet in an unfurnished, unpeopled hall-for-rent. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The deep-pile carpets, the expensive genuine wood desks, reminded him that garbage collecting and trash disposal had, since the war, become one of Earth’s important industries. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z But she had always been separated from them by hallways that got longer and more thickly carpeted as they moved from house to house. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I rose from the bench and mounted the narrow carpeted staircase. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When I arrange the carpet the way I want it, I can breathe a little easier. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But when he picked up his heel, he saw that the carpet was covered with yellow crystals. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z I sat, seeing her go toward a door, the train of her gown trailing sensuously over the oriental carpet. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Madoc enters the room, his shadow preceding him, spreading across the floor like a carpet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even her footsteps on the carpeted floor seemed loud. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The moss under my scuffed boots glitters with dew, and there is a threadbare carpet of golden leaves beneath the sycamore tree. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Under the watch of Mr. Bird and Mr. Onion, they marched into springtime fields so full of purple flowers they looked like carpets in the house of God. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She dared to look at Amari, who lay deathly still, and at the carpet, stained with both blood and pie. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like a prince from a fairy tale, and Ophie noticed that he did not wear the house shoes like she and her mother did, instead tracking dirty snow slush across the carpets. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It had the same furniture, the same carpet, even a similar painting on the wall. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Baba’s footsteps descend the stairs, muffled by the carpet. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z They laid him out on the carpet and dampened his forehead until the doctor came. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But I think that if Cheddar has his way, the cat will never set foot on anything but carpet for the rest of his life. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The path was here rocky, there carpeted with pine needles, occasionally damp and mucky where tiny springs trickled across. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The tables are sticky, and it smells like old carpet, but I’m glad I’m there with her. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The floor had a dark carpet with a pattern in it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The hallway was large, dimly lit, and sumptuously decorated, with a magnificent carpet covering most of the stone floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z As its most eminent member, he was always given the red carpet treatment whenever he entered. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Later, in the apartment, she pulled the blade out of the cupboard, spread newspapers across the carpet, and inspected her treasures. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I think shag carpeting was outdated even before I was born. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Except, that is, that their corner of paradise seemed after a few days to be carpeted not with plush grass, but birds. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The cells had died and drifted away, leaving holes in the carpet. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was enshrined in the black carpet, and the black-and- white cabinets, and the black rug in the shape of a panther. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, as if lifted on a magic carpet, the four of us rose to the upper reaches of the car’s interior. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A thick layer of fallen needles carpeted the path, so the shoes of their mules made only the softest sound on the rock. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Gently, Lincoln’s long torso is lifted by men standing on both sides of the rocking chair and then lowered to the carpet. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing but Mo’s voice and the pictures forming in their minds from the letters on the page, like the pattern of a carpet taking shape on a loom. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There was a kitchen, and a door beside it that opened on to a narrow flight of stairs, carpeted in a bright floral pattern. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I checked out the swirls on the carpet. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Fox wings, a flying carpet, falling forever into the stars. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The basement rec room was a throwback to the sixties: shag carpeting, modern furniture, a small bar jutting out from the wall, and a Ping-Pong table. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I slid down the wall, settled myself on the thick green carpet, kept my eyes on the screen. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The once gold-trimmed panels are covered with soot, and the carpet is blackened. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Tall windows were framed by pale yellow drapes, pulled back now so that sunshine flooded the chamber, throwing soft spotlights onto the blue carpet. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “Well, she sure got up and hightailed it when I come in and bulldozed poor Gilly clean through the carpet.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Dad watched me work on the stickers even longer, and I guess his legs must’ve got tired of squatting, because after a while he scooched down on his stomach, his elbows on the carpet. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I went to my father and releasing his hands from their grip on the edge of the trolley, eased him down on to the carpet. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The carpeting in here is also shades of tan and chocolate. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z For half a second I was tempted to leave McCoy a handwritten note expressing my profound and sincere astonishment that he had the balls to keep such a carpet in his home. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The sheets were clean, the carpet vacuumed, and the bathroom spotless. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the morning she made the bed but, after breakfast, sometimes went to lie on it again, leaving her tiny white Keds neatly on the carpet and closing the shades. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Anderson’s floor was a warren of lawyer’s offices, with rich carpets, walls of dark brown wood, and doors inlaid with frosted glass. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A smaller, soft green rug lies atop the carpet. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z But she knew he would not leave and that when she stretched out on the bristly carpet he would lie next to her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Just look at that blue sky! Don’t the jacaranda flowers make a magnificent carpet on the green grass?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Still, I could look at the pictures while the demon girl outlined the story about flying carpets and phoenixes and magical amulets and cranky old sand elves who lived on beaches. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe wandered quietly on plush carpeting through a maze of corridors, leading to a full cocktail bar, then a cigar shop, then a writing room, and then a library with oak paneling and heavy beams. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Peeves was bobbing halfway up, loosening the carpet so that people would trip. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The ground was covered with the most beautiful carpets he had ever walked upon, and from the top of the structure hung lamps of handwrought gold, each with a lighted candle. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If we use smaller carpets, our approximation gets better and better. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I’d covered the walls, floor, and ceiling with Styrofoam egg cartons and pieces of carpeting in an effort to soundproof the van as much as possible. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I was still behind him, staring down at the gray carpet "Head up, son. You know my rule," Coach coached. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Still glued to Gran’s heels, Viper snoozed in a curled ball on the plush carpet. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z At the top of the stairs, Jalil led her to the left, down another long, carpeted hallway. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Arms folded, they considered the shag carpeting while their brokers talked about “potential.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Joaquin tried not to feel the carpet on his back, the way his hair tangled against it as he writhed on the floor, howling for something, for someone, that was always just out of reach. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Dad sits back down on the sofa and stares at the pencil stain on the carpet. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z An old usherette came down the aisle and tried to grab the cutlass from him, but Ignatius wrestled with her, and she slid to the carpet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Fresh vacuum lines streaked across the rose-pink carpeting, and the air smelled like lemons. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Tiny Cooper is splayed out across the thin carpet, using his backpack as a pillow. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He looked at the neat carpet, the polished floorboards, and took his shoes off too. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The way her skirts and scarf billowed around her as she sank onto the threadbare carpet was utterly splendid, and Ophie had to swallow a sigh. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The delicate china teacup shattered and tea spilled all over the carpet. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She used it when the dogs made a mess on the carpet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z These usually bought land, but good land, and built their houses of planed lumber and had carpets and colored-glass diamond panes in their windows. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z By the day he was led into a van one early morning, a fuzz of hair, like carpet grass, had covered his entire jaw. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I dropped to the floor and lay frozen there, beneath the window, my cheek, my heart, pressed into the nubbly carpet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There was a carpet on the floor more wonderfully colored than anything he had ever seen and his feet sank down into it as if he were treading in thick moss. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “Johnny’s mama wouldn’t let me decorate a thing. I had my way, there’d be wall-to-wall white carpet and gold trim and none of this old stuff.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Instead, I'd just imagine myself living in a moated sugar-cube castle, floating from room to room on a king-size magic carpet. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Here her foot flopped around on deep pile carpets, and there was no uneven sound. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It was always cold in the tower, for all the carpets and the tapestried hangings and the rich furred clothing and the broad marble fireplaces they had. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Its pale light filtered through the waving foliage to create the beautiful but strange effect of a shimmering, swaying carpet on the woodland floor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Its windows were bolted shut and covered with wire and dirt, its gray carpet bunched in ripples from decades of foot traffic. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z My neck snapped against the armrest and I rolled onto the rough carpet behind the front passenger seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The basement was big, paneled in dark wood, with a wine-red carpet and at least one hundred folding chairs. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Technically, they could buy carpets, or bangles, with their breasts covered and their bottoms bare. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I tiptoed to the back of the room and settled myself on the thick green carpet behind the big screen. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The tufts of the acrylic nylon carpets tickled the ankles of anyone kind enough to walk on them. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “A few stores down from me there’s a carpet shop owned by a Pakistani man. It was vandalized the other night—the windows broken...awful things written in spray paint.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z His fingers circle the joystick, and the wheelchair whirrs past the front windows, across the carpet, right up beside me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor and the walls of the garage were covered in green shag carpet. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Most of the discussions were about items too large to take on board: antiques, furniture, expensive carpets. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “He said he’s going to open a carpet cleaning business.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A thick red carpet covered its floor, and its walls were lined with glass-enclosed wooden bookcases jammed tight with books. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The knife lay on the carpet, forgotten by everyone except me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He rooted himself into the carpet and stared at his mother, hoping she’d make the right decision. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z After lunch, she’d pass out these carpet squares and we’d pick our spots on the living room floor for nap time. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The robot looked down at the fur and feathers that now carpeted the floor. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She brushed as much soot off herself into the hearth as she could and then crept out of the fireplace, through the dining room—careful not to touch anything—and out into the carpeted hallway. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Let’s do the same thing with the rational numbers—but this time our carpets are sets of numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z No one at my high school knew much about Iran and mostly associated my culture with terrorism and magic carpets. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The sofas and curtains and carpet and shelves were gone. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The floor is covered with mats, rugs and scraps of carpet, in the middle of which sits a woman surrounded with papers and documents. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The intensely personal nature of his business, the subjectivity of taste, the variables of light and curtains and carpets, guaranteed that minds would reevaluate and work would have to be redone. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The brocaded hangings beamed on the walls in soft folds—and, on the floor, a desperate and reprehensible luxury, there was a genuine carpet. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon the dinner carpet was full with trays of kebab, grilled onions and tomatoes, platters of fresh chives, green and purple basil, cilantro, radishes, and dill. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z This grove has a magnetic pull, beckoning toward a carpet of blue-green mosses where I long to lie on my back and sing into the leaves. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The floor is plush carpet and the walls are all tinted mirrors so those inside can see out but nobody can look in. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z And home was our apartment on Euclid Avenue, with its fading carpet and low ceilings, my dad kicked back in the bucket of his easy chair. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My avatar appeared just inside the “entrance,” a door at the top of a carpeted staircase. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And we were all in this big tight huddle as parents clicked away like we were on a red carpet somewhere. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Take the third number and cover it with a carpet of size 1/4, and so forth. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I’d grown up around the smell of new carpeting, of polyester shirts hot from the dryer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It is the most hopeless idea I have ever heard, but I nod and pour the remover on the carpet. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z From his height he could see not just the lake but across part of the forest, a green carpet, and it was full of life. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Problems of the immigrant and black communities were swept under the dazzling carpet of success, where they grew until they forced their way into the open. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I saw myself walking, but I didn’t feel my feet upon the thin carpet. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I dug my heels in the thick carpet and leaned backward. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The world unrolling like a carpet in front of my feet. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Laura’s muddy footprints had been visible on the motel carpet when he got up that morning, leading from his bedroom to the lobby and out the door. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Three hours she gave to stitching, with gold thread, the border of a square crimson cloth, almost large enough for a carpet. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Before I knew it, I was out the door, back in the lobby, following the ribboning patterns in the carpeting as they led me toward the front door. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The toy bounced across the carpet and rolled under the couch. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z His fingers crept across the soft carpeted floor, behind Gulmina’s back. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He spent Adam’s money remorselessly—new furniture, new carpets, a gas water-heater, and a large icebox. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I pull off my sneakers and line them up on the small carpet near the front door. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Like where a henna carpet of pine needles was shin-bone deep. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd surged out of the Grand Ballroom into the corridor, as Algernon, scampering along the maroon carpeted hallway, led them a merry chase. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The basement is actually nice and carpeted and painted, with lights everywhere and my dad’s old hockey trophies and framed jersey and bookshelves packed with books, even though he absolutely does not read. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When you think about it, the king could stand on the jewel-encrusted carpet—the kaleidoscopic radiance of human greatness—and yet, if he stuck his head out a window, it’d still be raining. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As I walked into the game room, I heard a Bryan Adams song blasting out of the speakers mounted on the carpeted walls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z From the carpet bag she took out seven flannel nightgowns, four cotton ones, a pair of boots, a set of dominoes, two bathing-caps and a postcard album. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Some afternoons we sit in groves carpeted with emerald moss, and other evenings we spend in high towers or up in trees. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The carpets on the floor were all different shades of blue and green, and in the corner was a sturdy square table and a chair with a back like a ladder. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But no doors slammed, no carpets took the soft tread of rubber heels. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Myrish carpets covered the floor instead of rushes, and in one comer a hundred fabulous beasts cavorted in bright paints on a carved screen from the Summer Isles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I wanted to draw my thighs, each the size of a couch, on his carpet. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “So, hey,” he says, shuffling back and forth on a pair of running mud-cakes, driving dirt deeper and deeper into my plush white carpet. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Major Rathbone drips blood on the carpet, trying to stanch the flow by holding tight to his injured arm. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I have an idea and grab the carpet, doing my best to carry it under one arm as I make my way up to the last landing on the fifth story of the building. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When she felt okay enough to open her eyes, she wasn’t standing on hardwood anymore but on thick green carpet that was easy to recognize: it was the top floor of Redemption’s house. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The cake, the whipped cream, the thick carpet, the pink fingernails and long calves of Frau Siedler—these sensations whirl through Werner’s head as if on a carousel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In the center of the thickly carpeted room, directly beneath an adjustable ceiling lamp, was a large round table covered with green baize. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact that the yellow chintz armchair in the living room clashed with the blue-and-maroon Turkish carpet no longer bothered her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The red carpet took away their feet sounds. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Conor kept his eyes on the carpet, which was the color of spilled wine. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Then she pinned him to the floor, his arms twisted behind his back, his face buried in the carpet. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z This time, along with many other artifices, they brought a flying carpet. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She picks at the threads of her carpet. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They were ready, but Uncle Bill hadn’t arrived yet, so Kelly turned cartwheels across the carpet. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The Halloween party would, by all accounts, last until three fifteen a.m., and end with a number of kids passed out on the Perrys’ Oriental living room carpet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The others were all squatting on the carpet and playing cards with Ida. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I lowered my eyes and ran my rainbow-striped flat over the dingy carpet. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “It smells like old people and wet carpet, but stronger—like fifty old people and piles of wet carpet.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z This beer parlor has a dingy red carpet and cheesy black tables and plastic-upholstered chairs and scant lighting, and reeks of car ashtray; the other beer parlors we drink in are similar. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z On the wall with the rolled-up carpet, I discovered nine thumbtack holes in the cracked and paint- peeled wall. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z We set the pigs down on the carpet in front of us and gave them each a last look. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It missed the bottle and landed on the carpet. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Somehow I managed to stay upright after sliding across the linoleum floor to the carpet. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Maybe she drives once a day to a convenience store to buy a sandwich and some Mountain Dew, but most of every day is spent here, on or near this carpet. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He rose deliberately from his chair and came toward them across the soundless carpet. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z What is the total size of the carpets? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And Amelia’s mom is vacuuming upstairs, the clunky machine roaring across the carpets. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Plush carpeted stairs lead up to the Belle apartments. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The coffee table is overturned, Korean newspaper strewn all over the carpet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z When had her aunt’s worn beige carpets, wood-paneled walls, and stucco ceilings come to represent home? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She had left the bowl of sancocho she was devouring on the carpet. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Fie turned his head, irritated and in pain, and rubbed it on the carpet. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Felicia realizes with a start that he is carpeted with damp fur. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d pull out an old scarf that would fall to pieces in her hands, or open a box that proved to be full of bent carpet tacks. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The flowing draperies, expensive carpets, and hand-carved furniture that surely belonged here had been removed. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A dirty red carpet, with huge gum-stained circles as big as cherries covered the floor. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z When he looked in, he saw sheets laid eerily over all the furniture and even on the carpet, as if an arctic landscape had lifted itself and dropped into a parlor in Phippsburg. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Ohl you might get some of the glass in your feet, ma’am,” insisted the young woman, picking up bits of the broken vase that were scattered upon the carpet. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Hocked wallpaper, moss green with gold, in a pattern of sinewy trellises; a matching moss-green carpet; and on the walls, electric torches. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Use the vacuum cleaner to create a special, fernlike pattern in the carpets. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The carpet feels soft and cool against my throbbing cheek. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The earth was carpeted with a silky layer of dried grass and cotton stalks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched the girl in the book step inside, trembling, her wet shoes leaving mud and bits of grass on the carpets. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But here in their thousands they carpeted the earth waiting to lie on their backs on the platters of America. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Terryl says: “I’m sick and tired of shoving things under the carpet. People have a duty to stand up,” and not just within their families. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z At the top of them something fell from her hand making hardly any noise on the soft pile carpet. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Luke looked up from his toy cars on the carpet. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When we walked into the empty apartment, which had nothing in it but dim ceiling lights and worn beige carpets, I didn’t believe that we’d be done by noon. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z It was a carpeted hall and I moved down with pounding heart as a dog set up a terrific din within the top apartment. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And for some reason, his feared lack of genius made him miss K-19 more than he had since his face was pressed flat against his bedroom carpet. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z In the span of about five hours, the carpets had been steamed to help keep Malia’s allergies from being activated by traces of the former president’s dogs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I laid the pillowcase over the carpet like a drop cloth. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem like part of school anymore—the corridor was thickly carpeted, and the walls were painted a chipper light blue and tastefully decorated with black-and-white photos of flowers. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z They were delighted with the renovation and decorations of their rooms; with the new drapery, and fresh carpets, and rich tinted china vases: they expressed their gratification ungrudgingly. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In my dream, her head was on my shoulder as I lay on my back, only the corner of carpet between us and the concrete floors. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Everything seemed too nice, all silk and carpeted corridors and brass and copper and little glass lanterns. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She then dropped onto the bed, rolled over to fumble for her glass, accidentally pushed the glass to the carpeted floor. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The furniture looks as if it’s been picked out by her parents: a square-armed off-green sofa, a wheat-colored carpet, a coffee table, two lamps with the cellophane still on the shades. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Here and there the carpets had begun to smolder where some of the scattered coals had fallen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jen squeezed out a few drops of blood and let them fall to the carpet. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Now, there was only the thick, greenish-brown carpet of foliage, the sticks and twigs and sinewy roots of the trees, like ropes coming up out of the ground. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z They walked very quietly across the grey carpets of the department store, towards School Outfitting, and the rooms smelled of perfume and new cloth. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She picked a sliver of grass from between her toes and flicked it away and they watched it settle on the carpet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In Serena’s parlor, with the dried flowers, on the Chinese carpet, his thin body. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I slid from his bed down to the carpet. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z At home, while I set about memorizing the flaws in my carpet, my body learned to cross-coordinate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Down below, just outside the front door, stood Mary Poppins, dressed in her coat and hat, with her carpet bag in one hand and her umbrella in the other. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I stay where I am, gripping the shaggy strands of the carpet between my toes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He crouched down, pulled back the threadbare carpet. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Pri reaches for the remote on the carpet and turns up the volume. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Around me I know it’s empty, all the furniture is gone, the floors are bare, no carpets even; but despite this the cupboard is full of clothes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I catch his arm and dig my feet into the carpet to keep him from moving, but he ends up pulling me with him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z At the sight of the three of them nipping and rolling on the carpet, exhorting each other with socially useful phrases such as “Pass the salt, please!” and “May I take your umbrella?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z We can cover the rationals with carpets that, summed together, fit in the size of half an atom—or a neutron—or a quark—or as small as we can possibly imagine. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He barely had time to register what looked like a brown carpet, stretched out over the curving surface below. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Lots of other numbers are covered by that carpet, but we don’t have to worry about that. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The part I liked to practice best was the fancy curtsy: right foot out, touch the rose on the carpet with a pointed foot, sweep to the side, left leg bends, look up and smile. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stand next to me on the center of the carpet,” says Director Horus. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I had my dinner in a restaurant, and when I had settled in with a drink and a comfortable chair and my bathed bare feet on a carpet with red roses, I inspected Charley. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Vinegar will remove the stains from the carpet.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I squatted on the floor by his feet, scratching designs into the carpet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Food stains appeared at every turn—melted cheese caked into the carpeting, tomato sauce drying on the arm of a love seat, a squashed eclair oozing custard all over an ottoman. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Despite deep cleaning, the shag carpet still smelled like cigar smoke and bacon grease. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The half-open door, the column of light across the corridor carpet, confirmed that Emily Tallis had risen from her day bed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A tongue the length of a stair carpet encircled the flask as he popped off the lid and tossed the whole contents down. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When he entered the house, he looked around at the blank-faced walls, the two prickly bushes outside the window—the tan shag carpeting, the lack of books, the tiny stove. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The stairs themselves seemed more or less unharmed, save for some carpets kicked askew and the ribbon bows untied and thrown everywhere, but the second floor landing was, as they say nowadays, trashed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Then, after an intense session, I'd step out of the bathroom and pace the carpet while smoking my hash pipe. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It rolls smoothly, easier than I expected across the carpet. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandmother was getting pretty worked up herself and now she heaved herself out of her chair and began pacing up and down the room, thumping the carpet with her stick. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I was lying on the carpet, feeling the pounding in my brain, when Tyler found me and folded himself onto the sofa near my head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After shutting the door of their shared room, he yanked off his shoe, causing a heel-shaped hunk of lead to drop to the carpet. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Some people said ash was good for the carpets. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The LZ was supposed to be secure, but I could see a few muzzle blasts coming from the thick green carpet below me as we came down. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry rose up out of the Pensieve, and moments later he lay on the carpeted floor in exactly the same room: Snape might just have closed the door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Bobby Gene sat in the middle of the carpet, with a real set look on his face. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Across the tent, Rhaegal unfolded green wings to flap and flutter a half foot before thumping to the carpet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It is a room dominated by heavy beams and rafters, and the floorboards have no carpet or rug to cover them, and yet the atmosphere is surprisingly cosy. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “And old Dusty,” said Ron, glancing at the patch of carpet from which the corpse-figure had risen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then he vomits all over the expensive carpet and falls in the mess. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We walk down the yellow hall with the industrial carpet, that factory gray, past the shiny elevators, and through a heavy door to the stairwell. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I threw open the curtains covering the windows on the far wall and illuminated the carpet on the floor. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Behind Harry, the entrance to the marquee revealed rows and rows of fragile golden chairs set on either side of a long purple carpet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He gnaws on the end of a cigar and stabs his cane repeatedly into the carpet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They set the tree up in the front room after spreading a sheet to protect the carpet of pink roses from falling pine needles. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This time the hallway is deserted, an expanse of dark blue carpeting and white wooden doors. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The lettering was so small and exact that I had to stand up on the carpet and put my bare eyeballs inches away from the map even to guess each location. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes after Apa leaves we have a carpet burn on our knee. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The carpet had been dusted, and the fallen petals removed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It rose from the floor, up out of the tattered gray wall-to-wall carpeting. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I’m sleeping on an air mattress now and there’s plush beige carpeting underneath. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The office was small; a little waiting area with padded folding chairs, orange-flecked commercial carpet, notices and awards cluttering the walls, a big clock ticking loudly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Khosrou—I’ll stop writing it so you can stop skipping it—was the famous king who made the carpet called “The Spring of Khosrou,” where the rubies and emeralds were flowers in a golden field. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But probably it was only that carpets and couches and curtains just didn’t make the right atmosphere for a game about hidden splendors and giant mysteries, in a land of mud and sand. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He stepped out on the silent carpet and looked into each of the cabinets in turn. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain took his leave, his wet boots leaving damp footprints across the carpet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Blood and viscera stained the king’s silk carpets. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In her mermaid costume, Zora lay on the wet strip of outdoor carpeting, waiting to go on after me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She was kneeling on the carpet again, stiffly shuffling together the loose photographs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Every now and then a long, woven tapestry would be seen hanging from the walls or a braided carpet would stretch beneath their feet. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z They all squatted down eagerly on the carpet. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z They’ve covered the bare floors with white carpets; round white banquet tables overflowing with white lilacs fill the room. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The waiting room is set up like a doctor’s office, only the chairs are plain molded plastic, and instead of carpeting there’s chipped linoleum. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Francie wanted the green carpet with the big pink roses, the cream-colored lace curtains and the lovely little piano. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Heavy curtains and thick carpet muffled the sounds from the train wheels. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The boy addressed the king as if Ser Barristan were not there, as if there were no dead man sprawled upon the carpet, his life’s blood slowly staining the silk red. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When the doors opened, he stepped out into a torch-lit stone passageway quite different from the wood-paneled and carpeted corridors above. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The carpets were so clean I could see a single set of footprints leading to Pickett’s desk, and a single set leading away from them. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Frankie and Joseph scoured the floor, sweeping their hands across the carpet. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I looked down and touched a carpet stain with the toe of my shoe. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Footsteps came to the door, but I could only barely hear them because they were extremely gentle and because of the carpet. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z With its waterfall curtains and carpets of forest, the canyon was like a long and beautiful room, and Weep a toy city—a gilded model—at its center. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The officers wandered toward the hallway to the left of the spiral staircase, the one with the cream carpet, so difficult to clean. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I watched Jasper’s sleeping body on the carpet beside me, the little thump of his tail, now and then, upon the floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The bluebells had not faded yet, they made a solid carpet in the woods above the valley, and the young bracken was shooting up, curling and green. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It fell on the carpeted floor, and a dislodged battery rolled out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He slipped out of the closet, leaving dusty footprints across the carpet, and was scolded by Celia when she saw the state of his clothes and hair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His stomach heaved, and he found himself on his knees, retching on the carpet, that wonderful thick Myrish carpet, as comforting as lies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He dangled some wool before them and soon had them springing back and forth and tumbling on the carpet. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Inside, Palmer looked about for signs of primitive living—mud, piles of rubbish—but saw nothing but clean furniture, carpets, pictures on the walls. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The flocked wallpaper had a delicate floral print, the floors were covered with fine Arabian carpeting in a leaf-and-ivy pattern, and the mahogany dresser had drawer-pulls carved in the shape of mushrooms. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He’d already overturned the bag and scattered its innards all over the shaggy olive green carpet. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Standing beside the hackberry shrubs with hundreds of empty desiccated cocoons still clinging to their branches and a carpet of butterfly corpses under her feet, La Llorona did not look anything like a malevolent specter. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It was too late now not to follow this make-believe carpet to its plywood finale, and I did not yet know of any truer destination. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly she threw the cigarette and the burning match on the carpet. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I knelt on the carpet behind the screen, hardly daring to breathe. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The oversized chairs are white; the walls, covered with occasional landscape paintings, are white; and the plush carpet is the whitest of all. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “You can do your kneeling on the carpet in your solar once we’ve agreed on terms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a bright green carpet which had great pink roses. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Roz stumbled on until she found a patch of ground that was flat and open and carpeted with pine needles. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The entire first floor was covered with carpeting to muffle the noise made by spectators, and the folding seats had been replaced with upholstered and consequently “soundless” chairs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “The carpet in the hall with the hunters and the boar, you know the one? Something funny happened to me when I looked at it before.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He set it on the table, lay in the middle of the floor in the fetal position, and cried, with the reek of their musty carpet in his nostrils. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It's the richest place I've ever been in, with thick, deep carpets and a velvet couch and chairs. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There is a thin, peacock blue carpet on the floor, slightly too large so that one side curls up against the wall. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The picture shows wall-to-wall shag carpet and low, streamlined sofas, egg-shaped chairs, and televisions that look like flying saucers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Richardson galloped back first, jumped off the horse, bounded up the stairs three at a time, and muddied up the stewards’ stand carpets. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But the rest of me sat there on the carpet, unmoved and detached, thinking and caring for one thing only, repeating a phrase over and over again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Every day, the carpet of leaves on the forest floor has grown thicker and brighter, and today I actually slip on them and go sliding down the slope. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Captain Cook squatted guiltily on the carpet and tried to make himself look small. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z As we crept along a path carpeted with oily black leaves, I stared at the trees covered in fungi, and the withered grass and bushes that had turned to mulch. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It looks like a commercial for vacuum cleaners, all fresh paint and vacuum- cleaner lines in the carpet. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Joseph looked down at the damage on the carpet. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There's a rolled-up carpet in the corner of the landing along with a small potted geranium. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As the Porter began to mop the wine from the carpet, the Butler knocked and came in with Lord Asriel’s manservant, a man called Thorold. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Back across the expanse of carpet to the door which I had entered I noticed several chairs but was undecided to go there. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A letter that had been on the hall table now lay on the carpet. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z My body sank until it met the carpet. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But she walked without regard to burrs or thorns, for as she stepped forth the ground beneath her became carpeted with fluorescent rose petals. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z We take spots on the carpeted floor, and when Madrina’s finally settled, it feels as if the whole apartment has let out a deep, long sigh. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z 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 He wondered if the littlest one still fell over his own feet and became tangled in the fringe of the carpet. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I imagined the carpet hanging, like the sail of a ship, from two wooden masts, and my grandma slowly making each knot. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It’s covered in carpeting nicer than we have in our living room. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I stand on the old living room carpet, imagining I’m onstage. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z But to be honest—I love the feel of the Persian carpet on my bare feet. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Jared’s scrambling up from the floor with a split lip and a swelling eye, and Blake is on his hands and knees with blood pouring out of his nose and onto the carpet. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Sadie placed the Snickers in his palm like a peace offering and waited, staring at the carpet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I was sitting in one of those baby carriers on the floor—strapped in and safe as I checked out my world of green shag carpet and matching sofa. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z At the coffee table, I knelt on the carpet and lifted the small metal tabs that held the frame back in place. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Their pets—a dog named Franz, a cat named George Washington, and a house rabbit named Paganini—sprawled on the carpet, taking afternoon naps in a strip of sunlight. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I write on Mom’s envelope with a marker: I personally do not care about wall-to-wall carpeting. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “From my mom,” she said, pinning the slat in place with one hand and plucking a screw from the pile on the carpet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Across the strip of carpet my mother was already asleep. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They were heavy constructions of plywood, a sanded dowel for backstroke starts, puke-green carpet torn from somebody's basement stapled into the sloping tops for traction, and lane numbers spray-painted in orange on the backs. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z This he set on an inlaid table beside Shasta's sofa, and sat down himself on the carpeted floor with his goaty legs crossed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Adam could feel a thick carpet under his feet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I cross the carpet, gathering static, I suppose, with my sock feet. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He shoved the handmaid roughly to the carpet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Well,” I said, staring at the labyrinth of interlocking patterns woven into the carpet, “I guess I’m just realizing it now.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z "Nothing, Father. It is as Primus told you. The evening sky hangs above us, the color of a bruise, and clouds carpet the world beneath us, all grey and writhing." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Each weekend I put my wages and my tips under the carpet in the drawing room. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Do you remember the carpet that looks like yarn and like yawn? Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z His mother was on the sofa with her feet up and her carpet slippers dangling from her toes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The canvas walls of the front of the pavilion were rolled up, and inside dozens of workers were laying down carpets over the grassy field. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the soldiers pins him, his knees on Tobias’s shoulders and his hands on Tobias’s head, pressing his face to the carpet. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Grace could see her mentally ripping out the carpet in their living room, adding a second wing, or quite possibly abandoning Grace’s father and her to live in this house instead. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The walls are painted pale cream, the carpet is light blue, and sitting in the middle is a black Steinway baby grand piano. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Pale with frustration, he stood up and walked out of the Hotel Frances fifty centavos poorer, leaving a trail of Viennese coffee on the springy carpet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I run the vac over the carpet in the living room. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Then, without warning, he began to punch and kick King until he was pulled away, wrestled across the hotel lobby’s red carpet and dragged to a patrol car. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The decor was not expensive but it was well cared for—creamy white carpet on the floors, soft floral paper on the walls, thick, pleated curtains in the windows. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z None of the three tall windows would open because their frames had warped long ago, and an aroma of warmed dust from the Persian carpet rose to meet the diners as they entered. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Hand outstretched, Helen tried to direct him to the kitchen, so that he would drip on the linoleum rather than the living room carpet, but he ignored her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The lingering effects of the booze and a general exhaustion pressed me into the carpet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Then she rubs her bottom lip hard and looks at my carpet. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Soon, from the river’s sunbaked hollows, it was possible to buy Titanic carpets, and Titanic cloth, from bolts arranged in wheelbarrows. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Sherm shoved the door open with his hip, revealing a carpeted hallway and a broad wooden staircase. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z There were no seats in the back, just an Oriental carpet and a stereo the size of a home entertainment center. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garnet. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Should I have kept her in my bedroom, where she could ruin the carpets? Or in the gaming room, where she might eat the chess pieces and choke?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Charley ate his supper, did his tour of duty, and retired into a carpeted corner under the table which was to be his for the next three months. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no spider webs in sight, no rose petals on the carpet. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z In our last apartment, pre-Lenny, the countertop was rotting around the edges, so you’d realize halfway through washing dishes that water had been pooling downstream into the carpeting. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He forced himself deep into the dark center of the grove and, kneeling, laid the wreath upon the thick carpet of golden needles. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I pick up the photo frame and tip it over onto the carpet. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My bare feet dragged along the carpeted hall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I joined in, jumping, spinning, and sliding across the carpet. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I asked, staring at the grass growing underfoot, a living carpet that felt as soft as anything you could buy in a store. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “You’re getting dried-up old mud on the carpet. Just like the kids.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The fallen leaves made a soft carpet for her feet and the night birds flew into the sky as she passed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He drifted into the living room, scuffing his feet along the carpet, headed for the worn Barcalounger next to the old gray sofa in front of the TV. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I knelt on the carpet, listening to my father but studying this stranger, and felt suspended between them, drawn to each, repelled by both. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The dactyl screeched and took a few steps back from the noxious fumes now rising from the carpet. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Though she stood plainly before him, Eliot had the sensation that Mrs. Sen was no longer present in the room with the pear-colored carpet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He sits with his back to us on a wide blue carpet with silver trim. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “I do have a carpet,” said my dad in Farsi. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z His carpet is gray and his furniture is black. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The Weirdos could be counted on to chew bits of their own stringy hair and fixate, non-blinking, on a dirt spot on the carpeting while a fire blazed right behind them. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She reads my note about the carpeting and the dust mites and gives me a funny look. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z A leaky pipe had dripped water all day and messed up the carpets. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The carpet he walked on was so plush that his feet sank half an inch into the floor with every step. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I felt like some kind of bad dog that had pooped all over the carpet, eaten the slippers, and attacked the mailman, and was now being sent to obedience school. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They had him by his legs again and were dragging him down a hall, over smooth carpet. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Before Pong realized what he was doing, he had sunk to his knees again on the carpet. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Somehow I had expected waxed surfaces and carpeted floors. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I slumped to the hall carpet and a feeling like molten magma churned in my belly. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It went puffing and whistling down the chimneys, slipping in through the cracks under the windows, turning the Nursery carpet up at the corners. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Huge colonial pieces made of blond oak and walnut arrived, along with heavy wool carpets, and lamps of hammered iron and copper. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Most sat on chairs and couches; a few found spots on the carpet. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Ear and Arm dragged out Eye and laid him on the carpet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The trees, predominantly oak, were more fully in bud, and there were occasional clumps of wildflowers—bloodroot and trillium and Dutchmen’s breeches—rising through the carpet of last year’s leaves. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z A woman in an emerald-green housecoat and heels, vacuuming her goldenrod carpet, the colors so saturated they seemed to bleed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I had never seen Hirohito sit on the carpet square. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon a spiny carpet covered the bottom of the gulf. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I think they all have beige carpet inside. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z A tapestry was draped on the screen behind them and rich Eastern carpets beneath. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The carpet comes to life beneath our feet. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A few short months ago, I’d seen it as a magic carpet, carrying me to my dreams. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They came running and jumping, across the threadbare carpet, to the linoleum, squealing, “I want a ride!” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Chapter Eleven sprawls on the carpet, wolfing candy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The lounge at Rosie’s restaurant was filled with overstuffed chairs, couches, and shag carpet, all in dust-covered browns, oranges, and yellows. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The leaves dangled like jewels—tiny droplets of ruby, pearl, topaz, amethyst, emerald, and garnet; and a carpet of such riches coated the forest floor around them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We sat in the living room; the carpet was the same crisp white from my childhood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It’s so quiet, with the thick carpets and heavy tapestries soaking up the sound. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Can I help? Can I help?” he asked the carpet cleaner. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The girls stretched out on the carpet of green and fell asleep. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Instead I thought of Tyler, and of lying on the carpet next to his desk, staring at his woolen-socked feet while the Mormon Tabernacle Choir chanted and trilled. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The music would flow through the store like a magic carpet inviting me to hop on for a ride. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I say looking down at the fancy blue carpet beneath our feet. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Within the tent, they found camp stools and a trestle table, a rack of spears and halberds, a floor covered with threadbare carpets in half a dozen clashing colors, and three officers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the third day he seemed to come back into himself, to become aware of the goings-on around him, to listen to our mealtime chatter rather than staring, unresponsive, at the carpet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I liked this new interaction with people—asking seemingly innocent questions about how much they loved their furniture or wall-to-wall carpeting. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Then I stood on my cabbageroses carpet in my new funeral dress, in my bare feet, surrounded by my things. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I crawled from under the table, bringing the carpet and the table down upon my head in my haste. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The carpet bends and goes down the front staircase and I go with it, one hand on the banister, once a tree, turned in another century, rubbed to a warm gloss. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It did look like a little cool, green room with walls of foliage, a door of sedge stalks, and a thick, springy carpet of matted undergrowth. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I am not thinking of the wall-to-wall carpet, or the camera, or the trip to China. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Angrily, I dragged my backpack across the carpet toward my room. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Bottles of rye, purgative waters and eaux for every conceivable toilette made a companionable click in his worn carpet bag. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z One old man in a fresh lawn suit, bow tie and carpet slippers shuffled by with the help of two sticks, advancing so slowly that even the traffic was passing him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The truly enchanting part is that there’s a small carpet of sand and a folded lawn chair. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She didn’t even act excited about their new white Toyota, which smelled like fresh carpet and roses inside. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A big piece of carpet with a cabbageroses pattern all over it lay on top of the wooden floor. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Gatsby stood in the center of the crimson carpet and gazed around with fascinated eyes. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She grabbed the basin of a hand lantern off the desk and turned it upside down, pouring oil all over the carpeted floor. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The following week, Mrs. Richardson decided to have the carpet steamed, and all the children were told to stay out of the house until dinnertime. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was kneeling on the carpet, listening to Dad testify of Mother’s calling as a healer, when my breath caught in my chest and I felt taken out of myself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When it’s actually time to eat, we sit in the white-and-gold dining room with the natural-wool carpet, the most expensive money can buy. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Nearby, the three Mondragon kids were stretched out on the threadbare carpet, intent on the tube. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her bedchamber was small, but there was a Myrish carpet on the floor and a mattress stuffed with feathers in place of straw. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She gave Calder an antique globe and a real Oriental carpet that looked just like the Geographer’s. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z He was shoved through a glass door and onto a Persian carpet in an astonishing room. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then we take another elevator to the sixth floor, where Caitlin’s apartment sits, halfway down a long, carpeted hall. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Outside, on his landing, there was no moonlight, and he felt his way in the dark, first on the carpeted upper staircase, and then, for the last two flights, on the bare, polished oak. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It’s Sunday mid-morning, and the air is still cool and crisp, but the bordering trees have left a carpet of leaves beneath them. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z By three o’clock, the movers had laid out carpets, positioned furniture, hooked up the washing machine and dryer, and filled each room with the stencil-marked boxes that the Meechams would have to unpack. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Briony’s view past the open front door was of a stretch of floral lino, and the first seven or eight stairs which were covered in deep red carpet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The dampness left in the floor carpet would evaporate in the sun’s heat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingers slid against the minivan’s gray carpets. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I saw sweetshops and carpet vendors, kabob stalls, kids with dirt- caked hands selling cigarettes, tiny restaurants—maps of Afghanistan painted on their windows—all interlaced with backstreet aid agencies. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The broad thick tires would stand up to the rough surface of carpets and make a wide splash through puddles. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z We scoured the entire lower level of the house, from the dining room to a narrow, dirty kitchen to a living room with the ugliest orange shag carpet I’d ever seen in my life. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It took two more rings before my fumbling hands found the phone lying on the unrolled carpet. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It looked like the handyman had been on vacation for the past couple centuries, and the threadbare, watery pink carpet leading to the office was barely hanging on. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z So we can cover the infinite cohorts of rational numbers in the number line with a set of carpets, and the total size of the carpets is 2. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The carpet burst into flames; the heat was so intense, it nearly seared off my eyebrows. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Inside, intersecting shadows left by a vacuum cleaner were frozen on the surface of a plush pear-colored carpet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She tries to look at me, but I’ve been counting the black flecks in the carpet for what feels like hours now. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z There were only some books in a pile, a small cooking stove, and the carpets, covered with mysterious designs. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like the room of a museum, for here was no carpet on the polished oak boards, and the display cases stood in two long rows, from one end to the other. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It splashed over the carpet, making the women at the next table squeal. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The room is dark and smoky, with plush purple carpeting patterned with flowers and purple leather banquettes filled with people. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I only have a vague picture of a room, lying down on a carpet in rows with other kids like me for a nap time. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I grab my favorite scarf while Mustafa spreads out colorful prayer rugs over the carpet. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She glanced at Jessie, wondering if she should wake her, but her sister looked so peaceful curled up on the carpet. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I stepped onto the carpeted floor of the tent with my family. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes she laid them out on the carpet like tarot cards, like Wonka Bars, and wondered whether it was too late. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Through the white carven carpet that had been High Street pushed four oxen, buried up to their middles, dragging behind them a heavy plow. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Then I noticed something bright and yellow pushing up through the carpet of leaves. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The place seemed to be a geometrically reconfigured 1960s bachelor pad, with open stonework, pile carpeting, and magnificently ugly mushroom-shaped stained glass lampshades. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Instead, I cleared a space in the center of my room and practiced the crab pose for so long the carpet began to burn my palms. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I’m still not entirely convinced that I was hallucinating the night the floor of my hospital room transformed into a carpet of writhing snakes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She sits folding clothes into neat piles on the carpet. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The littlest one, who always became entangled in the carpet fringe, would be the first to go. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z They had to rush up the red steps with the old red carpet. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This room is entirely empty except for a rolled carpet in one corner. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Have you ever heard an ant wearing fur slippers walk across a thick wool carpet?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He saw the chairs, the pictures, the red roses on the carpet, and new sharp things—almost people things but friendly things. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Haley wanted to make stickers, which is why she’s in a split on the carpet with her headphones on and coloring, and I’m about to tell the silly version of the Glenn Burke story. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He pulled away a thick layer that resembled a pinkish foam carpet pad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z We followed Og through a maze of carpeted hallways until we reached a row of seven circular doorways, each numbered. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I peeped round the bedpost again and saw her walking across the carpet to the balcony door. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I rise again and push the empty cart back down the aisle, the wheels squeaking across the carpet. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Like a path through the forest, like a carpet for royalty, it shows me the way. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Her ankle started twitching and her bare toes tapped the carpet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Angie’s room was pink and ruffled, carpeted, and decorated with stuffed animals, dolls, and pictures of American movie stars. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Like the pig is roasting on a spit right in the living room, dripping delicious grease all over the carpet. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The walls were institutional gray-brown; the carpet, ditto. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Tattered but freshly swept carpets covered the highly polished hardwood floors, and the rooms were filled with antique velvet-covered chairs inherited from my great-grandma. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “The Kool-Aid was just the thing we disagreed about this time. It could have been the carpet, the toothpaste, even the weather—we just can’t seem to agree about anything anymore.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z We go along the corridor and through another flat gray door and along another corridor, softly lit and carpeted this time, in a mushroom color, browny pink. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally he staggered in and collapsed on a piece of carpet and was asleep immediately. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I lowered my eyes and noticed a stain on the carpet. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I peeled myself up off the carpets and bolted toward the side door. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Once down, I lay there with the music going and my cheek pressing into the carpet and stared at the dust beneath my bed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I pace across the well-worn carpet until my mother hangs up. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z They spend a few weekends taking the shuttle bus to Ikea and filling up the rooms: imitation Noguchi lamps, a black sectional sofa, kilim and flokati carpets, a blond wood platform bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Hot bile rises to my throat and I throw up onto the carpet. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The red-and-yellow straw carpet covered the center of the room, and the honey-colored Formica cupboard divided the space into a living room and kitchen. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “Please, sir, don’t bring her into this,” I say, looking down at the carpet. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The brown carpet looks like a deep, plush forest floor. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The scattered pieces were picked up off the carpet, and they sat down to play. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She crumpled to the flowered carpet in a faint. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone brought sleeping bags, but instead of using them, we set up a nest of blankets and sheets and pillows on top of the carpet. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “I think we’ll have to get a red carpet leading up to your front door.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Carpet muncher, carpet muncher, carpet muncher, carpet muncher.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Its ceiling and walls were a smoothly curved arch, its floor hard and flat, with a soft layer of carpet down the middle. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Rivers dried up, their bottoms carpeted with dead fish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We walked down the hall and down the wide thickly carpeted stairs. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The floor was covered in soft carpets, and at the far end of the room tall glass doors opened onto a broad balcony. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I came out of the kitchen and stood for a moment staring down at the strip of gray carpet that ran the length of the hall. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The lion-pawed table raked the carpet with its clawed wooden feet, as if it were impatient for something. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z And the pipe was dangling so low that it was almost touching the carpet. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I need to walk on warm carpet for a while. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s one huge hall laid with light-green carpet for praying, a long and narrow dining room laid out with rows of tables and plastic chairs, and another smaller hall for Sunday school. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Most of the room was carpeted, except for the side by the sink and fountain. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The moist towel that Wes held to his lip was almost solid red and beginning to drip blood on the living room carpet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I picked through the clothes scattered on the carpet, silently repeating Dad’s favorite phrase, It's all good. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She couldn’t even see the house until she had passed under the pines, walking now on a thick carpet of needles that seemed never to have been disturbed. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The wood floor beneath the carpet squeaks under my weight. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I found myself able to imagine Margo here, leaning against the wall with musty rolled-up carpet for a seat, eating a nutrition bar. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z We tried to ignore the feeling or to fight it off by building more things—bigger rooms, fancier furniture, carpeted hallways, things we did not really need. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Behind her was the bookcase, filled with all of Raymie’s father’s books, and behind that was the yellow expanse of the shag carpet, which seemed to go on forever. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z He sees the pile of birthday cards scattered on the carpet, and remembers a hot August day fourteen years ago in Cambridge when he held his son for the first time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The apartment is sleek and shiny, full of deep carpets that swallow noise. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I whinged that it didn't smell of anything, but she pointed out I wasn't the one who had to hoover and unpick the needles from the carpet. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In the bedroom, three old mattresses without sheets are laid across the floor, a carpet of bony springs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I am so scared my toes curl into the carpet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He offered the rope to me and patted the carpet seat. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Jones looked out of the bedroom window, saw what was happening, hurriedly flung a few possessions into a carpet bag, and slipped out of the farm by another way. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He literally didn't recognize the place, and not just because Pattie was asleep on the new Salvation Army couch and Quang-ha was sprawled out on the carpet nearby under a red blanket. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Then she guides her little harem to this carpeted area near the stereo, where people are drinking and grinding to Kanye. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The pale blue carpet was also thick with dust. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The hallway was dark, except for the bathroom light spilling onto the carpet like melted butter. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Neeley swept out the cellars and swept down the carpeted stairs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It lightens the polish to a bright vomit green and bleaches the carpet surrounding it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The Viennese carpeting was wet beneath the dripping radiators and the mirrors had been removed, leaving ghostly rectangles of plaster and ornamental screws. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She did not like the quiet corridors with carpets but no windows. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You look beautiful,” he whispered as they stepped onto the white carpet. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Like pink snow, the petals fell from the tree and made a soft carpet on the dirt. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He then climbed the broad, shallow, carpeted steps up to Main Deck, one flight up. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Our footsteps sounded weirdly loud on the carpet. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The floor is a pale wood polished to a high gloss, and there are carpets so that you hardly even notice the bloodstains here and there. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Inside she placed her couch, cougar skins, an Axminister carpet, rocking chairs, and assorted other artifacts of domestic life. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Finally they came to a large room with a marvelous carpet woven with birds and vines. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The stairs were carpeted and I managed to get up them without making much noise. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She fumbled with the cracker box, and crumbs rained down over the coffee table and the carpet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It hit the far wall and dropped, landing upside down on the linoleum beside the carpet. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z But even when her nightmares seemed so real—down to the scratchy carpet of their apartment that would always be caked with dust—they were nothing more than flimsy images shot through with fear. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He held his big basting spoon in his right hand, and he cupped his left under the bowl for fear it would drip on the carpet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The carpeting was institutional, with a hectic, stain- camouflaging pattern. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Take a rectangular carpet and place it on top of the stain. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z One of the women wore carpet slippers, like the man in the lawn suit. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Tiny, his face buried in carpet, has taken to crying again. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z I sat down on the carpet rolled against the far wall. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Here was a hush in the night, moonlight and shadows, a thick carpet of dead leaves underfoot, densely, wooded ridges sloping gently down to the streambed, the underbrush thinning as the ground fell away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It made people shy when they walked on it, since carpets were not originally intended for mere floors. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The black carpet is patterned with colorful geometric shapes. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Be still. Me and Lena cleaned it up so you would never know it was there. His precious carpet is unharmed.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they docked, Cleopatra had Apollodorus roll her up in a carpet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z And I could picture her again: she unravels the carpet halfway each night so her hip isn’t against bare concrete as she lies on her side. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She picked up a piece of fluff from the carpet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Their southeast aspect had permitted parallelograms of morning sunlight to advance across the powder-blue carpet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The trio made their way across the soft carpet and sat down. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The seconds slithered forward until Fig’s dinner splattered onto the carpet in a pile of brownish sludge. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The ground was covered with a thick carpet of pine needles and the charred trunks of pine. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The Impala might not look pervy on the outside, not like a fully carpeted custom van or something—but the inside was a different story. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He rolled out of bed and walked over to the open window, his bare feet pressing down the carpet pile. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z As Werfel combed the carpets to make sure the fringes all lay flat, he dreamed of the histories that could be written with the union of elfin and goblin knowledge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z But it was probably the fact that motel management phoned the police that led to our being called on the carpet in the chapel the next morning before the ceremony. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The carpeted runner to their room is a river of maroon crossed with gold trapezoids. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Go on and on to infinity; since every rational number is on the seating chart, every rational number will eventually be covered by a carpet. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Then he spoke, staring down at the threadbare carpet. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The trail was carpeted in a slightly damp layer of fallen leaves from last autumn, and the ground was spongy beneath her feet. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I went back inside the glass doors to wait for my taxi, in the carpeted, popcorn-smelling lobby. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There was a hole there on the carpet beneath Jasper’s tail. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A pillar of ash tumbled from his cigarette onto the threadbare hall carpet. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z A small desk and office chair by the window and stain-free beige carpet really brought the room together. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The Gap appears almost gentle, carpeted with trees, rolling hills, and the occasional gold burst of a wildflower meadow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He dies there, on the dirty, burgundy carpet of Pizza Hut, for a few sessions of mediocre sex with a used-up who does nails on the weekend for extra cash. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I'll say this: you are dead right about the Oreos and the carpet, but wrong about the journal. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Getting down on his hands and knees, he’d inched across the matted carpet and found the small black bag his father kept in the closet. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He unlocks the door, takes off his shoes, puts them on the plastic runner that his father must have placed there to protect the plush off- white wall-to-wall carpeting. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Ever since we got called on the carpet by the principal for riding in the ambulance, Carl avoided the school driveway. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “She wasn’t helping us. Somebody could be bleeding to death, and she would be more worried about her carpet and getting her party on.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He rose and walked down the dark aisle over the soft, invisible carpet. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When she touched my cheek with her open hand we got the shock of static she built up from the carpet. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry glanced out of the corridor windows as they passed; the sun was already sinking over grounds carpeted in deeper snow than had lain over the Burrow garden. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He stared down at the sparking, sputtering arsenal, yelled and belly-flopped to the carpet as rockets whizzed out of the elevator, inches above his head. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat naked on her bed and looked at her life, in this tiny room with the moldy carpet, the hundred dollar bill on the table, her body rising with loathing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Eliot followed her, walking for the first time in his sneakers across the pear- colored carpet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And indeed, Mother thought, the Mellower looked just like a little dog that had been scolded for making a mess on the carpet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She, too, looked around the room, as if she noticed in the lampshades, in the teapot, in the shadows frozen on the carpet, something the rest of them could not. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In the background, Alice’s bed is unmade and covered with pillows, and someone’s purchased a round, shaggy carpet to cover the few feet of floor space. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The locker room was empty and polished, the black carpet free of the tape and the tobacco spit and the shoes and the shoulder pads. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I shove my feet into my shoes and walk the hallways, shoelaces slapping the carpets. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z There I sit with my palms on my knees, my feet flat on the carpet. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Mama went back to work, pulling the wagon across the grass carpet. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The ice seemed stable, covered with a fine carpet of snow so that it wasn’t too slippery. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Yellow leaves were falling everywhere, littering the ground like a carpet rolled out for the approaching footsteps of the end of time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Flags waved and film cameras rolled, and a military band played as the pilots stepped out of the plane and began walking down a stairway onto a red carpet. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He flailed his hands and even stamped once with his long, narrow, elegantly shoed foot on the plush carpet. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z And of course when he put them back on the carpet, it was only a second before they attacked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The carpet is eaten with holes, the pews look morose. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. Morehouse pushes Jason’s chair across the carpet toward me, and Mom picks up her bookmark, leaving Harry still searching in the hallway. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The room goes heart-stoppingly silent as momentum carries him and Henry through the fall and down, down onto the wreckage of the cake on the ornate carpet, Henry’s sleeve still clutched in Alex’s fist. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Not like a carpet or that fancy rug Mom didn’t let anyone step on. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The walls, the high-beamed ceiling, the wooden floors, and the thick carpets were all varying shades of white. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He walked very quickly across the carpeted lobby, looking at nothing, and pausing only to see his ticket torn, half of it thrown into a silver box and half returned to him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The yellow room smelt of crumpets, crypts, and carpet. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The telescreen was dimmed to a low murmur; the richness of the dark-blue carpet gave one the impression of treading on velvet. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Managers upbraided a group of messenger boys overheard dishing office dirt at a local diner, and engineers caught having a loud, detailed work conversation at the Industrial USO were called on the carpet. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I sat on the carpet for a while as Radar read to me more about New York, about the Catskill Mountains, about the nation’s capital, about the concert at Woodstock in 1969. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z His footsteps rang on the stone, and then were muffled as he came on to the red carpet by the altar rail. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z When I arrived, he was speaking through the screen of a high-security cell to a tiny Dominican named Colon, who had decorated the cell with a carpet of shredded pieces of magazine. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was carpeted, handsomely furnished, and had a balcony. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The neighborhood lawns spilled into each other, a continuous carpet; the bushes bristled, bushy. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Her room felt alien, the warm wood tones, the tan furniture, the wall-to-wall burgundy carpeting that cushioned her feet, the reams of space that made Kainene call their rooms flats. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The ground was a soft, reddish carpet into which the horses’ feet gently sank. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It had one large bed, a detailed tapestry hanging on the wall, a carpet, and a chest of drawers. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If Aunt Letty had fallen on bare boards or even on the carpet, I suppose all her bones would have been broken: but by great good luck she had fallen on the mattress. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z What did they do with everything—carpets, curtains, lamps, lightbulbs? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z My office tilted, and I clung to the arms of my chair for fear of winding up on the carpet. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The farther we get, the stranger the carpet underneath my feet begins to feel—the squishier it becomes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Paganini was hopping in bizarre patterns around the living room carpet, periodically flinging himself into the air and spinning as if auditioning for a Broadway show. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Okay, okay. But the weather is ugly, and I woke up with a migraine. Plus, Penny is sick, and Butterscotch threw up on the carpet. I had to put her in the basement.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z But none of this was known to the peasant standing on the carpet, unsure of where to put his hands and perspiring heavily. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He paces the room until he begins worrying about damaging the carpet, and then he sits in the window instead, watching the people below. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The door fell on its broken hinge and caught on the carpet. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Mom was running along the carpet behind him, shouting at him. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The mist was breaking, the sun was forcing its way through and throwing patterns on the carpet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The theater is vast and empty and smells like new carpeting. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Dad fell to the vestibule carpet, the one Mom always yelled about when they tracked mud on it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He gave Beatrice a pillow and a blanket, and she stretched out happily on the carpet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But I don't believe I was out for more than a few seconds, and when I came to, I was lying on the carpet and I was still, thank heavens, behind the screen. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Creating a sound carpet entails taking a story and adding sound effects, leitmotifs, instruments, vocal sounds, body percussion, and actors and/or a narrator, in order to bring literature to life. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Benny was a regular-size, medium-skinned guy, with a thick black beard that looked like carpet covering the whole bottom half of his face. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As they got farther into town, the houses got bigger and sat on yards carpeted with green and full of thick bushes and enormous shade trees. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z So saying, he stretched out on his back on the carpet again, his slight torso fitting in rather tightly between the 1932 Stromberg-Carlson table radio and an overfilled maple magazine stand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Despite the low clouds— an almost featureless carpet a thousand feet above our heads—perspiration stippled his temples. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Alone in the hall I walked slowly, pausing with each step to let my toes sink into the carpet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I remember my grandfather had an Axminster that could seat twelve — but that was before carpets were banned, of course.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The clouds broke around their hull, revealing the gold-and-green carpet of the Oakland Hills below them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Clothes were scattered all over the shag carpeting and I had to wade through them to reach the bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Dents in the carpeting hinted at what used to be there. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Center stage, a bag of Lay’s had spilled its guts and a halo of chip crud decorated the dirty carpet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He appears even older now, inspecting his shoes and the carpet. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Inside, the Cadillac was as plushly carpeted and softly lit as the bar at the Ritz. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A rope on one end, a carpet square on the other. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow seemed to me like a very soft, very warm carpet. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The lamps were on, making little soft pools of light on the pile of the carpet, and in the velvet folds of the curtains. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I can only watch, wide-eyed, as my phone falls to the ground, hitting the carpet with a soft thud and a bounce that lands it on the bare wood floor under my bed. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He was silent for a moment, during which time he seemed to be gazing emptily at the area of carpet around my feet. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She kept her knees pressed together, the high heels she never removed pressed into the pear-colored carpet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Suddenly I saw a frog jumping across the carpet and disappearing under the bed. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z They found her on the carpet, crawling toward her dragon eggs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Garlands of flowers hung from every house and shop and carpeted the streets. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Her golden, delicately curved eyebrows frowned in deepest concentration as she glared at the carpet. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Claire glanced through the window that displayed Sophia’s group of infants, who were dangling in swings suspended from the ceiling, kicking their bare feet against the carpet. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I place my hand over the patch of carpeting, like some truth will filter through. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He followed a red carpet to the second floor and into the gaming room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Turtle stared down at the carpet, wondering if she had given Angela away. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sneaking up behind the creature, and any moment now the intruder would find itself nose down in the carpet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The slopes and low hills that fell gently toward the river only appeared welcoming; underneath vines, carpet grass, wild grape, hibiscus and wood sorrel, the ground was as porous as a sieve. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath the table, a large sphere that initially seemed to be a ball of shaggy carpet grew and then shrunk rhythmically, breathing. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z As I stepped into the house she sat down on a wooden bench positioned at the bottom of a narrow carpeted staircase. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Cover it with a carpet of size 1/2. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Chips and beer cans were strewn all over the carpet. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The second floor was a carpeted, circular balcony, with the same circumference as the Rotunda Reading Room below. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I thought it was one of those advertisements for painting your house or cleaning your carpets. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The TV was still buzzing, its lights dancing across the carpet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "But—" Jessie pointed to the cans of lemonade on the carpeted hallway floor. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I spot a small pink shag rug she’s put on top of the carpet next to the bathroom door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The full moon is right above the skylight and the glow is enough to cast little shadows on the carpet. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z My hands lashed out, hitting the rough carpet, the nightstand, and, finally his face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They walk up Fifth Avenue, past the stores that sell Oriental carpets, unfurled in illuminated windows. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The leaves turn from rose-tinged to candy-apple red to a dull brown, and I walk to the outhouse on a spongy, sweet-smelling carpet. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes I can hear her pacing back and forth, a heavy step and then a light one, and the soft tap of her cane on the dusty-rose carpet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z All I know is I’m going to ride his dream like a magic carpet. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Wary of approaching Hamlet, I hid myself beneath a nearby table covered with a long carpet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Alex followed the driver along a carpet so thick that he almost bounced. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Toes lined up with the edge of the carpet, laces worked loose. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z No. But when he saw Ida kneeling on her living room carpet, wearing a sweater that was far too large for her, he liked her. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z This was, after all, not a red carpet. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z So if it only has sixty knots in one centimeter of carpet, then you’d see that rug on the floor of a tea house in the bazaar, and you’d be welcome to step on it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Every single drawer had been emptied, clothes had been shoved aside in the closets, and carpets had been rolled up. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Yet even those tiny carpets, all of which can fit in the span of an atom, cover all of the rational numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The spring carpet of Khosrou defied the weather of the world. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I half tripped, half fell onto the carpet with him on top of me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z They lay down on the carpet and were still. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She walked on puddles like they were Persian carpets, and when a clap of thunder boomed around us, she looked up at the drowned sky, opened her mouth, and let the rain fall in. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z No low bush or grass could grow in that dim light, so the ground was carpeted with golden needles. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Juice is starting to leak from it, staining the hall carpet, but she can't bring herself to throw it away. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Ashima has always loved these hours before a party, the carpets vacuumed, the coffee table wiped with Pledge, her dimmed, blurry reflection visible in the wood just as the old television commercial used to promise. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It floated like a magic carpet into the thick September air and settled perfectly ontoListening Rock, as it always did. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Rotten vegetables carpeted the bare concrete and maggot-infested meat smeared the brick walls. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Migraines left my blood spreading across unfamiliar hotel sheets, dripping on the floors, oozing into carpets, soaking through leftover croissants and Italian lace cookies. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He fell to the carpet so hard the deck shook. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Behind the house there was a meadow of nearly an acre, carpeted in summer with sweet wild strawberries. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A beauty supply store with racks of wigs in the window, a carpet store, a Laundromat, an electronics store, a currency exchange. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Her pens rolled onto the carpeted floor, but she didn’t bother picking them up. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z To his surprise he found it quite large and dry, with a thick carpet of dead grass and leaves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He could see pale carpeting on the floor. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She loved the way her feet sank into the carpet, the bowls of salty soy nuts, the way their cat snuggled with them on the couch. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z She put her foot on the lowest step of the carpeted stairs, changed her mind, and went to the kitchen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z After our baths, we sat, all five of us, on an enormous carpet around Abuelita’s bed telling her the tales of our adventures along the bank of the Rio Grande. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The floor was covered with a thick golden carpet, and the walls were hung with heavy fabric in a slightly darker shade. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The old carpet was threadbare against her back, my knees were scraping the rope webbing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z David takes us through the compound to a carpeted area with potted plants on either side. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z If this cave is still open, with the machines and lights, the carpets and running water still here, there will be a terrible temptation to give up and move back to the soft life. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z At the moment he was lying right there on the carpet, and no one who knew about his condition would've seriously demanded that he let the manager in. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no TV, and the carpeting was a weary beige. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We remain flattened on the worn-out, dusty blue carpet of the bank, and Marv and I are looking at each other with eyes that argue. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A scant few moments later, the red-faced lord shoved the table over in fury, scattering the pieces across the carpets to the sound of Yunkish laughter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lice Peeking was stretched facedown on the blue shag carpet, and he wasn’t moving. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The stairs she and Jalil took were wide and covered with a similar carpet, nailed down at the base of each step. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A plush red carpet cuts through the middle of the Receiving Hall like a thick river of blood. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In the first room, made up to look like a huge dining room, they found the pressure pads under the carpet and the infrared beams across the doors. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But Sydelle Pulaski was there, thumping her crutch against the baseboards as she limped through the carpeted halls on the arm of her pretty partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy went up the carpeted stairway and into his and his wife’s bedroom. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The marten scampered along his arm, jumped down on the carpet, and ran toward you. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Dad shakes his head and he stares at the carpet but his eyes are watery. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I looked over, he plopped back onto the carpet into a regal sitting position, his lime-green eyes piercing into mine. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z All night she had hung above the floor, buoyed by the soft carpeting of mist that poured from the walls when she lay down to rest. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z There he lived surrounded by his mahogany furniture, his Victorian glass cabinets, and his Persian carpets. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In the forest there was a carpet of bluebells. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I started to lower Doreen gently onto the green hall carpet, but she gave a low moan and pitched forward out of my arms. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Sunlight measured itself out in regular oblongs on the shabby, but soft red carpets, and a whiff of fresh-cut grass sweetened the air. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Or of dogs: he did a job on the carpet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I see one boot print—Izzy—or one cleat mark—Trip—on those carpets, you will lose your allowance for a year. Understood?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Servants conducted him across costly carpets to a room where he waited for the master of the house. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top, there’s a long hall with worn carpet on the floor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She'd never expressed any great interest in the outdoors, so I scattered her remains on the carpet and then vacuumed her back up. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A carpet on the sidewalk led into the reception foyer, from which they could see into a large room of tables dressed up with white tablecloths and napkins folded to look like bishops' hats. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Its light carved a yellow frown on my carpet. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I thought of her asleep on the carpet with only that jagged sliver of sky above her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The stairs into the stadium were carpeted in rich purple. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A bead roller coaster on the carpeted floor. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The house was exactly like ours only flipped backwards, with the same smell of new paint and clean carpets. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The piece of curtain Victor had cut off was hanging on the wall Ida had put a carpet on the bare floor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He squatted down right there on the carpet to look at the airplane close up. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z My shoes shush along the hotel carpet, on the seventh floor. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Carpet muncher, carpet muncher, carpet muncher . . .” And then it happened. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As we pray, standing in lines on red carpets, I wonder how many people have stood on this very spot, over hundreds of years. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z She thought it must be ten times as large as Pentos, a vastness without walls or limits, its broad windswept streets paved in grass and mud and carpeted with Wildfiowers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She looked around and saw two small brown mice on the carpet. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The valley floor was carpeted with turkeys, it seemed like millions of them, so densely packed that they covered the earth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The carpet was a garish pattern of green and brown swirls, and the molded plastic chairs were a faded orange color. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Robbie fetched the shoeshine box from the kitchen, sat down in the armchair nearest his mother and spread out a page of a three-day-old Daily Sketch on the carpet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Mounds of paper were scattered around, ashtrays and wastebaskets were filled to overflowing, and, where visible, the flat olive carpeting was freckled with cigarette burns. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z More plants bloomed along the edge of the pit—hemlock, nightshade, and oleander spreading toward Percy’s feet like a deadly carpet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then she picked up one end of the toy box and tipped all the toys in it out onto the carpet, where they grumbled and stretched and wiggled awkwardly free of each other. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z They launched into a discussion about why the room smelled like old people and wet carpet when there was, in fact, no carpet in the room, but I cut them off. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There was a loud crack, and a house-elf appeared, with a snout for a nose, giant bat’s ears, and enormous bloodshot eyes, crouching on the Dursleys’ shag carpet and covered in grimy rags. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I tried not to think about Mr. Pirzada, in his lime-scented overcoat, connected to the unruly, sweltering world we had viewed a few hours ago in our bright, carpeted living room. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z If we start with a carpet the size of half an atom, we can cover all the rational numbers on the number line with carpets that, in total, take up less room than an atom. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Mom would be complaining about how she’s going to find glitter in the carpet for the next year and Dad would be getting ready to go to his weekly scrimmage. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The complete patio set—called "masculine salmon" on a manufacturer's tag sticking out from one of the cheap metal chairs—has cut distinct circles in the wall-to-wall carpeting. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The cold weight of it startled me, and I let it fall to the carpet. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z For this very reason, I was not one bit sad to say goodbye to our current apartment with its orangish carpet, watermarked ceiling, and faint smells left by previous owners. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z A high- heeled shoe stood alone on the carpet beneath her. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like some horrible nightmare where she was walking the red carpet of a fancy movie premiere in an aluminum-foil hat and rubber-duckie rain boots, and why was this happening to her? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I shuffled off the elevator and down the carpeted hallway. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Her father marveled at the industrial carpeting in the hallway of her apartment building; her mother hoarded faux-leather handbags at Kmart, paper napkins from the mall food court, even plastic shopping bags. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Franny at that moment was gazing at a sunlit faded spot in the carpet over near the piano, her lips very discernibly moving. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z She wore glasses perched just at the tip of her nose, and she glared over them at me like I’d tracked mud on her new carpet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The waiting room was all brown carpet and brown overstuffed cloth chairs. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Inej wiggled forward so Nina had a better view through the vent, and a moment later, she heard four soft thuds as the Menagerie girls collapsed on the dark blue carpet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His sleeve catches the snifter and knocks it to the carpet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Discarded, the plastic mask had recycled itself, turning into pink dust, which the carpet in the elevator was already filtering away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The guardhouse has landed on a dirt road, and it stretches out before us like a never-ending carpet. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z And then realizes he’s soiled the magic carpet of the greatest empire in the world and says, “Oh!” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I heard her feet coming across the carpet and the door opened. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z He peered around the cozy space, covered with red and black carpets and paintings of the Afghan countryside. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I followed him down carpeted stairs to a huge basement bedroom. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z There was a soft carpet under their feet. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Expert and reliable packers and movers were en-gaged to convey the furniture, carpets, pictures— everything movable, in short—to places or security. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z My father was shuffling around the carpeted living room in his socks, collecting his keys, his wallet, and his glasses like he did every time he left the house. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Black shoes sat on the worn Persian carpet beside the bed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The fall was absorbed somewhat by the carpet and, in addition, his back was more elastic than Gregor had thought. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked frightening, mad; a thin stream of fire issued from her wand and burned a hole in the carpet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Oh no, I’ll find them myself, he thought as he sat on the carpet, tickling his tortoises' crinkly heads. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I was sitting on the carpet, but everyone else was standing straight. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z A long red carpet was rolled out on the ice, and the announcer introduced the game’s dignitaries. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He was taller than Lee, head like a boulder, full- bearded, long-haired, always a bit sloppy, gloomy, shocked his staff by going into battle once wearing carpet slippers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was staring at three pinpoints of blood on the carpet. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z So tall were the spiny thickets that the hobbits could walk upright under them, passing through long dry aisles carpeted with a deep prickly mould. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Water splashed everywhere—all over the table, the carpet, me, and Ollie. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z A third of the way out, a wagon laden with melons had gotten its wheels tangled with one piled high with silken carpets and brought all wheeled traffic to a halt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ah, the clean shining window with cotton batting sprinkled with star dust for a carpet! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top of the stairs, the garnet-colored carpet stopped. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The carpet of green grass, with its trails and Mom’s tree, has been replaced by a floor of iridescent glass glowing from below. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I decided the only thing to do was to dump her on the carpet and shut and lock my door and go back to bed. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z After dinner, Dayi Jamsheed’s kids pushed all the furniture in the living room against the walls, leaving the large red and green carpet in the center of the room for us to dance on. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Kelly dropped to her hands and knees, laying her script on the carpet in front of her. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Nina threw herself into a chair at the table and wriggled her feet out of her jeweled slippers, digging her toes into the plush white carpet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z After all, I was dripping, and I could see the living room was carpeted. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind her, my mother knelt and swept the carpeted steps with a whisk broom, collecting the dirt in a dustpan and watching me anxiously. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The same red carpet from the cinema hall was following them around. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a large, stately apartment, with purple chairs and curtains, a Turkey carpet, walnut-panelled walls, one vast window rich in stained glass, and a lofty ceiling, nobly moulded. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I walked past the dining room and then down a dim hallway with cream carpet I had not entered before. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She pushes her books to the floor and knocks the green nail polish on the sand-colored carpet. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z All around the edges of the carpet, I put my Essential Equipment. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They massed at the edge of the pit—a seething black carpet of creepiness. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He’s sitting on the sofa staring at my charcoal pencil stain on the carpet. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there were cabbage leaves stuffed with ground meat and rice, cabbage leaves of such a toughness that they were almost impossible to cut without spattering ground meat and rice all over the carpet. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I followed him down the carpeted steps to the living room. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z We went along a broad, carpeted passage, and then turned left, through an oak door, and down a narrow flight of stairs and up a corresponding flight, and so to another door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I set my mother’s carry-on bag down on the soft beige carpet. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He was standing on a huge Oriental carpet. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z We sat with the Gypsies on fine, handwoven carpets, talking and eating stew by the shimmering light of twin campfires. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I saw the book lying open on the carpet where I had dropped it, and I saw the cushion where your mother had been sitting. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He remembered the first day he’d met her, when she’d cut her hand to cover the drops of his blood on the carpet. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z And the blankets often weren’t even blankets, but a really odd assortment—old curtains, even bits of carpet. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d have a new apartment with pale cream carpets that never got dirty and modern wallpaper with no flowers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The first refugees had come with carpets and armchairs, radios, Victrolas, lampstands, dressers, spreading them out before the harbor, under the open sky. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At his house on Suyane Street, Dr. Philobosian hangs a wet carpet over the balcony, then hurries back inside the dark house and closes the shutters. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I saw her crossing the carpet towards the door. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z When we asked him to lie down, he’d humor us, dropping first to his knees, then to his butt, then spreading himself out obligingly, faceup on the living room carpet. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Every day our floor was carpeted with colorful rolls of fabric, yarn, sewing patterns, and issues of Burda, a fashion magazine. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The bottle careens and thuds to the carpet, ink pours down over the skyscape, veiling Mrs. Smeath in Parker’s Washable Blue. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Living cells ordinarily stick to the bottom of a flask to form a living carpet—cells prefer to cling to something when they grow. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She crawls beneath the blanket, uses the rest of the carpet as a pillow, and sleeps. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The shape of a carpet beneath the silty ash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Comb out the fringes of Persian carpets with a pick. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She led us into an office with a thick carpet and leather chairs and gestured for us to sit. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The three of us went running down the carpeted walkway toward the terminal. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I told him, “Take it easy. I don’t have no dog to clean up the carpet.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z You can imagine the scene: a dark-paneled room, an artfully frayed Persian carpet, row upon row of leather-bound legal volumes, oil paintings of Mr. Mudge and Mr. Rose on the wall. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They had no dishes to wash, no carpets to vacuum, no floors to polish, no nappies to change and no bills to pay. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She steadies her can of beer on the carpet and places the envelope in her wide lap. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was surrounded by a carpet of lush grass, kept short, she found out later, by the many sheep that grazed upon it. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Finding nothing, he made his way over to the bookcase and attempted to dig a hole through the carpet. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I can’t hop onto a flying carpet in search of a genie to grant my wish for a full and simple life. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There were old carpets on the floor, chairs with and without seats. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The three dogs sat, waiting for Reginald to complete his walk down the red carpet. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Yet I like hearing adults murmuring, feeling the sun through the window, lying on my tummy on a soft carpet, worrying only about jumping checkers. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z And when they switched me on again I was sitting on the carpet with my back against the wall and there was blood on my right hand and the side of my head was hurting. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He ushered us into this big foyer, where a red carpet staircase swept down to a black and white floor. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The wallpaper's got eggy daffodils and the carpet's all melted flowers. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I kneel in the corner and pull back the carpet, tuck the key there, and carefully push the carpet back down on the tack strip. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “To understand where you’re going, we must first understand where your blood has been. Separate the stardust into two even piles on the carpet.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z As the first stroke landed and the pistol-crack sounded, I was thrown forward so violently that if my fingers hadn’t been touching the carpet, I think I would have fallen flat on my face. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z It paused, and then dashed silently across the carpet toward the farthest corner of the room. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Bo, meanwhile, took his plate and sat down with it on Ida's carpet. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Lupita went out into the hall, blessing the deep-pile carpet that covered the sound of her footsteps, and ran noiselessly to the maid’s closet. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I unrolled the carpet partway and immediately found something else: a flattened, empty box that had once contained twenty-four nutrition bars. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z And I kind of miss the clean carpeting at the crumbledown all because I made it look better. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Lelia removed the dozen or so shoeboxes of pictures from the top shelves and lined them up between us on the white shag carpet. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not look at the Headmaster as I hopped across the thick red carpet towards the door. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m fairly certain we are,” Stephanie said, taking in the landscape of girls snapping selfies and dudes shotgunning beers, foamy suds spilling onto the light green carpeting. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I smiled, remembering that Dad had said Grandma could keep her carpet so white only because Grandpa had never done any real work. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He rose and began to dance, shuffling across the carpet and waving his arms. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My nose tickled from the dust in the sleeping bag, and the basement floor—which was poured concrete beneath a thin, comfortless layer of indoor-outdoor carpeting—made my bones ache whichever way I turned. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was messier than ours, the carpeting not new. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then they breathed out again, with something like a sigh; and Henry, his eyes squeezed tight, and his knees giving way beneath him, fell with a thud to the carpet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The whole valley floor, and the foothills too, would be carpeted with lupins and poppies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want her looking at them while they were on the wall-to-wall carpeting and doing the quiver. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sybil had dyed some burlap sacks to make a carpet, which Cora laid on when she got one of her headaches. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He recognizes versions of things he knows from home: a Kashmiri crewelwork carpet on the floor, Rajasthani silk pillows on the sofa, a cast-iron Natraj on one of the bookcases. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She said this man owned many carpet factories and lived in a mansion located in the British Concession of Tientsin, the best section of the city where Chinese people could live. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, on a sudden but apparently pressing impulse, he stretched out supine on the carpet. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Leo saw nothing but clouds far below—a rolling silver carpet under the dark sky. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He circled the spot of the flashlight; the floor was carpeted with black dirt and he saw two bricks lying in corners. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But it actually looked okay: no curtains or carpeting, but normal stuff, a normal room with a friend sitting on the bed, which had just one pillow. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The moon slipped behind a rolling gray carpet of clouds, and the freshening gusts smelled wet. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I heard the nuns make you kneel on the carpet and if your skirt doesn’t reach the floor, they say it’s too short and send you home.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The trees in this area were thinner and richer in color, their roots carpeted with the delicate pink petals of flowers that looked to have finished their bloom a day or so before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z According to what my dad told us later, the guy said, “We’ll roll out the red carpet, then.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The soft grass made a green carpet for them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They crouched on the carpet, staring at me with large black eyes. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z It’s like I can’t help but be acutely aware of the stains on the carpet and my mismatched bedding. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z There was no carpet, so we could hear our own footsteps as we walked toward the altar, where a crucifix hung suspended—a pale white Christ with bright red wounds. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Was I competing with her as I trod the carpet between the fireplace and the Chesterfield? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Moonie turns himself round and round on the old carpet inside the crumbledown. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “I also remember watching lots of television in a room covered with really thick brownish gold carpeting.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Portraits of the candidates were on every wall; pamphlets were dropped from airplanes and carpeted the streets with printed refuse that fell from the sky like snow. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a rich man’s mansion, with beautiful furniture and fine rugs and carpeting on the floor. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z As I watched, an orange carpet unfurled itself and rolled from the coach’s door to ours. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Sunshine, however, was perhaps most particularly unkind to the carpet. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I swung wildly until the tips of my fingers brushed against a smooth surface and I heard the soft rub of cardboard on carpet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Then all the mice, down to the littlest one who was tangled in the fringe of the carpet, began to chant, “Ralph is greedy, Ralph is greedy!” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z But the kitchen linoleum was scrubbed and the stove and fridge were clean, the carpet was spotless, Mia’s mattress bed was made with crisp striped sheets. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His body goes limp and he melts into the carpet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z As Sefia and Archer entered, their footsteps making soft depressions in a thick carpet of red and gold, a man in a dirty aubergine overcoat closed the door behind them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I could shuffle across a carpet and hold more charge. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain is coming down, and the clouds are an unfurling carpet of gloom. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Meals were regular and scrumptious, and I had a large colour televison set in my room, whose floor was decked with Persian carpets. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I look down at the orange carpet and stare at all the shaggy strands between my toes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It looked more like a carpet tassel than a shoelace. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Joseph and Frankie slipped past the guard and followed a well-worn royal blue carpet through a door, down another hallway, and up an ancient cast-iron spiral staircase. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He looked faintly absurd, stepping over the carpet of dry leaves in his tight airport suit, his tie blown over his shoulder. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Rus, the wolf-dog-coyote, sprawled out on the carpet while Calamity Jane gave him the evil eye from the hall. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The lawns were neat and clean and looked like green carpets. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He puts an arm around my shoulders, walks me to the stairs, and sits on a carpeted step. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I followed Mom down the blue-speckled carpet and past the rows of red lockers, where some kids were already unloading new supplies. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z They followed Grandpa up the stairs and down a carpeted hall to the foot of a narrow wooden staircase leading up to a white door. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Leading up to it were four shallow steps, carpeted in black. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Kids were talking, shifting around, and slowly making their way to the carpet. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I’m on my knees, raking the carpet with my fingernails to find those precious pills I flung away in a stronger moment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She and Prudence sat on a cool grassy carpet. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z So Katherine and I spent our free time polishing silver, dusting bannisters, beating carpets, and a dozen other randomly assigned tasks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z An American admiral stood on the carpet, waiting to greet the men. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He stood up suddenly and she fell to the carpet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit down on the pea-green carpet in the middle of four indented circles where the bedposts used to be. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls were cedar and the floors covered with carpet in a pattern of autumn leaves caught in a circular wind. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They headed into the houses first thing, carrying rolls of carpet, stacks of drywall, cans of paint. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z She pushed a button, and there, on the screen, was a naked man lying facedown on a carpet. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z As the vacuum cleaner roared back and forth across the carpet, Matt looked so worried that Ralph began to worry too. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z The towns were zipping by faster now, islands of light thicker together, until the whole landscape below was a glittering carpet. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He took out a small red and blue woven carpet I never knew we had and placed it at the front door. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If the carpet covers the stain entirely, we know that the stain is smaller than the carpet; if the carpet is one square foot, then the stain must take up less than one square foot. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I lie on the carpet next to Bieber, who is on his back looking absurd with his lips flapped up over his gums. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The carpeting was too deep and the walls were crowded with heavy framed pictures. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The carpet on the floor is red, red curtains are drawn over the windows. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He danced an elephantine jig, stomping snow on the carpet, flung a long woolen scarf from his neck, and yelled, "Otis Amber is here, the roads are clear!" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She had imagined a soaring dome, a richly colored Ezine carpet, but the room is just a simple auditorium. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Placing his hands on the shag carpet, Ralph walked himself off the bed some, closer to the door. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Big deal, thought Matt, scuffing his shoes along a newly laid stretch of white carpet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad hadn’t been home for a few weeks, and my mom was really angry and kept yelling at Smell Factor, and he kept running all up and down the carpets. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She even asked Brother Quang to bless the house right after midnight, so I couldn’t beat him to it by touching my big toe to the carpet before dawn. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z For instance, the number 2.5 is “covered” by a carpet that includes, for example, all the numbers between 2 and 3—a carpet of size 1. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Please remove your shoes and have a sit on my carpet.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I wish Mango were here with me, his dirty paws leaving little tracks on the white carpet. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the fact that on the mornings we entered campus together, I gawked at her like she was a movie star gracefully making her way down the red carpet. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I wonder if this business will ever expand to fictional thrills, like running away from dragons, fighting a Cyclops, and magic carpet rides. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I walked across the room, ducked through the Troll Hole, and headed toward the three flashlights scanning the wall above the rolled-up carpet. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It was decorated with fine paintings, elegant furniture, and carpets. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I took in the pearly sink, the rosy tint of the carpet, the peach-colored rug. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This was why he also said nothing when she took the paintings from the walls and the antique carpets to sell them to the nouveaux riches. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Longstreet got up quickly and put on die old blue robe and the carpet slippers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked past rooms with no floor covering but matted carpets and windows shuttered with sheets of plastic. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In a square perhaps fifty yards on a side the ground was carpeted with broken human bones and scraps of thousand-year-old fabric. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Leading South America’s slow, grinding march toward Australia, its coastline hits the ocean floor and crumples up like a carpet shoved into a chair- leg. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The plush white carpet is stained with his blood as it trickles from his nose and mouth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z As we sat cross-legged on the rectangular carpet in her bedroom the evening of the fifth day, Abuelita proclaimed, “It’s time you got back to your Mamá, but before you do, we have to talk.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I feel my way up, stair by stair: carpet here, I think of it as mushroom-colored. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He made them take off their shoes and stockings and stand in their bare feet on his green carpet while they sawed away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Caesar unrolled the carpet and discovered the queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z And the Persian king, being super Persian, goes, “Come in. Come in. No matter the carpet.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Dill studied the carpet for a moment, fixating on the discolored patch that sometimes caught his eye while he sat playing his guitar. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The blueprints covered the floor like a carpet and Donovan crawled over the face of them following Powell’s erratic pencil. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Then she closed the book, walked to her room, and flopped down on the carpeted floor. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m half dragged, half carried down long passages, up and down elevators, and deposited on a carpeted floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He continued to move to and fro over the soft carpet. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I closed the door behind me and sat on the carpet, fed her five treats, one after the next, the way we used to do when Ben and I were thirteen. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And as she listened it seemed as if she heard something else coming, shuffling and dragging itself slowly along the faded carpet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Our hands sit splayed out on the carpet, our fingers not even an inch apart. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z All the doors up here were painted brown, and after the first landing, there was no carpet. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z At the bottom was a brown stream which they crossed on stepping-stones set deep in a carpet of what looked like miniature water parsley. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We lay on the carpet with the Grasshopper model between us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z If you work your way in far enough, you will find a girl, or sometimes two, lying on a riser carpeted in foam rubber. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her overpowdered hair left a trail behind her that settled like smoke on the carpet. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned slowly, taking in the silver-blue carpet butted up against burgundy-and-silver-blue-striped walls. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Mostly, he looked like a big piece of old brown carpet that had been left out in the rain. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I lunged for a yellow coin lying on the blue design of the carpet, touching it and sending a surprised shriek to join those rising around me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He rolls his eyes, then he sets it on the carpet, kicks it to the side. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “This is how the celebrities wear their hair on the red carpet,” she adds. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Lexie scanned the living room: only a few throw pillows stacked on the carpet, bare walls now except for some stray thumbtack holes in the plaster. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A shiny dark shuttle squats in the shadows like a carpet beetle, waiting for when it will go into duty in four hundred years. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He stuck to the borders, avoiding the carpet inlay. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I recognized the simulated wood-grain paneling, the burnt orange carpet, and garish furniture that looked like it had been scavenged from several disco-era yard sales. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Daylight streamed through the hole onto a mound of splintered floorboards and broken glass from which rose coils of silty dust, pieces of torn carpet plastered here and there like scraps of desiccated meat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Isa leaned back so she was lying in the middle of the carpet. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It looked like a black strip on a plush green carpet. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z His paws stretch out on the crusty old carpet. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z And you seem to have finally ruined my carpet. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “I fear I ruined your carpet. The girl’s not to blame. Let me pay.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I knew that too, as sure as the carpet beneath my feet. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The carpet was stained and worn, and the whole place reeked of industrial-strength disinfectant. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Nothing had changed—the frayed red curtains, the armchairs with the upholstery worn thin, the hideous mud-colored carpet. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I've never felt the carpet on the soles of my feet before, never felt the cold air rolling down off the windows along the north wall, never been even half this alert. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In a blaze of smoke and bullets, Safaa’s bag bursts into a million shreds of carpet and torn clothing and scraps of cloth. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a little stove there with a few coals glowing and a desk piled high with papers and a carpet on the floor, and some chests of drawers. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Kelly took George by the hand and walked her across the stained beige carpet to the door of her room. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Using this sort of carpet to cover the rational numbers has some very odd consequences, as Cantor soon showed, thanks to his seating chart. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She walked into the living room and stood on the yellow shag carpet and stared at the bookcase. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z We sat at the far corner of the carpet and put some food on our plates from the trays closest to us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z All I could see were bits of carpet flying past my tripping feet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They want to pull up the wall-to-wall carpeting, convert the sun deck into a den. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Stan,” I said to the dark blue carpet between my feet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There was a grinding sound as the car was crushed until it was no bigger than a rolled-up carpet. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Mrs. Bacon limped behind me yelling, "Don't you dare soil my carpet again!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Then she takes Gogol by the hand, down a carpeted hallway with painted cement walls. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Honest and truly, I think Phoebe nearly fainted dead away on the carpet. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z We defined size as a limit—the sum of the carpets as the individual sizes go to zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I hit the walls with my hand as hard as possible and then my face hit the carpet on the stair and I was sliding down on my butt. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Rainwater ran down the back of his white cloak, and his boots left wet tracks on the floors and carpets. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The plastic molded chairs were stacked along the walls, and the carpet smelled like shampoo. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Anything was better than walking all day on carpeting, than eating the soft bland food white people ate, than having to sneak a look at the sky from behind ivory curtains. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Bearded vendors draped in thin blankets sold animal- skin lampshades, carpets, embroidered shawls, and copper goods from rows of small, tightly jammed stalls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My feet dragged like a sleepwalking zombie’s across the plush carpet over to Fig’s bathroom. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I picked Charlie up under her armpits and carried her down the hallway, setting her on the carpet in the living room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what that word meant, but he said it so often that I’d come to associate it with her—with her creamy carpet and soft petal wallpaper. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I think I can imagine you lying on a carpet somewhere listening to it, eating Oreos, and maybe writing in a journal. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The mold-eaten carpet under her feet had once been gorgeously colored, and whorls of gold could still be seen in the fabric, glinting broken amidst the faded grey and mottled green. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The carpet is one of those rag rugs you see in country inns. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z There was wall- to-wall carpeting in federal gold, except in the kitchen and bathroom areas and over the iron manhole cover in the center of the floor. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no pictures on the walls, no carpet on the floor, only rough unpolished wooden planks, and there were gaps between the planks where dust and bits of grime had gathered. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She lays shaking, grateful and forlorn in the stained red carpet. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z If the movers have bothered to look upward, I can't tell, because as soon as I got to this landing, I unspooled the carpet, using it to make a solid floor on the fire escape. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Out in the foyer, the senior carpet was packed—everyone taking advantage of their first day of being able to stand on it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z An ugly brown carpet lay on the floor, and on it stood a large armchair covered in itchy-looking red material, and several smaller chairs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Emma flinches as the milk floods her plate, then soaks the tablecloth and starts to drip on the new carpet. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Two other planes had arrived at the same time as their Virgin Atlantic flight, and the sea of pearly gray carpet swarmed with people, all waiting to have their papers processed. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z A puff of air smelling of mildewed carpet and stale bread hit her nostrils. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The room beyond was snug and warm and comfortably furnished, with a Myrish carpet on the floor and beeswax candles burning on a table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A thick red carpet sucks at the soles of Werner’s brogues; electric bulbs burn in a chandelier above the table; roses twine across the wallpaper. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He stood naked facing me on a small square of carpet, briefs in his hand. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no grass, but deep carpets of green lichen stretched out like meadows. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She was still holding the bottle of zinfandel and she carefully set it down on the floor, like it could suddenly shatter and stain the carpet with all of their secrets. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The citizens of London sent fifty million pounds, to keep the menagerie up, and the ladies of Britain constructed a pair of black velvet carpet slippers with the Waifs initials embroidered in gold. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no stains on the carpet, or on the white furniture. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Wanda nodded at Moss, so he crossed the carpet slowly, his legs seemingly unable to move without conscious thought. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Those ugly memories wove through his thoughts during the first months like bad threads through a carpet. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Duke’s Daughter paid the butcher’s bill, A Phantom Hand put down a new carpet, and the Curse of the Coventrys proved the blessing of the Marches in the way of groceries and gowns. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The chairs, the carpet, the tables—all had rotted away; they sagged in mutual ruin, victims of the despotic force of time. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The ceiling was domed and painted with stars, which were echoed in the midnight-blue carpet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It was dark except for the running lights set into the carpeted floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Oh! you might get some of the glass in your feet, ma’am,” insisted the young woman, picking up bits of the broken vase that were scattered upon the carpet. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z The thought of not seeing Amanda makes me so angry I can barely hold on to my corner of the carpet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Most days it’s a struggle to get a comb through this carpet. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Silently, making no sound on the hall carpeting, they hurried in their stocking feet down the hall to the doctor’s room. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Toby had the twins pinned to the carpet, smiling as he ate a banana, the peel spotted black. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But it’s too late to think about that now, already their feet are on the dusty-rose carpeting of the stairs; a heavy muted tread, pulse in the forehead. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I sat on the carpet, right in front of my dresser, and opened the bottom drawer. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z My feet began to slide across the carpet, and I realized that my avatar was being pulled toward the game room, as if a black hole had opened up somewhere in there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Across the rushing stream grows a carpet of dark moss. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Packed nearly to the ceiling with couches, fridges, and rolled-up carpets, the TV room undulated with kids trying to find and haul away their stuff. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z With a muted thud, the receiver bounced on the carpet, dangling from its springy cord. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Thanks to the moon, I could see clear down to the creek bottom, all the way to a carpet of pebbles. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Lying on the floor, blood from my split upper lip staining the mauve carpet, pain ripping through my belly, and wondering when I’d be able to breathe again. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A few drops of blood stained the edge of the carpet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The moon shines against the windowpane, casting a shadow on the carpet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Thick patterned carpets had been laid down over the ground, and pillows scattered in the comers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The path narrowed to a ribbon, the ground rising sharply on our right side and dropping away on the left, a carpet of green tree- tops spreading beyond it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z |
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