A lot of people were licking ice cream cones. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here's the cream of the joke: Weren't we part of them as well as apart from them and subject to die when they died? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He insisted that he didn’t have to know what he was doing, then went on to get cream and polish all over the love seat. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used an ice cream scoop to drop small amounts of each color batter into each cupcake tin, and then we used toothpicks to swirl the batter around a little. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He looked at the tubs of ice cream, all in a row, carefully protected behind a pane of glass. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

How did she get the cream inside the puff? Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I latched the door with a hook that scarcely held, smeared shaving cream on the backs of my hands and shaved without water. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night was cold and dark when we got to new First Congregational, and the stars were as thick as cream. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The people of Isfahan ventured to the center of the strange neighborhood to stand in line, before the famed bakery of Akh Tamar, just for six of his cream puffs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I get chocolate ice cream swirled with Oreos, and for the ten minutes it takes to eat it, I almost feel normal again. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He smears on cooling antiseptic cream with his fingertips. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dessert choices were the pie of the day, ice cream, or Jell-O. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My mother would sit on the porch next to my dad and smile happily as we licked our ice cream. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The all-white furniture, accented with black animal sculptures and black-and-white paintings, was as polished and camera-ready as she was in her cream pantsuit. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

We didn’t say anything as Dad paid for our ice creams, or while he grabbed way too many napkins, like every other time we’d gone there. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She was plastered in ice cream and T-shirts. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was one of those places that custom-creates the ice cream, mixing the base with candy or nuts or fruit. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a good kind of ice cream to eat when the god has fled,” she said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We sat in the rocking chairs on the porch again while I ate my ice cream, holding the spoon with my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was probably a stupid little kid whining because I wanted a toy or ice cream. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Via and I followed him to the kitchen, where our parents were sitting around the table over a bagel and cream cheese spread. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

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

Promising me a drink of milk, sweet as cream, smooth as honey. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eternally crying girl sprinkled powdered chocolate over the whipped cream. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It tasted of vanilla and cream, with just the faintest trace of raspberries on the edge of the flavour. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were female giraffes—cream and lemon yellow. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto ran around the ice cream shop, his notepad pages fluttering. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Reynie finally settled on lasagna and chocolate milk—and ice cream, since Sticky refused to do Constance’s bidding. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Because there’s perfectly good food in this house. Steaks for the dogs, cream for Pasha’s Favorite, cakes for those awful visitors.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When it is day, you are hot and wish to be cool and dream of ice cream and pour sea water on yourself. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nyame had shifted to a normal size now—a bit shorter than Granddad—and he wore a cream-and-dark-brown-striped tunic and loose cream pants. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She put the sugar bowl and the—ugh—cream jar away, despite her misgivings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Sadie would drive to town to buy it—vanilla ice cream, fries, a burrito—only to have him demand something else the moment she got back. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

These Amoses might look like a bunch of cream puffs but if she was anything like Todd I bet she could pack a real wallop. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Plus, they also had to make ice cream and hers didn’t turn out so well. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Plus, the older kids come out with eggs and shaving cream when it’s late, so Tía likes us to be home. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He goes to work immediately, going through the room and putting things into garbage bags: the spices, the cold cream, the issue of Time magazine by his father’s bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Globs of cream cheese have smeared on his booster seat, his pants, and his chin. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I could smell his shaving cream and whatever else he wore. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Giant donuts filled with things: jelly, cream, chocolate. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

She's already put away a gingerbread cabin, two pints of ice cream, and a brood of marshmallow chicks—all without saying a word. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Hours later, the ice cream’s been eaten and the Peach has dropped and my neighbors have finally used up their fireworks. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She said, “Do you like cream and sugar?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had talked with Frank about it late one night while he lay in bed whistling some ragtag tune and she sat before the mirror and rubbed bleaching cream into her skin. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“This one's got ice cream too. Lemon ice cream, which is expensive. So pay attention.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Sara comes over with her mom so we can give our ice cream a final run-through. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And stretched out on the long tables, far from Whatever Surprise was being fed to Camillo Junior High for lunch that day, were a dozen trays of cream puffs—brown, light, perfect cream puffs. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

At dinner I have a hot dog; Lara has two hot dogs and two bowls of ice cream. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Matthias drained the last of the milk from his bowl, wiping cream from his whiskers with the back of a paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Bobby also ate as much soft ice cream—another first at the fair—as he could consume. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was like getting dunked in a vat of just-melted ice cream. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Cilla, who steals all the cookie dough from the cookie dough ice cream and leaves me with just the boring vanilla. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Only the girl stays and points out, “Looks like you got an ice cream as well today, Mum.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Today’s white blood cell is yesterday’s creamed spinach. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran my palm coated with cream over my hair and hoped it might get rid of frizz along with all mom-related thoughts. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Then I thought how thirsty I was, and how 1 wanted a bottle of Inca Kola and chocolate ice cream. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were painted with scenes of a banquet: a robed man with a curved cap like an ice cream scoop, sitting next to a larger guy who radiated sunbeams. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Luma decided to start her own business, a café that sold ice cream and sandwiches, a place where people could spend the day and relax without being hassled. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Because when we came back in from recess, on the shelf was a long box from Goldman’s Best Bakery...filled with twenty-four cream puffs! The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Ally, maybe you can be a waitress when you grow up. But can you read the flavors of ice cream for me? I’m having trouble.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

My heart's hammering in my chest, but she's cool as ice cream. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My favorite dishes are full of butter and cheese and sour cream. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He also ordered a new dessert treat consisting of freeze-dried pellets of ice cream. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mom returns with bags full of potatoes and onions, applesauce and sour cream, flour and jam. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Albert stands at the snack counter in his swim trunks, with his little towel draped over his wide back, and contemplates his selection of ice cream. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

No wonder Mrs. Kluck flipped out when she saw someone had used the ice cream machine. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

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

Let me tell you, it is hard to care much about set theory when there are twelve trays of brown, light, perfect cream puffs cooling deliciously on a shelf back in your own classroom. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Her body was hairless and her skin had been rubbed with lemon and cream of witch hazel, as she explained to me, which made it as soft as a baby’s. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He bumped into me, made me drop my ice cream.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Not plain old tea. Earl Grey. It’s British. It was my grandmother’s favorite. I thought, ‘What if we make Earl Grey-flavored ice cream and put the halwa in it?’ A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

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

LotiOned by her with cream from a jar of something from his sample case. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even her eyes were red . . . but her skin was smooth and white, unblemished, pale as cream. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“If we win, can we have more ice cream?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her name had been painted with great skill in red paint and outlined with a fine line of cream in a way that he would never have managed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I happily fill special requests for ice cream and grilled cheese sandwiches; I laugh at the Barbara Bush joke when it comes up again, and again. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the corner of the page there’s a picture of the same woman before she used the cream. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So I put on my brightest smile, the one I hope says, You can’t resist, and I ask, “Hmm, I don’t suppose we can stop and get ice cream on the way, can we?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Barbecue, sour cream and onion, salt and vinegar, cheddar ranch, flaming hot, and I tried to figure out which would be the one that could be most easily beaten by a stick of gum. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I put my ice cream down and jumped up from my rocking chair. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Frank glimpsed a glowing green eye under one’s mane, and instantly he was hit with a wave of nausea, the way he felt when he ate too much cheese or ice cream. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My wife and I sat with him at the kitchen table and watched him eat five Boston cream doughnuts, which he washed down with two glasses of milk. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There are tears on her face and ice cream on her lips. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I kicked off my sneakers and reclined on my bed, trying to keep the bowl of ice cream from tipping over. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I take a bite of ice cream, feeling the coldness of it seep into my tongue. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

An explorer, a businesswoman, a Good Samaritan, an ice cream maker—something. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Dylan and Elsie dare me to try Banshee I-Scream, which seems like plain old ice cream to me until the urge to shout my lungs out takes over after the third bite. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

All the people living at Pipo Place would surely go buy ice cream. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We spoon chili into mismatched bowls from the cabinet and heap them with sour cream and pre-shredded cheese. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Once they do, I go into the shop myself and try to figure out what kind of ice cream Angie Carusso would like. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Lee Lee comes over after school, and over bowls of mint chocolate chip ice cream, we swap stories about our first day. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I looked down at my bowl of ice cream, already melting into a soup in the heat. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We sat close together with our knees pulled up, pleasantly tired after a day spent outdoors, eating our ice cream quickly and wordlessly, trying to stay ahead of the melt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Chocolate cupcakes with cream in the center, however, are another story. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t any rice, but Mama bought us whatever we pointed to: hot dogs, fried chicken, orange juice, and ice cream. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever had a cream cheese and olive sandwich?” she asked Sherm. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Be your real friend, not just a restless spirit. Take you to the movies and buy you ice cream.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Twelve sets of cream puffs divided by twenty-three kids plus Mrs. Baker meant half a set of cream puffs for every person in that room. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine! I’m not doing anything. I don’t smoke crack, I don’t snort Ritalin or suck gas from whipped cream cans, and I don’t shoot up Drano.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

JT might be a cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream and sprinkles on the top, but his brother was castor oil. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They melt in glass skin-tone pots creating every pigment imaginable: ink black, sandy beige, eggshell white, desert brown, lemony cream, soft sable, brown sugar syrup, and more. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He wore a bib to stop the ice cream from dribbling on his clothes. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She imagined strolling with Dee back home, maybe even stopping at an ice cream cart along the way. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I sent actual cards—heavy cream stock with Cadence Sinclair Eastman printed across the top. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The mashed stubs of cigarettes lay everywhere, in cleansing cream, in a dish of grapes, and on the floor beneath the bed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I was busy eating my ice cream cone, because I didn’t even notice the people who sat down next to us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Sour cream, too. Go fix yourself up and I’ll give you another apron.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But if I couldn’t use my colors, the world would seem so bland—like vanilla ice cream without the gummy bears on top. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When their mother was still around, she would buy them ice cream bars from the freezer at the grocery—an almond bar forSean, a Bomb Pop for Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The teeth were extracted and she bought me an ice cream cone from the side window of a drug counter. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there I was, on the Cramps’ couch, so soft and so scared I’d have made a blob of whipped cream look tough, and Teds towering over me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Twirled my newborn hair like the top of an ice cream cone. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

England was warm and cloudy, and each morning I walked the tree- lined streets near the tennis courts, passing teenagers cued up for leftover tickets and vendors selling strawberries and cream. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Hair the color of autumn,’ I said, ‘and skin like wintry cream.’ The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Immie put this cream on her hands, marked her reading with that bookmark. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Now it was a red-brown stoat with a cream throat and belly, and it glared at him as ferociously as the girl herself. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Forget about that part. I’m talking midnight Rice Krispies candy. Ice cream for breakfast.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Forget the scones. Our ice cream is much more original.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I walked past the dining room and then down a dim hallway with cream carpet I had not entered before. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“We’ll do something else instead,” Eleanor said; I can play bridge, she thought; I like apple pie with sour cream, and I drove here by myself. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Four. Chocolate ice cream while wearing an all-white Easter Sunday dress.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

My father wears a cream suit with wide black lapels. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I also had a brand-new pair of pale cream kid boots. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I knew you had one of those crazy expensive Scandinavian skin care regimens. Do you have that, like, eye cream with diamonds in it?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The walls were decorated with shelves of cookbooks but several tables were loaded down with trays of cookies, cakes, ice cream, and fruit! Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

"Now," continued the Dwarf, "sit you down. The table's a bit low for you, but then the stool's low too. That's right. And here's porridge—and here's a jug of cream—and here's a spoon." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“You never did eat the cream puff, did you?” she said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

There’s no longer any hand lotion or face cream, not for us. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streets are jammed with people running errands or licking ice cream cones and soaking up the last days of summer. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Poirot finished his search by opening the little cupboard above the washbasin and taking a rapid glance at its contents—a sponge, face cream, powder and a small bottle labelled trional. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lourdes recognizes a passerby, a heavyset woman with a veiled pillbox hat who praised her Boston cream pies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said, in a quiet, disappointed voice, 'Go and get your special ice cream then, Charles.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I pulled out the cream sheet of paper, trying to get a look at it. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You won’t be needing this anymore,” she said, clutching a cream linen suit, which hung better on the wire hanger than on her desiccated frame. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have all kinds of sides too, including four kinds of corn: on the cob, spicy, regular, or creamed. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I can decide whether we’re going to need more ice cream for the lunch service and whether it will be chocolate ripple or strawberry. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other kids are like, “The best part of my week is that there was creamed corn in the cafeteria.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The latest is on the ice cream freezer in the cafeteria. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I remember how it was at first: dazzling warehouses buzzing with light, where entire shelves boast nothing but hair spray, tooth-whitening cream, and foot powders. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lemon chiffon pie, with a dollop of whipped cream. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Taylor opened the jar of Lady ’Stache Off cream and put it in position. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

At this, Mrs. Bigio had tearfully insisted that the cream puffs were really not that bad after all, and she had put a whole one into her mouth, chewed, and swallowed. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, I owe you all cream puffs?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Served him right, we thought, for his meddling, for trying to draw Mother back into that world of gabardine dresses and cream shoes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She sits on the edge of the mattress, applies some blue cream from a tube to her calves and the bottoms of her feet. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was reading in The New York Times about this study— Skeezie: Our ice cream’s probably sitting over there on the counter, melting. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes,” said Shukra, waving his hand as if Mini had asked something as casual as Do you have chocolate ice cream? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I mean, I know it’s better to eat fruits and veggies, but I sure do miss the ice cream cups we used to get. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“The rock just creamed him,” says Beidleman, who observed the incident from a short distance above. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I think about this for a minute, digging my spoon around the ice cream carton to find the biggest chocolate chips. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Hey. Let’s get some ice cream” she said, waving her coupon. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cream- colored trousers marking with a mere seam the place where the mystery curled. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Art Moran looked at Carl’s face turned inside out, the skin of it peeled back like a grape, a bloody foam that looked like shaving cream clinging to his chin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You still owe us cream puffs” she said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Everybody likes strawberry ice cream. What kind did I order?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A boy with hair as yellow as canned creamed corn scooted his chair right next to mine. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She'd been nicknamed Nivea after an American face cream her mother used to rub on her, hoping the milky white applications would lighten her baby's black skin. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Lourdes helps herself to a mound of creamed spinach, dabbing it with a quickly diminishing loaf of sourdough. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hagrid was standing there, grinning at Harry and pointing at two large ice creams to show he couldn’t come in. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for the best ladies’ hand cream you got.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there v\\as nothing like fresh sweet milk, the milk you get before it separates to milk and cream. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had given me thirty dollars that morning, to pay for my ticket, some popcorn if I wanted it, and ice cream, with a little extra in case of an emergency. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Okay, try it one more time and you can have ice cream. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There were fresh peaches and plums and white bread with sweet cream butter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even better was the meal of fried eggs, toasted bread, and a fruit compote of pears and apples topped with strawberries and cream. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the shy ice cream bells’ giggle of Rachel and Lucy’s family, but all of a sudden and surprised like a pile of dishes breaking. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Better call the ice cream police,” someone whispers loudly from the crowd. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Which is better, peppermint stick or mint chocolate chip ice cream. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was so surprised, she gave them each a cream tart as a reward. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, for dessert, dark chocolate mousse layered with fresh raspberry coulis and topped with a dollop of whipped cream. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had lunch and lay out on the lawn, and then when it got too hot we came inside and ate ice cream while Tom watched the Grand Prix. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you had more than three dollars in your pocket maybe you could buy her a cookie or an ice cream sandwich. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

You could tell that it was made from real cream, it was that rich. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at all of the flavors on the chalkboard menu, and decided on peanut butter cookies ’n’ cream in a waffle cone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jo’s one strong point was the fruit, for she had sugared it well, and had a pitcher of rich cream to eat with it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I see she is pointing to “ice cream” on Harold’s list. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn had shoveled back three more spoonfuls of ice cream while Roza laughed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The food was mostly in the form of very thin cakes, made of a meal that was baked a light brown on the outside, and inside was the colour of cream. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

That other world was suburban and endless, organized around pot roasts, blueberry pies, fireworks, ice cream sundaes, immaculate bathrooms, and small toy trucks that were loosed in wooded backyards with streams and glens. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Her hands, treated every night with vanishing cream, fluttered around us, stroking, rubbing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Forrest laughed and then I got mad. I didn’t forgive him for two days until he brought me lemon cream chocolates.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She always made sure to have butter-brickle ice cream for you in her freezer. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t expect it would be filled with cream. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Look at this. Somebody went abroad and brought it for me. My face creams finished months ago and I’ve been using that horrible Biafran-made oil.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had a job at the campus creamery, flipping burgers and scooping ice cream. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The ice cream on my plate continues to melt. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Eric and I would open the cookies with cream in them and lick off part of the cream. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“He used to give me free ice creams. What’s happened to him?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Can you take me somewhere after we finish our ice cream?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Daugherty was keeping my bowl of cream of wheat hot, and she had a special treat with it, she said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He’s standing on the running board of the shop’s antique ice cream truck with the giant sign that says DO NOT TOUCH. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Father saw himself as part of the New India—rich, modern and as secular as ice cream. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t help to make her cream puffs yesterday, did you?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then she and Mom talked for a long time about all these different creams and light treatments where I would go into this stand-up booth and have a specific type of light shined on me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then we made ice cream sundaes from the five different flavors Mom convinced someone to stash in the staff-room refrigerator. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then the candy lady, who is gray-haired and never smiles, disappears into another room and returns a few minutes later with a wafer cone, pale yellow lemon-chiffon ice cream dripping from it. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Is that why he let her scoop the melty part from around the edges of his pint of ice cream, stick her hand down in his salt-and-butter popcorn. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, go eat some ice cream or get a chocolate croissant from Castleman’s or something.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’s that the cherry on top of your ice cream sundae has dyed the whipped cream pink and you wanted it perfectly white? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“And I love ice cream, too ” Percy laughed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Someone must have really liked tarantulas to put all these pictures up,” I said to Henry as he scooped my ice cream. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The bunk above belongs to Frederick: a reedy boy, thin as a blade of grass, skin as pale as cream. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

Matthew zoomed in on an old-fashioned light-up sign jutting out from an ice cream shop across the street. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I dabbled my fingers in the bowl of warm water a Ladies' Day waitress set down in place of my two empty ice cream dishes. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I'll miss my visits to the library, and Starry's and my tea parties with scones, clotted cream, and cucumber sandwiches. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

All traces of the whipped cream have disappeared. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The cake was rich and moist, and the cream cheese icing was so smooth. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

We shave our legs and pluck our eyebrows and slather our bodies with creams and lotions. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In desperation, I even take the desserts out of their glass display case and freshen them up with whipped cream and bright new maraschino cherries; anything to look busy. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the remaining Clock Watchers at the ice cream shop were the only ones who hadn’t gone to his side, then Mr. Flux had a small army. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We’d been so proud of our division of labor, we forgot the most important cleanup task of all: Mrs. Kluck’s brand-new ice cream machine. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When he gets closer, I notice the tiniest speck of shaving cream in the little nook where his jaw meets his ear. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Yep. He loves that truck more than I love banana cream cheesecake!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It’s dark blue on the outside, cream and brown on the inside, and has my sleeping bag and pillows and a radio I’d listen to as I went to sleep at night. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The car pool horn would honk, and she would rush out to join four other Japanese women who had fixed their hair that morning, applied the vanishing cream, and sported freshly ironed hankies. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we headed on home by way of this ice cream place around the corner and down a block from the library. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He took a sip of coffee, then wiped the whipped cream off his nose with his napkin. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Gretchen from Mountford said she felt sorry for me about that, but I didn’t care so long as I got cake and ice cream. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of ice cream did I order?” she said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

These two plants are as different to her as vanilla ice cream is from cauliflower. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Like trees and lemon vanishing cream, and Nu Nile Hair Oil and flecks of Sen-Sen. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Wilson had changed her costume some time before and was now attired in an elaborate afternoon dress of cream colored chiffon, which gave out a continual rustle as she swept about the room. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Her Attendant's formal dress is a pale pink that compliments her golden skin perfectly and falls to her knees; the undertrousers are a darker pink, and the stockings and boots are cream. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She had made a vanilla cream cake with custard and spun sugar. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We sit inside, and it’s like we’re sitting inside a scoop of ice cream, it smells so sweet. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The cream decor in Papa’s bedroom was changed every year but always to a slightly different shade of cream. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The air of the ice cream shop felt cool against my hot skin. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A lot of teachers brought in brown, light, perfect cream puffs for their classes. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

There are no tents selling eight- track tape players, imported vinyl pants, or hair-coloring cream, nor are there elaborate stalls glistening with dangling gold or silver necklaces and bracelets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For nourishment patients were given “veal or chicken broth, creamed rice, and tapioca.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I slip back into beauty creams, hoping they don’t see me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The walls were painted cream and rose and pale green. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using the ice cream scoop, he slides the purple Cog along the base of Javier’s neck, then holds it in place. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We were to meet her at five-thirty at the ice cream store. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Is it not?—Tea is being brought, monsieur. If you will indicate your cream and sugar preference, please.—Thank you.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When we were done, we climbed into Gus’s car and picked up Howard before heading down the mountain to get ice cream. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The smell of the thick cream made him a little ill, but he forced himself to eat some. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He bit the bottom end of the ice cream cone in half, and stuffed the two bits into his mouth. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

That night, we all meet up after dinner at Addie’s house to celebrate our victory with ice cream. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The ice cream came with a small wooden spoon wrapped in thin white paper. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Roast turkey, mashed potatoes, vanilla ice cream,” recited the Humbug, bouncing up and down quickly. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were salads of spinach and chickpeas and turnip greens, and afterward bowls of iced blueberries and sweet cream. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She even brings ice cream and the look of it makes me sick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her maman would set up tea parties with sugar cakes and marzipan rose creams just for us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She takes another taste of the ice cream. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray checked his face in the flip-down mirror and wiped away a smear of cream cheese caught in the corner of his mouth. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Wow. How many people do you think get complimented for how good they are at eating ice cream? I guess it’s thirteen years of practice that makes me such a pro.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then he added a drop of cream, a squirt of soda water, and a dip of ice cream about as big as your fingernail. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only Leon to consider, but what of the antique peach and cream satin dress that her mother was looking out for her, for Arabella’s wedding? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He later asked her out for ice cream, and the two began dating. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

I hold him down as she forces him to swallow a pill that makes him go floppy and then she cleans out his broken teeth and puts a cream in his eye. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I slurp my coffee as we travel, finding that the cream and sugar greatly enhance its flavor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She was heavy on the makeup, quite garish around the mouth and liberal with the smoothing cream and powder. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Margaret had Belgian waffles and did riot require a Styrofoam box for leftovers because there were none; she ate everything that was on her plate—strawberry preserves, pseudo whipped cream and all. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve gone for ice cream, gone to the movies, bought groceries, and gone bowling. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pudding's ice cream with tinned pears or ice cream with tinned peaches. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and imagined a giant donut with sprinkles on top of it and cream inside of it. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

All she wanted to do was eat her cream filling in peace. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I fall asleep, only to be chased in my nightmares by a screaming Mrs. Kluck riding her ice cream machine like a horse. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They got a sliding window on the back side so colored folk can get our ice cream too. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

While the saleswoman dabbed the cream on Miranda's face, the man stood and watched. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It seemed like the most benign of tragedies that she didn’t like the chocolate ice cream nearly as much as she had the vanilla. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“It will only take a minute. You’ll wear your white piqué dress, and I’ll take you out for ice cream after.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the gas station Shadow bought a Clean-U-Up Kit, which contained a razor, a packet of shaving cream, a comb, and a disposable toothbrush packed with a tiny tube of toothpaste. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I start fiddling with the cream hand towels that are just for decoration. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Each is dusted with confectioners’ sugar and topped by a dollop of whipped cream. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Shadow took some melon, a bagel, and a packet of cream cheese. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Behind the Friar’s back Basil and Sam almost choked with laughter in the middle of an apple cream pudding. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her voice is sweet and makes me think of whipped cream, which reminds me that I was too upset to eat lunch today and could use some food. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I take a plug a Pine-Ola cream and start rubbing it onto the silver, working the cloth around the rose design, the lip and the handle. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He introduced him to the cream of goblin society, and to dancers, singers, painters, schoolteachers, and merchants with an amateur love of history, the kindest and most curious people he knew in Tenebrion. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“I want to go back to school, too. I want ice cream.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Shainmark takes a scone and passes the plate to Mama, then butters her pastry with the thick cream. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Later, they went out for ice cream and Mom wore the mustache. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys dragged out the cake and ice cream as long as they could. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Wonderful,” the sheriff groaned, stabbing his teeth through a hunk of the ice cream bar. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard the Candor made ice cream,” says Marlene, twisting her head around to see the lunch line. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sullenly he packed a travel kit with his toothbrush, dental floss, razor, shaving cream, and a jumbo bottle of aspirin. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The businesses here are hangers-on, relics from about twenty years ago—a sad and very old department store, a shoe store that smells like mothballs, a toy store, a candy shop, an ice cream parlor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Okay, let’s talk about ice cream. What is your favorite flavor?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

After thirty minutes, when Mr. Grin still hadn’t come back, Alex had tried to reach the zit cream that Smithers had given him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

There would have been macaroni and cheese, collard greens with smoked ham hocks, and sweet-potato pie with a side of vanilla ice cream for dessert. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was as magical and sudden as Mr. Chris and the cream. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I thought peanut butter was an especially odd concept: You were supposed to cook with peanuts, not pound them into a cream to put in a jar. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She walks with them to the park, and they discuss which ice creams they’re going to buy. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

None of them knew how quickly as they sat around again that night, as Daddy sang once more about the foxes, as the fire burned and the miracle of the cream happened all over again. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m taking you guys out for ice cream sundaes.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Often the subject of a sentence—whoever or whatever is doing the action—is a two-headed creature with or or nor in the middle: Milk or cream is fine, thank you. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There used to be an ice cream store, somewhere in this block. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah. Those bug bites cleared up pretty fast, didn't they? What'd you use? Vitamin E cream?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what I like about military barbers? You guys are such high class people. I mean it. Sincerely, I do. The absolute cream of military personnel. Handsome, aristocratic, urbane, without being affected.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He helped to serve them two portions of apple and mint ice cream. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I notice they have cheesecake, but tonight I order something called Warm Double Chocolate Cake, which comes with cherries and ice cream. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I thought he would write Everyone turned out okay, but when he passed the book back, he'd actually written, Everyone was mauled by a bear, it was very sad, let’s go get ice cream. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

At first I think we could get them ice cream, but then I think that maybe they need more than a treat. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He opened a jar, leaned over, and drew so close that a drop of cream flecked his nose. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We drink our coffees black because he has no cream and we eat our toast dry because we can't find butter or jam. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to go for ice cream?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Kluckowski reports that someone used the new ice cream machine without permission.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Any day now I expect he’ll hit a toddler over the head with one of those pans, and then you’ll have to give the family a whole lot more than ice cream and T-shirts.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She had long white legs and blue eyes and a complexion like strawberry ice cream. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mama told my mama all about this brand-new ice cream you cooked up, so I convinced her to bring me. She’s parking the car.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“A picture,” she says, as if offering me some juvenile treat, an ice cream, a trip to the zoo. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

No morning passed that he didn’t freeze a ton of meats, vegetables, and lemon cream pies, enough to last ten years, until the rockets came back from Earth, if they ever came. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shoves a big spoon of ice cream into her mouth. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad ordered a cup with one scoop of coffee ice cream and one scoop of maple walnut. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Momma returns with a big bowl, shoveling ice cream into her mouth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

One lady wouldn’t even believe you could make your own by whipping heavy cream. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

With Ma at work, I’m the one to tell Ray and Leda there’s no money for ice cream when the Mister Softee truck chimes. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Please shut up,” she says, and she steals the ice cream back. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I find a Herb Alpert record, the one with the woman in whipped cream on the cover. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, in that case you enjoy that cream, Mr. Jankowski. Do you want your TV on while you eat?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I told you—I’m through handing out medals. There are no more prizes, Kyle. No more ice cream, cake, or balloons.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then they got ice cream, and were strolling in Harvard Square, licking cones, when several stout men in suits blocked their path. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

On one of the first warm days, Omer and Liyana licked pistachio ice cream cones as they sat on an iron bench near the Russian Orthodox Church with its onion domes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The big tubs of pastel-colored ice cream looked thrilling. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, Bit's mother, Ms. Burns, came from the back and was greeted by all of them—the Low Cuts—holding cups of fresh ice cream. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

During the winter, we had collected a bowl of snow and poured Pet milk over it, and sprinkled it with sugar and called it ice cream. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not many people were getting ice cream in the middle of November. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dessert would be even simpler: organic ice cream from Stonyfield Farm topped with fresh organic blackberries from Mexico. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I can hear Mother out on the back porch, helping Jameso make ice cream. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The taste of whipped cream and powdered sugar and the smooth calves of Herr Siedler’s wife. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

On our way back home, I tell Mother how I think Suesetta really wanted ice cream but couldn’t afford it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Roberto gave up eating baloney sandwiches when he got a part-time job working at noon at Velva’s Freeze, a hamburger and ice cream store located on Broadway, a few blocks from the high school. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I thought of the ash-trays I would have to clear, and how the squashed stubs, stained with lipstick, would sprawl in company with discarded chocolate creams. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A solitary sunbather in his underpants, facedown on a towel, had patches of uneven sunburn on his shoulders and legs—pink and white like a strawberry and vanilla ice cream. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He had the same coloring as the crab on his plate: reddish hair, pale cream skin, and large dots of orange freckles. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered seeing Mr. Singh that last time, handing out ice cream to kids near Lake Elizabeth. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Here, have some ice cream,” Grandpop said, pushing the carton Genie’s way. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His voice, the one that used to make me melt, sounded like it could curdle cream. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Go buy some more chips or an ice cream.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The colors favored her dark hair and the smooth cream of her skin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nobody falls in L after a bowl of ice cream and a ten-minute walk! Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Ma said we can have ice cream. Come on.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm hurried through the meal and burned his mouth, but soothed it with a piece of cold plum pie and cream. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The antibiotic cream slathered on her feet comes with a nice pain-numbing element, and so the scorching fire of the day before is just a burning hum. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t think you should get credit for your ice cream anymore.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sweetened it with wild honey that Papa and I had cut out of a bee tree last fall, and added cream skimmed off last night’s milk. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry frowns at him over his ice cream. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Well, there’s these already that look like shaving cream . The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing should ever sit and gather dust,” she said, and we went into the kitchen and tried the cherry vanilla ice cream. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Three slices of the marshmallow chocolate cream pie, please.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The bell of an ice cream truck tinkled over the wall, fluttering in the cooling evening air almost like a butterfly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have had a letter from your friend,” she remarked, as she poured a little cream into Edna’s cup and handed it to her. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maureen kept scooping the ice cream from around the cone’s edge with her tongue; she didn’t bite the edge as I would have done. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same ones she’s always doing out of mashed potatoes or Dad’s shaving cream or whatever when she thinks no one’s looking. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A lot of kids made fun of me, and I put on a lot of weight because I got a lot of cream from the cow instead of getting milk from my mom. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the picture of the pretty orange cream cookies on the cover of the package. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Melted lemon ice cream all over the back steps. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the nurseries all the little boys were moving heaven and earth to persuade their mothers to have hard pears for dinner, which were stewed in honey-syrup and vinegar, and eaten with whipped cream. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Steam the asparagus, saute garlic and green onions, add some cream, blend it up, add salt and pepper.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crystal bowls of light pink ice cream floated into Mini’s and Aru’s hands. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Waving her arms like a conductor, she led them in a raucous “Happy Birthday” and dished out generous gobs of ice cream. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

We went into Ella’s Kosher Deli and Ice Cream Parlor and ate pastrami sandwiches and kosher dill pickles, followed by raspberry ice cream. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I got salty tears all over my ice cream. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He ordered a steak, then another, this time with a side of ice cream. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I’d noticed that the lakeside town up the road didn’t have a decent ice cream parlor. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d spent all his Johnny Cakes money on ice cream from El Anon and had a bellyache. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

On her lap lay one of those innumerable pads of paper her husband brought home from his office, compliments of some pharmaceutical company, advertising tranquilizers or antibiotics or skin cream. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Mommy says we can have ice cream after.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But then her mother would inevitably say something — “How come your skin’s so ashy? Aren’t you using that cream I gave you?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I watch her go, ice cream scoop in my hand. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It clung to his scalp like tentacles of soft- serve ice cream on a hot day. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Bandages and ointments, vitamins and creams—anything that was too expensive or hard to find. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“But instead of ice cream, can it be donuts? Because I like donuts better.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch they went through three hundred two-foot loaves of bread, 150 gallons of milk, and twelve hundred cups of ice cream. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

While they were having dessert of ice cream and cookies, Mrs. Ross suggested that April might like to look over Melanie’s books to see if there was anything she’d like to borrow. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you aren’t getting that, so you may as well enjoy some ice cream.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“And we whooped their butts too,” Momma says, licking ice cream off her spoon. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

We stop at a diner for buttery grilled cheese sandwiches, and then we follow it up with ice cream before returning to Caitlin’s. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He smeared whipped cream over his second piece of cake. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Ford gets so scared, he drops his ice cream on the ground. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Instead of cars, we would become manufacturers of hamburger platters and Greek salads, industrialists of spanakopita and grilled cheese sandwiches, technocrats of rice pudding and banana cream pie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When my dad got back from wherever he was, he took her for ice cream. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I would go through the area as a Negro and then, usually at night, remove the dyes with cleansing cream and tissues and pass through the same area as a white man. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve seen you here a few times and noticed that you never get an ice cream yourself.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t he say we have to live as he lives? I don’t think cookie dough ice cream is a part of his lifestyle.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There were collections of sheep T-shirts; large tubs of lanolin cream; and wooly coats, socks, and hats with ram’s horns. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I judge a city by its ice cream. And there’s no conversation better than the kind you can have over ice cream. So lead on, friends. Transport me to your finest ice cream.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Back there, a few kids were eating the last of the ice cream sandwiches, while a bunch of the men had lit cigars, and their long smoke whispered up into the golden trees. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Why had he bought each of them a crystal pen and taken them to the zoo in Cincinnati and made sure they received lemon pie and ice cream? The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She now had a smear of chocolate ice cream all around her lips. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Below, the huge frilled lips of giant tulips in shades of white and cream nodded in their beds. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s good,” I told Aunt Goldie as she sprinkled walnuts on top of my whipped cream. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting in bed, cold cream on her face, in an old flannel nightgown, reading a book. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Justice Strauss had on a dreamy expression, as if she were about to be crowned queen, instead of just having some powders and creams smeared on her face. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

During the meeting Luke kept kicking a desk, but I mouthed, Ice cream. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I pour myself tea and drink it without cream, hoping it will settle my stomach. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I take my first bite of yogurt and it melts in my mouth like ice cream. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I think you can skip a shave today, Winger,” he said, and wiped some menthol-smelling shaving cream on my never-so-much-as-fuzzed cheek. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was the first time she’d eaten ice cream and Mariam had never imagined that such tricks could be played on a palate. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Strawberry syrup glistens on it and a big dollop of whipped cream sits pretty on top. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“I wish I’d been there! I totally would have creamed those jerks.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Each square contained layer upon layer of white cream and blintz-thin cake, the top adorned with crumbs and chopped nuts. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She came in and had dinner by herself, a half chicken and some Burgundy Cherry ice cream. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a big load of sugar to be unloaded to be used for making ice cream. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has taken off her iron wedding bracelet, forcing it from her hand with cold cream, along with all the other bracelets she’s always worn. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned down the next block, whizzing past the cookie-cutter houses painted in one of three shades: bitter brown, sour cream, or sullen yellow. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The cream is just lightly sweetened, the kind of sweet that makes you want more. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d stand in front of the mirror in his trousers, his suspenders loose over his undershirt, and he’d lather up his face until the lather stood in peaks like whipped cream. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The “creamy rosemary dill sauce” was made without cream or milk. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I wish ice cream had never been invented. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

There is no television or twirling tower of cakes with cream pompadours. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

Every day I see the scars when I sit on the edge of my bed after my shower and rub cream on my legs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had a finished rec room, a huge backyard, and a refrigerator that always seemed to be well-stocked with essentials like pizza and ice cream and soda pop. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry just sat there, his mouth open, staring at the screen, and Jelly was always jumping up for candy or ice cream. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the pale one, its scales the color of butter cream, veined with whorls of gold and bronze, and Dany could feel the heat of it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Unless it’s ice cream. If it’s ice cream, text me.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Her gown was cream and green, with long lace sleeves, so modest and so innocent that any man who looked at her might think her the most chaste of maids. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Cats scrambled through the garbage cans that stood in front of some of the houses, and the sidewalks were strewn with old newspapers, ice cream and candy wrappers, worn cardboard cartons, and torn paper bags. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had a peanut butter cream cookie in his hand. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He handed me my ice cream—a double scoop of vanilla. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for the cream puffs,” I said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I was curled up next to her on the couch, because Dad was working late, so he couldn’t get mad about ice cream in the living room. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sneaky’s mom and mine always tell us to stay away, even though P.J.’s has the cheapest candy and ice cream bars. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Baba sets up the ice cream, and we get to work assembling. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I tell you what. I’m going to cut your nails extra-pointy tonight. And I promise you that someday you can have everything you want to eat. I’ll cook...spaghetti and ice cream for you!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“What about some ice cream with chocolate sauce?” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gather around, everyone. The ice cream machine is here.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“When the immigrants came to America through Ellis Island, they would sometimes get ice cream for a treat. But they didn’t recognize ice cream. They thought it was butter, so they spread it on toast.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

There's an ice cream shop where cones cost a quarter. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She reinvented herself with powders, creams, and glosses. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And in the way, way back—ice cream. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It’s just like ice cream in a cylindrical container as opposed to a rectangular package. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He washed off the shaving cream, looked at himself naked in the fly-specked bathroom mirror. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She still hadn’t said anything about the cream puff, and I figured it had to come sooner or later. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ben lifts one of the “Cogs” out and sets it in what looks like a miniature ice cream scoop. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The ice cream business is a flop just as Dede predicted privately to me some time back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mirian walks her children down the block, they beg her to buy them a soda or an ice cream cone. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I thought about telling him the movie was immoral, that he shouldn’t be seeing such things, but—still being Shannon—I said nothing, just smiled when he asked if I’d like to get ice cream. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Confections deliriously executed in chocolate and butterscotch, berries bursting with creams and liqueurs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You can sleep on my bed at night. I’ll feed you cream and sardines. And I’ll call you Aladdin, like my old cat.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She opened the cans, and they had a feast: creamed corn with their stew, and peaches for dessert. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Did the ice cream melt again?” the littlest one asked her mother. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Some people love chocolate ice cream, others prefer strawberry?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t have time to think about silly things like ice cream and girlfriends. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Yep. He sits in his doghouse all day, watching videos, eating bowl after bowl of Frosty Paws ice cream. I hear he’s very happy.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The kitchen door was up three steps, so I grabbed the ice cream and headed up. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s probably eaten every exotic ice cream known to mankind.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I hate whoever messed with that stupid ice cream machine,” someone to my left grumbles. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She waited until he had left the kolba, before snickering and saying, “The children of strangers get ice cream. What do you get, Mariam? Stories of ice cream.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I want to argue with Johnny and go snorkeling and make ice cream. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Kaira opened the tiny refrigerator, and the even tinier freezer compartment, which was just big enough to hold a quart of ice cream. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Their flesh was salmon pink, like a very good strawberry cream ice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the money my mom has given me for the occasional ice cream cone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He also holds a coupon for a free ice cream in the cafeteria, and I think how happy Albert would be if I gave that to him. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Vanilla with chocolate sprinkles and crushed Oreos, chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and that nasty cherry on top, which looks better than it tastes. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s called Lucky Tiger—sounds like just what we need, a bit of luck and a dab of cream. Let’s just put a little bit of this on.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The only thing that remained of their passing was the cream puff, abandoned before Sycorax had climbed into the radiator. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Trees at the height of their blossom bubbled dark cream by a rotted bandstand. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll try to whip the cream again. Then I got to go in the garage. Get my stockings on.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you know I’m a VIP here? I get free ice cream, free coleslaw, free arrests, and all the free gold spray-painted rocks my heart could ever desire.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Eggs and hamburgers and fries and ice cream and marmalade and Fruity Pebbles and cookies and broccoli, even—and noodles and sauce. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was no way I could be crying into a tub of ice cream at home. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I set the ice cream down cautiously and sit down at the breakfast bar. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe we can get some ice cream.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I shut off the radio, and I take my dishes from the TV room back to the kitchen, and I scoop myself a bowl of chocolate chip ice cream. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all sit back down, and she serves us each a bowl of warmed bread pudding with ice cream. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

We came to the drugstore and had some ice cream. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ice cream truck just passed and we both bought an ice cream cone. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And I got free ice cream for me and the whole gang at El Anon. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day after I won an important regional tournament, the window encased a fresh sheet cake with whipped- cream frosting and red script saying, “Congratulations, Waverly Jong, Chinatown Chess Champion.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A jar of Pond’s cold cream, his father’s lifelong answer to after-shave, sits at the side of the sink. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t let the problems of the world stop you from enjoying life,” Daddy says with his mouth full of ice cream. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah, smart guy? I’ve seen the sucker’s bones. Cut in half like a knife through whipped cream. They keep him in a box to remind future kids not to be so stupid.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth pushes her glasses back up her nose and says, “Only problem is, they don’t sell Earl Grey ice cream in any store I’ve seen. We need to make it ourselves.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

There was an abandoned ice cream truck behind us. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A box of cream chocolates lay open in her arms. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like as not, all else her folks would have was fried fatback, cream gravy, and corn pone. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

‘First we go to Rome for Spanish steps. Then we go to Greece for Italian ice cream.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She smeared the white cream over her face, arms, and legs until it disappeared into her skin. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“You might like this kind,” Sairy said, retrieving a tub of freshly made peach ice cream. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The mixture is a little soft, but as Elizabeth pours the ice cream into ziplock bags, she assures me that a few hours in the freezer at home will make the texture perfect. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I do not like strawberry ice cream,” said Mr. Gregory. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The last post-balloon chases her with a brush smudged with a paste the color of a cream cookie. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And sixth, when Wednesday morning came around and I walked in with a bag of five cream puffs—which was as far as a one-week allowance stretches—it was pretty clear that I was doomed. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I fashion them into a blond halo of tight curls, and create a cream wedding dress. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Felicia’s spirits soar as the coconut ice cream diminishes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d giggled and eaten way too much ice cream in the name of flavor testing. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The sugar did very well because it stuck to the ice cream. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth makes fresh bowls of ice cream for them to try, taking care with the coconut and pistachio toppings. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Dodo raised her six children—and would no doubt raise her seventh—on Rice Krispies, peanut-butter-and-marshmallow sandwiches, vanilla ice cream and gallon upon gallon of Hoods milk. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He’d take me for ice cream and walks on the beach, and we’d have secret jokes and signals like my friends do with their dads. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

We also control the number of butter pats our customers get and the amount of sour cream on their baked potatoes. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up on the back porch August cranked the ice cream churn. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Clock Watchers sitting on stools, at tables, and in booths were sullen, hunched over bowls of ice cream. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We brought the ice cream home, and Brian pulled apart the carton and cut the block into five even slices. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

David says, “Exactly. Put a bag full of liquid ice cream mixture into the jug, go for a ride, and in a few minutes...” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Every night she creamed her feet with real cream and pushed back the cuticles on her toe-nails. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would take three weeks’ worth of allowance to be able to pay for twenty-two cream puffs. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I was eating some ice cream at the kitchen table, and just smiled and nodded at her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She stopped spreading cream on her face and turned to look at me directly. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Did I ever tell you about when I ate my first slice of apple pie and ice cream?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She put both palms on the case and peered in at the ice cream. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We all piled in the car and went to Baskin-Robbins and ordered huge ice cream sundaes and sat together in a booth way in the back. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My hand comes up first, Pink as a starfish, Then plunges back Into the ice for cream sodas, A winner after all. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Salt instead of sugar, and the cream is sour,” replied Meg with a tragic gesture. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit at the little table, eating creamed corn with a fork. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if you want cream or butter you go to the store or to McDaniels’.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Not only because of the ice cream, but because we had seen our own father naked and didn’t care to be reminded of it and feel the shame brought on by the absence of shame. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the tube and squeezed some of the cream onto his finger. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I hear the refrigerator open, then a long spray of whipped cream. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know how long he would have before the cream took effect...and anyway, Nadia Vole was already aware that something was wrong. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I ordered a pizza, and we’ll have some ice cream for dessert. How does that sound?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They reach the front of the line and the vendor has three cups of cocoa in striped cups waiting for them already, with clouds of extra whipped cream on top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I set the cream plate with scalloped edges on the table. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The trees plunged and bent like grasses, and the whipped water raised a cream of foam. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wipes a dab of whipped cream from his mouth. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

In addition to the boiled egg, her breakfast tray contained more of the thick bread and a bowl of warm cereal swimming in cream. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This calls for ice cream all around,” shouted Dr. van Heerden. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew Kira would have made a pie, and there would be thick cream swirled with honey to mound on top of it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in the afternoons, my brothers, sister, and I would wait with Grandma Caye in the front yard until the ice cream man came by on his bicycle. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She gave us lectures on women’s suffrage, Shakespeare, Beethoven, English history, and horticulture, and always had two freezers of homemade ice cream, which was why we all went. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The chalk had fallen gently upon each one of the cream puffs. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I had leftover kimchi and a cold bagel with cream cheese, which is what Mom gives me when she forgets to make my lunch the day before. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

These too are of a burning color—not orange, not gold, but if pure gold were liquid and could raise a cream, that golden cream might be like the color of the poppies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Close your eyes, Ben. Think of the ice cream you want. Then tell me.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“You have not asked about your brother,” he said, as they were waiting for the* cream cakes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And she could always get the kid discount at the ice cream place. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“How about a sundae? Sprinkles, strawberry syrup, whipped cream.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Hot chocolate with fresh, sweet milk tasted different than a cup where the cream had been taken out of the milk first. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the leftover egg whites, she fashions star-shaped meringues, which she serves with the ice cream day after day, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the clerks was holding a strawberry ice cream cone! March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And when it came time to order ice cream, as soon as Zoey changed her order from chocolate chip cookie dough to birthday cake, so did Haley. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

A perfect blend of ice cream and chocolate malt. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Ice cream heaped as high as the Himalayas. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen made banana pudding, banana cream pie, banana Jell-O, and banana slices on lettuce leaf till August told her it was all right, just throw the blooming things away. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies all dropped their cups and spilled tea and cream tarts over the lawn. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I eat one slice of each and wash it down with a can of cream soda. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In one hour, Helena stands at the gate to the ghetto, playing with her ball, the note in her pocket, and I am at my post beside the old ice cream shack. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He let his mind float as he gazed at the swirly buckets of ice cream. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Siobhan stared at her dessert—a chocolate mousse covered in strawberries and whipped cream. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Madame Manec’s energy, Marie-Laure is learning, is extraordinary; she burgeons, shoots off stalks, wakes early, works late, concocts bisques without a drop of cream, loaves with less than a cup of flour. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She was in her pajamas, speaking on the phone while smearing pale green cream all over her face. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He stares at his vanilla ice cream and then looks up. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ice cream is the secret element we need for our festival recipe. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure tortures herself with daydreams of feasts laid out on long tables: platters of sliced pork loin, roasted apples, banana flambe, pineapples with whipped cream. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, I will,” Jillson said, gulping the cream puff down. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I think we need to go for ice cream right now. Follow me.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

His trembling hands whipped pastry cream as light as a shroud. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe because more was at stake than going to the pictures or buying ice cream. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your dad will kill you if you fill up on ice cream, Bobby: Yes, Wendy. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He did not even glance at the cream pitcher as Mr. Hancock set it down on a workbench. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in my class thought I was the coolest for inviting them to a bathing suit and ice cream sundae party. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He looks like a homeless guy begging for change on a corner, but instead of an empty can, he’s holding a pie plate buried under a mound of whipped cream. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

When there were no futons and no duvets, the price of an ice cream cone was five cents. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She smelled like jasmine and sometimes like coffee with cream and sugar. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Summer blessings were trips to Belle Isle, running outside to the ice cream truck, and late nights sitting on the porch with Mother. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Blocks of ice cream in every flavor you could think of, apple pies, treacle tarts, chocolate eclairs and jam doughnuts', trifle, strawberries, Jell-O, rice pudding ... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I gave them mints, money, and they’d eat ice cream with their legs open while I played with them. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every year for two months Aureliano Segundo played his role of an exemplary husband and he organized parties with ice cream and cookies which the gay and lively schoolgirl enhanced with the clavichord. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Peggy placed a plate, knife, fork, spoon, sugar, cream, and bread before him; then she dished up the bacon and eggs. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You want ice cream. Mint chip, to be exact.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“The toilet here is so nice, Mommy. It has big mirrors and creams in glass bottles.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘You is a human bean and human beans is like strawbunkles and cream to those giants.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall, long-haired kid in front of me grinned as a lunch lady dropped a spoonful of something yellow that looked like creamed corn onto his tray. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

There was peacock pie, jellied eds, Devonshire cream, curried porpoise, iced fruit salad, and two thousand side dishes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How could that be?” she says as she picks up the tray of ice cream and moves away. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to suck her finger, to lick honey from her nipple, to smear ice cream on her belly, as though it was not enough simply to lie bare skin to bare skin. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You won’t find her,” said a little girl with ice cream melting all over her hand. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mother asks, feeding more cream into the machine. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of town where people got together on weekends to build a new church, to hold Sunday- afternoon ice cream socials, or to kick up their heels at Saturday-night square dances. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She ask about hard water stains and I tell her cream of tartar. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The pantry contained canned fruits and vegetables, unbroken jars of preserves, bread, oatmeal, cream of wheat, crackers, tuna, and lots of other stuff. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt craved a mutton chop with a tail to it; Kermit was hungry for strawberries and cream; and Cherrie couldn’t stop thinking about pancakes smothered in maple syrup. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

She thought about telling him that, along with the roast, there'd been mashed potatoes and creamed corn, his new favorite. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mint chocolate chip ice cream. I’ll see what I can do,” she says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She dipped her fingers into the jar of cream, turned back to the mirror, and then paused. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Like they need a reason,” Hana says, licking a drip of ice cream off her cone. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They all looked uncomfortably at Constance, who had finished gulping her ice cream and let her sticky chin drop to her chest. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cake, the whipped cream, the thick carpet, the pink fingernails and long calves of Frau Siedler—these sensations whirl through Werner’s head as if on a carousel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We passed the ice cream parlor, where I knew I was never allowed to go. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ice cream was difficult to enjoy, as it melted too quickly under the hot sun. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“My mom doesn’t let me have ice cream more than once a week. And it isn’t free, but we get it for half off, I think,” I tell them. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Having finished my cream of chicken soup, I munched on squeezed bacon cubes and watched the world go by. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad helped with each of the steps—creaming the butter and sugar together, adding the flour and cereal milk and other ingredients. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want ice cream. I want potato chips.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she squeezed the bright yellow milk into the churn, where it colored all the cream. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a part of the city where no cars can go, and thousands of people stroll around eating ice cream. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But the death threats were repeated every day, along with new and colorful descriptions of what would happen if the cream puffs didn’t appear. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

But if she went into the New York Café and ate some ice cream she might feel O.K. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jason first saw the angel at the ice cream cart. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Olive ate even more: Gooseberry tarts and currant bread and cream trifle and plum pudding and chocolate bonbons and spice cake—all dribbled over with butter rum sauce and apricot sauce and peppermint sauce. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I put all the groceries away, starting with the lemon ice cream into the freezer. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I only remember him eating kebab and ice cream. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They felt sorry for her and bought her ice cream. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew how to make a milk shake, and scooping ice cream gave me biceps to rival Michelle Obama's. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She plopped a spoonful of white sour cream in, and handed the bowls to each of them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

His mouth watered at the cold veal and cream pastries and champagne Akaky consumed the night his precious coat was stolen, in spite of the fact that Ashoke had never tasted these things himself. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Me and Paolo’s going to look for ice creams,” she said. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m just a dumb kid who likes ice cream. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I took out my cleansing cream and rubbed it on my hands and face to remove the stain. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kids are asleep. There’s fried ham and beans. Potatoes and creamed corn. I can warm it for you.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I cover myself with anti-itch cream from Rite Aid but can manage to sleep only for an hour and a half at a time before the torment resumes. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke helped himself to an enormous heap of whipped cream. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Janae asks as she scoops up a spoonful of ice cream. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The Earthworm, with his lovely pink skin, was employed by a company that made women’s face creams to speak commercials on television. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“One more chore. But I don’t need the cream puff.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

When I get back to my room twenty minutes later, I'm carrying two plates of quesadillas, perfectly browned on both sides, topped with sour cream and salsa. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And as he watched Esther wipe the ice cream off Barbarossa's mouth he asked himself for the hundredth time where Scipio was. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I finished tying the string on a parcel, and she approached my counter, introduced herself as Mrs. Kurowski, and asked for a dozen cream pastries. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Right in the middle of the ice cream and cake, there was a scratching and a barking at the downstairs kitchen door. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, when you boys get your lunch trays, bring me back some ice cream.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

We cut up carrots and celery and made onion dip with sour cream and Lipton soup mix. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When one woman asked her, in an accusing tone, “What cream do you use on your face? How can one person have this kind of perfect skin?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Chocolate chip is my favorite ice cream!” he said, trying to put an end to the subject but instead sounding like a little kid. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

On the last run in town, I went to the Daughertys’ first—they were the people whose ice cream had melted last Saturday. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“In order to have good skin you must rub Rose Brilliantine Hair Tonic on your face and rub cold cream in your hair.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked white, blank, as if her cold cream had removed not only her makeup but her personality. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you having a brainstorm or do you just really, really like chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

His first large order is from a governor who wants a thousand cream puffs for the wedding of his daughter—Tamar. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My mother would drive all the way across town to buy kosher meat, for instance, only to serve it with a cream sauce. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I had ice cream once,” Luna said in a dreamy voice. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kid was licking his ice cream cone, the mom was picking up his scooter, and the sister was glaring at me like she was going to kill me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Right. Children’s House. Silly me. Have another. Get some more cream on it, now.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He stared at it in fascination for a long while, until he finally dared to pick up the long-handled spoon and, with a sigh of ecstasy, plunge it into the cream. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olly raises his cup and blows on the already melting whipped cream. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When school is out for the summer, Uncle Tim lies and says he needs Joon’s and my help at his small ice cream shop on the beach. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The sheriff licked the wooden ice cream stick clean, flipped it in the general direction of the wastebasket, and selected another Eskimo Pie. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her pale, fine skin was creased like cream on cooling milk and dusted with tiny red moles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked to our house for cake and ice cream after the reception. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

My mother must remember the incident on the fire escape landing, where she found me, shivering and exhausted, sitting next to that container of regurgitated ice cream. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wears a soft cream sweater that makes me think of a baby lamb, and her hair falls loose and wavy over her shoulders. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what I had always thirsted for were the details: the way her hair glinted in the sunlight, her favorite ice cream flavor, the songs she liked to hum, did she bite her nails? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So she went to Jolfa, the city within the city of Isfahan where the Armenians make cream puffs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then his mind immediately shifted to what awaited: his favorite Chinese meal of Egg Drop Soup, Chicken Chop Suey, pistachio ice cream, and inevitably, a large glass of milk. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sasha did her best to sit still and stay focused, interrupting the interview only once, turning to me to ask, “Hey, when are we getting ice cream?” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

You weren’t here last night, for our traditional “last day of school eve” visit to the ice cream stand. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

For dessert, he laps up spilled lemonade and splattered ice cream cones. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. Loopy old Lemoncello said paperback books were meant to be taken to the beach, where they’d have suntan lotion, melting ice cream cones, and sand dribbled all over their pages.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

There is no money- back guarantee that a cream can reduce cellulite. guerrilla. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her spoon dipped dutifully into her dish of ice cream. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mike looked like a black ice cream cone before Jennifer’s face. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She puts a last spoonful of ice cream in her mouth. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gary asked, spooning ice cream into his mouth and grunting with delight. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They had the same faded-loolang labels as every other thing Papa s factories made—the wafers and cream biscuits and bottled juice and banana chips. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Ice cream and chocolate sauce!” cried the Mellower. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Newman walks away, muttering “Delicious” as she eats her ice cream. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Cool white in the darkness, the freckles gathered on her shoulders and cheeks like cream rising to the top. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I read somewhere that the woman who posed for it was three months pregnant at the time and that it was shaving cream, not whipped cream, she was suggestively dipping into her mouth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, green beans with almonds, orange salad, corn bread and cream of asparagus soup. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made it to my house just before Ollie Mae did, so she had no idea, but I could barely enjoy my ice cream because the whole time I was worrying about getting a whipping. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I know the best ice cream place on the island.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There are Grand Marnier cakes and napoleons with striped icing and chantilly cream. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask Ford, “Want to go get some ice cream?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

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

People with fevers get hungry for odd things—with me it is always chocolate ice cream. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

So they met regularly, without even planning it, to walk down the road to Edna Finch’s Mellow House, even though it was too cool for ice cream. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They built an ice cream parlor where the old one was. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I paid, like, twenty-eight dollars for this stupid cream that was supposed to boost my radiance. What did I get for it? A four-dimensional zit!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mum served up the treacle tart and vanilla ice cream. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

If you could take your brain away from the present and send it to where it could contemplate skin like wintry cream; well, let them enjoy themselves. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He reached for a cream puff and threw it at my face. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Wanting both felt like a huge ask; it felt like wishing for hot ice cream or a bitter sugar cube. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I unwrapped the cream pie and bit into it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It seemed like more ice cream would cost more money, but apparently that’s not how the world of ice cream worked. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They sat on the porch swing and ate bowls of homemade ice cream in the evenings while waiting for her to come down for dinner. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a cute Mexican guy with hipster glasses sitting on a bench, nodding along to whatever song is playing on his headphones while he eats ice cream. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Celia knew that Ofelia joined her mother at her dressing table, where they sat on their bony behinds and rubbed whitening cream into their dark, freckled faces. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The band arrived, three middle-aged men, each with a silver wave slicked back with too much hair cream. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It went in our baths, our skin cream, our raspberry tea and biscuits. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take care, and don’t accept ice cream from strangers!’ The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They scurried out of the box, skidding in the vanilla cream, and leaped into the radiators. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I occupied myself with memorizing the room; the striped pattern of the couches, tan, peach, cream, dull gold, and tan again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She ordered two dishes of coconut ice cream and ate them slowly with a soup spoon. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

An ice cream maker, the rapid-freeze kind they use on television cooking shows. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“This is for you, okay? Hang with your friends, go see a movie, get an ice cream cone or something, man.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When we are finished they bring us each a bowl of vanilla ice cream with sprinkles on top. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Um. The best part of my week was that my cousin gave me an iTunes gift card. The worst is that I hate creamed corn.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Never. Plus, we can keep cool with ice cream.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She listened, stirring the warm cream into the baked apples. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Once I decided ice cream was the winning ingredient for the contest, I blocked out every other thought. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mom couldn’t afford any expensive present when I turned eleven on August tenth, but she took Annie and me out for ice cream. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon we have rows of plastic bowls of ice cream spread out on the table. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I let my spoonful of cherry chunk ice cream melt into a tiny circle on my tongue. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

After she had put the cream in the tall crockery churn and set it near the stove to warm, she washed and scraped a long orange-colored carrot. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked out of the soda shop and sat in a rocking chair on the front porch to eat my vanilla—which I don’t even like—ice cream. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Meggie still had the taste of the ice cream in her mouth as they knocked on the door of Fenoglio’s house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He packed up the shoeshine box and carried it out, and chose a cream linen shirt from the three on the airer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You girls getting ice cream?” she asked, sliding a stack of Pall Malls into its place on the shelf. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Maybeth wanted pink sherbet and green, but Dicey told her to get real ice cream because of the milk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Golf was a novelty, bringing the cream of society together around a tiny ball that was struck with a stick, just as the Indians had done two hundred years before in these same, places. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have a lovely pale red-and-mauve design: “Ice cream!” the chimp artist had signed as she handed it to her human teacher. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

And lots of those plastic coffee drink domes smeared with whipped cream and smudges of caramel sauce glop. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Padva insists on making her a less formal version of the ivory-and-black gown in peach and cream, finishing a sketch in a matter of minutes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was a picture of her—at one of Maisie's birthday parties, scooping ice cream cones—with a ponytail just like that. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Barbarossa was licking a huge cone of ice cream without getting a single drop on himself. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They rode bicycles—their very own bicycles. And they had lots of books to read. They had warm beds. And food, delicious food. Ice cream, candy, cake, and cookies, all they could eat.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He could buy a cow, and they could make their own ice cream. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I began to cream my hands each night, sloshing lotion all over them and sleeping in a pair of my mother’s worn white cotton gloves—perhaps the pair she was married in. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There she could sit and watch the foam disappear, the scoops of ice cream lose their ridges and turn to soft, glistening halls like soap bars left in a dishpan full of water. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s about to pull the fridge open, but he stops and looks at me like I’m some little girl hiding an ice cream cone behind my back. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

When he’d first met Mr. Singh the week of his arrival, he’d been surprised to see that the jovial ice cream truck driver had a beard and turban, similar to many Afghans. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Afterward I sat down at the dressing table and on one side of my face I rubbed night cream that said “For oily skin.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m not turning this into a big thing tonight, okay? I don’t know. Do you guys want ice cream?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I love the ice cream here, but my favorite part of the place is the player piano. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The outside is cream and blue, and looks like a generic building. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Was it only two days ago that Sara and I made the ice cream? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

On Fridays, we would eat vanilla ice cream that I spooned into dishes the size of small, cupped hands or pan dulce that I baked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Jim grinned, then clapped Dad on the shoulder and said no righteous God would deprive a man of homemade strawberry ice cream on a hot summer afternoon. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

No beer bottles or ice cream cones poked from the open windows. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I said that, well, Hugo practically jumped out from behind the counter and leapt to the ice cream fridge. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

There is a tray full of glass sundae dishes filled with brightly colored ice cream. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I want to believe in it, the creams, the rejuvenating lotions, the transparent unguents in vials that slick on like roll-top glue. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I need a day in pajamas, eating ice cream from the carton, painting my toenails, and enjoying TrashTV. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of the fried papanasi my mother served with sour cream she made herself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

At least I had broken her of putting cream and sugar into everything. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean real whipped cream or that horrible, prepared-mix, fake whipped cream?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

I guess the point of all this is to say I don’t like the cream puffs here in Oklahoma, which they call Twinkies. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

On their way to the ice cream parlor, Katie fell back from the tangle of kids and slipped her arm through Naomi’s. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You got up to eat ice cream and didn’t wake me? I’m hurt.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Then I must say you have rotten taste. I can smell cream tarts burning from here, Rita. You are the most impossibly scatterbrained child I have ever seen.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He could buy her all the ice cream in the store. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Roast chicken, chips, sweet corn and chicken soup, two parathas and vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man was glancing in a mirror, too, quickly wiping the cream from his nose. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Between trips, I threw my own cream puff into the Coat Room, beside the moldering lunches. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then he scooped up some ice cream and flicked it on my mom’s jacket. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Momma laughs at me, and then we go get ice cream. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The old man and the boy sat across from each other and dined not only on cookies, but on creamed chicken, mashed potatoes, and applesauce as well. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I walk out, the kids are still scoffing down their own ice creams. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to bring her along for ice cream. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They ate peaches and cream over biscuits for dessert and drank coffee. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The Demeter cabin had whipped up a whole buffet in the hotel kitchens—everything from pizza to pineapple ice cream. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t look at ice cream for the next month. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We got up to Grandma’s room and she was sitting up eating some ice cream. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every Friday, he would bring in some bagels, a serrated knife, and cream cheese. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

We ended up at school with the cream of the American crop, the Hoover girl and the Hanes twins and the Scott girls and the Reese kid who got incredible care packages once a week. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

What she gave me was a sandwich cookie with peanut butter cream in the middle. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He wore dark-framed glasses, a cream- colored jacket with the zipper half open, and a pair of sharply creased light-brown pants. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The houses look like they were painted in sorbet—cream, minty green, mustard yellow and pretty salmon pink. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We all take turns riding Justin’s bike around the block with the ice cream maker rolling on the front wheel. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mom let me have ice cream even though I didn’t finish all my carrots. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I unpacked a transparent plastic tube of powdered cream of chicken soup, and filled it up with water. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She digs into her vanity, throwing creams and puffs and tonics and perfume vials. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he wears A T-shirt, And sometimes He doesn’t, Brown face Sticky with ice cream. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the evening is filled with too many questions, not so many answers, and...ice cream! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t had anything to eat since the ice cream Miss Edmunds had bought them at Millsburg on the way home. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Calm down, Mrs. Caruthers,” the lady said, smooth and sweet as cream. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Between my creamed potatoes and my miniature Yorkshire puds I created a Mediterranean of gravy. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

"I figured you would be. So, we got you a bunch of ice cream." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She picked up her cup and tossed the contents at him, splattering him with coffee and cream. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we could take the boys out for ice cream,” Luke finally said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In order to keep her complexion immaculate—Hatsue, said Mrs. Shigemura, had skin as smooth as vanilla ice cream—she must take care to stay out of the sun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I have to soak in a tub full of a thick, unpleasant-smelling solution, while my face and hair are plastered with creams. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cream’s pleasant tang complemented the honeyed taste and spongy texture of the cake layers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As we lay there propped against our packs, a tourist in an unfortunate straw hat, clutching an ice cream, came up and looked us over in a friendly manner. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

An ice cream van drove into the street, and with it a tinkling melody. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Others change from pastel pinks to sky blues to lemony creams. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But my coconut ice cream tasted like sawdust in my mouth. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The winged man from the ice cream stand was leaning against a nearby column, casually tossing a small bronze hoop in the air. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I had a burger, with ketchup and mustard and relish and a tomato and onion and French fries. And a black-and-white ice cream soda.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Antonio said there’s a new ice cream shop across the highway that sells the most amazing brownie sundaes,” Rafey told us. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She also prepares her famous enrolladitos, swirls of bread filled with a blend of tuna fish, ketchup, and cream cheese, with an olive in the center. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Not even strawberry ice cream could lure her away from the radio when Red Barber was broadcasting the latest adventure of de Bums. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bring you some ice cream,” he said, framed in the doorway of their apartment. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The calf was bom to great rejoicing and a new abundance of milk and cream. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Deb keeps talking about Kiki’s big house and how they always have cookies and pretzels and ice cream to eat. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He wondered if they were going to do all the things they always did in the summer, like play in the hydrant and buy rocket pops from the ice cream man, without him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The red bump is covered with a small dab of white cream. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He was talking with a mouthful of Philadelphia cream cheese and salmon roe to an optometrist’s wife. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the pup has gorged on stewed cow and cream,” returned Shed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

With five cream puffs, almost everyone could have one quarter of a cream puff, I pointed out. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Being reminded of cake and ice cream cheered up Connor, who did not order a whole chocolate cake, but did order two slices. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Sophia rises from her seat and plucks one of the cream tarts from a tiered dessert platter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The best ice cream and the greasiest burgers and fries around. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They were staging a family tennis tournament and had bookmarked ice cream recipes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

When we entered the SnowCap ice cream parlor, a woman in a wheelchair greeted us. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I put the mint chocolate chip ice cream into the freezer and followed Mrs. Windermere to her study. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He drifted off to sleep and awoke to find a lunch of tea and cream crackers covered with a thin layer of marmalade. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Summer,” Mr. Chris said that night after the fireworks were over and they were all having homemade ice cream on his front porch, “is fruit time mostly, just the way spring is mostly flower time.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, I want to thank you for the ice creams.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if you got a scoop of ice cream on the chicken livers?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I scrape my spoon against the ice cream, and cookie and fudge goo dribbles down the side because it’s softening quickly in the summer air. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She looks like a cat that has eaten all the cream and is ready for a nap in the sun. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

While I was thinking about what Fiona had said, I started choking on my ice cream cone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They sit in meditative silence for some of that uncontrollable time, the motion of the train gently billowing the silk curtains, the scent of ginger and cream enveloping them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was a potful of freshly made coffee warming on the stove and someone had set a pitcher of real cream in the middle of the table. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still liked riding bikes, playing with my Barbies, and walking down to Main Street to get ice cream. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When Courtney Speed described him to me a few years later, she said, “Charisma! Woo! I mean, cream of the smooth! Very well versed and knew something about everything.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Dinner is deep-fried Oreos served on top of Oreo ice cream, and for a drink, it's Oreos dissolved in milk. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Then there are some who have patches all over their body and actually have their doctors give them a depigmenting cream to get rid of the rest of their color. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A stack of freckled heart shapes, a perfectly made Dairy Queen ice cream cone. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As we head to the car, I take a giant bite of my ice cream—I love the fire-hot/cold on my teeth. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, enjoy your shopping day,” Stella said, making her way to the store clerk as Paulette meandered toward the back of the shop where the homemade ice cream was kept. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“That is not things. That is the cream. You have no cream in the milk in Lublin?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ice cream parlor was packed with men in shirtsleeves and women who had gotten out their summer dresses early. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped his face from chin to forehead, worried he was covered in ice cream. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And I tell myself that every Tuesday afternoon, after class is over, I get to stop there and have some ice cream.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

But all through English for You and Me, the buttery vanilla smell of the cream puffs wafted around the room with the circulating air, and even Mrs. Baker couldn’t help but look at them. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He’ll give us a nickel for ice cream if we promise to die for Ireland and we promise but we never get the nickel. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Queenie stayed in the kitchen, thoughtfully lapping up the last drops of warm cream with a tin spoon. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

On top of the fridge stood tonight’s pudding: a huge mound of whipped cream and sugared violets. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She sighs, pats in cream, which is the right kind. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom could make cream puffs and it would amaze everybody. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Strangers buy her ice cream and she tells them that I’m dead. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

First Avenue was where Indians—the cream of Alexandra’s quarantined society—lived, behind their sell-everything stores and produce stalls, which were the ghetto’s main shopping centre. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Henry continued scooping my ice cream, Connor whispered to me, “That was so weird.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The serving men brought out a heron stuffed with figs, veal cutlets blanched with almond milk, creamed herring, candied onions, foul-smelling cheeses, plates of snails and sweetbreads, and a black swan in her plumage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He bounced backward, but the behemoth Buckeye stood too close, Freddie had nowhere to go, and the ice cream soup dropped right into his lap. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it's hard to ruin pizza and root beer and ice cream, and once the eating starts, things loosen up. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the ice cream from her and we sit on the step, our legs stretched out onto the walkway. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As the half wore on, the Fugees charged once, twice, and then a third time, at one point racing down the field at a full sprint, like kids chasing an ice cream truck. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I take our ice cream out of the freezer. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She had offered the hope of a cream puff. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She returned to her chair and sat staring at a pool of melted vanilla ice cream working its way slowly to the edge of the table. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

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

But before I could take my ice cream and walk to one of them some white teenagers appeared and took seats. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she would give me a third cream puff to take home. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I'd choose something simple—a shade of red to match Maman's hair, a high waist with a cream waist-sash, and a sweeping skirt that flows out like a silk river behind me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I said, pouring in more cream than coffee. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lunch was a handful of sour cream and onion chips, so I’m not having much fun. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She avoided the sun and used creams in elegant bottles, so that her complexion, already naturally light, became lighter, brighter, and took on a sheen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It looks as though it has been dipped in cream. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Shops sell tourist stuff, ice cream, pricey clothes, antique jewelry. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He just popped in for a minute and then popped out and then we stopped at a place to get some ice cream. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He went into the kitchen, suddenly ravenous, and dumped some ice cream from the freezer into a dish. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day he brought a pumice stone out of his suit jacket pocket, and cream; he brandished a nail file, cuticle scissors, a bottle of nail polish. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s wearing a cream cable-knit sweater, even though with the humidity it feels like it’s ninety degrees outside. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Evan could just imagine how good the ice cream would feel sliding down his hot throat. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He performed a clever experiment in which a single drop of white liquid, like cream, was shown not to lighten perceptibly the contents of a great pitcher of dark liquid, like wine. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mrs. Baker acted like the cream puffs weren’t there at all. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mama turned toward her children and pointed a canary-yellow spatula with a glob of meringue cream at them. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He was their bread and butter, their cream and honey, too. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The ice cream tasted rich and smooth and cold. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Fifth, on the Tuesday before the Wednesday of the cream puffs deadline, Mr. Guareschi came in and asked Mrs. Baker if she knew what “pied ninny” meant. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

His chest rattled with every breath, and his face was the color of spoiled cream. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As I was saying,” he continues, “you’re correct. Ice cream has to be churned or it forms ice crystals. And crunchy ice cream is gross.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They’ll never believe that G. M. Pennington—sorry, “Gary”—bought him ice cream and hung out with him for more than two hours. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It was expensive stuff, white cream laid, imported from England; the best they had at the store in town. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I turned off the music and tried to hurry through my ice cream instead. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

After supper, I helped her clear the table and then we went out on the porch to eat peaches with vanilla ice cream. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I will hear the sound of seagulls, taste slumps and pie and homemade ice cream. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Usually I can tell as soon as I meet someone. Like, Amy’s mom there is a pineapple upside-down cake, and her dad is a sour cream coffee cake with a crumbly blueberry center.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In several empty ice cream cartons on top of the filing cabinets beans were already sprouting little vines. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother crushes pink tablets on the last of their ice cream. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much candy that it's hard to choose until our grandfather says, Get what you want but I'm getting myself some ice cream. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“For some reason, cream puff, I’ve been thinking a lot about torture recently.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked at the sky and saw the white cumulus built like friendly piles of ice cream and high above were the thin feathers of the cirrus against the high September sky. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why should an ice cream company be able to profit only from improvements that we are conscious of? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We stood around in huddled groups, a little bit damp, and still hungry because we’d eaten so fast and there were twenty-four cream puffs waiting for everyone back in the classroom. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I think of a stew made with lamb, tomatoes, cream, and apricots. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I started eating it so fast I feared getting one of those ice cream headaches. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

About halfway, he stopped at the dusty roadside window of a Tastee Freeze, across the highway from the Veterans Hospital, and bought an ice cream soda. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The ice cream machine is taking up one hundred percent of my vision. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Felicia pulls a rusted nail file and a small plastic bottle of hand cream from her knapsack, and gets to work. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Dr. Howard finally decided that twice a day, I will put this cream on my white spots to help the color come back and try to keep the spots from spreading too fast. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When there were only seven minutes left in recess, Danny Hupfer declared that we had served our time, and even if Mrs. Baker hadn’t come back yet, we deserved our cream puffs. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, “Yellow cake, with cream inside.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

By nine o’clock Darling had eaten a raw egg and half a pint of whipped cream by herself. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need the cream puffs by next week.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“While Chuck serves up the cake, I’m gonna open Edie’s present. Be sure to give the first slice to my niece. And give her plenty of ice cream, too. Nice and easy on the teeth.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Samosas and other finger foods, cupcakes frosted like flags, and of course our Halwa Cuppa Tea ice cream. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes the roads and houses disappeared, and the only traces of human settlement were the cattle scattered over the savanna like sprinkles on ice cream. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Henry was cleaning it with a spray can of whipped cream. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Cheese was everywhere, cheese centers, cheese cooperatives, cheese stores and stands, perhaps even cheese ice cream. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hang out with Mop and Bren every day after my shifts at the restaurant, I see Carmen occasionally around the apartment complex, and I eat a ton of ice cream. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She took a small dash of cream and began to rub it into her face with the tips of her fingers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he pulls out a huge metal sheet and hands me a bottle of shaving cream. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He licked some chocolate ice cream from his nose. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dinner is sublime: We start with oyster bisque and follow with prime rib, boiled potatoes, and asparagus in cream. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Even after we finally chose the cream, we’d be late, because at the last minute Grandma would panic and drive to Cousin Donna’s to borrow her cream shoes, which had a lower heel.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She handed it over and took the cream one Ivy was holding in exchange. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In the deep evening shadows the siding paint looked gray instead of cream. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was not always able to make herself do other things — to brush her teeth, for example, or to put cream on her face. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd tried every over-the-counter zit medication known to man, along with harsher prescription creams like Retin-A or pills like erythromycin that were recommended by my dermatologist. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I go to the refrigerator and I cross out “ice cream” on Harold’s side of the list. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pleasant, remotely masculine smell of him hit her when he walked into the hall, but shaving cream, tobacco, new car, and dusty books faded at the memory of the conversation in the kitchen. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He had brewed them tea, and now poured it for them, offering cream but no sugar. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

While I was thinking about her ice cream, she must have been thinking about her last remark, for she said to Pecola, “Did you ever see a naked man?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Piggy was standing cradling the great cream shell and the shouting died down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They brought in great platters of fried cod, hash, potato balls, pumpkin mush with huge pitchers of cream, toast and butter, apple pie, and pitchers of coffee and milk. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She pictured herself sitting in the private balcony seats, lapping at ice cream, alongside her siblings and Jalil. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have eaten that ice cream so fast. Do you have any more Oreos?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was not really Edna Finch’s ice cream that made them brave the stretch of those panther eyes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We can tell them we also want to get ice cream at the J.P. Licks. If they drop us off, we won’t even need our bikes, which will give us more time.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But she held to it, chewing the ice cream like it was taffy. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were Popsicles for the really hot days when everyone ran out to buy ice cream. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When he poured in some cream, I was more surprised, still. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Lefty neatly hung up his suit, pinching each trouser crease, while Sourmelina removed her makeup with cold cream and went to bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“And take off that jacket. I don’t want to write with Errol Flynn and I don’t want to eat ice cream with him either. Even if it is only pistachio.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And with their ice cream and clean faces they elicited in his gut again that bilious, unwanted irritation. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We laughed and scooped vanilla cream puff filling from our cheeks and ate it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“I have enough money for this ice cream but that’s it.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Kelly said it as if it was choosing strawberry ice cream instead of chocolate. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Ice cream is one of Hudson’s favorite foods—not dessert, food. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

A home that grew carousels made of bits of stars and petals, and let her gallop on a horse made of dandelion fluff while she balanced a bowl of ice cream in one hand. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now and then Miss Trixie’s tongue would flap out and sample a bit of cream from her upper lip. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This reminds me of ice cream on Ellis Island.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

At McDonald’s he ordered a cup of coffee and a hot chocolate, got extra cream and sugar for both, and steered Gerald to a booth near the back. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Open next to foe brown, light, perfect cream puffs so that they wouldn’t get soggy! The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Most people in Bakersfield went to the Hammer when they crashed their car or lost electricity in a heat wave and had all of their ice cream melt. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

One woman’s got relaxer cream all over her head. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

We spend the rest of the morning baking my traditional birthday cake of vanilla sponge with vanilla cream frosting. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of music floated through the air as an ice cream truck came around the corner. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Hot ice cream warms you up no end in freezing weather. I also make hot ice cubes for putting in hot drinks. Hot ice cubes make hot drinks hotter.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

There they all were now, the cream of the school, the lights and leaders of the senior class, with their high I.Q.’s and expensive shoes, as Brinker had said, pasting each other with snowballs. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sundays we made extra money selling soda and ice cream. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Westley knew that she meant to say “not a single syllable of it,” because a syllabub was something you ate, with cream and wine mixed in together to form the base. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered whether Harriet would notice that his paddle was really just an ice cream spoon. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I look down at my ice cream and feel the I know look I wanted steal over my face. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Chicken, carrots, and sweet potatoes, bread pudding with homemade vanilla ice cream and homemade chocolate sauce. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, you will understand with time,” Jane said, and got up to get some money for the children’s ice cream. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The brand she picked was three times bigger than other ice cream—it came in a big plastic tub—but it didn’t taste very good. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They had cream puffs, too—without chalk dust. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The evening sky was awash with peach, apricot, cream: tender little ice-cream clouds in a wide orange sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The whole crew sat on deck, without a storm or a monster attack to worry about for the first time in days, and ate ice cream. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My mom makes cream puffs like they had at Akh Tamar and someone always asks what kind of store-bought whipped cream she used. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Servants wheel in tiered trays bursting with skin-color pastilles and rouge pots, brushes and combs and barrel irons, tonics and creams, bei-powder bundles, waxes and perfumes, measuring rods and metal instruments, and sharpened kohl pencils. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

At the station we pushed our way through the crowds and past water wallahs, tea wallahs, and ice cream wallahs. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed out the sugar dispenser and apologized to them for the fact that there was no way to make cream available: Petersen’s had run out. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They poured wine and ale and feasted on cured meats and aged cheeses and crumbly cakes, heavy with butter and cream. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Where am I supposed to get cream puffs for the whole class?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Lauren was there, angrily twisting Oreos open and scraping out the cream filling into a bowl. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“At least you worked with animals. I have a friend—nice guy—who was made entirely of ice cream. Hated hot weather.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I’m going to need serious ice cream to deal with that one. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even in the dim hallway the dark-skinned friend heightens the cream color of the other. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t make an old lady cry. What kind of ice cream did I order?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

"With nuts and whipped cream, and bananas, and hot fudge." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The officers wandered toward the hallway to the left of the spiral staircase, the one with the cream carpet, so difficult to clean. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Graeter’s has been around for, like, a million years, and the ice cream is not just fantastic, but famous—even been mentioned on TV shows and stuff. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

There's way too much whipped cream in that cup, Maya thought, then wondered when things like that had started bothering her about Claire in the first place. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I saw all the things I took for granted—which cereal to eat for breakfast, or whether or not I wanted ice cream or cookies for dessert. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The snack shops can turn an ice cream cone completely upside down to dip it in chocolate without anything falling out. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The third is feathered and covered in seed pearls that shift into various gleaming shades of white—cream and milk and lily and ivory and bone. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But finally, finally, finally the school clock clicked to noon, and we crammed our sandwiches down our throats, and then Danny Hupfer stood up and approached the brown, light, perfect cream puffs sort of reverently. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

In color the shell was deep cream, touched here and there with fading pink. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Stroll around Bar Harbor, get ice cream at Ben & Bill’s, eat steamed lobster at Thurston’s, maybe try Nonna’s, the new Southern Italian place in Spruce Harbor that got a rave in Down East.. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing a silk bonnet like me, and it smells like the shea butter cream Mom puts in her hair before she twists it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

They ate double scoops of Rocky Road ice cream. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

You simply did not find cans of peaches and applesauce and creamed corn on the back shelves of markets. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of his bed and sobbed, tears carving tiny paths through the shaving cream on his cheeks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The table held books, a jar of hand cream, Forrest’s eyeglass case, and an empty charger. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Even the whites are not white, but a pale cream color. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had never seen ice, let alone ice cream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the thick cream paper, saw the seal at the top, and stopped talking. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Like everyone else, Palmer ate his ice cream and cake, but he wasn’t hungry. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It’s just something we do occasionally, like wearing 3-D glasses for a movie, like eating ice cream too fast on purpose to see who gets a headache, maybe even like stealing each other’s lunches. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Up there, for once, were clouds, great bulging towers that sprouted away over the island, grey and cream and copper-colored. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I packed a bag of sour cream and onion chips that I found in our kitchen cabinet, an outdoor blanket for all of us to sit on, and a pack of playing cards. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The cream cakes appeared then, and the conversation took a lighter turn. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I open the freezer and grab a pint of mint chip ice cream, find a spoon, and head to my room. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I imagine I’d been shoving that ice cream dish under her nose for five or six weeks before somehow it began to sink in that she wasn’t like the rest. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No,” he said calmly, "it’s shaving cream, you idiot.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

The beer had a nice bitter taste after the ice cream and it made her drunk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But they didn’t, and when we came back in after set theory, the cream puffs were still there, cooling in the circulating air coming in beneath the clean lower windows. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The square, squat, modern ice cream shop where her old home had been was open, and a man was peering out the window at her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I looked at the huge plate of ice cream and toppings and whipped cream. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Twenty-four cream puffs—brown, light, perfect cream puffs—waiting to be eaten after lunch. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

My reply soured the cream in her voice. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We carefully place the bag of liquid ice cream into the plastic jug. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I scooped out another spoonful of ice cream. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was studying the crank and wondering where to find instructions for making ice cream by hand. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s $213 left in Molly’s savings account from the minimum-wage job she had last summer scooping ice cream in Bar Harbor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Kaira scooped the ice cream into two plastic bowls and gave them each one. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

We’re about to go into the family room and offer tastes to everyone, when I notice a ziplock bag of ice cream melting on the counter. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Think of something you could never get at home. What do you want, an ice cream cake?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A shiny jar of some sort of medicinal cream lay on its side, the lid on the floor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The sun crossed the cold blue sky and then moved down to the southwest, gilding the clouds and tinting the vapor around the mountain every shade of cream and scarlet, of apricot and orange. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Speaking later to a reporter, Moore disingenuously explained, “We just decided we wanted to cool off, to get some ice cream or milk shakes.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

For once, his luck held, Petey and TimeStar were still in the basement workshop, discussing their own futile strategies, looking as depressed as the ice cream shop Clock Watchers. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Kaira sat on the floor and ate her ice cream right out of the carton. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing a baseball cap and eating an ice cream cone. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Just cake and ice cream,” Palmer’s mother had said, “that’s all.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

They had the best homemade ice cream—so good that she once splatted just to get another taste of it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was important to me that the organic ice cream came from cows that did not receive injections of growth hormone to boost their productivity. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We paid him as fast as we could, jumped out of the cab, and started walking toward the ice cream shop. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And then I am startled once again to realize that Harold has never noticed that I don’t eat any of the ice cream he brings home every Friday evening. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d choose spending time with him over peanut butter chocolate ice cream. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I had a red ice lolly from an ice cream van. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Listening to that woman was like licking melted ice cream off the carton. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

In the evenings we walked to the Charles River to watch sailboats drift across the water, or had ice cream cones in Harvard Yard. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the cream was ready, Ma scalded the long wooden churn-dash, put it in the churn, and dropped the wooden churn-cover over it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember eating ice cream in the back seat of the Buick, and a long blank drive in the dark, and then pulling up in front of Linda’s house. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s focus on the ice cream problem. Can’t we just pour the mixture into plastic bags and stick it in the freezer?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Automatically she poured a cup of coffee and placed it for him and put the sugar bowl and the cream pitcher in front of it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can only hope it covers two chocolate cupcakes with cream filling. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

The soft powders and pencils and warm creams relax me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe there was still frost on the metal foil around the expensive lemon ice cream. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Black? No cream or sugar at all?” asked Grace. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dasch greedily ate two salads and a hearty slice of coconut cream pie. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Like how anti-itch cream erased the pain of a bee sting but didn’t repel the bee itself. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In a cream linen suit descending from a train. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just as likely that President Lyndon B. Johnson himself would walk into the classroom as Mrs. Baker would give me a cream puff. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Store-bought ice cream is cheap, but for Felicia, making ice cream from scratch is part of the ritual that began after her husband left in 1966. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nico and he were wandering along the esplanade when Jason spotted the guy with wings buying an ice cream bar from a street cart. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Petra bought two hot chocolates with whipped cream, and they headed through French doors into what looked like a giant living room. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Last night Mr. Singh went to the warehouse to pick up a shipment of ice cream, like he usually does,” he said. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Illyrio smiled as his serving men spooned out bowls of black cherries in sweet cream for them both. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Darling,” Mrs. Levy began, but Miss Trixie had fallen asleep on her side, her creamed face smearing the couch. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A lots of cream and sugar up the spoon just a little bit.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day they met, Rossolimo was sitting on a sofa, eating a bagel with lox and cream cheese, and he spoke to Bobby with his mouth full. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We once played this game where I would close my eyes, he’d take a spoonful of whatever flavors were available in his freezer, and I had to guess which ice cream it was. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

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

Nana tossed creamed corn and green beans and artichoke hearts into our cart. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Can tomorrow be an ice cream day for me?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been eyeing thin strips of sugar maple in a dreamy cream color to use for my floor. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

There are pyramids of imported chocolates, an ice cream counter, aisles and aisles of fancy cookies and canned gourmet food, ticking away like little clocks toward the obsolescence dates stamped on their packages. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Ferris wheel chimes happy as an ice cream truck. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m getting ice cream,” I say, moving toward the stairs, and Bieber collides with my legs in his eagerness to follow. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Or, if we got everything done fast, we could get back to Davis early and actually get some ice cream at J.P. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Don’t ask me how I knew they were cream puffs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Read in the paper, afternoon paper, what they ordered for their last meal? Ordered the same menu. Shrimp. French fries. Garlic bread. Ice cream and strawberries and whipped cream. Understand Smith didn’t touch his much.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point in her dream her daddy had appeared, only he was possessing Richard Caruthers, giving Ophie a dollar so that she could go see a movie and get an ice cream cone. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The first batch of ice cream is so bland, it tastes like paper. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Beyond the doors, in the entrance hall, was a large display cabinet that had once held drinks and ice cream. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have anything decent in there to eat, do you?” he said, peering into the refrigerator as I opened the door to take out the cream. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She pops a raspberry cream puff in her mouth, chewing quickly, then takes three madeleine cookies. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I made a white cream frosting, and it was perfect, too. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hagar believed she could spend her life there among the cut glass, shimmering in peaches and cream, in satin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a large silver tray, and on it were a pewter teapot, two paper-thin white teacups, sugar, cream, and an open box of chocolates. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t send Billy out for ice cream or strawberries, since the atmosphere outside the dome was cyanide, and the nearest strawberries and ice cream were millions of light years away. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was allowed to submit a list to stock the kitchen, but apparently it was too hard to get Helados on short notice—all that’s in the freezer is UK-brand packaged ice cream cones. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Sweetheart, no one says yes to ice cream and a second later changes their mind for no reason. What’s going on?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Ham and cheese, cake and ice cream. Anything you’re looking for.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the medicine cabinet were three kinds of deodorant, shaving cream, a razor, and two bottles of face wash. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I told you to stop using that bleaching cream,” she murmured to the vast expanse above her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

—Going for ice cream after practice, even though you always said you weren’t going to stop, but you always did. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To her surprise, finding herself once again in the gloomy three-room apartment, Ashima misses the hustle-bustle of the hospital, and Patty, and the Jell-O and ice cream brought at regular intervals to her side. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she held out the packet of bandages and the tube of antiseptic cream. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I decided that to be safe I’d better get the cream puffs—even if it meant asking for an advance on my allowance. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

They probably got balloons and welcome-home banners and toys and ice cream—just like Finn said—hours ago. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We went in and found that every hiker for twenty miles was already there, several of them sitting around a wood stove eating chili or ice cream and looking rosy cheeked and warm and clean. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The woman wrapped the cream in several layers of red tissue. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sam got some ice cream and some milk and a blender. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Ice cream is delicious. I don’t blame you for that. But this feels like Give Up Ice Cream, not Get Ready to Fight Ice Cream.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the only thing running through her head was the tagline of a commercial for acne cream: Don’t pop and poke! Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

So he did an end-around on the unfortunate taste by drowning his java in cream, for which Katherine gently teased him that afternoon. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” she said calmly, suppressing a giggle but not the sarcasm in her voice, “what’s the matter with my rough tough little cream puff this afternoon?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lena cannot eat ice cream,” says my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Also, stop eating all the ice cream. Leave some for me next time.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The ice cream melted, and it went down easily and stayed down. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They laugh, enjoying their ice cream cones as they walk down a path. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Rubble heaps are the remains of friends’ houses, of the corner shop where we bought ice cream, of our local bakery. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

A third was selling deep-fried ice cream sandwiches. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The hand that touches me is lumpy in its northern mitten, the skin of the wrist between mitten and jacket cuff brownish, like coffee with double cream. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s going to judge our fusion ice cream?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Rangoon. Deep-fried dumplings with crab, garlic, and cream cheese inside.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I wish I could stand in the sun and run to the ice cream truck and buy a chocolate cone and eat it really fast before it melts all over my hands. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He wiped his finger, smearing the cream onto the surface of the table. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

After our fourth and final meeting with Dr. B, Dad and I go out for ice cream and miniature golf. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The cream of the crop,” she called them. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See. We’re not the same. You make yourself feel good helping poor kids. Who needs it? We’ve got ice cream trucks on the avenue, Stop & Shops, trees in Bronx Park. What else does anyone need?” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The boudoir is a jeweled caisse: all pink, cream, and gold, with the scent of roses wafting through the air, and three crystal chandeliers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I’m all dressed up in a new hand-me-down outfit—a rosebud-embroidered skirt and a cream blouse with little plastic pearl buttons. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a teenager he preferred sailing camp or scooping ice cream during the summers to going to Calcutta. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I tasted the heavy cream and I thought: Ugh, this must be how milk tastes in America! How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As the pasta cooked, Grandma and I made the cheese sauce by adding the grated cheeses to milk and heavy cream in a pot. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The ground rumbled as another grenade exploded, sending spirals of whipped cream into the sky. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see...earlier I was eating ice cream. Right now I’m tossing this quoit ring.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I followed up a solid base of meatballs with a couple of packaged cupcakes and washed them down with a can of cream soda. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He bought her pretty clothes, and took her for ice cream. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was a bowl of tinned peaches and ice cream to follow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. McCullough, she was sure, must have an array of bath products at her disposal: all those lotions and soaps and creams made just for babies, rich with shea butter and almond oil and lavender. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He said he didn’t know much about breast cancer, but he did know that ice cream is the secret to feeling better when the treatment makes you feel sick. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And later, for several hours after that, I sat hunched on the fire escape landing outside my bedroom, retching back into the ice cream container. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ice cream here. Get your ice cream here.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I opened the door of the medicine cabinet and found little jars and tubes of face cream lined up inside. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Sister, for everything,” she said, her voice as smooth and sweet as cream. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"Willow doesn't want to have a session today. But we were thinking maybe we would all go for ice cream. Chocolate-dipped cones would be nice." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

For sure, the icing made all the difference, but Stella wasn’t sure how to make her writing like creamed sugar. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We walked around all day, buying ice cream and Vimto drinks. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She had whipped cream, scooped tiny cakes from the baking tin, made ravioli, and stirred sauces. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom, Dad, and I had cake and ice cream and played Monopoly, which Dad declared was the greatest game ever invented. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

All my anger at her over the last week evaporates in a haze of worry about the ice cream machine. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And as he did so a foam, something like shaving cream though flecked with pink-hued blood from the lungs, mushroomed at the deceased’s mouth and nose. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was the time when me and Diego and my moms all went to some ice cream place about two months after we found out my pop wasn’t coming home from the war. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be sorry. It’s not your fault. I’ve been mean to you and that wasn’t right. How about if I bring you an ice cream sandwich? Would you like that?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He thought about Roza sitting in the back booth at the Chat ’n’ Chew, waiting with two ice cream sundaes and a lot to say. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We made vats of ice cream and lay in the sun. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Fiona persuaded me to get an ice cream with her, and we walked to the end of Bearskin Neck with our cones. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She also puts some of her pimple cream on my face, though I don’t really need it—but then, neither does she. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Dessert consists mainly of a gargantuan tiered cake shaped to resemble circus tents and frosted in stripes, the filling within a bright shock of raspberry cream. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The next week it was a jar of cold cream. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls are painted pale cream, the carpet is light blue, and sitting in the middle is a black Steinway baby grand piano. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Each glistening eclair is a grenade aimed at Celia’s political beliefs, each strawberry shortcake proof—in butter, cream, and eggs—of Lourdes’s success in America, and a reminder of the ongoing shortages in Cuba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was thin, the color of coffee and cream, with her hair done in fresh finger curls. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Ruby has an even layer of fresh cream underneath her freckles. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I hear they give you ice cream at revival centers.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, we talk about words, but it’s not the same as other teachers. Like we never use paper. Ever. He has me write letters in blue or pink sand. Or sometimes in shaving cream.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A bare space surrounded by paper screens and curtains of raw silk, perfumed with the scent of ginger and cream. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was a legitimate sound of home, one that would remind the Meecham children of their youth more strongly than the singing bells of ice cream trucks or the cadences of lullabies. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember Papa sometimes taking a break from work to join us. From street vendors, he would buy us handmade waffle cones filled with delicious, rich cream.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each of those nights, after applying cold cream and braiding her hair, which she tied up at the end with a black cotton string, she turned from me and wept; she missed her parents. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Olly stirs the milk and chocolate together while his dad gets the whipped cream, also freshly made, from the fridge. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

So they paid for their ice cream and crossed the street to the Magical Menagerie. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She starts rubbing cream around her eyes, then takes cotton and wipes off darkness. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Last week I seen some girl named Beth in here staring at him like he was chocolate ice cream she couldn’t wait to spoon up. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can get cheeseburgers quite regularly in Shenandoah National Park, and Coca-Cola with ice, and french fries and ice cream, and a good deal else. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then Richard adds in a lower voice, “Like a kid eating ice cream for the very first time.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In my memory of this story’s telling—in our kitchen in Isfahan—the man finished his tale and popped another cream puff into his mouth. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Now don’t you go telling Dr. Rashid about the cream,” she says. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They rose to find the ice cream store. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie was working a wedge of coconut cream, and he didn’t take his eyes off the pie but jerked his chin in the general direction of the dwindling crowd around the dwindling fellowship fire. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

There, standing in the doorway, grinning like the cat that got into the cream, is Jackson. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Stepping inside, I saw a white bedroom set with cream sheets. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

An ice cream date just sounded so…cute. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Two mocha almond fudge for Sarah and a cherry cream and key lime for me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She squeezes down next to me on the chaise, so close I catch a scent of the lavender cream she wears. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

One afternoon after school, after a snack of ice cream with caramel sauce, she flipped through the cable channels and stopped at a documentary about some guy named Stephen Hawking. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The small shop sold newspapers, magazines, toys, games, ice cream, sundries, and of course, candy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stared ahead at all of the people walking around Davis and licked my ice cream before it could melt all over me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The mutt had an ice cream wrapper stuck to his back paw like a shoe; his other paws were covered in mud. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The larger theaters offer a bit more, but it's still mainly candy and ice cream sold by a vendor with a tray around his neck. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

At least my battle with bad skin felt like a disorder I could somewhat control, but there were no over-the-counter creams or prescription pills that could decrease the size of my famously large Persian nose. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She’d take me for ice cream even if we hadn’t eaten dinner yet. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He pelts me with sherry glasses, whiskey glasses, assorted ham sandwiches, items from his wife’s dressing table, powders, creams, brushes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I try to hold on to the sweetness for a long time, cuz it’ll probably be a while before I get ice cream again. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s a little something to make this special day extra special. Like sprinkles on an ice cream sundae.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He found the cartridges for his Nintendo DS, his yo-yo, and the zit cream and crammed them into his pockets. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Now he watched the purple recede blotchily from Uncle Vernon’s face, making it look like badly mixed black currant ice cream. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Lucile had a special and there was a breast of chicken cut up fine, cream of wheat, and carrots for Baby. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They loved playing tag or card games with campaign staff during the quieter moments and made a point of finding an ice cream shop in every new place they went. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Just past the frozen vegetables and ice cream, there's a chest packed with ice. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Go get the cream and bandages and let me fix that for you.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

As Aly and I spread thick cold cream on our faces, we talked about what the Olympic experience might be like this time around. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We’d have a new apartment with pale cream carpets that never got dirty and modern wallpaper with no flowers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He began to stir the spoon, observing the way the dark liquid of the cup slowly moved into the cream. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing wrong with that. Just promise me that Shanticeuticals will not have a bleaching cream.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Besides milk they got cream and butter from it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Baker just said, ‘For another cream puff.’ The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Corn feeds the dairy cows that produce the milk, cheese, and ice cream. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We drink more tea, eat way too much ice cream, and then Emery has to leave. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I always get the banana cream cheesecake for dessert. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“What kind of ice cream did I order?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

So it was all worth celebrating over a huge mound of ice cream in the student center. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My drawing takes shape under my hand: lemon for the stars, cream for the moon, pine for the trees along the fence, charcoal gray for the darkened windows, all but one. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

If anything happened, only vague whispers followed, and this in itself was unusual at an age when there are many secrets and none of them kept long enough to raise a cream. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next she covers my face in a minty-scented cream that hardens into a mask, and I sit there picturing how crazy I look with my eyes covered in vegetables and my face like a ghost’s. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There are dozens of different soups and salad dressings, cases stuffed with frozen dinners and ice cream and meat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Micah’s words pop into my head: If it's ice cream, text me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They didn’t even get a lousy ice cream. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d steal the cream from their cups and the coins from their pockets. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It holds a china teapot and cups, cream and sugar, and a plate of cookies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hot— too hot for a roast, but I’ll do one anyway, because Tom loves roast beef, and we can have ice cream afterwards to cool us down. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cream will not straighten my nose or take a foot off my height. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Making ice cream isn’t as easy as it sounds, even with a sleek, metallic machine like the Breville 3000 Ice Cream Maker. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It's gone in a moment, but after years of rejecting her Light & Lovely skin-bleaching cream, I know what makes her wince. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Goat's milk would have to substitute for cream. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’m spreading cream cheese on a bagel now. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then at one point I turned my head to suck the ice cream out of the bottom of my cone, and that’s when I saw him: August. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Mom did not leave us because of ice cream!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got eighteen cans of cream soda in my room,” he blurted and then wished he hadn’t. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I selected some Oil of Olay face cream and new toothbrushes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He bought an ice cream cup and pressed the frosty paper container against his cheeks and temples until the fever in his face disappeared. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wished, though, Kainene would not take so much of the cream, so that it would last as long as possible. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We each bring our slices of cake and scoops of ice cream inside. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I start laughing, and I am eating ice cream, and I am not afraid. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing him is better than any record I’ve ever heard, better than ice cream all day on your birthday. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

All that cream blended and made the room seem wider, as if it never ended, as if you could not run even if you wanted to, because there was nowhere to run to. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That was some good ice cream,” Mom says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

After a concert she usually had a bowl of ice cream. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I used the ice cream machine on Friday after class. I’m really sorry.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A tray holding warm apple juice, Jell-O, ice cream, and cold baked chicken is brought to her side. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So that is how it ended for me and Katz—with a six-pack of cream soda in Milo, Maine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I had stolen a halfgallon of strawberry ice cream from the freezer, and I forced spoonful after spoonful down my throat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the ice creams out, one by one, and set them on the table. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The inflatable shark naturally led to the puddle of heavy cream, which, if lapped from the floor with slow, steady precision, could account for up to twenty minutes of valuable stage time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“And prunes and creamed corn and cranberry sauce and asparagus ...” “All that?” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Baba gave us each a weekly allowance of ten Afghanis and we spent it on warm Coca-Cola and rosewater ice cream topped with crushed pistachios. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

An hour or so later Mama came home, and she looked at me and asked me if I wanted some ice cream that she had bought me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Like instead of just a plain scoop of cold ice cream, a scoop with some chocolate chips hidden inside. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They told stories about brownies, who helpfully did the chores overnight in exchange for a bowl of cream. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she’d finished cleaning off the dried blood, she dabbed some antiseptic cream on. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Do you take cream or sugar with your tea?” the woman continued as if nothing unusual had occurred. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The way he was holding his little sister’s hand, explaining about ice cream, the way he smooshed Delilah’s ears-really, it was a different side of his personality. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Since the hour he had arrived in the Red Ke^p, Lady Tanda had been stalking him, armed with a never-ending arsenal of lamprey pies, wild boars, and savory cream stews. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Since you haven’t been there in a while and you live so close. I can even get you a free ice cream cone.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She falls into a cream love seat tufted with multicolored cloth buttons and stares into the fireplace. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was thick with leeks, carrots, barley, and turnips white and yellow, along with clams and chunks of cod and crabmeat, swimming in a stock of heavy cream and butter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was not till they were eating a delicate cream cheese that M. Bouc allowed his attention to wander to matters other than nourishment. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Connor never ate lunch, he wouldn’t eat ice cream with me, and now he didn’t want to have dinner at my house. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“White people know how to do ice cream,” he said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She did love her family, loved all of them, and would read them books or help them make ice cream or give them pretty shells she had found. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Next will come cream of asparagus soup topped with blue cheese crumbles, then sauteed chicken in a mushroom-raisin-wine sauce garnished with curlicues of carrot and sprigs of fresh cilantro. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I take an ice cream from a shop and eat it. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I text him back that all is well, skip the fact that we’re stopping for ice cream—he’ll worry about ice cream on my dress! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We’d run into the TV room in time to catch the commercials with colored people using deodorant, shaving cream, and wash powder. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the news-stand she bought a copy of "Town Tattle" and a moving-picture magazine and, in the station drug store, some cold cream and a small flask of perfume. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

When the guests at Tamar’s wedding ate the cream puffs, they could taste the truest thing in all the world at that moment—the baker’s pain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When they run, they remind me of the sound of the ice cream cart in Phnom Penh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For dessert we had a peanut butter and jam sandwich or vanilla ice cream. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Lev's going to typeset it on a cream paper, with an orange cover. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They used a homemade gadget for scraping corn off the cob and added globs of butter, cream, and salt. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

That was enough to buy one gallon of Neapolitan ice cream, which she said was not only delicious but had lots of calcium and would be good for our bones. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My ice cream had completely melted in the bowl, so I slurped up the minty liquid left behind. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As I draw my finger through the gooey cream, I think about the words “learning differences.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was like trying to eat the ice cream around the nuts. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Did you guys see what he was doing at lunch? He spread ice cream all over his pizza. It was so nasty!” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The cat had gorged itself on cream and was lying like a side of bacon in the middle of the tea party. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She ate her ice cream slowly and the line between her eyes deepened and Francie knew that she was figuring something out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

All my favorite things: creamed chicken, steak on the grill, fried rockfish, chocolate chip cookies. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I reach over and place her glass canoe of ice cream in the space between her elbows. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He buys me ice cream every time I ask, even if it’s before dinner. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t how families work or how ice cream runs work,” I said. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She holds a plastic cup of ice cream and sits next to me while bopping her head to the deejay’s latest beat. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I take my place behind a little stand near the train tracks, where they used to sell ice cream, while Helena starts bouncing the ball Mr. Szymczak has put air in. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

After ice cream, Dad takes us to the same thrift store where I saw the piano over a month ago. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then I apply the burn cream to his chest. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Matthew zoomed in on an old-fashioned light-up sign jutting out from an ice cream shop across the street. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Amaka piled almost everything on her dish—jollof rice, fufu and two different soups, fried chicken and beef, salad and cream—like someone who would not have an opportunity to eat again soon. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Several sailors did imitations of Cockney boys begging for a treat as Marston hammed it up as an ice cream vendor. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“I won’t be needing a delivery tomorrow, neither milk nor cream. I’m going away.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He has me up against Bennie’s potato-chip rack faster than you can say sour cream and onion. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The twins complain that they’ve had nothing but ice cream to eat for days, that their mother dances with Ivanito and warns them of the dangers of daylight. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did you have to give me that ice cream?” she said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pinch more salt, a touch less cream. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The way I was holding it, it looked like a scoop of loathsome fish ice cream sticking out of a wool blanket cone. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a gold mine, and a gift shop, and a museum, and a soda shop. You could get yourself an ice cream.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Jake ordered room service and scarfed down a fancy cheeseburger and two of those handmade ice cream sandwiches. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She loved Chinese food and cheeseburgers and going for ice cream with friends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I do the normal post-breakup things—eating ice cream out of the carton, listening to better-off-without-him music, choosing a new profile photo for my Facebook page. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone gathered to gobble the cake and ice cream. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Mom unzips her cosmetics bag in the bathroom, lining her preferred shampoos and conditioners along the edge of the bathtub, her skin creams and cleansing tonics across the counter. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“How can you say no to free ice cream?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Home of the best ice cream in Boston. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mom and Ron were hanging out in the family room, even though he wasn’t part of our family I went to the kitchen to get some dehydrated ice cream. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or she would skip the meat and cream altogether and serve crab cakes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They brought plates of cold ham and chicken, bowls of fruit salad, caramel pudding and ice cream. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

All kinds of snacks and drinks were set out on the counter, including caviar, champagne, and the fixings to make ice cream sundaes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

There’s a dessert station with an assortment of pies, cakes, and ice cream. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Papa would lodge me between his knees or wrap me in the cream blanket that smelled of safety. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stirred his ice cream again and again. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Margit gave them milk tea and warm pancakes with sour cream and jam. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

All it means when you’re “going out” is that you hang out together and meet each other at the lockers and sometimes go to the ice cream shop on Amesfort Avenue after school. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He was scanning the ice cream, looking for the perfect kind—one with chunks of real, actual strawberries—when another familiar face appeared, reflected in the glass. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Emma came into the room with a stack of bowls, a half gallon of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, and a scooper. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

In my bag I kept a damp sponge, dyes, cleansing cream and Kleenex. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get it wet for two weeks. Make sure you keep the cream on it. You’ve done this before.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

A few hours later another pirogue came by, this one with an old man inside, a tuft of grizzled white hair on his head like a dollop of cream. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Because as I limped past Goldman’s Best Bakery, the front window was filled with cream puffs. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The four of them ate it with ice cream, and then Zorya Vechernyaya made everyone go out of the sitting room, and made up a very fine-looking bed on the sofa for Shadow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

And how I got twenty-two cream puffs for two dollars and eighty cents less than I should have—plus two more free, since they come cheaper by the dozen. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

We ate blue cake and ice cream until we couldn’t eat anymore. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When that happened, one of my teachers would tell Miss Pullum—the lady who supervised our school cafeteria—to give me some ice cream. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s enough to turn the ice cream to poison in my stomach. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“If you pay five hundred ice creams you can come out of jail?” he asked. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baker, who had somehow gotten up onto her desk, looked at me, then at the cream puff, and then back at me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Only when we’re back home, trying to figure out what dinner would be good on top of too much ice cream, does he ask me who they were. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The other Low Cuts watched Bit the hustler, Bit who could turn ninety cents into nine bucks—into ice cream—turn into a son. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The frankfurters and cheese and sour cream is all gone, so I got to be watching for table scraps again and go out can collecting soon. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s got ice cream on it! Not melted or anything.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Over there? That’s the Scoop Sloop, where we get ice cream sometimes. I’ll get you some vanilla yogurt next time we go.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“How did you not know they were forever? Isn’t that like saying you didn’t know ice cream was cold?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“She was saving them for cream tarts this afternoon.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

Exciting because there was a shop at Neels Gap, at a place called the Walasi-Yi Inn, where you could buy sandwiches and ice cream. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The governor of the state of California bought every single eleventh-grade Pioneer ice cream sandwiches. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They all sat down with their ice cream. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

A cream goose statue sat on the sideboard. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“First one who finishes their food gets a scoop of ice cream!” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I needed to get high right away, so I tried a whip cream bottle, but it did nothing for me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Most of the time, she wears skintight spandex dresses that make her body resemble a soft-serve ice cream cone. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Knowing my brother, probably some broken-down, ancient ice cream maker somebody’s selling on a ‘Please take my trash’ app.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, we don’t have an ice cream machine, so we don’t have a choice,” she replies. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The food arrives, and it is not pasta and veal pounded thin, but creamed chicken over biscuits, and hamburger steak and gravy with peas and rolls and mashed potatoes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

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

She was like that, excited and delighted by little things, crossing her fingers before any remotely unpredictable event, like tasting a new flavor of ice cream, or dropping a letter in a mailbox. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Sorry, we've run out of cream and lemons. Please help yourself to some homemade pastries." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, sure, if you think you’ll like it. There’s a little cream. Help yourself, sweet pea.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“My aunt always brings this cake for our Fourth of July barbeque where she puts strawberries and blueberries on whipped cream to make an American flag,” Emily says. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

An ice cream truck played “Pop Goes the Weasel” in the distance. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Johnson was eating his second dish of ice cream. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been permitted to sit up till after the ice cream, which naturally marked the limit of human indulgence. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she stops, I keep going, Dizzy and sick — Inside my belly A merry-go-round Of hot dog, chips, Pink lemonade, And cake with ice cream. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The baby was playing with her mother’s creams. She got some on her arm, and when she got near the candle, it caught her.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She stood at their booth holding up two large canisters, both dripping with condensation from the cold ice cream inside. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

By the time we’re done with all that shopping, all I can think about is that bleaching cream in my pocket and how I can’t wait to get home and try it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Clara wore a dress of brown and cream velvet, and her feathered mask, in comparison, made her look like a sparrow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Instead of chocolate creams in a heart-shaped box. Instead of a big house and a great big car. Instead of long trips . . .” “Porter.” “. . . in a clean white boat.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Mellower talked so much, ice cream melted off his spoon and ran down his shirt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the streets, vendors with pushcarts made their way through the throngs, hawking hot dogs and ice cream cones. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Those two have had back luck twice already, what with that ice cream business, now with the restaurant. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cheek was slick with rosemary-scented cream, cool and smooth to the touch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Earl Grey ice cream with halwa chunks,” she tells everyone, but her voice is flat. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Percy was eating a piece of pie, which for some reason was completely blue—filling, crust, even the whipped cream. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I even forgot about the ice cream, which Mrs. Moss had only offered in front of the worker to make it seem like she was a good foster parent. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Her face was light-skinned, but her complexion was from bleaching creams—her hands were the dark brown color of Boumvita with no milk added. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

At first the splashes of cream showed thick and smooth around the little hole. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or the bagel shop that sells cups of ice cream that you eat with tiny wooden paddles. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I could use a bowl of lemon ice cream,” said Mrs. Windermere. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, a Bean Heaven employee with long blond dreadlocks inserts himself into our awkward little tableau with a big plate of scones, jam, and thick cream. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

One hand leaned on a metal cane identical to Deborah’s, the other held a large paper plate with at least a pint of ice cream on it, probably more. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Five kids watched through the screen while she inspected the ice cream straight off. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

People responded that he was being sent coconut ice cream and Soviet arms via diplomatic pouch. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She produced an oblong cake of soap in a black case, a hydrating mask, a vial of cell renewal drops, and two tubes of face cream. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She handed Lyddie a cup of her boiled coffee, thick with cream and maple sugar. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

At the celebration in town, ice cream dripped before you could get your cone licked even once around. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she was getting some dehydrated ice cream for me, or dropping something off at the post office. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs at our hero’s breakfast, I didn’t think I could eat anything, but ice cream felt good going down my throat, and so I ate and ate. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two cream cheese and marmalade sandwiches lay wrapped in napkins by Camilla’s plate. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We’d always done things as a threesome, riding our bikes around the neighborhood, going to the park for ice cream, playing board games at my house, and watching movies at Audrey’s. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was a piece of warm sweet potato pie with some white fluffy stuff called whipped cream swopped all over the top of it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She wiped her mouth and set aside the rest of the ice cream. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone was more upset at not getting ice cream than they were about finding another you-know-what. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“What kind of ice cream did I order this week?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

That night, I sat through supper trying to decide where I could take Meryl Lee on an allowance that I had to string together for three weeks just to get some cream puffs. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

There was a bakery store to one side of it which sold beautiful charlotte russes with red candied cherries on their whipped cream tops for those who were rich enough to buy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was healthier too, what with the temptation of the ice cream that the cafeteria sold for dessert. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Sam gave up halfway through her chocolate cream pie: the slice was half the size of her head. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It was a dusty, battered tube of ordinary antiseptic cream, such as Will could have bought in any pharmacy in his world. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like people in history didn’t have whipped cream until a company started selling canisters that squirt out runny foam. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We ran past Goldman’s Best Bakery and smelled the latest batch of cream puffs sending their scent through the open windows. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Miss Love must of used some of her freckle-cover cream to fade the bruises and lighten the blackness around his eyes. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

While Dudley lolled around watching and eating ice cream, Harry cleaned the windows, washed the car, mowed the lawn, trimmed the flower beds, pruned and watered the roses, and repainted the garden bench. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The girl in the video has thick hair like mine, and she pats it down with white cream from a jar that she displays on the screen. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Every fiber of my body wanted that creamy cheese and those eggs and the ice cream that had already melted. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s almost like June, when we would get out our sundresses and our sandals and go for an ice cream cone. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Sara and I have to figure out how to make ice cream without an ice cream maker.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She cut slices of sponge cake and served them with ice cream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Molasses was always dripping down the sides, like ice cream melting down a cone. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Ms. Whitlock held the mic just under my chin like a mother holding an ice cream cone for a kid to lick. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The sound of the ice cream churning outside sounds like bones crunching. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Pitchers of thick cream and baskets of blackberries had been set out, and the guests were sipping a sweet orange-scented wine from engraved silver cups. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Colette grasped the edge of the table and pulled herself to her feet, knocking over the cream pitcher. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had a slice of pumpkin and of banana cream. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She garnished it liberally with whipped cream, plunked two spoons on the table, sat down and indicated that Francie do the same. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Lina remembered having creamed corn once, as a thrilling treat, when she was five years old. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

“And candy apples, and ice cream, and lemonade!” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Shawn wanted ice cream so we got milkshakes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In winter the cream was not yellow as it was in summer, and butter churned from it was white and not so pretty. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that she went through her beauty routine, a cleansing, creaming ritual, which on Saturday nights included washing her hair. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s carrying a grocery bag with coconut flakes and pistachios to garnish our ice cream. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I rub my fingers along the beautiful cream of the damask-printed paper. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Lunch turned out to be a massive affair, with a thick soup, fresh rye bread, onion rolls, bagels, cream cheese, scrambled eggs, smoked salmon, and chocolate pudding. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She imagined how she would describe it to Babcia, the silvery black paint, the cream leather interior, the dashboard that looked like the cockpit of a spaceship. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“So lie. Tell him the ones from the Boston house. The cream ones with the embroidery.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

In a neighboring village, there was an African dance-hall known as Ntselamanzi, which catered to the cream of local black society and was off-limits to undergraduates. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe had piled his plate high with meat loaf and potatoes and creamed corn. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Too lemony, is what the problem is. And not enough cream cheese.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was also an ice cream scoop next to them. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tender freshwater shrimp garnished with cream and rose leaves, devilled barley pearls in acorn purée, apple and carrot chews, marinated cabbage stalks steeped in creamed white turnip with nutmeg. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It gave all the pleasure that ice cream could give, without the stiffness and bitter coldness of ice cream. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

No brownstones with the cement stoops where you could watch the buses, ice cream trucks, and taxis ride by. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She rubs the cream in my hair with both hands. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If you double the size of the chips in chocolate chip ice cream and say on the package, “New! Bigger Chocolate Chips!” and charge five to ten cents more, that seems honest and fair. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I made $4.50 an hour to eat ice cream all day. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Get me a small sweet cream with a boatload of jimmies. Chocolate.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The nicer boys among us thought, buy her ice cream first; dance with her once or twice? Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mom stuck a few candles in some ice cream and we all sang “Happy Birthday.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had left the zit cream back in his room. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

We get into his car, but he doesn't drive to get ice cream—he drives to the neighborhood park. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“How nice of you to remember to bring your plate out,” the Old Lady said, squirting some whipped cream out of a can. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then I get rashes and blisters, but my mother has creams that help. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Brooke told Jule to order vanilla and they poured the espresso over their dishes of ice cream. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

They stayed that way long enough for me to wonder—should Rosaleen and I leave the room?—but finally they unwound themselves, and we all sat with the smell of banana cream pie. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alma finished her ice cream as they talked about the drama club fundraiser. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not allowed to drink coffee, so I order hot chocolate with whipped cream and sprinkles, even though it’s warm out for November. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And so she did not tell him that she grieved for the past, different things on different days, her tablecloths with the silver embroidery, her car, Baby’s strawberry cream biscuits. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the morning she skimmed off the cream to make into butter later. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I forgot — it was the custard creams we hexed —” Within a minute, however, Neville had molted, and once his feathers had fallen off, he reappeared looking entirely normal. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When she woke up that morning, she felt like it was her birthday— like she used to feel on her birthday, back when there was a shot in hell of ice cream. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He shook his head at the cream cheese overload and reached back into the bag. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how the jungle smelled, but whenever I hugged him I smelled wild tree vines beneath his shaving cream and toothpaste. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Lee Lee scrapes the bowl and eats the last morsels of melted ice cream. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I breeze into the kitchen and sure enough, there is a tray of chocolate mousse, the whipped cream dollops just on the verge of sagging. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second quarter started, and Benji returned with ice cream and candy bars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione refused, with a pained look at the way the elves kept bowing and curtsying, but Harry and Ron loaded their pockets with cream cakes and pies. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After a while, I got up and went in the kitchen to help Mrs. Abernathy serve ice cream. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He crosses to the freezer and extracts the box of ice cream cones, showing Alex the name Cornetto across the front. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She stared at her face in the mirror, thinking angrily that all these skin creams were a waste of money, they never did any good. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Before the lion could stop gagging, I shot in two more flavors of ice cream and a freeze-dried spaghetti dinner. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I take two sugars and a giant glug of cream. How do you drink it?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“People talk,” Roza had told Finn once, while they huddled in a booth over ice cream sundaes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

An ice cream vendor near La Arrocera adds, “If you turn them in, they get out, and they come after you. They operate by light of day. There is no law here.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Sitting beside him at last, feeling his warmth as they ate ice cream together and laughed at Lydia's efforts with a cone, Ann believed that maybe things would work out for them after all. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

One morning while Lyddie was churning, just as the cream was breaking into curdles, the cook told Lyddie about the two frogs who fell into the pail of milk. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or they go to one of the hole-in-the-wall tea shops and drink tea in paper cups with heavy cream, asking the waitress in Bengali to bring them bowls of sweet yogurt and haleem. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are no avocado and sprout sandwiches, the coffee is not espresso, the pie is coconut cream and no worse than it was then. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Persian ice cream is mixed with saffron and pistachios. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Wretched with disappointment I leaned against a tree and ate the ice cream. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell my mom wasn’t crazy about the idea, but at this point I could have asked to eat ice cream every night for dinner and she’d have let me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

That action, and a related suit against the ice cream parlor brought by Moore, sparked a six-year battle to integrate the parlor. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Danny was still smiling—and it wasn’t just because Mr. Goldman had brought huge trays of brown, light, perfect cream puffs. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Hope you like cream cheese,” he said, handing me a bagel, still warm. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The meringue cream dripped off the spatula and splattered on the floor, right next to Franz, who was lurking around the kitchen hoping for such a miracle. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When we had water balloon fights in the church parking lot and waited in line for the ice cream truck. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was all random stuff too: a particular kind of shampoo, or a face cream, or even Tylenol PM, which apparently you couldn’t buy in Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You waiting for another cream puff?” she said to me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“If we both finish in time, you may have one of the cream puffs.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m as brown as that ice cream he made me drop. You can see it, on the ground, over there.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Shanti's in the kitchen, eating a giant bowl of cookies 'n' cream ice cream—her go-to substance in times of stress. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Behind the counter, Mr. Paul kept an ice chest full of soda, and on the right side of the display case he kept a cooler filled with ice cream bars. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

A miraculous change had taken place: instead of the gloomy paneling, the walls were painted a bright, cheerful cream, and there were some warm rugs on the floor. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She was still in bed when he came home late in the afternoon, when he showed her his new haircut, his new used suit, blue with cream pinstripes, and the wedding band he’d bought her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday we had mashed potatoes, grapes, chicken glass of milk each ice cream each a big sauce dish full awful good too lemon pie cake don’t you think that is pretty good.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Buzz would bring snacks, astronaut ice cream most of the time. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They had autumn peaches picked from the trees and sliced in golden cream, mounds of wild honey, and apples that Nancy’s little boys had polished until they gleamed rosily against the white cloth. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Goldman told me I should stop by the bakery for some cream puffs “which will cost you not a thing,” and I left. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

We went out for ice cream and she made me a special congratulations card that I still have today, tucked in a box of cherished things under my bed. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I cut through the crowd, emerging minutes later with two hot moon cakes dripping with chilled cream. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I run the potatoes and the cream through the blender before I add it to the white sauce in the pot,” I say. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I ate the fish some hours later, also some bread, jelly, oatmeal, and cream. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candied sweet potatoes, creamed onions, cranberry nut salad, corn pudding, gravy, cheese bread, and not one but two kinds of stuffing. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

‘He can play the harp, too. Go tell him to get the ice cream ready and play you a tune.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If you can put rainbow sprinkles on ice cream, why not Skittles on pie? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He handed me a huge bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream, winked at me, and slipped back out. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Joe and Joyce took the four children out for ice cream and then stopped by a grocery store and bought some basic provisions before dropping them off back at the house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She sent the butler robot for tea with cream and sugar. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"I want an ice cream sundae," said Zero. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She ate the ice cream steadily, then she fell to on the cake again, looking about at the showcases. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have green tea ice cream for dessert, which everyone pretends to like, and then they pile back into their cars. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He finished all the chicken and then all the ice cream. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not finish my creamed corn, broccoli, Rice Krispies, or peanut butter sandwiches. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have ice cream bars in the freezer!” he yells. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

With eggs and rich cream, I made a liquid. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sammy asked for strawberry ripple ice cream topped with peanut butter ice cream. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything we ate had been grown on the farm, with the exception of the cream of mushroom soup that was the sauce in the chicken and broccoli casserole. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Ophie followed the woman’s instructions, pouring the tea into the cup and then preparing it just how Mrs. Caruthers apparently liked it: two cubes, a generous splash of cream. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

All that was needed was a heap—no, three heaps—of sugar, and some hot cream and— Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

That evening we celebrated with extra helpings of ravioli and vanilla ice cream. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The policeman spent the afternoon watching baseball on television, but both Florida teams got creamed—the Devil Rays lost by five, the Marlins hy seven. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eggs and bacon, or pancakes and sausage, or oatmeal with cream and brown sugar. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Levy had stretched Miss Trixie across his favorite couch, the yellow nylon one, and was rubbing skin cream into the old woman’s face. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Doorman finishes his ice cream and laps up the pats from Sophie’s hand and fingers. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She bought an ice cream sandwich and treated Francie to a bite. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Even so, he had no appetite, and when Illyrio offered him a bowl of blackberries in cream he waved it off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Those sorts of earnings flashes are to the news business what vanilla is to the ice cream business—a basic commodity that actually can be made anywhere in the flat world. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

He said he’d go with me another time for a soda or ice cream. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mind skips back over the last weeks, months, and years, trying to remember the last appearance of cream or butter in my life. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her parents had promised they could go get ice cream, rent a video, and sleep as late as they wanted the next morning. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was done up in steel rollers and there was a white dab of face cream on a little place under her chin where a pimple had come out. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘When you was in Canada did you go out and get any fresh snow and eat it with cream and sugar? Once I read where it was mighty good to eat that way.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Mamita went to the graveyard today and left Inca Kola and melting ice cream for me along with her other dead children. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore dark jeans and a cream sweater that was too warm for a Southern California fall. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Pimples on her forehead that no cream could make go away. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He ate ice cream, drank milk, talked with football star Jimmy Brown and other friends, and some reporters. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Goldman added up twenty-two cream puffs in his head “For that you need two more dollars and eighty cents.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He took his shaving cream, her soaps, and some sponges and threw them in a bag. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When you went to bed there was a bowl of cornflakes with sugar and cream. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

J.T. called out as he came across the parking lot, stuffing a pack of caramel creams into his pocket. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I said the next morning, smearing some cream cheese on my bagel. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Pixie ears, pixie eyes, swelling cream T-shirt, licorice miniskirt, leggings that looked sprayed onto her perfect legs, and toffee hair I'd given my soul to bury myself in. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

There was a poodle serving him Frosty Paws ice cream from a paper tub. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Because who can say no to ice cream? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I'm going to write a book about all the different kinds of ice cream, and then share my reviews with people who are wondering what ice cream in South Africa tastes like. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The woman handed him a tiny plastic spoon with three licks' worth of pink ice cream on it. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

That makes her like a brownie with vanilla ice cream—and sardines. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I did too,” Sara says as we get out ingredients for our ice cream recipe. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Why did she let her believe that Penelope was the one taking her out for movies and ice cream? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“What do you say,” he asked as casually as possible, “should we have an ice cream over there in the cafe?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I licked the creamy vanilla ice cream and leaned back against the warm bench. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Rosemary returns with a breakfast tray, and when she pulls off the brown plastic lid I see that she’s put cream and brown sugar on my porridge. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I stopped letting her pay, and gave her extra ice cream. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so nervous, all I could think about was the smear of ketchup on my cream sweater. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were standing in line for ice cream, some boy walked by and told DeNice that she looked like a black Punky Brewster. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

‘We got some strawberry ice cream today,’ he said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her skin lightens to the color of whipped butter and cream. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And upon interviewing the servants, Dr. Darwin had discovered that the toddler was being fed half a cup of cream every morning. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not? I’m not supposed to have cream?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Globes of thinly blown sugar sit on each plate and must be broken open in order to access the clouds of cream within. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

All I want to do is be outside eating ice cream, looking at the sky, and listening to the sounds of summer approaching. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He’d also made creamed onions, wild rice, cranberry sauce, and squash casserole. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mamá Jacinta gives me a giant plate of beans, rice, and shredded beef tostadas covered with sour cream, lettuce, and chopped tomatoes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Eating—cold, cold milk, thick white bread, cheese and cream, ah. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Something made out of ice cream, a sweet.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

When Sara comes back, I announce: “This doodh stuff would taste great mixed with ice cream. Like our own version of cookies and cream.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

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

They’d pulped a coconut, which they were using for shaving cream. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“The first time I got to eat ice cream in a cone instead of in a cup,” she says with no hesitation. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Like an ice cream cone you were really excited about eating, but after one lick, it fell onto the sidewalk. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were cozy, laughing, sharing an ice cream cone. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

We all clap big for the first-place winner, and then the library staff passes out cake and ice cream. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Sonny returns with the pint of ice cream and three spoons. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Finnick sloshes some cream in my cup and reaches into the sugar bowl. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“If I hadn’t wanted that stupid ice cream...if I hadn’t...” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She—” The ice cream I’d eaten was making its way up from my stomach and into my throat. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, on the way home from school, I ate my very first sundae with three kinds of ice cream, pineapples, nuts, chocolate sauce, and marshmallows. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Your grandpa loved ice cream. He always said no one ever matched his vanilla kumquat recipe, which just goes to show that wooden shoe trees don’t help a bit when it’s time to vote.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls are papered with thick lines of black and cream. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He knew he shouldn’t have ice cream for lunch, but he sent her back a confirmation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His skin was the color of strong coffee with skim milk—not cream—added; the undertones were decidedly gray. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana licked custard from a cream puff and stared at their familiar, rumpled neighbors in their summer clothes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t any human being with a beating heart hand me one of the brown, light, perfect cream puffs? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ice cream and poison exploded everywhere, all the little snakes in Kampe’s hair dotted with tutti-frutti. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She had been bicycling through the air, ice cream in her hand and a book floating in front of her face. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Plus, every now and then, the program stops and the TV tells you about all the great things you can buy, like a miracle cream that makes it scientifically impossible to get a pimple. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But I was thinking about a suitcase on the floor, about a face I could never quite see, about the sweet smell of cold cream. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was only the delicious, extravagant, warm, tasty scent of buttery baking crust, and of vanilla cream, and of powdered sugar, still drifting in the heated air. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Eliot drank soda from a paper cup, Mrs. Sen steeped a tea bag with sugar and cream. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“We’re changing our order again. Two of each, and throw in some ice cream bars.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The whites of the eyes she now trained on me were the only place where the cream magic seemed to have worked. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I have this sick feeling like I got when I ate ice cream and played in hot weather too long when I was younger. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I selected deodorant, disposable razors, and shaving cream. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I think thy ice cream sandwich did that. Fair is fair, Percy Jackson. Take the fur.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I scoop up another bite of white chocolate and raspberry ice cream. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I use some moisturizing cream to gather it all up, brush it, and pin it into a neat bun. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then there were harebells, tiny lanterns, cream white and almost sinful looking, and these were so rare and magical that a child, finding one, felt singled out and special all day long. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side I rubbed cream that said “For dry skin.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, who else was going to wander into Goldman’s Best Bakery and be $2.80 short on an order of cream puffs? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Peggy came back with her arms full of cups, saucers, spoons, a jar of cream and a bowl of sugar. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They headed for Central Park, crossing and recrossing it, stopping once for Good Humor ice cream. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gently, Jay’s fingertips smooth the cream into my burn. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Last week she wore one that said, “Teach your kids about taxes—eat 30% of their ice cream!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Even underwater, the cream burned through the rivets on the inside of the tank. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But when I promised him one of my free cream puffs from Goldman’s Best Bakery, he gave in. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She buys each of her kids an ice cream, and they gulp them down quicker than I can believe. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Seth probed the cream of wheat with his spoon. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She was sitting at a table behind Mr. Cunningham’s ice cream shop, eating from a wax-paper container. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Hamilton had a light peaches and cream complexion with violet-blue eyes and auburn-red hair, all of which came together to suggest an animated beam of light to Burr’s somewhat stationary shadow. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Next to the movie theater is the soda shop that sells old-fashioned candy and ice cream. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you both want whipped cream and nuts on your strawberry whirl?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

To induce cream to whip, add a grain of salt. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then, through the open windows, I hear the ice cream truck and kids squealing as they run and play in the streets. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She sat down at a table and put the container of ice cream on it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I got some potatoes, leeks, cream, and a loaf of fresh French bread that been teasin’ my nose all day, charge them to Lizabeth, and head for home. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

That fat would be turned into oil that made a rich cream for skin, and could also be used for cooking. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then he and the rest of the crew chowed down on cantaloupe and ice cream for breakfast before turning out to row in front of Fox Movietone’s newsreel cameras. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We spent the night in her house, sick after having ice cream for dinner. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“An Yi, you use facial cream every day. That is bourgeois ideology. And your long hair is, too. Shame on you. Why don’t you get your hair cut short in a revolutionary style?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After shopping, they’d take us to the play area, eat ice cream, and chat. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And tonight, when they would be getting creamed against the rocks, he would be snug in his bunk, fast asleep. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A moment of doubt creeps in as I wonder how we’re going to churn our ice cream. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile all I really do all day is pour soda over ice cream. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ate ice cream sundaes instead of dinner. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She held up two ice cream cones and smiled, a shopping bag dangling from her arm. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Turtle did, but the dressmaker was a cream puff. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mornings the milk is frozen, the cream risen in icy, granular columns out of the bottle necks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled, gestured over his shoulder with his ice cream bar, and dissolved into the air. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was the first time Francie had ever eaten Jell-O and whipped cream. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crackers and tuna fish or Jell-O without no whip cream. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe an ice cream cone, or ketchup from French fries. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

As I strap on my seat belt, I ask hopefully, “Can we go to Graeter’s? This is an important day. It deserves the best ice cream!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

After three cups of coffee, two pastries and a bowl of rice pudding with cream, Sydelle Pulaski had offered nothing in return. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So what do you say to some cream soda?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But she waves me toward the cupboards, so I ignore the bubbles in my stomach and gather ingredients for making ice cream. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Just the thought of my favorite crêpe—strawberry and banana with Nutella, powdered sugar, and whipped cream—makes my mouth water. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I left the bodega, I had a plastic bag stuffed full of ice cream—mint chip and chocolate and cherry vanilla and caramel swirl and Heath bar crunch. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t mind the cereal if I could soak it in milk, letting the cream gather up the grist and seep into the pellets, but since the revelation we’d been having it with water. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

On the cloth altar, she arranged baskets of food—quinoa and cheese and hard-boiled eggs, and as a special treat for the most recently dead baby, chocolate ice cream and a bottle of Inca Kola. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get me an ice cream sandwich from the freezer?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

By the time I lugged in the dessert tray-rice pudding, lemon biscuits, two creamed pear tarts, and an iced cake- the fire was blazing and the room much warmer. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He does that razor shave stuff with the cream and the towels. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The ice cream stood in neat rows in the opposite freezer. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s more the color of peach ice cream. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the way home from the ice cream place, Jamie, with his chocolate-peanut butter twist, and Bridge, with her banana caramel, walked a few steps behind their parents. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

President Snow pours tea for both of us and fills his with cream and sugar, then takes a long time stirring. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

While he scooped the ice cream, I asked him, “Hey, what did you mean about a rodeo? When was the last time Stagecoach Pass even had a rodeo?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The cream would have eaten through the bolts in seconds, but he didn’t have the time to go all the way back to Sayle Enterprises to get it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I had an ice cream over in the soda shop.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We had it read to us every breakfast, as we sat in the high school cafeteria, eating porridge with cream and brown sugar. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water is the color of coffee with too much cream. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We dip our spoons into the freezer bag full of Earl Grey ice cream with halwa pieces. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a perfect date—lots of exhaust in our cookies ’n’ cream—but the vuvv love customs. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some are like a pot of black coffee, no cream, no sugar. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like when you get to make an ice cream machine out of a bicycle?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Wow, you’re in a good mood,” I tell him as I finish and he pulls a pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream out of the freezer. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it’s the sugar or the chocolate or the cream filling, but the miniature cake makes me feel better. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I have a receipt for the ice cream,” Darren says slowly. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Mom to see the food, since I was only supposed to be seeing a movie and getting ice cream while I was gone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“He forgot ice cream with chocolate sauce on it,” said Mary quickly. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Text me when the movie’s over, so I know you’re heading to the ice cream shop, okay?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she said, “I suppose for an ice cream cone.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It sold the best ice cream on the island. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cream strapless gown Valerie wears hugs tightly around her curves before blooming out in a fish's tail. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

By the time I polish off the ice cream, Grim is handing me coffee in a china cup, from the set they never use. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was cream cheese and marmalade, I knew without looking. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Henry could probably cream him, but he didn’t care. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph lifted the cream and pink shell to his knees and a sudden breeze scattered light over the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Let me tell you, you don’t want to open your gym locker and find that someone has squirted shaving cream into it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It is our job as servers to assemble the salads and desserts, pour the dressings, and squirt the whipped cream. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought he was going to offer me ice cream again. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I do! When I was alive I used to go to this sweet shop all the time, not far from here. They have the best ice cream. Ah, chickadee, I wish I could take you.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chris glanced at Marly as he put the cream back into the bucket. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

They ate pepperoni sausages and cheese, bottled olives, and cream crackers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shelf above the sink is full of different creams for her neck, her throat, her eyes, her feet, daytime, nighttime, sun and shade. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The ice cream melted quickly, and Mamita said, “My poor little son. Look how thirsty he was.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will be good to have ice cream that you don’t eat with a wooden spoon. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

We haunted public parks and ice cream shops, burger joints and gas stations. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“All I know is that we got to eat ice cream, and that never happened when Padre Martin was in charge.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Joe brought the breakfast tray every morning—green China tea and cream and toast. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As we tucked into big slabs of sour cream raisin pie, Grandma observed, “They’re putting on a talent show. We might look in on that. We won’t have to stay till the end.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

My grandfather had brought sugar and cream and two loaves of fresh bread so we had a good meal. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few bites, I threw my ice cream in the trash. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

Kaira ordered a double cappuccino and asked for whipped cream on top. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z