There I gave up my street clothes and was given a set of old army fatigues with the insignias ripped off. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

At night, there had been a phalanx of servants to bathe her in jasmine-scented water, and in the morning, more servants came to dress her in clothing so exquisite she was almost afraid wear it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I told her to remain in the tent. I told her to stay there while I went to sort out the trouble. And I find that she disobeyed me. This means clothes.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He took off his party clothes, folded up and wrapped in tissue-paper his embroidered silk waistcoat, and put it away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’d looked at transit maps and locations of Laundromats, in case I was there long enough to run out of clean clothes. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Inside these clothes my heart was still beating like mad. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

One afternoon Lelia cornered the woman in the laundry room and tried to communicate with her while helping her fold a pile of clothes fresh out of the dryer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we were bathed, our mama wrapped us in towels, led us into the sleeping room, and presented each of us with clean, sweet-smelling clothes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was brown and his clothes had a foreign look. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hated that and would walk off at once, trailing clothes behind him. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

My friend Brooke agreed that Gay had no sense of what girls our age were wearing and had terrible taste in clothes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

My teacher, Mrs. Lester, had a garbage bag full of extra clothes she took on bus trips. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

For the occasion I received a new set of clothing and a blue cap woven with beads for my unruly hair. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She pulled off her clothes and danced desperately, her thin limbs pale and shaking, her movements pathetic and jerky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Percy. Didn't recognize me without my jogging clothes?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s bag was on the floor, open, clothing fluffing out. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When she saw the clothes laid out on the bed, she turned to me with a smile and said, “What’s this?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He stood up, and it looked to Sam as if he was clothed in flame: his naked skin was scarlet in the light of the lamp above. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They started talking about clothes, makeup, and unfortunate fashion choices of the rich and famous, and that was that—best friends forever! I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Think, for a moment, about the last expensive restaurant you went to, the last expensive piece of clothing you bought, and the last movie you saw. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the room, Ma started pulling all the clothes from the old blue dresser. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And then, one evening, he got out of bed, put on his clothes, and left. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Magazines that talked about first dates, the right clothes, teenage TY stars, singing groups, and acne cream, although I didn’t have a need for acne cream. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The only clothes they had or would ever have—like the only life they had or would ever have—was what the citadel provided, and the citadel provided the garments of dead goddesses. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Tyrion knew enough to understand that she was telling him to take the dwarf girl up to her rooms, give her wine, and find some clothes for her to wear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Corinthians got up too and began to put her clothes on. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where can I buy some clothes around here?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The stranger had rumpled gray hair and an anxious expression, and was wearing a strange mixture of clothes; a pinstriped suit, a scarlet tie, a long black cloak, and pointed purple boots. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We ate the same food, wore the same clothes, performed the same chores. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judy sat down on the bed and started unpacking her clothes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are other newspaper pictures too, showing thin- looking children in scruffy clothes, standing in front of piles of rubble. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One day, our caseworker John took us to a church clothing drive to help us stock up on clothes, including much-needed winter coats and boots. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Werfel saw, delighted, that the whole of the du Burgh family had dressed in fine elfin clothing for the party. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Baby clothes. There aren’t many people reach my time without baby things.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The nurse gasped at the sight of her former charge, but she said nothing, merely bent down, lifted her to her feet with surprising strength, and smacked her hard through her torn clothes. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

And he was grateful to Bull, too, for sensing that a dress was not the right kind of clothing for Edward. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He clothes his ideas in the language of the Bible and tops it with the stovepipe hat of Abraham Lincoln. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Next term’s tuition, new clothes, freedom from my debt with Devi I saw Denna looking at the trays with the same fascination, though hers was somewhat more glassy-eyed than mine. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We put on lip gloss and took turns trying on one another’s clothes, suddenly aware that certain pairs of pants made our hips look curvier. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I pictured the mountains and the fire and a snowball fight and let’s-get-out-of-these-wet- clothes, and I said, “Yeah. Sure.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My focus shifts from the forms of Michah and the girl, and I notice the mound of their discarded clothes, scattered paper bits, maps full of pinholes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I am not entirely satisfied with this clothing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s all make little moneybags to hide in our clothes so we can take our money with us if we need to leave here.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Lee had become American conservative in his clothes since he had lived in Salinas. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She takes in that there’s a bag over my shoulder and that I’m in the same clothes I wore when we fought. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The chief’s lieutenants surrounded Shin and pulled off his clothes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She looked again through the hanging coats and through the folded sheets and clothes on the lower shelves. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“You go on and get those clothes right after we’re done.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

At Pulefen Farm we were, as I said, underfed for the work we did, and our clothing, particularly our footgear, was completely inadequate for that winter climate. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I decided to think like Safa. I found it wedged between the bundles of old clothes in the closet.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He had his yarn and his needles with him too, of course, but even that couldn't distract from his clothes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

All her clothes wait patiently on hangers, organized by type—skirts together, pants hanging by their cuffs, her sweaters stacked in plastic bags on shelves. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now I am the one who heats and carries the heavy buckets of water, stirs the soapy brew, lifts the sodden clothes to be rinsed, and spreads them to dry. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then his grey cloak drew apart, and they saw, beyond doubt, that he was clothed beneath all in white. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He so caked with mud and matted leaves, I can't even see his clothes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Marse Tom. Yes, sir. Sure do thank you. Fine clothes, yes, sir...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In it he puts a bedroll, cup, spoon, some raisins, a collapsible fishing rod and a change of clothes, a raincoat, and a couple of cans of stew. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms and back complained like the dickens as I refilled the wash boiler, kept the water hot, rubbed grimy clothes on the washboard, wrung them out, and hung them to dry. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A team of American medical students comes this morning with a truck full of clothes and shoes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Each street was devoted to a different product: fruit, vegetables, clothes, crockery and soap. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"I've got a man in England who buys me clothes. He sends over a selection of things at the beginning of each season, spring and fall." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Eventually, using enough of the ugly clothing, Violet had a rope that was, she hoped, just over thirty feet long. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Not like cars and clothes, though they got those, too. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Eunjoo decided to wash all their clothing, so they raided the closets for large T-shirts that they wore while they washed everything. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The man who mentored— and clothed—my grandfather followed his dreams and made history. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Which was a fine dinner, and afterward we lit a fire though it was warm and sat before it, sipping hot tea, while Miss Maggie’s clothes dried. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

When Owens stepped out, the throng swarmed him and began snipping off bits of his clothing. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He imagined the convent girls dressed in fine clothes, like the bridesmaids at Emilia’s wedding. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Golden Gray went into the second room to change his clothes—this time he chose something formal, elegant. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I change out of my work clothes and take a shower. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You should be careful. You don't want someone to see you without clothes.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

His clothes and haircut—Mao suits and a short military trim with no sideburns— were the same as his grandfather’s when he seized control of North Korea in 1945. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

These two, a man and a woman, wear the tattered, thrown-together clothes of actual rebels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t bought new clothes for Cambridge, because I’d had to take out a student loan just to pay the fees. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The older girls left early and came back late, their clothes and hair full of dust. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were not allowed to sew on doll clothes, not even with pins. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Iaided in the pounding of boiled clothes; I translated dull tags; I daily ran my fingers through Mr. Sharpe’s hair, greasing it and feeding his graying queue into a bag. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Numb with weariness, he lived in wet clothes and ate cold food. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they wear only the most pitiful clothing, and try to exchange little carvings and objects that they have made out of shell fragments and copper driving bands. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

An Yi gasped for breath while brushing the rain off her clothes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason charged at Percy, who was now on his back, his clothes smoking from the lightning blast. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“As soon as I got to college, I found a part-time job and saved up all my money for new clothes. I bought magazines to teach myself to do my makeup.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He remembered lots of little things about life—eating, clothes, studying, playing, general images of the makeup of the world. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Aside from Ruby, with her clothes that always look two sizes too small, who sits in back of me and can’t stop talking even to me, no one has much to say. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know the pile of clothes bursts into flames and my red dress melts like plastic in the fire. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing clothes the police had scrounged up for him at the station, this torn-up wifebeater that was way too small, pants so short on him they looked like capris. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I had already seen three people in dark clothes with Afros. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried a bag in each hand, one with clothes, the other with food. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are other newspaper pictures too, showing thin- looking children in scruffy clothes, standing in front of piles of rubble. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad bought me some new clothes but he isn’t very good at it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just sit back in my seat, letting this strange day wrap around me like new clothes. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He stole his clothes, talked back, came in late. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The mattress pads in the cabins had been slung into the floor and bedding and clothing were piled against the wall. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He would put on his best clothes, shave, and play his favorite opera arias on the gramophone. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We eat our cones quickly, careful not to drip melted ice cream onto our clothes. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And when I go outside, I find Piper stuffing extra clothes in our laundry bags. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin had never stolen clothing from another prisoner. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Satisfied with his efforts, but annoyed at the heavy rain, the spoiling it is doing to his clothes and the speed of his journey, he looks around him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love my old hunting stuff, but the trek I have in mind today is more suited to this high-tech clothing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ran to my room, got a battered suitcase, and began packing my ragged clothes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jewelry had disappeared years ago, but the closets still held Miss Lilian’s clothing—skirts, blouses, and dresses long out of style but of fine quality except for moth holes. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They are her burying clothes as she doesn’t want to be buried in a shroud. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the landing he bumped into Ginny, who was returning to her room carrying a pile of freshly laundered clothes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sally was going to get permission to stay with us a little and one Thursday she came finally with a sack full of clothes and a paper bag of sweetbread her mama sent. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the clothes smelled like a hospital, perhaps from being stored in mothballs. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I just want to be in clothes I like. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I continued folding my clothes and putting them in the box. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

But if you have to go to the barber or go shopping for clothes after school, zzzzip— the whole day is over before you can blink. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall and well-muscled, dressed in thick work clothes that struck her as a costume. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Over my head I heard my mother, pulling things from the hangers, the swish of clothes, wire clinking together. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no dry clothes, so I stripped to my boxer shorts and climbed into my sleeping bag. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She held the crying girl to her chest, amazed at how strong her own arms were, at how light Ess felt in this moment, even heavy with her drenched clothes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Owen got in touch with Abe Segal, who owned a clothing label, and I received a dozen shorts and shirts from him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for a few items picked up at an army PX, the clothes I still possessed had been chosen for a subsequent visit to the Italian Alps. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

We’d taken some food and blankets from Aunty Em’s, but we didn’t dare light a fire to dry our damp clothes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then she gave him a mug of coffee without sugar as she had been told the Buendías drank it, and she spread his clothing out near the fire. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She lay down on her bed with her clothes on, but I knew her eyes were open, just as mine were. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dressed in clothing of every description, all wearing red scarves at their necks. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Well. I puked all over my other clothes.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

What remained of them was strewn about the road: shattered armor, ripped clothing, swords and spears broken in half. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

As I have told you before I am not a son of a wealthy dad, your gift increased my clothes. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Arm felt a ripple of lazy good humor from the dinner party, a surge of greed from the waiters as they sized up the clothes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I found Arturo in the bathroom, stripping off his clothes, tiny crumbs of mushroom soil raining down to the floor. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The conservative portion thinks he’s being “liberal” if he wears non-Eastern clothes, and the liberal members of the mosque think he’s not being of the people if he wears Eastern clothes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When Sticky finally returned, he dumped his wet clothes in the corner, put on his muddy glasses without cleaning them, and then, without once looking at Reynie, he pulled his suitcase from beneath the bed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if in some prenatal rush, they had been dressed in one another’s clothes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shay stayed with them, complaining about the food, the ruins, her hair and clothes, and having to look at all the ugly faces around her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He had remembered just in time that his girl had no clothes on. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Why not draw them with their clothes on? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

But far worse than this was the fact that she was still in her clothes, for she had firmly refused the offer of Mae’s spare nightgown, with its seeming miles of faded cotton flannel. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, there are two sets of her lightest nylon track clothes, her Camel hydration pack, her handheld water bottle, and her thin rain jacket. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He was sitting at a table, dressed in his street clothes. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The clothes had been taken from the bodies to keep the living soldiers warmer. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would stop in my tracks to stare at a department store window filled with lavish displays of merchandise, from clothing and jewelry to appliances. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

As we rolled out of our makeshift bed and looked around the sunlit room, we found our clothes washed, neatly pressed, and laid out for us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She wore neatly pressed clothes and scuffed but carefully polished high heels, read books like Praying Your Way to Prosperity, and was superior with the drivers and ingratiating with the editors. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Next Milton, in different clothes, is greeting more customers; and Jimmy the cook is cracking eggs one- handed; and Lefty is looking left out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The other two bedrooms were Lydia’s wardrobe room—filled with wheeled clothing racks—and her sewing/project room. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I can only imagine how much those clothes are gonna cost. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Soot from the engine fills my mouth, blankets my clothes, sifts down my neck. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they’re clothes belonging to Luke’s wife, whom I’ve also never seen; only pictures and a voice on the phone, late at night, when she was calling us, before the divorce. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my early years, I wondered why it was so rare to catch a scythe out of his or her robes and in common street clothes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We each took just one extra outfit, hiding it under our clothes so our foster parents wouldn’t notice. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He comes back from the dressing room without any clothes in his arms, looks at me, and makes a decision. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And a washerwoman came on Monday and spent the whole day boiling the clothes in the dripping laundry shed out back. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

From around the tiny shop full of imported Indian clothing, parents gave Mamma approving looks. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was skinny and sloppy in his rumpled black clothes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Court clothes, for all our party. Fine woolens, velvets, silken cloaks. One does not come before a queen looking shabby ... nor empty-handed. The magister has been kind enough to provide us with suitable gifts.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They generally appear both poorer and kindlier; the women are wearing country dresses and the men seem uncomfortable in their Sunday clothes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s probably not something they’re used to seeing, a girl in running clothes coming down this empty road in the middle of nowhere. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The quilts on our beds and the clothes in our chest were limp and smelled of mildew. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

None of my clothes are ever particularly clean, but I cling to these rituals nevertheless. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I watch as Dell gathers together some of his clothing, his toothbrush, and a container of what looks like hair- spray. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She decided to bring nothing but the clothes on her back and the iron dagger that Fin had given her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Without any words, Khouy picks me up and loads me onto the back of the truck filled with bags of clothes and pots and pans and food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would sketch designs for new clothes for my Barbies to wear. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It’s mostly a big terrace with some sinks for washing clothes and crisscrossed clotheslines. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After every doctor’s appointment, she came by to give them the latest updates, and as her clothes began to tighten the Ryans presented her with new ones. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was freedom of movement within the dorms except during the three daily counts; inmates washed their own clothes and could cook their own meals, and there were television rooms. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a fine velvet coat and felt hat, but her clothing was in tatters, and her long red hair had begun to fall out in clumps. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Today I see Zola’s father, Mr. Pomodoro, on his terrace, talking with an elderly man wearing painter’s clothes. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Instead of a closet, there was a large cardboard box that had once held a refrigerator and would now hold the three children’s clothes, all piled in a heap. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

His shirt was dirty and the stolen clothes were wrinkled and soiled from having been slept in for a week. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His face is beginning to fade, possibly because it wasn’t always the same: his face had different expressions, his clothes did not. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Greathearted Odysseus, home at last, was being bathed now by Eurynome and rubbed with golden oil, and clothed again in a fresh tunic and a cloak. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kemmler’s head started smoking and his clothes began to catch on fire. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was longer than Harry had ever seen it: He appeared to have suffered several gashes to his face and his clothes were ripped and torn. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“When you say you’ve got the Cloak, and clothes...” said Harry, frowning at Hermione, who was carrying nothing except her small beaded handbag, in which she was now rummaging. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Call’s cuss words were taught to him by his sainted grandmother and tended to be as quaint as the clothes she made for him. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is what I do when I’m back in my room: I take off my clothes and put on my nightgown. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I round the corner back to the main camp road, I pass a group walking by in street clothes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Genie’s and Ernie’s clothes—an entire month’s worth—in the drawers of the blue dresser. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He got up, adjusted his clothing, and picked up his pouch. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s exactly what your dad would say. Just hair. Just clothes.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“If words drew blood, you might have cause to fear. I think your clothes are safe enough, my lady.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was his own neighbor, the very woman who had made clothes for him when he came. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She spoke to Abby: “They are not rags. They’re clothes that are still good that people donate to be sold. The proceeds go to the hospital.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I wonder about the regrets Ma must have over their relationship, regrets about all those times they fought in Phnom Penh over what music Keav listened to or the clothes she wore. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got around to putting my clothes away in the dresser, I came across a box that said ERIK’S TROPHIES. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Off with thy clothes, I say, else thou’lt lose the strength and skill thou hast begun to have. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He would take his clothes off and give them to someone else. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d added a change of clothes, his toothbrush, and twenty-five dollars borrowed from Zalmay, all his cousin had had in the coffee jar hidden under his bed. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

We made an odd pair, I supposed, me as I was and Frankie in his fine clothes, his golden watch chain glinting. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There were mini-markets everywhere, selling clothes, food, cassettes, stereos, and many other things. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Back home in Congo, our clothes were tailored, and they fit beautifully. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But as we were climbing onto the barge, she came running down the landing stairs, clothed in her costume from Love’s Labour’s Lost, her skirts lifted so high we could see her ankles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

These women looked, well—Sandi knew no other way to put it—they looked as if they wanted to take their clothes off in front of the men. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I use my clothes to make a shape that looks like a person lying under the thin blanket. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet it was clothes for her husband,” another interjected. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But he understood that I had fixated on clothes as the symbol of why I didn’t, and couldn’t, belong. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He’d started listing all the things he missed about her, finally getting down to the smell of her clothes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He opened the wooden door to his rooms, peeling off his clothing as he headed to the bathing room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Uncle Marco gives Enrique a daily allowance, buys him clothes, and sends him to a private military school in the evenings. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In exchange for my clothing and jewelry, I was issued a military-style uniform made of cloth that was rough and itchy, and a stiff cap that was shoved down onto my head. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my clothes to dry at the fire, crawled into bed, and fell into a dreamless sleep. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He saw, not the silver in the alien hand of a merchant in the town; he saw the silver transmuted into something worth even more than itself—clothes upon the body of his son. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She wore clothes made out of plastics, mismatched socks, Day-Glo, and braces. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Stuart planned to wear his swimming trunks under his clothes so that he could dive off the lily pad into the cool stream. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The clothing that was allegedly stolen was displayed on a table in court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ancient half-sister, fresh from her swim and now clothed in a towel bathrobe, came and sat herself close to her manly lover. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch with fascination as children with oily black hair, wearing old, dirty clothes run up to our cyclo in their bare feet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were closets with hangers for their clothes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Her mother and father were both in the hall frantically stuffing clothing and various objects into suitcases. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She told me to spend it on my school clothes and supplies. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The bedroom looks as if a monsoon has passed through it: clothes, barrettes, shoes, socks, belts, and scarves are strewn everywhere—on the bed that Chou and I share as well as on Keav’s bed. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got out before Junior and Talloi, and ran across the bridge with their clothes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

After all, Joaquin basically had taken food, money, and clothes from them for almost three years. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They were past me now, disappearing in a great cloud of brown dust that looked like a part of their clothing, that made them seem akin to the elemental earth itself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There weren’t many men his age in civilian clothes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Immediately below it were row upon row of threadbare clothes dangling from sagging ropes suspended across the ceiling like a gigantic spiderweb. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had put her own clothes back on, but as they looked up at her in unison—eyes wide, like nervous children—she had the sudden feeling of being naked. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I threw on my clothes and ran down at once; my patient is too dangerous a person to be roaming about. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Some riders went past along the river road as Arya was washing her clothes, but if they saw the scrawny naked girl scrubbing her rags in the moonlight, they took no notice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She carefully examines the clothes on her bed. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

By the time they had tightened, pinned, and locked me into my clothes, I could feel my stomach rubbing against my backbone. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night of his initiation, Matthias had rubbed his clothes and hair with the same chalky powder. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I turn my head as he slips out of the old clothes into the new. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

My hands were still too small to make the squishing wet sound my mother’s hands made when she washed clothes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He wore grey, although she could not have described his clothes. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Just then an old man with long, sunburned hair and beard, and clothes that looked as though they were made of gunny-sacking, came striding up to the bridge. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

His damp clothes were pretty much clamped against his skin, and as they dried, the starch was tightening. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She tossed it brusquely on a pile of clothes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

As a convicted prisoner, I did not have the choice of wearing proper clothes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Herold could not bathe or wash clothes and, unshaven, they looked and smelled worse each day. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Eid, the three days of celebration after the holy month of Ramadan, Kabulis dressed in their best and newest clothes and visited their families. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Silently she took off her salwar kameez and put on the boy’s clothes, tucking her braid carefully under the cap. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I immediately packed my books and clothes and left for Granny’s place, where I stayed for two weeks and then returned home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used to leave his clothes in a pile on the pier and dive headfirst into the lake. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Y’all are out of control. For real. As far as I’m concerned, there is no money. Fab needs clothes and school supplies,” Chantal says, pointing to me, then at her sisters. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was getting late, and I needed to change back into my dress clothes or they wouldn’t let me have dinner. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He came up the aisle and stood alongside my bed, wearing the same clothes he had the day before. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Whatever she did, it couldn't measure up to their store-bought clothing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They also wore special cotton waistbands under their clothes and made for each soldier by his wife or his mother or his sisters. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was told that they had accidentally left his clothes behind near their landing spot. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

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

Removing the Western clothing in which the body had been on display, Sheik Hassoun washed the body with special holy oil. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The food’s on one side of the gym, and clothes, toys, and books are on the other side. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ugwu ran around throwing things into bags: Baby’s clothes and toys, biscuits from the fridge, his clothes, Master’s clothes, Olanna’s wrappers and dresses. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few other people were waiting on the platform, all of them white and lean, in short, flimsy clothes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

James and I don’t say anything as we change into our sleep clothes, as we parade to the bathroom and back. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The professor told Princesse that she thought I had become distracted by superficial things, such as makeup and clothes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m just about done,” he says, whipping his clothes off. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

At the back of the property was a shed where the coal bins were kept for the laundry fires for boiling the white clothes, a shed known to be haunted. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Some of the computer peripherals were already in boxes, but clothes and household stuff and books were scattered through every room. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you should find a spot to pull off so we can get some clothes on.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Come, now,” said the woman, as she took off Robin’s clothes to dry them. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

When her clothes were dry, Miss Maggie put them on again and slipped into her poncho. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The slightest infraction—an upturned collar, a missing button, dirty clothing, unshined shoes, too shiny shoes, faulty bed making—could mean a beating or death. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The surface, however, the visible terrain, was a landscape of old clothes and crates and newspapers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was dusty, his clothes soiled, and dried blood spotted his arms. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“If you had waited another moment, Biddy, you would have heard me say that I shall bring my clothes here in a bundle one evening,—most likely on the evening before I go away.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had always welcomed vitality and energy and warmth radiating from thick and sturdy winter clothes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the market closed, I was shaking so hard I dropped my bundle of baby clothes in a mud puddle. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“If you are hiding something in or under your clothing, I suggest you turn it over to us now. You will be asked to undress.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He turned his back on her and quickly sloughed off his sodden clothes, spreading them beside the fire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Olanna did not want Baby to touch those children in their torn clothes, milky mucus trailing from their noses, but she didn’t say so; it shamed her that she felt that way. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then my sister Princesse took me aside and explained: My favorite uncle, Rumenge, the officer who always brought me treats and new clothes, had been killed in one of the conflicts in the region. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

‘You think she knows the difference? I paid good money for those clothes. And another thing. I don’t care for that tone. Consider that a warning.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She chose a sweatshirt and jeans from the piles of clothes I had folded and placed on the floor along the wall. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t because of the way they looked or because their white clothes were the same; there was something else. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’m glad that you like the clothes we have in the US. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Hanako felt embarrassed just thinking about walking around in those clothes! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The man sitting on the other side of the desk in the interview room was in his thirties and wore civilian clothes—black suit, tie, black loafers. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

That might do, but he would have to bring me my meals, the flax to spin my clothes, the wood for my fire. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and grinned, tossing the rumpled clothes to Pong. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He wore good clothes but he never seemed well dressed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

You giggled and slid into the river, with all your clothes on. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I resolve not to think of clothes when I am in church. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their clothes were aromatic with the feast they had been preparing. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clothes he wore were rotten and faded, spotted with moss and eaten through with worms, but once they had been black. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When he asked her about the wardrobe change, she claimed she had realized how practical these clothes were after making some for Leo. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Cersei had tom up the first shift they gave her, demanding the return of her own clothes, but that only left her naked and shivering. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I heard the whisper of her clothes as she undressed. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She is putting clothes into a plastic grocery bag. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t take much with me: a dozen jars of home-canned peaches, bedding, and a garbage bag full of clothes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He had changed his tattered clothes and was again dressed in his customary suit of black. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Once I was laughed at when I wore my deerskin clothes to town, but in these clothes no one even notices me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For their clothing, they use “the closet”—a wire spring standing upright, from a mattress stripped of its ticking. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The old man who was guarding the clothing of that one Mississippi regiment was asleep against the rail fence, his mouth open. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could imagine Maya toddling after her, annoying her, pulling her hair and borrowing her clothes without asking first. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As I reached the Masthead’s rooftop, Frankie gave a cursory glance down at my clothes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I like my clothes the way they are.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

That weekend, I’m in the laundry room throwing my dirty clothes in one of the washing machines, when Miles walks in, dragging a laundry bag behind him, plus a small container of detergent. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Clara asked her granddaughter to take the boy out to play in the garden and make sure he did not soil his clothes, drown in the fountain, eat dirt, or play with his fly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she slumped down onto the bed amid all those beautiful clothes and her new luggage and started to cry uncontrollably. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are several girls I watch avidly at school, a grade or two above me, whose well-to-do parents take them to the Twin Cities to buy clothes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

With what seemed a single movement she tore off her clothes and flung them disdainfully aside. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There is blood splattered all over his face and clothes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

With the money from my family, I bought fresh clothes, modern straight suits. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore the battered clothes of a field hand and an ancient broadcloth coat highly polished by age and wear. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she shows me pictures of clothes in another magazine. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The chest cavity is caved in beneath the black clothes, home to hundreds of the black-green flies feasting on the body. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fed him, clothed him, gave him orders, punished him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone could put on the clothes of a Quaker, a Quaker’s clothing did not turn a man into a friend. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hoping for the best, Penelope handed their clothes to the two boys and indicated that they should go behind the screen and put them on as best they could. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t even bother to change out of my dirty, blood-covered clothing. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

As I toss the final items of clothing into the washer, a piece of paper falls out of my housecoat pocket and onto the floor. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The house is dark, and there are clothes all over the backs of the chairs. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Why did he go to so much trouble when the finished sibyl is mostly clothed and must be viewed from a considerable distance below? History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me my clothes smelled like cigarettes after the last party. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mom holds a Target bag in her hand—that means fresh clothes. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Get some clothes on and be a man. You can’t stay in here all day. Besides, I need you out there.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It held a change of clothes, a loaf of trail bread, some jerked meat, a skin of water, needle and thread, flint and steel, pens and ink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His clothes, visible in the parted cloak, were pressed, almost stiff with creases. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He brought toys, candy, and clothes to each visit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“My mother thinks girls are supposed to like shiny clothes. Crazy, right?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I assured him that we would provide him with warm clothing and that he would spend only a night in jail, but to no avail. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole’s clothes felt damp and stiff when he picked them up from where he’d left them on the shore- line. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

More — much more — would follow as cities throughout the United States organized collections of blankets, bedding, clothing, food, and cash. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I lost my clothes in the river,” I explained. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her goodbyes froze in her throat as she realized her warm coat was made of pieces cut from the family’s own clothing. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I used to copy his clothes style and how he did his hair. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The women studied the pictures of clothes and houses, gardens and cars with great interest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His collar was open and his clothes disordered; his voice was flat and toneless. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mami ran from the window, her face glowing, to the basket of house clothes and slipped out of her flowered dress into a faded shift. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s not so much my skin that smells still, more my clothes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Noelle, in the same clothes I saw her in yesterday—dark Capri pants and a white wife-beater—comes down the hall. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was going to comeback and pick up some clothes when you were back from school. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She told Aunt Elizabeth to take off all her clothes . The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only did they have clothes and food, but their horses were slaughtered to provide transport in the shadowy world of the dead. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Allen couldn’t wait to shed his uniform and get into regular clothes. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I could hear her moving around behind me, probably putting on clothing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The daughter of a well-to-do wine merchant, Rosa toiled in Pittsburgh as a peddler for a clothing firm. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The farmer bought Shin antibiotics for the burns on his legs, along with warm winter clothes and work boots. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

There, he buys used clothes for 20 cents a pound. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We wear our outdoor clothes indoors, and socks at night, because these cottages with their one-layer walls are supposed to be for summer tourists. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took the blue cloth out of the dirty clothes basket. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cotton clothing is made from is grown in Egypt. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

All I had with me were the clothes I wore, a few photographs, my official immigration papers, and fourteen cassette tapes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I swat a few of them away, I realize that they are perched on top of a man, pecking at his clothes, which are Abnegation gray. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was almost as large as her overseer, clothed in reds and oranges that matched his thinning hair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“A good dancer is recognized by her clothing. You should wear your stockings inside out and never, never wear any underpants.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I throw on any clean clothing I get my hands on, then grab my phone and zoom down to the kitchen, where I’m surprised to see Dad’s made us pancakes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The boys would now examine some new article of clothing I had bought; none of us allowed a week to pass without buying something new, paying fifty cents down and fifty cents per week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor did he see his granddaughter’s worn sweaters or his daughter’s antiquated clothing or her hands that had been ruined by household chores and clay. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s an example: my English teacher, Ms. Hardwick, is a wolf in cheap clothing. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She’s a girl, he realized all at once, a girl dressed up in man’s clothes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mark half expected them to be wearing crazy robes or be flat-out naked, but they wore simple clothes—T-shirts, tank tops, jeans, shorts, tennis shoes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I complained quite vociferously about our clothing, affirming that we did not want to wear short trousers and needed proper clothing including socks and underwear, which we were not then given. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee tells us about stage makeup and what kinds of clothes make statements until she’s had so many cocktails that her head is slumped against the bar. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She straightened her clothes on the hangers in the wardrobe and set her books evenly on the bed table. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then: I kneel beside the stack of clothes and lay my hand on them, as if by doing so I can learn where he is and how long ago he came. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She remembered now that Lasaraleen had always been like that, interested in clothes and parties and gossip. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Gaily's eyes raged with lunacy; his clothes were torn and filthy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my pillow, my keepsakes bag, some clothes, and my toothbrush. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The door opened again and Coach M came in, carrying my clothes from the locker room on a hanger he held over his shoulder. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was rearranging his clothes as he talked. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gat runs into the sea without looking back, plunging in, in all his clothes, diving underneath the small waves. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“We can buy clothes that were worn by actors in movies!” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If you get changed out of your strip-search clothes, we can walk on the beach before dinner,” she said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He is dark and wears the black clothes of the Khmer Rouge—the black clothes I still wear. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no clothes or underclothes or shoes anywhere. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the mother fussed at them—their sloppy clothes; their long, loose hair; their looking tired, too skinny, too made up, and so on. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He had come to the end of his thought, and now he slowly took me in, noticing my layers of old clothes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Really it was just pants and a shirt—it didn’t look like zombie clothes at all. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Things spill onto the floor—clothes, stuffed animals, school artwork, junk. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I dreamed of a deerskin suit, and watched my herd with clothes in mind. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ser Aenys put it forth that the man had drunk too much and gotten lost in the storm, though no one could explain why he had taken off his clothes to go outside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It’s harder than you’d think to find clothes with prime numbers in them. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have a replacement, so just remember that Dracu-lass probably wouldn’t get paint on her clothes.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When you’re poor you don’t have cars or nice clothes, but the best dancer gets girls, so that’s the guy you want to roll with. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

So far, it ran to minute descriptions of the lush furnishings of Sherry’s house, rhapsodies over Sherry’s exquisite clothes, and course-by-course accounts of fabulous meals consumed by the heroine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day Mrs. Byrne looks me up and down and asks if I have any other clothes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I finish throwing the rest of Aurora’s clothes into a bag and start in on Bryce’s to help him. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She let another tooth fall, and was outraged by painted ladies who thought only of clothes and men. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bags upon bags of clothes belonging to all the families in the square are dumped into a pile. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very quietly I got up and put on my clothes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So now I carried a plastic bag with the few clothes I had in it. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, every day the church was our help center, where we exchanged used clothing, shared food with our hungry. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When the rally was over we changed into our street clothes and me, Ducky, Nick, and Jimmy stopped for a soda across the street. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

My usual time to arrive was after lunch, and I’d come up to find Tommy stretched out on the narrow bed—always fully clothed because he didn’t want to “be like a patient.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their possessions would gradually find their way out of their moving containers and be put away—clothes would move to closets after they were worn and washed, that sort of thing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The explosions stopped and scattered gunfire followed, and the airport manager stood up and brushed his clothes down. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

All that time dressing up in the Doctorita’s clothes and blasting her stereo and dancing has paid off. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The convenient thing about it all was the fact that we were able to share clothes, as long as one of us asked the other nicely. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The king launched himself onto the floor and began tearing at his clothes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Robotically he got into his clothes, though when he reached for his shoes he saw that only one was hanging from the forked bough. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be no hour of daylight when she was not marching to and fro between the washtub and the line, alternately gagging herself with clothes pegs and breaking forth into lusty song. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I’m only half a person, judged by the way I look, the way I talk, the clothes I wear. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He thought there might be some clothes in a closet or some bedding but there wasnt. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I undressed, leaving my clothes on my cot. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt too had lost all his clothes, except for the shorts. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I’m changed back into my regular clothes, I can’t wait for her. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The rain was falling harder now—my hair and clothes were damp—and I crossed to the other side of the street and stood, clutching my purse. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The elderly women and men look on, working their gums, dressed in clothes exactly the same color as their skin, from all the many ground-in years of wash and wear. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she would never wear my clothes again. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

All of our clothes got worn to dust. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Once our clothes were back on and we were back in Laura’s car, I began to laugh. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

And so the eight months are put behind them, quickly shed, quickly forgotten, like clothes worn for a special occasion, or for a season that has passed, suddenly cumbersome, irrelevant to their lives. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The strong smell of whiskey wafted from his clothes and his pores. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be like camping, only nicer because there’s a roof. Well, except that we don’t have our sleeping bags. But we can make another nest with our clothes like we did in the barn.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

My clothes were wet and ice was beginning to form on the outside as the cold increased. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore stolen blue cavalry trousers and a three-foot sword, and the clothes he wore he had not taken off for a week. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had put on his finest clothes to come to court, but his breeches were patched, his cloak travel-stained and dusty. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It turned out that the way to make magic was to rip up my new thrift store clothes with a pair of scissors. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Carrie even helped her put her clothes on and take them off. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He took off his clothes and slipped it on. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

One corner for cooking, one for clothes, one for bedding rolls, one for dying in. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sit up!” said she; “don’t annoy me with holding the clothes fast. Are you Jane Eyre?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

For nigh on two weeks, our clothes have seen neither water nor soap, and they are now considerably enstyed by the muck of the deck and the contagions of the air. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Aibileen, I have an old coat for you and a sack of clothes from Missus Walters’ house.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

That’s where we got our clothes, our toys, the special things that hadn’t been made by another student. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were paper sacks of groceries and clothing, all marked with a red Christmas card. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, after they ate, Josiah would wash up, change his clothes, and go out again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her style didn't come from her clothes—leather boots, cracked all over the toes, a fraying shawl and faded sweater she hid under—but rather from the way she stared ahead with resolve. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

From a local tourist shop, he had bought three sets of fresh clothes, some towels, some soap, some bottled water, and, yes, a huge box of wet wipes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My grandma had on her pearl earrings and a gold chain necklace, and my grandpa wore his usual work clothes. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Like a prompt nurse, she peeled back my blood-wet clothes, drew a quick breath as she arrived at the original royal red towel, and applied a fresh bandage. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The creature was a party of boys, marching approximately in step in two parallel lines and dressed in strangely eccentric clothing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She showed her how family clothes were marked with the ideograph “middle,” which is a box with a line through its center. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got an apartment in Charles Village, a one-bedroom with old wood floors, although she might as well have been living with Curt; most of her clothes were in his walk-in closet lined with mirrors. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dad used to say Mother put on more clothes than she took off when she went swimming. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t put on clothes; it hint too much. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I get home, Momma is waiting at the door to take me downtown to buy new clothes. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She saw me following after him with a mesquite sprout in one hand and his clothes in the other. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another group of people got the same passage but with a new tidbit slipped into the instructions: “The paragraph you will hear will be about washing clothes.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Conquest and liberation and democracy and divorce are words that mean squat, basically, when you have hungry children and clothes to get out on the line and it looks like rain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enrique is sure she has assumed that his nice clothes and his seriousness mean he’s stuck-up. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Vic dresses quickly, and as soon as his clothes are on, he is all business. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And Noise women have lighter hair and bigger chests and wear less clothes and are a lot freer with their affecshuns than in the vids, too. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He wants a place to keep his clothes, and he wants to have his clothes cleaned and mended. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The blond policeman riffled carelessly through her clothes. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, I wanted all of my fanciest clothes with me, so I packed my church clothes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing regular clothes—T-shirt, jeans, sneakers—not his marine uniform. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But if she was just going to set his clothes on fire why did she need Vaseline? The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Warren had on the same clothes as the day before. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every week I sat down to create a schedule for my clothes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Sweat drenched his hair, his hands, his clothes, everything. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He found his clothes, put on his pants, and stretched the suspenders over his shoulders. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She looked like the victim of a famine—limbs like sticks, swollen knees and knobby elbows, rags for clothes, broken fingernails and toenails. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And I picked through everything at the Goodwill to find you some nice clothes. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rupa and Neel took turns at the pump, washing themselves off and changing into clean clothes. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was an extended family, Mami’s aunts, uncles, and cousins, who dropped in and out of our lives with warm clothes, advice, and warnings. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing loose clothes and carrying a practice sword. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t look right to see a famous singer in indi'gena clothes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A San Francisco middle school must have a very rigid idea of acceptable clothes if James had taken her question so seriously. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Rubio straightens his clothes and Feathers smooths out her hair, ready to work. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was the kind who showered daily and wore clean clothes and answered the phone when it rang. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Lettie has fancy clothes and lots of friends. I don’t have those things.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Frank with his dirty clothes from a day of work on fixing their house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And Odysseus came, debating inwardly what he should do: embrace this beauty’s knees in supplication? or stand apart, and, using honeyed speech, inquire the way to town, and beg some clothing? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama’s folding up all the white clothes, and Charlie’s hypnotized watching the color clothes go round and round in the washer. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Then the creature stepped from mirage on to clear sand, and they saw that the darkness was not all shadows but mostly clothing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then she translated in Chinese: “You shouldn’t fight and do your laundry at the same time. If you win, your clothes will get dirty.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And get out of those wet clothes,” Ma tells me. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pretty girls weren’t so much pretty as skinny with too-high heels and expensive clothes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was not to die in the handsome uniform of the King’s Own Regiment which he had disgraced, but in the farm clothes Johnny had procured for him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His clothes were clean, his head erect, his complexion brown and healthy. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I say as I climb out of my clothes. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Only the next time Dev came to visit her, on a Sunday afternoon several days since the last time they’d seen each other, he was in gym clothes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Makes his clothes easier to label for summer camp. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“During World War II, the people of Norway wore paper clips on their clothes as a protest against the Nazis,” Mr. Brademas puts in. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Six or seven urchins ran over the green, stripping off clothing as they came. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The worn scraps of fabric felt deliciously soft in my hands as I folded them in neat squares, transformed by my imagination into fine clothes for sale. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was stripping off his wet clothes when Steelshanks Walton found him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She dumps six big bags of used clothes onto the narrow sidewalk. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She snuffled and adjusted her clothes to make certain all the seams were lined up precisely the way they were supposed to be. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead and put some clothes on. Let’s have some tea. It’ll be dinnertime soon.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When Lyra came down, clean and wet, they left to look for some clothes for her. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not wear her pajamas, dressing gown, and slippers during the day, she decided, even if it meant wearing the other Coraline’s clothes. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She has heard the sigh when he sees her stinky running clothes soaking in the sink. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I’d been so excited that I hadn’t even noticed or thought to change into my new clothes before I came. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once, when they hadn’t had enough space in the trunk of the Rabbit, Mia had jettisoned half of her clothing to make room. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘Get into your clothes—you lazy boy. Stop by at Deacon Parson’s for a quart of milk. Get to the town pump.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two drinks probably had something to do with it, and so had his best clothes. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Farther down, she tossed the bloody clothes in their black plastic bag deep into a dumpster. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Moss bolted into the bathroom and peeled off his clothes, started the shower, and then jumped in before it warmed up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His clothes are wearing out, and so are his boots. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When I got home, I joined my brothers and SanJuanna and Alberto in carrying quilts and winter clothing outside for airing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Though he was held away from the fire itself, the heat was so intense that Encanis’ clothes charred black and began to crumble without bursting into flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Speaking Spanish, wearing the same rumpled clothes we’d been in for days. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Along with the other contestants, I wear a satin sash over my indigena clothes, which, like peacock feathers, attracts the attention of the young indigena men in the room. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bounded down, no one challenging me, and I stopped in the vestibule, breathing deeply and listening for his hand upon the door above and brushing my clothing into order. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom commented, “That’s it, Paul. We have to get you some new clothes this weekend. Definitely.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upstream, clean mothers washed clothes and pots in unadulterated factory effluents. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crow's clothes were black; her skin, dead white. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Say, Grady? Do you think you could keep an eye on Rosie for just a minute? I need to change my clothes.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

With that, he put down his clothing brush and put on his jacket. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I bought an armful, over three hundred dollars' worth of clothes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

This would explain why the Dictograph set up by the private detectives working for Mollie Burkhart’s family had never picked up any incriminating statements, and why Rose’s clothes had never been found in the creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I remembered Margie and her mother and imagined them in New York, wearing beautiful clothes and eating bright yellow eggs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

My mother has put the clothes and shoes into boxes, stored against hard times. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wears tattered clothes in different colors—a black T-shirt with a torn Abnegation jacket over it, blue jeans mended with red thread, brown boots. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They dressed in the same clothes as the men, and they swaggered around like the men, with guns slung over their shoulders. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If my mother would work at cleaning his house and washing his family’s clothing, he could arrange to pay our rent. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to get her out of those wet clothes.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His black hair was closely cropped and his clothes looked even more old-fashioned than Scipio's jacket. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And such a mess he’s made! Why, attend, you little wriggler…” and she picked the lumps of banana from his clothes and his hair. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“May I offer you some old clothes? And sweets?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His bedchamber was a small cell off the queen’s apartments, originally slave quarters; his furnishings consisted of a bed, a chamber pot, a wardrobe for his clothing, even a chair should he want to sit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He smelled wood smoke and sage in the old man’s clothes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had brought his warmest clothing with him when they rode out of Winterfell, arid soon dis-covered that it was nowhere near warm enough. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A tall woman dressed in man’s clothes would look small.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin clung to his bones like drenched clothing. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“If you left clothes or books in there, you’re going to have to wait until it opens in September to get them out.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He had on his gardening clothes—old trousers, shirtsleeves rolled up past the elbow—and in the wheelbarrow were tomato plants and cucumber, flats of strawberry and sunflower and scarlet geranium. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I have grown used to dim lighting and dark clothing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A man in dark clothes sat at the table nearest to me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her parents are “amicably separated,” but he sends these huge checks once a month, and Twig’s mom makes a lot of money, too, designing apps that tell pretty people what clothes they should wear. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Their own clothes were worn out, but that was somehow different. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sien comes to visit him with a package that had arrived at the flat from Ma and Pa: clothing, underwear, cigars, and even some money. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When he reached the New York Café his clothes clung wet and shriveled to his body and his shoes squeaked with water. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The mud oozed up into our boots, into our clothes, into our skins. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remaining clothes—a jacket, two shirts, and pants: good, too. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Get dressed, you worthless thing,” he says, tossing a bundle of clothes at me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like there’s nothing the least bit odd about two random teenagers hanging out near the door of his clothing bank. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The men are in workers’ clothes, not fancy establishment garb. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They wear heavy clothing and carry guns so big I’m not sure I would be able to lift one. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We heard warnings about black clothes and white makeup, Goth music, computer addictions. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His bureau drawers were all open, and the clothes jumbled. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We began to trade the few clothes we had brought with us to the Anyuak for food. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’d get a present, but it was usually just clothes, a new outfit. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It began at the feet, especially as the strangers were dressed in outlandish clothes like knights-in-armour, and it mastered the texture, the construction, the articulation and the probable price of their sabathons. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were so scratched up, your hair and clothes all singed from that fire, but you had the biggest smile on your face.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

After a moment’s silence, he added: “Each of us will be allowed to bring his personal belongings. A backpack, some food, a few items of clothing. Nothing else.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spend the afternoon wandering through downtown Athens—past music venues and into vintage clothing shops, where Abby spends her food money on a pair of faux leather ankle boots. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I stopped by the laundry room on the way back, but instead of putting my clothes in the dryer, I threw them into the trash. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I beat and stir the clothes with wooden paddles. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I lean my head back too and stare up at the clothes hanging above us. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

To think that her sister was sitting across from her, that her sister had come to visit her, that her sister had brought clothes for her child. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She noticed the hard eyes of a soldier following her, burning through her clothes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a meal of C rations, they’d turn in, still wearing their combat clothes and boots. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

After that we were ordered to take off our clothes. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The hair, the clothes, everything came together perfectly. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’m easy to spot, as my granddaughter Alba says, because I have the unmistakable appearance of an angry old crow and I always wear my mourning clothes and carry my silver cane. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, he was selling used clothes with a friend in the market to make money while not in school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We noticed that Perch was now in the process of trashing his cell and was throwing things—clothing, paper, toiletries—across the flats. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They smacked the gravel from their clothing and walked in constrained silence to the entrance of the orderly room. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Despite living next to each other, people continued to speak their different languages and wear their different clothing and look for inspiration and instruction from their different capitals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Brigid picked up a pile of what looked like rags, but might have been clothing, off a rough stool, and Lyddie sat down gratefully. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

In a snit, he pointed an accusing finger at my clothes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was really hot in the room, so I took my clothes off and sweated in front of the television. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I lean back into my clothes and take some deep breaths. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The first time I took all these drugs at the same time, I began to perspire so much that I took off all my clothes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You’ve already outgrown a lot of your fall clothes from seventh grade. Once school starts you’ll be too busy to get anything.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I had gone to sleep in my clothes, curled around Nightfell’s scabbard. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My mom doesn’t have any hours at the restaurant today, and I find her at home sorting through the mountain of laundry while Hector takes clothes out of the pile and flings them around. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I plunged my hand into the gourd, making a grab for his thick throat, and he broke into pieces, splashing water all over my face and clothes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had a small tree and we got clothes for presents, but the most important thing was going to visit the Nativity scene at the church and going to la misa de gallo, midnight mass. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, you’re wearing clothing that embarrasses you, and you feel like everybody else is better at this game than you are. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wooden clothes hangers were straight across, not with slanted sides like American hangers. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The closet is already filled with an assortment of clothes, every single one of them a high-end brand. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The new clothes had probably helped his mood—and of course the fact that he was standing at the rail with his arm around Annabeth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Would you care to inspect all of our clothing, James? Perhaps you’d send a man to root through the potatoes and parsnips in the cellar.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the elaborate shell houses along the Langer See, oarsmen stowed their street clothes in lockers and began to don their national uniforms. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“But if you ever want to go clothes shopping, I can help you. I helped Lauren. Changed her life.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The ten prisoners surrounded him, clinging to his clothes: “Save us! You promised . . . We want to go to the depot, we are strong enough to work. We are good workers. We can ... we want. . .” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We gathered up their now dry clothes from around the house. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I stay up while the house is quiet, drying clothes by the fire and sewing a rip in Helena’s skirt where I didn’t sew it very well in the first place. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I must have been a strange sight, always dressed in men’s work clothes, my hands as rough and weathered as the sides of the crab house where I worked. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old and wrinkled, each nobleman wore fine clothes and decorative swords. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There’s a scatter of my clothes in the comer, empty cups dotted here and there, on the work counter, by the window, marking my daily trails, claiming space. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped out of my nightshirt, put some clothes on, then crawled out my window and dropped on the ground. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

His clothes were so hot against his skin, they felt as if they might combust at any second even though they were drenched in sweat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A couple even had floppy blond hair like you see in magazine ads about surf clothes or flip-flops. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She starts dabbing herself, cleaning her clothes, face, and hands. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Just keeping us fed and in clean clothes and making sure we had the supplies we needed for school was a huge job. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I push my hanging clothes to one comer and lay the comforter from my bed on the floor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It felt good to change out of her uniform into regular clothes and walk across the compound to where they lived with their dogs. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She had washed and put on clean clothes, but her face was swollen from crying. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The air felt like somebody’s hot breath all over your body, even under your clothes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So may a laundress washing the clothing of such victims, which may have absorbed enough parathion to affect her. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we change our clothes and watch TV or something over at your house?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

After I changed back into my street clothes, I met Jenna at her gym locker just as she was tying her shoes. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Finally her husband came to beg her to change her clothes and make an appearance in the garden, even if only for ten minutes, to quell the rumors of the guests. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Morales’s clothes might as well have been shouting, “Hey! Everybody! Look at me!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The survivors immediately pounced upon the bodies of their fallen comrades, plundering weapons and objects of clothing that they had coveted. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There were no human signs, not a shred of clothing or shoe leather. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He acted like nothing was going to happen, even though Momma got a bunch of our clothes together and put them in suitcases. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s not argue about clothes right now,” Mom said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

They brought extra clothes rolled up and tied with a string. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They found dishes on the table and Pearl’s clothes hung over a chair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I went inside the bathroom and removed my clothes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Whirling around the room, I throw on my clothes, pull my hair tight into a low ponytail, and snag my bag and camera. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Weylin complained that she was like old Mary with the children and the sewing, but he brought her his clothing to be mended. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Even with all those clothes on he looked like a skeleton. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Knowing that Joffrey would require her to attend the tourney in his honor, Sansa had taken special care with her face and clothes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I would put into the box the dancers and music and the whole theater as if they are perfectly wrapped clothes and jewelry. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

One by one I picked up all the clothes, folded them, and put them away. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They began to walk, Archer pulling on his clothes, leaving behind the scent of blood and the whimpering of the injured. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me as we walked into the church, both of us still dressed in our office clothes, that I'd never thought much about what a community organizer actually did. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The air smelled of brown grass and clothes drying somewhere. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

This used to be where you came to get wholesale clothing, and it still is; but the old Jewish delis are disappearing, replaced by Chinese emporia, wicker furniture, cutwork tablecloths, bamboo wind chimes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The augmented piles of clothes have been put away, and the windows have been opened to dispel the diminished air. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The time-traveler was the first one up the ladder, dressed in clothes of the period, and he leaned close to Jesus so people couldn’t see him use the stethoscope, and he listened. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we were in Mirpur Khas, it was easier to tell who was who, but out here, we all looked the same in our dirty clothes. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After seventeen years, she still picked out my clothes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Some buy Mexican clothes or ones sporting the name of a Mexican soccer team. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Pastor Tom’s wife must have washed his clothes before they sent him home because everything was clean and pressed like he was going to church instead of coming home after half a week away. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In less than an hour, they’d filled three carts with gear, clothes, and shoes. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was only a few feet away, and I could see sweat dotting the base of her neck, could smell stale clothing and body odor. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Yet, for all this rare color, his clothing was ragged, torn, and patched in many parts, enough so that I could see his dirty, hairy skin in several spots. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

All you had to do was smile and wear the right clothes, and everyone would think you were special. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Expenses for books, clothes, and social events would be more than they could handle, and in any case they needed the money that Marian could earn by doing domestic work for neighbors and by singing. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

As she got closer, she observed women squatting on the shore, beating clothes on rocks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about? I gave them to you, when you were getting ready. I sat them right there, on your dresser, next to your clothes.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I groan, embarrassed as I realize that a stranger got me out of my clothes and into this Fourth-of-July gown. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The closet and most of her dresser drawers were open, displaying an array of girls’ clothing, and Kelly had laid out an assortment of makeup on her desk. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I searched through the first trunk, rummaging through clothes and keepsakes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Salim couldn’t have stayed on the pod for another ride, nor had my watch gone wrong, nor could he have hidden under somebody’s clothes without our noticing. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

What does he do with the clothes the women make? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But he was not terribly distinguished and, except for his clothing, seemed entirely ordinary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much to the narrow room: a clothes cupboard, some shelves, and a bed of tidy, tightly packed feather mattresses covered with hand-embroidered quilts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He wears the same size clothes as Baby and Freddie but the pants are too long as yet. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I showered, washed away the mud and the brackish water, put on clean clothes, combed my hair... Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He greeted Nately warmly, still wearing the same rumpled clothes of the evening before. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I had a basin where I would scrub my dolls’ clothes and hang them with tiny clothespins on the wash line Adele strung at my height next to the playhouse. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I look down at her clothes and shoes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The kids from Aphrodite’s cabin were screaming because their hairdos had been ruined and their clothes pooped on. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They only took what they could carry, but you could buy vegetables, bread, jewelry, blankets, clothes, lots of stuff. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He greeted Rebeca in the dining room, tied the dogs up in the courtyard, hung the rabbits up in the kitchen to be salted later, and went to the bedroom to change his clothes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“They were your brothers. I saw. The wolves had ripped their clothes up, but I could still tell. Their cloaks were black. Like your hands.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Bobby Joe could smell their skin and their old dusty clothes, and he could smell their guns. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lanky, with a loping gait, and dressed in what some Europeans thought was Western or Texan clothing, he was described as being “laconic as the hero of an old cowboy movie.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The chess set was always reverently kept in its own blanket, hidden in a corner of the room with the medicine bags and Deydey’s ceremonial clothes. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The clothing shop is just catty-corner to our barracks. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The door is open, and through it I see Tobias stuffing Abnegation clothes into the trash bin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The boy noticed that the man’s clothing was strange. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The woman who ran it was called Mrs Clonkers and if she caught you breaking any of the rules, like getting out of bed at night or not folding up your clothes, you got punished.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s not enough time to give the clothes back before the bell. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drawer after drawer, hanger after hanger, I filled up my dresser and my closet with new clothes that fit. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had neither iron nor clothes but did not stop her fastidious lining up of pleats or pressing out of wrinkles even when she acknowledged Nel’s greeting. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The two men kept rolling; broken blades of grass clung to their clothes like green lint. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There, they had placed another lure: an enchanted burlap-sack Beefy, complete with his clothes, so the monstruo would be able to smell him. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Grandpa kept going in his wet clothes until we reached the tree where the dogs were. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back home in the United Kingdom, food, clothes, coal, gas, and electricity were in such short supply they had to be rationed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

One bright spot in our neighborhood was a little store run by a Jamaican family, selling clothing, hair accessories, and other items. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He quickly toweled off, pulled on clean clothes, and ran his fingers through his wet hair. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if she can smell the meat and onion in my clothes and hair. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But they also did some shopping for furniture, dishes, and clothes, including a morning gown for Emma. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always felt so cool in your clothes. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Our attorneys had objected to our having to come to court in prison garb and we had won the right to wear our own clothes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, grown-up stuff. You know, things like cool clothes and”—June lowered her voice and looked around like she was about to spill the world’s greatest secret—“love.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She’s putting lip gloss on her lips, combing her hair, brushing off her clothes. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Each piece of clothing is folded neatly, with reverence, especially the children's clothes, which have the most items and the fewest takers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I left my dirty clothes on the floor. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press down and feel Dad’s rosary hanging around my neck under my clothes. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was loving and firm with her family, three girls and me, trained us in housework, dish washing, clothes washing, and manners. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the boys would be up, needing clothes and breakfast. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The man next to him was older and dressed well, and unlike his companion, he looked actively uncomfortable in his clothing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I banked the fire and blew out the candle and slept in my clothes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced at his hands and his clothes and realized that he hadn’t thought about the way he looked in a long time. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Needles twitched and grunted, as if his clothes had become full of tiny, invisible knives, shanking him with every tug of a pant leg. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I remembered the legend of how he had come to the college, a barefoot boy who in his fervor for education had trudged with his bundle of ragged clothing across two states. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made him change his clothes and then fixed us a dinner of fried rice from some leftovers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like many families at that time, we sometimes put clothes on layaway and paid a little money at a time on them. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I peeled off mud and clothes together and changed to new finery, which got muddy in the process. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His clothing was rumpled, and he looked as if he’d not slept. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t care about whether Piper got caught or Jimmy or Annie had any trouble getting the extra clothes by their moms. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about the bundle of clothes on the side of the track and I feel as though my throat is closing up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

With visions of caribou stew in her head, she got out of her sleeping skin and reached for her clothes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The music, the language, the way you kids wear your clothes. I think it’s a good thing that someone is willing to protect him from hooligans like you and your friends.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I'm wearing my clothes from last night, though someone has removed my shoes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He might not have cared about his clothes anymore, but his hair was always combed into a neat white hairdo. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The clothes inside his suitcase were wet, too, and his books were damp, so he carefully placed everything in front of the fire. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had nothing to put there to mark it as my own, no luggage, no clothes, no sleeping bag. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was still drunk, but his night of boozing had done more damage to his clothes than to anything else; his face was fresh and flushed as a child’s. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was clothed in the familiar habit of a Redwall mouse, plain, with no trimmings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Diana looked down at the clothes she’d chosen for the day. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Black clothing and red eyes and skin without any color at all. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I being entailed as their rightful property, thought I, it answers to the dictates of ownership as well as expediency that they should provide me with clothing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He flung her onto her aunt’s bed, then picked up the cardboard box with the rest of his new clothes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Usually he was the least noticeable of boys: He was of average size, of an average pale complexion, his brown hair was of average length, and he wore average clothes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Although she only came from downstairs, she was formally attired in street clothes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Vonetta and Fern could do chores, they could put their clothes together for Sunday. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I grab three scarves, spare black pajama clothes, and three light blankets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I folded clothes and moved another load through the dryer. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

While Roger’s mother is getting the girls into their pajamas and getting out their clothes for tomorrow, I have a few minutes on my own. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“We’ll take you both on and get you some dry clothes. Just hold on a few minutes more till we get Hannah.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well,” she said, “perhaps he likes it. Don’t go by me. Tell me, did you get any clothes in London or Paris?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He eased her down, listening to the soft rustle of her clothes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what she meant—was this some dig at our clothes, at Hampden College, did she want to see our IDs? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We dressed in our best clothes and arrived at Velva’s Freeze on time. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Everything—our houses, our clothes, our hairstyles—is meant to help us forget ourselves and to protect us from vanity, greed, and envy, which are just forms of selfishness. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Wesley made beautiful clothes for her daughter— dresses just the right length and color and that perfectly fit Cynthia’s tiny waist. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You should’ve worn my clothes,” Frankie muttered under his breath, drawing a small manila card from his evening coat’s breast pocket. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Witnessing my predicament, Faith said it would be okay if I crashed with her, provided I kept my clothes on. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She took off all her clothes, and squashed them into a rumpled ball that she threw at a corner, staring at it for a while. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Will there be fabric there so that I can make new clothes?” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

One morning I was laying out some clothes to dry in the sun when Selvam came running in, his face hot and excited. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much water runs down her face and off her clothes that she is standing in a little creek of her own making. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her shirt says I’m watching you, and it’s got a picture of an owl with giant eyes—and it fits her perfectly, like all of her clothes do. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her clothes were almost dry by the time she reached the gatehouse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Clusters of Amity sit at the other tables, their clothes bright against their tanned skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up and carefully examined some of the clothes, to find out what each was, whether underwear or blouse, whether shirt or dress, and sometimes she was still not certain. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I quickly pulled my clothes back on and we said thank you and goodbye to everyone. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His clothes were torn, burned, and splattered with monster slime. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was just back from Baltimore for a visit in his slick ’36 Chevy and fancy clothes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She pawed at his clothes and beat his tail. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She’d sort all the clothes into piles and start to washing early in the morning before cooking breakfast. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t resist as I work off her clothing, scrub the blood from her skin. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Elnora made me remove my clothing, and she examined all my limbs and fingered the heartbeat in my wrist. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Now employed by King Hamlet, they flaunted their rich clothes and gay manners, the fruits of their treason. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They’re lying side by side, in their summer clothes, and sinking down through the earth, which is hard but transparent, like ice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His old clothes were folded and put away, but he was permitted to keep the grey cloak of Lórien, though not to wear it when on duty. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Wes’s athletic physique and laid-back style, combined with the obvious trappings of a kid with disposable income—a new pair of sneakers every day, brand-name clothes—made him very popular with the girls around town. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

That’s not surprising, since Neanderthals apparently lacked needles, sewn clothing, warm houses, and other technology essential to survival in the coldest climates. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their bulging pockets were now full of the staples of life: food and clothing. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I curl up in bed, still wearing my clothes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She had smelled oddly musty, like clothes left for years in a chest of drawers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She tugs open the zipper and yanks out my clothes, my games. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But all their outdoor clothes are down in the dormitory building, Doctor. She can’t go outside like this. Should we go there first, do you think?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I unhooked the lock, flung the door open, quickly grabbed my gym clothes, and discovered my tennis shoes were missing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

So Father went out of the room and picked up my clothes from the bathroom floor and put them on the landing. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was left there alone for a further ten minutes before Gaskill and a woman, also in plain clothes, turned up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My clothes got tight in some places, and boys whistled and said, “You be fine!” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After a refreshing hot shower, I put on clean clothes—jeans, dangly peace-sign earrings, and a T-shirt featuring Gloria Steinem's face—and head down to meet the rest of the group. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a while, I stood there, wearing the same clothes I had worn on Sunday for the ball game. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She says she wears the same clothes people in Afghanistan wear, but people always look shocked. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mom said it would come in handy because we could make our own clothes even when the electricity was turned off. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Salaam alaikum, sleepyhead,” she says, and starts picking up my clothes from the floor. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She put her old clothes back on, long Chinese gowns and skirts now with white mourning bands sewn at the bottoms. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Nasser had brought it into the canoe, Zeitoun had assumed it contained clothes, a few valuables. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“First, change your clothes. I already painted most of the house while y’all were at school, but there’s still a bit left, and you’re going to finish that up....” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Fine. Lydia helped me get some good clothes for cheap.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Refreshed, I treat my burns again, braid back my hair, and dress in the damp clothes, knowing the sun will dry them soon enough. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In late August, I was washing clothes in the tin pan in the living room when I heard someone coming up the stairs singing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She liked to wear used clothing that she bought in secondhand shops or picked from the garbage,” explained Father Antonio. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was limited in my wardrobe choices because I was stuck buying in the shops my mother let me go to, and my mother did not believe in spending money on clothes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My night bag, which contained only a flashlight, a few changes of clothes, and a granola bar, sat under my bunk bed, packed and ready to go. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Maxine drives up from New York, bringing Gogol the clothes he normally keeps at her house, his laptop, his mail. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She brought brown paper bags filled with clothes we didn’t need and could barely use. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She washed dishes and tried to scrub the bathtub, but I still had to get after her to hang up her school clothes instead of throwing them on the floor. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon, after everything has settled down, I put away my garden clothes and I run the mile loop. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Daddy still had on his work clothes, but he’d taken off his jacket and loosened his tie, like he was going to dig a ditch in his suit. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last week, Ginia even asked me to go try on clothes at the mall. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was a quiet, soft-spoken man who wore old-timey clothes, fedoras, button-down wool coats, suspenders, and dressed neatly at all times, regardless of how dirty his work made him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bruises were forming underneath her clothes, but her hair looked excellent. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

To them, she was a beautiful lady who always smelled sweet, wore beautiful clothes and brought them amazing presents. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s here. You stole her,” the attic said, communicating through creaky timbers and the chittering sounds of rodents nesting in forgotten boxes of clothing. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

His clothes may have had something to do with it, too. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dubonnet, wearing his miner’s helmet with his street clothes, stepped outside and saw what was happening. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pull on my own clothes and brush my hair, and then perch myself next to them on their bed and give them each a little nudge. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Ladies, some toothless, in oversize men’s clothes, and some looked perfectly fine. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

People also washed clothes and other things in the river, so it was not exactly clean. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl with black hair, small eyes, and her arms raised to the sky is bursting from the sea, and pale blue feathers sprout from every inch of her clothing. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But more likely they don’t think in terms of clothing discarded on the lawn. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d like to take off my clothes, bathe in it, rub it over my skin. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Herbert Haupt liked to wear stylish and flashy clothes, but today they were hidden underneath an overcoat. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I quickly slip into the last of my dry clothes. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

My clothes seem a part of me, even the ones I’ve outgrown. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Diego flopped down on the bed, shoving the dirty clothes aside. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But their dad just packed up the car with his clothes and boxes and books, then came over and hugged Lauren tight, whispering something into her hair before letting her go and embracing Maya. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The sun was finally starting to set by the time we ate dinner, did homework, gathered eggs, and got our clothes ready for school the next day. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It gives me a strange feeling on my skin to think of someone else, someone in England, walking around in my clothes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A change of clothing lay on the cool bedspread. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Today we have proved that Salim couldn’t have stayed in his capsule after it came down and he couldn’t have come out hiding under somebody’s else’s clothes.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She arrived exalted, rejuvenated, with new clothes in a style that was unknown in the village. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He seemed interested only in Milkman’s clothes, which he took every opportunity to examine. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spread the clothing out on my bed and found my wallet, which had contained my meager savings. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d left piles of clothes in the closet and the armoire, but no shoes anywhere. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Each doll was about as big as my thumbnail, with cardboard limbs wrapped in colorful thread made to look like clothes. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I collapsed into bed with my clothes on and didn’t wake up until after 11 a.m. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

One year later, I grew out of my clothes because, it turns out, growing fourteen inches in a summer is easy. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Textbooks talk about the Triangle Trade: Ships set out from Europe carrying fabrics, clothes, and simple manufactured goods to Africa, where they sold their cargoes and bought people. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

We were well into them before Nick appeared, looking as though he'd slept in his clothing, and at the same time as though he hadn't slept at all. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Slipping out of bed, I retrieved my clothes from the steamer trunk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

"That's not true, Darnell. I like girls to look stylish. My daughters always dressed fashionably—I made their clothes myself. Sometimes they even wore skirts as short as the dress your visitor was wearing." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baylor thanked her, then got up to take a load of wet clothes out to the clothesline. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of dead silence, while the bishop’s hand strayed vaguely to his pectoral cross and Gawaine’s clenched itself in the bed clothes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That lady was really pretty, though, and she wore nice clothes. You and I aren’t big fashion guys. Why would we be on there?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

For the first time I could remember, I heard little children were showing up in Coalwood classrooms needing clothing and food. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was hanging clothes to dry in the yard and I saw his eagerness in the harried way he finished the job. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“New clothes, new clothes, one, two, three,” she chanted, just as we had when we were little. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just like in Smyrna everyone seemed to have packed all their clothes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, she snipped the loose threads from the bloomers and folded them with the other clothes she had made for Muff’s baby. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was barely enough space for four people, much less the jumble of mattresses, boxes, and clothing filling the cramped room. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She grabbed her clothes and stepped purposefully out into the living room, determined not to make eye contact with Richie if he was there. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

We wore so many clothes that when Byron wasn’t around, the other ldds said stuff like “Here come some of them Weird Watsons doing their Mummy imitations.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were given new clothing and settled in two tents. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love Indian food, but not the days-old lingering smell of onions and garlic on my clothes. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

As Mom hands Ben the plastic bag with Javier’s clothes and favorite book, Dad picks Javier up and grips him into a hug. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He carried the boy’s filthy clothes into the surf and washed them, standing shivering in the cold salt water naked from the waist down and sloshing them up and down and wringing them out. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I hate clothes shopping and, even more, having to make any decision. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

We were instructed to take off our clothes and give them to Siberian men working at the door. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

After his shower, he put his dirty clothes in his crate and got out his box of stationery. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

They rummaged desks, pried lockers open, sifted through books on a perennial search for loot— money, pot, books, watches, clothing—anything. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were fed and clothed and taken care of until they were too old, and then they were kicked out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once, I went to a fancy clothing store on Newbury Street with Mom, and a saleslady started following us around the store, looking at us like she didn’t trust us with the merchandise. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I entered the dressing room and changed my clothing, going about my business briskly, even when someone tried to block my way. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not sterile, of course, but I had just spent the day cooking clothes in lye soap and water. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could go back in time and take a shower and put on better clothes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

JT grinned at her, and his smile blinded us all to the fact that there wasn’t a bit of grease or dirt on his clothes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

By evening, my clothes were still damp, so I put them on so that the heat of my body would dry them faster before night fell. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His gray rags had been cast off in a pile next to him and he was clothed in a bright yellow silk, the color of the sun. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Stripping off my clothes, I let them fall to the ground in a filthy heap. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

During the night Mama had unpacked all our clothes and heaped them on our beds for warmth. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wouldn’t need any clothes in the army, and they don’t want gold watches there either. Everything’s brown.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had no opportunity to bring the parcel of clothing with me beneath the seat; for the intruder swung wide the door and entered. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

While kids were having fun enjoying the summer, I was packing my clothes and belongings into boxes and wondering where we were going to end up. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Did people sew their own clothes so they wouldn’t have to buy from white folk?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Coming from a world where clothing was sewn at home by hand or made to order by tailors, this was a revelation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Unbelievably, her mother, Anita, and niece, Silvia, and nephew, Jose, are sweet and dote on me, giving me hand-me-down clothes and telling me how beautiful I am. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dried her in fluffy white towels and put her in cuddly night clothes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got somewhere after riding the rails, I could take them off and have some clean clothes to wear. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t fondle the clothes, the way customers do; I slap them into place, commanding them to hang straight, at attention, or lie subdued on the shelves in perfect order. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, thinking maybe he hadn’t had time to order his preacher clothes yet. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When we got upstairs Lelia stripped me of my clothes and then she stripped herself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same clothes were strewn on the uncarpeted floors. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last a man in rustling clothing sits down with them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’m especially not happy about having to wear my PE clothes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

We loaded the sick onto the wagon, along with some bedding, some clothes, a frying pan or two, and other things. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Oomen was made like a scarecrow—not scrawny, but as if beneath his clothes, his body had been put together at wrong angles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

All faction clothing is represented in the group before me: black Candor pants paired with black Dauntless shirts, yellow dresses with blue sweatshirts over them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

At seven I had heard my mother get up, slip into her clothes and tiptoe out of the room. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It’s muggy, and the air is locker-room sweaty, and her clothes are sticking to her everywhere they can stick. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

After I got out of the bathroom, I saw that Mrs. Sleet had put some clean clothes on the bed. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Music, and the colors it produced, flowed around her as easily as her clothing. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The odor of unwashed bodies and clothes is overwhelming. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The wind that tugged at Cole’s tattered clothing seemed distant. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We stuffed the loose flabby clothes with grass and leaves. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saw boxes of our clothes, Ma’s trunk, her “Hope Chest” she calls it, broken in the street. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

And, sure enough, five minutes later, Michael found himself standing in his stained clothes in a corner of the nursery, facing the wall. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Judging from Dr. Bright's accounts, the men of London dressed in splendid clothing, all ornamented and embroidered, and spoke in a civil and cultured manner. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You can start today,” he said, “but you might want to change your clothes.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looked critically at Ralph's golden body and then down at his own clothes. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I am presently folding my clothes and preparing to clean up my room. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I knew that if she saw all the new clothes, she would start asking questions, and wouldn't stop asking them until she got the truth. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The other thing wrong with him was his clothes. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried not to look, but I noticed that she was dressed in real nice clothes. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she opened them again, she was on a horse cart to Karaj with a small trunk of clothes, and nothing to help her remember her mother or father. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Apart from the clothes they wear, all that many have left are their belts. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t see why you can’t wear your normal clothes to take out the trash,” Mama said, pouring the bread batter into two greased loaf pans. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In his excitement, the dog sniffed our clothes and licked our faces so frantically you’d think the frenzied creature had three heads. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The refugee workers have Meng fill out many papers before sending us off to the camp’s church, where we are given clean clothes, bedsheets, and food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I don’t want them to see you without any clothes on.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Scrambling and crawling and pushing, twisting away anytime someone tried to latch on to his limbs or clothes, he moved forward, barreling through the crowd of people. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I do not have the T-shirts that she likes, because they are from a store called Gadzooks, which is in the mall of new clothes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She’d run into the ocean if I asked her to, even if she had nice clothes on. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Next time hide with your clothes on, brother,” the policeman jeered. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

People living along the tracks are put out when migrants take clothing from laundry lines, a police chief says—but only because they don’t ask first. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Shaped for their comfort and convenience, the American landscape had come to fit their lives like comfortable clothing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was seated across from us, looking like an empty suit of clothes starched into position. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

That big kid broke my clothes and my arm, I said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He would have looked absolutely regal if the rich clothes weren’t fastened incorrectly. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They emptied out the bag and spread blankets and clothing out on the warm sand to dry before the fire. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I was handed some clothes, but don’t ask what: a pair of wool slacks over my pajamas, a red sweater and a black skirt, white understockings and tattered kneesocks. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The extra layers of clothing he wore may also have helped. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

And we have to change into our PE clothes right in front of everyone on our row in the locker room. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

One woman, I noticed, was pressing some baby’s clothing and another seemed to be making remarkable progress with the sections of fuchsia satin which she was joining together 011 one of the large sewing machines. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood up, brushed the sand from her clothes; and when she did, the girl followed her lead. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was absently putting clothes in shopping bags, and I felt tired and lay down for a moment. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood there side by side with their wet clothes plastered to their skins, little pools of water collecting at their feet. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He probably doesn’t recognize me in these tight clothes, and I don’t blame him. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Or would I, like the pieces of Leo’s mandolin, lodge stubbornly in some quiet place behind a boulder and wait, my clothes washing about me, for spring? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was a time to wash clothes and a time to iron them, fold them, and put them away. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He still looked as if he had slept for the last week in his clothes; but his beard had been trimmed, or at least washed. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The domovoi appeared on the mantel near the clothing, arms crossed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We pushed through the crowd of waiting spirits, who started grabbing at our clothes like the wind, their voices whispering things I couldn’t make out. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

His hands, face, and clothing were all without dirt or stain. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

His clothes were stiff and damp, like they’d been washed in pure starch. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In particular you don’t need to know how to draw a cow with no clothes on. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t hurt to look for some men’s clothes, either, I think, so I won’t have naked boys shivering all over the house every time I wash. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Donna has picked out my clothes for a birthday party—a new black dress that’s so tight, it looks like another layer of skin. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was going to Halifax and the cold turn the weather had taken and his insufficient clothing made him desire a trip to the tropic Sugar Isles above all else. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

All their clothes were very dirty, but their socks were definitely the worst. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She just found it hard to be owned by customers; men especially thought nothing of appraising her through her clothes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the Weekday Warriors, who got to go home every weekend, had beer and liquor stashed everywhere from toilet tanks to the bottoms of dirty- clothes hampers. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I watched him as he took off all his clothes: his shirt, his shorts, his boxers. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I see what can do. But better put on clothes.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles remembered that one day she dressed up in some of Emma’s clothes—a silk gown, cap, shawl, and gloves. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, one guy,” Mr. Levy continued calmly, “this very aggressive-looking agent, gave me some hope. Like all the others, he said, ‘Nobody wants a clothing factory today. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ragtag group helps her: the owner of a local hotel, a fertilizer salesman, a woman who sells children’s clothing, a hardware store operator. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And it is not the relative insubstantiality of her clothing that causes Marco to stare, but the tattoo that snakes across her skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The boys shuck their clothes where they stand. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He wore civilian clothing—a fur-lined coat and a thick, full hat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He did not have to be careful to keep his clothes clean, because he had no clothes on. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had loaded food, clothes, tools, and utensils in the wheelbarrow, in case they might be able to barter with comforts instead of freedom. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Muhammad was taken aside in order not to see while men pinned down Basel and removed his clothes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

It felt good to dress in school clothes and go to Philander Smith, our community’s college. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her friend, who works at a clothing store, says she has cash. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Should I abase myself? Rub ashes in my hair? Tear my clothes?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“They starved him, the animals! And took his clothes! Come here, darling. I want to touch you.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All pleasurable things, all travel and sports and entertainment and good food and fine clothes, are in the very shortest supply, always were and always will be. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she was stuffing some exercise clothes in a plastic Kohl’s bag. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, because they have learned to fear their trainer, they can be made to perform stupid tricks dressed in unsuitable clothes, day after day, night after night. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d rinsed out his clothes earlier to lessen their scent and hung them from a tree to dry. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

As she climbs into bed, I open the suitcase with my mother’s clothes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt someone examining his arms and legs, ripping his clothes away from his body, checking for damage. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Without bothering to put on clothes, we opened up Cudn Rachel’s picnic and ate, sitting on the mossy creek bank with our feet cooling in the water. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He was then given two sets of clothes and a towel. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

This time, instead of food, we bought clothes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, what the hell. Yeah; sure. Here, take mine. I’m through with it. And say, your lawyer’s bringing some clothes for you. He told me to tell you.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It is just like those majorette clothes you wear in the street. Showing off your body. Is that the kind of queen you want to be?” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jimmy, how much is two D batteries?” a woman dressed in business clothes and sneakers asked. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We called him “Trampita,” “little tramp,” because Mamá had dressed him in baby clothes we found in the city dump. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I pulled on my clothes and ran to the window; I saw him tearing a long, young, green switch from the elm tree. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dug some clean clothes out of my suitcase and set the Dancing Fan back on its rubber feet. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Scrambling out of bed, I searched the floor for the rest of the clothes I’d borrowed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No—it’s too cold. You must be freezing on that bare floor, with no clothes on.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You are a human in mouse's clothing. You are very special." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then I take out my civilian clothes from the wardrobe and put them on. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goldfish man’s eyes also flashed as he looked at Ma and Ba and their dust-covered clothes and haggard, tired faces. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The littles, having been down at the big beach all afternoon, were being forced into showers and fresh clothes by Gat, Johnny, and Mirren at Red Gate, where there was an outdoor shower. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Their hair trickles blood and sweat, their clothes drip, their faces red and rigid. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among them, the chief’s family is the fattest and wears only new black, shiny clothes, not the faded gray rags we have on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked and turned around for them to show off his fancy clothes and expensive beads. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She probably thought I was washing all my clothes or something. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I shut the door to my room and put the tape in the VCR and settled back on my bed, right on top of the new clothes. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

And he had kept the letter of his promise: he had fed him and clothed him and taught him the Bible—but the spirit was not there. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

King and a bunch of his boys post up in the back in their gray clothes and bandanas. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I can already hear her exclaim, “Why in the world do they make clothes with holes in them?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Most of my clothes, which are not many in number, are pants and jersey tops. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rain was still falling, a thin drizzle that traveled horizontally in the wind, soaking through his supposedly waterproof clothing, mixing with his sweat and his dirt, chilling him to the bone. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The boys sat out on a rock surrounded by water, while the girls stood knee-deep in the waves, dipping and rubbing the clothing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as they ducked, and then struggled under a great tangle of briars, getting their clothing caught, and having to stop and free it, that Kingshaw first heard the noise. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He said, “Quick! Get some clothes and go for her. She is at the bank of the Ota River.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their delicate winged bodies, prone and limp, were snarled in the girls’ hair, attached to their clothes, even stuck to their bare arms and legs, like dried pressed flowers. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

U.S. policy toward the tribes shifted from containment to forced assimilation, and officials increasingly tried to turn the Osage into churchgoing, English-speaking, fully clothed tillers of the soil. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I never dreamed I’d owe my life to such an appalling article of clothing,” said Horace, testing the sweater’s wool between his fingers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Finney was lying in the bathtub, with all his clothes on, reading a book. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

If I were a boy, would I be staying home to fold laundry and iron clothes? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And the last speaker was Renee Firestone, who lost everything, including her family, in the Holocaust, but still came to America and became a successful clothing designer. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maria Isabel has spent most of her life deprived of decent clothing. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

All these details about her clothing strike me as unfair, although I devour them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He brought me gifts whenever he visited—candy, money, clothes—and I cried when he had to leave. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The driver and a woman dressed in country clothes were gently helping a frail woman with gray in her hair step out of the carriage. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shopkeeper had said that during the war, and even now, some people made their clothes out of this inexpensive material. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve brought you some soap, Sticky. And a towel and clean clothes.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He even waits around in their kitchen while she changes her clothes before they head over to Essential Baking Company. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The bright clothes of the Match-Man faded, and his straw hat turned into his old ragged cap again. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He pointed out a framed illustration demonstrating how clothes of the period were worn. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Their destroyed clothes, the ruination of the party, the damage done to the ballroom and the rest of the house—none of this weighed on the minds of the Incorrigibles. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

People were falling in love, getting married, going to drug rehab, learning how to ice-skate, getting bifocals, studying for exams, trying on clothes, getting their hair cut, and getting born. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ms. D. tole Biddy to put her stuff away and get comfortable while she take me to get my clothes. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There are a few clothes on the floor next to her bed. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Everything they owned was still in the hut: the small pile of black clothes in the corner of the room, the red checked scarves, and their wooden food bowls. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her clothes smell faintly of the Smeaths’ house, a mixture of scouring powder and cooked turnips and slightly rancid laundry, and the earth under porches. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d say one-quarter is checking out other kids’ clothes, and three-quarters is showing off your own. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Then abashed and as though he had never seen the girl before he went slowly out, hanging his head over his fine clothes, and his eyes looking here and there, but never ahead. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Mostly he fusses with piles of clothes the way he usually does, muttering under his breath, and glancing up at the clock. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

McNeil often shopped at Johns’s small clothing store and there the white radical had bent his ear, with the usual results: maybe, someday. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It helped that his clothing and his woolen hat, stolen back in Gilju, were the dark green of army uniforms. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Today she was dressed like a Christmas tree, with all this stuff pinned to her clothes, shapes cut out of fabric, ribbon. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She’d worried that the clothing would be gaudy signals to the commandant, but clearly he already knew—as did the guards—where the children hid. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laid his clothes down and got back into bed. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man in tattered clothes stands hunched over in the doorway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just Leviticus—the secondhand clothes I owned were mixed of wool and flax, and if I searched through the verses, I was certain I’d find a dozen other infractions I was guilty of. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In order to read the books, I had to take them with me, hidden in my sari, when I went to wash the clothes in the river. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It might be gebbeth still, clothed in Skiorh's death, or it might be hidden in the gathering darkness, waiting to seize him and merge its shapelessness with his living flesh. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Their clothing was wet, torn, pink with blood. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though growing up as a twin has had its good points and bad points, at least I always have someone to talk to, share clothes with, and experiment with. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In most of her clothes, you couldn’t see the strength of her frame. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“The third day from this must be our wedding-day, Jane. Never mind fine clothes and jewels, now: all that is not worth a fillip.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Annabeth saw couples with babies, toddlers clinging to their parents’ legs, even some elderly folks in a combination of Roman robes and modern clothes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I look through the hanging clothes—mostly dresses—and pick out the ones I think are fancy enough for the service but not too fancy. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Yakov had always changed into his boilersuit at work, claiming that he didn’t want to soil his street clothes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My clothes are torn by the yanking claws of the trees. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

His face is bloody and his clothes are dirty with footprints. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He saw the squat, buglike printing press, the trays of type, the strings on which printed sheets were hung to dry like clothes on a line. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days after the baby’s birth, though, Weylin called him into the library and gave him a new dress for Carrie, a new blanket, and a new suit of clothes for himself. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah rummaged quickly through the pile of clothes and found a blouse and jumper that looked as if they might fit. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason the clothing here surprised Thomas; it seemed like everyone should be wearing something more menacing—like prison garb. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As she lay there staring up at the stained canvas, she could have sworn she saw movement out of the corner of her eye: Nin stirring beneath the mound of clothing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I will end up with my hair dyed, wearing outlandish clothes and heavy, foreign silver jewellery. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked familiar; his clothes were different, but I recognized him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

His eyes are red and puffy—I bet he cried—and his clothes are dirty, but other than that, he looks like the same boy from the resource room. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We always wore secondhand clothes, from Goodwill stores or that were giveaways from white people at church. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I had only a small dirty bag containing a few clothes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Well-dressed people in flowing dashikis and wax-print dresses were passing through with no trouble...She resisted the urge to look down at her own clothes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I take my money to the Duchess for a bath, clean clothes, and to see if one of her girls can braid up my hair. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A few took the precaution of zipping into rubber suits before wiggling in, but most just wore street clothes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they arrived in San Francisco, my father made her hide those shiny clothes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Margot and I threw on our clothes as well and were upstairs earlier than usual. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s really important to keep in mind that none of us can know the mind, motivations, or intentions of the person who set flame to Sasha’s clothing,” he wrote. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It filled his clothes like straw in a scarecrow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When we finally got a place to lay our things, we put all of our clothes on the ground to make a pallet for us to sleep on. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But first we gotta get you clothes. I’m tired of looking at your butt crack, okay?” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It was usually past two by the time they got out of their Sunday clothes, cooked dinner, and finally sat down to their long, lazy meal. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

‘What shall we wear?’ said Sam; for all he could see was the old and tattered clothes that they had journeyed in, lying folded on the ground beside their beds. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She tucked the pouches of seeds and the small smooth stones between the folded clothes, and she rolled bundles of cattail reeds and willow twigs in a skirt. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The style of the clothing and the vintage leather boots suggested that the victim was European and that the corpse had lain on the mountain at least ten or fifteen years. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

You can think clearly only with your clothes on. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m serious. This is a nice event and I could’ve worn something nice. You have on good clothes.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t have those things anymore, the clothes and hair. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing but black folks in black clothes rapping revoludon and a line of hungry black kids.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His threadbare clothes were filthy and shredded to the point that I couldn’t tell what his T-shirt used to say. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He did not want a rich daughter-in-law lest she be haughty and disobedient and cry for this and that of food and clothes and turn aside his son’s heart from his parents. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The invisible servant brought him one, opened it too suddenly, and sprayed soda all over the god’s work clothes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A simple chalk mark drawn by the medical examiner on one’s clothes could have a person barred from entering his newly adopted country. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

My body is also filling out my clothes everywhere, though my stomach is still bigger than my hips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they kissed she was pulling at his clothes, plucking ineffectually at his shirt, his waistband. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

What would happen if someone white found out I was here on a Saturday night talking to Aibileen in her regular clothes? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I hang in the bathroom to get out of Momma’s homemade rags and into the clothes Charlese brings for me to try on. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“All types of clothes. Your mother will love it.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

This was because she was ‘plain clothes’; he wasn’t. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we'd been awake so long, we decided it was better to rest, change clothes, and freshen up. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The only thing missing was a noble’s clothes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I needed to move into Harlem completely and make enough money to stay there and be cool and wear the fancy dresses and the clothes. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children sit at his feet in their cleanest clothes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When we get home, I go straight upstairs to change my clothes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The government people waited by the door while my siblings each packed a small bag of clothes and things. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard them growl and saw them snap and lunge at fellow marchers—they even tore at the clothes of a couple of people near me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the passengers were men dressed in expensive civilian clothes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about taking off my clothes in front of Julia Bishop—how awkward that would be. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her clothes had always been too big for her because they were handed down from Dorcas. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found clean clothes in a cedar chest inlaid with lapis and mother-of-pearl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Where do I keep it? I have no pockets in these confounded clothes." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Edna went at once to the bathhouse, and she had put on her dry clothes and was ready to return home before the others had left the water. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s not quite ragged but seems to me barely clothed, at least compared to the high-necked blouses, cardigans, and long skirts she used to wear back when I knew her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And not with your clothes on. Only fair.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Greedy fingers went through his clothes, frantic figures searched him, and the pearl, knocked from his hand, lay winking behind a little stone in the pathway. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

With timidity, I placed the three volumes of Locke upon the heap of clothes, which little library rested there rocking atop the frock-coats and shirts. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There was a rumor among the Americans that Vietnamese wearing black clothing were Viet Cong, and those that wore white were loyal to South Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Truthfully,” Sally said, “I don’t much care which side of this issue I’m on, as long as I get to skip school and get new clothes. Mother bought me this.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There he stood, a cut on his cheek, his clothes wrinkled and gray, even his hair saturated with dust. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

To wash our clothes and clean the dishes, we would get water from a nearby pond. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She had done her washing the day before and had spread the wet clothes over willows to dry. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Becker was captivated by John Dean’s wife, Maureen, who sat behind her husband when he was testifying and wore elegant clothes and pulled her blond hair back in a tight bun. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Who would have washed those wet clothes and held you as you cried. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dozens and dozens of kids with bare feet and patched-up clothes stood in the street. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama wants to keep every single thing: baby clothes, our drawings from kindergarten, our cheap Barbie doll knockoffs. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

If I could, I would inform them that the hospital has locker rooms, where the doctors and nurses can stow their street clothes and where they change into their scrubs or their lab coats. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he climbed into bed, the sound of Prince’s voice still echoing in the room, he grabbed his maroon fitted cap and laid it on top of the clothing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When he went to the porch, covering himself the entire time, he found the clothes Lily had left for him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I had just stopped the bleeding and hid the wad of bloody tissues behind my bed when Mom came in wearing a crisply ironed summer dress and told me to put on some “respectable” clothes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The Department of Agriculture, in a Home and Garden Bulletin, advises us to spray our clothing with oil solutions of DDT, dieldrin, chlordane, or any of several other moth killers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I gave the cab the address of a clothing store on High Street, close to the OSU campus. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

T. P. pulled me up and he put on my clothes fast. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I heard the pattern, I couldn’t stop hearing it, and I spent the rest of the summer looking and listening for patterns in other random sources—the wind, clothes tumbling in the dryer. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In a far corner, I’d made a neat stack of Uncle Chester’s clothes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We went back in the house to change out of our school clothes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was a small bundle of my clothes tied in a blanket. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The charred metal scent of the father’s new clothing was burning his throat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Like, here is the bathroom; the clothes closet is here; and these are my kids, Frieda and Claudia; watch out for this window; it don’t open all the way. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he’s arranging things around my living room: clothing, fabrics, and sketchbooks with designs he’s drawn. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the week, it would be back to off-brand frosted flakes and clothes from Target, and he couldn't wait. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jane from the feedstore came up and gave me a big hug and told me I did great, and introduced us to her girlfriend, Violet, who was still in her city work clothes. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I see we don’t like girl’s clothes, do we? Used to wearing breeches out in the fields?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Look, you’d better put your clothes on if you don’t want to get frozen stiff.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I dried myself, changed, combed my hair, and spread out some of my wettest clothing to dry. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The engineer sounds the horn five times, warning the twenty-odd people who have come out with food, drink, and clothing to be very careful. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Shay is making fun of Albert because his clothes don’t fit. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Everything about the creature was gray: gray clothes on gray flesh on gray bones. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

While he changes out of his office clothes and into his Dude clothes, I crank the oven and put our Chinese food in to warm it a bit. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Although he did fall out of a portal, and his clothes looked futuristic. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I came back, he was taking some old clothes from the buggy. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were in the locker room, changing back into their street clothes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She pulled clothes off hangers and unfurled them from shelves to show Ginika. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They didn’t want us to fight, so we had to get in line, and when our turn came, people handing out clothes would put their hands in a bag and pull out whatever they touched. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy looked up at all the young people in bright elastic clothing and enormous boots and goggles, bombed out of their skulls with snow, swinging through the sky in yellow chairs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, they got to the last piece of clothing: Kamen’s trousers. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There is no hope of better equipping me unless we use Julie’s clothing coupons. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And then she swept offstage in a flourish, heading into the house to retrieve her clothes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

After I change into my regular clothes, I find him sitting on the bleachers with an ice pack on his left ankle. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She set the clothing down on the bed and looked at the pile. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want a bath. Please, m’lord, don’t take my clothes.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Obinze was drawn to his gaucheness; in the young man’s clothes, and in the way that he stood, was an outsiderness he could not shield even if he had wanted to. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She wore her white pajamas under her clothes so she wasn’t shy at all to slip her dress off right in front of them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In a report, Agent Wren wrote that Hale was “making all the propaganda he can to favor himself by giving presents, suits of clothes, as well as going on notes”—providing loans—“for different people.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then they start in on her clothes, her hair, the whole thing.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Just my math textbook, a photo of Sean and me dressed up as Ghostbusters for Halloween, and an extra set of clothes I hadn’t put in my sports bag yet. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“You’d stay clean. You could get some pretty clothes. Sleep late every morning.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I tease him about it—about how in college all his white clothes will come out pink because he won’t remember to separate his wash. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When I open my eyes next, he’s gone, but there’s a stack of clothes on the bed beside me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody left the clothes halfway through the wringer to run to the house. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy backed up toward the door, stuffing the clothes into the backpack. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A woman who’s just gotten her clothes bagged walks away from the table, and as the next person comes up, the bearded man’s eyes roam the room and land on Courtney and me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I have some clothes that might come in handy. Interested?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When he arrived home the agent made a last short business call, then changed into sports clothes and went out to have a cocktail with his wife beside the pool. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Extra clothes, books, scientific instruments and specimens, chess sets, flags, lanterns, tools, sewing kits, lucky talismans, razors, barometers, combs, scissors, playing cards, dishes, silverware, photographs—each man added to the heap. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It was littered with belongings: brass beds, chairs, kitchen tables, pots and pans, cribs, and piles of clothes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the weather was chill enough to turn their breath white, their clothing was drenched with sweat and nearly ripped to shreds by the grasping brambles. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Laila kept shuffling between the house and the yard, back and forth, carrying stacks of clothes and dishes and box after box of Babi’s books. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A group of American girls of fourteen or fifteen had dressed up as much younger girls—with pigtails and teddy bears, wearing pajamas and kiddie clothes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Lily had on new clothes and her hair was wet. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I roll the dirty clothes and sheets into a wicker basket and walk down to the river. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So hostile did Granny and Aunt Addie become that they ordered me to wash and iron my own clothes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped out of bed and dressed quickly in his darkest clothes, then left the room. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Even though his parents had put on fancy clothes for the reception, Kyle was wearing “something comfortable to go exploring in,” as instructed by the Lock-In Guide he’d received on Wednesday. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

A fashion article about clothes that women could actually afford. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I walked past the closet mirror in the room to get my clothes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her hair was pulled into its usual ponytail, and her checkered dress looked like the same type of clothes she’d wear any other day. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I say, throwing my Chicago clothes into the laundry hamper while scouting for new hiding places for my agendas and notebooks. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I went over there and had me a good look at her and her little girls with no clothes on. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my mother and I are together at the market in Otavalo—me dressed in my regular clothes, and her in poor indigenous clothes—people assume I’m a mestiza girl with her maid. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could take off his LDS badge, change into street clothes, and get a job in Canada. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes Daddy sold food stamps to buy clothes for us,” I say. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And was that crumbling mound of cinders all that was left of her clothes? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The missionaries really did tell me, “Remove those clothes! The beads you’re wearing! It’s not right!” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“More like the sky. On a sunny day. With two rows of silver buttons. I lent her other clothes while she was here, but when she disappeared, her original things were the only clothes missing.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She left the clothes on the bank and slipped into the river. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I bought them clothes for her. Gotta keep my girl looking good,” she says, licking her lips. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The hair was different, the clothes were different, and I’d never seen the car. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She wasn't rich in life, her clothing belying her poverty, and even her death has been insulting. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I can’t earn money because I’m a girl, so I borrowed these clothes.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was in her at-home clothes, her hair not curled, her eyebrows not drawn in. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the space was a cot and a small shelf made from planks of wood separated with cut logs and filled with books, folded clothes, papers, and some braided and bunched herbs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She found more black clothes and a necklace of beads with a cross attached. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know what that is, too,” he muttered, ‘‘when you tumble in with your clothes on. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The icy air had made his clothes stiff, and he shivered. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

After throwing his ruined clothes into the bathroom garbage can, he went to his bedroom and closed the door behind him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She was clothed from head to toe in white fur, and at her right hand a fairy no more than a foot tall hovered in midair, her wings fluttering like a hummingbird’s. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I shut myself into the stall against the wall and take off my clothes. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth literally bought their loyalty, giving them food, clothing, and drink. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Too sleepy to think, she unlaced her boots, undressed, and folded her clothes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them were naked, others partially clothed, the trousers black where their bowels emptied when their necks snapped. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I watch her put clothes into one large suitcase and then rush over to my brother’s room and come back with another haul. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But now all the rings were in a pile with the other family valuables, and their mother was tying it all up with a small parcel of clothing. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Nothing was very funny that day, the work became hard and unvarying; I began to sweat under my layers of clothes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon it was following me to the river where I washed the clothes. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her wrists, stood up, stretched, and only then noticed the condition of her clothes and hair. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He took out all the wet things, the blankets and pillows and Lyra’s sodden clothes, and laid them flat on the planks of the landing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“If you have any extra clothes, put them on. If you have a blanket you could wrap—” He stopped suddenly and looked out across the circle of firelight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I could hardly leave in the clothes I came in — what would the neighbors think?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Inside, clothes hung on two poles, and underneath were boxes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Dad has changed into his regular clothes, and he looks much more comfortable. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Grandma would be making dumplings and my birthday noodles; we kids would be running in and out in our new clothes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was embarrassed by my threadbare clothing and crossed to the other side hoping she would not recognize me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night Mam’s sister, Aunt Aggie, came home from her job in the clothing factory. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lately, the meetings is more about civil rights than keeping the streets clean and who gone work at the clothing exchange. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t really know. I guess try to see my boys. Put on some clean clothes,” I said, smirking awkwardly. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I always went for the clothes first, running my hands along the seams to see if anyone else had had the same idea as my mother, and once found a pair of diamond earrings. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Except for her forest green slippers, she doesn’t have on a stitch of clothing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I came into the yard, my sisters and brother surrounded me, their curiosity comforting, as they pulled on my dirty clothes with remarks that I smelled bad. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she goes home and changes her clothes and becomes an armed robber at night,” Ifemelu said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some demons stole the skins of men and wore them like clothes, but even they were not the worst. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He dressed in his church clothes—black pants and a button-down shirt, a brown belt, his cowboy boots—and walked into store after store, asking for applications. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The queen had dressed him in some of the king’s old clothes, it appeared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ms. Sandnes picked out gifts from among the donated clothes and toys in the storage unit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Couldn’t he just say he’s Hindu and dress in Papa’s clothes? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“We get to wear the same clothes and never brush our teeth the whole time you’re away?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Breathed in the smell of Mom’s and Dad’s hair and clothes? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The newspapers had pointed out that the fourolds were also reflected in clothing, and now high school students had taken responsibility for eliminating such dress. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair, her clothes, they were all heavy with the cold water, but she stood quietly, calm and regal as a mermaid queen who had just arrived out of the sea. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clutched his tunic to his chest with both hands and hunched down in the saddle, half-afraid that Roose Bolton might command his guardsmen to tear the clothes off him right there in the street. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Besides, the layout is about the only thing she can control, since the clothes and at least the starting prices are all determined by the home office in Arkansas. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s exchanged his military clothes for an elegant, white- vested suit, and his hair is freshly cut. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I secretly love seeing him like this, in the clothes he chooses each morning from his closet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dursley couldn’t bear people who dressed in funny clothes — the getups you saw on young people! Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Nathan was in his room at the mobile home, folding his clothes and then arranging them in his duffel bag. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They walked four across along Broadway, craning their necks, looking up at the giant billboards and down at the rows of window displays, cameras, suitcases, NYC memorabilia, clothing stores, makeup stores. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He dressed himself then, putting on his best clothes, that he knew were only for Sunday. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I put on my clothes again, behind the screen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered his ratty clothing, his calling the bonobo a friend. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They stole furs, jewelry, silver, clothes, and furniture, anything they could carry. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dinah had been out in the woods all night, but her clothes weren’t dirty at all. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Shivering and watching my breath condense in front of me, I threw on extra layers of clothes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She then sprinkles a handful of white powdered detergent in the water and begins to scrub my clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma must not have noticed how much he had grown since the year before when she packed all his old summer clothes. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She, too, sweated beneath her clothes and cut her palms and knuckles working for the hakujin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few days later they dressed Luke and me in our best clothes and Mr. Hines took us to the Department of Children and Families building. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Vincent in his workman’s clothes spends his days painting, outside if it’s not too cold, or inside the apartment. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

On the fourth day, the interrogators wore civilian clothes, not uniforms. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Dany’s riding clothes were stained and sooty as she stepped back from the pyres. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I have seen some that cost $20,000 and contained all the thousand appliances we live by—dishwashers, automatic clothes washers and driers, refrigerators and deep freezes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

On more than one occasion, Carpenter sold a cadaver to an anatomical school, reported the body to the police, and then had his wife, dressed in mourning clothes, claim it as her son. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

To return home a sopping soldier in tight new clothes. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Halsey found a trunk of cool clothes in our room,” Two Step confided, finally back in his normal voice. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Chandeliers with Pleiades Corp’s signature color, royal purple, illuminating the faces of actors in fancy clothes, holding martini glasses and smiling as they stared out at a fake nebula. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I watch Mom stirring the pot, still in her work clothes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Arm nodded, so Eye took down the calendar and erased Take clothes to laundry and wrote in Important case for General Matsika instead. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody else had changed out of their church clothes except Jackie. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Could you show her where the washing water is and let her borrow your other dress while I get her clothes clean?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Matt dressed in cool clothes and found leftover pizza for breakfast. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many helped their neighbors fight the fire or drag furniture and clothes to the safety of the street. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Six of them in all—white kids with expensive clothes and mean faces. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped into the water and swam back more slowly to the beach, where he put on his underpants and carried the rest of his clothes and the tote bag. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Lourdes spent days washing clothes along the Usumacinta River in exchange for food, asking every smuggler who went by if he would take them through the mountain pass. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She wakes up every morning and puts on clothes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Bought us some new school clothes or something,” Velia added, slowing down to talk to us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Charlie,” Mama says, staring past me, “make sure all your toys and clothes are in your basket.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t undress, but instead lay on Mamá’s bed fully clothed with my back to the door. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

"Drive X-Ray back to camp. Let him take a double shower, and give him some clean clothes. But first I want you to fill everyone's canteen." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He was a tall, thin man, and his clothes hung on him loosely. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the clothes and the new name and the circumstances. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was damp, and their clothes were sodden. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we rode the elevator upstairs, our clothes were organized neatly in the closets; the kitchen pantry had been stocked with our favorite foods. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I was ordered to pick up my bundle of clothes and proceed down the hall, to where a white man and a black man, both dressed in white coats, sat. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the female captives had on very little clothing. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And perhaps most unusual in the context of Hampden—where pseudo-intellects and teenage decadents abounded, and where black clothing was de rigueur—they liked to wear pale clothes, particularly white. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could hear her clothes falling to the floor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A long, darkly clothed arm stretched from the basement and tapped TimeStar’s shoulder. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Aurora is out of my lap, clearing off random clothes from the mattress. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Twig’s mom is beautiful and used to be a supermodel, so she’s basically obsessed with pretty clothes and pretty people, and they fly to Paris three times a year. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He dried off, pulled on fresh clothes—or the freshest ones he could find in the pile on his floor—and headed for the kitchen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t they just throw up on the clothes anyway? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Papa said he would ready a shipment of clothing, money, and other necessaries and send it along just as soon as he could. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

She looks to be about his own age, and she wears what can only be called a costume, as they certainly aren’t normal clothes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They take your clothes and hand you the replacements: khaki pants, green undershirt, charcoal-gray sweatshirt. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His black hair was overlong and his clothes were so mismatched that it looked deliberate: too short jeans, a shabby, overlarge coat that might have belonged to a grown man, an odd smocklike shirt. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She was accused of stealing her “madam’s” clothes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I liked her because she seemed like the same kind of Mormon I was: she wore high-necked, loose-fitting clothing, and she’d told me that she never drank Coke or did homework on Sunday. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It crackled softly, like a tiny fire, as she pushed, and it clung to her skin and clothes like a spiderweb clings, like white cotton candy. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Charcoal smoke drifted over them, sinking into their clothes and hair. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

On most days, by the time I am awake, Pa and my brothers are already gone and Ma is busy sewing clothes for the family or working in the garden. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Roza," I whisper after the customer leaves, "these are my clothes!" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Aureliano Segundo went through a crisis of affliction on the first Sunday that he put on dry clothes and went out to renew his acquaintance with the town. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Their thick, dark, shabby clothes got all full of prickly things, and since they were much too hot anyhow, they took most of them off. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But now she couldn’t bear to be forced to wear still more oversize and unflattering clothing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

His well-bred clothes had disappeared; these days he wore khaki pants supported by a garrison belt, and boots which rattled when he walked. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment she was swept by panic and about to scream, but then she remembered that old Pedro Garcia had once told her that thieves never wear clothes so dogs will not attack them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man in high-tone clothes and a round red cap shouted, “All aboard,” then pult up the steps right into the train. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Goodness, I’m hot. I need to get out of these clothes.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay, fine. We need to talk. Mess hall. Ten minutes. I’ll tell the others. And please, Percy . .. change your clothes. You smell like you’ve been run over by an electric horse.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had jumped up as if he were a lit firecracker, running into the other room, collecting food and clothes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Very well, Mandela,” he said, “you are going to have the same clothing as everyone else.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clothes were poorly fitted for my frame, being cut for one much stouter, and the breeches fairly flapped about my knees. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He paddled by a pair of women pushing an inflatable baby pool, their clothes and food inside. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Men in khaki work clothes will pry loose the slats of Reba’s Grill, where the owner cooked in her hat because she couldn’t remember the ingredients without it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Everything about him was smooth—his pressed clothes and perfect shave, his cavalier voice and blithe expression. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was enough that I had to wear my old clothes to school. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Next to each bed is a glass cabinet for clothes and books, and a small table. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He crawl under that grocery bag a clothes Miss Hilly give me, been setting there for months. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We noticed at both clothing drives that the clothes had a distinct smell: damp and moldy, like they’d been stored for a long time in wet cardboard boxes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She slept alongside another foster child, who wet the bed, and every morning she chose her clothes from a box of hand-me-downs. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Our clothes had been left behind; we had been promised other clothes. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between them, she and Brigid coached several of the new spare hands, all of them wearing far too much clothing in the suffocating heat. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like an incredibly bad idea to get our few clothes and blankets wet given that we didn’t have any others. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wringer is two rubber rollers, the color of pale flesh, that revolve around and around, the clothes squeezing in between them, water and suds squooshing out like juice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Pretty nice. She’d wash my clothes and mend and do a little cooking.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wisps of their clothing rose and fell with their rattling breaths. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He kept his mouth shut about his military service, and as he wandered around aimlessly with his long hair and unwashed clothes, nobody asked. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then she poured it on the floor, took off our clothes, and let us play naked for hours. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He needed street clothes, soap, shoes, a cap, a pair of glasses. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She’s pretty, but her clothes are strange and old-fashioned, and she has no shoes. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the end his father would admit that she was, and his mother would cry and cry, in a bed surrounded by a tangle of clothes, her eyes puffing up like bullfrogs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Branches and thorns ripped and tore at his clothes. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

And on the next day, when he came back, we smelled opium’s strange, sweet smell—like roasted peanuts—clinging to Black Dog’s clothes, and we knew where he had been. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, most of the money pays for diapers, clothes, medicine, and food for his daughter. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The formality of his clothes contrasted with his relaxed manner. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“How are we going to keep up with it all and go to school? Look at all these clothes. It’ll take me hours to go through them all.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I have never seen so many girls’ clothes in one place. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

People seemed to want to dial into my clothes, my shoes, and my hairstyles, but they also had to see me in the context of where I was and why. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My eyes itch, and I imagine bedbugs latching on to my clothes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was so tired that I fell asleep in my clothes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I turn to the door, shielding my head and dropping my clothes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The hamlet store, whether grocery, general, hardware, clothing, cannot compete with the supermarket and the chain organization. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the heater she shivered beneath her blankets, still fully dressed in her clothes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When they finished their noodles, the young man said his family’s apartment was just around the corner, but that he was embarrassed to greet his parents wearing threadbare clothes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

For a moment I thought of digging out New York clothes and putting on a puff for the boy, but I dropped that one and settled for clean chino slacks and a knitted shirt. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t have any clothes, apparently, because he’s in a dark blue robe, which smells intensely of body odor. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in European clothes, but around his neck hung many charms and around his hips was tied a leopard skin. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I popped by after a game a couple of weeks ago to scope him out. Brought some clothes and introduced myself. He’s older and way thinner, but I really do think it’s him.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

What she had was their clothes, the Greyhound tickets, and $1,600 in cash. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the clothes in the warehouse weren't new. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“But you gotta learn to chill, Dad. Maybe you can get something like ordinary clothes for yourself while we’re there. You look like you’re the president of the company or something!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He groaned again, and didn’t care if he were heard downstairs, at the memory of how she had taken off her clothes in front of him—so indifferently, as though he were an infant. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Hurry and wash your face and change out of those filthy clothes before Papi arrives!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I slip the blue shirt on top of my clothes and follow the team onto the stage. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Guess no running water? Maybe I can go shopping. I’m not as muddy as you guys. I could find us some clothes ” Haze! only half heard him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And children, weaving between the groups of adults, not confined to a particular color of clothing—factionless children. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline jumped up from the piano at the sight of me, hair streaming, clothes dripping all over the floor. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mom said my idea was too time-consuming, so all we ended up doing was straightening piles of paper into stacks and stuffing dirty clothes into the chest of drawers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wore clothes of olive drab, and his eyes were glassy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was tired and run down anyway from trying to feed and clothe seven children and their father. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pictures flashed in my mind of shopping for school clothes with Big Ma. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I put my shoes as far under the bed as I could, then took off the rest of my clothes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

This way, I figured, he’d be unable to leave the gallery, since he couldn’t reach his clothes, and I could deal with him when I had more time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kino reached into his clothes and brought out the pearl. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a mess of our folded summer clothes until I found it. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Children wearing what few clothes they had—which even that was only for our benefit, I knew, after Father’s blowup over the little dress-code problem. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her opinion, any clothes you couldn't throw a punch in were stupid. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my school backpack, dumped out the books, and put in some clothes and Mr. Sheep Sheep, and my Micro Machines, and the peach pits. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My fingers brush over the soft fabric scraps— my pretend clothes for sale, which I used to sell to my cousins for leaves. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could run into the parlor, sing fast, pray quick, and be on the road before the rest of Cold Sassy got out its Sunday clothes. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I glanced down at my clothes, which were scorched, burned, sliced, and tattered from my night of constant battles. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The girl had kept the rainbow cloak when she discarded the rest of her blood-stained clothing, she knew. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The doll’s lace-trimmed blue silk dress, pink hair bow, black patent leather slippers and white silk socks duplicated exactly the clothes of the beautiful Mary. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I still have a good eye for clothes. I know just what I want. And I have an appointment at the beauty salon, too. Besides, you have to study. Pick me up in three hours." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pointed to an old man dressed in ragged clothes trudging down a dirt path, a large burlap pack filled with scrub grass tied to his back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I take bundles of clothes by their hangers. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Can you believe the gym they’re going to have?” said Ms. Prado, a lady who wore too much makeup and always seemed to be wearing workout clothes. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Even his father had new clothes, not a stain on them, no tears. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We could take as much clothing from the store as we wanted. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was I even supposed to bring the other clothes, or is she supposed to wear only burial shrouds? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A fastidious dresser stuck in a small, unfashionable town, Mister Mancini wore clothing I recognized from the Young Squires department of Hudson Belk. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My clothes were okay, but I was noticing that lately they were more useful than cute. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She sent him to the court of Lycomedes, the king who had treacherously killed Theseus, and made him wear women’s clothes and hide among the maidens. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They bellowed and ran and mixed with the invited people—in their old loose-legged knickers and everyday clothes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They undressed him, and his clothes were full of yellow jackets and their stings were swelling up all over him. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I watched, I looked at their hems cut so short and their necklines so low, I wondered if there was a clothing shortage in the United States. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

While Jonas watched, the people began one by one to untie the ribbons on the packages, to unwrap the bright papers, open the boxes and reveal toys and clothing and books. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

One spring morning I was at work in my tent repairing equipment, patching my clothes, and studying maps when a voice said, “General, may I visit you in your tent, please?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know,” Audrey went on, “we can help you. Maybe if you change your wardrobe. You could be really cute if you wore the right clothes. Then guys would notice you.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

And instead she saw this child, born and fully clothed, and herself as his mother, in a new coat! The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He exhaled as soon as he left the room, as soon as he found a small room where he could change into his new clothes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He wore new clothes his mother had brought for him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They hacked the fruit open with a machete, careful not to get the juice on their hands or clothes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I kept it in my pants pocket during the day, and at night I hid it in the bottom of the cardboard box where I kept my clothes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We changed into the dry clothes we could find and sat around the fire, warming ourselves and drying our shoes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Soviet women who fought in uniform in the Great Patriotic War had to struggle to adapt to clothes made for men. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Once again, Sunny looks at the clothes with distaste. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My clothes were also burnt from the sun and wear, a mottled brown from their original tones of black. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He stared down at my dirty clothes, my skinniness, the squirming bundle at my back. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

We always looked neat and clean, but it wasn't the same as the other kids who had store-bought clothes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Some of the creatures living in her clothes had come all the way from Flea Bottom with her; it didn't seem right to drown them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The river where I washed the clothes and studied my books was a friend. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of us emptied the contents of the backpacks and lay on several rumpled layers of clothing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Lucky Girl scrambled ahead of them, loud in the vegetation, unused to climbing, breathing heavily, her clothes torn. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She is fatter than Manman, but her clothes are smaller and tighter and shorter. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’ll have to fib when I tell the nurse I got my period and that I need to borrow fresh clothes, but it’s worth it to keep the secret of the underpants safe. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She carefully stood up, feeling around for the clothes hangers in order not to make a noise, and found that the wardrobe was bigger than she’d thought. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

His mother arranged a send-off banquet, packed him a black trunk full of Western-style clothes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put on some clothes and hid the key under her T-shirt. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

"This will pay your debts and buy you clothing. Call me in the morning and I'll have selected your living quarters. For a start your salary will be sixty dollars a week." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slowly taught us to iron, wash clothes, and take care of the house by dusting, sweeping floors, and watering the more than one hundred indoor plants she kept. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Henrietta had wanted to hold Deborah, to dress her in beautiful clothes and braid her hair, to teach her how to paint her nails, curl her hair, and handle men. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, not there — we’re going to the City Square,” she explained, shaking out the clothes to reveal a pair of blue velvet breeches and a matching jacket. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bathsheba grabbed her, tears running down her face; she, dressed in the clothes in which she had slept, walked to the door to look out on the new day God had given them. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It had been so long since Kaede had felt its warmth that its first touch brought tears to her eyes; she wanted to strip off all her clothes and stand naked in the light. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The twins are already in their play clothes, barefoot, and trying to catch lizards in a plastic jar. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps in cupboards there were clothes that she had worn, with the scent about them still. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had put on some clothes, though horror shook all my limbs; I issued from my apartment. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The wind blew right through my clothes, even though I was wearing them all now: my coat over my jacket over my sweater over my shirt. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She ran across the lawn and changed into her civilian clothes in the back of the van. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a moment’s hesitation she pulled off her clothes as fast as she could, threw them over her arm and continued walking calmly forward, praying that the animals wouldn’t smell her fear. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were given soft slippers and fresh clothing, plain but clean. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“This must be the cellar of one of the clothing shops in Old Town,” said Kyle. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She pictures the black iron bars in the windows of her parents’ flat, and Gogol, in his American baby clothes and diapers, playing beneath the ceiling fan, on her parents’ four-poster bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The doors close and as I drop to the earth, just as Marlene did after I decided not to save her, I scream, my hands tearing at my clothes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tally felt strangely exposed without her sleeping bag, lying there in her clothes, but the warm sun and the long night’s travel put her quickly to sleep. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Don’t get me wrong, I was grateful for the clothes that I had on my back, but I just wanted to have designer clothes as well. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then she quickly put her clothes on and ran toward the river. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We bundle up, because even though it’s April, it looks like snow, and the wind is an icy sharp knife that cuts right through clothes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I eat the deli food I’ve brought with me from a Minneapolis supermarket and go to bed with my clothes on, but not to sleep. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She showed him the clothes that were folded over her arm: a new pair of jeans, a white T-shirt, an army fatigue jacket...wait, those were his clothes, except that they couldn’t be. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The clothes were a bit sniffy, but then, from my meager experience with Chase, it seemed that eight-year-old boys could be a bit sniffy themselves. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I start slamming clothes into my basket, and I have to keep blinking because my eyes feel all prickly with the tears trying to stab their way out. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

From my backpack, I removed a clean set of clothing and put it on. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unleashed by their insults, I was now free to criticize Martin’s clothing: the pleated denim shorts, the baseball cap, the T-shirt advertising a San Diego pizza restaurant. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

These alterations don’t make him appear more normal, however, but more anomalous, like a creature from an alien planet disguised in human clothing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The very clothes upon his back belonged to his master, but he did not, as he himself said, ‘take much.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older women, the married ones and the widows, wear black clothes and no makeup, as I used to do. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This being the case, they decided to obtain several of the latter, and, having completed the mission, went on to attack a few more clothing emporiums—Shepherd & Foster’s, Rothschild’s, Shopper’s Para-dise. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank had turned—clothes, backpack, and all—into a koi the size of a teenaged boy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Girl, I’m ’bout to leave these clothes and you in here if you don’t come on. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When she didn’t want to bother worrying about clothes or how they looked on her, the shoulder-to-floor Islamic dress solved the problem, and tidily. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, give it a while. After a few days you start to notice people’s clothes, seeing as how they all wear the same stuff every day.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Outside, the ground feels slick beneath my sneakers, and my sack of clothes thumps against my back as I slow to a jog. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged his dirty clothes hamper from the closet and dumped it on the floor. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was on my way to find new clothes when a light tap on the door made me jump. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He saw a chest he'd owned, an untidy pile of his clothing, his battered armor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There were guys like me dressed in street clothes who had been out on bail and were now sentenced. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Their tattered clothes steamed from the heat of the river, but they kept going until they crumpled to their knees at the banks of the Phlegethon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Despite her new clothes, Lyddie could feel the shame burning through her rough brown cheeks. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sucker wore his sun suit and the other two kids had taken off all their clothes except their shorts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And kneeling next to them, her face blotchy with tears, was a girl in camp clothes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like the clothes, or the prickly Christmas tree, and am usually shown bursting dramatically into tears . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When everything was ready we stood by the door and people began to tumble in with wide smiles, wearing their best clothes, arms full of flowers and sweets, rose perfume floating in the air. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I hesitated, timid about taking off my clothes in the presence of a stranger. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

People walked away with nothing but the clothes on their backs and their kids in their arms. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Tennyson was normally a very proper woman who never went out in public without dressing up in fine clothes and a hat. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She heard the rustling of clothing and the quiet creaking of leather. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I push the blankets back and shove my feet into my shoes—I sleep in my clothes these days. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Today, he wore his usual attire, the uniform of a fool: very expensive clothing worn entirely incorrectly. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then I started stuffing clothes into a bag. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Because of my new hair and clothes, no one knows that I’ve come from Haiti only a few months ago. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They never said anything when I took my dry clothes over to the bathroom stalls. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then Mom made Ivy change out of her wet clothes and tucked her into bed. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With one shoe on and one shoe off, his clothes in rags, and his body streaked with oil, Alex knew he must look a strange sight. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When we walk into the restaurant, Yum Li is standing next to the coatrack in his cooking clothes, which Dad calls his chef whites. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When I pick it up, the bag rips and the clothes fall out. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She sang the next verse in a whisper and then said, “When Toby’s up, pick out your best school clothes.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He dressed in his Arabian clothing of white linen, bought especially for this day. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The picture they had in their own hallway showed a boy in old-fashioned clothes staring at some bubbles. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe I should have paid more attention to my clothing selection. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

As Haupt passed by the store windows, he saw their displays of elegant clothing. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She remembered her books today, and she was wearing fresh clothes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The mess was still there—baby toys and clothes, towels, Layla’s lacrosse stuff, a bag of bread, and a jar of peanut butter on top of the minifridge—but her family was nowhere in sight. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They immediately laid him down, removed his clothing, and stuck an IV tube into his arm. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

At the first sign that the flow of milk was slackening, they collapsed in exhaustion, not worried about lying in milk because their clothes and hair were already drenched. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When I woke the next day I felt surprisingly good, considering I had slept in my clothes and my bladder felt stretched to the size of a sweetmelon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I went to the bedroom to find some clothes and mull over what Sapo had told me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

A mountain of hard-boiled eggs that turned into children when my hands touched them, dark-eyed children whose faces begged me for a handful of powdered milk, my clothes, whatever I had. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lighter clothes were more expensive and required frequent professional cleaning, so while my everyday trousers and waistcoat looked rather somber in the daylight, they made suitable evening wear. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And the parents would not be dressed in such nice clothes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

In the square a man, bent over, was playing on a reed-pipe, and a crowd of children were following him shouting, and pulling at his clothes. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It's like washing clothes; stuff laundry in and slam the lid.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing he’d do, every time, was take off his clothes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins just graduated from middle school, and ever since they turned thirteen, it’s been all about teen everything—clothes, music, and teenage boys. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I grab my fallen weapon and pick my first target, a Negro girl wearing clothing that looks eerily like mine, and leap, sickle swinging to take the thing down. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

On a well-worn rock nearby, Enrique’s grandmother washes musty used clothing she sells door to door. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

They threw their clothes in the sand, put on sunblock, and drank from cans they took from the cooler. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Double clothing is understood to be both a defense against getting “stuck” and a way of quickly changing your appearance if you stick someone else. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, real fast, I say, "But it's a good thing—because now I have to wear clothes out in public again. You were right last night—two negatives make a positive!" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still the dude, always the dude, no matter what, spending more money on his clothes than on anything else. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sewed clothes for him, built him toys from scraps of wood, rags, and dried grass. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in churchgoing clothes, her Ladies Day outfit, a blue suit with a matching hat that swooped down from its mischievous perch on the side of her head. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red ran to his locker, pulled out his clothes, and bolted out of the gym. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sink in the corner of our room is hardly big enough to wash our dishes so it sure ain’t fit for washing clothes. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Along with the ceiling getting lower, my clothes were shrinking, too. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair is always washed and neatly braided, and her clothes—even when they’re old—are patched, ironed, and spotless. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her clothes had the strained cleanliness that means poverty. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took his clothes from the basket and went a little way off into the woods to change. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes, ma’am. Sure do. Store-bought clothes ain’t hardly worth the thread it take to stitch them.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came home and bought you all kinds of clothes and toys, because I loved spoiling my baby niece. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She breathed in deep and, despite the unfamiliar clothes, could still smell her mother’s scent, shea butter lotion and a hint of pencil lead. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I opened my drawer and took out the crucifix I kept hidden under my clothes, and I put it under my pillow for the night. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Hoodlums hand out goodies, do their best to stay interesting, and since they are being watched for excitement, they pay attention to their clothes and the carving out of insults. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still wringing out her clothes when she reached the end of one street and stopped. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His clothes are ragged but well kept, though his pants are too short and may have once been blue or brown or green but have faded too much to be certain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A tent to shade lots of people in much fancier clothes than Axel or Byrd or Frank from the sweltering summer sun. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But I was kind of surprised that God would send a saver to me in such raggedy clothes. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got to business, arranging some thatch that had fallen from a ruined hut and laying clothes over it to make a sort of mattress. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The wind is stiff now, and chills me right through my clothes. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Cathy mended all of her clothes and put her things in order. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brand-new clothes that should have been worn by a younger woman. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, snowballing the rest of the clothes into one soft, conglomerate mass, she stuffed them out of sight under the bed. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

My clothes, never fancy, were her primary concern. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stripped off my T-shirt and all my clothes. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I decided to leave the Minotaur horn in my cabin, which left me only an extra change of clothes and a toothbrush to stuff in a backpack Grover had found for me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Deal. And I’ll talk to Tori about the clothes. I think my mom believes y’all are worse off than you really are.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I opened the door and Takumi and I walked out, fully clothed and dripping wet. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The woman is a magician with clothing, the papers say. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I put on my clothes, summer clothes, it’s still summer; it seems to have stopped at summer. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

After grabbing a bite to eat, Candice’s dad offered to take her clothes shopping, but she quickly declined. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The reason I hadn't washed my clothes or my hair was because it seemed so silly. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I gathered my little sack of clothes and said goodbye and thank you, wishing I’d finished the bread and the coffee, because it would be nothing but potato soup at home. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boutique clothing stores, several neighborhood art galleries, and other local restaurants and cafés were all part of the model. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The dogs attacked the protesters—ripping clothes and biting flesh. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wore black clothing and rubber sandals and a gray ammunition belt. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he arrived at the apartment, her clothes were gone, and her make-up and her bathroom things. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Francie was raised to twenty dollars a week, Mama gave her five dollars a week for herself to pay for her carfare, lunches, and clothes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His guardian inspected Bod thoughtfully, a boy in his new clothes. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I put on my one change of clothes, a blue dress with yellow daisies. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I headed upstairs to change out of my wet clothes. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave the envelope filled with checks and cash to Ms. Sandnes for safekeeping before I went to change into play clothes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Ben walked to his bureau drawer and fumbled through several layers of clothes in the bottom drawer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire rushed back into every closet and felt of the clothes hung there. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their clothes had been ripped and torn and stripped from them since they had been taken from their homes. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know how the clothes got here. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

As I pulled the wagon with clean clothes down the little lanes, I found myself studying houses with new eyes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the folk returning from exile were surprised to find strangers had taken over their houses and were sleeping in their beds and wearing the clothes they left behind. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of supplies that I needed for the trip: more clothes, a better knife, flashlight batteries, a compass. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I threw on my clothes and went downstairs to the kitchen, where hot chocolate and buttered toast waited for me on the counter. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then they gathered up the sunbaked clothes and shook the sand from them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drive slowly through a sleepy downtown with a cafe, a clothing store, a dollar store, and a couple boarded-up storefronts. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

No more ragged blue jeans and hand-me-down flannel shirts for him—he had a whole suitcase in the trunk full of the same kind of fancy Baron clothes he’d laughed at all those months ago. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the steam were about thirty teenage girls with no clothes on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yanked at my clothes and pulled my camera free and held it up to everything I’d been seeking. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His remaining clothes were cut away, carefully, so as not to cause him more discomfort. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘Why do people have words on clothes, Ted?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of little stalls packed tightly together with row upon row of food and clothing and other merchandise. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You better come on upstairs,” she said, still smiling, “and take off them wet clothes. Don’t want you catching cold.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Standing straight, hands at his sides and stone cold, he told me, “The manager owes Bodega. We’re going to your place. You have to change clothes.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

That made no difference to the older students who were handing out our new clothing. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half of the clothes had been taken away. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A coffee shop, a fancy restaurant, an old movie theater converted into a fitness center, a dry cleaners, another coffee shop, a clothing boutique, a sushi restaurant, and so on. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The episode where someone’s sister gets pregnant and throws up all the time and grows out of her clothes and eats all the grapes and chocolate chip cookies in the house. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Until then, I had not seen the factory-outlet stores in the open country selling shoes and clothes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been sleeping in and wearing my clothes for days. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all scattered for a frenzy of clothes changing, face washing, and teeth brushing. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I stand there for a few moments, sweating, arms piled high with boots and clothing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The lion stood his ground until he saw so many men coming down, warriors in red clothes. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

For about ten long seconds there was no sound but the rhythmic tick tick tick of the water dripping from Charles’s sodden clothes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Specks of tar spattered her clothing, her hands and arms, her chin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Most of my clothing was on the floor in dirty heaps. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"Now, what will it be? Your clothing? Or your ears?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to do but take up his wet clothes and put them back on. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

What had happened must have been truly disgusting to make her destroy my good clothing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because there was no jury, the judge had not permitted me to give him street clothes to wear, so Walter was wearing his prison uniform. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It's barely morning and we're already awake, my grandmother in the kitchen ironing our Sunday clothes. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I remember the first time we took off our clothes in front of each other. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Even Pri has shed her dark clothes and now wears a white turtleneck and pants. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Heather delicately pushes a pile of dirty clothes off my chair and perches her skinny butt on it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

There are still portraits of rich people, although in darker clothing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their wet clothing was dried in front of the open fire. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wife, May, didn’t dress him or buy his clothes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its music and people had taken off their mourning clothes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Tony, he complained, was wearing all the newest clothes and was now sporting a thick gold rope chain on top of it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He could tell they were American soldiers by their plain clothes. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

She kept fussing with his clothes, straightening his rasta cap and brushing goat fur off his shirt. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“And I wondered which I would lose next. Clothes or hope? Hope or clothes?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam always says it’s the damp clothes that give you the consumption and an early grave. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was then the two young fugitives leaped from the smelly bundle of dirty clothes and made a run for it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaped up, flung on his clothes and went out of the door still buttoning his shirt. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would be given a private room, take baths; maybe someone would wash their clothes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

What could be so difficult about dressing up in fine clothing and saying witty and poetic things already written out for you? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was lower as he moved away from the window and walked along a green wall, looking at the rusting clothes lockers and the faded posters advertising old prizefights. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey ran the boys upstairs to dry off and change clothes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she opened her mouth to say something, he dumped the clothes onto the bedspread and ran out. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

How could they ever earn enough money to give their daughters pretty clothes and send them to Europe during the summers so they wouldn't get bored? How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

His clothes would make a preacher sigh and Hunter knew from the ladylike hands the stranger had never made a fist hard enough to smash a melon. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he piled the man’s shoes and clothes in the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Another dressed him in his mother's clothing and paraded him through the bailey to shame him into valor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Later in the day, handsome young men in blue-collar clothes would ring the bell. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christina, still wearing the same clothes she wore last night, stands a few feet away. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They took Yossarian’s clothes away and put him in a ward, where he was very happy when no one was snoring nearby. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Don’t make me go through your clothes and throw out all those holey pants and shoes,” she threatened. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Her new school clothes were laid out carefully on her chair for her to put on when she woke. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“You might as well keep my clothes on. They suit you.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She wore colorful, billowy clothes and served meals at a massive table in the dining room, hosting anyone who turned up, mostly people who belonged to what she called “the movement.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

On the port-side wall, the huge ugly face receded so that Leo could see the entire creature—another gnome chimp, in even crazier clothes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It is true, she wore strange foreign clothes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at my Erudite clothes while the others strip off their outer layers of clothing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about that, my love. We’ll get you a change of clothes,” said Mother, moving in front of him to shield his embarrassment. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He had told me to wear comfortable clothes, so I’m wearing the loosest pants and sweater I could find. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Alan sets down a garbage bag full of Amber and Clover’s old baby clothes, uncorks a bottle of cold champagne. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The smoke had ruined most of her clothing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The tree produced a cedar perfume that permeated their skin and clothes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I can tell from their clothes—torn shirts and trousers, mismatched shoes filled with holes—that almost all of them are from the poor sectors near the lake. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Some were naked and carrying their clothes; others half-naked, or more or less dressed, in school uniforms, grey, blue, fawn, jacketed or jerseyed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Leo remembered the time he had met the Hunters of Artemis—a bunch of cute lithe girls in silvery clothes, all armed with bows. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even in her white widow’s clothes she was beautiful! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using only my right hand, I brush, splash water on my face, and fumble-strip down to my underwear, leave my clothes in a pile on the floor, and climb into bed, cell phone in hand. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I half expect him to make some sort of remark about my clothes, or at least raise an eyebrow. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The starch went out of her clothes, and her hair streamed over her face. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was on the porch wringing out Henry’s work clothes when she heard a truck turn off of the main road and onto the dirt road that led only to the Humble houses. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have any dirty clothes in your room? I’m doing darks.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Candice returned to her room to change clothes. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He straightened his disheveled clothing with fingers that were numb and shaking and walked the rest of the way to the clearing with rigid self-control. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She bought clothes and more clothes, lovely things with fat price tags. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not just because she has good skin and the right clothes. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He takes a shower, changing into the same clothes he’d worn the day before. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hung on to my riales in my sweaty fist, my stomach growling as I pictured the little pile of riales growing in a cloth bag at the bottom of my cardboard clothes box. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us eating on cement blocks, waving away flies that supposedly puke on you every time they land, wearing the exact same clothes and stupid white shoes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The only way to subdue this suit is to wear more, possibly all my clothing at once. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He changed clothes in the store, then went to see about that job. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

At his insistence she was removing her clothes, and at such speed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I looked different from the other students with my buzz-cut hair and used clothes, and I wanted desperately to blend in. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He removed all of his clothes and sponged his skin with yellow soap until the odor was gone from his pores. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sean bought the groceries and made sure his brother had clean clothes and notebooks for school. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“And she says you’re distracted all the time. And you ordered a lot of clothes. And shoes. And she almost beat you at some game that you always win.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

If anyone came into the room it would seem that he was putting his clothes away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Arul thanked me, and I waded into the water, and we started washing ourselves and the clothes we were wearing. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

On the part of the floor the bed had hidden there were a suitcase and a pile of books and dirty clothes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Just because everybody says I’m pretty and I wear nice clothes, it doesn't mean I’m a ho. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

From the closet, which was half full of clothes, he pulled out a cigar box and several dark blue folders. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Flavius, too, appears washed out without his purple lipstick and bright clothes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

"Every last article of clothing," she adds coyly. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Instead, I get up, kiss Ma, and grab my clothes. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I didn't have the right clothes, the right hairstyle, the right way to speak. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

You might be more com-fitted if they wasn’t so stiff and would bend easy in the places where most folks’ clothes bend.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“And Mila, it was about you. The points were for saying things to you, touching your body, your clothes—” Omi’s hand flew to her mouth, and she started crying. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them are wrapped up in coats, others have on clothes and shoes that look like they belong in the trash. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t eat that much, and all of his clothes were hand-me-downs from Matthew and Mark. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the clothing section of the store—it is on the rear right as you come in—I picked out a pair of sneakers my size and two shirts, one cotton, one flannel. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They polished the bright work on the stove and they washed all their clothes and blankets. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The UN also brought us tools, blankets, and secondhand clothing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when my sister and I were teenagers, she seemed shy about changing her clothes in front of us. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Said the girl currently wearing clothing from five different decades.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, the room he’d slept in as a boy had been converted by his mother into a place to sew and iron and to store her clothes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I went up to my room and changed out of my clothes and into my running things. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Just give me a few minutes. My other clothes are in the pool locker room.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But despite the clothes, Diana didn’t think her father appeared relaxed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And oh, her clothes were so very flattering. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I know one thing, her clothes fit her better than my name fits me. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rainwater is dripping from my clothes and onto the shiny wood. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Ma instructs us to strip off our clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t take off the smell of your own elf sweat as easily as clothes.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

At a passing glance, one might think her eyes blue or gray, perhaps even green, depending on the color of her clothing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The clothes fit perfectly: there was not even the stretching around the chest or the shortness in the arms he had expected. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Our clothes were washed, ironed and packed, so for an immobile time we wore those things not good enough to glow under the California sun. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her ragged black hair and her black punk clothes, an old wool overcoat wrapped around her, she looked like some kind of huge raven, completely out of place in the white landscape. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Papa was stocky, not tall, but he was neat about his clothes, had a handsome face, and shaved every morning. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Small children were wearing their best clothing, the girls with brightly colored ribbons in their hair. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The furnishings were sparse: a narrow bed, a rickety nightstand, and a secondhand trunk for clothes and books. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They took off their clothes and let the rags lie on the ground until they were destroyed by ants. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She gives you a ticket to a shop and they give you the clothes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His clothes and even his shoes had that chemical stink. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I'm wondering if we might even be able to give our clothes a quick scrub when we reach the stream. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I no longer had the strength to grab a sturdy peasant girl by the waist and swing her up onto my saddle, much less rip her clothes off and enter her against her will. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

You said you couldn’t carry anything, and I guess that includes clothes. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Hot enough that your clothes stuck to you like Scotch tape, and sweat dripped like tears from your forehead into your eyes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was hoping to sit for a few minutes when I came out of their bedroom, but cringed when I saw the basket of clothing Parvin had brought in. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In those first years the roads were peopled with refugees shrouded up in their clothing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Go change out of your good clothes, you two.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, it’s doing exactly the opposite; when I leave their house I run home, can’t wait to strip my clothes off and get into the shower and w ash the baby smell off me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I threw myself onto the bed with all my clothes on. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At first I didn’t want to take off my clothes, but I saw them kick a man to the floor and rip his shirt and pants. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

One had a great array of slaves; and at length, we decided to approach one, claiming that we had newly run away, and request he bring us clothing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was easy to stay under with so much clothing and my boots. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Molly Roswell stole my clothes during gym all through tenth grade. She has four children with two different fathers, and a DUI. “ We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Ice crackled off his clothes and fell tinkling onto the floe as the rest of the crew drew the two halves of the floe together again by hauling on a rope. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Their clothes were torn and snagged by briars, burrs were clinging to them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stench came with them, the smell of unwashed bodies and soiled clothing, of nightsoil and urine. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I went to the laundry yard to help a young slave named Tess to beat and boil the dirt out of a lot of heavy smelly clothes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but I have to concentrate if I don’t want my clothes to burn. And I’m not concentrating, see? This is totally fireproof cloth. Which means your firewood won’t burn in that pouch.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then he faced a long trudge back to the bungalow for a change of clothes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"So she's just worried about you. She thinks she can help you pick out a girlfriend the same way she helps you pick out your classes and your clothes—" "She doesn't pick out my clothes." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Roy looked the other way while he put on some clothes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got the first and biggest share of everything—the first whack at the new clothes and the biggest part of any special treat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Our clothes,” he said, “got somewhat fusty in the rebels' little New Year's callithump. They're rowdy boys, and I reckon they knocked down a candle during their celebrations.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Before Ivy knew it, Robin pulled her into Lacey’s, a little boutique kid’s clothing shop right off Main Street. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And so he moves in with her in a way, bringing a few bags of his clothes, nothing else. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I lie on my back, fully clothed except for the healthy white cotton underdrawers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with his clothes on he looked skinny. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Her sound in the kitchen gave me the courage I needed to leap out of bed and into the freshly pressed clothes my mother had readied for me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother held her while a nurse camouflaged in street clothes filled a syringe. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I changed my clothes and made myself a peanut butter sandwich. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother said, “It's fine! It’s not jewelry or clothing. It’s not silver or gold. Don't give her any trouble!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It has been known to create crude clothing from leaves. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You kept your clothes until they were part of you, you checked the hemlines, the way the buttons were sewed on, you rubbed the cloth between your finger and thumb. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could fold towels, Brave Orchid decided, and handkerchiefs, but there would be no clean dry clothes until afternoon. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Against the sky in the cave entrance Juana could see that Kino was taking off his white clothes, for dirty and ragged though they were they would show up against the dark night. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, the Emperor himself would be proud to clothe his son in such fine raiment.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I peel off my clothes, all of them. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they had gone, I crept from the water and in the shelter of the willow boughs put on my sun-warmed clothes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

That caused quite a sensation among the villagers, who were accustomed to loose-fitting, simple peasant clothing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“We’ll burn the clothes you took off. I got your fresh clothing on a stool, just outside the door.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z