| 单词 | clerk |
| 例句 | The salesman “ate it up,” and soon Perry, stripped of his denim trousers, was trying on a gloomy suit that the clerk considered “ideal for an informal ceremony.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I look, and this is what I see: Farther down the sidewalk, a shop clerk with an apron on comes running out of the convenience store, waving his arms in the air. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There were clerks with neat little skull-caps to keep their tonsures warm, dressed in sober clothes which contrasted with the laity. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk of the Court was on the line. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The clerks behind the counter would never risk selling to underage dudes. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We went downtown and the clerk showed us a pair two sizes too big. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hold there, Marks, hold there, I say,” interjected the government clerk. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk answered the telephone, and told me that Maxim was not there. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “If President Washington is displeased, you may encourage him to come here and speak to me directly,” the clerk said. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I caught the boy behind the clerk sparing a quick look at Ruth and me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s in the garment center,” the clerk at the counter said. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z When he had gone to the bishop to be made a clerk in the first place, he had taken a pair of scissors with him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then our group reached the clerks who examined each passport and suitcase carefully and nodded to the pilgrim to move on. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “You could call for a taxi from Alamogordo,” the clerk said doubtfully. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I went further than forgiving the clerk, I accepted her as a fellow victim of the same puppeteer. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerks sat at their ledger books all day, recording the orders that came in and the goods that went out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He was at the cash register, paying for something, but he was staring at us while he was handing his money to the clerk. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The space for father’s name, of course, was left blank, but the clerk had assured her that they’d be able to find the correct document even without it, that the certificates were public record. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But the other woman took her turn to shout and said that she had left a basket at the clerk’s office. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The following summer the hotel placed Katherine as a clerk in its lobby antiques store, making much better use of her charisma. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The treasury clerk, Joshua Dawson, did note “fine doings in the River, easy means of smuggling, & most likely, little precaution taken to prevent it.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Jule checked in under a false name and paid the clerk in pesos. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Here, for the clerk. From the tip jar.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The documents clerk handed him his passport, and he remarked to her how nice it looked with the twenty-four new pages perfectly sewn in. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And at that time I asked the clerk was there anything else missing. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I asked if there were many clerks? to which he replied,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “When I was a kid, if you brought a seal’s nose to the police station, the clerk paid you fifty cents. Fifty cents a seal,” Dad said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He has watched them grow up to become clerks and bus conductors. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ella’s got me a job on the Hill. Soda clerk at Townsend’s.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z If you looked straight ahead, you saw the courthouse, the jailhouse, the county clerk’s office, and the road to Norfolk. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Their mother buzzed the hotel desk to ask for a mop, but the clerk brought a broom instead. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Their code clerks were carefully trained and followed strict procedures set by Moscow. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I remember how the clerk had chatted me up. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z At the hotel’s front desk a clerk told her she would now be escorted up to “Mr. and Mrs. Cody’s suite.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The scene in the Tennessee State Capitol as the clerk tallied the votes on the suffrage question. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Putting his hand on my shoulder, he said to the store clerk, “He’s all of ten years, but the boy crushed as much cane as I did.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I carried the book over to the clerk waiting at the cash register. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He looked like a filing clerk, or a telephone operator, perhaps from a headquarters long ago dispersed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A young blond woman I’ve never seen before stands in the parlor, dressed in the clothes of a shopgirl or store clerk. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Across the gorge and slightly upstream, perched on a gravel bench on the west side, was the government-built town the clerk had told Joe was Engineer City—home to technical and supervisory personnel. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. Cooper, a motel clerk, was taken to jail in two pairs of handcuffs with a wound over her right eye. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk had only taken her as far as the door, so she stood just inside as he closed it behind her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Because I’m jolly well not turning it over to some filing clerk in London. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He asked the night clerk for a book of matches. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z We stood there for a moment waiting for the clerk to say something. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The clerk accepts the money Albert exchanged for her, and Max leans against her hip, half-asleep, and she is so afraid to try her French that she goes to bed hungry. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Round face and hairless, smooth features; like a clerk in a bureaucratic office. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z After that, she started to attend community college and got a new job as a clerk in a private school, where her boss didn’t mind if she kept a close eye on her daughters. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He had the clerk instant-print him two sets of ten business cards. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The clerk slaps a piece of paper in my palm: my ticket. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A lovely, laughing big-legged girl who worked as a clerk in a Chinese department store. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The store clerk even talked to me and took the money right out of my hand. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The hotel three doors down has no such qualms, although I dislike this clerk almost as much as the other. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z So the story goes that the uncles had whispered with a clerk in the village and given him gold. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I said, “Yes, the same as anyone,” and the clerk, who up to then had been typing steadily, must have hit the wrong key, because he lost his place and had to go back. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Using her marriage name and saying nothing about her previous marriage, she was married again in City Hall but by a different clerk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Wednesday paid the Kinko’s clerk, and he carried his signs and letters and cards outside to the car. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “These clerks do put on airs,” Mrs. Bedlow whispered, but if she was trying to make Lyddie feel more at ease, she failed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z On my only other trip to the courthouse a month earlier, I had gone to the clerk’s office to pick up files and the staff had asked me where I was from. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z "That will take a while," the clerk said. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t throw much weight on a halyard—that's one thing sure. But you’d do all right as ship’s clerk. You might work up to supercargo.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They weeded out the gold certificates and decided to avoid handing a clerk more than one fifty-dollar bill at a time. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He was not only a distinguished clerk and authority on his own subjects—he was also one of the finest swordsmen in France. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember the time the clerk at the grocery store snarled, “Stupid Arabs!” at Baba as he struggled to find change in his wallet. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The clerk would say, “Mr. Crawley has just gone out, Mrs. de Winter,” and I could see Frank, hatless, climbing into his small, shabby Morris, driving off in search of Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I’m not sure if the gesture is geared toward me or the clerk. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She walked to the post office and told the clerk there to hold all mail for the Imada family. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We walk up to the front desk, and a red-eyed clerk smiles at me but doesn’t actually ask how he can help me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The court clerk asked, “Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon a verdict?” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I was on the verge of asking her to take it back and give me a refund when the clerk emerged from the back room carrying the puzzle box all wrapped in pink paper. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z A clerk shoved in a measure of kernels and the corn whirled inside the case like giant flakes of snow. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Word reached me that an examination for postal clerk was impending and at once I filed an application and waited. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The tables were manned by white and black clerks, but they both acted the same. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A clerk there found a certificate from my christening, when I was a baby, and another from my baptism, which, as with all Mormon children, had occurred when I was eight. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The clerk raced to the post office and found the packages. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Supply Depot clerk wasn’t a bad job, but it was a dull one. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z These three clerks would not even look up when he came in today, but tomorrow what would it be? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Lina couldn’t see the look on Lizzie’s face, but she could hear the disappointment in her voice as she read out loud: “Supply Depot clerk.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Camilla smiled, not exactly at me—a sweet, unfocused smile, quite impersonal, as if I were a waiter or a clerk in a store. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “We don’t run much into clerks, because there’s only one Jaggers, and people won’t have him at second hand. There are only four of us. Would you like to see ’em? Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z My father, who worked as a clerk at the General Post Office of Calcutta, died of encephalitis when I was sixteen. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The pet store clerk hangs a closed sign in its window, but I'm relieved to find the pottery studio's door opens when I push it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Is this for a school project?” the clerk asked. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With my cigar box of dollars and scrip left from my defunct newspaper delivery business, I went to Junior, the clerk at the drugstore counter, to find out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “How do you spell that?” the clerk asked. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He pushed money at the clerk, received a ticket in exchange, and hurried off toward the train. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Something about Holmes must have caused people to take notice, because both Thomas and his clerk remembered him. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “There is a service elevator for bananas and so forth,” said the clerk in a frosty voice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I immediately attempted to inform the clerk that I was not Chief Luthuli, but the fellow would have none of it, and I decided that in the interests of hospitality I would continue the charade. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At eighteen, Martin left North Carolina and after a period of lonesome meandering took a position as a clerk in a Norfolk shipping office. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Auntie Lin explains how mad she got at a store clerk who refused to let her return a skirt with a broken zipper. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Cullivan, in appearance a cautious bank clerk with depleted hair and a face rather difficult to recall, agreed that outwardly he hadn’t changed much. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A pale, slender clerk at the register looks up, then looks away in a blink. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z From street sweepers to hoteliers to government clerks, thousands of Germans now went ardently to work to make sure that, come August, the world would see Germany’s best face. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She thanked the clerk for the information about the car dealer. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Supervising this entire phase of the operation was a medical officer with a flair for accounting who okayed pulses and checked the figures of the tally clerk. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Six clerks of the Treasury Department also contracted the disease, leaving just one, Joshua Dawson, at his post. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z According to a spokesman for the British army, Woodall served as a pay clerk. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But soon all her earnings, from clerking at Dickson’s Pharmacy to waitressing at the Eat’n Park, were earmarked for a camera, and she spent hours poring over Mr. Wilkinson’s camera catalogs and photography magazines. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The clerk sat up straight, gaping at the pile of money. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She stepped into a room with a view of the clerk’s counter, where she saw Tracy signing papers and sliding them back to the clerk, then handing over cash for bail—$759.50 in exact change. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The clerk turned red and stammered, “Y-yes sir—sorry, sir— and I hope you won’t take my previous comments as anything other than jest...” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She looked down at me and reached up and grasped the orange box of Arm & Hammer baking soda in defiance, being sure neither the clerk nor the cashier saw her. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Security cameras caught Alfred on tape yelling at a store clerk and waving a bottle of Wild Irish Rose above his head. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Shusgis? house was a whole island, housing over a hundred employees, domestic servants, clerks, technical advisers, and so on, but no relatives, no kinfolk. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The clerk was calling to let me know that Judge Norton had ruled in the McMillian case—she needed my fax number to send me a copy of the ruling. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Collars are half off,” the clerk called to me. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Wednesday sat at the computer terminal, composing a letter, and, with the clerk’s help, making several large-sized signs. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She became a law clerk, a teacher, and the superintendent of schools in Mason City, Iowa, before devoting her career to suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But their Christmas ended in late afternoon on Christmas Eve—I saw department store clerks working against time to replace a holiday window display with deathly white piles of towels and sheets. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured I'd go down and ask the desk clerk if he could give me Burroughs's room number. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z We stand in a line that’s kinda long, and when we finally get to the front, Mama hands the clerk our tickets. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She repeats the name several times after the desk clerk keeps mishearing her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He shouted to the clerk of scales to hang on, raced to the bathroom, emerged a moment later with his pants still at half mast, and made weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk laughed out loud at my Delayed Certificate of Birth. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A curly ginger Valley and a brunette Thorn nodded and followed Seven to the desk of a shiny blue see-through clerk. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Over time, some stayed on to become farmers, clerks, or shopkeepers. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z One by one, the clerk called the names of the legislators a second time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Gold’s new contact, Yatzkov, worked as a clerk at the Soviet consulate in New York. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The black shipping clerk loaded the hand cart that I would be pushing through the streets of the garment center. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Maybe you want a tailor’s goose,” the clerk said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like how when I go in a store in Midtown-the-neighborhood, and the clerks watch me extra close or follow me around. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z His heart went out to poor Akaky, a humble clerk just as Ashoke’s father had been at the start of his career. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The clerk said, "The models are glued together, see, and pasted on a board. So how else do you think they stay up?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “Enjoy your time,” says the ticket clerk with a huge smile. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z A clerk bustled over and only blinked once when he saw such unusual guests. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Do you have shoe inserts?” the store clerk asks again. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The Eberhardts tried to reason with him but the clerk wouldn’t budge. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Before that, she’d been working as a file clerk at a nearby hospital, classifying the records of patients who had died. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After a pause Rick said to the clerk, a heavy-jowled, middle-aged woman with netted gray hair, “Do you have a print of Munch’s Puberty?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z And I realize this guy isn’t wearing the ugly blue and yellow shirt that the clerks here always wear. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Funny thing to be taking a picture of,” the clerk at the Fotomat remarked as he handed over an envelope of prints. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The clerks in New York City’s civil court recently reported that name changes are at an all-time high. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “I thought I’d ask George to come back. He doesn’t like a clerk’s job even if it is in King City.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “You got something in mind?” the clerk says, leaning in. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A Tribune clerk stepped to the window and pasted the first bulletin. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The judge asked me in English for my letter from Dr. Shawarbi, and he thrust it at the clerk, who read it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go and wait outside, Mike,” said the clerk. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He waited—-it seemed to him for a long time—and then the clerks began to arrive, counting-house doors were unlocked, warehouses were unchained. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes a white inspector came to our school and filled out a report sheet, or I might see white department store clerks when we bought various items. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The clerk at the window assured her that it would reach its destination that afternoon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can I help you?” asked the clerk behind the counter. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Though Baba wasn’t a clerk, Ammu said he often behaved like one. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The registration clerk in London wonders if I have just been to Switzerland. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk did not look pleased that I had a living relative. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He found a shop recommended to him by a clerk in the grain market where his second son now was, and he went to it. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I received the information from a polite clerk and turned away from the counter. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Crawley is here, Mrs. de Winter,” said the clerk, “would you speak to him?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The clerk looks through the glass door at Dutchy, standing on the sidewalk. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z There were enough there — the supply clerk had reached for the top one without even looking — to know that they expected that many of us would be going home in them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk’s voice reached us from all the way across the store. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I called to mind that the clerk had the same air of knowing something to everybody else’s disadvantage, as his master had. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll just bet it is, kid,” the clerk said with a fake smile. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Within ten minutes, the clerk had faxed over a birth certificate request form with no questions asked. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We get to the clerk’s window and I kiss Arthur’s name on the box before handing it over. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The clerk put a piece of paper before him and inked a pen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It s line to hug Nlorn, tut not the clerk at the video store. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond that, the jailhouse, but a larger jailhouse now, painted brown, with an office for the county clerk. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He coughed and cleared his throat again and looked up at the clerk. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z But the shipping clerk at the Howrah train station was evidently a man both befuddled and diligent. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The clerk, having seen this many times over the years, usually accepted our tender without comment. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He whispered a little with the clerk and then called on Janie to take the stand and talk. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z In the appliance store, when the clerk had asked if he was interested in the nineteen-inch screen Billy had said no, he wanted the thirty-two-inch screen. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Conlan goes to the store and tells the clerk he forgot to give her Green Stamps the last time she was in, and she knows very well she’s lying. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Richard had not been born in Maryland, but he was working there, the summer that she met him, as a grocery clerk. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I give the clerk a final, searing stare that lets him know exactly what I’d do to him if Marlena weren’t here and then pick up her suitcase. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z On these occasions, Wemmick took his books and papers into Mr. Jaggers’s room, and one of the upstairs clerks came down into the outer office. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “May I help you?” says the hotel clerk, looking up as the bell above the door announces our arrival. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Just when the clerk looked over the top of the counter and said, "Aintie, what you gonna have today? You need some neck bone scraps?" March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She called to the clerk sitting at the back of the store, “Monsieur Labisse, I’m taking the book on photography. I’ll bring it back soon.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “Here’s Mike,” said the clerk, getting down from his stool, and approaching Mr. Jaggers confidentially. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “H-mm, let’s see,” murmured the clerk, who always behaved as if the hotel might be full even though he knew it was not. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “Very well,” the judge says, stamping and signing the form, then returning it to the clerk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He stood proudly and saw this happen and he would not laugh when the clerks, who had scorned him before, now cried out, “Pretty characters the lad makes and he is a clever one!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Once I even saw a clerk take a handkerchief from his pocket and use it to pick up her money. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The law firm paid me a salary of two pounds per week, having generously waived the premium the articled clerks normally paid the firm. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The desk clerk ignored the boys, who did not stop to remove their jackets before they knelt in front of the clock. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z He was clerking for a Philadelphia lawyer, making less than $100 a week, when he drove out to Levittown for the first time to represent a home buyer. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z After his graduation from Yale he and his wife had moved to Odessa, where Bush worked as a salesman and clerk for an oil field supply company. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto was suddenly worried their friend and longtime hardware clerk was a cyborg. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And then a young man, the agents clerk in his neat suit and cravat, appeared at her side and asked her to come with him to the agent’s office. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z A clerk came up to Billy and told him the good stuff was in the back, that the books Billy was reading were window dressing. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At the entrance to the same field, a chaplain and his clerk were dousing cases of prayer books and Bibles with petrol. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Inside, the clerk was at the register, weighing cabbages for a small old woman with a coin purse clutched in her hand. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, a clerk is bending over passenger lists. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A vacant-eyed clerk glanced up at me from behind a bulletproof Plexiglas barrier. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z If they were radio equipped, Maddie could talk to the planes the special duties clerks saw on their screens. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z When Uhmma caught me throwing a penny, along with old papers, in the trash, she yelled, Do you think the clerk would let me leave with the groceries when I am one penny short? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The college boys that Mrs. Van Hopper would have me know, and the young bank clerks, suitable to my station. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Sherman’s Bookstore in Bar Harbor didn’t have it in stock, and she was too shy to ask the clerk to order it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Just two blocks ffom her house, the Townsend Drug Store was about to replace its soda fountain clerk, a fellow who was leaving to go off to college. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Down the aisle, a clerk in a red vest was on his hands and knees in front of the dog toys. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “The doctor’s on a break. She’ll be back in twenty-five minutes,” the clerk said tersely. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t take clerks long to recognize Ann and to decide that it was easier to just wait on the large black woman as soon as she was ready. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The old clerks came scurrying in, their pens in their hands. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the elderly clerks laughed in a mean way. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So were the offices of the clerks who kept track of which buildings had broken windows, what streetlamps needed repair, and the number of people in the city. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Even Geyer found himself hoping that in this one case Holmes had not lied and had done exactly what he had told the clerk in Indianapolis. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z So it’s easier for a clerk to see you are up to no good. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, when the government clerks had panicked and dashed from Philadelphia, they had abandoned all papers and records in boarded-up houses. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In due course Adam gave his name to a clerk and went to sit in an anteroom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he went into the store and told the clerk what had happened. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z One pudgy 140-pound rider earned a place in reinsman legend by fooling a profoundly myopic clerk of scales by skewing the readout to register him at 110. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk turned away to open a brown paper sack for the cabbage woman. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, “Jesus Christ, where did you find this thing?” and so on, and he had to tell the other clerks about the pervert who wanted to buy the window dressing. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And when a murmur of surprise ran among the clerks at his son’s wisdom he called out merely, “Change it, then! We will not put our name to anything wrongly written.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z There were the armies of reference clerks whose job was simply to draw up lists of books and periodicals which were due for recall. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Autumn came and I was called for my physical examination for the position of regular postal clerk. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nathaniel,” said Mr.-Derby, “Captain Prince is commanding a ship of mine—the Henry—on a voyage to Bourbon. He agrees with me that you’d make an excellent clerk.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell him to take his witness away directly,” said my guardian to the clerk, in extreme disgust, “and ask him what he means by bringing such a fellow as that.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z But he would smile that bland, pleasant smile—the smile of an uncle, a teacher, a clerk, all those men with all those teeth—a smile that just made him all the more terrifying. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She tells the clerk to add it to her bill, and I don’t stop smiling all the way home. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The clerks watched too, when they could get away with it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I’d like to try one of the hotels, but, God, I’m in no mood to argue with a hotel clerk about my color.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In a Washington courtroom a week later, G. Gordon Liddy stood with his arms folded, his face impassive, as the clerk read the jury’s verdict: guilty on eight counts related to the Watergate break-in. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There didn’t seem to be any clerks at all. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, he was trying to steal those chips!” the clerk interrupted, shouting over the cop’s shoulder. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Gosh! Now, there’s a tall order,” said the clerk in response to Nye’s request for a description of the elder Smith. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop and the clerk thought I was stealing and wouldn’t give me a chance to explain. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Booth approached the front desk, wrote a brief note, and handed it to the desk clerk, who placed it in Johnson’s mail slot. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He has worked part-time as a stock clerk, but he is pinning his hopes on his rap music, which his exasperated mother admits is pretty good. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z After graduating fifth in her law school class, Justice clerked for a federal judge, then joined Lexington’s largest law firm, where she put in long hours in hopes of making partner. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I wave at Dutchy and he opens the door, salutes the clerk, and follows me into the elevator. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His hard stare was for the other reason store clerks’ eyes never let up. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “But the clerk said—” “I know,” she told me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z "I finally spoke with the judge's clerk," he said. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I reported at the post office and was sworn in as a temporary clerk. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “No,” Kyle heard Haley say in a hushed tone to the clerk working the Returns window. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “Ninety-six dollars. She got whisky and cigarettes and some magazines from the night clerk at six o’clock this morning.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Nasser and his son followed my parents to the county clerk's office, but once they got there, my dad realized he'd left his wallet at the restaurant. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The clerk—a fat man with lifeless eyes—came to unlock the place at six. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Joe’s friends maintained that he hadn’t been to town that day; a bank clerk friendly with Valentine shared the rumor that the woman was trying to make a paramour jealous. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z For us, there were very few jobs as clerks, policemen, bus drivers, or insurance salesmen. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk moved on, but he returned and called her name again a few minutes later. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Another clerk was rung down from upstairs to take his place while he was out, and I accompanied him into the street, after shaking hands with my guardian. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z According to Mom, Dad thought all I was good for was working there as a clerk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But Grandma went on telling the clerk that she'd work with me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We just pointed, and the clerk, as soon as he had time, would pick it up for us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At the far end of the store, the clerk sits behind the register. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He became so engaged in the work that he asked the federal judge he was clerking for after law school if he could cut short his two-year clerkship to join us in Alabama. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It fell out as Wemmick had told me it would, that I had an early opportunity of comparing my guardian’s establishment with that of his cashier and clerk. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “I want to arrange for a trip to the mainland to see a mail clerk named Wintergreen. Doctor Daneeka told me he could help.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Mr. Smith! Haven’t seen you in a while,” the pimply clerk called. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She skipped the office jobs knowing she’d have to start as a file clerk again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sonny, Malik, and I went into a comic shop a few months back, and the clerk followed us around until we left the store. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Both you and the clerks act as though you’re doing each other a favor. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A young clerk came in and sat down right behind me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z A clerk read from a parchment, giving full weight and due to every awful word. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Also, there were several cartons of cigarettes on the floor, and the clerk mentioned that several cartons of cigarettes were missing. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Confidently I entered and was surprised to see a white clerk behind the desk. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Bellingham muttered something impolite, and the boy standing behind the clerk fought hard not to smile. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The post office ceased doing business when three of its clerks grew ill. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “There’s a package that came for you, Miss Sokoloff,” said the clerk, smiling. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Albert Einstein, a twenty-six-year-old patent clerk, showed the physics world that nature worked in quanta rather than in smooth increments. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He wore a monocle, which Ophie had only ever seen once before; the ticket clerk in Atlanta had worn one when she and her mama booked passage north. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Upon entering the truck, he admitted that he had killed the store clerk. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The merchant did not raise his voice, but instantly the young clerk was on his threshold. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I am embarrassed when Uhmma puts down a million pennies and the clerk snarls as she counts out the change. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He knew his mother would be getting worried, so he asked the desk clerk if he could borrow the phone. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten years my senior, Gaur was a clerk, interpreter, and messenger. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It's too bad you are leaving to-morrow,” said the reception clerk, telephone in hand, “the Ballet starts next week, you know. Does Mrs. Van Hopper know?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I never carry idlers on my ship! Between ports, a clerk isn’t worth the hardtack to keep him alive.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Let the bookstore clerk puzzle over where it should be placed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want a job as a ticket clerk. Or an usher. You have an usher job?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s so secret they don’t give you a title when you have anything to do with Radar; you’re just called a “special duties clerk.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I visited the clerk several more times, becoming more and more desperate, until, finally, a solution was found. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then the clerk saw that I was handing him an American passport. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Cooper eventually found another job as a clerk at a black-owned motel. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew then the clerk had called him. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It was the rosy clerk, lovelorn Sewall, who was turning her music for her. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The black shipping clerk looked away from me as he stammered something about the trip to the post office not really being so bad. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Billy did not want to see what happened next, and a clerk importuned him to come over and see some really hot stuff they kept under the counter for connoisseurs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, enjoy your shopping day,” Stella said, making her way to the store clerk as Paulette meandered toward the back of the shop where the homemade ice cream was kept. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After the Voting Rights Act passed, court clerks and judges still kept the jury rolls mostly white through various tactics designed to undermine the law. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even convenience store clerks, who are $6-an-hour gals themselves, seem to look down on us. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk asked each juror the same question. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The clerk was busy with a sheaf of papers, he was talking over his shoulder to his junior. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The clerk gives me a what-the-hell look because he doesn’t know what Arthur and I have gone through in the past few weeks to be back here right now. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She walked to a boarding house and asked for a room, explaining to the clerk that she suffered from tuberculosis and that her doctor had told her to spend some time breathing dry desert air. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerks averted their eyes as Mom fished the sock out of her bra, explaining to everyone within earshot that this was her way of making sure she was never pickpocketed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z None of the three clerks sitting on their high stools with their backs to him, scratching in ledgers, looked up, so he stepped inside. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He cornered the clerk and furiously demonstrated what had happened. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The clerk then explained that I had inadvertently been given a seat not normally allowed to visitors, but in this case it was an honor for them to make an exception. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk raised his eyes from the receipt pad. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk looked so lonely, I bought a rubber rat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z When told that the candy came from Germany—“You know, the fairy tale and the Brothers Grimm,” the clerk said—Bobby was reassured and bought a few bars, his anti-Semitic sensibilities appeased. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “She can stay in the orphan house until her mother is found. If she is found,” the clerk amended. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered how many other clerks there were upstairs, and whether they all claimed to have the same detrimental mastery of their fellow-creatures. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Then she asked the clerk where she could buy a car for cash. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The fights are why anybody goes to a hockey game, a clerk at Walmart once told me, straight to my face, when I was buying a new pair of gloves. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, at the railroad personnel hiring office down on Dover Street, a tired-acting old white clerk got down to the crucial point, when I came to sign up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When the clerk brought them, he made me sign for them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She hoped some Chinese, a janitor or a clerk, would look out for Moon Orchid. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Physicists as a rule are not overattentive to the pronouncements of Swiss patent office clerks, and so, despite the abundance of useful tidings, Einstein’s papers attracted little notice. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He jumped up, ran to the betting booth, and emptied his pockets into the clerk’s hands. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When they came out, Mom would tell the clerk she didn’t like any of the dresses. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But when they saw neither placards nor speakers, they ventured outside into the cold: white- coated surgeons, dark-jacketed business and personnel clerks, and three nurses in starched jumpers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The checkout clerk at the grocery store: Thanks for shopping with us today. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The clerk at the desk was the only one who seemed unrattled. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “This other gentleman,” observed Joe, by way of introducing Mr. Wopsle, “is a gentleman that you would like to hear give it out. Our clerk at church.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Even when, without taking her eyes off him, said clerk tugs the sleeve of a different clerk, whispers something to him, and then he looks in Scoob and G’ma’s direction. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Matt leaned against the wall to watch television while he waited for the desk clerk to close up for the night. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes that came down to a lone clerk eyeballing your face and making a snap decision. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There are lawyers and paralegals and secretaries and clerks, and everyone seems to know one another, and they definitely all know Mom. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Because as soon as they step inside the convenience store, the white clerk behind the counter looks between him and G’ma, and her eyes narrow. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z To each of them, with his or her ticket, the booking clerk pushed over a little cardboard pillbox. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z On Sundays, when the square was much quieter, the constable read the village news on the steps of the town hall, followed by the clerk, who read the legal news from the notary’s office. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Maybe the clerk will laugh after Mr. Pomodoro leaves, but she will not laugh in front of the person who does not have the right words. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z His hard stare was for the other reason store clerks’ eyes never let up. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When Prendergast explained that Mayor Harrison planned to make him the city’s new corporation counsel, the clerk laughed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He would talk to Sidelsky about taking me on as an articled clerk. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Evidently not only Mr. Lyte, but his clerks had heard of this cup. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They went to City Hall, where Sissy swore that she was eighteen, and were married by one of the clerks. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The Africans, too, had migrated to the cities, where they became clerks, teachers, or servants in wealthy households. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The county runs its business out of the east-facing half of the building; the city uses the western half, which houses the mayor and city council members as well as the city clerk. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I was shopping in a Banana Republic at the mall with my friend Leah, and a clerk was following us around the store, keeping an eye on us. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He had spent his whole life working one job to the next, working construction, clerking, getting by, but what he really wanted to do was study. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As I approach the checkout, I get a closer look at the clerk—he looks worn, the skin around his eyes thick and heavy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The clerks were very nasty and no one wanted to write up our paperwork, but we didn’t let those fools ruin our marriage. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The lobby was empty except for a night clerk dozing in his lit booth among the key rings and the silent telephones. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z There was talk from the white and black clerks carrying out the physical that some of the migrant workers had lice and needed to be fumigated. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Every clerk in every country was a man of culture in those days —it was his profession to be so. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Incredibly, the clerk did not recognize his name. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z ‘Just for a girl. A clerk down at Woolworth’s is going to get married next week.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I knew the other clerks and young bond-salesmen by their first names and lunched with them in dark crowded restaurants on little pig sausages and mashed potatoes and coffee. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The clerk caught my eye and said, “Those are copper pyrite rocks.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I held them up to my ears and checked myself in the mirror on the counter, all the while feeling the clerk still keeping an eye on me. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The property clerk went back to a cubby, opened the plastic bag containing the hat and the money, and pulled out the hat. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “Do you have your shoe insert?” the store clerk asks. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He and Geyer checked with other hotels to find out who had run the Circle House, and learned from its former clerk that the registration records were in the possession of a downtown attorney. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Using Therbligs, Dad had shown Regal Shoe Company clerks how they could take a customer’s shoe off in seven seconds, and put it back on again and lace it up in twenty-two seconds. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see,” he said with a quick look at the clerk, who was now staring at them with both eyes well open. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He told me he worked in Easons office, clerk, inside job? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A few days later, I received a different kind of bombshell, this time a call from the clerk's office in Baldwin County. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Are you going to Ford’s tonight?” he asks George W. Bunker, the clerk on duty. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He could never really remember the names of his clerks and typists. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The miserable little encounter had nothing to do with me, the me of me, any more than it had to do with that silly clerk. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My confidence soared; if I obtained an appointment as a regular clerk, I could spend at least five hours a day writing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the clerks could work in this automatic manner. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I glance at the desk clerk, the same one who was here when we checked in. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z What he wants, he tells the flustered desk clerk, is a simple bedroom with a sitting room. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The judge looked at it for a moment, then passed it on to the clerk. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I browsed through the magazines until the clerk got anxious to sell me something and then I wandered out. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if the same clerk helped the other people on the list, those who got this package before me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The clerk peered at us through the glass. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Did you decide to go with the locket?” the clerk asks. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gonzalez wondered how the file clerk managed to do his filing without disturbing the tender shoots. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The codebook was like a dictionary, enabling the code clerk to translate a message into a secret language, comprehensible only to those with access to it. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They hand him off to an American clerk in a requisitioned hotel transformed into a disarmament center. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The desk clerk and cashier worked behind bulletproof glass. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Consul is away, and the Vice-Consul sick; so the routine work has been attended to by a clerk. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z When the emergency room clerk asked Beatrice for her stepbrother’s name, address, and phone number, Roy impulsively had stepped forward and blurted his own. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko gave Curly a card with the address of the police department’s administration office and the name of the clerk in charge of filing the incident reports. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When they got to the emergency room, the desk clerk declared that Roy was sleeping and couldn’t be disturbed. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her coeditors on the law review, her fellow clerks at the court, and her colleagues at the law firm all seemed to have a universe of information that had passed her by. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The clerks occasionally told somebody to buy or get out, not to just look and look and look and paw and paw. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She would show the clerk by the cash register the box when she paid for it, and he would never know she'd taken it off the shelf herself. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But a strange and catholic selection of citizens tiptoed to the chapel door and peered in and went away—lawyers and laborers and clerks and bank tellers, most of them past middle age. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Katie found an ad in The World that said a file clerk was wanted; beginner considered, age sixteen, state religion. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The desk clerk dozed, waiting for guests who did not arrive. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Howard handed it to him, and the clerk threw it away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought he might name the child Malachy, after himself, but his North of Ireland accent and the alcoholic mumble confused the clerk so much he simply entered the name Male on the certificate. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In January 1951, she was quickly called up to work at Fort Monroe as a clerk typist. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “I tried to stop them,” the desk clerk piped up. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When I checked in I asked the clerk for room 273, our old room. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The living arrangement of my mother, brother, and Aunt Maggie—now that I had no promise of being a postal clerk—quickly deteriorated. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z As they had done at all the other hotels, they asked the clerk if they could see his registration book. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The clerk was helping another customer when I entered. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Melanie said her mother said that the reason Mr. Schmitt never had a clerk for long was that he paid such low salaries. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you have a room for the night?” the owner of the larger boots asked the desk clerk. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z He winced when the clerk banged the bell on the desk for Matt, even though Matt was standing right there, waiting to carry the guests’ bags. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z She had a sister married to a Mr. Phillips, who had been a clerk to their father, and succeeded him in the business, and a brother settled in London in a respectable line of trade. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The corner drugstore ran smoothly and profitably, although one woman in the neighborhood observed that he seemed to have difficulty retaining the young and typically attractive women he often hired as clerks. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After lunch, I was visited by Mrs. Flagg and a frowning clerk with a spotted face who carried an account book, an ink pot, and quill. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk of the House approached me and asked me to identify myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At that point Lori, Brian, and I would create a ruckus to distract the clerk while Mom hid a dress under a raincoat she would be carrying on her arm. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile he clerked in the co-op general store. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Another black woman said she went to pick up a prescription at the pharmacy one day, and the clerk asked if she was on food stamps. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The night clerk was a middle-aged man, reading a book by John Grisham. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I got tired of Aunt Mary treating me so mean, so I quit her factory and started looking for a job as an usher or movie ticket clerk in Harlem. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A clerk sat at the desk, between two tall piles of encyclopedias. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Eric’s father was the clerk of the county court and often passed on news of particularly juicy trials to Eric, whose popularity increased in proportion. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z One of the clerks was holding a strawberry ice cream cone! March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A third cousin of Papa’s, Hopewell Stump, from out in Banks County, clerked and took care of the chickens that folks brought to trade out for nails, flour, sugar, coal oil, coffee, and chewing tobacco. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z His father, who had emigrated at the turn of the century from the city of Odessa in the Ukraine, worked mainly as a trucking clerk, dispatching drivers on their routes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Happy holidays, my young man,” the clerk said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The purple-yellow-green-haired clerk tells us it spirals when you put it in bathwater, and kinda looks like a galaxy while you bathe. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The clerk asked him if he could read and write. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She shut down her own looms and one of Brigid’s, and followed the clerk down the stairs and out across the yard to the low building that housed the counting room and the offices. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Riffling through the bills, the clerk said, “Why, this is enough to buy seats to an entire first-class car!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He climbed past the first two floors, where Soviet clerks did normal consulate work, like helping Soviet citizens get travel visas. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The scanner beep, beep, beeps for every purchase, and Dad exchanges mindless words with the clerk about the weather. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Each of us said over and over that it was a "crazy idea"--we all talked at once to a baffled clerk and thought, or pretended to think, that we were being very funny. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He paid the clerk for the presents he had chosen and left the drugstore, having made up his mind to call it off. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His father, who worked as a store merchant, court clerk, and bank cashier, remarried five years after his wife's death. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Major Major strode with dignity to the rear of the orderly room without glancing at any of the clerks and typists working at the desks and filing cabinets. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He must have gotten it from a sympathetic gas station clerk; and he kind of looked like a big, reflective, black ghost when we passed him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Women beat up on the clerks who refused them help, or who made them wait in line for days, or who wouldn’t see them at all after they’d waited for hours. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “You can’t operate on him until I admit him,” said a clerk. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “No, I won’t ‘come on,’” I say, turning back to the clerk. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I asked the motel clerk for a toothbrush. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The Budget Lodging clerk, who seems to have some familiarity with the housing nightmares of low-wage workers, suggests I keep trying motels. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Spooney!” said the clerk, in a low voice, giving him a stir with his elbow. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Past the new, freshly baked, iced, Gulf-money houses built by nurses, masons, wire-benders and bank clerks, who worked hard and unhappily in faraway places. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Forced to work as a clerk in Trenton, New Jersey, a town he loathed, he hunted for evidence of Pleistocene Indians during weekends on his farmstead. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At home he lived with his mother, who worked at a service station convenience store as a clerk. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Guess what, my kind clerk of a friend?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “You know, I shop this store quite often,” Helen told a personnel clerk. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Hurd helped paint until he began to clerk at Mr. Newton’s grocery. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Although K.D. was counseling me to study law, I had my heart set on being an interpreter or a clerk in the Native Affairs Department. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, the county clerk looked at the computer in front of her as she talked to Nali. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z We marched past the ticket booth, the clerk now gone, then down off the platform, out of the depot, and into the streets. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And I worked at other jobs, small jobs—clerking, typing, cashiering. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When the Boston market required regulation, Paul Revere was appointed its clerk. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact that Lazar Sidelsky, one of the firm’s partners, would take on a young African as an articled clerk — something almost unheard of in those days — was evidence of that liberalism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A second later, the clerk grabs me and spins me around, shoving me against the wall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The women’s hotel on a Minneapolis side street is just as Lillian described it, with a clean but sparsely furnished lobby and a bored clerk who barely looks up when he hands us our keys. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was something about knowing who the important little people were, the forgotten ones who don’t wear suits, the mail- room clerk, the secretaries, the custodial staffs. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I walked to the feed store to talk to the clerk man. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When the clerk asked for Wisconsin's vote, the head of the state's delegation stood up and announced two votes for Grant, two votes for Blaine...and sixteen votes for Garfield. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It was the face she made in public when the clerk at Safeway asked her some question and I would have to respond. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The mission schools trained the clerks, the interpreters, and the police-men, who at the time represented the height of African aspirations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the mornings she was a checkout clerk at K&B, a chain drugstore on the highway. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She handed the map and calculations to the clerk. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Herold is a former pharmacy clerk who was born and raised in Washington, D.C. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z To whom did the clerk think I would show it? Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Maybe I could go back to the store and ask the clerk if she remembers the Henkle family. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Maids are like clerks, they don’t look at you or say thank you. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A clerk would paste each incoming bulletin to a window, face out, for pedestrians to read. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z That summer, William took a job as a clerk at the Erie City Iron Works. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The motel clerk didn’t have any string, but told them to check out by the fence around the pool, where guests sometimes tied up their dogs. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She hung up with him and placed a call to the county clerk’s office. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Store clerks in downtown Durham waited on all white customers before helping any blacks—and then served light-skinned blacks first. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A clerk met Howard on the bridge between the grandstand and clubhouse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t hear the office clerks yelling, or feel the hands pushing me, or smell the sweat of the crowd. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Perhaps the clerk thought we had no money because we were teenagers. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Well, boys,” he said, “I will put you in touch with the manager of Crown Mines, a Mr. Piliso, and I will tell him to give you jobs as clerks.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman pays for her things, collects her shopping bags from the clerk, and walks out of the store, not looking back, not even thanking us for letting her cut in front of us. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “And if you leave without an honorable discharge,” the clerk had said, “not only will you never work at the Concord Corporation again, but no other mill in Lowell will ever engage you.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Kay reaches for a pair of strappy black suede heels and before her hand touches them, a white clerk grabs the shoes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Milliners are considered in a class with store clerks and telephone hello-girls. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Hmm. That file’s not here,” the clerk said, carefully tidying the tall pile. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Bellingham, bent over the clerk’s inventory book, looked up. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought I knew all the clerks who worked here—but not this one. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z So that when the clerk opened the door and Mr. Marsden appeared, she could only just keep from jumping up and crying out. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t handle having some hostile clerk telling me I was making mountains out of molehills. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, ma’am—and my room is right up the hall from the desk. The night clerk’s a friend of mine. He don’t never sleep when he’s on duty. Nice fella.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A quiet wedding we had: he and I, the parson and clerk, were alone present. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “You can’t treat him until I admit him,” the clerk said. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z That much he had learned by telephoning the Reverend Mr. Post, who further discouraged him by declining to reveal his former clerk’s exact destination. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whether thou’rt bent or straight, well or ill, knight or clerk, lord or minstrel.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z When I was a boy, amaMfengu were the most advanced section of the community and furnished our clergymen, policemen, teachers, clerks, and interpreters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The office was closed this time of night, but she tipped the desk clerk to open it for her. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And incidentally, that store clerk totally blew it—Leah's dad had given her money for the shopping trip. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The gathering outside the Tribune included businessmen, clerks, traveling salesmen, stenographers, police officers, and at least one barber. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Or else the clerk would say, “Sorry. We’re out of that entirely.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The Church not being “thrown open,” he was, as I have said, our clerk. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z A clerk asked her to state her name. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z What I really wanted to do was to hit the boss, and, I think, the shipping clerk understood that. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “One of those is my clerk. This other guy is just out for a second.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk trailed them through the swinging double doors. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She lived with her parents and clerked in a music store. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Your father was a bank clerk,” Horace said, speaking quickly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Did you notice that none of the defense lawyers questioned the character of the clerk or even mentioned it? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z The Tribune clerk again appeared in the newspaper’s window, this time with the results of the fifth ballot. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When different druggists or clerks waited on us, they also gave us candy. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt a sudden, intense sympathy for King Solomon, and each morning, short on sleep and uncomfortable in mind, he barked unfairly at his clerks and his secretary without even realizing why. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She signed the paper where the clerk pointed, tried to listen carefully to all his warnings about what the contract demanded, and stuffed the broadside that he handed her into her apron pocket. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z At the front desk, the clerk—an older man, now, with a tweed cap tipped over his face—says, “What can I do for you?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “A girl,” Werner says in French, “did you see—?” but the interpreter only smirks and says something to the clerk in English, as though every German soldier he has interviewed has asked about a girl. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “You don’t speak well enough. You’re pretty bright, so maybe you could be a law clerk and help other lawyers.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z We step through a tiled foyer, past a coat check with uniformed clerks, and descend a few steps into a marble-floored dance hall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The clerk cast a knowing glance at the arresting officer. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The clerk said, “That’s not a legal description. It’s barely even a proper address.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Another clerk came up to Billy and asked him if he was going to buy the book or not, and Billy said that he wanted to buy it, please. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the chaplain’s clerk, a slender Irishman with prematurely gray hair and gray, melancholy eyes. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z We first went to stay with her brother in Orlando East and then later with Evelyn’s sister at City Deep Mines, where her sister’s husband, Msunguli Mgudlwa, worked as a clerk. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Penelope ignored the angry clerk who was scolding her for ruining the window display, pushed through the long line of customers waiting at the cash register, and raced outside to the street. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z But a year later, when Germany was in the throes of World War I, fourteen-year-old Dasch volunteered to work as a clerk in the German Army. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The white girl clerking the entrance booth gave me a surprised look when we passed through the gate, but she said nothing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t get the bank teller job she wanted, but she met some guy who needed a file clerk at his insurance agency, and then she could finally quit that Waffle House job. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z We sauntered through all the big department stores, touching expensive things without the white clerks giving us a second look. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Brewer went to the county clerk’s office and got copies of the recall petitions. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They hung about that red staircase like clerks in a government office. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Schnooks thanked the clerk for his kind attention, then set out to canvass more hotels. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She and Jim had been married by a clerk in City Hall. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I was a combination of a clerk and messenger. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They milled around, casting quick glances up and down the sidewalk, like they were waiting for someone, all of them so nicely dressed, wearing ties with clips on them like store clerks and bank tellers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But the joke never went any further, because Annie didn’t have an ID and the strangely principled clerk wouldn’t even pull it out from behind the counter for her to inspect. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It said, “I am fine. I got a job working as a clerk in a store. ” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the meantime, on Walter’s recommendation, Lazar Sidelsky had agreed to take me on as a clerk while I completed my B.A. degree. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Beto wasn’t reading for classes or working at the pharmacy where he’d gotten a job as a clerk, he wrote. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘Tell him,’ snickered the other ancient spider of a clerk, ‘that Mr. Lyte is—ah—sensible of the great honor—ah—and regrets to say he has formed other plans for his daughter’s future. Ah!’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk noticed Luma’s middle initial—H—and asked what it stood for. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “I approach, you watch close, I’m a threat,” I rap, and there’s Malik’s secret footage of the clerk who followed us around the Midtown comic shop a few months ago. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The clock said four forty-eight when the clerk came back and sat down without even looking her way. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The room is rented to William Clark, a twenty-three-year-old army clerk who is gone for the night. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z In order not to appear fumbling, people said, “Yes, baas,” “Yes, madam” to everything the white clerks said; thus, with the stroke of a pen, a man’s future was determined, his destiny altered. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In turn, stevedores and dockhands and clerks furnished him with information and he scooped up the rascals on the threshold of deliverance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The motel clerk may have had doubts about my age, but I laid money on the counter right away, and the key was forthcoming. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The house next door just turns up empty one morning, or the post office clerk doesn’t show up for work, or your friend or your teacher doesn’t come to school. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z There were two other blacks on the job, a girl who packed with me and the shipping clerk who took stuff to the post office. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The soldiers had started to go through the crates and call out the contents, the clerk writing down the details in his big book. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His thoughts on this subject were abundantly clear: “When a clerk says he must leave the office because it is five o’clock, you’ll never see his name over a front door.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Both times a clerk listened, made a phone call, said the bill was a mistake, and told her to ignore it. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The nearest one is pretty far away, but I make the trek, and have the clerk spend twenty minutes trying to sell me on a phone I have no intention of buying. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The odious reception clerk smiled when he saw me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I'm Colin Singleton,” he said to the tour guide/grocery store clerk. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z With infinite patience the clerk folded the straps just so, located each purse at the center of the brown parcel paper he painstakingly tore from the roll, and commenced creasing the edges. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The night clerk kept on reading his John Grisham novel, and barely looked up as she walked past him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Finally, the clerk told us, “There’s nothing here for you.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She just kept raising her kids, working various jobs as a barber, notary public, chemical mixer at a cement plant, grocery store clerk, limousine driver. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The packages were wrapped perfectly—too perfectly, the way packages are done up when they have been wrapped by a nameless clerk in a store. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The cop perked up, slipping between me and the clerk to get a better look. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The desk clerk locked the front door and left. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I saw that his delicacy was avoiding the right word, so I said, “A clerk.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gonzalez became the office manager and took control of the few dispirited clerks under him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My master was Colonel Lloyd’s clerk and superintendent. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t bother,” the trooper said, sliding her driver’s license to the clerk. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But just then a man and woman came in, and the clerk got busy with them. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Annette, a twenty-year-old server who is six months pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend, lives with her mother, a postal clerk. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When the time came for my appointment as a regular clerk, I was told that no appointments would be made for the time being. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “And now I shall go back and show my fellow elves that the child of a clerk and a seamstress is as good and brave as the most famous knight in the kingdom.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z As insurance against such accidents, the Soviet clerks then wrapped their messages in an additional layer of secrecy, using what were known as "one-time pads." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want your receipt?” the clerk asks. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z All the time these black clerks were on the lookout for bribes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The store clerk who wouldn’t let Kay try on shoes because she didn’t have a silly piece of cardboard. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The white clerks registered me, surrounded me with smiles, sent me to my comfortable room accompanied by a Negro who carried my bags. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk scooted around the counter to talk us up about the bike. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Only in this book of his collected work,” the clerk said, lifting down a handsome glossy volume. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “That gentleman bought a first-class ticket,” the clerk said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The clerk, a thin young woman with bobbed hair, asks for his application, reviewing it before handing it to the judge. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He would not fire a number of white employees at City Hall and replace them with blacks, and he could not impose a hiring quota for black clerks at a downtown store. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Was this a customary incident in the life of a solicitor’s clerk sent out to explain the purchase of a London estate to a foreigner? Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I might’ve handled the clerk with a softer touch, but Emma had no patience for the self-important authority of petty bureaucrats. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Thurston, the clerk, would give the girl the broadside with the regulations for the Concord and arrange for her to have her smallpox vaccination the following morning. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Burton, if you’ll sign the papers with the county clerk, we’ll move on to the rest of the Widow Cane’s property.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was Eric, whose father was the clerk of the court. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The prime minister, Sir Milton Margai, was then brought over to meet me, and the clerk introduced me as the chief. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These clerks, as far as she could tell, had an unfortunate habit of departing without warning, sometimes even leaving their personal belongings in their rooms on the second floor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The clerk looked baffled by the sheer amount of junk food on his counter. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They might not be able to find a Spanish-speaking clerk. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Every day more and more city officials failed to show up at work: judges and clerks, aldermen and secretaries. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Moreover, Holmes offered to employ Julia as a clerk in the drugstore and to train her to keep his books. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Did any adult witness this incident?” the woman clerk asked in an unsympathetic tone. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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