| 单词 | comer |
| 例句 | I could see Lorraine looking all around, checking the dust in the comers and the pieces of electrical equipment that were scattered on one table. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He had a nostalgic vision of his comer table, with the newspaper and the chessboard and the ever-flowing gin. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The comers of his vision began to blur, growing hazy as an old nightmare returned to him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Whenever the conference adjourned, I noticed, as no doubt his lordship did with some concern, that Mr Lewis would quickly take M. Dupont away to some comer or other where they could confer quietly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He kept glancing at me out of the comer of his eye as he walked slowly down to the other end of the store, dusting here and there. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a couple of steps backward as he watched the limo drive down the street and turn the comer. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I left the office casually, as if I just had to go to the bathroom, and then I sprinted around the comer and down the dead-end hallway. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Full, pursed lips protruded beneath the bushy black moustache and, at their comers, sank into little folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After the service, Bodega’s sister had asked the managers of a minimarket on the comer of 109th and Madison to let the public view Bodega’s body there. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z His eyes crinkled at the comers when he smiled. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z All us politicals have our bunks on the east side, and so we’ve asked for the southeast comer to be “ours.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Two Egyptian Muslims and a Persian roused and also stared as my guide moved us over into a comer. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Peering around the comer of Shandi’s wagon I saw several unfamiliar men and women sitting around a fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When the comers reappeared, I took it back out of the rubbish and smoothed it flat on the desk. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z When the entire store save for the owner was empty, Milkman hurled the broken bottle into a comer. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Since we parted ways, I had kept foolish, fond thoughts of Denna hidden in a secret comer of my heart. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 We heard Oskar singing from around the comer, his voice was getting louder, the old man said, “He’s a good boy,” and walked away. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He popped open one comer of the top, and a puff of dust rose up. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Wheelie stood up, and I followed her out of the office and around the comer to a short dead-end hallway I had never thought about before. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z They were seated at a table in the comer. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Besides, anything that moved the two of them away from a busy street comer in the middle of the day was bound to be worth my while. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Do not ride your bicycle around the comer, ’ ’ the mother had told the daughter when she was seven. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z No one is on the comer, which is good, because I probably look pretty strange lying faceup on the sidewalk and inching myself under the mailbox. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The upper story was plaster and timber with stone reinforcing the comers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A video was playing on a television hooked up in a comer of the store: a row of young women in harem pants were thrusting their hips in synchrony on a beach. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Some had sunk so deep into the bog that only a comer showed; others lay strewn about like some god’s abandoned toys, cracked and crumbling, spotted with lichen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A tremor of deep concern passed over Milo’s simple, homespun features, and he scratched the comer of his reddish-brown mustache thoughtfully. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The bus goes past my house and starts to slow down for the stop at the comer. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Though there were wrinkles at the comers of her mouth and more around her eyes, she still stood tall, unbent, and handsome. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the comer store, the butcher closes out his register. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom closes her eyes, and I know that she is lifting a comer of her veil. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Glancing from the comer of my eye, I saw the stationmaster looking at me and smiling. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As I counted, I dug Huey’s comer picture, him wearing his beret looking cool and revolutionary. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In a far comer of the convent park we heard laughter, and when we looked we saw one tall, strong boy waving a flat stick, and all around him little boys jumping. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The spotless tub had a triangular hole at one comer, and the water groaned like a man in pain as it drained. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I choose the top bed in a comer under a blue fluo-rescent light. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Suddenly, from the comer of my eye, I noticed a guy sitting by himself in the top row of the bleachers. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The basin in the comer was also very clean. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Each letter free to be flung to all four comers? One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Sergeant Bickle looked at the woman, and again the comers of his mouth twitched slightly. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Alba knew that her grandmother was the soul of the big house on the comer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When we were allowed out of our cells for wash-up, I walked to the front of the corridor and managed to peer out the door and around the comer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She pointed through her front window and across the street to where the laughing man was pacing back and forth on my comer, doing his kicks. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I don’t think he look in this comer of the trunk much, she say. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But now that I’m back here I can hardly walk down a street without a glimpse of her, turning a comer, entering a door. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The bulb on the comer lamppost had died, spilling gloom over half the street, throwing everything visible off balance. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But there was a fourth comer in the puzzle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked her where the bathroom was, and she pointed around the comer almost like it was her house. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z There were tears in the comers of his eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of the comer of my eye, I notice the man again, the guy with the big hair. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At her glance, three girls rose and abandoned theirs in the far comer of the room beyond the dining tables. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Das placed the camera to his face and squeezed one eye shut, his tongue exposed at one comer of his mouth. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z If you want to drop out of school and shoot people and hang on this comer all your life, go ahead. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Peeking around a comer of the shack, I saw that the parking area was filling up with cars. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Wmterfell’s inner wall was the older and taller of the two, its ancient grey crenellations rising one hundred feet high, with square towers at every comer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If Big Ma heard Vonetta and saw her standing like a shiftless bum on the comer, we’d be on the next plane back to New York City. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The sail bags, which had been tucked neatly up in the front comer of the bow, had come loose and were scattered all around, wet but seeming to be undamaged otherwise. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “He got away. This woman came out the store and got everything mixed up, and she and him run around the comer into the Quarter.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z All comers of all eyes were on me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Then the bells rang at noon to welcome her, singing from all comers of the city. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In every comer of the workshop, axes and saws split fresh timber as the woodshop boys made sets and stage scenery. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s an ebony statue of a female saint in the comer, and a tureen on an altar crowded with apples and bananas and dishes of offerings I can’t identify. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, to my immense relief, I saw an elderly couple waiting on the comer for a bus. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But back then her world had been pathetically tiny: a few parks, the path to littlie school, one comer of the greenbelt where she would sneak in to spy on uglies. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He had worn a place for himself in some comer of her heart, as a sea shell, always boring against the rock, might do. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The bus chugs down our street, and I watch him grow smaller, and then the bus turns the comer and he is gone. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That way he got a little rest, and we didn’t run the risk of rounding a comer and barreling into a fallen tree or slow-moving cart. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They tore through the hot days of summer, knocking over all comers, winning with daring and flair. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He looked about the hallway and to the landing below, at the champagne glasses and half-eaten samosas and napkins smeared with lipstick abandoned in every comer, on every available surface. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Here’s another comer you can avoid backing yourself into: Jordan was one of the best, if not the best, player on the team. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She itched to draw a small, round Martian in the upper left-hand comer. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “My name is Arnold, Arnold Howell, and I’m over there on the comer. How much would you charge for my lawn?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z With a black kitten cradled in her hands, Prudence watched them find a safe comer for the hornbook. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Go outside and around the comer of the building. You’ll find the room.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Another hovercar roared over them, and he pulled her around the comer of the building and down behind a drum that collected rainwater from the gutters. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She’d been watching me out of the comer of her eye the whole time, ready to save me if I fell. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He kissed Aglovale, with a tear which ran into one comer of his smile. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A fat soggy cigar wagged in the comer of his downtumed mouth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z That was always the signal for Lorraine to meet me at the comer of Eddy and Victory Boulevard if she could get out of the house. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He saw Cara coming out of the comer of his eye but kept reading the sports page until she said, “Mr. Larson?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Sen had forgotten napkins, and traces of fried batter dotted the comers of her mouth. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I developed a mental image of reporters as human ferrets— steadily sniffing, darting, probing for some way to trick me, somehow to comer me in our interview exchanges. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The wood paneling, the cloth-covered stool in one comer, the little bell that went off every time we passed another floor. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Out of the comer of his eye, he saw the sleeper stirring, and knew he must finish his man quick. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was blood in the comer of his mouth. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon I see Jack again, this time at a diner around the comer from Hoagland’s flat. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They be all very well for comers and trippers, an’ the like, but not for a nice young lady like you. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Dany wedged herself into that comer, making a nest of sorts by tearing up handfuls of the grass that grew around the ruins. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Robert took up his hom again, filled it with beer from a barrel in the comer, and thrust it at Ned. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z You glance at the time in the upper right comer of the screen and calculate what you’d be doing at school. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z That means instead of looking where I tell it to look, it wanted to rest in the comer of my eye next to my nose. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the gun outside and put it on the back porch in a comer where they wouldn’t be able to see it until daytime. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z They’d stand in the doorways and prevent entrance to all comers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I noticed she was wearing a cheap ring, the adjustable kind that children buy at any street comer from the candy vendors. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Within two more days alarm had spread to every comer of Wethersfield. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Instead, Wasp floored the accelerator and rode up on the curb, screeching around another comer, and knocking over a newspaper box. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z All one needs is a small bed in the comer and one could well imagine condemned men spending their last hours here.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Devan fed fresh logs to the fire until the flames leapt up again, fierce and furious, driving the shadows back into the comers of the room, devouring all her unwanted dreams. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I turned the comer, looking for the white straw hat he always wore. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dorothy Lyndwick Rest Home is in High Park, a suburb where I’ve never been before and don’t know my way around, but there’s a comer cafe a few blocks along. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Sergeant Bickle looked up at the woman seated next to us, and the comers of his mouth twitched slightly. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z "Guards! Guards! Find the vile, treacherous coward Unferth in whatever dark comer he is hiding, and bring him straight to me!" Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z And the City, in its own way, gets down for you, cooperates, smoothing its sidewalks, correcting its curbstones, offering you melons and green apples on the comer. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Wart paid little or no attention to the lecture, but got his eyes accustomed to the strange tones of light instead, and watched Archimedes from the comer of one of them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Uneasiness latches onto me, like it’s been waiting around a comer all this time and only now has the gall to emerge. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He drank, a trickle of red leaking from the comer of his plump mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The lamplight revealed a pail overflowing with feces in one comer and a huddled shape in another. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To Rachel it felt like you didn’t want to see her so you wanted to get rid of her by putting her in a comer. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “They always sat in the farthest comer,” Brown said. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If anybody looked suspicious, I’d quickly cross the street, or go through a door, or turn a comer, loosening my arm enough to let the package drop. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z One guy I knew took the comer of a razor blade to his arm and made a small cut each day. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Everyone looked at me and I was starting out when the thin man called, "There's plenty of seats for late comers. Come in, brother . . ." Brother? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “They won’t let me turn the comer!” he once exclaimed, “I’m caught in a trap!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he screamed, with the pain and fear, and skittered on his backside up into the comer of the shelter, breathing through his mouth, straining to see, to hear. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking at Grandpa, he gnawed at one comer of it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Every view was magical, whether it was a deserted, lamplit street comer or the neon hubbub of Royal Street. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z An announcement came on from a speaker in the comer of the pod, suggesting that we all group together facing northeastwards towards the spiral staircase to pose for the souvenir photo. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z L-shaped, with rounded comers, and the plane was nearly aimed at the long part of the L, coming from the bottom and heading to the top. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He helped her to her narrow bed in the comer of the sickroom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the big house on the comer, Blanca, Alba, and the servants were sitting in front of the television, sipping tea and eating toast. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everybody on this comer is smart. You ain’t no smarter than anybody here. If you so smart, why you got to come on this comer every summer? ’Cause you flunkin’ school! The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly just bottles of water or the cheap carnival masks that you could buy on any street comer. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The animals in the comer cage started squealing. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z His hair was already bleaching out to a lighter blond that would become white and his eyes were lined at the comers from squinting. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The cab sped around the comer of West Broadway, and the gray lady sitting in the middle screeched, “Look out! Go left!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A round turret rose from one comer of the structure. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He crouched down in a comer of his cell, clutching his prize under his chin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Finally I got a burlap feed sack from the barn to put my stuff in, though it barely filled one comer. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He jammed himself back into the comer of the bunk against the sink and immediately went under again—sleep-numbness came in a drug-like release that took him down. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The childish voice slowly gained strength and clarity till it reached every comer of the room. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Only, in the far comer of the room, which had been netted off for Cully—loose there, unhooded and deep in moult —they could hear a faint muttering from the choleric infantry colonel. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘He shows his travel card, or puts it through the barrier, and then he’s back. Back here! We’re just round the comer from the tube.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He fished under one of the sofa cushions until he found a half-smoked, mushed-up cigarette, which he balanced in a crusty comer of his mouth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z When he heard the deep rumble of Shagga's laughter booming through the dark, he followed it to the Stone Crows in their small comer of the night. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I stood awhile on the comer, with my mind confused—the muddled thinking that’s characteristic of the addict. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At the prince’s coining, excitement stirred Elsinore to its darkest comers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Out of the comer of his eye, Jon glimpsed a pale shape moving through the trees. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We stopped at a street comer, not looking back. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Cramped into a comer of the building under the eaves, the chamber was fortunate in having two windows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I raised the comers of my mouth, the way Hoagland taught me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair was white, and there were crow’s-feet at the comers of his pale blue eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was hot there, and empty except for the pallets and my bag in its comer. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he and Liston were in their comers in the ring. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a garden out in the suburbs, a small, leafy comer, with a few green tables under the orange trees. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion found Penny asleep in a comer of their tent, curled up on a thin straw pallet beneath a heap of soiled bedclothes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And the big trouble, obviously, was that we were only one among the many voices of black discontent on every busy Harlem comer. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Langley offered on its premises a series of lectures on aerodynamics, open to all comers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z His clean-shaved face was leathery too, with wrinkles at the comers of his eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Despite his silence he is poised, alert, the comers of his mouth tensed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She and Santiago glance at each other out of the comer of their eyes, as though they have their own secret language. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As we walked over, I caught a glimpse of Eddie hanging out in the comer of the room with Nathan and a few others. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Hoping that a suspicious character had just thrown a bomb or shot himself, he ran around the comer onto St. Ann and saw the green hunting cap emitting vomit among the ruins. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This was said with a covert glance at the tiny new baby, Minta or Minty, who lay close by Old Rit’s side, in a comer of the cabin. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Piled in the comer were a globe, a box of chalk, and a large, expensive-looking book. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a scatter of my clothes in the comer, empty cups dotted here and there, on the work counter, by the window, marking my daily trails, claiming space. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At the next comer he spun off into a deserted section of barracks. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z This afternoon the town had been deserted except for the loafers who stood around the filling station and the street comers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw the laughing man, across the street on the comer. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He was on our comer, marching around in a circle and doing some salutes. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Whatever I was saying at any time was being handled by a small comer of my mind. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I scooted under the basket and out to the comer of the court, but there were Shirts all over me. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She turned the comer, and there he was, coming out of room 145. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Regular people corner thieves in alleys for quick retribution and, if he is stupid and has robbed wrong, thieves comer him too. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a pay phone on the comer. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He had tears in the comers of his eye. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Out of the comer of her eye, Tally saw the Boss making his way toward the forest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The Cook County Jail is a bad place, and I see the fear settle into Dad's eyes, watch it pull at the comers of Mom's mouth. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The man had stopped at the comer of High and Seventh, in front of our coffeehouse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn't see the front desk from where I was and I didn't dare look around the comer to see exactly what was happening. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z In that somber house that held four Virgin Marys, where death sighed in every comer and candles sputtered, die gardenia smell and canary-yellow dress emphasized the funeral atmosphere surrounding them. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A faint scent of cologne hovers around him, the kind they sell at the comer drugstore. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Brown Ben had a seamed and weathered face, skin the color of old teak, white hair, and wrinkles at the comers of his eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She sat in the sofa comer reading Robert’s letter by the fading light. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z In the other comer was a Ye Olde English version of a 7-Eleven, which for some reason was also a post office and a drugstore and sold newspapers out front if all else failed. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally climbed carefully to the comer of the dorm where it was brushed by an old sycamore tree. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Pale green flags drooped from fire - squat comer towers, each emblazoned with a shoal of silvery fish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma homed and waved at two balding men in tie- dye shirts standing at a comer as she turned. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z At one comer of the pen, just outside the fence, clusters of little shapes lay on the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Upstairs in his office there is a brass Ganesha sitting cross-legged next to the computer, a wooden Christ on the Cross from Brazil on a wall, and a green prayer rug in a comer. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Directly across the lake from it, at the inside comer of the L, was a mound of sticks and mud rising up out of the water a good eight or ten feet. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Alice worked once with a Swedish tailor who had a scar from his earlobe to the comer of his mouth. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn the comer, and suddenly I’m face to face with a boy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiped his eyes with a finger and looked at the pilot out of the comer of his eye to make sure he hadn’t noticed the burning and tears. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Blood dripped from one nostril and crusted at the comers of both eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z From the comer of her eye Kit glimpsed the two tall figures in the kitchen doorway. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Bailey and I, as newcomers, were quickly told by our schoolmates who the men on the street comers were as we passed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She discovered many a sunny, sleepy comer, fashioned to dream in. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter that her brother would straggle back, empty-handed with his gang and taunt later comers the same way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius pointed to the cart at the comer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I found that comers and tunnels were good places; you could wedge yourself in and did not need a lap belt or anything to hold you in place. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mustang left the comer in her car, burning rubber, promising to bring her new boyfriend back to kill Mike. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mercy began quietly to make ready her own bed in the comer. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, I have seen in encyclopedias and the National Geographic Magazine breath-taking photographs of sights from various comers of the globe; magnificent canyons and waterfalls, raggedly beautiful mountains. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z His heels scrabbled at the straw as he tried to push himself into the comer, into the cold damp stone walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My coworkers stopped what they were doing and crowded around the TV in the comer. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the second round, Billy found out why Manny had called Vegas a comer. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Dark skin and white hair, the broken nose, the wrinkles at the comers of his eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I grabbed my fishing rod from the garage and dashed to the comer of the house where Dad had mounted the TV satellite dish. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She took a broom that was standing in the comer and swept the dried leaves off the porch. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When Clara was alive and Alba was still a child, the big house on the comer was a cloistered world in which she grew up protected even from her own nightmares. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I gulp, and I feel tears at the comers of my eyes. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The bus pulled off and she was out of sight for a moment, but after we turned the comer I saw her from the window across the aisle and she had broken down. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They were almost to Tab’s comer when Tab said, “Where are your ears?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z In the comer the executioner blew on his nails, standing close to the brazier from which he would take the fire for his bigger blaze. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the comer and a couple blocks down. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And then Tab and Emily showed Bridge how they drew little animals on their homework, in the upper left-hand comers of their papers, underneath their names. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z My knees hurt, my calves were aching, but the car was just around the next comer. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In a comer an old man was boiling hot dogs in a large institutional pot whose size dwarfed the gas range upon which it rested. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The shadows of the poplar trees had fallen across much of the lawn, but the sun was still lighting up the far comer where the grass sloped up to the summerhouse. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The sound echoed queerly from the comers of the room and twisted like a worm inside their ears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I walked to the station on the comer, bought gas, brought it back, filled the tank and mowed the second guy’s yard. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Our catalogue is a couple of mimeographed sheets stapled together at the top comer. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z One comer of it was around a bamboo pole that was about six feet high. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The death of Nana, who despite her age was in charge of the big house on the comer when the owners were away, sent the remaining servants into disarray. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For a small man, he had been cursed with a danger-ously big mouth, he reflected as he crawled back to his comer of what the Arryns laughably called their dungeon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The storehouse had been big enough for her to creep off and make her water in some comer when no one was looking, but it was different on the road. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As he scanned the page, his eye fell to the lower right-hand comer of the paper—to the editorial. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z No difficult comers, just a big square with a large elm tree in the center. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z She held a skin to his lips, and Bran swallowed so fast the water ran out of the comer of his mouth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Men stand on comers, outside general stores, outside small banks, outside beer parlors with gray asphalt shingles on the walls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The three men sat in their comer almost motionless, never speaking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He had dragged out from the comers of his memory some more fragments of forgotten rhymes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The chessboard was always waiting for him, his comer table was always reserved; even when the place was full he had it to himself, since nobody cared to be seen sitting too close to him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Sansa was wondering what it might mean when a second bell joined in, and a third, their voices calling across the hills and hollows, the alleys and towers, to every comer of King's Landing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Miss Trixie had stepped on the sign during one of her occasional pointless tours of the office, but the damage was limited to only a small sneaker print on one comer of the cardboard. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He ate the rest himself, the grease running down in a shiny line through the boils that festered at the comer of his mouth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Though its only window had been bricked in years before, one wall still boasted a hearth big enough to hold a kettle, and there was an actual privy built into a comer nook. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The reading comer was jammed with pillows and was sheltered by half of an old cardboard geodesic dome. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z In a few short weeks, backstage had become a place that was theirs, a secret comer carved out of the great un-ownable space called school. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Reviving, I found myself in a comer; the old man was busy dabbing my forehead with a wet, dirty sponge. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This proved futile, and when I decided eventually to rise, it was still so dark that I was obliged to turn on the electric light in order to shave at the sink in the comer. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z That night Baz moved his sleeping bag from across the loft where he’d been all along and laid it across our comer. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She brings me lemon balm tea to settle my nerves and starts cleaning up the mess, breathing hard with effort and fear, muttering about how she knew it, that thieves are lurking around every comer. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My old comer was empty so I went there to put my bag down and search through it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Then Shadrach turned the covers of the bed back and smiled as he watched his guest burrow under the quilts and curl up into a small, relaxed spiral in one comer. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A Jeep rounds the comer and a knot of young men chase it, calling a familiar name. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My mouth doesn’t go up at the comers the way other people’s mouths do. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z He remembered that he had to change shoes and retreated to a comer of the lobby, out of sight of receptionists and guards, to sit on the floor and pull on Eric’s brown Oxfords. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to it was a grainy copy of the pieta, the wooden frame cracked at the comers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A faint smile twitched the comers of O’Brien’s mouth as he looked down at him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Nothing has changed—the school, the pink comer store, the crooked barbed-wire fences covered with drying clothes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a flexible schedule at the newspaper, and whenever she could she arrived at the big house on the comer with her brother Miguel. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Jaja and Obiora were already at the tap in the tiny backyard; old car tires and bicycle parts and broken trunks were piled in a comer. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In bars, on street comers, in passing cars, on buses, at the beach—people grew it in their home gardens and smoked it like cigarettes. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Soon a line of six or seven squad cars turns the far comer and heads up the block toward us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone was slumped upon a bench in the shadowy comer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There, in the lower right-hand comer of the paper, Mr. Larson saw his own name. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z She had spilled some rum, and it moistened the comers of her mouth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Now, spoken to by a lady in a car, they hung their heads and looked at me from the comers of their eyes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I thought the laughing man wasn’t on the comer, but then I saw him sitting on the wet curb, leaning against the mailbox and just watching me walk toward him. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z A baby parrot slept in a box in the comer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadows which had lengthened and darkened over the bed in the comer had disappeared or revealed themselves as dark images of familiar chairs and such. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided to sit in a comer of the basement. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z A marble statuette stood in one comer, and rich rugs had been hung on the walls, lending their colors to the light in the room, softening the edges of everything. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Before long, he was back on his bike, heading for the comer of East Oriole and Woodbury. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Soiled rushes covered the floor, whilst a heap of straw in the comer passed for a bed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Will you please let me off at the next comer, then?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. would be all cram up in a comer of the bed. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she realized she could actually make out a comer of his roof in the dark. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Day or night, the benches below the salt were never less than half-full with men drinking, dicing, talking, or sleeping in their clothes in quiet comers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Padre de Jesus gathered us in the most sheltered comer, where we assessed our damages. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have made me—taken from me—stolen ” He threw his sword into a comer and sat down on the chest. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When they got to school, Sherm said, “So, tomorrow morning, same comer?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z In the comer, on the gateleg table, the glass paperweight which he had bought on his last visit gleamed softly out of the half-darkness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The rock, exhibiting a dearth of holds and coated with six inches of crumbly rime, did not look promising, but just left of the main prow was a shallow comer glazed with frozen meltwater. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he went back to his own comer and spurred his horse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, we politicals gathered in our comer and rehearsed the three cardinal rules: Never believe them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Orr gazed up at Yossarian through the comers of his eyes with a look of pointed mirth. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The number 3 bus lets you off at the comer, but the 3A turns, so you have to get off... The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The line turned all the way around two comers, then crossed over one street before I saw the last person. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Candles had been placed at its comers to keep the hide from rolling up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z From across the cafeteria, she spotted Em walking toward their comer table, wearing a baggy green sweatshirt and carrying her tray. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z A collection of charred bodies had been stacked on a comer, not fully covered by a blanket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And the girl ran outside, jumped on her bicycle, and in her hurry to get away, she fell before she even reached the comer. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me that after they arrested me Miguel had appeared one night at the big house on the comer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But as I went around a blind comer I drove straight into what I had been trying to avoid: a roadblock. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My head went off to the side as I watched him recede and he looked back one last time before disappearing round the comer. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Only Beaudelet remained behind, tinkering at his boat and Mariequita walked away with her basket of shrimps, casting a look of childish ill-humor and reproach at Robert from the comer of her eye. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z In the ruined halls and keeps of Winterfell, lords hushed other lords, horses nickered, and sleepers stirred in their dark comers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a tension at the comers of her mouth that could have veered toward sadness or joy. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The coast was clear, and the chaplain jumped out of Major Major’s office through the window, darted swiftly around the comer of the tent, and leaped down inside the railroad ditch to hide. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I rubbed the comer of the concrete with my thumb. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a gray gas can in one comer next to a bunch of gray rakes and a pile of gray rags, and a gray tire next to some gray fishing poles. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Stacked in the comer was everything you could want for a campout—sleeping bags, blankets, an ice chest, and a kerosene lamp. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A long line of trucks, with wooden-faced guards armed with submachine guns standing upright in each comer, was passing slowly down the street. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Stew Cat was huddled in a miserable ball over in a comer, Timothy said, not enjoying it at all. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Blake wrassled his buddies and any other comers in a frequent spectacle, kicking up the dust, inevitably emerging the conqueror. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On the horizon, a tiny steamer went by, and I made out the black dot from the comer of my eye because I hadn’t stopped watching the Arab. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z She dried her eyes, and grew cheerful at the prospect They were still talking of the dinner and the allurements of city life when Mrs. Pontellier herself slipped around the comer of the house. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The stage was a triangular space in the comer, raised about a foot off the floor. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z At another comer, suitcases were piled on top of one another. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z They were well stocked with food and drink; they had fjres to warm them when off duty, a place to dry their clothes, snug comers to lie down and sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “She won’t talk to either Tim or me. Not a word. Just sits trembling in the comer like a frozen mouse.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I edged around the comer of my parents’ wagon and peered through a veil of leaves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The other day I discovered a stack of parking tickets in a comer behind a chair—there must have been forty or fifty of them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Work kept her busy, and she and Laxmi had begun having lunch together at a new Indian restaurant around the comer, during which Laxmi reported the latest status of her cousin’s marriage. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When we played handball on the side of our house, Uncle Tommy would turn the comer, coming from work. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes buys a round box of sticky dates and considers the centuries of fratricide converging on this street comer in Brooklyn. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She starts in the comer and writes steadily across, my name and my name traversing everything else. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The air became colder and colder as they hurtled round tight comers. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I took it to my room and set it in a comer with the handle standing up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They said that Bridge should choose an animal to draw in the upper left-hand comers of her homework, and then they would be a club. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z And then we started across the street to my comer. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The burnt comer of his mouth twitched and twitched again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The young ones who clustered on the comers wearing ties the color of handkerchiefs sticking out of their breast pockets. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z You sit on the rough plank floor and wedge your back into the nearest comer, the one that was always yours. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The sharp-dressed young “cats” who hung on the comers and in the poolrooms, bars and restaurants, and who obviously didn’t work anywhere, completely entranced me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please—just a little piece. A comer of a piece!” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z As I turned, from the comer of my eye I saw Grandpa’s scarecrow. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dothraki were muttering and giving her strange sideways looks from the comers of their dark almond eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Players stood or sat in odd comers, talking to themselves, making curious faces and sudden gestures, for all the world like residents of a madhouse. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She leaned toward him, close enough to see some white powder from the rice cakes stuck to the comers of his mouth, and picked up the almanac. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Suddenly we saw a police car round the comer, coming toward us, and it went on past us. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, a forge blazed in each comer, and the air stank of smoke and sulfur. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He did not like his lordship’s smile, the way his eyes were shining, the spittle glistening at the comer of his mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The two Specials with the eye-reader had reached the resistors’ comer of the pen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Bridge was four blocks from school when she saw Sherm standing on the comer ahead of her. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Later, at one of the round rusting metal tables in the comer of the warehouse that served as the lunch area, I found out more about my new writer friend. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He might have been in the room itself, in a dark comer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Is she fat, have her breasts sagged, does she have little gray hairs at the comers of her mouth? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She had wiggled her way far back under the thorny limbs of a blackberry bush in the comer of the garden. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A small smile tugged at the comer of Ekon’s mouth, and he went back to looking more like himself. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And there are overseers who make sure the people work hard, who live in stone houses in the comers of the fields. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They had given him a white slate with a stump of pencil tied to the comer. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z "A leg of lamb would be pleasant," he said, from the heap of soiled straw in the comer of his cell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But there was still that memory moving round the edges of his consciousness, something strongly felt but not reducible to definite shape, like an object seen out of the comer of one’s eye. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He trudged over to the comer of the room, slumped onto a stool, and banged his forehead against the dining table, making die silver plates rattle. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Heaps of them filled the shelves and cluttered the comers. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z He cuts his eyes over to the sweetbacks lounging on the comer. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I've just switched battlefields, from the entire planet to this comer of Cleveland. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If the mouth is too wide, she'll stitch up the comers. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A light flashed in the comer of her vision. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The next morning, Wednesday, September 25, at 8 a.m., as we turned the comer near the Bateses’ home, I saw them, about fifty uniformed soldiers of the 101st. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her expression turned stony and the lines pulling between her brows and at the comers of her mouth seemed to harden. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When I smile at them, they cover their faces with their hands and run to the comer, where they huddle as far from me as possible. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of bullets, dogs skid around the comer of the house and descend on me—a whole new set of scrawny, half-starved dogs, barking and growling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the bell rang and we came out of our comers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, hope meant being cut down on some street comer, as you ran like mad, by a random bullet. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The shed was entirely empty save for a pile of straw in one comer of the dirt floor. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Obiora moved through the darkness to the two kerosene lamps that stood at the comer of the room and lit them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He was quick on his feet, but he often got trapped in gym class or in comers of the hall, where he was kicked and punched. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No, the first of the treasure trove cases: possession holds good against all comers except the true owner. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I stepped over to the comer washbasin to rinse my hands. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, when the rhinos bathed, the goats stood around the muddy pool, and when the goats ate in their comer, Peak and Summit stood next to them like guards. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Will saw movement from the comer of his eye. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When we finally got around the last comer and could see the door and folks going in it seemed like a bubble busted and people started laughing and talking. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “We made our comeback together. I guess me and the Biscuit both needed those first two races, but we are ready to meet all comers now.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey,” I said, but he walked right by me, past the main office, and around the comer to where the dentist’s office is. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “In one comer of the lot there’s a construction trailer. That’s where the cigarettes are stashed.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She was huddled in the darkest comer of the bedchamber, on the floor, curled up in a ball beneath a pile of wolfskins. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I flicked the negatives, as he must have done, toward the comer, heard them scratch dryly against the wall and flap to the floor. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her expression was grim, her mouth turned down at the comers, but her voice was soft and low. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The slaves set up the heavy copper tub in the comer of the tent. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The four boys stared open-mouthed at the wound and the scrap of flesh, like a button mushroom, curling in the cherry blood that ran into the comers of the slate. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Nana watched it all from the comer of her eye and laughed mockingly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have something to tell you today. An incredible bit of news. Black and Korean children, as some in this city would have you believe, aren’t yet boycotting one another’s comer lemonade stands.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I could answer, she screeched and started over to the piano in the comer. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They had locked themselves into stinking toilets, slept in dark comers, squeezed tightly together, hungry, tired and frozen. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The warrant officer allowed me to accompany Winnie part of the way to the main gate where I was able to watch her, alone and proud, disappear around the comer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While she was talking, I noticed Julian staring at me out of the comer of his eye. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The laughing man wasn’t on the comer—maybe he didn’t work holidays. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The San Francisco Chop House was on the comer of Main and Central and its windows were on both streets. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “If the servants hear noise, they’ll think the ghosts are back,” Alba said, and she told him of the glorious past of visiting spirits and flying tables in the big house on the comer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel was near the comer of the cemetery, covered by a low, sprawling bush. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I went down to the comer and called Mr. Newman. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Officer Mac dropped me off at the comer as usual. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We wait on the comer with our rags. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma sat tree-trunk still, but she had balled her handkerchief in her hand and only the comer, which I had embroidered, stuck out. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I shall,” Ignatius said and licked at a crumb that he had discovered in the comer of his mouth. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt fear for the first time and backed into the comer of the box. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z As soon as I hung up the phone, Frankie appeared from around the comer. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He bought a rig and drove around, meeting the earlier comers, talking of soil and water, climate and crops, prices and facilities. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Penny’s lance descended just in time for its blunted point to brush his shoulder; his own lance wobbled as he brought it down and banged it noisily off a comer of her shield. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Thick patterned carpets had been laid down over the ground, and pillows scattered in the comers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She got stuck on a boot heel at the third comer, unzipped the bag, and laid it open on the floor to rearrange her things. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The survival kit did have soap, it turned out—a few disposable packets tucked into a comer of the knapsack. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She stepped over the two children who slept nearest to me and made her way over to my comer. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And all along he was right round the comer.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z A comer flaked off between his fingers as he unrolled it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You've gone right by the comer where we turn for the firehouse.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z It was there at the comer of Spring Street and South Grand Avenue, one block from home on a September afternoon. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The wire, strung diagonally from one comer of the parapet to the other, stretched across her view of television antennas, billboards, and the distant arches of Howrah Bridge. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Right after we left the Pigman’s, John dragged me down to Tony’s Market, which is on the comer of Victory Boulevard and Cebra Avenue. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z This was why she failed to recognize the swarthy, awkward, slow- moving young man with the cruel eyes of a rodent who knocked one afternoon at the door of the big house on the comer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z An odor of Creole cooking led me to a cafe at the comer. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Appointments were strictly punctual; rarely was I on the comer as much as five minutes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He indicates over his shoulder where Minerva and Lio are immersed in an intent conversation in a comer of the galena. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The thick iron was cracked and splitting in three places, and the upper comer of the left-hand door looked partly melted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He’d make Sam sit in the comer for hours and read Hebrew. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As we ran through our warm-up layup drills, I looked up into the crowd to see if my dad was in his usual place, high up in the northwest comer. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the rooms were almost empty—a large, once elegant country house stripped of all but a few mats, an altar in one comer of the first room, a funeral urn. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They follow his mother across the living room and around the comer into the kitchen. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They marched straight to the resistors’ comer and dumped her onto the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z On the north comer there was a tavern, deserted, the door open into a black interior. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Two giant-sized bags of potato chips rested in either comer of the red plush sofa. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t have the turnpikes then; the bus stopped at what seemed every comer and cowpatch. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent them walking through the town, searching jobs, and then every night I met my host on the comer opposite the bus station and we went to his house to sleep. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At the far comer of the field some blackbirds and three magpies were wading in the water and muck, hunting for choice tidbits. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We pulled around a comer, and I felt myself totter uncertainly and then lean into the door. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z If it was Byron, he’d talk kind of cool and low out of the comer of his mouth and say, “Shooot, man, you better come get this old chick, I ate her alive.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A digit changes on the clock at the upper comer of the computer screen. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The little hut with its sparsely thatched roof sagged at one comer. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z But sitting there on his chair in his cluttered room, Mr. Larson turned a comer. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z A small trickle of saliva had started from the comer of his mouth, and I placed my handkerchief against it and turned his head slightly. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He obeyed, taking me around a comer of the house to the side. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The desk is bare except for a black phone, a fat, tattered logbook, and a pile of watches and handkerchiefs and necklaces crumpled down on one comer. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z An old man he was, past sixty, yet he still sat straight and tall in the high saddle, and his voice was strong enough to carry to every comer of the field. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Now he threw them violently into a comer and stood un. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There would be like a hundred of them standing at a comer waiting for the light to change so they could cross the street. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z In the comer of the room, attached by ropes, hung huge weights that kept the clocks running. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z In those days a large number of guests ate and drank in the big house on the comer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she's blushing too, a shy smile pulling at the comers of her mouth. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I’d brought disguises, so if someone spots us, we could run fast around a comer and then rip off our masks and act like we were innocently strolling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Most often I unrolled my prayer rug in a comer of the yard behind the house. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As we turned the comer of our street, someone called out to us. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Even when I found out where they’re going to build it—that big empty lot at the comer of Woodbury and East Oriole—I didn’t see anything wrong with the idea,” Roy said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I shuffled over to the bottom of the comer and gingerly swung one of my tools into the two- inch-thick ice. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Bridge glanced at the time in the comer of the screen. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z That evening I took a rag and wiped the mower down, parked it in a comer of the garage and—a little admission here—patted it on the top of the gas tank. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z The day the laughing man showed up on our comer? When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “Henry,” he said, “over there, on the far comer.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ratignolles lived at no great distance from Edna’s home, on the comer of a side street, where Monsieur Ratignolle owned and conducted a drug store which enjoyed a steady and prosperous trade. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z In bed I toss and turn and watch the dark shadows of the broom and mop looming in the comer like monsters. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned and headed for her space in the back comer of the room. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Thumbtacks at the comers pinned four white scraps of bedsheet to the plywood. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z It’s amazing how around the comer, the world can change so drastically. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She had no idea what was happening when she suggested one of my main hangouts, the bar of the La Marr-Cheri on the comer of 147th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of the comer of his eye, he saw the hulk they'd been tangled with drifting downstream with the current, spinning slowly as men leapt over her side. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He only stopped at the comer to pick up his flying T, carry it across the street, and lay it back down on the sidewalk. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The other one was blowing through a little reed over and over again, watching us out of the comer of his eye. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z David pulled his hand away, and with a comer of her panicked mind Tally realized she’d held on to it all that time. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There was a metallic crash of rings, bracelets, and cuff links as some of the guests pressed together in a comer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Using the copier in Walt and Billie’s office, he paid his parents a few cents a copy, charged customers two cents less than the comer store charged, and made a tidy profit. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We cross the last street, to your old comer, where the mailbox is still scratched up with your words. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It was dark, but she could just make him out, standing on the comer. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I cut back the other way, but I was still covered in the other comer. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Now, in the restaurant, I ask the plump waitress to put me in the darkest comer. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Down at street level another poster, tom at one comer, flapped fitfully in the wind, alternately covering and uncovering the single word INGSOC. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I poke the comers of the clothes in between the wringers and they are grabbed and dragged through, the arms of the shirts ballooning with trapped air, suds dripping from the cuffs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Kilvin lifted one comer of it carefully with a bandaged hand and I recognized it as the charred remains of my cloak. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Reluctantly she gave him a comer of her attention. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Their eyes so intent on the wayward stranger who trips into their net, they were blind to the cobalt on their own backs, the moonshine fighting to pierce their comers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to reach the sleeping children, huddled on the old blankets in the comer, for they stirred in their sleep. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They stopped short at a comer just as a truck sped through the intersection in front of them. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I was trying to show Annemarie how absolutely downright funny it was to have a weird homeless guy here on my comer. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “Ming’s is a couple blocks down Magnolia, around the comer.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered the sort of terrified fascination with which he had watched them out of the comer of his eye. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Before she disappeared around a comer, Tally noticed how skinny Shay was. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I caught it out of the comer of my eye as I went in. At that moment, I knew that he had kept his promises.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Jesus bids us shine With a pure, clear light, Like a little candle Burning in the night: In this world is darkness; So let us shine, You in your small comer, And I in mine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I would get to thinking about my room, and in my imagination I would start at one comer and circle the room, mentally noting everything there was on the way. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z At a little bar around the comer Newman told me to buck up. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Myrish carpets covered the floor instead of rushes, and in one comer a hundred fabulous beasts cavorted in bright paints on a carved screen from the Summer Isles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Besides, room 145 was on the lower level of the school in the back comer. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z As I pass, I watch him out of the comer of my eye. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked toward the comer, thinking little at all about nothing in particular. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Pasqual drove off but I saw that he was looking at Joseph out of the comer of his eye and he said something under his breath. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z He paused at a comer by some traffic lights and outside a pub called the Falcon Arms. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Involuntarily he reaches up to touch the comer of one eye, feels the wetness there, wants to answer her, wants to find some words to knit those years together, that gap of time. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked to a quiet comer of the cemetery where there were no headstones. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I ask Cordelia if she is gifted, but she puts her tongue in the comer of her mouth and turns away, as if she’s concentrating on something else. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z King’s men in one comer and queens men in another, Jon did not fail to note, but only a few. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His arm was bandaged up and he had an adhesive plaster on the comer of his mouth. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z We took a taxi to Mike Wallace’s office, stopping at the comer of Broadway and 14th to pick up a copy of Time. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was a baby, I’d crawl under my bed and snuggle into a comer to sleep. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z She fears that criminals are lurking around every comer, plotting to steal more of her things. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A fern sits in the comer, and more plants dangle from the ceiling, a forest creeping into the house. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She would generally have me rush by taxi right back downtown to be on the 45th Street and Broadway comer at a specified time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Weese was understeward for the Wailing Tower, a squat man with a fleshy carbuncle of a nose and a nest of angry red boils near one comer of his plump lips. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Five minutes later, you’re at a comer table with a toasted bagel. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He let them fall, and pulled up a comer of the cloth the weapons had been wrapped in, rubbing it between his fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He’s chatting with Mom for a minute, and I know Mom is trying to focus, to lift a comer of her veil so that she’ll be able to see the big things. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Pasqual smiled, his mustache turning up at the comers and then down. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z From the comer of my eye I saw him, a figure growing smaller and smaller until I left him behind me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Make it up to me by taking Simmon as a partner next time we play comers,” he said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Turning the comer onto the main street, I threw out my chest. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch her from the comer, where I often read. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something vulpine about the way the woman sat in her comer by the courtyard, something reptilian about her eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Taught her how to crawl along the walls of buildings, disappear into doorways, cut across comers in choked traffic—how to do anything, move anywhere to avoid a whiteboy over the age of eleven. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Not able to figure out why Sammy didn’t shut her up, I did . . . and from the comer of my eye, I saw Sammy going for his gun. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Littlefinger put his heels to his mare and vanished around a comer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Abra’s mouth turned up at the comers with a condescending wisdom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I know you were, Mrs. Brook says, and I know that you might feel comforted by sitting in the comer and not having people look at you but Rachel doesn’t. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something cherubic about his face, yet he looked older than his thirty-five years— perhaps it was the sharply etched creases at the comers of his eyes, or the air of authority he projected. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The comers of her lips turned up, which meant she was slightly amused. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z They were both breathing fast, but the smile had reappeared round the comers of her mouth. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The comers of his lips went up very slightly. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Peering out the window as the bus rounded the comer and the front doors flew open, I noticed that Mommy stood apart from the other mothers, rarely speaking to them. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Drifts of dirty snow had piled up against the walls, filling every nook and comer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When the bell rang the fighters came out of their comers and took a stance in the middle like they were going to box. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z The mole at the comer of my mouth is no longer a mole; now it’s a beauty mark, just like a movie star’s. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped at the comer of a wide street and waited to cross. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the smaller girls salivated so heavily the chocolate dribbled syruplike from the comer of her mouth. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat in a comer of blood and I gave no warning. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood on the comer and in a moment he returned. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Clara’s death completely transformed life in the big house on the comer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “What kind of gun would you suggest for that sort of thing? Like, what kind is that one over there, in the comer?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z An old gate hung by one rusty hinge from a large comer post. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I found a little comer up above my head, to the right, and I discovered that if I wedged my head up into it, it felt more natural. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked as if a comer of the London Eye was emerging from my shoulder. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Something in her eye right there in the comer stopped Nel from completing her question. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Victor, with hammer and nails and scraps of scantling, was patching a comer of one of the galleries. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z You and Shad—both of you need a foolish girl around to jolt the comers of yore mouths into a grin once in a while.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Winston sat in his usual comer, gazing into an empty glass. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She looks at me from the comer of her eye, and she smiles, a little uncertain. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She flattened up against the lockers, then backed around the comer, making sure her rubber soles didn’t squeak. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z The light blue kitchen tiles were worn and chipped at the comers, but they looked scrubbed clean, as did the pots, whose lids did not fit, one side slipping crookedly into the pot. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z "Come to think on it, I'm not hungry after all," he declared, retreating to the comer of his cell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In Hadem at large, in the bars and restaurants, on the street comers and stoops, there could be heard more blunt criticism of Malcolm X than ever before in his career. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He slipped into the nearest of them as inconspicuously as he could and prepared to frown at the yet later comers whenever they should arrive. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z As Armpit bent down to pick it up, Matt sidestepped him and quickly disappeared around the comer. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Laugh lines appeared at the comers of his mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She is slumped into the comer with her knees up against her chest, crying a little, too drunk to move. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I wet my sponge, poured dye on it and touched up the comers of my mouth and my lips, which were always the difficult spots. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z From the comer of her eye Dany saw the grass move again, off to her right. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The King had called him over when they were embarking for France—after be had kissed King Ban good-bye— and they had gone alone into a comer of the ship. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She smiles because we have been hearing a song on the radio from the street comer, a merengue song from the Dominican Republic. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We stayed in one comer of the cell that night, eating our sandwiches and reading the paper the warder also brought for us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I push my hanging clothes to one comer and lay the comforter from my bed on the floor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "Strong enough. The walls are stone, thirty feet high, with square towers at each comer and a square keep within." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We turned another comer and my heart started jumping around in my stomach. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z She curled up in a comer, feeling utterly lost. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It is conveniently situated on one comer of the village square, a rather charming ivy-covered manor house capable of housing, I would suppose, thirty or so guests. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Even Chima curled up in a comer for much of the morning, quietly drawing pictures. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z If he sold those tickets I’m going to kill him, Armpit thought, and then a second later the X-Mobile pulled around the comer. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Difficult enough to scramble a persons mind and leave him raving on a street comer? When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I turn the comer, and there he is, Antonio, standing by the avocado trees with his friends. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, in the same way that his own dwelling slipped away behind him as he rounded a comer on his bicycle, the dream slipped away from his thoughts. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “Not that bad?” she said incredulously, as she came around the comer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She had once been almost as emphatic in expressing herself upon the subject as the comer grocer. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood on that comer day after day with all the kids, and nobody talked to me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Those who’d fought and won were dicing in a comer, laughing as only men who have just faced death and lived can laugh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Cara immediately stood up, dragged a desk into her back comer, and pulled the map tripod over behind her. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Each of the children went to the toilet, a zinc bucket in the comer, since it was too cold for them to go outside. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Will Hamilton sat at the comer table, devouring a rib steak. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The walls of the throne room had been stripped bare, the hunting tapestries that King Robert loved taken down and stacked in the comer in an untidy heap. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The boy went back to the comer where he had been studying and pulled out a thick book carefully covered in brown paper. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z One of the Egyptian Muslims, particularly, kept watching me out of the comer of his eye. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It stood on a street comer near the ambulance station. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Far down in the right-hand comer, I found an ad that took my breath away. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As I turned the comer, I noticed two large white boys sprawled on the front steps of a house across the wide boulevard. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched his tall quick step through the radiance of the comer streetlight. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She nodded playfully toward the huge curtained bed in the comer of the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Guy’s seven-year-old son—Little Guy—dashed from a comer and grabbed his father’s hand. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Out of the comers of my eyes, I kept seeing Lio himself! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The humiliating tears were running from the comer of each eye. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Though each comer in the corridor, each flight of steps, brought with it the possibility of new dangers, the children carried on. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “I don’t have one. There’s one at the grocery on the comer.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mouth was little and firm and turned up at the comers as always. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was an old courthouse building catty- comer to where I sat. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Hawkers were at every comer, with glass-enclosed cases of akara and suya and browned chicken drumsticks, with trays of peeled oranges, with coolers the size of bathtubs full of Walls banana ice cream. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Yet I still didn’t have any sense that calamity was around the comer. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z We walked into the hut, and he went over toward the comer. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He would accept all comers sight unseen, but in the interim between the deal and the race, he would spy on the training of the local horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One boy, spying me standing on the comer, came over. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch her all the way up the street, till she turns the comer. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z My post for picking up the customers was right outside the Astor Hotel, that always-busy northwest comer of 45th Street and Broadway. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Diana tried not to smile, but the comers of her mouth betrayed her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z "You in the comer," she said to an older man she had not noticed until now. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z From the comer of my eye I watched him. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Gene Johnson, poking his head around the comer of the building, reported that the coast was clear. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed half a lemon that she kept in the comer by the folded mat that she and Guy unrolled to sleep on every night. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Lying in the colored ward of die hospital, which was a screened comer of a larger ward, Eva mused over the perfection of the judgment against her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z After what seemed a long time, I stuck my head around the alley comer and looked back along the street. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched her back in a striped blue dress round a comer. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The gold rooster logo crowed from the upper right-hand comer. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Darkness swallowed the feather bed and its two occupants, and filled every comer of the chamber. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The King had seen him out of the comer of his eye as be hastily sought Sir Gareth and handed him a letter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z My cell has assigned me, along with Sonia, also a university student, to this apartment above a little comer store. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Hail, comers from afar!’ they said, and they turned the hilts of their swords towards the travellers in token of peace. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was nry book—or maybe it was my book’s twin sister, just as old and beat-up-looking as mine, but with different creases and one comer ripped off the cover. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z There was one of those huge DiamondVision screens in the comer of the Garden. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We watched him rush all the way back to Broadway and disappear around the comer. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z There were evenings when they reached their rendezvous and then had to walk past one another without a sign, because a patrol had just come round the comer or a helicopter was hovering overhead. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I thought Poseidon would deflect it or something, but it landed on the outer comer of the yard and exploded, sending mermen tumbling through the water. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A great tree, fallen across one comer, leaned against the trees that still stood arid a rapid climber flaunted red and yellow sprays right to the top. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z |
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