She shook her head and sipped the cold coffee and wine. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

We don’t go into the living room but back past the stairs and through a door into the kitchen, where Cordelia makes me a cup of instant coffee. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I spot Mr. Turner from down the block, standing outside Hernando’s with his cup of coffee. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When he opened the plastic bag, the aroma was like coffee and the seeds were as big as quenepas. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She drinks more of her coffee, traces the rim of the mug with her finger. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He worked all day in his workshop and Remedios would bring him a cup of black coffee in the middle of the morning. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

So, when he’s bored or stressed or between coffee refills, he’ll check for a text bubble popping up. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

David and I exchange friendly words when the meeting is over, and then I slip out while the others are still sipping coffee and walk back to the hotel. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The family and friends went back to Olive’s house on Central Avenue to eat and to drink coffee, to see how each one was taking it, and to do and say the decent things. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lelia has cookies and juice ready for the kids and coffee for the adults, who usually leave after five minutes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they returned to the room and Windy had given Stewart his coffee and doughnuts, he said goodbye to the Tillermans. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, it said, she was “vomiting coffee- ground material,” which was probably clotted blood. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She giggled, then placed the card on the coffee table. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s that heap of rotting coffee beans on Ball’s Wharf, I tell you,” Mr. Carris said to the other men. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing had happened to Geography: The Story of the World, which was good because Mr. Barber checked on my book every time he passed down the aisle drinking his huge cup of coffee. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I took a few steps and banged my shin on the coffee table, and then I realized why Lori didn’t like to go exploring as much as Brian and I did. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Past at least a dozen places likely to sell coffee. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I finally gave up, got up, and made coffee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

There are coffee mugs and an Arabic newspaper open on the table in front of them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

They wresded like this a couple of times before Momma finally set all the burning equipment down and sat on the coffee table and pulled Joey into her lap. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drank a cup of coffee with Dante’s mom and dad. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She grabbed a napkin and wiped up her coffee. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In spite of what he said, though, she thought, I will stop in Hillsdale for a minute, just for a cup of coffee, because I cannot bear to have my long trip end so soon. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

At Broussard’s, I had supper in a superb courtyard under the stars—huitres variees, green salad, white wine and coffee; the same meal I had there in past years. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She no longer needed the coffee to keep awake. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took another strong swallow, letting the coffee sear my throat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Four casinos down on the strip, Jule surveyed six restaurants until she found a place to order a coffee and chat up a lonely college student who was just starting work on the night shift. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Englishman sent over real coffee and sugar and marmalade and cigarettes and cigars, and the doors of the theater were left open, so the warmth could get in. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she drinks the coffee I made, I look at the redness of her lips and wish I could just stand up, walk over, and kiss them. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Of course he wants to bring you home,” Cecilia said, leaning out over the coffee table to be close to us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then I put on coffee to boil and brought out my garbage-bucket laundry, which had been jouncing for two days, and rinsed the detergent out at the edge of the lake. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she did the only thing she could think to do in the moment—she flung her iced coffee at him and ran the other way. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I smell coffee brewing at Floridita and pass the elderly man who sits in a wheelchair outside the restaurant wearing an old captain’s outfit. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

A man in teeny shorts steps back from her, holding his coffee away. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He picked up the cup, pulled coffee through his teeth, and measured its bitterness on his tongue. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally over coffee I admitted that my reluctance to place the bases inside partially arose from the suspicion that it would be possible to build an almost infinite number of models of this type. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She started small, offering migrants a cup of coffee, then a place to bathe. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She drank her coffee stolidly and ate the last of her sandwich. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When I saw it that night, as he wound it and arranged it on the coffee table, an uneasiness possessed me; life, I realized, was being lived in Dacca first. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

There were islands in the middle of the water, little floating restaurants where grown-ups could order Turkish coffee while their legs were still in the pool. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My eating came back around: first coffee yogurt, then bagels, then chicken. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

‘There is not any coffee. I used the last of it yesterday.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wished to God old Mrs. Antolini would come in with the coffee. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She leaned forward between sips of coffee, dabbing at her face. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Close enough that I can smell the smoky sweetness of coffee beans on him. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We sat quietly for a second, and then I got a whiff of coffee, and bacon, and cinnamon. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Foulke told of other deaths along the street and said he knew the origin of the fevers: the repulsive smell in the air caused by the rotting coffee on Ball’s Wharf. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

With one cat in her lap and another licking an oatmeal bowl on the table, she sat drinking coffee and reading a book of theater plays. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She would boil water and make coffee and then—then she would just mix up a batch of pancakes! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He took in her words with a befuddled expression, his cup of coffee forgotten in his hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I chance a look at him, and he is just sitting still, staring at the empty vase on the coffee table. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She sinks back onto the couch and sets her phone on the coffee table. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It is a reasonable question, partially answered when the coffee arrives and my father slips a fistful of sugar into a pocket of his sport coat. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My mom placed the set on the coffee table. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He seems happy enough by the time I leave because I’ve fixed him a coffee and thrown some ice cream in it as well. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A pizza box rested on the reclaimed-wood coffee table in front of them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She finished her toast and got up to pour herself some coffee. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Once in the flat, Katie decided to heat the coffee and have a cupful. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were the color of coffee, but without the warmth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Wexler set her coffee cup on the driftwood coffee table and craned her neck for a better view. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My wife is a fire dragon without morning coffee,” he said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She served us coffee and cakes while Malcolm spoke in the courteous, gentle manner that was his in private. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wealthier families in our village supplemented their diets with tea, coffee, and sugar, but for most people in Qunu these were exotic luxuries far beyond their means. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mums went off for coffee, just as we'd planned, and Salim and the two Sparks cousins joined the ticket queue. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

An affectionate man, he embraced me, offered me coffee and had me take a seat. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he picked up the coffee pot and poured the last of the old coffee into the grass, turning away for a long moment. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The man looks over at us, outraged, which makes me laugh so hard, I nearly spit out my coffee. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was a shared printer and a coffee machine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darma continues chatting with him while she sips from a gigantic coffee mug. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I asked, holding the mug up to my mouth and blowing on the hot coffee. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Off to the right are hillsides covered with coffee plants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The very first coffee shop in England was opened by a Turkish man in 1652. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s gone happen. Soon enough,” Minny say, like we talking about the kind a coffee we drink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We each received a mug of what was described as coffee, but which was in fact ground-up maize, baked until it was black, and then brewed with hot water. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please,” Mom said, her mood lightening as she stirred her coffee. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we finished the lunch we walked up to the Café de la Paix and had coffee. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her mama and the coffee can were both gone, and for a moment she feared the worst. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I pound back the coffee to empty the mug. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I drank a good deal during lunch, but by the time we were finished I was still so nervous that I had brandy with my dessert instead of coffee. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then I came to a block where they were distributing black “coffee.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His elbows are resting on the coffee table. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He can remember prices, to the cents, of cans of coffee he bought ten years ago. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went and got a cup of coffee and sat for some time in a kind of dumbfounded silence. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, she snuck into the teachers’ lounge during lunch and drank half a pot of cold coffee, just because she’s not allowed to drink it and she was curious. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her coffee is sweetened with condensed milk, her hair pulled back into a braid, her dark fingers circling her cup. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She exhales, then takes a sip of her coffee. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Did she wake up in a feather bed, toast and coffee served on a silver service? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I shake my head no and drop three cubes of sugar into my coffee. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Soon Myrna’s brutal social manner had driven my courtiers from the table, and we were left alone, all cold coffee and hot words. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed a jogger and lifeguard truck parked with its door open, the man inside pouring coffee from a thermos into a cup. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I refused the money and accepted a cup of coffee instead. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, he was too much of a gentleman to do this, and there were times when we went without that cup of coffee or that glass of water. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked in zigzags around the table where the mute drank his coffee. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Governor Wallace’s hard face and tightly knit brows, plastered on the front of Time magazine some twelve days later, covered the nation’s coffee tables and city newsstands. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My parents also said you live thirty minutes away, so maybe we could meet for coffee or something? Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the words to answer, so I shrugged and took a sloppy gulp of coffee to avoid saying more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had never been a coffee drinker in the World, but now I wanted it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose we owe you an explanation, Mama,” Jaime murmured as they drank their coffee. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of the other two men was hungry, and the meal was soon eaten, but not till they were sipping their coffee did M. Bouc mention the subject that was occupying all their minds. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took my tea from her, but then I put it on the coffee table before I scorched my fingerprints off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mom turned down the burner on the stove, grabbed her mug of coffee, and came over to me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He offered me a seat and a cup of coffee. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s coffee left from this morning, Johnny. It’s nice and hot and we’ve got milk tonight. I was waiting until you came home so that we could eat together.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom looks at me over the coffee mug Eleanor and I gave her one year on Mother s Day. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The most exciting thing about the church group is the free coffee and cookies, which I run to immediately. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My mother adores coffee, which we could almost never afford, but it only tastes bitter and thin to me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The wood seemed especially dark and rich, as if it had been absorbing coffee for the last fifty years. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

"What's new with you, Grace? Where are the kids? And what are all those presents doing on the coffee table? It's not your birthday and it's not our anniversary." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even sadder this time. as a child, i smelled the air Mama takes her coffee out to the front porch sips it slow. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He wrote, “Stan went to get coffee. He told me to give this to you in case he didn’t get back in time.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had his sweat-socked feet up on the coffee table and a bottle of beer in his hand. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I helped them dress while Karl downed a second cup of coffee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The dentist was relaxing in his chair, looking very comfortable with a paper cup of coffee and the newspaper. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She pours a cup of coffee and doesn’t drink it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It’s hard not to read her personality into her coffee order. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ranee clears her throat, enters the room, and places the plate of pakoras on the coffee table. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I tried to take a sip but only managed to spill half the coffee on the ground. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any beer, but I can make you a cup of coffee.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

His song trailed off as I opened my door to his wide-knuckled, age-spotted hand, holding out coffee in the yellow mug. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I have visions of myself taking her for coffee, and then where? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I used the floor water to wash down the front steps and threw the last of it on the seeds I’d planted in coffee tins by the door. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It reminded them of men who wore hats to plow and to eat supper in; who blew into saucers of coffee, and held knives in their fists when they ate. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leslie dumped the contents of one coffee can on the ground and put the can under the worst leak. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

When she looked at Toby, her eyes red and unfocused, she said, “This is going to require coffee. Can you give me a minute?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We ran into the nearby coffee farm and lay in the dirt watching the village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Showing up with a coffee stain on your leg.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking over, I see Stella’s mom sitting down in the chair two away from mine, a cup of coffee clutched in her hands. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Cup of coffee and a ham sandwich, please,” she said. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The coffee table is stained with circular marks from mugs of tea. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Drink the coffee, and hev one hour of comfort before this day is over.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set the coffee mug on the table with a thump. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, I make myself a cup of coffee and turn on the TV. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had all our guesses stuffed in an empty coffee can. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

And oh yes, we will be getting “little presents” now and then— ballpoint pens, coffee mugs, T-shirts promoting seasonal items. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Attendees sat around tables made into giant rectangles with their name cards and cups of coffee or bottled water in front of them, making speeches. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She was still in her work clothes, a denim skirt and a T-shirt with a picture of a coffee cup on it and the words Get Your Own underneath. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

While the conditioner works its magic, we eat the breakfast feast Pop Pop prepared: T-bone steaks, cheese eggs, grits, coffee, and orange juice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Harry got toast, coconut, baked bean, strawberry, curry, grass, coffee, sardine, and was even brave enough to nibble the end off a funny gray one Ron wouldn’t touch, which turned out to be pepper. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Mami serves the Cuban coffee in tiny cups that look like toy cups. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“They have orange juice, too—if you don’t drink coffee.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grandfather found a small bag of roasted coffee beans the thieves had overlooked, and he cooked a pot for us, army style. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She avoided Greenwich Village, she said, because there, instead of painting, she would be spending all her time in bars and coffee shops. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jerome placed his coffee cup on the table and pulled up an easy chair. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But Cletus told her that coffee had made me tough, and besides that all writers needed something to see them through those long novels, and better it was coffee than Jim Beam whiskey. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

A yawning lady with a flowered scarf tied under her chin lugged a food basket jammed with Jell-O boxes, paper napkins, and coffee filters. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning, she arrived early by bus and streetcar from her nearby village to brew the coffee, filling the apartment with its strong aroma. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Just coffee,” Marlena says, sliding one leg over the other and jiggling her foot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t really, um, drink coffee. Since I’m a kid and all.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

"Go get us some coffee," I tell him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The whole room still smelled like Mama, like coffee and perfume and...It smelled like the way she laughed. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Noa was sitting in the hallway, her back against the wall, holding a steaming cup of coffee between her hands. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t answer my question, Maisie,” she says as she tucks the colorful coffee mugs back into the cupboards. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"I've saved up two pounds of ersatz coffee," Mina tells her on the telephone. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hours later, after four cups of coffee between them, she wanted to show him a movie. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Look,pal—afew cups of coffee don’t mean you know me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He found beef jerky, rice, beans, dried onions, coffee, and candy. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going into Dunkin’ Donuts, and I’m going to order a large coffee for you and a cinnamon bun for me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“In all our years, you’ve never made me coffee,” he said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She filled two cups half full with thick cold coffee and poured the boiling milk in up to the rim. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tears welled up, and she drank her cold, tasteless coffee. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A hoopoe called from a Kenya coffee tree and was answered by another. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Plural words are often treated as singulars in quantities and measurements of things like these: • Money: Bernice says $4 is too much for a cup of coffee. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wednesday walked across the street carrying the metal case, and bought himself a coffee at the supermarket. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Luke looked at her and nodded; he was arranging the coffee cups on a tray, and the doctor had already gone on, doggedly opening doors and propping them. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the old days, I, the oldest daughter, would have been given some comforting rum-filled brew, or salted black coffee, to drink before seeing her father’s body for the first time. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I tuck myself down between the sofa and coffee table. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put Papa to bed and gave him black coffee. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on there in the kitchen, wishing for more coffee, but too tired to get up and fix it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hesitated, sighed, rolled another cigarette, and poured more coffee—in my cup as well as in his—before I could stop him. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was on that very coffee table on which Noris had once knocked a tooth out tussling with her brother that the plans for the attack were drawn. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim and I had cold ham and coffee. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then she gulped down the last of her coffee and slammed the mug on the table like that was that. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

And I set out two plastic mugs and two glasses, poured coffee, and set a bottle of whisky within easy reach. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a coffee mug with a gold star on the side. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I remember when Morris brought you in for the first time,” he said, and took another drink of his coffee. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I said, “Stan the doorman. Sometimes he runs around the corner for coffee, and I want to be sure all of my packages get to me, so I thought, if Alicia—” “Who?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Drink from mugs stained in blotches or in rings, brown from coffee and red from wine. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one coffee shop, when the owner presented a group of customers with their bills, they knocked him out and ransacked the place. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Though I had never had a cup of coffee before, I said yes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"The first bomb went off in your folks' coffee shop, right? Your mother and father work you pretty hard, don't they?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kim notices a stray pack of cigarettes on the coffee table and lights one. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They went into the library together, and when he found his book, she asked him to stay for a coffee. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Jazz was having her daily coffee in the form of trash talk shows. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And he can be mad about anything—coffee too cold, rain or no rain, wind, too little or too much, even paint on a shirt. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

After all, he saw her at church every Sunday after services pouring tea and coffee in the reception room. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We had dined at l'Avenue's and afterward went to the Café de Versailles for coffee. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But every reader addicted to coffee can thank ancient Ethiopian farmers for domesticating the coffee plant. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A waitress brought over a menu and jokingly offered him coffee. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I rubbed at the coffee stain on my white shirt. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Show me!” she said, putting down the pencil and grabbing her coffee. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Afterward they enjoyed a great luxury: Rick had room service bring up coffee. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

When I came to a lunch bar, I went inside and bolted four “Coney Island Red-Hots” and three muddy cups of coffee. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Later, over cigarettes and coffee, Perry returned to the subject of thievery. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was already up and bustling about, and as they came in she pressed a cup of coffee into Mama’s hands. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Sissy explained that all new babies had blue eyes and that probably they’d be dark as coffee beans as she grew older. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Awakened by my parents rushing off to the hospital, he’d gotten out of bed and gone downstairs to make himself a cup of coffee. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Look, if I get shot, do me a favor. Call my brother and tell him there’s $10,000 buried in a coffee can under his front lawn.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I made myself a cup of coffee and smoked a cigarette. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s evening now, and Audrey and I share a coffee with the Doorman on the front porch. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He’d never had coffee before, and he was sure that for the rest of his life the smell of coffee would remind him of sitting here in the ruins of the lost market. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Lola includes all kinds of things: big coffee tins, mass quantities of toothpaste, shoes, clothes, and lipstick in pretty shades for all the aunties there. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

There are dishes in the sink and papers strewn over the coffee table, and the toaster is in bits. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Other familiar objects and furnishings were still in evidence, Lefty’s rebetika records, the brass coffee table, and, of course, the silkworm box, sitting in the middle of the engraved circular top. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Milton and Tessie often found themselves in the kitchen at four in the morning, drinking coffee. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I drink my coffee outside on the patio, watching the half-empty trains rattle past, and think about lunch. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a warm smell—was that coffee? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

On the porch were two coffee cans, a red cup, the hammer, a pair of wire cutters, and one nail. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Shamika and his mother were sipping a second round of coffees and gossiping about all sorts of things, but Moss kept to himself. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Tatterfell has left me a tray with coffee on it, spiced with cinnamon and cloves and a little bit of pepper. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later he had gotten the TV set upstairs; his fingers groaning, he placed it on a coffee table in his living room. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

His parents had him try other remedies of the time—such as smoking cigars and drinking black coffee—but nothing helped. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

She brought the coffee mug to her lips, then froze. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I filtered the fourth distillation through a mixture of charcoal, eggshells, pecan husks, and coffee grounds. I think I’ll put it up in oak for a while and see what happens.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was almost five dollars for the coffee, which was my lunch allowance for the week. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I shook my head no, and they each read their cards while I went to fill up my coffee cup with red wine. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jenny was clutching a giant tumbler of coffee. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Bull drove downtown for his morning coffee at Hobie’s Bar and Grill. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We should really go get some coffee and make a scandal—the Greek therapist and her high school boyfriend. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

As she sets the first pot of coffee to brew, Sister Federica of the Sisters of Charity Hospital calls. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people listened courteously, drank coffee with Ruby, asked questions. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Scrabble board was on the coffee table. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the waiter walked through the door and brought us coffee, placing the cups carefully on the table as if they were live grenades, Vidal didn’t even bother to look up. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She was sitting at the kitchen table, sipping coffee, and looking over the new Sears, Roebuck catalog. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He asked for a cup of coffee for himself. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I copied down all the passages about ghosts I could find and spread them over the coffee table, sorted them, and read them each dozens of times. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he glances around, and then you see that his lips are smeared with something slippery and red, mixed with black specks, as if he has been chewing coffee grounds. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I want fresh coffee, and I don't want to leave the house. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The orderly brought in the sweet and coffee. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The twins—sleepy, red-nosed, rumpled—were sprawled on a bench like a couple of teenagers, passing a cup of coffee back and forth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Gary said, tossing his coffee on the dirt, where it dried in about two seconds, “I bet you’re tired after your long trip. I’ll take you up to the apartment.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not for Eb, not even for Bill or Shad, would he have taken his mother’s coffee. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was still time for a cup of coffee. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If you could just refold the paper and stack it on the coffee table. If you could just do that for me if it's not too much trouble.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And when he started talking, we weren't in that coffee shop anymore. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She sat back in her chair, ordered coffee and chocolate cream pie, ran a hand through her black hair. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He smiles handsomely over his coffee and makes sarcastic jokes and the Alex Claremont-Diaz Charm Initiative is as effective as ever. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There were flaxen-haired dolls and others which Francie liked better who had hair the color of good coffee with lots of cream in it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as if he were to say in a restaurant, “Yes, I’ll have some more coffee and, ah, I’m choking on a chicken bone.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

About ten oclock he’d come in Thompson’s, get two cups of coffee, sit down and take his socks out of his pocket and remove his shoes and put them on while the coffee cooled. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s the first thing lie gets at the grocery when he goes to the store, that and coffee. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gretchen took a short lap of her coffee, surprisingly neat, then looked up at me and with a gentle paw pushed the sugar bowl over toward me. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As the adults drank coffee, Mr. Rubin took a phone call and excused himself from the table. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, because there’s nothing better than sweet Cuban coffee with warm condensed milk in the morning. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

After buying a few items at the five-and-dime store—a comb, toothpaste, notepaper—the four young black men would head for the lunch counter at the rear of the store, sit down, and order coffee. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They stood outside the window and the cook passed them their coffee and a roll, which they drank and ate from the window sill. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Petrificus Totalus!” screamed Hermione from out of sight, and the Death Eater fell forward like a statue to land with a crunching thud on the mess of broken china, table, and coffee. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

I spent that night in a boardinghouse in town, rose early, and was joined for coffee in my room by two local chiefs to discuss their role in the new Bantu Authorities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I had the same look on my own face as I sipped my coffee and finally spoke. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He returns with a coffee for himself, and the chips and the tea, along with a paper cup of milk the bartender has given him instead of the regulation container of cream. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lily finished pouring the cream into her coffee. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Her hand strayed to a stubborn coffee stain just over her hip. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had also been planted that her job was contingent on her being able to grind coffee. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody had found a cache of coffee beans about two months earlier, and they had sent to Saigon for a coffee grinder. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put some oatmeal on the stove, strained the coffee, and toasted the bread. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And make him coffee after breakfast. And wash the dishes.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jones appears in their thicket, his pockets overflowing with ham, butter, bread, and a flask of coffee. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Go buy me a croissant and a coffee, unless you’re going to steal my coins, too.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Having delivered himself of various polite insincerities, and having told Mrs. Hubbard that he would order coffee to be brought to her, Poirot was able to take his leave accompanied by his two friends. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

One had a cup of coffee in his hand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Instead I crawl onto the futon, under the duvet, with a cup of coffee and the Toronto phone book, and start looking up names. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, over coffee, she’d help him with his formal medical education, which he’d summarized on thousands of highly imaginative flash cards. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The next morning, on his way to school, Jake noticed a long line snaking out of the corner bodega, a small grocery and convenience store where people bought their coffee, bagels, and egg sandwiches. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He had decided to save fifty centavos to fulfill a dream he had cherished ever since he was a child: to have a cup of Viennese coffee. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right now it seemed to me that life was as clear as the cup of muddy coffee Charlie Mason served up. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Attendants linger at the doors of grocery stores and coffee shops, trying to win customers over. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Dad fixed hot cocoa for me and coffee for himself. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

We laugh at every joke, and once in a while Mom kisses me, and once in a while she reaches for Dad’s coffee and takes a sip. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Rogers followed them into the room with the coffee tray. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Back at Winslow’s office, we had coffee as he talked about his work. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And dinosaurs standing around drinking coffee, staring up at the giant meteor soaring through the air, commenting on how pretty it is. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

At last Lee brought in two cups of coffee and set them on the table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wasting no time over coffee, we dashed into several bookstores until success came in Blackwell’s. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

With a cup of coffee in one hand and an unlit cigarette in the other, Mom sat beside me on the couch. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Another one had poured the coffee from that same silver coffee pot, had placed the cup to her lips, had bent down to the dog, even as I was doing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He picks up the newspaper lying on the counter, sips his coffee, and reads. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down with the same breakfast as everyone else: a bowl of oatmeal with a sprinkle of brown sugar on it, and a mug of coffee. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The creamer mixes in and the coffee turns a light brown with some dark coffee grounds rising to the surface. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But then she always took care of herself—no liquor, no drugs, and recently she had stopped drinking coffee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Jeth, we need coffee and a passel of other things from town. Do you think you could manage the team and do some chores fer us in Newton tomorrow?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Folks is putting ice cubes in they coffee. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

All the two of them were eating for breakfast was toast and coffee. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Everybody said hello, poured themselves some coffee, then sat down at the table. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I only came in for a cup of coffee.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t tell her she switched on the television but never watched it, or that she made herself tea but let it grow cold on the coffee table. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dad walked into the kitchen, newspaper folded under his arm, and poured a cup of coffee. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Chin propped on a woven knot of fingers, elbows digging into her knees, she stared at the spread of magazines on the coffee table. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She returns and fills the vase with the flowers, putting it on the coffee table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They bought us things like heavy cream for coffee, but we didn’t drink coffee. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She saw me and waved to me, but stopped at the counter for coffee before she came over to the table. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom disapproves of telephones,” I said as I placed the dime on his coffee table. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What made you wanna put on your spiffs?” he joked, turning the blue paper cup up to take one last gulp of coffee. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Daddy asks for a cup of coffee, Mother and I for iced tea. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Edwin poured a last splash of coffee in his mug and took a sip. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And indeed, when Nailer finally ducked out of the elements to drink a hot cup of coffee, Dauntless's main radar showed the bloody blip of the fighting ship closing still. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He came down for coffee in the mornings, in an old bathrobe of Francis’s, and sat in the kitchen windowsill looking moodily over the lawn as if he were waiting for someone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We said all this in my kitchen, drinking coffee, sitting at my kitchen table, in those low, intense voices we used for such arguments when we were in our early twenties; a carry-over from college. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the buzz of the orange squeezer sounded from downstairs, and the smell of coffee and bacon filtered under my door. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It must have been the lack of coffee. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Mind if I grab some coffee before I go?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

My drink is $6.38 and I let her know that the cost of saving a life is at least two elaborate coffee drinks. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He likes to play around with color, and he even includes bits of eggshells and coffee grounds that have dropped into the paint. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He invited the man to have coffee, which the man declined, and then listened silently to the man’s story. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, as he ate the bacon and the coffee cleared his mind, the spinning in his head began to diminish and he found himself creeping up on a new realization. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Tee sipped a tiny mug of flavored coffee. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She takes her coffee and goes into her bedroom, mumbling the whole time about how I must think the kitchen is my art studio. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He sipped a little of the black coffee for the sake of formality. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re in the coffee shop area of the store, with mellow French music playing. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Papa sat there staring off into space, sipping his coffee and saying nothing. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to the grocery store, her mom bought them each a day-old cream horn and a cup of twenty-five-cent coffee. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I shook the pen a few times to get the ink going, and placed a blank page on top of Abuela’s coffee table. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He looked through the Plexiglas top of the shark tank that served as a coffee table. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Back in the town I went to the café to have a second coffee and some buttered toast. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She sets the food out on the coffee table. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Desperation could be found much closer to hand—as close as the kitchen, where William stood alone in the small hours, brewing his pots of coffee. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She was exasperated by his mugs of coffee at five in the morning, the disorder of his workshop, his frayed blanket, and his custom of sitting in the street door at dusk. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I wonder why they call it coffee cake. Not a drop of coffee in it.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I chose a place on the couch, next to the coffee table. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some were already up this morning, drinking coffee, playing backgammon, and reading the Greek newspapers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

That morning, they’d had coffee together in a cafe near the harbor after which, like professional spies, they’d picked up their separate suitcases—Desdemona keeping her silkworm box—and had departed in different directions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His handwriting is famously illegible; student compositions are regularly returned stamped with tan rings of coffee, sometimes golden rings of Scotch. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I make myself a cup of coffee and sit down in front of the television, and I wait. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can vouch for those white folk in Alabama, Arrabelle. What do you take in your coffee?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wooden coffee table in her living room has a massive, cracked geode slice embedded in its center. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the tumult that gathered in the courtyard to drink coffee, tell jokes, and play cards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When it came to things like saying hello, counting from one to ten, or talking about buying coffee and sugar, they did pretty well. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen she went immediately to her cupboard and took down a small bag of coffee. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad arrives and walks straight for the coffeemaker and makes a cup of very light, very sweet coffee and sits down at the table across from me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She swept a large coffee can from a shelf. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I quickly ran to our cabin and got the empty Hills Brothers coffee can. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She moved away from the window and slumped on the couch, putting her bare feet up on the coffee table. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I see two little Jewish old ladies giggling over coffee at a Manhattan diner, it makes me smile, because I hear my own mother’s laughter beneath theirs. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His more natural domain was a high-backed booth near the rear of Day’s Restaurant on University Way where he sipped coffee and read his history. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

For a second I thought it was old Windbreaker, back for more coffee money. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The smells of coffee and sweet pastries wafted at him from the houses. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, don’t go,” said Henry, taking a long gulp of his coffee and putting the cup in the sink. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“My entire coffee patch washed right off the hill.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Waking up mornings in my dad’s old room to the smell of coffee and sausage. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I drank my coffee slowly and thought about the day to come. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She set a sack of coffee beans on the table. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can always sell them something else. Some dinner rolls, a coffee ring for tomorrow’s breakfast.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of mornings I even made myself coffee. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She gives me my coffee and then she just stands, staring out the back window with her jaw set tight. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I order a cheese Danish and a cup of coffee, even though the smell of bacon makes my mouth drip. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

On a cold day, he’d have Mr. Morton or Miss Bernstone come down to his furnace room for a hot cup of coffee before they went on to the next school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put milk into the coffee and sat opposite Johnny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They got a firm handshake and a hot cup of coffee when they got home. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or when I work the rooms, bringing up the whiskey hidden so it looks like coffee. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sipped his coffee as delicately as a debutante, as slowly as an octogenarian. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have coffee with him, but we have to drink it without milk. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I straightened my supplies on the coffee table and sat, careful to avoid the pins, and smiled at the idea that Arletta would be the first friend I welcomed into my new place. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Kendra walked to the house wrapped in her towel, She entered the back door and found Lena dragging a broken coffee table into the kitchen. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She’d sip her coffee and give me a wink, and I’d think she didn't know just how far I was from being too cool. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I stared down at my coffee, afraid that if I made eye contact, he would read it as insolence. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The coffee shop smells like pretentious writers who would hate the stuff I write. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Spilled coffee didn’t really prove very much, Fujiko urged her daughter to see. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We were in an overscaled, Architectural Digest sort of room, big and loft-like, with skylights and a fieldstone fireplace, chairs upholstered in white leather, kidney-shaped coffee table—modern, expensive, Italian stuff. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Van Deusen has another cup of coffee and half a chocolate doughnut. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The remains of another sugar packet lay in a small coffee puddle next to her cup. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

When he downs the last of his coffee, he crushes the coffee cup with his hand, starts the truck with a roar, and backs out slowly. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The problem was, by the time I got home, I was so awake from the coffee, I couldn’t fall asleep. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped by the Seminary and had a cup of coffee. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We usually have this, or for a special treat, French bread with iced coffee. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother poured him a cup of coffee with a steady hand. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the chain was finished, Mother made a big pot of coffee. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I'll probably steal your idea, because dads freaking love coffee. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

A third cousin of Papa’s, Hopewell Stump, from out in Banks County, clerked and took care of the chickens that folks brought to trade out for nails, flour, sugar, coal oil, coffee, and chewing tobacco. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I thought about when Junior and I had visited Kabati and would take walks with our grandfather on paths around the coffee farms by the village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In his own car he took out a thermos of coffee, drank several gulps, then leaned back and closed his eyes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

At the Jesuit church, I picked up a booklet I had also noticed on Dean Gandy’s coffee table—For Men of Good Will, by Father Robert Guste. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bailiff, who had a daughter about Bebe’s age, took her to an anteroom and pressed a cup of lukewarm coffee into her hands. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She straightened up, sighing, and went over to the sink to wash the coffee from her cloth. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped for coffee, and after we left, she said, “Nana seems okay.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The coffee was profoundly black, almost tar, and so strong it seemed to jump at me from the cup. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I start the coffee machines, then settle on my stool behind the counter to read. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mami had told me to take the baby when I brought a bag of pigeon peas to Doña Lola, who would give us coffee in return. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I slammed my fist onto the table, causing the plates of soggy pancakes and mugs of bitter coffee to jump. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It’s been a while since I delivered the coffee table to Ma’s place. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Plates were filled, coffee and tea was poured. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

One of them is counting a pile of cash on the coffee table. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Five cups of coffee trickled their slow way through her innards. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Stopping for a coffee, asking directions, depositing money in my bank account: these things were out of the question, as they involved having to speak. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I sat on the couch and stared through the window at the white sky, the empty parking lot, the faded asphalt, while Celia brewed a pot of coffee. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Sandwiches, snacks, coffee,” I call out as I walk the aisle. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner had he settled in front of the TV than a Mother Paula’s commercial came on, promoting the weekend special: $6.95 for all the pancakes you could eat, plus free sausage and coffee. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gazes up at the set with reddened, watery eyes, sipping coffee that I will now and again offer to warm. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Even if it’s not in our old apartment, but out somewhere, like a coffee shop. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A dishpan of coffee was on the stove and iced cakes filled a shelf in the cupboard. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There’s a tray of vegetables in the center of the coffee table with a small bowl of hummus for dipping. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

For dessert we ate bizcochitos and hot coffee flavored with sugar and cinnamon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people make it by dripping water through a filter containing coffee grounds: they are relying on gravity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But one night, when work was ended, Florence invited her to share a cup of coffee in the all-night coffee shop near by. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

After the coffee and a fine we got the bill, chalked up the same as ever on a slate, that was doubtless one of the "quaint" features, paid it, shook hands, and went out. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Celeste looked at Tab’s face, then stared at Em, who was still lying across the coffee table like a sacrifice. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

There were canvas sacks of com—some to be ground for home use, some sold outright to pay for the coffee and sugar, nails, axe-handle, and tobacco that Jenny had written on a list. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drank a coffee and after a while Bill came over. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

With a renewal of tenderness, however, they repaired to her room on leaving the dining-parlour, and sat with her till summoned to coffee. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The sausage would be sweet and sharp and pungent with spices, and my coffee a wine-dark happiness. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the shelter along the street below were stores—all closed now: newsstands, coffee shops, stationery shops, but no houses. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Send the boy down to Nancy’s and ask fer the loan of a little coffee,” he told Jenny. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad glared at my mom for a second, then emphatically put his feet up on the coffee table, something that my mom hated. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

That, she made painfully clear to me the day she threw scalding hot coffee at me, screaming that I had brought it to her cold. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her usual morning meal was coffee, sometimes paired with a banana. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

That hot cup of coffee was one step closer! Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

You mean the one you had coffee with?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I thought you were Marge. She was s’posed to bring me some coffee half an hour ago.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And bouncing on her flat heels, full of coffee and nerve and code, was Eva Seiler, Berlin’s interpretive liaison with London, soon to insinuate herself into the German-speaking underworld of Ormaie. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Their house was still too messy, they said, for me to visit, so we had coffee at Starbucks. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

But the coffee tin was not on the shelf where I’d left it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Make my coffee light and sweet, shine my shoes, pick up my dry cleaning, all for not a single penny: What else could you want?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Mamma set the tray down on the coffee table, and everyone helped themselves. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My reading glasses are on the coffee table, and ain't none of these pigs willing to go fetch 'em for me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Dad took a sip of his coffee and grimaced. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“No harm in that. You might bring me some coffee.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was a large, high-ceilinged room, the largest in the house, and it smelled of coffee and old newspapers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She let me drink coffee last harvest,” Chase bragged. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The clock on your dresser, the cup of coffee you drink in the morning, the book you're reading right now—all these are three-dimensional objects. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Tía Mari just brings some extra waterbreads and marmalade and cheese and a pot of coffee and one of milk, and fresh fruits. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I sat down in the gallery-office cell, started a new page in the logbook, and then leaned back to savor my coffee and catch up on recent events on the gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you shouldn’t let Teddy drink so much coffee.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised when I found myself in my own yard, with Mr. Whiskers there on the steps, curled up next to the sunflower I’d planted in a coffee can. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Flour and coffee in the floor and canned goods half crushed and rusting. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

As they drove toward Biddle Island Marine Corps Training Depot, Ben downed the hot, acrid coffee as though he were enjoying it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dry biscuits, canned meat, sugar, and powdered coffee, all in one big can. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Linda sat down at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee and lit a cigarette. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d seen the book on a coffee table in his house. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Espresso, Dr. Gloss op said, has three times the caffeine of regular coffee. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swallowed the last drop of coffee and got up from her stool brusquely, startling Alicia, who reached her arms out to me and clung to my neck the minute she was close enough. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

No one else I knew read things like this, stuff that belonged on grown-ups’ coffee tables. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I hit my head on the elephant-shaped coffee table when I experienced syncope, or a transient loss of consciousness, more commonly known as passing out. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

All the honors in the world cannot buy them a cup of coffee in the lowest greasy-spoon joint. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wrote to you?” repeated Edna in amazement, stirring her coffee absently. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Dawn would have talked there for hours; it was Vic who suggested they go get coffee, and it all went from there. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I like the sound of this Capricorn less and less! OK, let’s get this over and done with. I want to go home to my books, real electric light, and a nice cup of coffee.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I can hear Judd’s heavy footsteps coming around the side of the Jeep, and I can smell his chewing tobacco, strong as coffee. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked around behind the counter and set the coffee down, then started counting money from her apron pocket. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There’s coffee waiting for me on the counter—extra sweet and light. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Rice, oatmeal, dehydrated potatoes, canned roast beef, gingersnap cookies, sugar, coffee, and chocolate were some of the items packed in watertight tin containers. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I drank the last of my coffee, wincing at the bitterness of it. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They got replaced by cars and coffee and all. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clambered down and found that the shaman had not only pitched the tent but had conjured a fire into being, and was brewing some coffee. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is holding a dirty coffee cup in one hand, a heavy silver tray in the other. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He took her paper and placed it face down on the coffee table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’s fumbling with a paper cup of coffee, a stack of folders, and a bright pink flower. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

In it I kept a kettle, some sugar and coffee, and a tin mug. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sat morosely drinking coffee, reading an odd assortment of magazines or pamphlets speculating on space travel and ancient civilizations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Grover collapsed next to his coffee, which steamed against the snow. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She took a sip of coffee and then reached for a cigarette. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As quietly as I could, I got up and fetched an old coffee tin where Osh sometimes kept seeds he collected once the garden was spent. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“The children would love that. Be good to see you more, too, Vola. Maybe we could go for that coffee afterward.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He smiled and jiggled a spotted blue coffee pot. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Come help me with the coffee. And if you don’t tell your parents, I’ll let you have some.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I took a tablespoon of sugar and the same of saltpeter, stirred them in a coffee cup with a wooden spoon, opened the door to our coal-fired hot-water heater, and tossed it in. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I bring my cereal bowl back to the kitchen, Mom’s in there pouring milk into a steaming mug of coffee. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And she turns toward the coffee shop, and I hold the cane, and in we go. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And so we found shelter with my friend, who runs the coffee shop, where we used to ski...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At length, while we were having coffee, I tersely outlined my new plans for the summer. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

After the service while Uhmma helps set out doughnuts and coffee, Apa stands in the corner of the fellowship hall, away from everyone else, smoking a cigarette. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

When the bags were gathered on the kitchen floor, I started pulling groceries onto the kitchen table—half a watermelon, a coffee cake, milk, and ground beef. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then I would heat my coffee and sit comfortably on my back step and contemplate wood and water and the quick-rising mountains with crowns of conifers and the fir trees high up, dusted with snow. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he knew what was happening, Ricky improvised a hip throw and Luke landed on top of the flimsy coffee table, splintering the wood and glass. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She humphed and hemmed and slurped her coffee without answering, but as soon as I’d gotten my book again and was settled down on the couch and reading, she said, “It’s onto four o’clock.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I went in, feeling jangled from the coffee I’d been chugging since dawn, I called Jesse and arranged to have lunch with him afterward. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Visitors never had to ask for cream with their coffee or jam for their tea. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

If I made her some coffee, it would distract her, and maybe she’d let me get back to my book in peace. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poured myself a mug of coffee and Mr. Whiskers a saucer of tinned milk. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I paused, took a sip of my coffee, letting the word boyfriend rest out in the air. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t of been much trouble for Mama; all Grandpa ever wanted in the morning was four cups of coffee and some yeast bread, toasted hard and dipped in boiling water and then buttered. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Before Mom, Dad and Ellis get up the next morning, I’m in the garage rolling out self-drying clay with a coffee can and cutting it into rounded tiles. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Portia’s hands shook and coffee trickled down from the saucer she was holding. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They showed things like coffee pots, microwave ovens, and kitchen sinks. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Skeeter, ” Liza Presley says before I make it past the coffee urns, “did I hear you were at the Robert E. Lee a few weeks ago? “Is that right? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Just don’t carry no guns”—Calvin cooled his coffee in his saucer—“and you’ll be all right.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Houck will probably let her drink fancy coffee drinks and eat pastries to make everyone feel better about their ruined lives. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bring the coffee to you. I’ve got some dirty stories written by a French queen. They might be too—” “You bring ’em with the coffee,” she said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For me, like liquor and coffee, they are forbidden. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can offer you almost anything, dark ale, pale wine, spiced cider, chocolate, coffee ” Chronicler raised an eyebrow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The blind innkeeper said that the Americans could sleep in his stable that night, and he gave them soup and ersatz coffee and a little beer. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air was cold—icy, even—and it smelled the way early mornings always smelled to me: like dead leaves and the dregs of unfinished cups of coffee. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

At a nearby pavement cafe, half a dozen people sipped coffee in the shade of patio umbrellas. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He got up at four o’clock in the morning, drank a cup of coffee, and skipped breakfast. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll buy you coffee when we get there, coffee with chocolate and whipped cream.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You know,” said Ishmael, “when you were testifying, Art, you mentioned a coffee cup on the floor here, remember? Where was that exactly, the coffee cup? Do you remember exactly where it was?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not sure who our competition is—the guy in the back already drinking his coffee while he reads his newspaper? They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The sky was iron, and Mrs. Windermere’s coffee had worn off way before I got back into town, even before I passed the open meadow. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The shops are closed except for a few coffee places that people walk in and out of sleepily. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When it tasted roughly like coffee ice cream, I drank it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You can get yourself a giant fancy coffee or frozen yogurt or something.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then father and son would quietly read the paper and sip their coffee together before Bobby would rise, pat his Pop on the shoulder, and head off to ride the commuter train into Manhattan. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I told her, “Also, did you know that if you yell for nine years, you’ll produce enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like something you’d see on a really cool chalkboard at a coffee shop. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, I’ll tell you why I’m really anxious,” Bobby pipes up, leaning in over his coffee. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was the usual meal in multiple courses, with wine, cigars, coffee, and cognac. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The three of us walk along the river in silence until we find a coffee shop. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If the doña insists on going, she can take that dirt road up ahead and then cross over onto the road that is paved all the way to the coffee barns. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

What woke the boy was him grinding coffee in a small hand grinder. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Uhmma places my certificate in the middle of the coffee table, next to the Korea Times newspaper. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She was a waitress in a coffee shop down near the waterfront, and the coffee urn blew up. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think they’re supposed to look good sitting on your coffee table.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma cast her eyes on nothing in particular and blew on her coffee. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The two weeks in the motel would never have happened and the thought of diner coffee wouldn't make me choke. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then I put everything on a tray in the hatch, went round, and carried it to the coffee table. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I had quite a large breakfast, for me--orange juice, bacon and eggs, toast and coffee. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The woman took a sip of her coffee. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mom was reading the house obituary in the newspaper and taking the last sips of her coffee before she went to work. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tía is standing by the coffee maker as she reminds him. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Ob and I left the Underwood house full of warm cake and coffee. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could sit and talk with them over coffee in the Campus Bowl Luncheonette when they get together to argue about books and politics and ideas. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And by the way, Otis made the coffee for us that night, and for the record, it was a whole lot stronger than Mrs. Windermere’s. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He took in the eight-hundred-gallon aquarium coffee table with the four glowing pygmy sharks swimming circles around their bubbler. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Okay, good. Listen, I’m having coffee at Elizabeth Briggs’s after school. Why don’t you come? I’ll pick you up right from school.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mom sips her coffee and then puts two slices of bread into the toaster. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When I emerge into the kitchen, rubbing my eyes against the brightness, Mrs. Janssen starts to set out coffee again. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I reached the town at dawn, and encouraged by the returning light, and coffee in a thick white cup, I accepted a hopeful interpretation. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a cup of coffee and a piece of Tío Lalo’s rice with coconut and raisins then kissed me on the forehead. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Since I felt like spoiling Margot on her birthday, I went to get the coffee, and after that the potatoes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

At midnight, the sandwiches and coffee were passed around again and folks danced some more. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The odor of hot, strong coffee floated from the kitchen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then she was gone, leaving Meggie at the table with Mo. He ordered another coffee, even though he usually drank no more than one cup. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The adults were all taking their time over coffee, and the cousins were in the family room watching SpongeBob, so I took Jeffrey up to bed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d sit right in front of it with his coffee and listen to the news. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was a kid smiling on the monkey bars, a man in a suit drinking coffee while deep in thought, and an old couple holding hands on a park bench. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He looks better for it, but he won’t look me in the eye when he asks if I’d like a coffee. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example: a local park, a coffee shop, the library, or bus stops.* Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Like, she could be a manager at a coffee shop or something. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I fetched a fresh pot of coffee from the kitchen. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We met them in apartments, parking lots, coffee shops, high-rise lobbies, and on street comers. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Every morning Louis, the colored boy downstairs, brought him a cup of coffee to drink in bed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He drank a cup of coffee and walked downtown to open up the laundry. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an awful lot of water and very little coffee but Mama put a lump of chicory in it which made it taste strong and bitter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I spent the entire morning apologizing to your mother for having spilled coffee all over her white chef coat. She finally agreed to let me buy her another one, and the rest is history.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We ease into a booth, order coffee and two toasted Danishes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They dumped out mugs of coffee, scuffed dirt over flames, and ducked into tents. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I throw back my coffee, watch a horsefly buzz against Aibileen’s screen door, knocking with its hard ugly head, whap, whap, whap, until it falls down on the step. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She puts down her coffee, folds her arms across her chest. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi got a mug and poured the coffee. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we were ready we carried the cake and mugs of coffee to my father’s study. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was ice cream and cake and milk and coffee on the table. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took her for rides in an old gray Oldsmobile—to the country, to drive-in movies—and they sat over bad coffee in certain dime stores where they were not likely to be recognized. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy stomps his way to his bedroom, a few drops of coffee spilling onto the floor, and slams the door. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“The first thing I thought of when I tasted that coffee was you.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. van Daan thought a good laxative in her coffee might do the trick. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van Daan would like a cake, Dussel can think of nothing but seeing his Charlotte, and Mother is dying for a cup of real coffee. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And sometimes he was so tired he lay down on the sofa and she made him a cup of coffee before she went to bed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The girl pushed back the plastic tab on her coffee lid and took a sip. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were in the Zebra Room, drinking coffee. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He made coffee, grits, bacon, and fried the turtle eggs as he and the white boy watched the turtle cover her eggs, camouflage her tracks, and plunge back into the sea. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the plate of eggs away, picked up his mug of coffee, and looked out the window. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A few people are sipping coffee and eating yellow and white pie—lemon meringue or banana cream—that matches the building. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He makes himself coffee and eats the cornbread or biscuits Ma saves for him from our meal the night before. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’s two colored mens inside, one drinking a cup a coffee, the other asleep setting straight up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she said as she rinsed her coffee cup. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Dale poured himself a cup of steaming coffee, adding three spoonfuls of sugar. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Hornet poured herself a third cup of coffee. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if they ever go out for coffee or anything. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mom takes a long sip of her coffee and stands. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I liked the smell of the coffee, but I never did drink coffee. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the wharves, she could watch trade ships from faraway ports unload spices, sugar, coffee, silk. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And every time Patrick started getting tired, we got coffee, and he ate another Mini Thin or two. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you bring the coffee in when it’s ready?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I sat down with my coffee and wished I had a medical book in the house, something that might give me some clues on how to help Ob. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fire in the little parlor was bright, and Theodora sat down beside the coffee tray while Luke brought brandy from the cupboard where he had carefully set it away the night before. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She went around into the aisle made by the coffee table and began to give all the pillows in sight a therapeutic beating up. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I popped out of my seat, picked up the matches from the coffee table, and was able to strike one on the first try. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a lot better after two cups of cafeteria coffee. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

My dad takes a drink of coffee and leans back, getting comfortable. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He stepped into a kiosk for coffee and a smoke. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel stood by the fire sipping the last of the coffee and watching darkly as Thorold opened the case of the projecting lantern and uncapped the lens before checking the oil tank. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

No engines in the sky, no enemy voices; so Lee thought it might be safe to light the fire, and after a struggle he got it going and brewed some coffee. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning the thirty men working in the kitchen prepared three hundred dozen eggs, twenty-five hundred pancakes, five hundred pounds of bacon and sausage, and 180 gallons of coffee. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

By the time the coffee came, my head felt heavy and I smoked a lot. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She handed me a cup of coffee and led me to the table. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama poured cups of coffee for her and for Doc and told us we could both go. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then he sat alone by the fire drinking coffee. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You followed the same pattern with coffee. I notice these things.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baylor, on the other hand, would only give me a quick glance on her way up to her room with her mug of coffee and her cigarette. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She was being served coffee and hot rolls by Kreacher and wearing the slightly manic expression that Harry associated with exam review. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Trey sipping his coffee is the only sound for a long while. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The coffee was heartening and there was always a bun or a bologna sandwich to sustain her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got to the base, and somebody came up with some coffee. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished eating his breakfast; he ate it all and drank the coffee. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He comes by Essential Baking Company when she’s working and orders coffee. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

There’s some broken electronics, wood scraps, an old coffee table covered in stains, and a bag of clothes. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The door opened again and Peggy came into view carrying a pot of coffee in one hand and a folding card table in the other. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was very quick about it, for he was dressed in clean clothes and was having his cup of coffee before the music was completed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie reached down for the blue coffee can, and set it in Grandpop’s lap. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I keep hoping she’ll invite Mrs. Hameed over for coffee, or to get their nails done while they discuss the three branches of government. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re better off without him,” I said as I handed her the box of tissues from the coffee table. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

His exertions were repaid by Calpurnia with the offer of coffee and an invitation to supper, both of which he accepted. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He spits a seed at the coffee mug. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The furniture looks as if it’s been picked out by her parents: a square-armed off-green sofa, a wheat-colored carpet, a coffee table, two lamps with the cellophane still on the shades. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on in the house and we’ll have us a nice cup of coffee.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the coffee yogurt,” I say as I reach for Hector. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I ended up with probably somewhere between thirty- five and forty cans of coffee. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi hung his head, inhaling the smell of coffee wafting off him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She drank her coffee, sitting in the strong sun that fell through the window. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I sit at the table and pour myself a cup of coffee. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We stopped for gasoline and coffee and slabs of pie. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cup of coffee together, as day was breaking, became in time their habit. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I didn't want a cup of coffee, I wanted to work. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what he’d do if his doctors actually banned him from coffee. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I’ll put on a pot of coffee anyway,” he said, heading around the corner to what I guessed was the kitchen. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then he tried a coffee can with a money slot in its plastic lid, which also proved too tempting. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s no wonder my mother and I never had an interesting conversation when all we eat is canned soup, chop suey, and instant coffee. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I asked them if they would like to have coffee with us. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

John did not find Meg’s beauty diminished, though she beamed at him from behind the familiar coffee pot. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me what she say? What a we do now? Law, I ain’t even got no coffee ready!” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to steal coffee since someone had to pour it, so he searched through his jars and came up with a few coins. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Just leave it, thank you, on the coffee table, I can reach.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The boy carried the hot can of coffee up to the old man’s shack and sat by him until he woke. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d talked of going to the mountains, of planting coffee on the forested slopes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wonderful smells of coffee and apple pie and hash and—would it be fish?—wafted through the house from the magical stove as though to prove how many separate wonders it could perform at once. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s my name doing there along with apartments and coffee and cokes—is that what was on your mind?” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

At the stove she pressed the coffee button, and in a moment had put the imposing mug by his place at the kitchen table. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

A month ago it would have been unthinkable to drink coffee at nine p.m. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she tells me, the words dribbling out with the cranberry muffin crumbs, commas dunked in her coffee. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Mai's mother pours some of the soup into a coffee mug and she holds it to my lips. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

From somewhere the smell of coffee was drifting. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I put my coffee down, sloshing it over the saucer onto the table. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those of you who are fellow office workers and find yourselves reading this incisive journal during a coffee break or such might take note of one or two of my innovations. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie slid the empty coffee can back under the table and grabbed the cup Grandpop used to spit his apple seeds in. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“There’s a lot to discuss—it’s all still very fluid. Sir Charles, please sit down. Can I get you some coffee?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s barely 4:30 a.m. when she grabs a cup of coffee and joins more than two dozen colleagues, each settling into a cubicle with a computer and earphones. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mom goes to the coffee bar, filling a paper cup with steaming, bitter-smelling brew. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He sat at the kitchen table, oblivious to the mug of coffee at his elbow. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

After we sobered up a bit with coffee and Mini Thins, Patrick drove me home. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, we could hear it all the way from the kitchen: shouting; and a coffee cup breaking; swear words in both English and Greek; feet stomping out of the house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The bad coffee was dumped on Ball’s Wharf, where it putrefied in the sun and sent out a powerful odor that could be smelled over a quarter mile away. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He came back with a handful of roasted coffee beans. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The bookstore is narrow and dark, a wall of magazines on one side, shelves of books, a table and chairs, an empty counter where coffee and sweet things are sold during working hours. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Jenny came over, sipping her coffee and consulting her phone. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I mean, coffee shops always have bulletin boards. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He was smiling remotely to himself, and when he had poured the coffee and gone out Adam asked again, “Is there anything wrong, Horace?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We move the coffee table, and some of the smaller things, but the chair, my father's chair—their chair—we leave alone. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The grocery store that shared a wall with the coffee shop was too packed for any shopper to enter. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

One morning as I was making coffee, Cora came forward with a tray loaded with food and squeezed against me to draw a cup of coffee. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sends a child out to be fed or calls me to fix her a cup of coffee. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Half of El Barrio got its coffee every morning at La Reyna. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

There was a basket of freshly sliced rye bread and the coffee cups were set out on the table. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Hugo picked up his coffee again, he noticed that a folded-up piece of paper had appeared on the table. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Then she made some more coffee and drank it this time, and then she felt a little more on top of things and managed to read for an hour or so. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She often sat at the kitchen table in the evening, brooding, “What have I done? What was I thinking?” staring off into space, holding a cup of cold, untouched coffee. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ordered coffee with that same friendly smile, but without appearing to really notice the tall, bushy-eyebrowed waitress who took his order. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple flushed and looked away, hands tightening around the iced coffee cup. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I’m at this low-key coffee shop with Hudson since our exam is on Tuesday and I really need a solid study session to handle my weak spots. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Want to come in? I’ve got a pot of coffee on.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Also a big cup of coffee and a sack with two slices of lemon pound cake in it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dad almost dropped his coffee mug when we appeared. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had her feet on the coffee table. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

So when they started working again, Sammy land I kept busy bringing them coffee, scratching their backs, lighting their cigarettes in the break room, and so on. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the agent noticed all the refuse that had been left behind, pieces of waxed paper and tinfoil, discarded Baggies, a few aluminum bean dip cans, empty cigarette packages, and some crushed coffee cups. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mack had a bag of coffee in his pocket. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katie rushed out to the kitchen and heated the coffee which was always standing on the stove. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went into a coffee shop on the corner of Sixth and Tenth. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She fumbled with the cracker box, and crumbs rained down over the coffee table and the carpet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to have a cup of coffee,” she said. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

A girl with two braids tied with ribbons sat at a desk in a reception area with a patchwork sofa and a coffee table scattered with magazines. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“First we should buy another coffee urn, to serve customers with more haste,” I said. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches right past me and takes a pen topped with a Merryweather Purple ball of fluff off the coffee table. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe I could’ve made them coffee because I know how. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She had hot chocolate and he had coffee in the kitchen. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting on the floor next to the glass coffee table. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I know the deli on the corner where Mom gets our bagels, and the waitresses at the coffee shop who all call me “honey” and give me lollipops whenever they see me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He gave an order for eggs and coffee. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julia got out of bed, pulled on her overalls, and made the coffee. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“How about some coffee? Or some warm milk to calm you down?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The house was still except for the bouncing coffee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Stupid rules," Grandma says, but she puts the queens back on the coffee table. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Inside, the air reeked of coffee and cigarettes. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

From the truck he sold coffee and pastries, the hot lunches Mami cooked daily, and the bark cider he made by the gallon. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You might want to dunk it in your coffee,” said Chase. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I threw on an orange backpack, which was stuffed with dry socks, dry gloves, and two Thermoses full of hot coffee. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was startlingly austere—some dried noodles, one bag of rice, raisins, coffee, salt, a good supply of candy bars, and toilet paper. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I sat at the table, jolted awake by the coffee, petted Gretchen on top of her domed head, got a tail wag and, in as positive a tone as possible, said: “Used motor oil.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I got a bad taste in my mouth, bitter, like coffee grounds in the last sip. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I saw him in a coffee shop asking a girl to marry him and becoming a father soon thereafter. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Wasn’t that long ago folks didn’t have any sugar. No coffee or tea, either.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tapped my fingertips nervously against the cup of coffee the officer had given me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

An African-American woman brought me coffee on a silver tray. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The coffee was good—really black and very hot. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I ordered orange juice and coffee and a side order of toast and hot chocolate and French fries, too, even though I knew I wouldn’t be able to pay for any of it. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guard pushes a cup of lukewarm malt coffee and a hunk of dry bread through the window. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He cleared his palate with black coffee and then munched delicately on the whisky while his eye swept my abode. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coffee shop buzzed, college students mingling like showy tropical fish with their brightly colored hair. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I stand in the corner a minute, drinking coffee too hot for the weather. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Hastily, she took a swig of coffee and gobbled down a few spoonfuls of the rice, which was light and creamy and fluffy as clouds, with a hint of ginger and red chunks of sausage. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He had two cups of coffee, and even though one was for my mother, my dad’s face looked like he could’ve used them both. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then the woman made me a sandwich and a cup of coffee and the man said he’d take me to another house. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lesson number one: bring in a bucket of water each night for coffee in the morning.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She smelled of coffee and jelly and damp wool. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She poured her coffee into a saucer and some of it dripped down on her lap. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He returned a moment later with a couple of wrapped packages that he set on top of the coffee table. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I thought when he invited me in for coffee he was saying yes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

In her puffy blue robe, eyes red rimmed, Linda leaned against a kitchen counter waiting for coffee water to boil. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll have blanc mange and strawberries for dessert, and coffee too, if you want to be elegant.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gloria would make me a peanut-butter sandwich straight off and then she would pour me a cup of coffee with half coffee and half milk and that would refresh me. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And by slightly, I mean there are several oil paintings of single coffee beans hanging on the wall. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I shouldn’t drink so much coffee because it always makes me nervous and talkative. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A desegregated cup of coffee, a theater, public toilets—the whole range of hypocritical “integration”—these are not atonement. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I thought maybe he was just getting some coffee, but I waited around for a few minutes and he didn’t come. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning I found breakfast in a little Negro cafe—coffee and toast— and then walked down to the highway to begin hitching. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She returned in less than half a minute; Colonel Meecham tasted the coffee, then shook his head mournfully, “It’s just too hot,” he said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So was the mug of coffee he set next to me at the table. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

"Jen, can I get some more coffee?" says the regular at the end of the counter. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mom was in the kitchen refilling her coffee mug when I got back. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Her eyes were dark. Dark as chocolate, dark as coffee, dark as the polished wood of my father’s lute. They were set in a fair face, oval. Like a teardrop.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I go out to the living room and find Dad’s laptop on the coffee table. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You can sweep that up, boil it, and make coffee,” she said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

My mother made a pot of coffee and began dropping hints that Abbey and I should leave them alone. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She told me they didn’t have coffee ice cubes. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only way she would have real coffee is if I'd brought it to her, and I hadn't, so when she says she has coffee, she means she has ground acorns or twigs. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And when Tommy told me he was done with all the books in our Read-a-thon for Tolerance, I almost spit out my morning coffee. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"I think it's like diner coffee," I say. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She sipped her coffee, which had gone cold. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She sat at the kitchen table with her coffee. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were so engrossed that when a woman entered and set two cups of coffee down on the end table, one beside each of them, she jumped. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Sweetheart, take them the fresh pot of coffee,” said Mother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He dodges a starstruck freshman gawking at him and exits the hall onto the east side of campus, draining the last cold sip of his coffee. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the living room, Colonel Meecham had overturned the coffee table, his eyes scanning the dining room for troop movement. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run into the shop, order an extra-large coffee, a Strawberry Frosted, and a blueberry muffin for him. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He sits with Maxine on the fainting couch, leafing through a coffee table book she’d helped to edit on eighteenth-century French wallpapers, one side of the book resting on each of their knees. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They drank coffee and sat for a long time, looking into each other’s eyes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t have the hands of someone who serves coffee all day. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the Red Room, in front of a warm fire, they shared coffee and awkward silence. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the booklet from the coffee table in the living room and walked into the kitchen. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The little man was sprawling on all fours, his tray had gone flying, two streams of soup and coffee were flowing across the floor. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

On Derbigny Street I had coffee in a small Negro cafe called the Two Sisters Restaurant. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

First some soup and coffee would be good for him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"May I get you some more coffee, Miss Brent?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

After dinner, the conversation continues over coffee and brandy in the parlor, until an hour most of the guests deem extremely late but Tsukiko points out that it is comparatively early for the circus girls. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Henry, sitting across from her at the table, raised his eyebrows at her over the top of his coffee cup and smiled. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge’s father, who owned a coffee place a few blocks from their apartment, had to be at the store by seven a.m. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Concluding his lecture, Orrico left to pursue a cup of coffee and handed me the keys. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed the coffee can about and they were warm and fed and silent. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a mixture of freshly brewed coffee and leftover sandwiches. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Or, what if a regular coffee drinker drives to work in the morning without his usual cup of caffeine? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A cheeseburger, medium well with the works, a side of fries, and a cup of black coffee. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Look what they’ve done to you! I warned you, Alba. Try to relax now, I’m going to give you a cup of coffee.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a sip of the sweet milky coffee and my head gets cloudy. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She was just pouring herself a cup of coffee. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ear quickly fed a coin into a machine and plunged Arm’s fingers into a steaming cup of coffee. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or Liyana would read them to Poppy in the yard after they’d washed the dinner dishes, as he sat drinking a cup of Arabic coffee in his favorite green metal chair with the scalloped back. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I could still hear the country music, softly, could still feel the truck’s warmth, still smell the hot air and coffee and sandwich and cigar smoke. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He just took the last few gulps of his coffee, a little trickling down his chin, black like oil. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I put the coffee on and say a prayer for Minny. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I almost walked in here with coffee from the enemy.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

This stack was almost level with his desktop, and it made a convenient place to rest his coffee cup. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I hated taking out the Folgers coffee can and emptying it in the outhouse every morning before I went to school. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, thanks for the coffee, boy. Did me a lot of good. A lot of good.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gulped down the dregs of his coffee. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I grab a coffee yogurt, shut the fridge, and dig in the drawer for a spoon. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

In the living room, there was a large rectangular box covered in purple wrapping paper on the coffee table. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Adam stared into his coffee cup and said in apology, “What little brutes! I guess that’s your reward for over ten years of service.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the machine in the corridor dispenses only coffee, tepid at best, in paper cups. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So every day I filled an old coffee can two or three times and watered around the roots of the bush, moistening the earth until it became spongy. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her shoes are off now, stockinged toes hooked over the lip of the coffee table. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me?” she says, recoiling, like she can smell his coffee breath. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid had made two of her own children come too because they could drive, but they had been lured away by the magazine racks and the gift shops and coffee shops. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she could brew another pot of coffee, people were knocking on our door, wishing us Merry Christmas and gripping bottles of rum in their gloved hands. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He rested his elbows on the table and held the coffee mug with both hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Me and Mr. Mancuso here just having some coffee. You been nasty all afternoon. You don’t care where I raise that money. You don’t care if they lock me up. You don’t care about nothing.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had some business in the Washington, D.C., area, and we met for coffee. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

So it goes, and Henry is there, in his head and his lecture notes and his cubicle, every single stupid day, no matter how many shots of espresso he puts in his coffee. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Benji walked into the kitchen after school, his mom was sitting at the counter with her hands wrapped around a coffee mug. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mac spun around so fast he spilled his coffee. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Underneath it was another coffee sleeve, with another picture. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maman Thibaut just keeps making me more coffee and the girls are keeping a good watch on the road and the back lane. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He took his reading glasses from the coffee table and slid them over his nose. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The air was stale and smelled of sandwiches and coffee. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I sipped my coffee and watched the undulating surface on the pool. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He smoked one and then another, and over our second cup of coffee he looked up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Just trying to add some options at the coffee shop,” Mrs. Hidalgo said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The coffee was gray with milk, and I skimmed the milk scum off the top with a piece of bread. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Turner cupped his hands around his, and they sat silently together for a time, feeling the warmth of the wood——stove and of the coffee thawing their frozen selves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Wilted yellowing plants and dried-up flowers planted in coffee cans lined the edges of the porch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But they have a coffee urn, and bottles of wine, for why shouldn’t the Wives get a little drunk on such a triumphant day? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I turned the rental car onto Morrie’s street in West Newton, a quiet suburb of Boston, I had a cup of coffee in one hand and a cellular phone between my ear and shoulder. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, as Officer Delinko was retrieving his third thermos of coffee from the squad car, he thought he saw a series of small white flashes at the other end of the property. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hair and eyes were the color of coffee. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She sat at the table with us, sticking with her cup of coffee and banana in lieu of our heartier fare. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The color of coffee with a little cream swirled in. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drinks coffee and brings his policy work on the campaign trail and drinks more coffee, reads emails from Henry, and drinks even more coffee. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The strange thing about this cafe, I realize, is that there doesn't seem to be any food or any actual coffee—just weak, bitter tea ladled from a big stockpot. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I follow Dad’s voice, and he’s sitting at my desk with a mug of coffee and his laptop. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

This was addressed to the man, who was rattling his cup against his saucer, and Eleanor took a first, shuddering sip of her own coffee and wondered how he could possibly want more. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so after my doctor’s appointment yesterday I went uptown to try this coffee spot.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I didn't need a mug until I started drinking tea or coffee, and that wouldn't be until high school or college. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A half-eaten blueberry muffin and a coffee cup sat on a workbench. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the morning, as I sat in my truck and drank a cup of coffee, my mom came out of the house. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

In Sunday morning I woke up to the smell of coffee land breakfast cooking. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Smoked ham, bacon, a bucket of salt mackerel, flour, cornmeal, grits, raw sweet potatoes, lard, coffee, a tin of butter, some store bread, and a can of beaten biscuits that Dunse’s mama made. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We get hot soup, or coffee, or tea; and off we go. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When they left, the little girl waved good-by to Eleanor, and Eleanor waved back, sitting in joyful loneliness to finish her coffee while the gay stream tumbled along below her. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I like the coffee hour with almond cake and snickerdoodles in the vestry. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, the village where the devils and demons live. Believe me, they’ll kill a boy like you and eat you for breakfast. They’ll enjoy their coffee all the more afterward.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I open the patio door at Monet’s, careful not to spill any more of my coffee. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Papa sipped from a mug of coffee, reading one of his three newspapers. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I put a ten-lira note on the bar to pay for the coffee. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She poured out coffee and handed one cup unsweetened to her father. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be ready when you are, Mr. Newton,” he said, and he finished his coffee. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He held her to him and pushed forward, pushing Eleanor backwards— stumbling around the coffee table to the couch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

About time I filled my stomach with something other than coffee, he thought, and blew his icy nose again. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned and saw a man in overalls, a paper cup of coffee in his hand, a ring of keys hanging from his belt. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When I asked how she and Carlton were related to the black Lackses, they looked at each other from across the coffee table like I’d asked if they were born on Mars. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later, she placed a cup of coffee in front of Henry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m doing worse than that. I’m trying to bribe you with a cup of coffee. It’s worse than that, too. I’m suggesting a dollop of Old Granddad in the coffee.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set my cup of gas-station coffee on the counter and glance at the screen. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She winced when he put two heaped spoons of sugar into his extremely milky coffee. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, my mom’s gonna get me from a coffee shop up the street.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I make coffee, let it go cold, dial Detective Riley’s number, then hang up straightaway. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s holding a tray with two coffees in paper cups, plus a small brown bag. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He poured a cup of coffee and looked over the front page of the Miami Herald. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My father stood at the stove sipping from his usual mug, the smell of burned coffee and almost-burned toast in the air. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He liked the idea of coffee quite a lot—a warm drink that gave you energy and had been for centuries associated with sophisticates and intellectuals. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

They ordered two steaks medium rare, baked potatoes, French fries, fried onions, succotash, side dishes of macaroni and hominy, salad with Thousand Island dressing, cinnamon rolls, apple pie and ice cream, and coffee. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of his bed, of the familiarity of their couch and the scratched coffee table, and he wanted to be nowhere else. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Zooey put out a hand and stroked Bloomberg’s arched back, once, twice, then quit, and got up from the coffee table and meandered across the room to the piano. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Thus the coffee break is a rest in many senses. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yellow light glowed inside, and the fragrance of coffee drifted out. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Work,” Victor answered, “eat, shop, pay bills, use the phone, read newspapers, drink coffee, sleep.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple swiped at her eyes, ignoring the looks of a couple of early risers probably headed out to coffee. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dr. Finch got up and poured more coffee. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I think that extremely unlikely,” said Henry, dropping a lump of sugar into his coffee with a splash. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bucklin was bending over him with a tin cup of coffee in his hand. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odors of old stone and Creole cooking and coffee filled the streets. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he awoke, she was already up and about and was heating coffee for breakfast. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the display area, potted plants and old books were arranged on a burlap coffee bag. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Aunt Consuelo sat down and poured herself some coffee from a pot she must have brewed the night before. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

My coffee high from earlier had worn off, finally, and here I was about to bring it right back. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Nick’s mom and dad sat on the couch, and Nick sat on the rocking chair that faced Mrs. Chatham across the low coffee table. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She returned to the kitchen and poured two cups of coffee. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She frowned a lot as she talked, and I couldn’t decide if she was plain old coffee or something worse, like the vinegar pooled at the bottom of a jar of pickles. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tradition back then of serving every Marine a T-bone steak, eggs and biscuits with lots of gravy, and as much coffee as he could drink before getting onto his landing craft. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alexandra walked behind her, muffling the keys with coffee until they subsided to a gentle hum. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I place a wooden stirrer into my coffee and mix it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She shrugged and walked over to my couch, where she sat down in a flounce of her retro circle skirt, putting her wedge-clad feet on my coffee table. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

August sat with her elbows on the tabletop, drinking the last of her coffee and reading another book from the bookmobile. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was pleasant; the coffee had warmed me up, and the smell of flowers on the night air was coming through the open door. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

My mom set two fruit and cheese plates on our coffee table for guests who were on the couch folding letters and licking envelopes. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They had their coffee and immediately moved over to the truck where it lay among the weeds. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

On awakening each one had the juice of forty oranges, eight quarts of coffee, and thirty raw eggs. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And lots of those plastic coffee drink domes smeared with whipped cream and smudges of caramel sauce glop. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

When I came back, Mr. Winnike—doubtless due to the coffee—had passed away. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s Inner Party coffee. There’s a whole kilo here,” she said. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

After we’ve had coffee, I call a cab and go home with her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I hadn't had time to eat any breakfast at the hotel cafeteria that morning, except for a cup of overstewed coffee so bitter it made my nose curl, and I was starving. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

November 15 I had hardly dozed when East came into the room with a lone cup of coffee on a serving tray. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had an impish face, curly black hair, and wild eyes, like he’d just had several cups of coffee. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She picked her coffee up and started to leave the kitchen. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He's staring at his own sock feet propped up on the coffee table. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Over morning coffee Francis nonetheless exuded confidence that enough experimental data might already be on hand to determine the outcome. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m goin’ to the front desk to get a cup of coffee. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

On the road again, beyond the town’s last streetlight, he sipped the coffee and quit thinking about the various ramifications for a while. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

People were moving about between desks, or leaning on a partition, chatting and sharing jokes, while others had pulled their swivel chairs close to each other and were enjoying a coffee and sandwich. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his thermos and poured himself a cup of coffee. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rather goes without saying that Katherine drank her coffee black. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I raised my cup of coffee toward her in a toast. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He finished scooping sugar into a customer’s coffee cup and waved at me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I sat outside, on a wooden bench beneath a yellow light bulb, waiting for it to open so I could go in and use the phone and have a cup of coffee. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

All he could think of was dry clothes and a cup of hot coffee and maybe just plunking down in front of the TV for a couple of hours. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I took my meds and Mom drank coffee while she made sandwiches and packed them in our travel bags. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sea Queen room smelled of eggs and filter coffee. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I met her at a coffee shop to discuss them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ernest hosted a dinner for them all at Trader Vic’s, featuring his customary personal menu—“a kind of smoked sparerib, eaten ‘by hand,’ and a coffee plus brandy,” David Lilienthal recorded in his personal journal. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I ate a couple of slices of bread and had a cup of coffee from the Thermos flask. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And you, this sister,” her dad says, looking at me over his coffee rim while snapping the newspaper. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Uncle Neville sat at the kitchen table, his long legs stretched out in front of him, a cup of steaming coffee in his hand. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Stacks of old photo albums and Metias’s journals clutter up the coffee table. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I had part of a cup of coffee and about half of some cake that was as hard as a rock. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Janice bought us breakfast in a coffee shop across the street. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lillian drank a cup of black coffee as she watched Bull inelegantly consume a plate of eggs, biscuits, and country ham. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was late for work in the coffee shop. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed the back of her hand to his cheek and smiled, her face so close to his that he could smell coffee and makeup. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He removed the flight jacket and held it up for a moment, the odor of leather mingling with the coffee smells. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge loved Tab’s living room: the plants on the windowsills, the black-and-white photographs on the walls, the jars of nail polish scattered across the coffee table like pretty rocks. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Why is it,” said Henry deliberately, “that you never drink more than half your second cup of coffee after supper?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to replace the filter and put new coffee and water in, but for talking about Khalil Mr. Lewis gets coffee made from day-old grounds. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The ceiling light was a clear glass bowl half full of something dark, like a coffee cup, only it was dead bugs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mac sat on his porch stoop, nursing a mug of coffee that had long ago gone cold. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I decided to make some coffee, to warm us up, and the stove proved equally temperamental. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered what he thought about a mama who just waltzes up to Chattanooga instead of making orange Jell-O in coffee mugs. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A dead fly floated in the bottom of one of the coffee cups. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She puts her burrito down on the coffee table and shakes her fingers out like she does when she’s about to write a complicated code. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We purchased cups of warming coffee and took them to a set of long tables, where we sat with a sprinkling of other steamy hikers and ate our packed lunches. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Morning finally came, and I fixed myself some breakfast and coffee; though I have no appetite I must eat. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A blond lady sits in a leather chair on a platform with potted green plants and a coffee table complete with a coffee mug. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I put the coffee on to boil while I milked. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I want him to see me,” I say, staring down at my empty coffee cup. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mom reached down to the console between us, grabbed her coffee mug, and took a sip. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

In lieu of cake and gifts, we would pool our food and present an extra slice of bread or cup of coffee to the birthday honoree. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly distributed the small pieces of apple cake and went through refilling coffee mugs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished his coffee and got up for more. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain to him that you can’t ruin instant coffee, but he kept insisting I did. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The bus had two couches set up at a right angle, with a coffee table in the center “for drinks and feet.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the couch and to another chair by the coffee table. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

We talked and after the coffee we all went out into the hall. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But instead she drank a large cup of black coffee and stationed herself behind her door, prepared to spend many hours waiting. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was her best effort, he knew, but perhaps because of the whiskey he’d drunk the night before, he could only bring himself to drink two cups of black coffee and eat two biscuits. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poured some coffee into a tin cup and sat down. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had entrusted it to friends who were hiding it in a coffee can on a shelf in their kitchen pantry. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He was from Ireland, and he arrived in Jamaica in 1784 having bought a coffee plantation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

At five o’clock, Max and Valerie were in the basement sipping coffee. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Siobhan read the book during morning break when she has a cup of coffee and sits at the edge of the playground with the other teachers. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harris overfilled his cup, spilling coffee on the counter, which he did not clean up. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A white priest had tried to persuade him to pray and he had thrown a cup of hot coffee into his face. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He spoons a layer of foam off his coffee and into his mouth. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I went into the lunch bar, sat down in an end booth, and kept my left hand over my black tie while I ordered soup, rolls and black coffee. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Suzanne has long hair like honey and coffee eyes, though much darker than mine. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Exhausted and tense, he would pad down to the dark kitchen and make himself a huge sandwich and a pot of coffee. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

You can buy millions of little decorated cups, with tiny saucers, for Arabic coffee and tea. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stood just inside the door, trying to will Lily to go on a coffee break or to get off early or something. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“You must not stand there in the hall. You must come in, go through to the sitting room, through there, I will bring you coffee, go, go in, through there.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Many items are rationed—meat, cheese, butter, lard, coffee, sugar, silk, nylon, shoes; our entire way of business changes as we work with those flimsy blue booklets. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Every so often one of them came out and grabbed hot water from a big caldron in the fogón or poured a cup of coffee from the pot on the embers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She had an assortment of items on a side table, including a mug of coffee, a small CD player, a few CDs, and...a brand-new roll of toilet paper? The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The eggs and coffee and big biscuits disappeared rapidly. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Theresa appeared in front of me with a cup of coffee. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sips from her steaming mug of coffee. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He was ready to pay for his coffee. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Moms was making coffee at the stove and Derek was reading a comic. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I put my foot on the coffee table. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone else in the little wood-paneled coffee shop was studying quietly or whispering into cell phones. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He pours himself another cup of coffee and I shuffle through photos of the pine serpent. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The room still held the faint smell of coffee and tobacco smoke, but dust coated the furniture and the floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A minute later he returns, balancing two coffees and a piece of chocolate cake. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Afterward, he stopped to play backgammon at a coffee house in Greek- town. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He’d sometimes bring me a cup of coffee or just do kind things for people. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they made their way down Glisan Street, Percy looked longingly at the folks in the cafes enjoying coffee and pastries. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She made Francie swallow a cup of scalding hot black coffee. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coffee ice cream slid down easily and I started wondering whether I could survive on ice cream alone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He lay on top of orange peels, coffee grounds, rancid bacon, and rubber tires. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Even percolated black coffee wouldn’t keep you awake, if you were reading these. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her favorite piece was a casserole shaped like a fish and the green glass coffee cups. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smelled hot coffee brewing in the kitchen, and bacon. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Doorman’s awake and demanding coffee, and all I can do is stare at the gun. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

After the initial bout of bargaining, a dozen men began unloading bolts of cloth, barrels of molasses, and burlap sacks of coffee. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Morning, sleepyhead,” Dad said, spooning sugar into his coffee mug. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He stirred his coffee several times and seemed to be waiting. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In its window, between coffee machines and toasters, stood a few toys. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She is supposed to pick up the remote off a coffee table, but it’s not there. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And, in exchange for coffee or chocolate or tobacco, the Germans gave them paint and lumber and nails and cloth for fixing things up. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of space where if you want to find anything–an extra chair, a coffee cup, a ringing telephone–you have to move stacks of documents around. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Hugo happily grabbed the change and returned quickly, with two croissants and two coffees. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I picture her at the kitchen table, coffee in one hand, holotack in the other, punching in letters. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’ll heat your coffee go ahead and eat Had she opened it? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He fills the coffee filters with warm, fluffy popcorn and extends one to me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Leo leaves, and he’s quickly replaced by Zahra, whose sleek red dress and ever-present coffee thermos are the biggest comfort Alex has seen all night. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He went in the back to the brewed coffee and brought it out in two mugs. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And just then, Felix looked up and saw, down the street, a homeless woman with a dog begging for change with a paper coffee cup, and he felt even worse. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sometimes saw copies scattered casually on coffee tables in the homes of his friends. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She managed to pull herself together after a minute or two and took her coffee and tank top to the front. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Where do you want to go? Want to get some coffee at the Automat or would you like chop suey?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I finally made it out to the kitchen, my mother—who had taken the day off—was sitting at the table in her robe, sipping coffee, staring at the television. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Ah, but boys grow to be men,” Ultima said as she sipped the black, scalding coffee. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Large lots of green coffee in burlap bags have become contaminated while being transported by vessels also carrying a cargo of insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I refilled the coffee cups and poured a little more applejack for both of us. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Whitlock threatens to dismember anyone nicking mouse parts, but after a flask of his special coffee he gets drowsy and careless. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Are we seeing a movie? Do you want to try on lipsticks? Don’t forget you promised me coffee.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My mother, white-faced in the light from the kerosene lamp, was at the stove getting coffee. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cheers,” he whispers, holding his coffee filter aloft. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Always, then, just before starting the coffee, Bernabe ambled into his backyard to check out the sun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bullets followed us out of the coffee farm and into the forest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Vivian laid her wineglass down on the coffee table and took a small handful of peanuts in her right hand. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ollie nods an acknowledgment before leading me the rest of the way to the coffee table. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She looked thoughtful as she quietly sipped her coffee. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When he reached over his coffee cup, Dicey asked him what it was. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can give her water. Wash her and give her another shot. See if she can swallow some coffee and bring her back to me,” Garcia said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smoked a cigarette and had a cup of coffee. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Like Mr. Clutter, the young man breakfasting in a cafe called the Little Jewel never drank coffee. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poured coffee and tea, served oyster loaf and Indian pudding, carried the dirty dishes back to Eliza, and tried to keep the floor swept clean. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d gone down to grab coffee, but now he wasn’t there. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Are you sad to be leaving?” he asks, stirring sugar into his coffee, drinking it back in one gulp. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “Excuse me,” and took her coffee to the living- room. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

With the help of friends I rearranged my small apartment to accommodate a grown-up baby, and warily crept each morning from a mattress to my coffee maker and hotplate on the kitchen floor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I have to ask one of my parents a question, I’ll pick him, because Mother is hot black tea, so strong, she’s almost coffee. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen they had grits and grease and side meat and coffee for breakfast. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He finished the coffee in the tin cup and stood up. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He would’ve spit coffee into his mug, unbrushed his teeth, and put hair on his face with a razor. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I cupped my hands around the coffee mug, trying to feel any warmth that might be left. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then they walked out of the courthouse in the November sunshine and stopped for coffee at a nearby sidewalk cafe. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He opened the window, lit the dirty little oilstove, and put on a pan of water for coffee. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Vanilla for me, strawberry for B.G. and coffee with caramel for Styx. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s a coffee shop,” Elizabeth says in a low voice while Mama sets out the ingredients for the samosa filling: cooked ground beef, onions, and fresh cilantro. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Her parents exchanged looks stuffed with silent words; then Bitter put down her coffee mug and leaned forward. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

So I try to imagine what it would have been like to drop by the gallery, chat with her over a coffee. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family coffee shop would be busy now; his brother should have been working the counter half an hour ago. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, bumping into the leather ottoman and the circular coffee table made of brass, he found my grandparents’ bed and, under it, the silkworm box. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Finally Mr. Van Deusen drifts back into the room, sipping his fresh coffee. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Dad’s eating a bowl of the chili Mom brought home from the coffee shop. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Shadows passed the frosted-glass window as teachers rushed to the staff room to smoke and drink coffee. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I shall have a coffee,” Ignatius said grandly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the coffee table, I knelt on the carpet and lifted the small metal tabs that held the frame back in place. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

On the coffee table, stacks of our parents’ old photos from Metias’s bedroom closet are strewn across the glass. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

There was bread, cheese, an orange, and a pot of coffee on the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We may not have much in the fridge, but we have coffee,” she said, triumphantly holding up a package of beans from Calaca. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon he would go have coffee with José Arcadio and Rebeca, who had begun to put their house in order, and from seven o'clock on he would play dominoes with his father-in-law. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

They sat around the Colvins’ small kitchen table sipping coffee and talking, while Hill took notes. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Attracted by the smell of coffee, he went into a kitchen where a woman with a child in her arms was leaning over the stove. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Late Sunday afternoon, as the grand total of $129 was being stuffed into several coffee cans to go to the bank, there was news about the theft. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

As the adults drank coffee and laughed in the kitchen, a parallel scene would unfold outside as Craig and I joined whatever pack of kids came with those adults. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Radios, lamps, coffee tables—all these she could see. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they had their coffee, and on the ride uptown, they talked, principally about Florence, how badly people treated her, and how empty her life was now that her husband was dead. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be so old-fashioned, Ma,” she told me, finishing her coffee down the sink. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What, I didn’t tell you to go outside?” her mother growled, setting two cups of coffee and half a fruitcake on the kitchen table where the men were seated. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My recorder sits on the edge of the coffee table. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Others stand at the table drinking coffee and soda. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone else was raising a glass—not of champagne but of thick Turkish coffee. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

She sees Kat sitting at that back table of Essential Baking Company, reading and eating an almond croissant, drinking green tea as Annabelle makes complicated coffee drinks for the other customers. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to make these gentlemen some coffee.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tosses the book on the coffee table. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She made a pot of fresh coffee, some toast, and scrambled a couple of eggs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They prepared a spicy Indian lunch for us almost every day, and also tea, coffee, and sandwiches during the morning and afternoon breaks. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Victor brewed some coffee and gave the boys some olives while they told him what had happened since he had freed himself from their bathroom prison. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The odor of frying bacon and boiling coffee drifted to him from behind the curtain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Places where people who have no home, no money, no hope gather together of an evening to share a fire and maybe some beans and coffee. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Outside, on the lawn, he brings me a cup of coffee. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sorting through bills and had spread them out across the entire coffee table. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

CLAUDETTE: I woke up to the smell of coffee like any other day. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Dylan has some serious pep in his step as we rush to the coffee shop. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“A guy gets waked hard enough to go overboard, you’d expect maybe more ’n a coffee cup on the floor. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I put him down and laugh and make the old bludger a coffee, with plenty of sugar and milk. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

After fried eggs and coffee, they said their goodbyes to the others and headed off through the still-dark streets of Brooklyn. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

On the far side of the room, sitting at a table alone, a small, curiously beetlelike man was drinking a cup of coffee, his little eyes darting suspicious glances from side to side. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

This was like the old quarter of Tours, where they roasted coffee at the spice shops each afternoon. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t come back up to the house for coffee. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She cut a slice and poured a cup of coffee and dipped the bread into the coffee to soften it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides the chicken and vegetables, the tray has coffee, hot water, a teabag, milk, sugar, salt, pepper, juice, yogurt, and a cookie. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Her mom invented this recyclable paper coffee cup that holds in heat but keeps the outside from burning your hand.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Shelly tossed the plastic razor into a trash basket, poured herself a cup of coffee, and sat down at the dinette. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her laugh is short and as bitter as dark coffee. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Hungry as he was, he couldn’t eat much of Vernell’s breakfast, so he pushed the scrambled eggs, hominy, fried apples around in the plate, gulped coffee and talked a lot. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My coffee and waffle arrive all at once. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

On both sides of the sofa, there are armchairs draped in throw blankets and a worn coffee table is in the middle. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I pushed the brakes, spilling coffee in my lap. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his opened briefcase he fished out the Voigt-Kampff apparatus, seated himself at a nearby rosewood coffee table, and began to assemble the rather simple polygraphic instruments. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

When she leaves, I sip my coffee and try my hardest not to think. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Come in the kitchen. I’ll make some coffee. What have you been doing?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Abuela made coffee in the late afternoon, and we sat at the table with a stack of soda crackers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Alaska looked like a train wreck, but insisted on pouring the last few sips of Strawberry Hill into her cold instant coffee before chucking the bottle behind her. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you take tea, or coffee, Mr. Gargery?” asked Herbert, who always presided of a morning. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When he wakes up, will he have coffee on Hawthorne? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Allen offered Mrs. Chatham some coffee and banana bread, but she said, “No thanks, I really must be going now.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually I like riding on trains, especially at night, with the lights on and the windows so black, and one of those guys coming up the aisle selling coffee and sandwiches and magazines. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She was trying to make Dilsey let her have another cup of coffee. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lourdes lines the display cases with paper doilies and organizes the croissants and coffee rings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t anyone around, not the dog people or the moms with their babies and their coffee and their organic snack packs, not a yoga class, nobody. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They looked more like granite coffee tables: squat, wide, and rocky. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I set my menu down like I had read it for myself and said, “That sounds good. I’ll have the same, except no coffee. A cup of hot chocolate do me fine.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt sleepy and went inside to get some strong trucker coffee. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He was clinging to his optimism despite neckwear inexperience and coffee stains. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over coffee Mr. Hollick proposed that Baba go away for a while. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I could be dying from a bullet wound and Joan would still stare through me with her blank eyes, expecting me to ask for a cup of coffee and a sandwich. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When the coffee’s ready, the father brings it over and sits down with me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The rest of us were still sitting around the kitchen table, awkward and inert, pretending to enjoy our second and third cups of coffee when Teddy’s wife marched in. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I knew Miss Love could make coffee, but after boarding so many years, she might not know how to cook anything else. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Underwood brought us all some gingerbread cake and the best coffee I ever tasted. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He could have just walked into class, poured himself a cup of coffee, and hidden behind his newspaper all afternoon. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Osh filled his mug with coffee and opened the door for Mouse. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She brought us orange Jell-O in coffee mugs and let Cotton jump on the couch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Celestine’s coffee gets cold bringing it from the kitchen to the dining-room. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

On the table he placed three special plates of the last evening meal, two bowls of soup, coffee, and dessert. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There is a couch, an armchair, a coffee table, a dining table with chairs, a small kitchenette, and a desk. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

During this time the other employees arrive, about twenty of them, already glowing in their uniforms, and breakfast on the free coffee, bagels, and doughnuts The Maids kindly provides for us. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby received her degree and moved off to another university, while Mrs. Linden was, in the end, fired when Eliot’s mother discovered that Mrs. Linden’s thermos contained more whiskey than coffee. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t knock. Daddy said I should get you and the coffee can from the living room and meet him outside.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was cold in the dining-room, the sun not yet on the windows, and I was grateful for the scalding bitter coffee and heartening bacon. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had never been allowed to drink coffee at home and didn’t exactly know what to do. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tall glass of milk, but no coffee. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We were walking past Prides, a small coffee shop wedged between SavOn's and Von's Supermarket, when I looked in the big plate glass window and saw my father. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Jenny poured a cup of coffee and set it in front of the missus, spilling a little on the table. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lizabeth start talking ’bout I can put coffee on her grocery list. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ll start soon, Matt,” his father yawned, relishing the drama, “right after I get me another cup of coffee.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On an earlier visit, Richard didn’t believe I could stay so busy through the day and not be tired and not drink coffee. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aibileen, that talk in there... Hilly’s talk, I mean.. I pick up a coffee cup, start drying it real good with my cloth. “Do you ever wish you could... change things?” she asks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I ignore him and run down to my father in the kitchen, where he’s making himself coffee. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ida Spavento took the espresso pot from the stove, the coffee still gurgling as she put it on the table. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wynn made pot after pot of coffee and tried hard to act as excited as everyone else. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Noor sipped her coffee and ate a slice of toast as Fadi handed his father his passport and the old tickets. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When they saw that Monaco was okay, Lobel and Brunner walked him over to the mess tent to get some coffee. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pour myself a mug of coffee and add an avalanche of sugar. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t used to drinking coffee, and it felt like his brain was racing off in different directions. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I sent out my ambassador and drank a cup of coffee while I gave him time to operate. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diego couldn’t figure out which cup of coffee was his and so just took one at random. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

By the time Osh joined me, yawning and stretching, I had his coffee at the simmer. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

We breakfasted on a Snickers bar and coffee, packed up our camp, hoisted our packs with a sideways stagger, and set off once again. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were magazines arranged in a fan on the coffee table in front of the couch. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wife stood in lamplight at the stove, pouring coffee. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one of them he stacked some cups around a coffee pot. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

We drink the obligatory coffee together, and I pull the card from the drawer. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A basket of fresh fruit and green tea-flavored snacks sits on the glass coffee table. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mom’s red-lacquered fingernails pop against the cream-colored coffee cup in her hands. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then, cooking my own breakfast and making my own coffee, I found that the difference was instantly apparent. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They eat most nights side by side on the stools at the kitchen counter or at the coffee table, watching TV. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lee brought a pot of coffee and went back to his mending. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And make the coffee very strong and hot and fill the cups with half coffee and half hot milk and we’ll toast 1918 in café au lait.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on a bench, drinking coffee and smoking, reading poetry and listening to rain pound the canvas roof. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The song irked him and he was glad when she stopped and came into the room with a pot of coffee and a plate of crinkled bacon. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She pours some coffee from a full carafe, but instead of offering me some, she reaches right through my navel and retrieves the milk from somewhere behind me in the refrigerator. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He served strong, hot black coffee in thick cups and these visiting teachers blessed his good soul. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suck in some coffee, skip to the last paragraph: the inevitable eclectic, the obligatory post-feminist, a however and a despite. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It seems to me that coffee smells even better when the frost is in. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A kindly nurse in a starched white uniform brings coffee, which sits on the table next to me until it grows cold. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“So you like sugar in your coffee,” he said. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Our moms sat in the kitchen drinking coffee, like they often do now. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“All that self-confidence you see in them, it’s not as deep as they sometimes want you to think,” Volpe says as we sit one morning at a coffee shop near the University of Nebraska campus. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I drain the rest of my cold coffee. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“No, they say coffee is bad for you.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ishtar sniffed her coffee, grimaced, and poured it down the sink. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He drank his coffee and left the house in depression. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He remembered the days when everyone who came in ordered coffee and remembered how the waitresses had complained when everyone started asking for lattes instead. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

That brought on a whole lot of shoving and scrambling and coffee got spilt on Sop. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

"Why didn't you insist on holding the meeting in our restaurant instead of that greasy coffee shop?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Search me,” I said, “I’m not a nut. Let me warm up your coffee.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed, "So what? I'm neither a criminal nor a politician, brother. So you picked the wrong man. But thanks again for the coffee and cheese cake—brother." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed, and went out to the kitchen to pour them some coffee. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even stop by the dining room for a cup of coffee. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He makes a pot of coffee, toasts some bread to eat with butter and jam. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Walking into the coffee shop was like entering a cave. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rayette was six feet tall and had a face that would frighten a baby, but she seemed good-natured and was diligent with the coffee. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He finally made the right guess on his last day at the Brigham, when the smell of coffee at breakfast made him nauseous. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

My dog sat up in front of my bare feet, beneath the metal table where Dad and I drank our Saturday coffee. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Another day: coffee, grated carrots, cottage cheese, and three containers of yogurt. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She got up and started in clearing the coffee things. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

While he was upstairs changing into a flannel shirt, khakis, tennis socks, and tan leather hiking boots, she fixed black coffee in a thermos and some chicken salad sandwiches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saved me from having to leave the coffee shop empty-handed and humiliated in front of all those silk feathered hats. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was while we were drinking our coffee in the library that the telephone rang. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the coffee mugs, which I thought we would use until the very end, I packed every cup. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They parked across the street and sat in their cruiser, sipping coffee and eating doughnuts. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Like the teachers at my school who huddled on the playground during recess to chat over coffee. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Singer put on a pot of coffee and got out his chessboard. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Shadow tasted fear in the back of his throat, bitter as old coffee. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It was a good place to watch the piazza; people were always going back and forth or stopping to drink coffee in the café opposite. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They had coffee from condensed milk cans at an early morning place that served fishermen. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a low coffee table, with circular and semicircular stains bitten into the dark veneer, lay a few wilted numbers of Time and Life. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Benton, on the other hand, had yet to ask even one girl out and spent much of his time in the school library or coffee shop, always reading. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’ve never been in a coffee shop like this, and no one ever wants to get to know me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I turn away, she smiles at me too foolishly, so obsessed with her own importance: "Just look, I am giving a soldier coffee!”—She calls me "Comrade,” but I will have none of it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My older sister, Samira, and I were hanging out in the kitchen, probably dining on our favorite light Entenmann's coffee cake. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then he got up again and went to pour himself a cup of coffee. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“No, mi amor. But I could use another cup of your mother’s delicious Cuban coffee.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then there’s the advantage of being able to smoke with your coffee out here. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Inside Calaca, the smell of coffee filled the air, and a band I recognized from our first practice played over the speakers. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I bought a newspaper and coffee and looked through the Rooms to Rent section. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then it started to rain, so she went inside and made some coffee and did what she had never done in her life: tried the newspaper crossword. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I wrote, “What’s happened?” and showed it to a young businessman watching the television, he took a sip of his coffee and said, “No one knows yet,” his coffee haunts me, his “yet” haunts me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cletus stopped talking long enough to take a few gulps of his coffee, and while he drank, Ob and me had our eyes glued to him like a bomb set to explode. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned against the counter, eating his bagel and sipping his coffee, the cat frantically rubbing his hair with her little head. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

What was even better than the taste of the coffee was the silky texture given to it by the sugar, a thing Winston had almost forgotten after years of saccharine. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They are living on dry black bread and a little coffee. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The gentlemen didn’t ask any questions this time, just ordering coffee, and Malcolm brought them a naphtha lamp before going through to the kitchen to set the cups up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

On the backseat next to us, I got a bag with a Thermos a apple juice, cheese nabs, peanuts, and two Co-Cola bottles that’s gone be like drinking coffee they gone be so hot. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I thought, Well, nobody around there’s going to be drinking any coffee for a while! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Mass, there was always coffee and doughnuts in the parish hall. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I drained the last of my coffee and stood to finish my ironing. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They sat at the table and drank hot coffee out of blue cups. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the floor—it was the first thing he noticed—a tin coffee cup lay tipped on its side. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no,” she said in her best grating voice, all the while shining the coffee table in our sparkling living room, which sparkles because nobody’s allowed to live in it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He poured the black liquor into his coffee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We pass a bookstore, closed for the night, whose owner I find coffee for sometimes, and an optometrist, and a cobbler who is willing to trade shoes for beer. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He felt under the table for something else, a small cup Genie hadn’t even noticed, right next to the mystery coffee can. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

As he rocked he drank the coffee and warmed his fingers in the steam. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I paused with my coffee cup halfway to my lips. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Is there any coffee left over from—” said Joseph. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she says, “I’ve always got those old show photos,” kind of kicking the coffee table, and she takes her hair out of a rubber band and repositions it. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was a mess hall, and two cooks sitting listening to the radio got coffee for us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chairs were set up along the walls of the house, and into the yard, and people from the neighborhood, and some I’d never seen before, sat quietly sipping coffee or talking in whispers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He leaned forward and spun the plate of wing bones onto the coffee table. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“It refers to coffee beans, Mama,” I tell her calmly. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He made a fire in the woodstove, put water on to boil, fried some bacon, and made some coffee. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Minutes later they were sitting inside the old blue van, eating corn tortillas and drinking coffee from the thermos. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“I tell you, you make the best colored coffee in town.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He sat for a long time within the arms of a green, black, and gold leaf lounge chair, sipping coffee and meditating about the next few hours. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s the effect of your mother’s Cuban coffee!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

They returned home to see their mothers on Brandon’s porch, drinking coffee. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had waked up soaking in a tub of cold water, and afterward they drank coffee and talked. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Larson heaved a satisfied sigh, poured himself a cup of hot coffee from his big red thermos, smiled, leaned back in his chair, and opened up his other newspaper to the sports section. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

He smells of fresh coffee as he leans over and kisses the top of my head. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

For the next ten hours they would fry eggs, grill burgers, pour coffee, and wash dishes for a stream of customers from the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The following week, back at Yale, Ruth agrees to meet him for coffee at the Atticus bookshop. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone’s hungry; except for the ersatz coffee, a week’s food ration doesn’t last two days. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The old man and Mo drank another cup of coffee in his green kitchen before he took Mo and Meggie up to the attic where he kept his books. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Let me offer you a helpful piece of advice. That is three dollars more than a cup of coffee should be." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Under Mrs. Dudley’s eye Theodora deliberately lifted her cup and finished the last of her coffee, then touched her mouth with her napkin and sat back. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

We turned into a luncheonette for coffee, and I didn’t see his face, but the sound revealed his exasperation. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She worked her feet more securely into her slippers, then came out from behind the coffee table gravely, untying and retying the belt of her dressing gown. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She’s giving away apple tartlets and brownies and cup after cup of coffee. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coffee shop, with its two tiny tables and many chairs, drew the men who played card games, chess, and backgammon, and threw dice. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got a pot of fresh coffee on the stove. Go ahead and dry yourself and then we can talk.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The worst thing she says during my lengthy coffee shop apology after school is “You suck, J. Really, really bad. Hope you know that.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Maroon lipstick stains her teeth, and her breath smells like coffee. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The door opened and a sentry came in with a mug of coffee. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Carefully he set the box down on the table and picked up his coffee mug; dutifully, because she wanted him to, he drank his coffee. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He followed me in and helped me carry the coffee things. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dominic sat at the table and poured himself a cup of coffee from the carafe. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Behind them, Elena is looking at the maps on the coffee table. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I came into the living room, the two of them were sitting on the couch having coffee. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Tobias sits on the floor, his back against the coffee table. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I placed the coffee can on the front steps and peered inside. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to remember this; hold on,” I said, taking an index card from Aaron’s coffee table. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He lowers his eyes and swirls his coffee cup. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

‘Benedict, don’t you think some hot coffee would make you feel a little better?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Grandma put her mug down on the coffee table. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She picked a sheet of paper off the coffee table and shook out its folds. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He slams the beer so hard against the coffee table that the bottle shatters. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The middle drawer of the coffee table stuck out just a little—maybe an eighth of an inch—but for all Emma knew, maybe it had been like that before. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Mary,” Crab said, climbing out, a mug of coffee in hand, doing his best to keep a straight face. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Cal drank the coffee scalding as it was and went into the living room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The coffee was ready and I was on my second batch of toast when I heard a key in the lock, the front door opening. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He would need more than a coffee cup tipped onto its side to get him out of jail. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The gentle wife of his dreams waited up for him and had hot coffee and something nice to eat ready. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tore off a piece of the pastry, dipped it in her coffee, and tasted it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was a thick forest on one side of the village where my grandmother lived and coffee farms on the other. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

For a good thirty seconds, Colonel Meecham sat reflecting in his chair staring at his steaming coffee with an ineffable sadness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray was standing outside the funeral home sipping coffee from a bodega cup when I got there. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Just then Clara returned with a tray of coffee for the three of them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait. I could buy you that coffee?” he said, pivoting to see me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She’s shooting glances from the window to the doughnut box to the long-standing game of Risk between her and Muhammad on the coffee table. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

By Friday afternoon, though, I was more jittery than when I’d inadvertently drunk a whole pot of Dad’s tar-strong coffee while studying for finals last winter. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach sips his beer once more before he places it on the coffee table and says good-bye. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I woke up early and had coffee with Darma,” she says, stretching. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t deal with Mom until I’d had coffee and a shower; I needed time to figure out what to tell her. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We watch through the wide window as Kasim serves coffee behind the counter. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He reached across the table and poured a black substance he claimed was coffee from a stained old enamel pot and smiled, a flash of incredibly white dentures in the old, brown leather face. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He sat up in bed and read seven chapters of The Winning of Barbara Worth, and when it was daylight he went down to the silent kitchen and made a pot of coffee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Learning that we were early, we walked the two blocks to Dunkin’ Donuts and Jesse ordered black coffee and another glazed doughnut, took one bite, then threw the rest away. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Employees sat elbow to elbow with the same people during their morning coffee, ate lunch in their designated time slot in the cafeteria as a group, and left together to catch the evening shuttle bus. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The coffee cans are filled with buttons of every color, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The warehouse was in a newly built industrial section of Compton, far enough from coffee shops and hot dog stands to discourage most of us from going out to eat. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We had coffee at the Iruña, sitting in comfortable wicker chairs looking out from the cool of the arcade at the big square. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell her that we already had coffee, that Dad had told her yesterday that he wanted to start keeping it in the freezer for freshness. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Frances was a little drunk and would have liked to have kept it up but the coffee came, and Lavigne with the liqueurs, and after that we all went out and started for Braddocks's dancing-club. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Generose covered the coffee table with a piece of beige fabric and brought out a stack of small plates and a fistful of forks from the kitchen. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Ashima has always loved these hours before a party, the carpets vacuumed, the coffee table wiped with Pledge, her dimmed, blurry reflection visible in the wood just as the old television commercial used to promise. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He added more sugar to his coffee and nodded slowly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing you know, she’ll be drinking black coffee and reading books without pictures. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone sits in a circle on the stage in pajamas, eating donut holes and drinking coffee out of Styrofoam cups. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“That cognac’s made my head feel mighty funny. I think I would like some coffee.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I break and pat him on the stomach, apologize, and make us some coffee. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She dropped her coffee cup when I said, "Hey! The guy in here's not feeling so good." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He walks her back to Silliman, and they arrange to have coffee a few days later. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The coffee was hot, and as Hugo let it cool, he looked around the cavernous station at all the people rushing by with a thousand different places to go. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

A cup of coffee with my dad usually lasted about forty thousand miles, maybe fewer this Saturday since Mom was hurriedly finishing the family’s New York packing job. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“None of that, it is forbidden. I’d rather take coffee than compliments just now. No, don’t lounge, it makes me nervous.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The history of Winston Churchill that Myron is working his way through at night at the hookups sits on the coffee table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t been twenty feet from where I sat, were even drinking the same muddy coffee from the same pot I’d made in the teachers’ lounge. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could see barkers out front shouting to potential customers, offering free drinks, hot pots of coffee, and the fairest deal in all of Ketterdam. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We were eating a lunch of ordered-in sandwiches at his desk, grilled Reubens, com chips, pickles, hot coffee, fried honey cakes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jordan took out a cigarette, put his feet up on the coffee table, and smiled, looking forward to another day with his little Angel. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in her kitchen, sipping coffee from blue enamel tin cups. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

After the hunters had left, we stood around our campfires sipping strong black coffee and listening to the baying of the hounds. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice never sounded normal until after coffee. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. Payne tilted his plastic mug and drank the last of his coffee. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their coffee tasted slightly of shrimp and the sea. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped out onto the catwalk and hollered to the driver: “Pizza and coffee?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, he literally meant grind my own beans. Basic-training coffee sucked.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The coffee was served in cups the size of soup bowls. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

By the time she returned, Brandon had stacked his boy books on the coffee table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I dipped it in the wine and then drank a glass of coffee. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I go to warm his coffee again, Cliff says, "You really saw it?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He said, for those willing, there was always work on the coffee haciendas. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a paper cup of coffee in the cup holder. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take two eggs over light, bacon, a cup of coffee, and hash browns.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was standing in front of the fireplace, drinking coffee. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It still has her five-dollar bill stuck under the salt shaker, a half-empty cup of coffee, a dirty fork and an empty place mat with syrup stains. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I watched as Mr. Quintana poured me a cup of coffee. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I had half an hour to kill, so I wandered through the university bookstore, then got some coffee and sat outside on a stone bench, watching the parade of undergraduates. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m getting ready for a huge piano recital called Pianopalooza—I wonder if the person who thought of that name had too much coffee that morning. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

When he didn’t reply, she went to the kitchen to pour herself more coffee. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, as long as it doesn’t get them into trouble, though they might’ve been arrested already. God, that’s revolting,” Ron added after one sip of the foamy, grayish coffee. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As soon as we left the coffee farm, we unexpectedly ran into another armed group at a soccer field adjoining the ruins of what had once been a village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Only you could make drinking coffee sound nefarious.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It was a far different woman from the one at church—the winsome fisher wife serving tea and coffee. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But it's cold outside, and the coffee is real, and despite what I just told Mrs. Janssen about my millions of tasks, I actually have an hour before my parents expect me for lunch. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But Isabel and Nate were all the way on the other side of the apartment with my parents, taking a coffee break in the kitchen. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ll buy you tea. Or a coffee. Whatever you want. I miss you.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The phone rang, so I leaned over the coffee table and grabbed the portable. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Hoo's On First sounds like my restaurant is on First Street, or worse yet, on the first floor. Customers will end up in the coffee shop drinking dishwater tea." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor ran her fingers along the edge of the glass coffee table. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My father and I drank coffee together outside on our patio every Saturday morning, even during winter storms. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He took charge of distributing water, transferring into receptacles even the water already in the toilet tanks, and he improvised a kitchen that, to everyone’s amazement, produced instant coffee, cookies, and some cans of beer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew says, his coffee mug poised near his mouth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They look at her hands and know what she will do with biscuit dough; they smell the coffee and the fried ham; see the white, smoky grits with a dollop of butter on top. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished buttoning and took a bite of the bagel, set it down on the counter while he poured himself some coffee. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We made a second round, passing out juice and coffee, and then killed time on the south-end staircase. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Fabrikator on parem probably could have turned the chain into a set of steak knives and had time for a cup of coffee. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was a vast dish of eggs and bacon on the sideboard and tea and coffee. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, the seven of us had seated ourselves around the dining table to await the latest addition to our family with coffee and cognac. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Rug pulled out from the coffee table, vases upended in a puddle of water, broken plate slivers and lemon cake scattered everywhere. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Chimbus saw white settlers planting coffee, they began growing coffee themselves as a cash crop. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he literally marched them all up to bed, installed Maddie in his fox’s den of a library on the way, and came back to her twenty minutes later carrying a steaming silver coffee pot. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He stoked the fire, put coffee on, fed Mr. Whiskers a saucer of tinned milk, and fetched me another pail of water to fill the reservoir. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He flopped back into the pillows and sipped his coffee and sighed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But this is just a way of prettifying yet another dumb mistake, the one involving all that coffee. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you’ve got it? Good,” she said without much interest, and almost immediately knelt down beside the oilstove to make the coffee. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

One of the pizza boxes lay with its lid folded back on our coffee table. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

But he stirred his coffee good and put the spoon down before exploding. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

At noon, they sent an errand boy out for a bag of sandwiches and a carton of coffee and they ate their lunch in the lavatory. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had on his bathrobe and was drinking a cup of coffee. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He smiles down at me, places the drinks on the long black coffee table in front of the sofa, sits. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

An ashtray of used butts was emptied on the coffee table. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Satyrs hate going underground. No searcher would ever try going in that place. No flowers. No sunshine. No coffee shops!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Before that, I had been with Frankie, and I hadn’t been doing anything as kosher as working the Linotype or fetching coffee. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But coffee itself tasted to him like caffeinated stomach bile. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The table was strangely quiet, Mama and Doc sipping coffee and Jay eating up his breakfast without the usual clattering of his spoon against the bowl. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“No, dear, run along, and bring me some coffee. I’m so tired I can’t stir.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stirred and stirred and stirred ... and suddenly the tip of the spoon knocked against the glass, opening a crack through which the coffee leapt, pouring onto his clothes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be right back. Have another coffee. We have credit here.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded and took a sip of his coffee. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Routine was a powerful icebreaker with the boys who drank their morning coffee with Hobie. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a shower, get dressed and make another cup of coffee, and then I sit down in the living room, little black book at my side, and I call Scott. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried stretching out her supply by making a very weak drink, but she might as well have drunk nothing; the headaches were prevented only by coffee that was black with strength. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drank cups of coffee and listened to Mozart quintets and read the portions of the script he had cut out. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she even had her morning coffee, Grandma bundled up. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

After my ham sandwich, pie, and coffee, I put fifty-five cents on the table and stepped back outside. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mom reaches for the carton and pours a splash into her coffee. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“He has to go,” she said, blowing on the hot coffee Tendai brought her. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The nerves of his stomach were so taut that he could only drink the coffee. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She shoved one of the cakes from the coffee service into her mouth and mumbled, “What do you want, Kaz?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I can heat up some coffee real quick,” I said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I measured two coffee mugs of buckwheat flour into a bowl, stirred in four spoonfuls of Royal Baking Powder—the only kind Aunt Ivy ever used—and half a spoonful of salt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s a training bra,” Bull said, grinning into his coffee. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she would smile at him prettily and set the coffee service down on its tray while he helped himself to the sugar. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She nodded to the crystal vases on the coffee table and the nightstand. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was just wide awake on coffee and cigarettes and Mini Thins, which are these small pills you can buy at Quick Marts or Truck Stops. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jonas watched as his father poured a fresh cup of coffee. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looks across the coffee table at me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to stop and get some coffee at the gas station here. You guys want some?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the opposite side of the coffee farm was a small banana farm, and there we came across a man cutting down hands of ripe bananas. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

My father eats his coffee souffle, frowning a little. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then they drink a cup of coffee together in the kitchen: hot, strong, as much sugar as she wants. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her feet felt fast and light as she slipped from the room and smelled the rich smell of coffee and of bacon sizzling in an iron pan. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She put his plate of hot cakes in front of him and poured coffee in his cup and refilled Tom’s cup. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bitter was refilling her cup with coffee, wearing a tank top and gray shorts, her legs wild lengths extending out. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She must be waiting for me to go first, so I just sip my coffee and let her squirm for a while. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His father taught him how to work a punching bag and made him a barbell from two lead-filled coffee cans welded to a pipe. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The coffee was barely ready when Charley let out his lion roar. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I search the coffee mug, but there’s none in there. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The detective’s destination was River Valley Farm, but wanting something warm—a cup of hot coffee—he stopped off at Hartman’s Cafe. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did have one small sack of coffee, but he wanted two silver talents for that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Calista asked if she could check the stock when she was here, and she said she thought there might be something wrong with the newest shipment of coffee sleeves.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It always happened when the supply of coffee ran out. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a large coffee table that has all these cool things on it. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When he opened the door, the smell of strong coffee wafted out with him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He took a sip of coffee, then wiped the whipped cream off his nose with his napkin. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

His back is turned, he’s pouring the coffee. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poured himself a cup of coffee and added, “The police will sort it out. It’s their job, not mine.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pale green loopy ferns and spiked leaves of a much darker green filled the ceramic pots on the end table and the coffee table and the magazine table. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But he drank the tea anyway, frying the taste buds off his tongue, because he didn’t drink coffee and because he wanted to stay awake. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It’s a blank, beige kind of conference room, filled with banquet tables, coffee thermoses, fruit baskets, plastic towers of cereal, tiered plate stands, and stainless steel food warmers. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Lillian had risen and was sitting at the kitchen table reading the Charleston News and Courier and finishing her first cup of coffee. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please. I would like a cup of coffee.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I can imagine myself there, a permanent guest in my guest room, walking barefoot into the kitchen to pour myself mugs of coffee or glasses of water. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dishes pile in the sink and on the coffee table. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Agent Jones took a sip of his disappointing coffee. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Eliza quickly poured coffee for all of us, then grabbed a serving tray. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab a remote that’s neatly placed on the glass coffee table and throw myself on a couch that squeaks beneath my bum. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Quickly, he gets back to his bowl and licks it, searching for a few stray coffee fumes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“That looks feasible. What do you want for lunch? Cake, sandwiches, fruit, and coffee will be all that is necessary, I suppose?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drink her coffee, puff on her cigarette. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered me coffee, and when I accepted I was surprised to find that he got up and made it for me himself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then he came back holding a coffee cup and a bag of doughnuts. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I used the coffee grounds to blot texture into the hair. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The pink-uniformed maid was filling a row of blue china coffee pitchers from a great, battered kettle on the stove. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I sip my coffee, which is getting cold. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Windermere always had a cup of hot coffee waiting for me. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The coffee and the biscuit accompanying it proved very acceptable to Edna, who had declined refreshment at Madame Lebrun’s and was now beginning to feel hungry. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like a cup of coffee, or a drink?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had inherited the furniture from Coraline’s grandmother, along with a wooden coffee table, a side table, a heavy glass ashtray, and the oil painting of a bowl of fruit. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When I went down to his camp to visit he poured me a mug of coffee, put an arm around my shoulder, and seemed genuinely happy to see me. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting at her computer desk, sipping coffee and tapping keys. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He returned, drank a cup of scalding black coffee at an alarming rate of speed, and said, “Mr. Finch, I’d better be going.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

There were so many little coffee tables and chairs there didn’t seem a way through. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she pulls over the napkin with the dinosaurs holding coffee cups. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I...just meant there’s a heat wave outside. You definitely need an iced coffee.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He sips coffee from his cup and wipes some brown droplets out of his mustache with the sleeve of his sport coat. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

And how I told him don’t drink coffee or he gone turn colored. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She came into the kitchen and opened a jar of instant coffee. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Shady handed me two bags of flour to carry while he toted two bags of coffee. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sefia wove among vendors hawking mangoes and passion fruit, sacks of coffee and catches of silver fish. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the living room, we cousins made a circle around the coffee table and clasped our hands. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Aunt Petunia was sipping coffee with her little finger sticking out. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I sat at the kitchen table and watched Bertha cut a thick slice of coffee cake and put it on a paper towel in front of me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And coffee, I’m sure you remember about that.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed him into the kitchen, and he poured me a cup of coffee and sat me down. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He lived through a dose of strychnine in his coffee that was enough to kill a horse. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But when I got to the living room, there was Caroline, giving him a cup of coffee, practically falling all over him while she did so. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are glad to have a neighbor they can talk to in Spanish and they tell him he’s always welcome to come over for a Cuban coffee. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Dad’s on the couch, drinking coffee with the news on mute. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I looked around while she went to get the coffee. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I drank coffee in the mornings with my dad before he left for work. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I misjudged the distance and as we fell, his head hit the corner of the coffee table. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was a little revived, however, by his bringing back his coffee cup himself; and she seized the opportunity of saying: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

We had just awakened from a short sleep and were sucking lukewarm coffee out of plastic tubes and munching on bacon which had been squeezed into little cubes, like lumps of sugar. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or eat one of the shiny decorative rocks on the coffee table. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I set the coffee in front of him. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Was he eating a warm meal of beans and coffee? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dad opened a Thermos and poured us a cup of coffee. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Get Mama and the coffee can from the front room.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

All very well and good that the hero came in the nick of time to grind the coffee. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then halfway through the meal, Daddy picks up his coffee mug and taps his fork against it. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Townsend proved his loyalty to the British not only by writing for the Gazette but also by becoming a partner with Rivington in a coffee shop. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You go on back to sleep if you want, Ob. I’ll put some coffee on the stove. And I’ll fix you some eggs and cocoa when you get up.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I think about Tom’s laptop, which is on the coffee table in the living room. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t stand them another second. I fell off the chair and cracked my side on the coffee table and twisted my ankle on the way down.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The second the front door closes, I pick up the coffee cup and hurl it against the wall. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly I ate, hoping that after coffee I might get more details if I walked him back to his flat. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a face is in front of mine and coffee breath goes up my nostrils and a voice says, I have someone I bet you ’d life to meet. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ortega and Daft Donald were sitting at a table with cups of coffee and two laptop computers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Miss Love wouldn’t have to bring a quart Mason jar full of hot coffee down to the store for him every morning like she’d been doing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They laced their coffee and Milkman looked around for his cigarettes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Give me some pancakes,” said Bryce, “and some eggs and I want steak, too. I want a big old steak. And some toast. And some coffee.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The coffee boiled over and Cal spent minutes cleaning up the stove. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Can I get you started with some coffee or orange juice?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Glass globes of coffee simmered above blue flames. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been giving her lessons, actually,” Mr. Sen said, setting his mug on the coffee table. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I still remember the bite of that first sip; it was worse even than army coffee, which was nearly brain damaging. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He blew wildly and coffee spilled out of the cup. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ob said, “It’s getting on to lunchtime. I figure the governor will be in the coffee shop, watching for somebody interesting to come through the door.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain searched for coffee, which he badly needed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat around the coffee table in our living room,just as we had the year before, after I got arrested. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I can remember one morning around this time bringing Lord Darlington coffee in the breakfast room, and his saying to me as he folded The Times with some disgust: 'Frenchmen. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Victor excuses himself after finishing his coffee, refusing to weigh in on the cake issue. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

An orderly had made coffee and passed it around. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fixed coffee and sandwiches for the Saturday night supper that the boss gave the girls in lieu of overtime money. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lourdes slaps two quarters on the counter and leaves the coffee steaming in its thick white mug. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, sir. Did I hurt you? Take a coffee, on the house. ” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, without relaxing his vigil, the agent poured himself a thermos cup of coffee and ate Marilyn’s chicken salad sandwiches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, it was warm and bright and smelled like fried chicken and toast and coffee. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She began to rearrange the stack of books on the coffee table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What are you promising, Charley? You promised me a cup of coffee.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne brought him his cup of coffee as he eased into his chair near the tree. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We emptied our plastic glasses, chased with coffee, and I refilled. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

An aged sectional sofa curved around in front of the TV, a round coffee table in front of it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The smell of her fresh pot of coffee took me back to many a chilled morning with Gideon. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hoping for a big breakfast, Hannah was disappointed when all Gitl put on the table was a jug of milk, black coffee, and a loaf of dark bread. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his second cup of coffee I said, “Papa, you said when I got ten, you’d tell me where babies come from. Remember? You said—” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She left them to rescue their boats and pedal back to the beach, and went inside to make some coffee and see if Will was awake. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone's left a copy of the morning edition of the Bakersfield News Gazette on the elephant-shaped metal coffee table. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“You’re not staying for dinner, Ky. Drink the coffee, take the cigarettes if you want, but then leave, please. Actually, I’m not asking you to leave, I’m telling you to leave, do you understand?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We always brought him coffee when it was the freshest and hottest, and when one of the hatchery assistants bought doughnuts, we saved our father a jelly one, because we knew that was his favorite. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never “gotten a coffee” before—I’d never even tasted coffee, because it is forbidden by the church—but I followed them across the street and into a café. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Three coffees, two with milk, please,” said Francis to the fat woman behind the counter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She sips from a fresh cup of coffee. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Just pours himself a cup of coffee, throws a couple of pieces of bacon on a paper towel, and starts to walk out of the kitchen. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Just then Aibileen brought a tray of coffee out and set it on the table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

This is what I have, coffee and pie, sitting in one of the purple booths, watching young people exclaim over what they think is the quaintness of the past. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We ran behind the houses at the edge of the coffee trees and came upon the house where the cries were coming from. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Big, heaping plates of meat and potatoes and gravy, and steaming black coffee. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Over coffee they shiver: they themselves are fastidious, they will bottle-feed, which is anyway more sanitary. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is first-rate coffee. Can I pour myself another cup?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

When he’s done he calls for more coffee and tea. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could answer, she got out a big black frying pan and poured some bacon grease in it out of a coffee can that was sitting on top the stove. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I handled my phone messages, started thinking seriously about what I’d do the moment I got out—would I buy a cup of coffee? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Parked in the middle is the “roach coach,” purveyor of coffee and rolls. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How can you possibly lose the one and only patient you’ve got? What happened—did aliens beam him up to their spaceship while you were on your coffee break?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Spivak sighs and says, "Somebody get me a coffee, please," and then she looks at me and goes, "you'd better tell me all about it." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He goes to his desk and takes a gulp from he travel coffee mug sitting there. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She beckoned to a waitress and asked for more coffee. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I’ll keep that in mind. Can I get you a cup of coffee?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Clutching cups of coffee and donuts, we round a corner and see the brick school. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I said, “Let me find a level place and put it in order, then come down for a cup of coffee—or something.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ended up in the main part of the station, which had a coffee place, newsstand, and several ticket machines. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But other things could be done to purify it, such as getting rid of the bad coffee and cleaning up streets and alleyways. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, Claudia would have worried for fear the driver could hear her heart, for it sounded to her like their electric percolator brewing the morning’s coffee. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waiter came with the breakfast, and I sat with my hands in my lap, watching while he put down the pot of coffee and the jug of milk. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Going downstairs, he smelled the pot of coffee perking in the kitchen. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jenny was sharing coffee and bagels with the Dog Squad creator, Leo Espinosa, at the nearby picnic table. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She stopped pouring the coffee and looked at him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“To share a good cup of coffee with a fine woman,” he said, “and to ask for her forgiveness for the way I treated her when we were in school.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I need some coffee. I suppose you kids can’t wait to get out of my house, right?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Hanako and her father arrived at the restaurant each morning, Hanako would heat up the grill and turn on the steam table in the kitchen while Papa made coffee. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to go downstairs and get a cup of coffee. I don’t really understand any of this art stuff, and you guys would probably be more comfortable without me hovering.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Noa was sitting in the hallway, her back against the wall, holding a steaming cup of coffee between her hands. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She watched him toss it onto a dirty table cluttered with empty coffee cups. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a pot with porridge in it, Red River cereal or oatmeal or Cream of Wheat, and a glass coffee percolator. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Felix worried she was going to deliver bad news, but she smiled and tapped her empty mug before heading to the coffee machine in the corner. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reread his letter, then poured myself another cup of coffee and savored every word of the paper. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

From behind the counter, Hobie called out, “Any of you gentlemen want any coffee, raise your paws.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaira was emptying a packet of sugar into her coffee when he sat down next to her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I waited for something to happen, but he only said, “Cup of coffee?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you care to come inside while I look? Could I offer you a cup of coffee?” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

As his coffee was brought to him, M. Bouc rose to his feet. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sip my coffee and struggle to swallow. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote in her notebook, “Do overnight pilots drink coffee? Do they take turns napping? A new chapter begins in the dark.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You like a nice cup of hot coffee?” he asked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He isn’t reading but looking at the coffee drinkers in the shop. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

In Seattle, Hazel Ulbrickson and her son Al pounded the glass top of their coffee table until it shattered into dozens of pieces. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All that was missing were the dark circles under her eyes and a steaming cup of coffee, except that she was too young for either. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I throw my Styrofoam coffee cup in the bin with my sausage- roll wrapper and begin to walk away. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a diamond ring on Zahra’s finger when she shows up with her coffee thermos and a thick stack of files. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We had received our black coffee, our ration of bread. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They snorted, spewing droplets of coffee, coughing out smoke. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon he is taking Marie-Laure along on various errands again, teasing her about the mountains of sugar she spoons into her coffee or bantering with warders about the superiority of his brand of cigarettes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Danny must drink coffee in the morning, because he doesn’t stop talking about his family the entire way to school. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

A single candle glows at the center of the coffee table. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She stood up from the table and grabbed her coffee. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

We finished the coffee and went over to see him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Franny, at this point, reached rather blindly, but soundlessly, for the box of Kleenex on the marble coffee table. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

We could both smell coffee brewing in the kitchen. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her godfather smiled up from his coffee mug. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Winnike was gone, but he had left a pot of coffee. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Do you think that history professors chat about the reasons for World War One when they meet for lunch, or that nuclear physicists spend their coffee breaks at scientific conferences talking about quarks? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next he cruised past where his mum was sitting having coffee and she looked straight at him and didn't recognize him. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she made the coffee and toasted some stale bread, and they took it into the grand room at the front of the house, overlooking the city. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After clearing away leftovers and washing dishes at night, Naomi packed four lunches, folding wax paper around the sandwiches and laying out the thermos for Henry’s coffee. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next to me, Lenny stands up and immediately trips over the coffee table. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Dylan-ing isn’t a bad thing. To Dylan someone is to adore them. Even if they brew the worst coffee on God’s green earth.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Puglisi barked a coffee order at Cherry and situated himself in the corner, setting up his lens. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

A wine shop was open and I went in for some coffee. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He asked the head usher to invite them into the White House for warm coffee or tea. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mama poured out Francie’s coffee and put the milk in it even though she knew that the child wouldn’t drink it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take out the debate prep packet and lean over the coffee table. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Billy has a guy who comes around just to get his coffee and bring him refreshments? You know who Billy is?” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Along one entire wall is a giant flat screen, and my dad is planted in front of this now, enormous feet on the coffee table, watching some sort of game and shouting at the television. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I sit on the edge of the chair, and he sits behind the desk of Matthew’s supervisor, turning a half-empty coffee cup in circles on the metal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I'm sipping coffee and reading the paper in my usual morning haze, still in my pajamas. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’s inside having coffee with Mom, who, embarrassingly, is in her Pilates clothes for her class later today. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It lashed in rhythmic waves against the windows of the white, brightly lit kitchen as we guests sat around the table and ate a silent, cheerless breakfast of coffee and Pop Tarts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They ate fish, drank hot coffee, and enjoyed canned meats and vegetables from America. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Like sugar diffusing out of a cube in a cup of coffee, they are present at high concentration on one end of the egg, and low concentration on the other. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I handed her this oversized coffee cup I gave her for her last birthday. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I can let you have some coffee,” he said quietly to Perilee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He tosses the packet onto the coffee table, where it falls next to a few playing cards, a rolled dollar bill, and one jagged slab of a broken mirror. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right before she turned the corner, she threw her empty coffee drink in the trash with such force that Maya half expected it to bounce right back out, but it stayed put. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But by itself tea is usually bitter, as were the two other new drinks that came to Europe in the 1600s—coffee and hot chocolate. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

An officer in the passenger seat was drinking coffee from a paper cup. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Doc mom fed us bagels with butter and sweet tomato jam she’d made from her own summer garden, and we drank black coffee and orange juice. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

From the moment we left the driveway, Dad was jittery, like he had had too much coffee. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He sighed, then took a sip of coffee. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the local coffee shop, hunched in one of the secretive, high-backed booths with hundreds of people's names gouged into the wood, we drank cup after cup of black coffee and talked frankly about sex. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The coffee’s lukewarm when I take a sip,making it harder to gulp down. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It was a stupid story, I don’t know why I told him, but he looked at me thoughtfully as he stirred his coffee. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We drank our coffee out of paper cups, and through the square ferry windows he pointed out the dry docks and the skeletons of new submarines. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large square coffee table sits just in front of the couches. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some people on the street supported the protesters by smiling, offering words of encouragement, or bringing them thermoses filled with hot coffee. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I had another cup of coffee, and then I knew it was time to get to the point, so I took the key off my neck and gave it to him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She did not order decaf coffee but drank three cups of regular. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I s’pose a coffee’s out of the question? he brings himself to ask me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Up into the peaked space they carted my grandparents’ disassembled bed, the leather ottoman, the brass coffee table, and Lefty’s rebetika records. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There were several simple armchairs around a square coffee table with a fake plant for a centerpiece. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There’s a small area upstairs with four chairs slung low to the floor and a square coffee table. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Passalos! Singer of songs! Drinker of coffee! Stealer of shiny stuff!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She brings me sandwiches and coffee, but she makes no demands. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hate it if I'm eating bacon and eggs or something and somebody else is only eating toast and coffee. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Grandpa saucered his coffee and took a big slurp before he spoke. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, waiting for his wife to give the ready sign, Bull poured himself a cup of coffee, drank it black, and felt the heat surge into his belly and flood through his body. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as far as the art is concerned, she’s learning how to pose better every day, and doesn’t ask for much: she’s fine with nothing but bread and coffee, as Vincent is. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I reached for one of the bags of coffee beans. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He put the bowl of Lucky Charms on the coffee table, stood up, and walked upstairs without saying good-bye. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The maneuvering in markets for oil, wheat, cotton, coffee and more have brought billions in profits to investment banks. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Each morning she rises at 6:30 and stretches in her underwear and makes a good pot of coffee. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He made Stinky Sanders, the mortician, the richest man in town, Colonel,” Hobie Rawls said while pouring coffee into Bull’s cup from a steaming glass globe. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like me some coffee in the morning. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She poured me a cup of coffee and combed my hair with her fingers. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“It was more like, he followed me all the way to La Cocina, begging me to accept a new coffee.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We found Gino and he got us some coffee and later I went with him and met various people and saw the posts. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The mule whinnied and leaned against the sagging gate; Tayo reached into the coffee can and he held some corn under the quivering lips. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sold sandwiches, coffee, candy, cake, and ice cream as fast as the railroad’s commissary department could supply them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She burned her fingers trying to light a fire for the first time in her life and she had to ask Aureliano to do her the favor of showing her how to make coffee. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He would drink his coffee, go through lesson plans, or sometimes just read a book. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Now, what do you think about something to go with this coffee?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell your mama, but I think you might have learned how to brew the perfect pot of coffee!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The checkerboard lay on the coffee table, ready to go. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Cramp stayed where he was, sitting on the edge of the coffee table, not giving me a whole lot of room to maneuver. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Our coffee filters and a few hard golden kernels left as evidence of our sneakiness. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Most of the council members seem to be there, stirring tiny sticks in tiny cups of coffee, the majority of them men and women David’s age. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even Daddy looked up from his coffee and newspaper as if he had been wondering, too. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In the morning his first call is: “Emil, bring in the caviare and coffee.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll meet you in the coffee shop at the Clover Bookstore at 5. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Florent scanned the empty market, then unscrewed the lid from his thermos, poured some coffee into it, and handed it to Joseph. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We all had some coffee, served by the caretaker. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The other was wrapped around a cup of takeout coffee from the bodega downstairs. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

At home Jenny hurried to make a pot of steaming coffee; when it was done, Matt carried a cup of it to Ellen. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waitress came over and asked if I wanted coffee. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Johanssen eventually trudged to the ration cupboard and got a coffee packet. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blew on the coffee through pursed lips. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Auntie woke him up and gave him a cup of Indian tea brewed dark as coffee. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Except, when Henry looks at him again, watches him take the first blessed sip of coffee, the smile comes back in earnest. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We opened at six a.m. to fuel the office workers with fresh pita and Turkish coffee thick enough to stand a spoon in. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana sipped the hot coffee and his entire aching body tingled it tasted so incredibly good. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stares into a newspaper with twitching eyeballs and sips coffee and looks deeply surprised. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Of course he died. I told his daughter two days ago he wasn’t going to last the week. Put some coffee water on.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs and got myself a cup of coffee and a couple of soft-boiled eggs, which I ate alone at a table near a window in the empty main dining room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We could see them in the moonlight, eating the ham and those raw sweet potatoes, breaking open cans, scattering coffee and meal—having just the best time you ever saw. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The smell of early-morning coffee is a permanent memory, mixed up with the smell of bacon and the background yakking of the morning news people. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray poured us huge cups of coffee, mine light and sweet, his black. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

You see someone in school every day, or at work, in the canteen, and you share a cigarette or a coffee with them, and you talk about the weather or last night’s air raid. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Here you are, love,” said the coffee stall man. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“An iced coffee, please,” she told the cute male barista with the septum piercing. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z