Werner folds the map into his coat pocket, packs up the transceivers, and carries one in each hand like matching suitcases. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He soothed Baby with a ball of candy gum and eased the coat from her shoulders. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hurd is wearing a casual robe and turban, and before him are two books, one of them devoted to heraldry from which he culled the coats of arms he needed for his work. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three doctors work in white coats with sleeves rolled up. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two figures had appeared in the yard, and as Harry ran toward them he realized they were Hermione, now returning to her normal appearance, and Kingsley, both clutching a bent coat hanger. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Several people went hurrying past him on the sidewalk, their chins sunk deep in the collars of their coats, their feet crunching in the snow. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He put them in his coat pocket--my coat pocket. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She took the money from the pocket of her coat and handed it to the man, and she put the pencils in her pocket. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wished he were less remote; and I anything but the creature that I was in my shabby coat and skirt, my broad-brimmed schoolgirl hat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She started digging into her coat pocket and pulled out a well-worn Uglydoll envelope with the word “Ellie” written on the outside in silver marker. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He was getting his coat from a closet by the door, but when he saw us, he stopped. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

To his great relief, Galton found that his law could accurately predict the coat colors of every generation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Down by the carousel. I left my coat behind, and when I went back, she was just sitting there.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Then she folded her coat and slid it into the empty bag from the store. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Ma was dressed in a big puffy coat with work boots. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The man touched his hat, took his bag, put on his coat and departed; not a soul took the slightest notice of the whole transaction. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Frankie tossed aside his scarf while he hung up his coat. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Move down to where you normally leave your coat. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Freshunounts were brought forth from the stables, surefooted mountain stock with shaggy coats, and within the hour they set forth once again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Allow me to introduce myself,” said the smaller of the men, producing a badge from his coat pocket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was wearing a little coat made out of tartan material, which is Scottish and check. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he grabbed his coat suddenly and ran out. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made Vega give them his coat that he had got for Three Kings. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I made sure the collar of my coat was up high, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I yell, and try to pull him back in by the sleeve of his coat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Ice coated Hazel’s window, and she wondered if the whole house was encased in it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I slam open my closet door to grab my coat and scarf and gloves, wanting to get away from all of this. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They had come out of the river with their coats dripping wet, and the freezing blast of the blizzard had done the rest. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was leaning over the seat of the bus laughing in her ear about her coat, which I always thought was cool. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She spends her days lying down, a pink plastic wastepaper basket by her side, the shades drawn, her mouth and teeth coated with the taste of metal. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My dad doesn’t say a word and just stuffs my ticket into his coat pocket and grabs me by the elbow and pulls me out the door. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Imani removes her coat and unloads her bag, and I take out my essay but keep my coat on. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sticky molasses and egg whites coated his shoes as he picked up the cake and flung it hard at the steel door. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I remove my giant coat and then, remembering that I stink, place it over myself like a blanket. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He ran across the yard because he didn't feel like putting on a coat. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I pulled the collar of my coat against the chill as we hurried into the house, dragging our belongings. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Not cold enough for a coat,” Biddy say. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

For the father, It’s the beer With his compadres, The four of them Along the wall, Their ties undone And coats open. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he reached up inside his coat, cupped the stump of his arm in his right hand, and thought of all he had to do on account of the power being out. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Mama, I’m home,” Siobhan said as she stepped into the house and pulled off her heavy winter coat. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He presses his black hat back down onto his head, then removes the derringer from his coat pocket and grasps it in his right fist. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Valley was wiping the mud from her coat. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He wondered if Tom had a coat and blanket; he thought of the bitter cold outside and shuddered involuntarily. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unbuttoned his coat, slid the bundle next to his chest, and buttoned the coat back up. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And in an instant the slave appeared leading by the hand a square, rather tall figure, clothed in clean blue cotton coat and trousers. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The two kittens poked their heads out of Victor's coat pockets. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her coat is decent and clean, her jeans are plain, her boots look new, and her face is hard, but safe—like a schoolteacher’s. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We chose some boots and coats, out of necessity, and I also managed to take home two T-shirts and a pair of jeans—not stylish but wearable. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He had a blue coat and a long brown beard; his eyes were blue and bright, and his face was red as a ripe apple, but creased into a hundred wrinkles of laughter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The rest of my body is sort of like a coat with the buttons done up in the wrong holes. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She bundled Mia into her coat, as if Mia herself were a child, and herded her into the elevator, then into a taxi to a pharmacy on Broadway. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Volkheimer goes inside and returns with a colonel in field uniform: the Reichswehr coat and high belt and tall black boots. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The light of the torches danced off crosses of pins and needles they had pinned on their coats and shirts. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kiss his pink cheek, despite its coating of smeared snot. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had shot at them to keep them from devouring his crops, but it had never occurred to him that those insignificant rodents could be turned into ladies’ coats. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked down at Frank and pulled the wrapped-up piece of firewood from her coat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sister Clara stood there, bland and mild and matter-of-fact, and beside her was a man in a white coat whom Lyra hadn’t seen before. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Shawn shuffled in wearing heavy boots and a thick winter coat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Rain drizzled down in the garden and a warm mist coated the air. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’m getting my coat, and here’s Castro again, giving me this sarcastic thank you, like this was all my fault. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Herr Thiessen places it in his coat pocket along with his ticket and his saved francs, and takes his first steps into the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Alex is frozen, registering the press of Henry’s lips and the wool cuffs of his coat grazing his jaw. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She’s the same person who ran to your apartment when she was eleven with a filthy kitten shoved down the front of her coat, begging you to take it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I press a button, ripped from a coat, over the wound to divert direct pressure. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The boy hung on to his coat and he kept to the edge of the road and tried to feel out the pavement under his feet in the dark. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes, a fresh coat of paint on the same old problems. My father is very good at that sort of thing.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Her coat was newly clipped and she wore a scarlet ribbon round her forelock. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He was tall, six foot five at least, and seemed too large for the suit he wore; a large portion of each shirt cuff showed; the coat bunched at the armpits. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And what are you doing out without your coats? Jack, I thought you were with your elderly aunt Bernice?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Miss Ellis shook her head and smoothed her pants suit down over her rump before she put on her coat. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like him to pull on her purple coat—it was her favorite thing, and it was from a store instead of sewn by her mother. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She placed the suede coat that Rasheed had bought for the baby in the hole and shoveled dirt over it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The model wasn’t there yet, I was in the room by myself, and then Susie walked in with her coat already off, and right after that Mr. Hrbik. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had his coat on, and he was all ready to go. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The coat must be one of Pri’s, since it hangs wide and loose over my body. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Jody stayed a little while, running his fingers over the red rough coat, and then he took up the lantern and went back to the house. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what he didn’t see was that, curled up right in front of the first step, was a little round man in a frock coat, sleeping peacefully on a very large and well-worn ledger. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I popped the collar up on my coat to keep the chill off my neck. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They could not run as fast as leopard children normally run, and their coats were dull and matted. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The three of us walked down the hallway to the front door, where Summer’s mom looked like she was trying to organize the coats. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He put two of the coats over the boy’s shoulders, swallowing him up parka and all. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, the stink of sugarcane coats Celia’s nostrils and throat, sweetening her meat and rice and the cigarettes she smokes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I felt that fur protecting me from the cold, I knew I’d never wear my old coat again. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Bleak and dusty, the air is so thick it coats your throat. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There he crouched and reached inside the sleeve of his coat for the short, heavy stick of lignum vitae he carried along his left forearm. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the breast pocket of a dark coat hanging on a wall peg, they discover a ledger book from a bank in Montreal. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was sticky and crunchy at the same time, and it coated his mouth like rancid glue. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled one of Enoch’s cheesecloths from her coat and quickly tied it around a stone plucked from the ground, making a kind of slingshot. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Lee inspected the sleeve of his coat with admiration. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had on a red T-shirt under a sport coat and wore blue-and-yellow track shoes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She stares blankly at the pegboard behind the countertop where her cooking utensils hang, all slightly coated with grease. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Between acts Nadia has time to dry Ginger's fur and brush her until her coat glistens. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, stripped to my shorts, 1 was making my eager-to-join comments in the medical examination rooms—and everybody in the white coats that I saw had 4-F in his eyes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The demon unbuttoned his coat and reached into his pants pocket, but Father shook his head. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my coat and sat at the kitchen table, pretending to text on the phone. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The postman wiggled his fingers in front of the fire once more, then picked his coat back up. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

For centuries men had dived down and torn the oysters from the beds and ripped them open, looking for the coated grains of sand. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was pulling the coat off when I felt a lump in one of the sleeves. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have to wear a white coat, but I’m not a server. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom helped me take off my coat, then sat in the seat next to me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Alma wore a long black winter coat and a fuzzy purple hat. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed that there was a spot of blood on Dr. Fox’s white coat. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And then I opened the coat, just a little, and she caught sight of the chicken. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My mother in a long white coat and hat, and my father in a T-shirt and jeans. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Cordelia remembers all kinds of things: the graying underwear dripping on the clothesline in the cellar, the kitchen paring knife that was worn right down to a sliver, the winter coats from the Eaton's Catalogue. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, suggestions are heard here and there that these sterilizing chemicals might be applied as aerial sprays — for example, to coat the foliage chewed by gypsy moth larvae. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It coated my chest, along with the salve, and when the flannel came undone in my sleep, the clear, sharp curves of air outlined its presence on my throat. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a drowsy Sunday afternoon, a man in a long dark coat hesitated in front of a house on a tree-lined street. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mam tells them a cousin gave her that coat in Brooklyn, that her husband has no work, that she has other children at home, twin boys. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She wore a coat and boots in the house, and her face looked bland and old with no mascara, for which she asked Ishmael’s forgiveness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I took off my coat and tossed it inside. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Nothing to worry about. Here’s my arm. Sit down and take off your shoes. Roll up your coat sleeves.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It wears a coat of ice and snow, its diamond-like sand swirling inside like an impending storm. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The news guy in the green sport coat is still yelling, so I punch the mute button. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of young men in tattered coats and hats were pelting each other with balls of ice, roaring with laughter like kids having a snowball fight. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

My mother reads my diary, tracks it down under the mattress, or to the lining of my winter coat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Taker, wearing that coat, walking home with those same hunched shoulders. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Our coats are all bunched up across from us along with Tiny. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the remaining coat off the pile Lena had left with them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Once we even put one in the coat pocket of a Nazi official,” said Karl. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The hem of my best dress is already coated in dust and grime. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stroked the greyhound’s coat, from the copper blaze on her nose all the way down to the middle of her back. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I asked, holding still while she brushed a coat onto my thumbnail. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a coat and tie and looked real serious. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

A thin sheen of sweat coated her forehead and the skin above her lips. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lee was sitting on the steps, and he looked lumpy in his heavy coat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond him, some distance down the path, Hazel was combing the goose grass out of his coat and evidently listening to Fiver as they sat together under a rhododendron. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The carpenters, repairing the old house, complained that they could not keep the lumps of chalk with which they coated their chalk lines. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was somewhat conspicuous because I was the only person not wearing a coat of some kind. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him he looked like a snowman in his puffy white coat and black hat, but of course I didn’t, because he is my teacher. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Why would I wear my lion skin? Do you wear a fur coat to the beach?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I set down my packages, dropping my coat on top. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Unbuttoning my suit jacket, I took a cigar from the inner pocket of my coat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was freezing without my coat, but there was no way I was going to admit it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Violet wore the same dress each time and Alice was irritated by the thread running loose from her sleeve, as well as the coat lining ripped in at least three places she could see. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the sleeve of her new coat and the bright red patch that made it and she gasped. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But there I was, shaking and screaming as I left the movie theater, hiding my face in my dad’s coat. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He reaches inside his coat; hands shaking, he opens his wallet. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She stuck her head out between the coats. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was poor Silky she was thinking of: His chestnut coat dulled with lack of care, burrs stuck in his forelock, he was distrustful of humans, and prone to bite, at least at first.... The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

No one notices how I first touch her silky coat of hair and feel her muscles ripple under my hand. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mother grunts in reply and hands me my coat. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Thinking back, the signs were there—family photos burned in the fireplace, Mother sewing her best silver and jewelry into the lining of her coat late at night, and Papa not returning from work. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He said that the little girl’s red coat reminded him of his friend’s blood. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“See you next week,” he said, trying not to tremble as he put his coat back on. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Poppet removes her coat, leaving it draped over the back of the desk chair, and takes a closer look at the blueprints and sketches hanging from shelves and tacked to mirrors and paintings and windows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I grab my winter bubble coat and a knit hat. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The coating did taste quite like vanilla ice cream, and was just as refreshing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I picked up my other foot and planted it next to the first as I clung to Arturo’s coat sleeves. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There was no time to change into better clothes, so I pulled my big wool coat over my cat-and-dog pajamas, and we tiptoed out of the house, careful not to make too much sound. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

One time he was so desperate, he sucked the coating off chocolate-covered raisins, even though he hated raisins. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Finding none, he took off his coat and shirt dicky, pulled his undershirt off over his head and dramatically ripped a strip of cloth from it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked further and when she saw “horse,” she heard him pawing the ground and saw the sun glint on his glossy coat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As hot as it is, he’s wearing his camouflage coat. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Finally the doctor came out in his white coat and shook hands with me, then took my mother inside. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled his hands out of his coat pockets and removed his gloves. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She shivered and tried to warm back up, ducking deeper into the folds of her coat. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Between Third and Lexington, she reached into her coat pocket for her purse and found the sandwich half. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ll hide in the coat closet and look through the keyhole.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

On one wall, like coats on a coat rack, hung the desiccated, skeletal remains of two people - an adult and a small child. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He snapped the file shut and stuffed it in his coat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my eyes shut again, my fingers curling into the soft leather of Liam’s coat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The hands forced Samuel’s head down and forced his face tight in against his father’s black best coat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow Vivi must have found bags, must have put in their favorite picture books and their most beloved toys, along with photographs and pajamas and coats and shirts. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t drawn a blade, but I see the shine of knives under his coat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mom scratches her nose against her forearm because her hands are turning fish in a bowl of cornmeal, coating both sides before she dips it into hot oil in a frying pan. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was cold and I didn’t have a coat, but I wasn’t shaking just because of that. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Across the aisle a gray-haired woman reads, a coat clutched like a blanket to her chest. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her coat was pure white and went all the way down to her toes, even though it was only the middle of November and really not all that cold. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was in his stocking feet and held a coat about himself. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Why hasn’t he got a coat on in this cold weather?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hazel pressed her hand against her coat pocket. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The pile was a hodgepodge of the things they had worn into Lena’s hut, but also new coats and hats that didn’t belong to them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone put on coats, gloves, and scarves and went out into the icy-cold autumn night. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mom was taking Dovie Mansfield’s coat and I caught her checking the label before hanging it in the hall closet. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A boy skips into the hallway in a thick fur coat, a large pair of antlers perched atop his head. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A short woman in a white lab coat came out. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Haukelid pulled the bomb out from under his long coat—nineteen pounds of plastic explosive molded into a long sausage shape. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They handed their wraps and coats to Sanjeev, who draped them carefully on hangers in the spacious coat closet, though Twinkle told people to throw their things on the ottomans in the solarium. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I wormed my way up to the auto-mobile and tugged on Granddaddy’s coat as the owner shouted “Sorry! She’s not for sale!” and climbed out of the machine. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It clawed its way into the side pocket of his coat and fumbled about for something. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is distinct, sweet and yeasty, the smell of death, like spoiled bread, damp and swollen, coating walls, nostrils, skin, anything within reach, trying to tag it all. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“All right. My mother and Prim are giving him snow coat now,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then they unbuttoned their fluffy round coats and opened them. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She hung up my coat in the hall closet, and I sort of brushed my hair back with my hand. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I’m guessing that my last gift at the party will be a suit coat because it’s the only thing left. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mama wore a maroon crepe dress with long sleeves, a necklace of shimmering gold discs, and a black Persian lamb coat I had not seen since before the war. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put the hat on his head and buttoned his coat. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she was in neon green tights and a shimmering silver trench coat. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Char gets up in the mirror and puts on another coat of mascara. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She fixes the sleeve of her coat and doesn’t say a word to defend herself. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He found his coat too, and we went out together. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

She strode toward the elevator, hands again thrust violently in the pockets of her coat; she did not look back, and he hesitated for a moment, feeling annoyance, before he at last trailed after her. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I put away my winter coat and overshoes and walked around, nearly light-headed with joy, in my shirtsleeves. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dropping his coat on the floor and kicking his shoes under the bed, he switched on the bedside light while Asta struggled to pull the acorn out of the insidest pocket. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

After all the ice was thawed from my dogs and their coats were dried out I could see they were all right. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her black winter coat and yellow wool scarf were gone. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Miss Peregrine rode inside her coat, where she’d practically made a nest for herself. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Would it help if you took my coat?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I smiled and zipped his coat up for him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Ice on the house on Palmas Street, ice on the tamarind tree, ice coating the ships on the dock and the sparrows in midflight. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carol and her younger sister have matching outfits for Sundays: fitted brown tweed coats with velvet collars, round brown velvet hats with an elastic under the chin to hold them on. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then they came upon it from a turn in the road and they stopped and stood with the salt wind blowing in their hair where they’d lowered the hoods of their coats to listen. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

One doctor, noticing inflammation under Dr. Philobosian’s eyelids, had stopped the examination and chalked an X on his coat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There’s all these other things too, like fur coats and porcelain cats and seashells and pewter statues of cowboys. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Kasim has flowers and he’s dressed in a nice black coat, black pants, and shiny black shoes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The door of the hall opened, and a giant ox was led in, its coat shining, its eyes bright, its horns sharp. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The thought of a dead owl in my coat made me shiver. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I tuck the blankets back around Helena, slip on my shoes and coat, and act like I’m going out to the toilet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Guards in red coats with buff facings were stationed by the door. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Her coat is propped against the window to make a pillow, and she’s knocked out cold in the front seat of the bus. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Fuchsia says, as I drop my coat on the pool table. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

A heaviness hung all around them, a staticky, unpleasant feeling that seemed to coat the inside of Sierra’s lungs every time she breathed in. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as they were inside, the nurse took Lyra’s outer coat off and dropped it on the shiny floor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Some are respectably dressed, in tailored Harris tweed coats and matching gloves and tidy no-nonsense hats with small brisk feathers jauntily at one side. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was growing thinner too, and Papá’s coat hung more loosely on him. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I sat there for surely an hour, staring at a daylit hole in the window blind, without smoking or taking off my coat or loosening my necktie. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He picked up his coat, using a brush to clean the dried mud from it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then large vats of pitch were hoisted up to the roof and the timber was coated to prevent it from rotting. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

I decided to leave my other coat over Toby’s cage because I didn’t want him to get cold and die. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His hands moved to the lapels of his coat. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The homely young woman had kept to herself all through their journey, spending most of her time with the horses, brushing out their coats and pulling stones from their shoes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My hands hadn’t stopped shaking from earlier, and every time I tried shutting my eyes all I could see were the white coat’s blank ones staring right back into mine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I’ll find a specialist...someone who knows what he’s doing...not like those charlatans in white coats that call themselves doctors.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“We have to buy your school clothes, and a coat,” Mami said. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She ran to him before he took off his coat. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She appeared to be searching for fleas in Bloomberg’s coat, her fingers very busy indeed turning back tufts of fur. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

If we kept to our budget, we believed, we could afford new clothes and shoes and coats, and buy a ton of coal at the cheaper off-season price. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d carved the boy a flute from a piece of roadside cane and he took it from his coat and gave it to him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I sat and stared at it for a minute and then, suddenly, unable to bear it a moment longer, I put on my coat and started out towards the ravine. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They move fast and efficiently through dense mobs, as if they have a Teflon coat, very rarely bumping into one another. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When Francie spoke to him, he folded his hands in the wide sleeves of his nankeen shirt coat and kept his eyes on the ground. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind blew gently, oh so gently, flapping his coat. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horror stories were already pouring in, Jesse reported: kids sent home for wearing trench coats or black clothing, ordered into counseling for playing games like Quake and Doom. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of dancing with that little runt in his orange suede elevator shoes and mingy T-shirt and droopy blue sports coat made me laugh. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

With scarlet cap and coat of green A cruiskeen by his side. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We park Dray’s car, then walk in the same direction as the other people coming out of nice cars and wearing fancy coats and high-heel shoes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

All these children were hungry, and I had a coat full of food. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They play-fought over who got to model the coat next, neither of them realizing the gray-and-white fur belonged to a real rabbit. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He rose and let the blanket fall to the sand and then stripped out of his coat and out of his shoes and clothes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She looked at the sleeve of her new coat and the bright red patch that made it and she gasped. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not as cold as outside—I can take my coat off—but my hoodie’s gonna stay on. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He took his Walkman out of the pocket of his trench coat and popped out his Dead Kennedys tape. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I let the camera drop back to my chest and pulled my sweater down and zipped my coat back up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After he left, I looked out the window for a while, with my coat on and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then he finds a parking ticket in your coat, proving you spent two hours in the middle of the day parked somewhere in the center of town. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I laughed because Nsukka s untarred roads coat cars with dust in the harmattan and with sticky mud in the rainy season. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

What had been a heavy wool coat becomes a long piece of black silk that ripples like water over the chair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I pulled my coat tighter and leaned into my brother. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She tells me put on a coat but I don’t have one and she says, I suppose there’s no use in asking if ye have an umbrella either. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I stroked Fig’s gray coat, and his body vibrated with his purrs. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Here’s your ticket,” the gruff voice said, and looking up, they found that it came from a huge Brown Bear who was wearing a coat with brass buttons and a peaked cap on his head. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Dismay’s toenails clawed my legs and his thick coat crammed itself into my nose as my chair tipped sideways with me and Dismay in it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped the rolls back into Colins bag, pulled my coat on, threw my knapsack over one shoulder, and took the stairs two at a time. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

A woman with curly gray hair and a black coat follows close behind him, but then stops in front of me where I’m standing with my satchel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I keep my hands in the pockets of my coat, but we walk with our arms bumping. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The coat suddenly drops from the window and the room is bright. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Now, there’s a red-headed woodpecker making the thing swing, and cardinals dot the forest scrub with red coats, waiting until the bigger birds have their fill. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Walking along in the line, I noticed the beautiful red coats, the caps, and the soft leather boots worn by the other hunters. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too well groomed, its coat too sleek for a wild horse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Hair coated in dust and debris and plastered down with sweat. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He got his cap and coat and went to the basement. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I go to Mrs. Brook on time she says to go get my coat because we’re switching our schedule. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Covered with graffiti, perhaps, or even an ill-conceived coat of paint, but underneath it all the glow of the White City persists. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The animal was in fact the coat’s fur collar. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A path opened in their ranks and a woman, her arms wrapped around her old coat as if she were freezing, stepped through it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He went to his coat and pulled something out of one pocket. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I scanned the marsh, raking my eyes through all the bodies moving across the ice, the children in their bright coats and wool hats, shrieking and laughing. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Black-haired and slender, wearing the new huge dust-filtering glasses, she approached his car, her hands deep in the pockets of her brightly striped long coat. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“By this fall,” added one of the frock coats. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It was late winter, still cold and miserable, and she was bundled up in a long woolen coat that nearly reached the ground. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His belly outgrew the coat sooner than that. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s cold, but let’s remove your coat entirely and have you lie on your stomach,” I told him. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She sat shivering, cold despite wearing two sweaters, one of Habib’s old coats, and a shawl. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Her tongue was coated white, and her eyelids drooped. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Deal,” said Thorn, and Seven took the shiny black button of Mr. Pepperhorn’s coat and dropped it into the cauldron. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Next!” the black man in the white coat shouted. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look as if I have been coated in glowing embers—no, that I am a glowing ember straight from our fireplace. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My advice is to reword the sentence: Somebody forgot a coat. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked in the front pocket of my coat. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt myself relax inside my feather nest of a coat and, settling in, I accidentally kicked my backpack, forgotten beside my feet, a couple steps down. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The trees shivered, our coats ballooned, and the map nearly flew out of Connor’s hands. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I tell him, and grab my coat before he can change his mind. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’d heard of the Great Depression years before when I’d played Annie, but the slides of men in hats and long coats lined up in front of soup kitchens were new to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His smelly old swallowtail coat was hopelessly outdated by then, but he wouldn’t hear of parting with it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He took the package of money from where it lay on the mantel and put it in the inside pocket of his coat where it had been before. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

From his coat he produces a grease pencil. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I should tell him that his puffy winter coat makes his legs look even more like toothpicks, but I restrain myself. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn't just a present, but a present she received because she'd torn her other coat beyond repair, mangling her knee, leaving a permanent scar. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Someone was standing in the doorway: A woman in a thick winter coat, holding a hunting rifle under one arm. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

That is his coat, and he is fleeing, running from the house and down the sidewalk, and he is carrying a rifle. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Dust whirls would start in the far distance, very pretty to look at as long as they were far away, and swirl until they coated everything brown. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Draco Malfoy was standing there with his wife and son, a dark coat buttoned up to his throat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Standing in the downstairs hall, where there is a coat tree—“You’ve never seen a coat tree?”—she says I am her best friend. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had my gun in a shoulder holster, under my coat. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stuffs his tzitzit into his waistband, puts his curls under his flat cap and tucks his bearded chin into his coat collar. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I throw on some clothes, grab a coat, and rush outside. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They followed her into the women’s coat section and helped her pick out a simple navy peacoat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tall man drew a curved blade from beneath his leather coat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Susie let out a glad cry and picked up the skin, shaking it like a coat that had been in a storage box all winter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I pulled the pink woolen cap down over my ears and tugged my coat closed near my throat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. told me to try on her royal blue coat, a winter coat with rabbit fur around the collar and cuffs. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I dropped my backpack, shrugged off my coat, and hopped on the exercise bike. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I pulled a potato from my coat pocket and handed it to her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I put my coat over the top, and off we went. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“It will save. Let Jean and her mother take their coats off and settle down first.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its arteries coated with what looks like foie gras, it seizes up one day. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Fine, but I’m getting a real coat. You’ll be sorry you don’t have one later.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I sat there feeling as if my hair were coated with disease. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silk undergarments to keep her warm without the heavy burden of a fur coat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fathers in nice coats who looked even more tired. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was Billy’s impresario’s coat with the fur collar. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expect the ladder to release me then, but I'm still stuck when a woman in a white coat approaches me carrying a syringe. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s been to college. Once I seen a dame in a fur coat go in there. Never did see her come out. It was two o’clock the last I looked—and that church music goin’. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to unbutton his coat, and I waited to take it from him, but Dora called me from the bathroom to say that she needed my help drawing a mole on her chin. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

So I drew a cartoon of Rowdy and me like we used to be: Then I put on my coat and shoes, walked over to Rowdy’s house, and knocked on the door. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dave and his girlfriend in my room ... the coats ... the cold ... the winter . The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I said to his white coat sleeve. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clustered in the left corner of the room stood twenty or so black men, all wearing work coats and dungarees, a few sharpening their outfits with newsboy caps or brimmed hats. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The Beauty Minister opens the southern gate, prancing forward in a body-length mink coat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a folded-up piece of paper and handed it to me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her hair was covered in a black hair net, her face coated in a cream that smelled of peppermint, which he had always liked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Exactly the issue,” said the tallest of the frock coats, twirling the rings on his fingers. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

At this point in the story, I used to try to think of someplace she could have put her coat, if only she had thought of it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I looked back and saw them standing there, staring after the kid in the green army coat, who was still walking in the other direction. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a coat and set out to meet Emma, no sneaking necessary. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Applied to seeds, either by soaking or in a coating combined with carbon, they extend their effects into the following plant generation and produce seedlings poisonous to aphids and other sucking insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They came on sleds with dogs and brought coats, boots, and supplies. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I’d seen him slouched in the hall, his hands in his coat pockets, staring at his scuffed boots. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He has instructions: The painting won't be dry for a year, but after it dries he should give it a good coat of varnish. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Biff held the collar of his coat close to his neck. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I put the key in my coat pocket with the architect’s drawings and my forged ID. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“It contains a few facts I’m concerned about,” said Nels, pulling a pen from his coat pocket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As she fished for a token in her coat pocket, her eyes fell to his shopping bag. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When they walked forward to sniff the girls, their coats rippled and shimmered. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then: her dark hair, her thin, coltish legs in her slim jeans, her big coat. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She had not thought to put on her coat, and the cold raised the hairs on her arms. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You can get a coat, too, and we’ll still have money for ice cream.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A coating of dust flew into the air around her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Some unspoken communication passed between them, and in a few moments my father took his coat off again and sent me back to bed. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Guys and girls all huddled together in a sea of winter coats. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We shed our black coats and loped through the grass, doubled- over like commandos, until we came to the path that led to the beach. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She wears a light blue coat and a black beret. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Shadow’s coat was hanging from the coat rack. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She takes off her coat and eases herself into the bed and tells him that next Christmas he can go out and find the dinner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Albert pulled his fur coat tightly around himself, opened the latch on a gate, and walked down a long series of battered concrete steps to the rocky beach. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Just to walk without wearing a heavy coat and boots felt like flying. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children managed to take their coats and were dumped outside on the wet sidewalk in front of the theater. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He removed the small black Bible from his coat pocket and kissed it unself-consciously before placing it at the rear of the table. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did the guys in the white lab coats take over in Kenna’s case as well? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

On Monday morning Nathan was back on the ladder, putting a second coat of white paint on the window sill next to the front porch. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He stashed the fish in his front shirt pockets, and then in his coat pockets, and in his pants pockets, if necessary. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped my coat so tight seams ripped. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Even in the dark, her coat is the color of the sky. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The men wear white coats, like those worn by doctors or scientists. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day Mr. Kugler wanted to be extra cautious, so at twenty past twelve he put on his coat and went to the drugstore around the corner. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I touch the back of Mirjam's coat, and she swivels to look at me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even with my coat on, I felt frozen and feverish, my body all nausea and cramped muscles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hagrid picked it up and tucked it deep inside his coat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I have my mittens and coat on, and my empty backpack to fill with books. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

By evening he was desperate, but his luck turned when a rabbit, already changing to its white winter coat, suddenly started up from the long grass and swerved across his path. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Squelch stuffed the bag into his coat pocket. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I gave Mr. Ray back his funky coat, and told him that I needed to head home. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

This was the sort of question Mrs. Snell slipped into as if it were an ermine coat. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He spread his hands, and the tables were suddenly covered with equipment: helmets, bronze swords, spears, oxhide shields coated in metal. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He puts his coat back on the hook and looks out the front window. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

From up the path, a black coat migrated his way, like an answer slow in coming. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael and Dana find me there, sweating in my coat and sniffling a little from the emotion of what we’ve accomplished. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The fog coated the sky and filtered through the trees around them so it felt like they were encased in a tiny gray bubble. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He pretended to watch football on television for a little while after dinner and then put on his coat and walked up to the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A china-faced doll wearing a satin dress lay by the curb, her head shattered, her dress coated with dirt. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the other side of him stood a man in a white coat, holding a hypodermic syringe. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

‘No, master! Mr. Bilbo gave it to you, and it goes with his silver coat; he would not wish anyone else to wear it now.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t touch me, I’m all muddy. Don’t get my coat muddy!” she shrieked at him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When she hung up, she reached over to a rack and pulled a white chef coat off a hanger. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and nod, tucking my hand into my coat pocket. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I jabbed an arm into my coat, poking around behind me with the other arm, but I couldn’t find my sleeve. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Anya opened up her coat to keep from sweating, and Ivan stripped off his and collapsed to his knees in front of the fire. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I have to say, it felt really good to give all those coats to people who really needed them! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The hairs on the back of my neck stand at attention, and my fingers tremble, despite the fact that I have them buried in my coat pockets. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It’s a clip of him dressed in a flawless tuxedo, leaving a charity ball with a young woman on his arm, his coat draped around her shoulders. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Loud hat, square coat, bald head like moon: red, lavender, salmon. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

They all wore black coats over white shirts, a word stitched on their right breast—he couldn’t quite make out what it said. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The woman’s hair was neat and smooth and her coat clean. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Private investigators?” mumbled Fadi, imagining men in trench coats with magnifying glasses, skulking around for clues. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When I look at Kareem’s bright eyes, my hard candy coating gives way to my gooey inside. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

His right hand was in his coat pocket, his fingers about the kidnap note. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He loosened his scarf and pulled off his mittens, which he stuffed into his coat pocket. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I know this because he winks at me, and it takes him all of thirty seconds to gather up his cigarettes and lighter from the bar and slip his coat on. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Unexpectedly, Julian shuddered and turned up the collar of his coat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Reporters tantalized their readers with stories about the “plutocratic Osage” and the “red millionaires,” with their brick-and-terra-cotta mansions and chandeliers, with their diamond rings and fur coats and chauffeured cars. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A rosy-cheeked and diminutive instructor of technical sciences named Dr. Hauptmann peels off his brass-buttoned coat and hangs it over the back of a chair. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Every year, the children watched to see that coat emerge—big and shaggy and always different, sewed with new furs, patched with discarded calicos, even velvets. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Neumann Two removes a small tin from his coat, dumps three round pills on the table, and gulps them down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He lifted a gunnysack curtain, rubbed a peephole in the thick coating of dirt, and peered through. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a true cavalier, with his fine embroidered coat, his commanding air, and the wealth of dark curb that flowed over his velvet collar. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Marcus, you are going to faint if you don’t take off your coat.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She had wrapped herself up in an old quilt instead of a winter coat. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My coat and the front of my pajamas are instantly wet. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

My sister’s boyfriend showed up in his Buick, and he was wearing a white “tails” coat over a black suit, which looked wrong for some reason. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sky went that low, November grey; the puddles grew coats of ice overnight, and one morning when I woke up the fields were white with snow. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A baker, his hands coated with flour, throws his extra loaves. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone looked to the man in the long black coat. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe nods a thank you and shoves the sack back into his coat pocket. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph and Frankie put on their coats as quickly as they could and almost ran towards the door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I looked in the coat closet and the bathroom. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I helped him to a bedroom upstairs; while he took off his coat and vest I told him that all arrangements had been deferred until he came. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I would have to buy her her first pair of snow boots, her first winter coat. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t have a decent dress or a proper coat. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Julie scurried to the coat closet, and came back with a folding cart. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

On the way to la marketa we had passed two men dressed in long black coats, their faces bearded. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

His coat was white and his mittens were white, and he did not carry a gun on his back, but in his hands he had shining sharp tools with which he carved the pictures. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scurried back to the car clutching her coat and skirt tight around her legs, and Etienne was in the backseat laughing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She threw his coat at him and pushed the bags away. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We wear our coats to bed, huddling together beneath the blanket while the wind moans, drinking hot water for breakfast because there is no tea. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She half-believed she had a free dress, though, when here came a card to Mama saying Grandpa was buying her a black grosgrain coat. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His antlers are threaded with a few thin cobwebs, and his coat is a white so bright that it seems silver in the afternoon light. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Neeley blackened his face with soot, wore his cap backwards and his coat inside out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking what he was, dressed in that brown-and-white coat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mitraillette, who gave me her pullover, must have been freezing with only that frilly blouse under her coat. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Everyone had gotten so warm from the dancing and the body heat that they’d taken off their coats. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She was very worried about the rice, and also about her beautiful coat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

For Sam he brought a coat of gilded mail, and his elven-cloak all healed of the soils and hurts that it had suffered; and then he laid before them two swords. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Candy stuck in clumps in his coat pocket along with a tin of Frieda’s Egyptian Hair Pomade. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

From one angle, he might look like lichen or moss; but from another, he was as stunning as a phoenix, his coat sliding from gold to silver to fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The halls are filled with seventh graders wearing white coats, army fatigues, dashikis, and a kimono. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I coat my lips in some grease from the rabbit and try to keep from panting, but it's no use. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The first verse about the hunters coming and the horns blowing and the scarlet coats went really fast. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

No more warm coat, no rough, comforting, cleansing tongue. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

His hands went quickly into his side coat pockets. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped sweat from his forehead on his coat sleeve, slipped off the narrow black tie that hung open around his collar and put it in his pocket. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bronwyn hid Miss Peregrine inside her coat while Emma leapt off the wagon and did her best impression of a pathetic orphan. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He still trusted her with his biggest weakness—the piece of magical firewood she carried in her coat pocket, next to her heart. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I ripped up the front steps, raised a fist and rapped on the door, shining under a fresh coat of ruby red paint. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Inside was a man wearing a fancy blue velvet coat and a top hat. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

She tucks the panda back inside, sitting up to zip the coat back up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Dozens and dozens of strangers stopped to stare at him and to admire his silky white coat, his curly tail, his kind and radiant expression. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He jostled off his coat and turned to me with a watery, intense gaze. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Saltines,” mumbled Kojo, blowing away a thick coating of dust to inspect an open canister. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He handed me my coat and I awkwardly fought to get into it without ripping the seams around the shoulders. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the hood of my coat up over my head, and it’s thick enough to keep the rainwater away from my hair. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A woman in a fur coat yelled at me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The revolver in my coat pocket slapped against my thigh with each step; I reached inside and held it, afraid of accidentally shooting myself in the leg. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then Louisiana’s grandmother put a handful of crackers in the pocket of her fur coat. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Her coat buttons are strained and at least two other skirts peek out from beneath the one she’s wearing on top. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a coating of white frost over everything. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ran by my locker, grabbed my coat, and headed outside. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The blade sliding through his unbuttoned black coat easily, hitting his heart as though it had always been its intended target, the silver handle jutting out just beneath his crimson scarf. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

So we just stayed like that for a while, until it was clear I’d let the moment go, and she got up to get her coat. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Papa Legba,” I say, and pull the coat’s hood up over my head. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Crane wanted a fresh coat of paint on the trim of the house, which sat proudly on the edge of the school grounds. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My thoughts continued to swirl when I noticed two men walk by with trench coats draped over their arms. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He coughed and looked for somewhere to spit, for the odor was in his mouth, coating his teeth and tongue. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever he emerged from the edge of the trees in his long coat and hat, a trail of smoke rising from his lips, it was as if the forest itself had taken legs and walked. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The walls and floors were coated with filth and graffiti. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want him to say what he’d said to her twice in the past: “You like your coat more than you like me!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But whenever she would bring things back from the cleaner’s, her good blouses, winter coats, she’d save up the safety pins and make them into a chain. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I saw the droplets of blood in the snow coming from beneath her bulky coat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They say she bawled bloody murder and refused to come into the house, so Uncle Herm finally had to drag his whole family away before they even had a chance to take their coats off. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I waited until he had made it another three meters, close enough for me to get a clear shot at him, before I leveled the revolver hidden in my coat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My mom grimaced and pulled the collar of her coat up around her face. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Captain Eaton, in his good blue coat, was shouting orders from the quarterdeck. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Dad and Ji-yong finally finished the second coat of dye on the trunks. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched, the pelt shifted and changed into a coat—a full-length golden-brown duster. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

When she ran her hand along the wall it came back coated in cool white dust. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She wore a white coat open over a green shirt and those blue canvas trousers so many people wore in this world. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garnett no longer looked well; his coat was buttoned at the throat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had meant for her to put on her coat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He put it into his pocket and buttoned his coat. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, glancing at the gold swan insignia on her coat pocket. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When they hit the snow that had already fallen, they froze into a thin crust and coated everything in sight. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

One of the policemen came and searched my pockets, then tried to take off my coat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Palmer could not remember seeing the coat before. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Abby’s mom walked out as I dabbed a second coat onto a star that really didn’t need it to begin with. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Pocock had spent his days at Travers Island carefully sanding down the shell’s hull and then applying coat after coat of marine varnish, buffing each coat until the shell glistened. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The cap’n hung his coat on a pole with hooks on it. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

A black-and-white photo of a submarine in an icy port hung by my coat. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And as I lean forward in the cramped seat to push my arms through the sleeves, he hovers behind me, chatting with April and holding the coat open for me, in line with my shoulders. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

King Ogunwe drew his coat around him and rested his hand on his cheetah dæmon’s head. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My mother sold her rabbit fur coat to the wife of a Spanish radio station disc jockey. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore the perfectly cut frock coat and vest of all Kerch merchants—dark, refined, deliberately staid. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A striped coat—a long tail—a great head, stooping to drink. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I use a paintbrush to spread the powder, a trick Maman taught me, to coat it evenly. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She pointed toward it and I went behind it, pulling off my coat and then my layers of shirts. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles and reaches into her coat pocket. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

White dust coated his face, and he looked like the surface of the moon. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He slipped the knife into its sheath in the inside pocket of his long coat, and he stepped out into the street. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A necklace, its square blue sapphires girdled by glittering diamonds coated in dust, except where a few fingerprints allowed the light to strike through. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The coffee table was stacked with magazines, and a little kid’s winter coat was spread on the floor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They beat their hands against their hips or hugged them under coats, and many men had scarves under their hats and covering their ears. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There she carefully slipped it onto a wire hanger and hung it under Papá’s black-and-white coat. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I’m still wearing my coat even though everyone has taken theirs off and it’s as hot as Haiti in here. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Now it’s been “regentrified,” which means it got a new coat of paint and someone decided to pay attention to it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A man strode by in a pristine white coat and high fur cap, like a hero from a Slavic fairy tale. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He did not notice that the walls of his house were eager for a coat of paint, that the furniture was falling apart, and that the kitchen had turned into a pigsty. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sleeves of his coat hung down to the ground. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The revelers promenaded in pairs, women in bustled ball gowns in bright candy colors, men in frock coats with waxed mustaches. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Shagga's coat could have used a good brushing too, but it would have been less than tactful to mention it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But soon the duck coat rode up and Jerome’s urgency was pressing itself upon me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Last summer my mom and I spruced up the old cupboards with a coat of high-gloss white and threw down some chunky black and white checked linoleum. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He wore a long black coat, made of some silky material, and he appeared barely out of his teens: a spattering of acne glistened on one cheek. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The big horse pulling the wagon was half-shaggy with a winter coat that hadn’t entirely grown in yet. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Anya made it one street with her arms curled into her chest before she desperately regretted fleeing without her coat. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Passengers spilled out, carrying their folded newspapers and canvas weekend bags and brightly colored coats. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Unafraid of the girls, One Horn stepped out onto the path and stood alert in the early light, basking a little, warming his coat. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The coats of mail, the helmets, the lances, pikes, bows and arrows were being put in order, and the great two-handed sword hung on the wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The snow coated everything—houses, yards, treetops, churches, cars. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“No worries,” he says, pulling the coat to help me get my arm out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When it faded I got up and put on my coat. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silent Crow helped Angela with her coat and nodded approval of her blue velvet dress with white collar and cuffs. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe she yanked my new coat,” Vega said, examining it for damage. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Coraline put on her coat and pulled up her hood and went out of the house. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The sun was low behind the buildings, but it was still warm, making my heavy coat a strange choice. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I watched him cleaning his master’s woolen coat; he was wrapping wet scraps of brown paper about hot coals, and, with a tongs, dousing grease spots with the steaming paper. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He kept one hand on the cloth and with the other dribbled more of the liquid between his fingers into its folds, delighting in the sensation of frost where the chloroform coated his fingers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I quickly changed, threw on my coat, and followed Javi outside. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Good for adding an extra coat, but it will dirty you if you lean against it, if you get too comfortable. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I unbuttoned my coat, enduring the freezing temperature in order to allow the bloodstains on my shirt to be visible. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His words were coated with such unyielding hopefulness that it visibly inflated everyone around him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Sugar coated Cate’s words, almost as sweet as the vanilla air freshener twirling around in front of us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

With my other hand, I tried to wriggle the papers from his coat pocket. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He got his coat and put it on. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She wore a bitless bridle made of leather nearly as black as her coat, but no saddle. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was wearing her fur coat, and she sat beside Louisiana’s bed and held her hand and cried without making any noise at all. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

"Throw your coat on the divan," Brother Jack said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boy, about his age, wrapped in an outsized wool coat with the sleeves turned back. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

This one was bigger than the first, with a thick brown and black coat and creepy blue eyes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I sat in the stern with my coat on and the collar turned up and watched Catherine row. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I loved the garden. And it died because it’s so cold. It’s August, and I’m wearing my winter coat and gloves and my garden froze to death. And I hate corpses! I hate them!” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I was proud of my new coat, and I remember sitting on a duffel bag trying to be friendly with the Greyhound driver. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women wore thick fur coats and expensive jewelry. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At our head marched our fine grenadiers in their brave red coats, their bearskin shakoes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

My mother moved the winter coats up to the attic. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the cold January of 1880, Charles’s children, concerned that he never dressed warmly enough, gave him a fur coat. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when Wang Lung stammered and blustered, not understanding, “Well—and what—well and what—” his uncle opened his coat and showed him what was against its lining. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

There must have been something desperate or pitiable in my voice, for he slung his coat back over the partition. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Great!” he grumbled while struggling out of his coat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He literally flung himself around in his seat, yanked the operating handle of the door, and a girl in a beaver coat climbed into the bus. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He wore an ancient flat straw hat, blue jeans, both coat and trousers, and heavy shoes of which one sole was loose so that it slapped the ground when he walked. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long coat, vanilla colored with dark brown cuffs and collar, is folded neatly beside him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “You used to wear a sort of a coat, it was orange, and whenever I saw that particular color orange, I’d think of you. I don’t suppose you still have the coat.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A tall man in a huge white hat and a white buckskin coat heavily trimmed in silver stood a full head above the men around him: Buffalo Bill. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Before his upraised hand the foul Messenger recoiled, and Gandalf coming seized and took from him the tokens: coat, cloak, and sword. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She refuses to remove her coat despite the warmth of the theater, giving only an adamant shake of her head when he asks her why. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The kitchen cabinets, slathered in a bold coat of Pepto-Bismol pink, were a real problem. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Me and Calista peeled off our coats and shook all the slushy snow out of our umbrellas and got to work being sad. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She sewed silk-lined hunting coats, each with eleven pockets. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

From the pocket of his coat his hand brought a small automatic into sight for a moment. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo shrugs into his thick black coat, picks up his SS hat. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

His wedding coat, maybe, so old it was. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It started because she passed so close to some workmen that our fender flicked a button on one man's coat. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He shouldered his coat off and let it fall in a heap on the rug. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Both smiled with their mouths closed, squinting into the wind, Mrs. Sen’s red sari leaping like flames under her coat. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Duchess's once beautiful coat now hung in ragged patches. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She did not want her coat to get wrinkled! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She put on her coat and pink hat, grabbed a life vest from the corner and tied it on. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I heard the sound of a coat tearing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It be like hiding sometimes, wrapped in puffy coat, too-loose dress, nothing clinging or low cut. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Then I curled the two ends outward, so when the coat hanger was around my head, the ends angled away from my face and formed hooks to hold the rubber band in place. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The guards were covered with rain ponchos and wore coats and boots. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

She imagines him extending his thick neck to look into the house, the coat on the rack, the crumbs of bread on the kitchen table. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But when she spoke, all she said was, “Ophelia, would you be a dear and go and get my coat?” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Brightly colored knee socks with white borders, a brown velvet coat trimmed in white rabbit fur, and a matching muff. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sooty film is gathering on the sills, coating the windowpanes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We step through a tiled foyer, past a coat check with uniformed clerks, and descend a few steps into a marble-floored dance hall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He pulled a pen from his coat pocket and handed it to me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

On the opposite side of the alley there was a dingy little pub whose windows appeared to be frosted over but in reality were merely coated with dust. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She takes her coat off the back of the chair, puts her arms in the sleeves, and starts to button up. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Red-faced, like all the Lees, white-bearded, dressed in an old gray coat and a gray felt hat, without insignia, so that he is mistaken sometimes for an elderly major of dignity. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Joseph could see his shoes and the bottom edge of his long fur coat. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He planned to coat the chute with axle grease. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She spread coats and rags on the floor of the little back room and we slept there with the bicycle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His coat smelled just like Scipio’s - a mixture of fresh-cut grass and warm bread. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It also explained why even now, out of habit, Frank kept checking his coat pocket, and why he was so nervous around fire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His coat markings were identical, but not as vibrant. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Victims of euthanasia were brought to the extermination centers in buses with screened windows, often accompanied by SS officers in white coats. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Grabbing my coat from the front closet, I quietly open the front door and slip outside. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

His hair is mussed, his necktie is loose, and he’s already shrugging out of his sport coat. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins sighed with pleasure, however, when she saw three of herself, each wearing a blue coat with silver buttons and a blue hat to match. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

In his coat pocket is the forty-five he pawned his rifle for. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he hauls out a frying pan from under his coat, and a handful of salt as well as a lump of fat from his pocket. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinks twice and finishes buttoning her coat. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Many of the people running the bulldozers and shovel contraptions were stripped of their shirts, while others standing nearby even wore ties and coats. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. Antolini felt his pulse and all, and then he took off his coat and put it over James Castle and carried him all the way over to the infirmary. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It swing Biddy around and pop the buttons on that raggedy tan coat and it fly open. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was still wearing the shoes he wore to work, hadn’t yet changed to his flip-flops, taken off his watch, hadn’t even shed his coat yet. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She kept her coat on, but took off the scarf and tucked it into her left pocket. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light and warmth intensified until my winter coat felt like it was melting off of me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

We passed a file of inmates, all dressed in baggy pants, ragged coats, and caps, gray faces in dim light; one had one of the most crooked noses I’d ever seen. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Everybody had been going around with their coats over their arms; people in the streets smiled at each other. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I have your coat?” she asked plaintively, stroking it like it was a cat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They had the hoods of their coats up but the coats were getting wet and heavy from the rain. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Ambrose pulls a key from a pocket inside his heavy coat and leads Ma over to the guardhouse that’s closest to our bench. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I ruffled his coat and thumped his sides the way he liked, even though I knew I would stink like a wet dog for the rest of the day. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She caught hold of his coat and he felt her body trembling. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was coated in ice, too, that fractured and crackled as I moved. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The terrier shook his coat, spraying the cat again; furious, the cat stalked off. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dirt of the tangerine grove that we burned, and buried, and plowed under, and coated with sand, and landscaped over. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chief crossed the street with his coat collar up, the bats under his left arm, and his concentration on the street. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

On the couch, The coat President Lincoln was wearing the night he was assassinated. the distraught Mary Lincoln is being comforted by Clara Harris. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Madam reached out and grabbed at the coat of an officer striding toward the Battery fort. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Better get your coat on,” he said when I hung up the phone, even though my mom couldn’t possibly get to Annemarie’s apartment that fast. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Someone who saw it said that he had pulled up his coat collar and was leaning into the bitterly cold wind and never saw the truck coming. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the skeleton’s bottles, which were coated with white dust. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

My hands fumbled at the zipper of my coat. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Your dad’s the guy with the goatee in the turtleneck and sport coat?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Lennie dipped his whole head under, hat and all, and then he sat up on the bank and his hat dripped down on his blue coat and ran down his back. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam has her coat ready to go to the post office but she won’t leave the chair by the fire in Italy till she has the telegram in her hand. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He’d learned to move normally within the Death Mist, more or less, but the magical shroud still made him feel like he was wrapped in a coat of helium. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then he accosted a young man in a trench coat who was wearing a lady’s hat, but the young man had slapped him across the face and dashed away. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed over the coat and agreed to wait. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

While Beau ran around in the shadows of the trees, sniffing and going to the bathroom, I fished the pills out of my coat pocket. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The Captain tugged in his coat front, produced a sheaf of papers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald sighed, wiped his eyes on his coat sleeve, took the offered hand, and got in the car. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I apply a second coat of lipstick and slip the dress on over my head. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The old thick walls sucked in coat after coat of whitewash made with lime in salt water, which, as it dried, seemed to have a luminosity of its own. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Construction began July 9; workers began applying the final coat of staff in October. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Nervousness bubbled up in my stomach, and I buried my hands in my coat pockets and stuffed that worry back down. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He brushed his derby with his coat sleeve before he hung it up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father buttoned up his coat against the chill. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coat looked shabby, an imitation of romance. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

First of all, Emma wanted to say, I dressed up as a scientist in a lab coat for Halloween in kindergarten, when the other girls were wearing princess crowns. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They thronged into the circle of light, just inches from Emma and the old lady—and from Finn hiding behind the old lady’s coat. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was expecting him to tell me to fetch my hat and coat and leave the building for ever. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The building was old; I could tell from the color and from the windows, coated with the dust of so many harmattans that they would never shine again. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Another wave hits the wall and the spray coats her body. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Did you hurt your arm?” asked Andrius, watching me clutch my coat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Standing there with her coat open, she was superimposed as a double exposure on the picture of the middle- aged woman just out of the bathtub, holding open her bathrobe for Charlie to see. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was black and long, almost down to his ankles, like the old cowboy coats you see in the movies sometimes. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The young dog disappeared into the undergrowth and reappeared presently, his smooth coat dripping water, to lie down a little away apart from the others. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recognize Elsie’s brown curls and white researcher coat in the group and take the spot next to her. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Do you think you could help me organize a coat drive here at Beecher Prep?” he asked. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Back in the kitchen she sets out some olives and some goat cheese coated with ash. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers were slimy, coated in a pale ooze that was either melted skin or pus. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I kept my gaze straight ahead, clutched my coat, and moved as fast as I could, ignoring the occasional taunts or eye rolls. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

An older man wearing a white chef’s coat and a black-and-white bandanna on his head stood in front of it, peering inside as the huge beater spun around to mix the batter. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Cara reached into her coat, pulled out a copy, and carried it down to Mr. Larson, who was surrounded by reporters. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Next to that is the coat room, which contains a barely functioning microwave oven and a refrigerator that won’t stay closed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Lev, we have to get out of here," I plead, clutching his coat. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Hong Kong ladies,” she said, eyeing two finely dressed women in long, dark mink coats and perfect black hairdos. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jim and I, putting coats on over our pajamas, followed her out into the yard. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He clutched the coat around him like a blanket. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

As a child, when I looked at it, sometimes I imagined a tall doctor in a white coat banging on a sheet of metal with a hammer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I took my hat and coat and left. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

We drape the coats over our heads and push the pram through the streets. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And before Milo could reply he rushed into the house and reappeared a moment later with a new coat and an umbrella. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped his lockpicks from the lining of his coat and cradled the padlock gently, almost lovingly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I dreamed of being a doctor in a white coat, with a stethoscope dangling from my neck, saving lives one after another. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the woman from last week with the same fuzzy hat, but this time she’s wearing a brown coat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then the two of them finished their drinks, taking their time, and gathered their coats before going out to deal with their abject prisoner. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They chose tables and threw their coats over the backs of chairs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She liked these shoes a lot, but she didn’t absolutely love them the way she did her coat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“All right. All right. I stop brag now. Make sure put on coat, very cold today.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Momma put the second pair on my coat kindergarten-style and warned me, “This is the last one, Kenny, after this you won’t have anything for the rest of the year so be very careful.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crossed over and took the lapel of Ginnie’s polo coat between his fingers. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

That had been accomplished by the sight of iMilkman’s arms around the shoulders of a girl whose silky copper-colored hair cascaded over the sleeve of his coat. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing her blue coat with the silver buttons and the blue hat to match, and on the days when she wore these it Was the easiest thing in the world to offend her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Now his coat was properly buttoned and his breeches tucked into his boots. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That one! Over there on the left! The little girl in the silver mink coat!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then I took my hunting hat out of my coat pocket and gave it to her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

At the end of the row is a person-sized ant in a trench coat. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes only a few drops made it past his dried lips, but gradually moisture coated his throat and finally allowed him to swallow. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She sat on the coffee table in her coat, pulled her backpack onto her lap, unzipped the smallest front pocket, and pulled out a handful of tom paper. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I staggered and tripped my way over the uneven ground, took out Izio’s shoes from beneath the coat and threw them in two directions. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She coated the kitchen table with flour and, using a bleached broomstick, rolled out paper-thin sheets of dough. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I mean she walks through the door, drops her bags and coat on the chair by the door without stopping on her way straight into the kitchen to start cooking. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Grandma, looking very young and beautiful and wearing a fur coat, was standing beside him. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still looked fabulous as ever, in a long fuchsia trench coat and wedge peep-toe booties. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ruby was on the cover wearing a white chef’s coat and hat, with her blond hair in her signature side braid. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He knew that wherever the name came from, it had something to do with his wife and was, like the emotion he always felt when thinking of her, coated with disgust. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was called the Red Witch because she was coated with the blood of her victims. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

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

Eleanor put on her coat and her new hat and followed her brothers and sisters into the back of the Isuzu. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mom looked real again, with her long strawberry-blond hair clipped back and her hands coated with dirt. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We walk to the sliding glass doors, and my mom takes off Charlie’s coat and then her own. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She did the same to him, reaching up under his coat and his shirt, to feel the muscled firmness of his lower back. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He led her past the dead man in the brown coat—and honestly, thought Bod, if he hadn’t got scared and fallen the man would have been disappointed in his hunt for treasure. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In comes a doctor in light-green scrubs and a white coat. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At 3:30 officials from the International Olympic Committee, draped in gold cords and wearing tall silk top hats and coats with long tails, walked out onto the Maifeld and formed a double cordon. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The troll squeezed tighter, somehow securing a grip on the helmet’s anti-friction coating, which, according to Foaly, was impossible to grip. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

On the cover was a black-and-white photograph of a woman wearing an aviator hat and a long leather coat. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Even after I slid my coat off the top of the basket, the baby sat calmly, peering up at us with her vigilant green eyes, rimmed in yellow. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He was highly colored now, and Harry wondered why he did not take off the ridiculously large coat, unless it was because he did not want to reveal the smock beneath it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They sneak out quietly, and Henry touches Alex’s shoulder at the gate near where his SUV waits, presses his palm into the wool of his coat and the knot of muscle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Annabelle was wearing her big puffy coat and braids and a baseball cap, and Will tugged one braid playfully and said “Pippi.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He was again buttoning up his coat, preparing to leave, but first he turned to Revere. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s an army man, with some kind of big coat on. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He owned just the one suit, and one beautiful blue tie, and he liked them as much as she liked her purple coat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the dining room, applying a second coat to the wall, was Marco, originally from El Salvador. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She was holding her coat lapels closed, too embarrassed to let her hostess hang it up lest , she see the lining. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had on her beaver coat, she was smoking a cigarette, and she seemed to be looking in the direction of our game. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Gosh, it’s hot in here,” he said, shouldering off his wet coat and throwing it over the back of a chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

How her dad kept that coat so dean is still a mystery to me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Or when we peered behind the coats still hanging there. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I wake one November morning coated in a fine cold dust. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A thick coating of the warm flakes covered their heads and shoulders. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Regina, ever irrepressible and somehow aware of the adverse weather, shipped a pair of galoshes to her son and admonished herself for not insisting that he take his leather coat when he left the States. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tillie stared, then slowly picked up her hat, coat, and the money; she stood a moment, wiped sweat from her forehead with her hand, then spat, this time on the floor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We started out for the pond, with him wearing my father’s coat and carrying David’s fishing pole. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had long ago recognised the necessity, and begun to take off my coat, but he stopped me with a warning hand. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I nodded and hurried to put on my coat. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

As we rode off, bundled in coats and lap robes, Miss Effie Belle Tate came out on her porch. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When we settle in a corner table in the coffee shop across the street, Angie searches inside her purse and puts on another coat of pale lipstick, using her phone as a mirror. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Yet their coats were sleek, their tails were clean, and they had remarkably few flies on them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I wish I had a coat to hide behind now. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

His blood pressure was surging, and inside his car coat his body began to drip with sweat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She unzipped her coat, placed her hands on her hips, and stood with her chin thrust upward, superhero-style. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The 2nd juror rises, goes to the coat hooks and takes a package of cough drops from his jacket pocket. 12TH juror: I’m sorry. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Merchandise—coats, shirts, neckties, shoes, hardware—lay strewn along the streets where it had fallen out of the arms of looters already loaded down with more than they could carry. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He dressed Garfield's body in the same black coat, vest, and trousers he had worn for his March inauguration. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“How can you stand it?” she fumed to a redheaded sailor who was taking advantage of the windless hours to give the carved dolphin at the prow a fresh coat of paint. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And a little red-velvet coat and cap and muff for winter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I leave my mother to her pancake flipping, slip on my boots and coat, and head out the front door. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

They had taken my pistol at the road and I put the holster under my coat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I limped slowly back toward the apartment, coat pulled tight around my neck, trying to smooth away the fear from my face before I had to see Helena. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Dr. Relf showed her to the front door, helped her on with a warm fur coat, and saw her out. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There we stood on the train platform amidst the chaos, me in my flowered nightgown and my brother in a baby blue summer coat that nearly touched the ground. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It dropped to the floor, and she picked it up and hung it on the peg beside his coat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lourdes looks up through the steel lattice of the bridge coated black with exhaust. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coat fit across her in a great mound, and flapped when she moved. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I brush past her and collect my coat from the closet. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of his eye, Reed saw Marmalade wrench the clapper off the wall, tuck it into her coat, and dash for the door. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

Bailey asks, melting flakes of snow sticking to his coat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On the balcony Goebbels, dressed in a light-colored trench coat and a fedora, applauded theatrically, almost clownishly, as each German boat crossed the line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But when they saw neither placards nor speakers, they ventured outside into the cold: white- coated surgeons, dark-jacketed business and personnel clerks, and three nurses in starched jumpers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their lips and faces are still numb from the cold, and at first they still keep their coats on. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see your tickets!” he said, and he was reaching for the stack in Horace’s hand when he noticed Bronwyn stuffing something into her coat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I recalled him as a grizzled old man whose low mariner’s cap and dark coat were perpetually stained with blood and grease. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I learned to handle both and pressed until sweat coated my forehead, neck, and arms. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A blue, woolen coat with oversized brass buttons and gold-tasseled shoulders, plus an equally ridiculous hat. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Like a crow, Ada liked shiny things, and with them she had transformed her dull, ragged coat into a sparkling work of art. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Each team is given a backpack, a flashlight, a coat hanger, and a crowbar. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They followed me through the laundry room that was also a mudroom for all our coats and boots, and then into the family room, where they returned to their still-warm spots on our couch. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He drew back the folds of his coat, exposing the revolvers holstered at his thighs: one ivory grip, one black. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Despite regular spongings with benzene at the hands of our maid SanJuanna, the coat always kept its musty smell and strange color, which was neither black nor green. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Penelope instructed the children to bundle up in coats and scarves. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

No one noticed the scrawny man in a shabby coat lurking in the doorway shadows. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

"You did know her, though? Dark hair? Petite? She might have worn a bright blue coat?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My arms glided down the sleeves that stopped just over my wrists, like a coat sleeve should. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

But what earthly luck could have produced this black coat, made it stop — could have made it talk Shanghainese, no less, could have turned it right before his eyes into a sister, his sister? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached into my coat pocket and ran my fingers over the pink index card, the one with my dad’s credit card information. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She wore a black coat, her head and face hidden by a flowered shawl. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Take off your coat, honey. It’s warm in here.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Then, as she yanks off her coat to cover a wailing child, I notice the duck tail formed by her untucked shirt. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Striking a blow for liberty, a Patriot knocks down the royal coat of arms from a building in Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind of day on which we draped our coats over our heads, left our galoshes in school, and came down with croup the following day. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me help you take off your coat.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Alexander asked what he had, Yummy flashed a little bottle of bow-wow wine, secreted away in his coat pocket. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a ladder made of iron whose slick rungs were coated with ice that gleamed like neon in the circling blades of yellow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see the red dust that coated sassafras bushes and wild flowers by the roadside. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The sweetness of the chocolate milk had coated George’s tongue, covering the words sitting on its tip. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

They chatted quietly about the schools in the suburbs, how coats were marked down Columbus Day, whether the United States was doing the right thing in Korea. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I finished buttoning my coat and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The colonel tugged at his coat as he sat down. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the white coat bent down and looked closely into Winston’s eyes, felt his pulse, laid an ear against his chest, tapped here and there; then he nodded to O’Brien. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He turns him around and holds him by the front of his coat. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He has on a long black coat with a high, jagged collar, the whole thing stitched with a pattern of constellations. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I thought there was a touch of the stage villain here—the gaunt figure, the black coat, the lurid lips. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

On his coat the snowflakes melted and turned into nothing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I have my coat and a bottle of aspirin. Maybe he’ll give me something for that.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He reaches out and straightens the lapel of my coat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My face stung from the driven sleet, and my eyelashes were coated with ice crystals. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Biff straightened his coat and smoothed back his hair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

So Laura put on her coat and Ma buttoned it up. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In places the staff coating already had begun to crack and chip. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Neumann Two wakes and urinates out the door and takes the pillbox from his coat and swallows two or three more tablets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She rubbed herself dry hastily and hurried back to the sitting room, where her coat still lay untouched, of course. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Tommie fingered the edge of her coat and gave Naomi a sympathetic look. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

By stroking it, he had found out how smooth and soft its coat was. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“More to the point,” said the tallest of the group—the one with the most expensive frock coat, the most expensive top hat, and the most expensive shiny shoes—“one less colored on Malaga Island.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Billy was carrying his little coat as though it were a lady’s muff. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tongue felt like it was coated in peanut butter. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And next to Louisiana was Louisiana’s grandmother, who was wearing a fur coat even though it was summertime. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I hold my coat closed tight against the cold and think that this is what the ghetto will sound like someday. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She had on this black coat and sort of a black beret. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Inside the coat is my name, embroidered by a volunteer at the Children’s Aid Society: Niamh Power. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

By this time it’s autumn, and we have long coats which flap against the backs of our legs, coats with baggy, outsized patch pockets, good for pinching. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Inside was a frilly white shirt, a pair of breeches, and a long wool coat with epaulets. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were all kinds of dresses in it, and lacy ladies’ coats, and hats that looked like they must have been the purple rage at the turn of the tenth century. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t ask any more questions—instead, right before Kasim pushes the button to start the car, I pull on the sleeve of his coat, lean over, and kiss him on the cheek. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The brass buttons on Sergeant Maples’s coat, the insignia on his collar, and the badges on his chest all caught the meager courtroom light and held it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And from around the wagon stepped a large beetlelike insect dressed in a lavish coat, striped pants, checked vest, spats, and a derby hat. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pages fit neatly into his coat pocket, and he let them sit there, feeling them, composing himself a little. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

During this time I help tend to Gale, apply snow coat to my cheek, try to remember everything I can about the uprising in District 8, in case it will help us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

With their coats spread against a cushion of moss they’d stayed as long as they could after dusk and on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her lashes were coated with mascara, and her eyebrows were thick but plucked to form a steep “I see…” arch. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She drew away, wrapping her coat quickly around her to protect what lay within. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the dark coat had given up on rattling the main gates and was now examining the smaller side gate. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Another man wearing a coat and pajamas like my father lay dead in the middle of the street, a pool of darkness spreading beneath him, glinting in the streetlights. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Grace and Pete arrive, shaking the rain from their coats in the doorway. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'll have to get myself a better coat, he thought as he fumbled for the right lock pick. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reached into my coat pocket for a tissue to wipe. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he pulls out a knife from his coat and slashes the sail—a gash a full foot wide. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I am transfixed by that lemon yellow coat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We wore so many clothes that when we pulled our final coat on we could barely bend our arms. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings she sat at her dining table and coated her nails with clear nail polish, and ate salad straight from the salad bowl, and watched television, and waited for Sunday. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She let the coat fall onto both of our heads, then put her arm tight around my shoulders. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They settled under a tree and piled the blankets and coats on the ground and he wrapped the boy in one of the blankets and set to raking up the dead needles in a pile. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Bowing his head, he withdrew, the slick shine of his oilcloth coat disappearing down the tunnel until he was swallowed by the shadows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I’m feverish again, coated in sweat and what I’m doing, struggling to believe it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

My nails shimmer with a clear coat of polish and a small white line drawn at each nail tip. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then he took off his coat and laid it over the back of a chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I propose we enjoy our carriage ride in the country. It would hardly be proper to remove my coat, but if I can beg my lady’s indulgence, I will unfasten a button or two.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Won’t you sit down, Moddom?” enquired a voice, and they turned to find a tall man in a black coat coming out of the wood with a table-napkin over his arm. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The second man was huge, of a light coffee color, imposing in a frock coat and white tie. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We make our way down the street, our passage kicking up dust that coats my skin and clogs my nostrils. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

After Habib finished, Fadi knew his father would grab his wallet, the car keys, and a warm coat like he usually did. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I still had only my thin wool coat with the buttons missing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Right above our heads, two tall men in thick coats and knit caps hold the pole, talking about the Knicks. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He wore a thick checked wool coat with a white apron tied over it, a long scarf, and a leather top hat. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Hookers in wigs, short skirts, and fur coats are pacing under the overpass. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then what was this little brat doing with a greyhound in your grove? A greyhound with a white coat and a copper blaze on its nose? Is that not your holy dog?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

There didn’t seem to be any heat inside, so the kids were still wearing their coats. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The boss lady came out and tossed Tillie her hat, coat, and money. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like my skin is coated with crushed glass, ready to shred me to smithereens if I dare close my eyes and drop my guard. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then Captain Reed came striding down the deck in a long walking coat with his hat pulled low over his face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I loved the scratching sound of the match against the sandpapery brown strip when I struck it, and the way the flame leaped out of the red- coated tip with a pop and a hiss. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The picture switched to a man in a trench coat, holding a microphone and standing in front of what appeared to be a gas station. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, green golf slacks extended from the hem of his white coat and a pair of tinted aviator-style glasses gripped his hairless head. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Seven took the vials out of her coat pocket as Valley pulled out five blow darts and began filling them with the dangerous purple poison. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

We paint a white base coat in silence, and when it’s almost dry, something cool splats against my cheek. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He then opened a small door in the stairway and pulled me by the sleeve of my coat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

As she pushed George aside she pulled something out of her coat. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now, he was coated top to bottom with ash and soot; his hair, his face—even his eyelashes were coated in a fine gray powder. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She returned to Clover, and I could hear him shifting and sighing as she worked on his dusty coat. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

We were walking in Portsmouth Square and already the fog had blown in and I was very cold in my thin coat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was triangular with a dark green coating. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Ophie’s momentary relief melted away, and she went to fetch their coats with a heavy heart. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

By eleven o’clock he was giving the cross its first coat, meticulously applying the paint with a small watercolor brush. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The demoness took the reins while he got down and threw his coat over the horse’s eyes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their horses were of great stature, strong and clean-limbed; their grey coats glistened, their long tails flowed in the wind, their manes were braided on their proud necks. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His heart sank as he saw two men dressed in the same long, dark leather coats and wide-brimmed hats. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

His body was stiff and straight, his head high in the air, his large muscles quivered and jerked under his glossy coat, but something went wrong. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lockton wore a cardinal red satin waistcoat, black satin coat and breeches, and shoes with silver buckles. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put on his coat and found stuffed in a pocket the pamphlets Jan had given him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He got the boy out of his wet coat and pulled the blankets over them, the rain pelting them through the plastic. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later he heads outside again, still in his coat and cap. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Millard, visible thanks to the coat and boots he wore, went to the boy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

When he dropped his coat over her shoulders she realized she was standing stark naked in the presence of a preacher. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

One photo, Laila remembered, showed a man in a long white coat handing a lollipop to a legless little boy. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The “rough” strain, which lacked this sugary coat, was more susceptible to immune attack. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

We put our coats back on and walked outside. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

At the same moment, the passenger-side door opens, and I recognize those boots and that long coat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Marin who was sent home with her coat and some aspirin. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had pulled his long, black coat around his thin body and huddled within it as if he hoped to escape the eyes of the villagers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes off her coat and takes it to the bedroom and you stand with the baby in your arms waiting to be told. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I snuffed out my tallow candle, jumped into my coat and moccasins, and plunged out into the snow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men had no uniforms, so they wore ordinary clothes: coats to ward off the early morning chill and large-brimmed hats. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head rests on the seat, and I curl slightly to my right, tucking myself into my coat. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

By fall dozens of seamstresses were working full-time transforming thousands of these old army clothes into capes, slacks and stylish coats. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father put on his coat to go out and buy more for his guests. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the way to the pasture, my good shoes become completely coated with mud. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually the window sills were completely done—two coats—and my mother had Nathan start on the wood railing of our front porch. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

His eyes are the large blue buttons on Mackenzie’s yellow fleece coat. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

After a queasy moment in which I imagined some twisted cannibal leaping from the shadows with knife in hand, I realized they were only coats rotted to rags and green with age. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Ishmael, with his shoulders hunched, his collar turned up, his pinned coat sleeve whipping in the wind, slogged through the snow to his office. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When a new letter finally arrives, he does not even take off his coat before ripping open the envelope. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Inej turned to run, but her path was blocked by a huge bruiser, his blue velvet coat stretched tight across his big shoulders. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Even though she was wearing the scrubs and white coat, Dr. Begbie didn’t look much older than I was. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He removes only Poppet’s white glove, placing it in his coat pocket, and returns the box to the tree. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The man in the frock coat was opening a newspaper. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a point of watching Ahmad and his father get into the car, Ahmad in his wool vest and winter coat, his schoolbag filled with books and pencils. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was clothed in a coat of velvet and diamond dust with long, fluttering tails in the shape of knife blades, and his boots were white spectral leather buckled with lys. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She fiddled with the edge of her coat’s sleeve. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

When they put on their coats to leave for work, Gold was still in his pajamas. he told them. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could get Sadie back....Anyway, she still had her coat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m the Waiter, you know!” explained the man in the black coat. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The two figures were 300 yards away and bundled in thick winter coats. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even more surprised when I took off my coat, stood on a blanket, untied my belt and sleeve strings, and let the kasha come spilling out. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Now, fattened up on mice and wearing a thicker coat of fur, he was content to play outdoors most days. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Before I put on my coat I cut the cloth stars off my sleeves and put them in the inside pocket with my money. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She hung his trench coat in her locker and leaned in to take a deep breath. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Although it was too short and the weather was typical St. Louis hot, the coat was a friend that I hugged to me in the strange and unfriendly place. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fur coat was buffeted by stiff headwinds. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Once he stood at the guardhouse door of a quarry, and some ladies dressed in warm heavy coats and boots came and sang Christmas songs. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the heart of winter, he needed to find water at the places where streams rushed quickly and didn’t freeze; many of the quiet pools he knew well would be coated with ice. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Henry, in coat and tie, waded out to where Francis stood, his trousers rolled to the knee, an old-fashioned banker in a surrealist painting. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A clear puddle of liquid formed, and O’Dell, also wearing a ball-cap shield, coat, and gloves, poured in more until there was an inch of liquid steaming in the bottom of the pot. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We’re going to wrap Edna into a human burrito using plastic bags, then plaster her with two coats of paper strips. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The floors of Rael’s and the Pilar Cafe became coated with mud. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No peregrines. Not even a coat of red paint can make it fun again.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The tips of her breasts touched his coat, burning in like acid and closing his throat. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The first day, just as he was taking off his coat, the phone rang. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He wore a long, black coat and as was his custom, his wide-brimmed hat pulled low. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The barman put on a coat and we went out. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Chief had hold of the sleeve of her beaver coat, but she got away from him. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She shifted her weight, put her hands in her coat pockets, and pouted, and I realized she was mimicking me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Both of them lived near the edge of the school district, where houses had neat lawns with trees in the backyard and a fresh coat of paint every other year. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed upon her through the coat until she spewed frothy brine onto the sand, and coughed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I open it, get my coat, close it. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The white coat followed my gaze to the cot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her sable coat was pushed back on her shoulders. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The red coat was almost black, and streaked with water. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of his matted, reddish coat, Roza decided to call him Rus. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Why do they assume that a kid in a black trench coat must be a psychotic murderer instead of a National Merit Scholar? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The policeman’s hand squeezed her shoulder, and his fingers dug through the thick cloth of her coat. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fish through my coat pocket's detritus for my keys, then pull them out. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He put the soap in the pocket of his coat and stood. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She opened it a crack to see Pastor Tom standing on the porch, his Bible pressed against the front of his coat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were coats, candy, and a few items that she had no idea what they were. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pulled it out of my coat pocket and put it on, pulling it over my ears. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was a collection of hard lines and tailored edges—sharp jaw, lean build, wool coat snug across his shoulders. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I got home from school Father was still out at work, so I unlocked the front door and went inside and took my coat off. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The pines quivered around them, and the moss softening the stones in the piles was so green that Lizzie wondered whether even the frock coats want to kneel down and smell it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The Vanderbeeker kids were bundled up in their heaviest winter coats, weighed down with scarves, hats, earmuffs, and multiple pairs of socks. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She could sit anywhere she wants: by the carousel, in the empty food court, on the bleachers coated in sawdust. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Like a new Boy Scout, transported with enthusiasm, he would have stuck the cross on his escutcheon, on his coat, on his helm, on his saddle, and on the horse’s curb. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger pretended to be preoccupied with pulling a loose thread from his coat sleeve. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In my room, I don’t even bother taking off my coat and scarf. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We’d use our shovels to scrape at trees that were getting too heavily coated with ice, trees that were about to crack. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was very stern,” Mother assured me twenty minutes later, when she appeared at my door asking if I could lend Emily a pair of shoes and a coat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Billy glanced dully at the coats of his neighbors. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I see are piles of shiny winter coats and snow pants. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Liz pulled a pen out of her coat pocket and began to write on the front leaf of the book. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stone angels leaned down from the balustrade—the salty air had eaten away their features and they were now as fuzzy as the coat of arms above the door. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their guns bulged decently under their coats but their eyes darted about nervously, inspecting faces. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d put on pearls, a fresh coat of lipstick and a new pair of white gloves. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took off her beaver coat—and her catcher’s mitt—for the occasion and advanced to the plate in a dark-brown dress. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Cardan is dressed in breeches, a waistcoat, and another coat over that, fitted in his shoulders, tapered in sharply at the waist and falling to his midthigh. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The next morning, as I’m putting on my coat and earmuffs, Mom gets a phone call. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I hung up my black parka on the coat stand, knowing I was a condemned man. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

We urgently need an end to these false assurances, to the sugar coating of unpalatable facts. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He’s in swimming trunks, she in a long blue coat. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Grabbing his coat, I yelled, “Someone’s let the cattle through. We’ve got to herd them back!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

My mother knocks on the door, and a tall, sandy-haired man in a white lab coat opens it right away. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Ob watched Cletus a while longer; then he reached for his coat on the back of a kitchen chair. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I got up, wiped my face on the sleeve of my hospital coat, walked to the physicians’ lounge, and dialed the number I knew by heart. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to grab him and I did grab his coat but he fought me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A jukebox, chrome coat trees, grainy black-and-white photos on the walls, of real forties diners. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She is a few minutes late and dressed in the same jeans and boots and chocolate suede coat she’d worn when they met. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the grey suit nods and pulls a handkerchief from his coat, picking up the ring without touching it and placing it in his pocket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Setting Poppy down, Lina took off the coat and the sweater she was wearing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His coat was ripped, with stuffing coming out. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I’ve mussed my hair, dirtied up my face, hidden my purse, and I have a real armband on my coat instead of one that will only bear a glance. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The coat Mother had traded was too big for him. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They were brown- colored and shaped like men, and icing had been used to make eyes, noses, and button coats. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back at her office, she had just taken off her coat when the phone rang. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She opened her wool coat and wrapped him up. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over to his left Winston saw the man in the white coat break an ampoule and draw back the plunger of a syringe. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Francis’s coat whipped out behind him in theatrical billows; he kept glancing furtively around to see if his inquisitor was anywhere nearby and from time to time he emitted a faint, self-pitying cough. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I thought: Men in beards and long black coats do not laugh. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

We put on our coats and walked to the buses together. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I shed my winter coat, mittens, and boots. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“If he asks you to marry him, say no,” Chantal says as she drops her heavy book bag on the floor and takes off her coat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They get into the seams of our clothes and they’re everywhere in the coats we use as blankets. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then she scrubbed the saucepan so hard I think she took a layer of coating off. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I pull the coat’s hood up over my head because the wind is getting colder and stronger. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dark and cool, it was, and I wondered if I should've brought my coat. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The magistrate was skinny under his coat, balding but bearded, and the skin on his face was yellowy and pockmarked. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I sink my fingers into Moonie’s furry coat and he leans on me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Hilly’s wearing a red wool A-line dress with a cape coat over it, Sherlock Holmes—style, even though it’s hot as fire in here. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Milgrom took something, and another something, from his coat pocket. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Then Voxy points to a room off to the side no bigger than a coat closet. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Stay close to me. Hold on to my coat if you need to. We must not be separated.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When it was time for recess, I went and hid under the coats and backpacks by the cubbies. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was still too cold to take off my coat and hieb and boots. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wrapped Little Ann in my coat and hurried into my clothes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and signed to the man in the white coat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And I know we didn’t look bold when the rats erupted from Doug Swieteck’s coat with a full scale of screeches. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

An easy-chair was near the bed-head: a man sat in it, dressed with the exception of his coat; he was still; his head leant back; his eyes were closed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She wore it on the collar of her winter coat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She grabs her latest Prada trench coat off the chair by the door, pulling it on and glancing back to look at me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The top of the carriage was up and there were drops of water on the driver’s coat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But something tells Gogol the coat belongs to the girl, and so he stops and says, “Is that yours?” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"In Amalia’s coat pocket, when we traded. In the pocket was the money to come here. And also this." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then she carefully applied a fresh coat of red lipstick and gave him the kiss he had asked for. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I stood by the door, arms laden with books, my winter coat still on, too terrified to move. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He saw my ungainly movements as I climbed the library steps, the broadness of my shoulders inside my Papagallo coat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We are to sleep on the floor against the opposite wall with one coat under us and two over. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She spun, her heart seizing in her chest, and she almost tripped over a pile of coats and bags on the road next to her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was usually covered by the loose tunic all the Tang men wore, but today he had worn a special blue silk coat. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After wiping my fingers on my jeans, I study one picture of her in a suede coat with fringe hanging from the sleeves and a long, fitted denim skirt. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Another doctor in a white coat finally comes and gives me an injection and I fall asleep. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

When the girls were three feet in front of the boys, Sula reached into her coat pocket and pulled out Eva’s paring knife. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I took the coat off and slung it over my knee, rolled my shirt cuffs up my arm, loosened my tie, and freed my neck from the top button. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was about an artist, a lost lottery ticket, a criminal, a borrowed coat, and an opera singer, and it had one of the most amazing chase sequences that Hugo could ever imagine. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I took a flying leap off the carousel, stretched out my arms, and trapped the baby screecher under my coat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He trotted up the street, holding her coat. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Kutti nosed through a small mound of garbage, searching for a scrap to eat, his coat glistening. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She is wearing a winter coat over her blue robe, and has a purse slung over her shoulder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We put up flyers asking people to donate their “gently worn” coats by dropping them off in plastic bags in a giant bin we left in front of our brownstone. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

There were a few folk out on their own early-morning errands, all bundled in cloaks and blanket coats and shawls and scarves wrapped high. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nat hugged his thin coat about him and scurried back from an errand. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coat was a soft gray, overlaid with a few darker spots. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next came Little Tilly swallowed up in his coat with salt water dripping from under it and forming a brackish pool on the floor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my coat sleeves down over my hands. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, a couple of brown bears were lumbering in the meadow a few hundred feet away, their coats gleaming in the starlight. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

An elderly woman, dressed in a black skirt and a wool coat with shawls, leans against Ben, her finger pointing. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Finny sat down on a bench, struggled out of his sheep- lined winter coat, and took a deep breath of gymnasium air. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She steers Felicia down an airless passageway lit on one side with red votive candles set on wooden tables coated with hardened wax. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the rain from yesterday had frozen solid — coating the needles on the trees in fantastic, gorgeous patterns, and making the driveway a deadly ice slick. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Somehow, his trousers inevitably bagged at the knees and the coat slouched in the shoulders. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no food with him, nor shelter but his coat. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep your coat buttoned and nobody will notice,” he said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I nod to the bulge in her coat pocket, the unmistakable contours of a weapon. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was also a skirt, a pair of faded pants, and a green coat with a small hole in one of the sleeves. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Everyone please disperse,” shouted a broad-shouldered man in a crisp blue coat and a sleek, freshly powdered wig. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ida got up and fished one of the kittens out of Victor’s coat pocket. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

In contrast to its all-black surface, the submarine section of the Rock of Nisir was vividly bright, clad in rosy coral and coated in plant life. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The soldier pines and sentinels wore thick white coats, and icicles draped the bare brown limbs of the broadleafs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was cold out, and she had a new coat on. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then she notices that her black dress is coated with lilac fibers. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miraculously, Matty’s shoes remained, coated with the slippery mud so that he appeared to be wearing heavy wet boots by the time he dragged himself from the other side of the swamp. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Grabbing her coat and her mother, Jo ran to her uncle’s apartment. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a long coat, rather than just the meager shirt and pants he had worn when he’d attacked them yesterday. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mother had sewn our extra money into our coats so it couldn’t be stolen in a raid! Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Doors were opening up and down the hallway: an insurance agent, the tax assessor, a dentist in a white coat, all poking their heads out to see what the fuss was about. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He gave it to a gray-haired lady, who put it on a shelf above a long row of coats on hangers. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Get my gloves out of the inside of my coat pocket.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana had a stomachache when they learned it so she kept picturing the inside of her stomach coated with silver. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

With all my school stuff packed up, I grab Pi and try to hide him under my coat. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise examined the coat and found tiny wires running through it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The cigar maker gave him a fresh coat of paint four times a year and carried him inside when it rained. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We discovered large sheets of mica that you could pound into powder and then rub all over your body so you’d shimmer under the Nevada sun as if you were coated with diamonds. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Seats twenty A, B, and C. Marcus, you take the aisle because your legs are longer. And take off your coat!” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

In cold weather, she wore her fur coat. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

They went outside—Joseph used the gardener’s old coat— and they walked through the quiet snowy acreage, holding hands. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Several men and women dressed in grimy jeans and soaking-wet coats burst through the entrance with guns raised, yelling and screaming words over each other. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Because he saw his father grab the sheriff by his coat, heft him to his feet, shake him, and toss him back on the ground. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And besides that, it is the only one that is rather dilapidated and needs a coat of paint. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Only instead of wearing one of those colorful caps with bells, he wore a black hat like the other men, and the bottom of his coat danced along with his every move. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dressed quick as I could—mornings could be chilly, now that autumn had arrived—then threw on my coat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The island, coated with such tightiy woven, rubbery vegetation, was an ideal place to relearn how to walk I could fall any which way, it was impossible to hurt myself. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Come sit down, please. Miss Trixie will take your coat and hat and put them in the employees’ locker. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take out the envelope with the photograph, set it safely on the sugar tin, and hang my sopping coat beside the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I opened my coat, then my shirt, and poured the alcohol down my side. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She’d hold its little empty coat unbuttoned, “Come put on your coat, you naughty child.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mouse had a fur coat, too, and I loved to bury my face in it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The cop grabbed a coat and walked toward us, and as he approached, I could see the blue veins through the translucent skin of his face. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The rock, exhibiting a dearth of holds and coated with six inches of crumbly rime, did not look promising, but just left of the main prow was a shallow comer glazed with frozen meltwater. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered walking down these steps to her funeral, holding his piece of firewood in his coat for the first time. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Joost adjusted the set of his coat and rifle, then patted the weighted baton at his hip. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The viola is kept in the coat closet, and Cordelia takes it out and shows it to us, lying there mysterious and important in its velvet-lined case. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hancock has on a cherry-red coat, Johnny thought. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three months after our date, there is Stuart Whitworth himself, standing on my front porch in khaki pants and a blue coat and a red tie like he’s ready for Sunday dinner. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Folding the coat in her lap, Vivian says, “Ah . . . maybe. Let’s see what else is in this box.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A bullet plucked at Chamberlain’s coat, a hard pluck so that he thought he had caught a thorn but looked down and saw the huge gash. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coat of Old Tallow was a fantastic thing, woven of various pelts, including one of lynx, one of beaver, a deer hide, and two that belonged to beloved dogs. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The sealed envelope hangs from the second topmost button of her coat, until Prospero arrives. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She and Akira lay down in their coats like their mother told them to, and they tried to sleep. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. Humphrey and Dr. Campbell have white coats and things hanging from their necks which they stick against my chest and all over. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I put on my coat and slip out of my room, booking it down the hall to the double doors and down the elevator to the east lobby. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Though it had been sticky-hot back at the carnival, many of them were bundled in coats and scarves. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was a good feeling, this warmth, and it made the rock soft like the coat of a baby llama. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

My father walks into the room, wearing his white lab coat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The five all watched her curiously as she carefully cleaned a corner, blew on it to help it dry, folded up her coat, and set it there. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Catarina hurried into the bedroom and came prancing back, holding the hanger with Papá’s coat on it and the red velveteen dress underneath. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It’s quiet in the lane and I can hear her crying even though she pulls an old coat over her face and I can hear in the distance, my father. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They cleared the table and put on their coats. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she rested her cheek against his coat and closed her eyes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I buttoned up my coat to escape the cold. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He unfolds his long coat that has been tucked in the seat beside him and throws it over the woman. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Please, crazy poor ladies at bus terminals have fur coats, here. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

For the second time today I take off all my clothes and wrap them in my coat. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have a microphone hidden in that coat, too? Could we drop it down from over the stage? Or, I don’t know, there’s got to be some way to make this work!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I look at her mouth—the same lips I kissed are now coated in a light sheen of gloss. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He reached into his coat pocket and withdrew a folded half-circle of cloth; he unfolded it, kissed it, and smoothed it over his hair. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he gave a long, twisting, corkscrew leap and his golden outer skin lay on the floor, and in its place he was wearing a new coat of shining silver. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my dog in my old sheepskin coat and hurried for home. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olive shouted, and then she ran crying to Bronwyn and buried her face in her coat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He put it in his coat pocket so he would not forget it. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

On rainy days, the room smelled musty and dank from all the coats hanging in the back, soaking wet from their owners having walked miles in the rain to get there. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She isn't wearing her white coat or her doctor's scrubs. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was a rigidly Orthodox school, with services three times a day and with European-trained rabbis, many of them in long, dark coats, all of them bearded. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We put on our coats and say goodbye. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I held the bundle and instantly felt the warmth of its little body penetrating through my coat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She ran after her and grabbed the back of her coat. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She walked slowly behind the plate, with her hands in the pockets of her beaver coat, and finally sat down on a misplaced players’ bench just beyond third base. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Her red sari shows beneath her brown Canadian winter coat, her overshoes poking out beneath it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mother grabbed the coat out of her suitcase. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The wind seemed to pick up a little and I pulled my coat shut against the cold and pushed my mind away from Willie. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You can take your coat off,” Mother Fletcher said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brownish-red drops of blood stand out against the white of his lab coat. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He wore a red-and-black-plaid coat but had no shirt on underneath it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Standing by the road in a coat and hat, he’d looked like one of us—a teenager heading out of town Friday night, away from parents and school. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He grabbed him roughly by the back of the coat. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patching tires and adjusting the bike’s brakes with a coat hanger became important parts of her mechanical repertoire. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

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

Her collar, he can see, is separating from the rest of the coat; threads are giving way. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

So woman puts on a coat, And this is sheep. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a fur coat in Cold Sassy, but any time he talked about sin he brought up fur coats. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I was glad to have my royal blue coat, fur and all. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Except for his moth-eaten coat, he looked almost distinguished. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The screecher’s appearance on the carousel, my empty coat pocket, the attempted escape, the reed tied around its neck. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

‘Too late. I’m not opening it now. It’ll have to go in your coat pocket, whatever it is. Hurry on down to the buttery; don’t keep them waiting...” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Hell of a mistake,” he called back, pulling on his coat as he strode toward his boat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

To convey these tactile qualities, Titian built up his surface in thin coats, known as glazes. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped his hands on his jeans, which didn’t help, since flour coated his jeans, too. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Perhaps in a worn coat and a knitted hat like a tea cosy, sitting on a curb, with two plastic bags filled with her only possessions, muttering to herself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Moving past an open locker, he’d spotted a camera dangling from one of the coat hooks. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He eats two immediately and puts the rest of the bag in the pocket of his coat, hoping they will not melt. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mother continued to speak in Russian and pulled a pocket watch from her coat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I unbuttoned my coat right away as I walked into the meeting. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Kasim comes around to open the door for me, and he places his coat over my shoulders. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The thick June grass was coated with dew. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The cold seeping through my coat, and the brick punishing my feet: These feel like welcome pains, much easier to deal with than the empty ache in my heart. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Some could barely walk; some were so weak that they had to lie down on the benches with their coats tucked under their heads for pillows. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The light of the candle revealed that it was made of stone and thickly coated in dust. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They were six lawyers in frock coats and top hats who endured the violent November sun with stiff stoicism. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In my dorm the hallways were littered with shoe boxes and coat hangers, doors ajar, everything dark and quiet as the grave. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She felt in the pocket of the wolfskin coat and took out the velvet package. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nate quickly ripped off the coat and silver hat and tossed them into a bush, along with the musket and bayonet. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He helped me tug my wet coat off—the fining was all stuck to my sweater. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

One night she began a tiny coat of ptarmigan feathers for Tornait. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bee man didn't have a beekeeper's mask, though bees coated his smock and face. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

He wrapped the piece of wood and put it back in his coat pocket, determined not to bring it out again. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure hears that the diamond is pale green and as big as a coat button. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The airedale--undoubtedly there was an airedale concerned in it somewhere though its feet were startlingly white--changed hands and settled down into Mrs. Wilson's lap, where she fondled the weather-proof coat with rapture. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He danced about the room in pain on four, then two legs, the kettle covering his head, the boiling oatmeal raining down his thick neck and coat. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was getting warm in the bunker and he’d taken off his coat. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The entire door was coated in Imperial gold. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I would flip through the Sears, Roebuck catalogue, dreaming of the dresses and boots and coats that were out there somewhere at the other end of the highway beyond the gate. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unzipped my coat and wiped the blood from my mouth with the T-shirt that said I was marching. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was decided not to buy Francie a black coat as she was growing fast and it wouldn’t fit her next winter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He coated them in chili powder in a clear bag, then arranged them all delicately in a paper bowl. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He looked distinguished with his full white beard and his long coat. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his clothes; they were damp and crumpled and the sleeves of his coat were drawn halfway up his arms. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I clutch the gun in my coat and scurry on. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed so much it cracked him open, swapping his insides for his outsides, as if he were wearing his own nerves for a coat. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He felt in the inner pocket of his coat for his gloves. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I repacked my duffel, put my shirt and coat back on and wondered how I could best leave the colored rest room without attracting attention. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angela, disguised in her mother's old beaver coat and hat and in Turtle's red boots, was the first one out. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can imagine what I must look like, red face, no coat, sweating and panting and gasping for air. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My mother takes off her coat and wraps it around me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad yelled at whoever was on the other end and then headed out the door, throwing on his coat and hat as he went. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tree leaves, coated with mud shells, fell off their branches, landing with audible thuds. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the well, servants lit bubbles of gas on fire, clad in frock- coats of asbestos. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But instead of her getting a coat of arms and being made into a warrior, people started to talk about her, and not just behind her back, but so that she could hear them. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Harry saw tear tracks streaking the grime coating Ron’s face as he seized his elder brother’s shoulders and pulled, but Percy would not budge. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I wore my coat and Granny bought me big T-shirts. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The watchman had not particularly noticed; he should say a working person; to the best of his belief, he had a dust-coloured kind of clothes on, under a dark coat. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Alphie is back in the pram with the three old coats and coal and wood for the fire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s your son I’m here to see, Mr. Gaunt,” said Ogden, as he mopped the last of the pus from the front of his coat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And three old men with black coats, white armbands, and sidelocks sat on the stoop of the opposite building, staring dispassionately at me from across the street. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The man was dressed all in green: dusty green trews, green jacket, and a dark green coat. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Water dotted the scarf on her head and the white armband on her coat, and she was barefoot, her round, muddy toes sticking out from torn and filthy stockings. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They’d carried the smell of wet snow into the room—it had melted against the wool in their coats—and were grateful to be in a warm place where something of interest was going forward. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like some of the guests, he wore striped trousers and a swallow-tail coat with black-braided lapels topped by a rich ascot tie. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only things Alex could think of to bring to Harvey were the coat he was wearing and a bottle of aspirin he’d insisted on holding on to. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Dirndls, kerchiefs, and suit coats flapped in the breeze. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He wore a long wool coat and carried a canvas sack. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It’s in the wax that coats the other vegetables in the produce section. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He wears a white knee-length coat over his clothing and carries a clipboard. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As we passed a mannequin dressed in a frock coat and top hat, Mr. Whitby stopped to appreciate it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He took off his cap and coat and threw them on the bed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But instead the depot is all but deserted; only two figures sit on one of the benches on the platform, a man and a woman in black coats. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Reaching into the pocket of his coat, Chicho pulls out a carrot. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I felt in the dark for my coat. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Not long after Naomi began looking through the enormous racks of children’s coats, checking the prices, Cari and Beto tugged at her sleeve. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ada stood there, encased in her coat of patches. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A pale coat of yellow paint makes a faint attempt at sprucing it up. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Ampai reached into her coat pocket and pulled out a tangerine. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Levy has his hair brushed back nice and neat, and he isn’t wearing his lab coat. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Baxter walked in and, without saying a word, took off his coat and hat, like always. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He had eaten a large plate of oatmeal, and his coat shone in the sun as he licked it sleepily, his eyes following Mrs. Nurmi as she moved about the cabin. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches inside her coat and produces a key. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t the soldiers treat you as kindly as they can? Are you not covered by a guard’s own coat right now?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The grouchy woman looked at my drawings of the Lithuanian coat of arms, Trakai Castle, our patron saint, Casimir, and the stork, the national bird of Lithuania. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I put one hand on her shoulder, on her rubbery coat, gripping the fabric in my fist. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He gargles with camomile tea, coats the roof of his mouth with a tincture of myrrh and rubs Mentholatum over, his chest, nose, gums and tongue. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Before she could go out on deck, the outer door opened and Ma Costa came down, swathed in an old tweed coat on which the damp had settled like a thousand tiny pearls. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He swallowed hard, his gaze shifting to where my hand was tucked under my coat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And though even Duntz had forfeited his composure—had shed, along with tie and coat, his enigmatic drowsy dignity— the suspect seemed content and serene; he refused to budge. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat in the middle tier of benches, a long beige shearling coat wrapped around her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wore box-toed shoes and Duchess trousers and his wide square coat came almost to his knees. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We are scrubbed and in our donated clothes, the girls in dresses with white pinafores and thick stockings, the boys in knickers that button below the knee, white dress shirts, neckties, thick wool suit coats. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I am merely being frank. I don’t believe in sugar- coating things for the young. That is how I was raised, and I turned out perfectly well.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Even Kaz had foregone his immaculately cut suit in favor of a bulky wool coat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Often someone approaching the ticket booth in a black coat with a red scarf will be waved in without paying admission, or given a mug of cider or bag of popcorn gratis. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, “Charlemagne’s coat of arms was an eagle—” I stopped speaking, for I suddenly knew what William had meant. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The little hairy man had taken Tristran's ripped coat and trousers and waistcoat and, leaving him covered by a blanket, had walked into the village which nestled in the valley between three heather-covered hills. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

When it came time for the escape one guy wound the rope around and around himself and put on the biggest coat he could find. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

One afternoon when she gone, a man walk into shop with coat to clean. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody had begun to look alike, dressed in surplus War Department clothing—pea coats, knit caps, canvas leggings, army earmuffs, and wool khaki pants. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She paused, glanced behind her, and there I was, my coat held open. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Violet stood up and took off her coat, carefully pulling her arms trapped in frayed silk. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used a coat tree as delicately as possible, and then sat down at a table and ordered tea and cinnamon toast. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Alfred ripped off the torn coat sleeve and tied his handkerchief around the cut. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled at the children, then vanished momentarily, returning with his long fur coat and his purple hat. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The latter had on a neat gray coat with the traditional pregnant- woman bow at her navel, a black cloche, and a pair of four- button ladies’ galoshes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calpurnia in her electric coat was the envy of her friends and neighbors. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She took off her precious coat and thought about hanging it on the hook where her duffel bag was. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The original shiny coating was worn away completely in some places and deeply scratched in the rest. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

After the longest time, a colored man in a white coat covered with smears and specks of blood walked into the park and come right to us. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She set the bag down on the table and took off her coat and bandanna; she looked at Tayo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The water had a transparent skim that broke apart and clicked together, then went solid again, until there formed a tough gray coat of ice. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Maxie tucked her chin into the thin collar of her coat. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The streetlights were already on in the gray darkness, and their light glittered yellow off the snowballs’ icy coating. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The same was true of the public cloakroom—a damp, slippery, dark place full of dripping coats, bags, hats, and gloves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember when we tried to be an eight-foot giant, and we put on my mom’s winter coat and you sat on my shoulders while we tried to walk around?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was Mary Poppins, dressed in hat and coat all ready to go out. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Well, my dad's trench coat was the trunk of his car. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

‘Get me my watch and coat. I am going.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He finds a white pillowcase in an upturned cabinet and folds it into her coat pocket. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The last had furry wings, and her body was coated with pale blue fuzz. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The man in the white coat did not turn round. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They began pooling resources, and Max brought me four gold buttons, some earrings, and two coats to sell. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t searched her, which meant thankfully they hadn’t taken Frank’s firewood from her coat pocket, but her sword was gone. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

An official-looking man in a somber black coat had stepped out of a building across the street and was striding toward our little group, walking stick in hand. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her coat was in the living room, so she put on a sweater. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The feather coat rustled and Tornait’s amber head pulled into the covering like a turtle. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was not so large as Rontu, but he had his father’s thick coat and the same yellow eyes. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has in her arms a dry-cleaned white lab coat in a protective plastic film. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The woman came into the kitchen as I was putting on my coat. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt the thick layers of ash coating her hands and knees as she worked her way along down the narrow chute. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Now that tarp is coated in atmospheric dirt. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Racked, gut-socked, he lay curled up in his coat, blue around the eye sockets. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He heard Bessie’s clothes rustling in the darkness and he knew that she was pulling off her coat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll have to unearth my bulky black coat and my boots. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Scheibert, the beardless Prussian, moody, prim, was dressed all in white, white coat, floppy white hat, the inevitable glittering monocle. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silas, who had no problems with mirrors, had covered one of them with his coat, rendering the trap useless. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He stood and took the envelope from Hisao; he put it back in his coat pocket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And we are out here, and the city is there, all wrapped up in its own coat of a thousand colours. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Stradlater started taking off his coat and tie and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He holds out both hands for my coat, hanging it on the prong of a swaying coatrack. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I got back to school after winter break, Mr. Tushman, the middle school director, congratulated me on having started a coat drive. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

His hair was smoothed to perfection, his canvas shoes a chaste white, and he looked sporty in his linen knickers, his belted coat with a boutonniere of Queen Anne’s Lace, and his ribbed, knee-length hose. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one who gutted travelers, coated herself in their blood, and screamed like a banshee? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Hot as he was from running, he kept on the long black jim-swing coat till he saw me shivering, and then he put it around me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

That littlest coat don’t have a gnat’s chance!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Now that the foreman had returned—dressed up in a coat and tie, of all things! —the policeman was leaving the premises. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This old man wore a blue denim coat buttoned to the throat with brass buttons, as all men do who wear no shirts. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking at me, at my gray eyebrows and coated hair, and pretty soon we were both giggling. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Jack, I thought I’d gone through all that being- disillusioned-about-your-parents stuff when I took my bachelor’s degree, but there’s something—” Her uncle began fidgeting with his coat pockets. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Watching Tom I saw the wad of muscle back of his shoulder tighten under his coat. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Grenadiers they were, in bearskin caps, coat tails buttoned back to show their white breeches. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fear was there in the extravagant boys of my neighborhood, in their large rings and medallions, their big puffy coats and full-length fur-collared leathers, which was their armor against their world. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Chased away with the rest, chased away into the street. They would not even let her take her coat.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When nobody answered him, Barbarossa shook the coat off his shoulders, climbed out of his huge pants, and stumbled toward the merman. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, everyone in the community rushed to donate new furniture and art and worked together to cover up the horrible words that had been sprayed on the walls with fresh coats of light gray paint. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

They left after Ivan put his coat back on and retrieved his staff from where Anya had left it against the wall. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You want something?” he said, slipping his arm out of his coat. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And was that a tiny coating of sweat on her upper lip? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Why are you doing all this?” mumbled the owner of the shack, a grey-haired old man in a threadbare coat, with deformed legs and a bent back. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He disdained full regalia, except on ceremonial occasions, and dressed instead in impeccable coats and breeches, with tall black riding boots and a dueling blade at his side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He stood up and straightened his disintegrating coat and then reached for me, smoothing my hair with his big hands and adjusting my bow. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The gas pipes to the cookers had a worrying coat of rust on them. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The tall frock coat put his hands in the side pockets of his vest. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I dipped in my brush and started applying the second coat of Overtly Olive to the window frame. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Murphy gives me something new nearly every day—a skirt she says she found in a closet, a woolen hat, a camel-colored coat, a periwinkle scarf and matching mittens. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I put on a coat of Cohn's and went out on the balcony. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house, as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She wears a navy wool coat, a black wool scarf at her throat, long black leather boots that zip up the sides. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We gonna have to ride the bus and be with lots of people, so I tole her she could wear her coat. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I slip off my coat and pass it to Debbie along with my dripping umbrella. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When Aileen and I walked by the dining hall and saw Gillian and her team stringing lights up under the portico, Aileen dropped the coat off her shoulders again and stared ahead. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She presses her face to the top of his head, her headscarf coated in the grime from his dust-thick hair, the front of her dress imprinted with his sooty silhouette. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly she picks up her belongings, puts on her hat and coat. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

This required thousands of brass nails and screws, the heads of which had to be patiently and laboriously filed down by hand before he could apply coats of marine varnish to the exterior. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She held her coat close...and decided right then that she would leave it for Mimi. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I can remember riding and pressing my ear and cheek against Tom’s coat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you fancy anything in particular?” she asked Obinze, unbuttoning her brown suede coat. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pick up the bar of soap and turn it in my hands until my skin is coated with white lather. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He took my coat off me and hung it up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Em sighed and, still wearing her coat, lay back on the coffee table. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She blew on her hands and pulled up her coat collar to protect her ears. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before anyone can say anything, I have my coat on and am out the door. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

After Darren left, I made sure no one was looking, and I snuck over to Betsy’s cubby, where she was busy unstuffing her coat. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The small one with the red coat and amber eyes . The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sighing, he folded his coat around himself and swept out of the room through a back door, almost hidden behind a tapestry. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Like when she took an extra helping at the dinner table and her uncle would tease, “Putting on your winter coat there?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She takes off her apron and puts on her coat, her gloves and her hat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not throw a coat over his shoulders which had been hers, nor find her handkerchief in the pocket. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and raised the left-hand side of the hood. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It falls off in glops, leaving me holding a coated fork. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Violet, her coat lining repaired too now, her cuffs secure, needed only to pay attention to her hose and hat to appear normal. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dogs were shedding their winter coats, whining and restless to be off the ship again, and growing hungrier every day. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Chase tucked the book carefully inside his coat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He put his coat on, went out into the neighborhood, and stole the front page of the Home Town Chronicle from every stoop he could find. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

TJ and I run to the door, help him take his coat off, and get him to the couch. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He wears glasses, and when last seen was wearing a gray tweed sports coat, khaki pants, and a yellow rain slicker. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Boost me up before they do,” Mother whispered quickly, not wanting an officer to touch her coat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It looked like rosewood; a painted design on the top was only just recognizable as a coat of arms. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“This way,” said the sheriff, and he grabbed Turner by the coat as Turner’s father had grabbed him, half lifted him, and threw him back behind him, not even watching to see where he fell. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He wore a tail coat made of a beautiful plum-colored velvet. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He fries four cuts of bread and wraps them in pages of the Limerick Chronicle, two cuts in each coat pocket. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He folded them and placed them in his pocket, then brought the sword down in a sweep across the front of Hickey’s chest, neatly slicing off the buttons from the traitor’s coat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger moved forward slowly, feeling Max’s hand tugging at the sleeve of his coat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She puts on her coat and backpack and picks up her long white cane. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her father unbuttons her coat, helps her sit. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A coating had to be developed, therefore, which in itself was fireproof, to put over the Beta cloth to prevent it from flaking off. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has a scrap of paper in her coat pocket that says, “We have it. Window. Two days.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mom had bought each of us a warm coat at a thrift store so we’d have something to wear in West Virginia, where it got so cold in the winter that it snowed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, it’s cold out, so we can conceal most of our uniforms and weapons under flowing coats and cloaks. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I throw my coat and my lunch in my locker and go right to room 213. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My father hurried to put his coat on over his pajamas to go and help put out the fire, but a loud crack! from the street brought me and my parents to the window again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The air is chilly, but I don’t stop to put on my coat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I tried to catch up to him, ignoring the pain and indignity beneath my coat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We put Alphie in the pram and pile around him the pot, the pan, the kettle, the jamjars and mugs, the Pope, two bolsters and the coats from the beds. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She walked close to Gatsby, touching his coat with her hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Aunt Best croaked, ‘Look at those silver buttons on his coat. I’m sure he stole them.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slid forward in the car seat, talking right against her mother’s neck, over her coat collar. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I remove my coat, everyone stops talking. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It’s coated with mashed mush but it’s okay! Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“Daddy didn’t want to come,” Meaghan said, pulling off her coat. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t any older than Fidelito, who had lost his battle with airsickness and was coating the plastic strips in secondhand beans and tortillas. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I was bending over for my coat, Janina’s coat hit me in the rump. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

His left hand hovered in his coat pocket. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

They put on white coats and surgical masks, and the two men walked down a long cinder-block corridor lined on both sides with steel doors leading to monkey rooms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took off his thick black coat and threw it to Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The guilt and misery that coated the words were like a kick to the chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She burrowed up next to Håkon’s warm side, willing his warmth to soak through her coat and down to her skin. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She wore no coat, no shoes, nothing but jeans, an old pair I’d left behind, and one of my worn T-shirts. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In one bedroom we find hundreds of the woman’s outfits, coats, pairs of shoes, a rainbow of wigs, enough makeup to paint a house. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Short and round and dressed in one of those awful outfits from way back when—bell-bottom pants and a sports coat with enormous lapels. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took off his coat and hung it from a peg on the wall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna did not look at Odenigbo; she carefully focused on one of the men carrying a pile of cement blocks, his thin naked back coated in sweat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The big stallion nickered and tossed his head, his neck muscles rippling under his butterscotch coat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

With him were the guards, the other questioners, the men in white coats, O’Brien, Julia, Mr. Charrington, all rolling down the corridor together and shouting with laughter. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I tiptoe down to the front closet and pull out the first coat and boots I find. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I go in the laundry room, get my coat and my pocketbook. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She took my coat and felt the can in the pocket. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a red coat, as the air was chilly. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Salvador pointed to Papá’s black-and-white coat, which he had flung over the back of a chair. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Doctors—I think the doctors are in white coats and the nurses are in blue, right?—stride by holding clipboards. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She wore a long cloth coat and galoshes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

So I lean against the flagpole on the lawn in front of school waiting for Tiny Cooper, shivering in spite of the gloves and the hat and the coat and the hood. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Her coat has a small American flag on the left lapel. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his finger to his lips and reached into his coat to access the shoulder holster snug against his left side. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then he puts the tin back inside his coat and looks at Werner. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Bueno, put it on a dessert plate and coat it with honey. Then arrange five fishhooks on the picture and light the candle. Rest assured, he will be yours in two Sundays.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only that, why was he wearing a white lab coat, like scientists wore on TV? The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then to me, “Please. Sit down. Would you like to hang up your coat?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Being sent to work in rich homes, he wouldn’t be suspected when he sized up their loot and cased the joint,, just running around looking busy with a white coat on. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rode briskly, her dæmon sitting in the basket on the handlebars, and arrived at the Trout feeling a little out of breath and warm enough to take her coat off at once. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I sat with my book open on my desk, thinking about the note in my coat pocket: 3 p.m. today: Colin’s knapsack. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The game started at ten thirty a.m., and I shivered as I sat on the bleachers, wishing I’d put on a warmer coat. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can see that he is dressed in a long black coat which was called a frock coat, and a queer, shiny hat shaped like a stovepipe, which was called a top hat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He took the gun from his coat pocket and put it where he could reach it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Later, long after midnight, she appears by his side as he walks, wearing a cream-colored coat and a deep green scarf. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She had put on a coat over her nightdress. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Something sat on one of the racks in a coat of gray fur. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Where it punctures the belt, a purple liquid spews forth, coating his face. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They wore their new coats and had their hands full of small stones for skipping. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dressed to go out; then, with my coat and hat on, I sat on the edge of the bed and propped my feet on a chair. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry tried to wave the owl out of the way, but it snapped its beak fiercely at him and carried on savaging the coat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She came in and took her coat off right away and sort of chucked it on the bed. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was showing a few signs of age, a white hair here and there in his coat, a certain stiffness in his gait. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Cardan pulls a pin from his coat, a glittering, filigree thing in the shape of an acorn with an oak leaf behind it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He whips a prescription pad from his white coat pocket. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Joseph had never seen a man in a fur coat before. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger took out the flashlight from under his coat and shone it on them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Outside the Oval Office, Oppenheimer put on his hat and coat. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope noted the horses’ gleaming coats with approval. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The world pressed on her strangely, like a coat that no longer fit. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

All the tiny houses at its feet are coated in black. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He opens his coat, but I can’t see what he’s showing them from where I’m standing. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She heads straight for the sale rack at the back and finds a mustard- colored wool coat, several sizes too big for me, with shiny black buttons. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I pulled my fingers away, I was only half-surprised to see that they were coated with dark blood. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lee looked, saw the ludicrous man in the lustrous hat and the wide gray coat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he folds his coat, lays her head on it, and wipes her face with his shirt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mama asked as I hung up my coat by the door and kicked off my shoes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It seemed more sedate than I remembered it, more perpendicular and strait-laced, with narrower windows and shinier woodwork, as though a coat of varnish had been put over everything for better preservation. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although her coat kept her body warm, her hands were cold even inside her pockets. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As they shed their wet coats and tromped through the building, they marveled at the luxuries the new quarters afforded. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She zipped up her hoodie just as Rishi buttoned up his coat, both of them retreating a little farther into the warmth of fleece and heavy cotton. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Someone pulled on my coat sleeve—my turn had come. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked her up, tucked her in the breast of his coat, and opened the telescope again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I had a chicken and a flour sack hanging under each arm, hidden beneath the coat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I spray-paint the roof tiles and then coat them with a few layers of weatherproof lacquer. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I take off my coat and throw it up over the small railing, then lift my skirts to climb up. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Drying her hand inside her coat, Emma was finally able to make a flame. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Each has a thick coat, some with fur that is straight and sleek, others curly, and the colors vary from jet black to what I can only describe as blond. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When he’s done, milk coats the area above his lip. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Her saddle and bridle were made of fine dark brown leather, and the saddle blanket was woven of gray and white wool that nearly matched the horse’s coat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If his coats were all that hung in the closet and he'd known his lungs were black and he drank his whiskey without suspicion. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But when Alice had finished for the morning and was putting on her coat to leave, Malcolm saw and caught up with her on the porch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I just have to get to my locker for my coat and slip out the backdoor. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

White stood, opening his coat to show that he wasn’t armed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Instead of a medical coat he wore a suede vest with fringe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I put on my winter coat and went out for a walk, in a disagreeable mood, in a disagreeable world. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Right after I step inside Mrs. Malloy’s house, she takes off my coat and we sit on the sofa in her living room. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing a white lab coat, baby blue scrubs, and a tight cap over her head. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When she took off her coat, Mrs. Attison and her sixth sense of decorum caught sight of Aileen’s dress from across the room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stumbled to the infirmary, stepping over bundles of life jackets and coats that passengers had peeled off. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The closets there were empty, too, nothing but coat hangers jingling on the metal rod. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When she lifts her head, he keeps his eyes locked on hers as he slides her coat from her shoulders, resting his hands on her bare arms. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then he dug his hands deep into his coat pockets before walking off to board his own bus. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The leaves dangled like jewels—tiny droplets of ruby, pearl, topaz, amethyst, emerald, and garnet; and a carpet of such riches coated the forest floor around them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A freezing drizzle was falling as he walked to the tube station, tiny raindrops spattering his coat, and when he got there, he was absorbed by how many blobs of saliva were on the stairs. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sand coated his wet hair and face and clothing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at my fingers, coated in red paint the color of blood, and I know how to keep my promise. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

We sit opposite one another, Kat and I, two soldiers in shabby coats, cooking a goose in the middle of the night. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my coat and took a deep breath. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He watched her as she moved from the door and went to the closet for her hat and coat. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The little girl only needs a few small refreshments—a new coat of skin paste, an eye brightening, reinforcement of her hair texture. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

How thin the bony arm feels beneath the coat sleeve. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

A trench coat is belted around his waist, a scarf knitted by Ashima wrapped at his throat, a tweed cap on his head. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cap’n reached in his coat pocket and set a bundle of cash on the bench. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

A theater nearby was just emptying, and crowds milled around the lighted foyer, calling for cabs, wrapping coats around their shoulders. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mother took my coat from Jonas and held it up to shield us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then I could save a little more and buy a coat for Granny next month. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I took off my coat and hung it from the hook on the wall. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He thought about the stick wrapped inside his coat pocket, and what it meant that Juno had appeared at camp. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Stepping over to my father, I buried my face in his old mackinaw coat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t feel any pain, didn’t feel the tightness of lactic acid coating his muscles. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

For her shopping trips to town she wore a camel’s-hair coat and a boater festooned with ribbon and striped lace. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was glad for my new lion’s fur coat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

His ears and coat were plastered with autumn’s burrs and Spanish needles. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The air at Thurmond was so coated in fear that you could taste it like vomit at the back of your throat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“She needs a coat for a girl,” Pa said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

But then she kept wiggling her nose like she was going to sneeze, so I figured it was all the cologne coming from Mr. Ray’s suit coat. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I ran my palm coated with cream over my hair and hoped it might get rid of frizz along with all mom-related thoughts. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

My hair grows tangled and dull in the heat and smoke, and dirt has started to coat my face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He could see the coats of arms, the winged death’s heads, on the slate stones about him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That says, Underneath this Burberry coat and silk scarf I am ferocious. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

After that he got out and opened the trunk where he always kept a fresh sport coat and slacks, a white shirt and a tie, in case of emergency. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We moaned and groaned and put some more coats on and went outside to scrape the car’s windows. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting just by the drugstore exit, a box teems with donated winter coats. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

L. Roy picks up Ma’s trench coat and holds it out as she slips her arms into the sleeves. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

So I took Annie’s note and tucked it inside my heavy coat and headed up to the locker room, half an hour early for Conditioning. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One of him in a hat and coat in front of the shop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The boy so frail and thin through his coat, shivering like a dog. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He seemed older that morning, and leaning quietly against that great tree wrapped in his heavy coat, he seemed smaller too. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed me when we went through, like it was romantic, and she had the front of my coat in her hands, and she pulled me right up to her and kissed me. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking about that time I cut my grandmother’s coat up when I was five. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because her blue coat is ruined, covered in blood. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then I hide it back in the pocket of my winter coat I’ve never worn, since I’ve read zero books after I married Leroy and I don’t want to make him suspicious with this one. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You pin it to your coat,” said the man. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

If a mugger were to steal her purse, he wouldn’t get any money, because she carried that in a wallet in her skirt pocket under her coat. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, it's been a while since I ran away from the orphanage,” Scipio answered, brushing the dust from his black coat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He felt one hand and then the other work his coat free and let it slump to the floor. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She steps into the warmth of the entrance hall and hands me the coat she has been wearing over her shoulders. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the fall he burned brush piles and raked leaves for Virginia Gatewood, a stick figure at twilight in cloth gloves and a threadbare mackinaw coat ragged at the elbows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She ran into the bathroom and powdered her face and the front of her dress, drew a surrealistic version of a mouth beneath her nose, and dashed into her bedroom to find a coat. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He only wants to give her some oats and water and brush out her coat." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He threw his backpack on the ground and took off his coat. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She wore a white coat with a name tag pinned to the top pocket. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When he got to the driveway he saw that the car was standing just as he had left it, but all covered with a soft coat of snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I followed him onto the upper promenade deck, taking a coat from a woman who was struggling with her life vest. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I pick up her fur coat she’s got tossed on the floor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It's a polyester film coating made with aluminum stretched perfectly flat against a rectangular board. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Priye had not changed so much as hardened, her personality coated in chrome. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She had always been a little desperate to fit in with the other kids, except for her coat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He reached in his coat pocket and took out a newspaper clipping. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could smell his brother too, a familiar scent, strong and earthy, his scent as black as his coat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If she didn’t, he would walk home with his coat wrapped about him, a tang of salt in his mouth. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And Lotus was dressed in her peach-colored silk coat, such as he had never seen her dressed in by the light of the morning. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“You have been cold much longer than me. You should have this coat.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I read until the end of a chapter, and then I got up and put my coat on over my pajamas and went to get a Coke. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He looked about, adjusting the loose belt of his hieb—he wore no coat. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

None of the girls at school would own leather shoes, purple coats, or plaid skirts, so she wouldn’t fit in the way she liked to do. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Parents unbutton their coats and drape them awkwardly over their arms. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

They left the cart overturned in a field of sedge and he took the coats and the blankets wrapped in the plastic tarp and they set out. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I slowly pulled off the sleeve of my coat, biting back the wince. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A doctor in a white coat runs toward her and bumps into my stretcher. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He didn’t look very different from any elderly man, close to, and had a clipped gray beard and his coat buttoned all the way down the front. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She put up a struggle when Lucile tried to take off her Sunday coat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The light grew dim, and the floor of the cave rose upward in a series of shelves coated with green slime. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been considerably rolled about in the streets of Shelt before someone had me carted off to the hospital, where I had arrived without papers, belongings, coat, shoes, or cash. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the hall, a white doctor in a white coat is talking to Mom in a hushed, cold voice. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He opened the plastic bag, and a fur coat tumbled out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Carmen caught her breath and brushed some dirt from her coat. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

I looked at my little sister, Tzipora, her blond hair neatly combed, her red coat over her arm: a little girl of seven. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They go up to the parlor level, put on their coats. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eight dogs, each with thick gray coats shading into white bellies and paws, had been led into the courtyard by a thin, spry Xi woman. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He stood there, his coat wet, holding his wet hat and said nothing. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

On Halloween, I put on Daddy’s black leather coat, which of course is huge on me, but that’s okay, and then a black beret Momma got in Paris. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Some of them decided to take off their coats and stay awhile, so they flew in the kerosene lamp and got burned up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went back in and, still wearing his coat and hat, wandered through the rooms of the cold house. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She sat with her coat on, holding herself, while her daughters beat flat the straw in the mattresses and lit the oil heater. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lorena is wearing a puffy pink coat and is breathing into her hands. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Reverend Buckminster glared once at his son as they followed the frock coats and a satisfied Mrs. Cobb back into town. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Monroe must have just come home because his coat was still on. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he would put on his coat and cap and mittens again and go out to do the chores and bring in plenty of wood for the fire. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “This cold spell took a man by surprise, didn’t it? No time to get his winter coat out of the garret.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tailored a special pocket in my coat to keep it safe.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They snuck back to the classroom to pick up coats, then hurried out the door and across the school yard to a nearby store. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning, my coat, left hanging to dry in the hallway, had been cut into ribbons. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

His lower half was magically compacted into the wheelchair, his upper half dressed in a coat and tie. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I make Helena a nest on the floor beside the stove with my coat, her skirt rolled up for a pillow, and prop the chair beneath the front doorknob. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He pulled the notebook out of his coat. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Biff bit the thread and smoothed the black band on the sleeve of his coat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She holds out a hand, and sparrows land one by one on her arms, and she tucks each one into her coat. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her lips were coated in a complementary coral gloss, and a bit of the color had strayed beyond the borders. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I got back to my room—by a confused, circular route—I fell on my bed without taking off my coat or shoes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Each seed was the size of a thumb bone and nestled in a flufly white coating. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

With the alarm set and my coat and stuff dumped by the back door, it's time to eat. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never seen that girl without her coat. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We wear long wool coats with tie belts, the collars turned up to look like those of movie stars, and rubber boots with the tops folded down and men’s work socks inside. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is a mithril-coat. Mithril! I have never seen or heard tell of one so fair. Is this the coat that Gandalf spoke of? Then he undervalued it. But it was well given!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I pulled the armband from her sleeve and stuffed it into her coat pocket. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

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

He hung his coat and hat on the pegs in the foyer, took out the reeds, and balled the paper bag up in his fist. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“There were young blondes in polo coats and hipsters with beards, and the wives of Senators; there were white faces and black faces, ministers’ collars and turtleneck sweaters. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

His long coat danced as his calves hit it, and his dark hair shone in the torchlight. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Zizmo, who had an inexplicable aversion to unannounced guests, jumped up and reached under his coat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She saw herself shining back at her, very smart, very interesting, her hat on straight, her coat nicely pressed and her new gloves just completing the whole effect. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He put it in the pocket of his coat. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I had the paper in my coat that 1 had bought when I went out for lunch and I read it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The man said he was returning from a failed attempt to find work; he had no food, no money, and no winter coat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Gran’s pastor said you just have to have faith”—my hand shot out and stroked Fig’s gray coat—“and then everything will be okay. But I’m starting to think that’s a lie.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She stared at the bearded men in their alpaca skull caps and silkolene coats and wondered what made their eyes so small and fierce. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her muscles were stiff and her face felt coated in grease. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

First she took down Salvador’s blue jacket, then Papá’s black-and-white checked coat. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Hope somebody’s bringing you a coat,” the man says, and leaves the cart right there on the sidewalk as I hug myself and rub my arms. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I took off my coat and hat and took my packet of letters and lay back upon the bed, drawing a feeling of importance from reading the important names. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even stuffed the macrobiotic jerky in his coat pocket, in case he needed to threaten any more killer whales. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Miep asked him to remove his coat, so the yellow star couldn’t be seen, and brought him to the private office, where Mr. Kleiman kept him occupied until the cleaning lady had gone. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He took off his shoes and his coat and vest, removed his collar and tie, and lay down on the bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The farmer’s daughter tended it with loving care; she would comb its coat and wreathe its horns with garlands. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maribel unzipped my coat and spread it open like wings, folding it around me as far as it would reach. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In the days following, he can hardly manage to comb his hair or convince his fingers to button his coat. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The spray from the river coats it, making it slippery and cold. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He left the boy sitting on the stairs holding the coats while he went up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He stuffed the bread into his coat and ran. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When he reached the vestibule, he got his gun from inside his shirt and put it in the pocket of his coat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She has a coat with a gray fur collar, and a hat with a feather in it that makes her nose look too long. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

To me, my losing was only another manifestation of that queer, material way of American living that computed everything in terms of the concrete: weight, color, race, fur coats, radios, electric refrigerators, cars, money ... Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jones crouched down, took a candle from his coat pocket, and told Booth to take out his compass. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Cumberland Farms, I slip the Easy Cheese can into my coat pocket when Aurora and Bryce are distracted by the frosted donuts near the hot dogs. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

They heard him zooming away, rattling coats of armor as he passed. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

My yelling and scolding didn’t have much effect, but the swinging coat did. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through his coat, through the thick smoke of wintry air, I can see TJ’s heart pounding out of his chest. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The coat was so big for him that it looked as though he were draped in a furry black circus tent. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I knew he had a nice coat already: a bright orange Canada Goose parka that made my mom hopeful that the rumors about his being rich might actually be true. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She had never had a coat before, or shawl, she was sure of that. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She would wrap me up in fur-lined coats and pants, so if it was bitter cold, no matter! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she walked out of the building with the handbook tucked under her coat and called an end to the picket. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

After what had seemed an interminable time, Dad had come out into the waiting room again, and reached for his hat and coat. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swung over the side to find herself in her underclothes, and saw the dress and the wolfskin coat folded at the end of her bunk together with her shopping bag. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Blood coated the metal and darkened the animal’s fur. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As Ma and Pa drove the cattle onto the slope toward the river, I stood in the door yard, waving madly with my coat and John’s to shoo stragglers toward the road. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing her fur coat, and she was smiling at me, using all of her teeth. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Celia paced the length of the bathroom like an upset hen, her open trench coat flapping behind her like a large wing. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I put on my coat and reach for my earmuffs—and stop. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

When you think about it, even cooks’ white aprons are similar to the white coats that scientists wear. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

He had the pistol in the pocket of his coat and he carried the flaregun in his hand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

An officer approaches him like he’s a serial killer or something and slowly reaches into the pocket of Darren’s sport coat, which is now ripped at one shoulder. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The resulting thick sheet was then coated with soft resin and taken to the hot-room to set. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked away in the dark, clutching my drawings under his coat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She pauses as she puts on her coat, looking at the books scattered across the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I walked to the Brown Cow without my coat and didn’t get shiverish but once. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She pushed him into the soapy water and suddenly remembered the alethiometer in her coat pocket. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped them off on the wool coat I had taken from the passenger. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

On reaching the tree, Papa ran his hand back under his coat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. I killed them. You better move. I don’t think I gave anyone a chance to raise the alarm. Take a coat from out there, or you’ll freeze your butt off.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The planet's famous red color is from iron oxide coating everything. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivan pulled on his coat as he bent to peer at the boy. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He had dim eyes and two buttons missing on his frayed maroon coat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women were bundled in hats, gloves, and ankle-length wool coats topped with striped satin sashes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I drove so Cassie could put the top coat on her nails. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He patted the badger’s rough coat with a gentle paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She saw that not a single one of the frock coats understood what might happen if her grandfather decided to stamp his foot on the ground. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I like your black coat and those shoes you wear, where did you get them? The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biddy stood on the porch in her big coat. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As he worked he hummed, and she made up words about the seal who wanted to be a coat. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air in the apartment is cold, and I pull my coat back on. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I mumbled my problem to the pharmacist, some young, clean-cut guy in a lab coat who, one step up, had a good twelve-inch height advantage on me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And just like that, the girl in the red coat and floppy hat was no longer a target. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He raises his wrist and frantically peels back his coat sleeve. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She would be all dressed in her gray suit and black high heels—which Aimee had put her stamp of approval on—maybe putting on another coat of mascara. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

But she saw a man in all black leather, another in a trench coat and fedora, a woman in jeans and a bright-red peacoat. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They remove their coats, introduce themselves, pour themselves Chianti. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I put my coat on and go out to my picnic table. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

People bundled in coats with collars up and scarves around their necks. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

After an awkward moment, Dr. Begbie stuffed her hand back into the pocket of her lab coat, but not before letting it stray over the restraint securing my left hand to the bed’s guardrail. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As for the girls, my girls at any rate, they seem to have been bom with some kind of protective coating, some immunity I lacked. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next, he retrieved from his coat his battered pocket chess set—all the little pieces lined up in their respective slots, ready to go to war. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My mother was wearing her best blue coat. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She tells her mother to remember to listen for the buzzer and then tugs on her coat. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The students gathered their coats and caps and filed out of the classroom. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d applied a fresh coat of war paint and added more feathers to his hair. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

His coat was black and white, penguin style. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Violet sat in her slip with her coat on, while Alice mended the sleeve with the tiniest stitches. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one last glance at Archer, Rajar sighed and returned to the sideboard, where he wrapped his coat around himself, though the room was not cold. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They have no coats, no socks, no caps and no one to help them. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then she reached for it, the long gray coat, and suddenly I understood. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu had finished and Aunty Uju was coating an exfoliating mask on her face when The General called to say he could no longer come. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mama had bought heavy coats for all of us. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would turn on the lights and then pace back and forth for a while without taking off his coat, hands clasped behind his back, shaking his head. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hatsue Imada was standing in the foyer of the Amity Harbor Buddhist Chapel, buttoning her coat after services, when Georgia Yamashita’s mother told the people gathered there the news about Pearl Harbor. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She started fussing with the seam on the front of Anya’s coat as another handful of faces peered out from the kitchen. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Everything was covered with a thick coating of gray ash. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I take the forged prescription, put on my coat, and for the first time, Helena decides to stay home without me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Through my coat, it could have been anything. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She’s in a white doctor’s coat, a stethoscope slung around her neck, her small cartoon hands resting angrily on her hips. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He's practically shouting, and he's wearing a green sport coat. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stands with a coat over her shoulders, looking into the dark where expensive foreign cars idle sharply. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon we were inside, coats off, helping to set up tables of sandwiches, cake, beans, and cottage cheese. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As he walked out of Bukchang that day, wearing his newly stolen coat and carrying a small cache of cookies, Shin joined a small group of traders that by chance was going north. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

"Your brothers will be home soon. Oma will come over to tuck you in," she says as she slips into her old, brown woolen coat. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny hung his coat over the back of his chair. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slept, clutching her coat tightly around her. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I pull up the hood of the coat and pull down the sleeves over my bare hands. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Rex pauses to rub his mangy coat against the bars at the front of the cage. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Beneath a long coat C.P. carried a shotgun, and in his pockets were more shells. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

"You’re the Taylor”—Josh let go of my coat—"who grassed on those little midget Kray Twins who were squeezing my brother for money?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z