We all stood stiffly with our cups of shikanji while Maa Kamala made a polite speech about how well we were doing and how grateful we were for the rich lady’s help. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ma usually has cups of steaming tea and biscuits waiting. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A second cup was produced and filled, steaming. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s ten months since Mandris set off for Egypt, and not a word does he send you; he has forgotten and drunk from a new cup. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

When he stopped, he said, “Anyone for another cup of coffee? There’s plenty here, gentlemen.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I immediately put down my cup, and said that was very nice, but was she sure? Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Bryce, quit it!” my mom yells, and both of us are soon on our knees picking up packages of paper plates and paper cups covered in hearts and containers of heart confetti. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Sure you’re not in a hurry to get home to show off the gold cup?” he asked. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next example is three lines of dactylic hexameter scratched onto a drinking cup: “I am Nestor’s delicious drinking cup. Whoever drinks from this cup swiftly will the desire of fair-crowned Aphrodite seize him.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

On a table by the bandstand waited the loving cup for first prize and the scrolls for second, third, and honorable mention. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Such works decorated the house, and I was often scolded for accidentally throwing away Robert's Styrofoam cup or Douglas's very special paint stick. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They used the shovel as well as cupped hands to scoop the dirt. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My dad handed us two egg sandwiches and gave my mom a to-go cup of what smelled like café con leche. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The luckiest thing he had ever done was to disobey his mother and show this cup to Cilia last July. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They became trapped in rush- hour traffic again, surrounded by half-asleep yuppies in suits who were sucking coffee from foam cups and listening to traffic reports and easy rock and roll. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my sisters standing a few feet away from us, looking scared but hopeful, I took the cup of water and sniffed it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

"My betrothed can drink as much as she wants," Joffrey said, refilling her cup. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The earliest preserved examples of the Etruscan and Roman alphabets are also inscriptions on drinking cups and wine containers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, whenever she had to empty the cup and the poison fell on him, though but for a moment, his agony was so intense that his convulsions shook the earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He catches a long toss from me, cups the football under his arm and points to this buoy floating out past the waves. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I love cups! See the guy crossing the water?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

Tyrion waited until he had been seated and served a cup of wine before thrusting the letter at her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Marmeluc tended to him, cupping cool water into his unmoving mouth. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He stirred his cup slowly, and then stood there drinking it in a very self-satisfied way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francesca came at eight thirty, carrying a cup of tea and dragging a small wooden ladder, the one she put out every year for the wishmakers. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My hands tremble as I place a cup on the table next to his plate. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

By the time Dad came back to help pack up shop and go home, I’d sold over my goal of forty cups. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

We imitated the way you had to lift her head a little so she could drink water, she sucked it up slow out of a green tin cup. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year, Daddy made me a huge breakfast in bed: ten pancakes, ten pieces of bacon, ten bananas, and ten little cups of orange juice. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He shrugged the feeling off—what was it his dad said about feelings, something about a quarter and a cup of coffee?—and checked his watch. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Francie held out the cup that she had brought from home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Linda cupped her breasts loosely, steam eddied thoughtfully in the dark air. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns off the oatmeal, rinses the teapot they used the night before, and washes the cups and saucers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She knelt singing at the river and filled her cup. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother sipped at her cup of tea and Dicey drank at her milk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, since I'd poured the cup of punch, I decided to have a sip myself. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Even the faint smell that warned her what it was before it touched her tongue soon made her feel like retching, but she drained the cup all the same. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Dominic sat at the table and poured himself a cup of coffee from the carafe. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

They cooked a cup of rice to eat, but neither Con nor Kaede had much experience with cooking, and the rice began to burn. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I throw my Styrofoam coffee cup in the bin with my sausage- roll wrapper and begin to walk away. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He glanced at the dining-room window— the one Mr. Lyte thought he broke the night the cup was stolen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We did two loads of laundry, washed out our cups and food bowls and pots and pans, bought and sent postcards, phoned home, and stocked up liberally on fresh and packaged foods in the shop. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

“What about a cup a coffee; there’s a full pot in back.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

After school Catherine feeds me a pudding cup and some juice just before it’s time to go to Mr. Dimming’s room for our first practice. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

In these boats were sometimes other chambermaids, the kind who went to illegal parties in people’s rooms to drink rye and ginger ale out of paper cups, and were rumored to go all the way. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Its hull was two giant white hands cupped together, the fingertips touching at the prow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“In Havana, if I needed a cup of sugar, all I had to do was knock on your door.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The girl made a weak motion and strained toward the cup. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, nowhere yet. I just met a few people in town and ...” Susan Byrd came in with a tray of coffee cups and a plate of wide pale cookies. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyson was inhaling one peanut butter sandwich after another, and Grover was loving the lemonade, crunching the Styrofoam cup like an ice-cream cone. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Martian bent to touch the cup but could not touch it. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cups my hand and tries to smile. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Checks every possible spot: cup holders, center console, glove box. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

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

A Red Cross van arrived at the refugee camp and two women handed out cups of milk. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And as I drain the last drops from the cup, I feel myself relaxing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to my father, who was leaning against the refrigerator, eating spiced cashews from a cupped fist. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I took a cup of coffee and sat on my front steps, staring at that great expanse of Montana sky. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I grab a cup and hand it to him. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

His stare hesitated on a glass measuring cup hiding behind my alarm clock on the nightstand. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He pulled on his muddy shoes and went to gather wood, blowing on his cupped hands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The taillights from Franklyn’s truck are in Zephyr’s eyes and his hand’s cupped over them like a visor. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I cupped my hand and swung harder than I had to at a fly chewing my shoulder through my shirt. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean against a barrel and clutch my cup, aware of the curious eyes around us. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Linda sat across from him at the kitchen table, a coffee cup in front of her. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that she had recognized him as the boy who had ‘stolen the cup,’ the very first time she had met him delivering papers at her house, but she pretended not to. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like something I could cup my hand over—if I got myself close to an aurochs. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Mom cried out, cupping her hand over the phone. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She put cold towels on Faye’s aching head and held her shoulders and the cup of tea for her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brassiere cups pointed up at the canvas roof. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

Desdemona had found Lefty on our kitchen floor, lying next to his overturned coffee cup. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I walk away, quizzing myself: twenty-eight stools in the room, ten buttons on Mr. Landau’s shirt, four pencils and two pens in the cup on his desk. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Under the pretext of holding up a measuring cup to see if he’d poured out enough armadillo bile, Harry sneaked a sidelong glance at the pair of them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

While I steeped the tea, Dad pulled down a pair of cups for us and set them on the kitchen table. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, Drew’s probably going to pass out soon,” Erin said, watching Drew chug down something in a red Solo cup while other guys from the team cheered him on. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He looks back at me while lifting his coffee cup to his lips, gaze stern. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Cersei beckoned to her page for another cup of wine, a golden vintage from the Arbor, fruity.and rich. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

While Gran made herself a cup of tea, I sat at the kitchen table, staring at the Cat Fantastic magazine. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I get up and throw my cup in the trash. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Kote dipped his fingers into the cup by his side and flicked droplets casually in Bast’s direction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He poured me a half cup of water, saying happily, “Since we ’ave made lan’, we can celebrate.” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother fussed around the stove and poured two cups of hot chocolate. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Henry colored the water in her paper cup. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Turning to my father, he said, “Did you know the two big walker hounds have won four gold cups?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever she wanted to say next, she swallowed, and instead reached down, grabbed my empty cup, and went back into the kitchen. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He cupped his hand over his thing as if it were a flame that might blow out. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Just then, balancing a Styrofoam cup full of jiggling red Jell-O in his right hand and a cup full of wobbling green Jell-O in his left, Clint Hammond saunters to our table. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She put down her cup and went to retrieve supplies for supper. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It is hard to take orders from a man you laughed at in your cups, Will reflected as he sat shivering atop his gar- ron. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Petey swirled the red liquid in her cup, thinking about how Amber wanted to pose Finn like a doll in the corner of her room. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even get a cup of water from the cooler. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She cupped a hand over her eyes and looked out at the water. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

After they settled down on the chairs, paper cups in front of them, she said, “Let’s start with the covers.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then she completed whatever housekeeping chores Cousin Eunice had assigned before she went to fetch her family, played briefly with them, prepared dinner and made Cousin Eunice’s cup of tea. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she set the cup down and pulled out the long white undersleeves of her old-fashioned dress. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m guessing you can take the tea now,” he said, handing a chipped cup and saucer, first to me, and then to Call. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her father cupped her face in his hands. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry,” Fred says, and cups my elbow with his hand. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The guy cupped his bloody cheek in his hands and screamed in short bursts, a high-pitched squeal and then silence, a high-pitched squeal and then silence. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was, instead, the subtle curve of the cupped hand—the metal flesh sloping gently upward to form a kind of great shallow bowl so that you couldn’t simply walk off the edge. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The king seated himself, cradling his wine cup. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Each time, as teacup rattled against saucer, as spoon tinkled against edge of cup, I asked questions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Father used firewood lavishly and we shared around the meat dumplings and cups of steaming tea. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was borrowing a cup of com flour when her husband threw off his bathrobe and pushed himself on me.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She buys a tall cup of cocoa and asks for two straws. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The board members began hurriedly whispering among themselves, their hands cupped over their microphones. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

And he handed you a red plastic cup. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Some stared into their wine cups, as if they hoped to find some wisdom there. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Theon kicked his boots off, let his cloak fall to the floor, and poured himself a cup of wine, remember-ing a gawky girl with knob knees and pimples. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Pontonoos mixed the honey-hearted wine and went from chair to chair, filling the cups; then each man where he sat poured out his offering to the gods in bliss who own the sweep of heaven. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly, about six house-elves came trotting up behind him, bearing a large silver tray laden with a teapot, cups for Harry, Ron, and Hermione, a milk jug, and a large plate of biscuits. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It also made him sleepy, so he dare not drink another cup. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I know, Matt,” he said, tossing his cup in the trash. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the arm of the chair, rattling the tea cup all around the saucer. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Mrs. Dawkins said, “the most delicate little waffle cookies. They nearly melted in your mouth with a cup of hot tea. Do you remember the lovely teas we had back then?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He gives me “meds,” as he calls the pills, in a little white paper cup and takes my “vitals” and records it all in a laptop. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The desk behind the counter was covered with yellow and pink slips of paper, invoices and bills with a half cup of cold coffee sitting on top of them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s measure two cups of rice in this bowl.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

His hand lingered there, sliding over to cup the back of my neck. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

So each pitcher is going to give us eight cups. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

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

“Would you like a cup of coffee or some tea?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's great, because I really wanted to torture myself, but I didn't feel like making the effort to Google Reese's cups myself. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The pill was cupped between my fingers and my wrist, and I felt the move. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘I saw that the other day on a lady with the most enormous . She cupped her arms in front of her chest. ‘ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom woke Harry the next morning with his usual toothless grin and a cup of tea. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Carrie is sitting on a leather couch with a red cup in her hand. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Vivian is sitting in her favorite chair, the faded red wingback closest to the window, laptop open, nursing a cup of tea. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He spoke aloud to the sink and the white rats, and to himself: Even now, I know that I have savored the hot taste of life Lifting green cups and gold at the great feast. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set my cup of gas-station coffee on the counter and glance at the screen. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

After pouring herself a cup of coffee, she sits down and checks her iPad, then frowns. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

An intact cup on the table is a state of high order, but a broken cup on the floor is a disordered state. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t even bring the cup of tea to my mouth. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

And now the cup, the ring and two unironed waiter’s aprons at home were the only concrete objects left to connote that a man had once lived. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the cup was a picture of a green mermaid, long hair cascading over her chest. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“One ’em automatons, half pocket watch, half tin cup, and half growed man!” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I sat at the table and watched as Helen washed the dirty dishes, tied up the garbage bag, watered a spider plant over the sink, and poured boiling water into two cups. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The effort of butchering the turtle had hardly seemed worth the cup of blood. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He has a cup of coffee clutched in both hands, and is staring at the wall before him, apparently lost in thought. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He returned, drank a cup of scalding black coffee at an alarming rate of speed, and said, “Mr. Finch, I’d better be going.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"Perhaps not," Catelyn said, "but Brandon is dead, and the cup has passed, and you must drink from it, like it or not." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Babe, come on,” Curt said, amused, leaning back, paper cup to his lips. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

He set his cup in the sink and picked up one of my pill bottles. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

June wrapped both her hands around the empty cup so hard that the plastic crinkled loudly. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then she pulled back to examine him and, dissolving into laughter, cupped her hand over his nose. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Pollard, his skullcap off, his hair dark with sweat and his head tilted so his good eye focused on the camera, stood behind her, dwarfed by the cup. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’ll be back soon enough. Would you like a cup of tea?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Uhmma held her cup with both hands, blowing into the steam before each sip. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Isabella stops and looks down into her cup, like the great excuse she might have for dancing with the boy I like might be hiding in there. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The customers were folded over their coffee cups like ferns. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

You would see broken cups gathering themselves together and jumping back onto the table. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took mine from me, cupped my chin in his hand, and started to kiss me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve made both of us a cup of tea—she’s permitted this—and we sit at the kitchen table, drinking it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

At last he staggered up yawning, pulled on his shirt, stuck his head out to judge the weather, and then asked me if I wanted a cup of orsh. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shady stared uncomfortably into his coffee cup, as if searching for a way to answer me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She grumbles a hello, then goes back to her cup. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You know,” his grandma said, setting down her cup of tea, “there’s a tremendous independent boys’ school not half a mile from my house. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was sitting at the table one day, having a cup of tea with a friend, Corky sleeping in my lap. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At last they emerged from the ferns, and Matthias, cupping his paws round his mouth, ventured a low halloo up at the wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess when 1 finish this cup of coffee I’ll amble on over there and punch a few holes in his woolly balloons,” Joe giggled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It still has her five-dollar bill stuck under the salt shaker, a half-empty cup of coffee, a dirty fork and an empty place mat with syrup stains. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Then they’d better be wearing a cup. Is that what you wanted to tell me?” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Their masks were already gray at the mouth and their eyes darkly cupped. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He took a cup from Jon's tray, tried a swallow of wine, and gave a brusque nod of approval. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As we watched, the breeze flicked over a leaning tower of paper cups. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He makes me a cup of hot chocolate with little marshmallows, and then we go sit in the cozy living room. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They looked for the “cupping” that told of a sticky track, but they didn’t find it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then turned to Martin, who sat beside him, nursing a cup of coffee himself. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I set the table with paper plates, folded paper towels, plastic cups, and metal utensils. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

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

“You’re a bloody spy,” the stranger said, as calmly as if they’d just sat down for a cup of coffee together. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She reached over and turned the water on in the sink, cupped her hand under the faucet, then slid that hand over Emma’s hair, smoothing down all the stray locks. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

At the deserted riverbank, she knelt on the ground in the full sun and cupped the cold water in her hands, drinking deeply. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I gave him tea, but he drank just a little bit, just half cup. So I tell to him, ‘Scott, please, we go fast down.’ Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I nod in silence, then look on as he pours a cup for me and another for himself. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The cups were rubberized, pointy, and beneath a towel or a shirt gave me the suggestion of a bust I didn’t have. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Gramps is staring into the dregs of his Styrofoam cup, peeling away the top of it so that little white balls collect in his lap. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

August cupped her hand on the back of my head and smoothed my hair with her fingers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next hour or so we took turns getting each other beers, until she came back the last time with a plastic cup full of tequila. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I make some, wrap my hands around the warm cup, carry it to the workbench, clearing a space for my elbows among the wire and sharp-edged tools. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The water spills over the cup and I don’t even have the common sense or decency to immediately wipe it because that’s my face on the bulletin board. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He held an unfiltered cigarette with square-tipped fingers, sucking the tip while keeping it cupped in his fist—like a convict, thought Shadow, or a soldier. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Mitsima rolled out another piece of clay into a long flexible cylinder, hooped it into a circle and pressed it on to the rim of the cup. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, have a drink,” she offered suddenly, seizing the bottle round the neck and looking for spare cups on the floor. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He say he still ain’t drunk a cup a coffee and he twenty-one years old. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then when Mum got home, she ran up and down stairs with cups of tea, flowers and magazines and Mum said she didn’t know how she’d have coped without her. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now see here!” shouted the Chief of Police, cupping his hands to his mouth. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the afternoon, Clara would often look for him to give him a cup of tea. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reaching for the cup, she wrapped her small arms around it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took three marshmallows from a paper bag in her apron pocket and popped one into each cup. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It entered and placed two steaming cups on the table. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck out her pinkie when she held a cup. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Lita would tip the brown glass bottle, pouring rich liquid of the same color into her coffee cup. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She took the medallion out of her pocket and cupped it in her hands, looking at it, but the stone was opaque and revealed nothing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She poured the hot soup in the cups, filled the teapot with boiling water, and carried the trays to Faye’s room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A cup that wasn’t allowed to spill so much as a drop. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Each one was allowed three cups a day with milk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon moved the cup aside and read the parchment once again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Kasim holds out a plastic cup as I try to get Donna to sit up. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The old king accepted the younger king’s gift, along with some other things—swords and cups, some girls and young men, her servants. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nurse Holyfleld listened to what I had done and then gave me a little paper cup with some mouthwash that tasted like the stuff my mom drinks. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

The roll of paper cups laid in for just such an occasion had got squashed flat by a flying dictionary my first day out, but I made coasters from folded paper towels. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

For several minutes she had been holding her cigarette ashes in her cupped left hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The new snow lay in skifts all through the woods, along the limbs and cupped in the leaves, all of it already gray with ash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Finnick sloshes some cream in my cup and reaches into the sugar bowl. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I ate a couple of slices of bread and had a cup of coffee from the Thermos flask. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he trails them down over my hips and thighs until he reaches my knees, which he cups and rubs his thumbs over. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Pri has a red plastic cup, too, and she pours the alcohol down her throat as if it’s cool water on a hot day. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The tiny golden cup, skewered by the handle on the sword’s blade, was flung into the air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But when he brought a cupped hand to his mouth and felt die cold lake water trickle past his cracked lips and over his tongue he could not stop. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seed cup. Just because Mary don’t come in here don’t mean I gotta be messy,” he said with a grin. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

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

I ask the man scooping ice into small paper cups. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Bodega cupped his hands around his mouth as if he was going to shout. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I cup my hands and let Mirren pour the rocks into my palms. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Fern stepped from behind me and took the cup from Cecile’s hand. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mia thought of the tray still sitting in the guest room, of Madeline rinsing the baster and the cup in the kitchen sink, readying them for their next use. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She points to the tomato-splashed spoons, pots, and measuring cups piled in the sink. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Papi and I sat at the table, while she drifted in and out of the kitchen bringing us food, water, a chunk of bread, and finally, a steaming cup of sweetened café con leche. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We were in the middle of raiding the homeowner’s silver—candlesticks, besamim, menorah, kiddush cup, the full works—when the door opened. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing her bathrobe, hand around a cup of tea that went cold a long time ago. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I poured a cup of water from the pitcher and held it to her dry lips. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whites of his eyes were red and his cup rattled against his saucer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He has a thick book tucked under his arm and is juggling another cup of coffee and what might be a bagel. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

My years there created for me an expendable past, disposable as a plastic cup. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Chill,” he said serenely, jiggling his Dixie cup to keep his candle from going out. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Then he poured out the last cup of milk and gave it to the boy, who, holding the cup in two hands, drained it slowly. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached over his coffee cup, Dicey asked him what it was. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

To prove himself right he had taken a sip of the sweet liquid from her cup, but she had insisted on its bitterness, and poured it down the sink. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Grand Maester Pycelle was looming over him, holding a cup, whispering, "Drink, my lord. Here. The milk of the poppy, for your pain." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, you better drink this cup of ice water, Little Girl. Every last drop.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She puts the plate and the cups on a table by the fire and there they stay. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

My cup arrived in the nick of time. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ob finally drained his cup of praises to May and grew still. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Her mom invented this recyclable paper coffee cup that holds in heat but keeps the outside from burning your hand.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Spoon Man, Stella noticed, simply sat there and watched the activity around him, sipping from a cup of sweet tea, nibbling Mama’s sugar cookies, and burping occasionally. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go down to the Chop House and get a cup of coffee.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

We quit waving and cupped our hands to our eyes, trying to see the bare-chested person through the glare. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her hand lashed out, knocking the wine cup from his hand to spill an the floor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I went out onto the fire escape with a cup of what I thought was instant cocoa until I sipped it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He shouted at Harry for about half an hour and then told him to go and make a cup of tea. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Joey found one, trapped it in a paper cup, and brought it to me. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesper pushed to the front and took a big gulp from the cup tied to its handle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She smiled, cupping her hand gently to his face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And he himself brought her the golden-brown bouillon, in a dainty Sèvres cup, with a flaky cracker or two on the saucer. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

“A cup on the floor. Doesn’t it suggest this boat got waked? Don’t you—” “There’s no other evidence,” cut in Art Moran. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before her cup was empty, she felt something lift from her shoulders. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he was gone she stood there smashing cups and bowls and platters until the whole set lay in scattered blue and white fragments across the wooden floor. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I turn to see my altar—the statue of the Virgin Mary, the tea candle, the bottle of Florida water, the beaded gourd, tin cup, and white fabric. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His father, in full uniform, sat at the kitchen table, sipping from a steaming cup. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We did this over and over again with dishes and silverware, until there was nothing left but cups. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The men set their cups down and ran to the pile of ashes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Yet long after Shae had taken his advice, Tyrion himself still lay awake, his fingers cupped over one small breast as he listened to her breathing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Instead of the two cups I expected to see, he set out three and filled them to the brim with the strong black liquid. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she could change her mind, she cupped the fiery liquid in her palms and raised it to her mouth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I would’ve thought you was too young for the palsy,” the huge woman murmured, sliding into her seat with the cup of coffee she’d promised herself earlier. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

In such places my spirit lifted to the sight of the drifts of white clover or the clouds of purple vetch with here and there the flaming cup of a wood lily. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Radar said, holding a red plastic cup full of beer in each hand. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I look back at the star on his cup and realize what it means. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

When they had a lot of cups made, Sissy drew a heart on the box cover. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out, cupped my chin, and raised my face so I looked her in the eyes. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

We drank two more cups of tea before it was a proper time for him to leave. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Do you remember when Despereaux was in the dungeon, cupped in Gregory the jailer’s hand, whispering a story in the old man’s ear? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She’s always asking us at the end of dinner: “You guys finish your cup of milk?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was cool buttermilk yet, thanks to Violet, and I poured some in a tin cup. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

In her kitchen she sat down and cupped her hands in her lap and stared out the window at the weathering carriage house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at me over the rim of her coffee cup. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nali blew on the tea in her cup, took a sip, and grinned. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was closed, too, so I went to ask for some peanut butter and bread while Henry made himself a cup of tea. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her face streaked with tears, she crouched down beside him, two cups of tea trembling in her hands and something bulky under her arm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ron still looked worried, and Lavender whispered, “But what about Neville’s cup?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It came out of the long spouts in two streams into the big cup. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

In the winter, we made snowmen until our mothers called us in for a cup of hot milky tea and cardamom. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Lillian served coffee to Bull and Virgil, putting a shot of Irish whiskey in each cup. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little later, when the cat had curled up to sleep, Will took a cup of coffee and the green leather writing case, and sat on the balcony. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

But a short while later the drüskelle returned with a tin cup and a bucket of clean water. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You know,” I began, finishing off a drink of water from my sippy cup, “everyone says history repeats itself, but I did not expect it to be so literal.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

As Mama took the beautiful cup, she looked at me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A baby looks into your eyes when you cup your hands over hers because she knows she can find an explanation in your face. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

They rose and put away their cups and the rest of the crackers. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I watch him walk back real slow with the cup a water for his partner. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s all good,” I said, picking up my cup. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Alter, why don’t you come in for a cup of tea?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I cupped my hands over the seam between the two back doors and shouted, “Min? It’s us. We’ve come to get you. It’s all nishin now. We’re just grabbing the keys.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The sugar content in our samples was high enough to mask the taste of the plastic cups. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We had fish and coconut meat, and we each drank several cups of coconut milk. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually only the smith’s prentice remained, looking down into the cup in his hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Two pink Daisy razors stood upright in a small drinking cup, next to a spray can of Psssssst instant shampoo. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Stella had just cupped her hand around the last egg in the nest, the chicken huffing and fluffing its feathers, when her father came into the coop on Saturday morning. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The cracked and broken pieces stand and re-form themselves around the liquid until the cup sits complete once more, soft swirls of steam rising into the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He just chewed sunflower seeds that he kept in a plastic cup between his legs and flicked the shells out through the window, which he left rolled down. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I set my cup in its saucer and stared at him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They never had been invited in for a cup of coffee or anything. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that, he set to work, taking cup after cup, touching the soft rims with glue, and setting them against Westley’s skin. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I'm a junior foreman. We attach the lace insets to lingerie, my girls and I. You know, on slips and nighties there are lace panels, or the cups of brassieres.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carried a paper cup with steam drifting from the top. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She took a last sip, set the cup down on the floor beside the bed, turned over on her side, hiccoughed once or twice and went to sleep. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let the cold green water drip through his cupped palms. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the navigator returns with the cup of water, and the captain spills it out on the floor, because not even the navigator is beyond suspicion. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

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

"Drink," she said, lifting Dany's head to the cup once more, but this time it was only wine. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I had about eight cups in a row and was ready to drive in about twenty minutes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My mother tactfully pours him a cup of tea. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She actually wobbled around on the floor and picked up shards of the cups and cried, “Oh, Momma. Oh, dear Gawd. It’s Momma’s china from Virginia. Oh, Momma, I sorry.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a little while Trip’s cup would be empty. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Young man, I'm in a hurry," he said, cupping a hand to his ear. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I was able to hold the cup in my hands. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She finishes the cup of tea and sinks back along her chaise. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

So without bothering to clear away our cups and saucers, we took seats at the larger table toward the back of the room. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, Taisin drew out the medallion and cupped it in her hands. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I sit in the living room with a cup of coffee, journal, book, and reading lamp. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mom handed Dad a cup of tea, me hot chocolate, and set out a plate of my favorite, Mom’s chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She went to the sink by the stove and poured herself a cup of water. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The old man and Mo drank another cup of coffee in his green kitchen before he took Mo and Meggie up to the attic where he kept his books. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He paused when Kira came into the room, carrying a cup of tea. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She gave him a little horn cup containing a hot potion whose bitterness was moderated by honey, and presently he lay back and fell deeply asleep. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Run along now and have your cup of caffeine solution, dear,” she said to the other nurse. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cal opened his carton of milk completely and drank out of it like a cup. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Holding the front of the flashlight against the windowpane, and cupping a hand around it to minimize reflection, he switched it on. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Henry took the box from her and struck one himself; it flared up high and strong and she leaned close to it, one hand cupped around the flame and the other resting upon his wrist. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone else dug in their pockets and dropped their findings into John John's cupped palm. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

They were in the kitchen of the condo, in the soft flare of morning light, and Aunty Uju, dressed for work, was standing by the sink and eating yogurt, scooping from a plastic cup. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Tally picked one up, realizing that if these cups had survived, a human body would leave more than traces. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Two pitchers of water sit at either end, with brightly colored Dixie cups stacked up beside them. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Indeed yes, Eleanor thought; indeed, so do I; a cup of stars, of course. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Henry set the cup back into its saucer, “A translation of Paradise Lost.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His right arm was cupped across his belly. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Digger had cupped his hands around the cigarette to relight it after the wind put it out. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I put my coffee cup down so hard it splashes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Even as she said this, Pearl wasn’t sure it was true—there had been a lot of vodka in that cup. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The guy smiled, then handed me a cup. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But he sipped it from the small waxed paper cups Lily had packed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She set a tube of paste and a cup by the door, next to Papi’s shaving things. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Jessie had been sure that every kid in the neighborhood would line up to buy a cup of lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He cupped his hand around his mouth and shouted something back at Kurtsinger. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger cupped his hand around his mouth, shouting something that sounded like...manure for you? The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

He pours some in each cup, and I take a sip. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I drank cups of coffee and listened to Mozart quintets and read the portions of the script he had cut out. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad and Laleh were in the living room, sipping cups of Persian tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Skarpi took another drink, no more than a sip this time, then set his cup down and pivoted on his stool to face us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He sat at his desk, eating oatmeal, the instant kind you mix with boiling water and eat out of a cardboard cup. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

That night, a new pill appears in my paper cup. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I will see her every day, and we will go searching together for lovely things—gold-trimmed dishes, and a white cat, and a sugar Easter egg, and a cup of stars. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rue perches in a branch across from me, her hands cupping something. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When he asked politely if she were referring to herself, Cersei had thrown a cup of wine in his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There’s fresh litter in the entrance, cola cups and newspaper. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached up and cupped one of the breasts, feeling the cold, rough stone in my palm, and I quickly removed my hand to cover my mouth in a fit of giggles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"She insists that the man be removed from his office and placed under arrest for treason. I warn you—" He set aside his wine cup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

Delicately she sipped from her own imaginary cup. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There were goblets, sherbet glasses, ice-cream glasses, wine glasses, green glass coffee cups with matching saucers, and water glasses. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced at me, and drank down his cup of tea. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She says, Do you want a cup of tea? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Each movement was forced as he cupped his palm and brought the brown murky liquid up to his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Is it so? I wonder. If you would sooner drown in wine, say the word and it shall be done, and quickly. Drowning cup by cup wastes time and wine both.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mom’s red-lacquered fingernails pop against the cream-colored coffee cup in her hands. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She finished the rest of the aisles, and left with one cup still steaming on her tray. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The voice breezed through the well like steam drifting from a cup of hot chocolate. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I watch him in disbelief as his shaky hand pours red tonic from the bottle into a cup. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“And make the coffee very strong and hot and fill the cups with half coffee and half hot milk and we’ll toast 1918 in café au lait.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched him come through the grass and kneel with the cup of water he’d fetched. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Only one woman loves apple blossoms in a blue cup. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My own fingers walk and bridge the gap to cup hers. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I sit on the edge of the chair, and he sits behind the desk of Matthew’s supervisor, turning a half-empty coffee cup in circles on the metal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Cora woke in a white room, a soft mattress cupping her body. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Nina helped the Fabrikator drink, then gulped down a cup herself. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Fastidious Johnny had bought his own cup, emulating men who were in better circumstances. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cupped a hand against his withered ear. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Penelope had brought three tin cups from the kitchen and poured each full of milk to wash down the cakes. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I take a shower, get dressed and make another cup of coffee, and then I sit down in the living room, little black book at my side, and I call Scott. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat outside, on a wooden bench beneath a yellow light bulb, waiting for it to open so I could go in and use the phone and have a cup of coffee. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Three girls about my age spill out of the front door, bright red cups in hand. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I cup my hand to my mouth to hold in a scream. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I picture the people in their seats with their plastic cups of soda or orange juice or Scotch, and I love them. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

And when Miss Deaver left the room for a minute, Nick spread about ten cups of fine white sand all over the classroom floor. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cupped her hands before her mouth and took a deep breath. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Quiet, brothers," the chairman said, leaning across his table, his hand cupped to his ear. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ramsay slammed down his cup, and the dregs of his ale erupted across the tablecloth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He cupped his hands around his mouth like a megaphone. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps not very good cups,” he added more humbly. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the outbursts are sometimes held in check by the “soup eaters,” the people from the office who come up to have a cup of soup for lunch. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Oriana stands there, a wooden tray in her hands with a steaming pot and three clay cups atop it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

On top of his head was a little platform, and on it, Chucha placed a small cup of water. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

His hand moved to her hair, gently cupping the back of her head. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Bigger saw Gus cup his left hand to his ear, as though holding a telephone receiver; and cup his right hand to his mouth, as though talking into a transmitter. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As was the custom, all their treasures had been buried with them—gold and silver, swords and jeweled cups. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

To be polite, Ashima takes a cup, but downstairs she throws it away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hugh would put one large hand on the top of Sean’s head and cup his own chin with the other, scratching at the growth of dark beard. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

At the far end, next to a tall window, was a small table with a teapot, cups, and a silver plate of cookies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jenny poured a cup of coffee and set it in front of the missus, spilling a little on the table. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the cup and set it back down. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I want him to see me,” I say, staring down at my empty coffee cup. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A contented Mr. Gies sits on the divan or leans against the desk with his newspaper, cup and usually the cat at his side. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She was holding the large coffee cup and stirring nervously. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had a cup of tea in her hands. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as he walks back across the street with his to-go cup of chili. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He even learned to drink tea without spitting it back into the cup. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

She collects cups, and I arrange all of Penny’s shoes at the door. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She kept laughing and drinking, and when she held her cup out for another, I didn't pay much attention, because she seemed perfectly fine. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Clovis fumbled for a cup of hot chocolate on the side table. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The spoon sat in his syrupy fruit cup. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

We knew she was fond of the Shirley Temple cup and took every opportunity to drink milk out of it just to handle and see sweet Shirley’s face. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The red cup is like magic—I feel like I blend in more. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

An hour later, I’m on my sixth cup of coffee at the Hungarian pastry shop on Amsterdam Avenue. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kenya holds up her cup and dances her way through the crowd. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

While she waited for the iron to get hot, she heated the coffee and poured him a cup. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cupped an ear toward the wagon and nudged me with his elbow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The desk was still there, but now it had a big aluminum coffee urn sitting on it, with Styrofoam cups, creamer, and sugar spread out around it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

An aunt carried cups of the tea on two trays balanced on her shoulders with a stick for anyone to take. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I can send it to you. Someday you’ll get a little package saying 'To Eleanor with love from her friend Theodora,’ and it will be a blue cup full of stars.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes people just put a cup under the spout or even just opened their mouth and put their head under it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is cupping his hands and shouting through them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She added that the glass of milk and the crackers that schoolchildren used to receive each day had been discontinued, and that mothers were quieting their children’s hunger with cups of tea. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a table along the wall under the window and a press opposite with cups and saucers and vases. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

By the time she finished, he had poured the coffee and handed her a cup. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He’s looking down as if talking to his plastic cup. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

People were pouring whisky into paper cups, passing them around. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Ramsay’s men pushed back from the tables, abandoning cups and trenchers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know anything about water, either, except as something to drink, from a cup. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I could kill for a cup of coffee.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

As he poured two cups of hot tea he said, “I required time alone with the spirits. That time has now passed. All will be fine. The rains will come.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He does not go home every night and have a cup of hot chocolate. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Mom feels the same way I do: if she thought she’d have another chance to share a cup of tea, shop for bargains at Marks and Spencer, or walk in Nan’s garden. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I put the cups on the table, lay Mrs. Diamants old coat over Max, and crawl into bed with Helena. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mama stood and refilled her cup with water from the kettle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was littered with empty plastic bags and coffee cups. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

While I was on my second cup of coffee, I took out my unmailed letter to Sister Irma and reread it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Leo drops his cup into the saucer with a clatter, wiping his hand on his pants and banging against the coffee table as he moves to greet me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She takes the chipped cup for herself and gives me the perfect one, as though I’m a real guest. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she cups her hands together and looks into them; I do the same. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Bertha scooped a little bit into a paper cup for Wishbone, and Howard let him have the last bite of his cone. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

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

A hush went through the room like a crack through a china cup. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, Emily Tallis wanted to share only tiny frets about the household, or she lay back against the pillows, her expression unreadable in the gloom, emptying her cup in wan silence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She poured him more beer in a thick pottery cup with yellow flowers painted around it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A moon, a cup, and now a snake.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leon had lowered his voice and was muttering quickly into the cupped receiver. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She slurped from the cup and made that ahh noise after she swallowed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They sat at the table and drank hot coffee out of blue cups. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And on top of both of those, he wondered what was in Grandpop’s cup. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Stay there a moment, and I’ll bring you a cup of tea.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I save some shelf space for toiletries, since the sink barely has room for a small cup and my toothbrush. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Radar nudged me with one of the beer cups. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Cousin Eunice poured out more cups of tea, which Dicey passed around. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as he puts the thin wafer between her dry lips and administers the cup, murmuring in Latin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

Settled with a cup of Perilee’s coffee and a slice of apple heaven on the plate in front of me, I nearly lost my nerve to tell her my story. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And now here she was again, like an apparition, drinking red wine from a plastic cup and calling me by name. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He hands everyone a cup and I take a sip, expecting it to be harsh. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Paper tablecloths hang over the tables jammed with cookies, brownies, cupcakes, and little cups of red juice. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Under his cupped hand Bwanga’s little bald head looked like an overripe avocado he was prepared to toss away. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I offered her a seat in the rocking chair, gave her a piece of hard bread and a cup of cold coffee. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He told how his mother had given him the cup, the little that she had told him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ceiling light was a clear glass bowl half full of something dark, like a coffee cup, only it was dead bugs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had looked at the little cups and arm bands Ranofer had hammered out, and he had said to Thutra, “Your son shows skill. Perhaps, when he is older...” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s agony,” Mrs. McCullough said to Mrs. Richardson over a commiserating cup of coffee. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when she was speaking fast, she put her cup down and her hands waved and danced in the steamy air. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“And thank you for the stories, Mr. Oglethorpe. How about a cup of coffee and a biscuit for the road?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He put the cup back, then dropped the seeds one at a time into Michael Jackson’s cage. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I watched her rummage in the cabinet for a cup. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some went to and fro bearing cups and pouring drink; others brought food on heaped plates and dishes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There were oil paintings and an ancient piano and expensive china cups. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sapphire always would drink anything that was left unattended in a cup or a glass. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I'm going to take this cup and place it on the table. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I filled his cup and heard him belch and removed his plate with the meat half gnawed from the bones. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then he pulled out a big blue marker and wrote on a piece of paper, "$2 per cup. Best price in town." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t half like a cup of tea!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“The other arm band was creditable, as was the cup. Aye, quite creditable.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He smiled at me over his cup of tea, and then reached for the newspaper on the arm of his chair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As I did, two beautiful cups gleamed from the mantel. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I make my way through the crowd with another Styrofoam cup of the dreadful red marinade, trying not to feel left out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

“They are of my blood,” the Green Grace said, as Qezza filled her cup with a dark red wine. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the city hospital we had drunk out of paper cups and had no knives to cut our meat. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

In their pouches, instead of cement joeys, they had cigarette stubs, used matchsticks, bottle caps, peanut shells, crumpled paper cups and cockroaches. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he just crumbled a bublitchi between his fingers and gazed distantly into his cup of tea. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They got to their feet, and Ellen began to gather up their cups and saucers while Matt pulled on his jacket and cap. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Comforting my body, however, was a completely different cup of tea. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I hadn't had time to eat any breakfast at the hotel cafeteria that morning, except for a cup of overstewed coffee so bitter it made my nose curl, and I was starving. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Harry reached forward and grasped the crystal cup, holding it steady. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

‘I think,’ said Mr. Lyte quietly, ‘all of you ladies and gentlemen will agree that this cup our—ah, cousin, is it?—has brought back tonight is one of this set?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He chewed down his carrot sticks and what remained of his sandwich, then poured out the tin cup of milk and filled it twice with water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Grill Woman picked up her cup of tea with her pinkie sticking straight out. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Before I could ask anything else, our social studies teacher, Mr. Jay, loped in, balancing a stack of folders and a cup of coffee. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Drink twelve cups at about eleven P.M., and you’ll really notice the difference between going to bed and going to sleep. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting at the table, eyes half open, clutching a cup of tealess tea. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I walked past her down the hall to the vending machines, where I got a cup of watery instant coffee before going down to try the phone again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Their sea voyaging, followed by the march to Heorot and the many cups of mead Hrothgar had given them, made them sleep deeply. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a sip of his tea, keeping his eyes on the rim of the cup. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He set up the distiller to catch another half cup of water before the sun went down. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nod and I go get his friend a little funny- looking cup too, fill it up from the sink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He left the empty cup upon the forge. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

The story ended with the man sitting on a mountain of pearls, knife in hand, weeping helplessly into the cup with his beloved wife’s slain body in his arms. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The queen took a flagon of sweet plum wine from a passing serving girl and filled Sansa's cup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It’s late and we so tired, but she get up and refill her coffee and fix me a cup a tea and I drink it slow. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Todd threw the Ping-Pong ball at one of Marcus’s cups and missed. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He wrapped a napkin around the paper cup and offered it to me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

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

Gold orbs cradled in folded paper cups floated among the lotus below. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I cup my hands to my mouth and yell, “Who wants to get started?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Despite his joking manner, Pinmei knew Yishan had given it to her in kindness, and it made her feel as if she were drinking a warm cup of tea. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Horse grimaced at his dice and dumped them all back into his cup. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Exhausted, Penelope hustled the children back to the nursery and made them copy alphabets on slates with their slate pencils, while she drank three cups of milky tea to settle her nerves. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She put three spoons of sugar in her coffee and, holding the spoon in the cup with her thumb so that the handle threatened to puncture her eyeball, she slurped a bit more. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets some plastic cups and pours us all a small drink. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The old neighbor offered me a cup of coffee, and I took it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Craster seemed to be drinking a thin yellow beer from a chipped stone cup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By the time Luwin arrived rumpled and sleepy, a cup of wine had steadied Theon's hands, and he was feeling ashamed of his panic. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Older kids—fourth and fifth graders—are in line as women with hairnets pile their trays with spaghetti, a fruit cup, and a cookie. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The same little brown squares and cups of yellow fluid are lined neatly across his tray. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A thick white china cup was lowered under my nose. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Full-on panicking, and all the comfort she felt from her notes with Keeper melted away like a sugar cube in a cup of hot tea. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By contrast, Claudius took his pleasures fiercely, carousing with his cup in hand. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I cupped my hands around my eyes to look inside, and while I did, I felt the door give way just a little. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Fine, while I grind everything up, boil four cups of water.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You sat in your stroller just staring out at the lawn. You’d sit in the tub and pour water back and forth from one cup to another for an hour if I’d let you.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now the diminutive freshman waited nervously in his dorm room, dressed in his best suit and preparing to risk everything for the right to order a cup of coffee at a five-and-dime lunch counter. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he finally speaks, to my great surprise and relief, he doesn’t say, “I’m calling the authorities,” but, “We will have a cup of coffee. Yes? I could use a break.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Then he dipped it into a cup of wine. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They were looking at me in that we-just-heard-you-get-dumped sort of way, so I raised my coffee cup in their direction, as if to say “cheers,” and took another sip. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Kainene sat drinking a cup of tea and reading a newspaper with the light on. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

There are moments in your life where you are alone with two cups and you have to pick one to drink. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Our luck is changing,” he’d said as they curled their hands around the steaming cups, feet dangling over a little bridge, the lights of the Stave playing over the water. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Sea and sky meeting on a cardboard cup. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her favorite piece was a casserole shaped like a fish and the green glass coffee cups. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes an awful lot of sap to make one cup of syrup, I discovered—thirty-two cups, to be exact. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, they fixed a place for her in the living room, and fed her, and gave her a cup of water. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

For now, she simply folded Bebe in her arms and took her into the kitchen, set a cup of hot tea before her, and let her cry. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He handed me a thermos cup of Gramma’s cold lemonade. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She drank her coffee, told herself she wanted another cup, and followed Henry into the kitchen. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Mom is sitting at the table with a cup of tea in one hand and her citizenship book in the other. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She discovered that Grandmother could hold a cup and drink without any help at all. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kabuo stood at the wheel in his cabin with a cup of green tea on the table behind him and flipped once more through the radio channels. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our hearts are too full, our cups runneth over, as the saying goes. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She put Susie in her high chair, then handed us each a cup of water in the kitchen. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

When ordered to do so by teachers, I untied the plastic cup I kept tied to my belt and waited for my turn. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She gave me the same look she gave me when I accidentally emptied my spit valve in her Dixie cup a few weeks ago. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I noticed the nurse put down her cup of tea and glance swiftly at the old lady. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then I hear her put her cup in the sink, go up the stairs to her room, and close the door. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

She put the cup down on the table, tipping it over, ignoring it in her concern. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She throws her head back, exposing her throat and sliding her hands down around the cups of her brassiere. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Lupin made me a cup of tea in his office. And then Snape came in....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She picked up the percolator and poured a cup. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Courtney was in the middle of having her cup filled, and I told Tyler to wait right there. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

At sunset, the jailer came back with a cup of water and a piece of foul pork half the size of my hand. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother had brought some with her, hoping Grandma would ask, and Grandma tried them—foot soaks in red clay, cups of bitter parsley tea, tinctures of horsetail and hydrangea. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ivan cupped the scale in his hands, also checking for intruders. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

In the days that follow they adjust once again to sleeping under a mosquito net, bathing by pouring tin cups of water over their heads. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Loeffler always had a cup of hot tea waiting for me. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Marly moved carefully over the floor, holding the cup with both hands. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Hizdahr’s wine cup slipped through his fingers, bounced off the carpet, rolled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was eager for the three cups of chai she and Laila would share in the yard, a nighdy ritual now. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He pointed out the medals and cups from previous years in the display cases in the lobby outside the rink, took us inside, and then finally led us down to the locker room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, my dear young ladies, remember what your ma said, and don’t fret. Come and have a cup of coffee all round, and then let’s fall to work and be a credit to the family.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Safer cups one hand under my elbow and steers me to the door. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We got to the gate and one of they guys said, “Two bucks a cup.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I shove aside a layer of crumpled coffee cups and a napkin filled with the crumbs of a half-eaten blueberry muffin. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I pulled a sample cup out of the stack, filled it with a pump of Orange Blossom Awesome, and offered it to Trent, using my flat palm as a sort of saucer. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She quickly gives me a handful of baby shrimp as she takes the water cup from me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the young soldier came and helped himself, only to hand the cup back to the older one, who continued drinking. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

We scooped up cups of dirty water, hoping to find a fish or unknown treasure. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nibbling on a macaroon, she stacked the used coffee cups on a tray. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knelt and cupped a handful of white sand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Lorena has just come out from the kitchen with a tray to collect the empty coffee cups. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Iesha sits on the arm of the chair, holding a cup and moving her shoulders to the music. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I wrap my fingers around the cup of tea; it warms my hands. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They stopped and stood with their hands cupped to their mouths, hallooing mindlessly into the waste. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

"Mayhaps I have been a fool. Lady Melisandre, will you share a cup of wine with me? A cup in honor of your god, your Lord of Light? A cup to toast his power?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Larson heaved a satisfied sigh, poured himself a cup of hot coffee from his big red thermos, smiled, leaned back in his chair, and opened up his other newspaper to the sports section. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

He grimaced when Adam put two spoonfuls of sugar in his cup. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Abby was holding all their leashes while they waited for Jenny to grab a “quick cup of coffee” before walking over to the set. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lowry, an eighth-grade math teacher, filled up more clear plastic cups. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He took another gulp of wine, then threw the cup across the room to shatter off a wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I had another cup of coffee, and then I knew it was time to get to the point, so I took the key off my neck and gave it to him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Today, it’s an octopus, with eyes instead of suction cups on its tentacles. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The cup and saucer begin to clatter so he has to put them down, but he's hiding his eyes. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne answered cupping her hand to her ear. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A spoonful? A cup? A bathtub? If you added it up.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I receive a cup, lean to the side to pass it, and the woman next to me says, low in my ear, “Are you looking for anyone?” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But facts are facts, and I’ve a cup with your arms on it to prove what I say is true.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They floated, her palms little ragged cups bobbing on the surface, the water weaving in and out of her fingers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked down at her cup of coffee. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

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

According to Desdemona, my grandfather collapsed right after overturning his coffee cup to read his fortune in the grounds. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He could no longer see her as he cupped his hands around his mouth and bellowed Briony’s name. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The doctor put his cup down gently before he let his anger rise. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon lifted the kettle off the fire, filled eight cups, and carried them into the tent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The barber gave her the washed and dried cup. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Theresa appeared in front of me with a cup of coffee. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We put in four cups and waited for the water to boil. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We eat only canned fruit in thick syrup, and everyone wants extras but we get only a cup. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Robert reached for the flagon and refilled his cup. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The debate had ended with me getting a cup of lukewarm tea dumped in my lap while Raizel’s parents watched on in utter horror. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I handed the kid the cup, and he downed the drink in one gulp. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

The black man drank more of the coffee, put out both hands and took the cup, drank, nodded, said something incomprehensible. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back inside, there were now two teapots on the table, and when Hanako sat down, Mama poured her a cup. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pulled the sachet out and dropped it in the empty cup of water I’d used to take my medicine. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Doc’s just sore because Willis Taylor strangled to death in Doc’s office the other day. The Doc killed him by checking his throat with a tongue depressor,” Hobie said pouring Bull a cup of coffee. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has a cup of coffee and I am drinking tea. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I doubt it,” said Mr. Crouch, accepting a cup from Percy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

When she poured the first cup and stood across from him at the kitchen island, already looking more awake, Toby dove back in. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She brought the banquet to a close by giving Beowulf a golden cup to drink from. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dialed the number while Vonetta and Fern cupped their hands at the coin return just in case. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He handed one to me and took one to Helena, sitting her up and holding the cup so she could sip. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Will you have him at your little apartment, Nell, and offer him to drink from your cup of stars?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy took the cup and drank the liquid inside. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a dresser too, with cups and plates. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

I held the small silver cup out to them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Diego couldn’t figure out which cup of coffee was his and so just took one at random. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Tyrian stared at the dregs on the bottom of his wine cup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The demons we met would have been grateful now for a crust of bread or a cup of water—things they would have turned their backs on just twelve hours ago. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the chai was ready, I poured it into a porcelain cup etched with hummingbirds. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Just what I’m lookin for. Saw your lights and thought there’s got to be a hot cup a coffee in there. You wouldn’t happen to have a little taste to go in it, would ya?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scott drained his cup and tossed it on the ground. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Keeping his bleeding hand elevated, Harry scraped the fragments of cup together with the other hand and threw them into the already crammed bin just visible inside his bedroom door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” Dad replied, and poured a cup of water over his head then shook it off like a dog. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

She stopped and stared at the china cup in her hand. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

We drank our coffee out of paper cups, and through the square ferry windows he pointed out the dry docks and the skeletons of new submarines. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes down a cabbage-rose teapot and cups—a wedding gift from Mrs. Murphy that’s been in a box for decades—along with some recently recovered spoons from Mrs. Nielsen’s silver service. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The man poured himself a cup and pulled up a stool on the other side of the fireplace to sit down facing her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Cohen helpfully washes dishes in the kitchen and makes us cup after cup of ersatz tea. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He cupped his hand under my chin and tilted my face up to his. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone from downstairs gets a cup of soup, plus dessert, if there happens to be any. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A nice cup of tea after your assassination attempt. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I plan to decline her coffee offer, but she's laid out two cups and her good china, blue and white, the famous style from the city of Delft. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Speak up," said the old man, cupping a hand to his ear. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now this was a definite shift from where we’d started which was all about them bringing me cups of tea and holding my hand and exactly when the shift occurred I couldn’t tell you. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the rest of the meal beckons, I ignore it until I've drained my cup. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She’s carrying a cup of tea and a slice of cake. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s never been locked before; we go in and out of it all day—for napkins, jelly containers, Styrofoam cups for takeout. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cups her hand as if it were full of water or grain as she points to the small, perfect giraffes and elephants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his hand to summon a servant with a flagon of iced summerwine, and poured her a cup. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Siobhan read the book during morning break when she has a cup of coffee and sits at the edge of the playground with the other teachers. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She hopped off my shoulder and cupped her hands around her mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

In fact, by the end, we had even abandoned our routine of meeting over a cup of cocoa at the end of each day. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was Mother sitting at the table, holding a cup of tea. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jenny set the tray on the table so hard the cups rattled in their saucers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knelt on one knee, her bound wounds protesting as she cupped their heads and stroked their smooth hair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Now he slammed the stone with the back of the knife blade with renewed force, again and again until a small shower of sparks fell into the cup. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

She knelt beside her husband and held the cup to his mouth. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was carrying a tray that held the same cups Papa had always used to drink his tea. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stood up and refilled my cup with hot water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Candles filled the wall sconces and the cups of the hanging chandelier. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He put the cup back under the table, then he used the stem to pick his teeth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The second slowest cup of coffee ever consumed by man was finally empty as every eye in the Meecham living room remained fastened on the figure of Colonel Meecham. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted the horn cup to the Queen’s mouth, and a great shudder ran through the Queen’s body. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He grabbed Harry’s arm below the shoulder and helped Harry limp toward the plinth where the cup stood. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The Captain nodded at me as he took his cup off the tray. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drink it in one long swallow and hand me the cup back. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Calder put down his cup and started running his fingers excitedly through his pentominoes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the local coffee shop, hunched in one of the secretive, high-backed booths with hundreds of people's names gouged into the wood, we drank cup after cup of black coffee and talked frankly about sex. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” Lily said, cupping the wine with both hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I cracked an egg into a mixing bowl and then measured two and a half cups of flour. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He runs into his thatched hut, fills a cup, and gives it to Enrique. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He pours himself another cup of coffee and I shuffle through photos of the pine serpent. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The dude ran back toward the kitchen and in a flash came back with a cup of water. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He holds his cup in his hands and brings it to eye level, staring at it until a soft curl of steam rises from the surface. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Minerva made her hands into shallow cups and pulled the air over her head and face, making prayers out of ashes and smoke. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Clotho was hobbling by, gripping five dirty cups by their lips. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She threw the cup to the floor, not even pausing to see it break before reaching for another. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone had got to their feet, and slowly they crowded around Harry and Ron’s table, pressing close to Professor Trelawney’s chair to get a good look at Harry’s cup. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I saw the town with the hill and the old castle above it in a cup in the hills with the mountains beyond, brown mountains with a little green on their slopes. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I lift the cup by rote, but when the liquid slides down my throat, it doesn't even register to me what it is. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Slopper called up through cupped hands when I was about ten feet up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When Kate came back with teapot and cups on a tray Faye was clawing at her mouth with a crooked finger and whimpering in agony. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It is the cold only. I make now myself a cup of tea.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s make sure they disapprove loudly,” Aunt Tuti said, cupping her hands over her mouth like a megaphone. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"And I charge you to bring the prisoner a cup of wine and a nicely crisped capon, before he dies of hunger," Lannister said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I need a cup of wine, to wash the taste of Tywin from my mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Such a witness would prove that Johnny had owned a cup, before Mr. Lyte’s had been stolen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little Brother’s eyes were as wide as peanut butter cups. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I could sit on the sofa with a cup of tea and Saturday Kitchen on TV. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was done, she cupped her hands before her face and asked God not to let all this good fortune slip away from her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the slightly awkward silence that ensued, Miss Kenton turned her gaze down into the depths of her cocoa cup as if she had become engrossed by something she had noticed there. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

My mom looks at me over the rim of her coffee cup as she takes a sip. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

In the afternoons she makes herself a cup of tea, which does not smell entirely like tea but of something else she puts into it, out of a small silver bottle. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of them held in her wooden hands a stone cup. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Sara studies the dark tapioca bubbles at the bottom of her cup suspiciously. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Miss Forcible was sitting in one of the armchairs, knitting hard.They poured Coraline a cup of tea in a little pink bone china cup, with a saucer. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Neighbors would stop and listen to the music, and occasionally invite themselves in for a cup of tea. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My legs were still shaky from the walk and, before deciding whether to fight the edict or leave, I asked for a cup of tea. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The woman returns with a tea cart and pours us both a cup. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We joined the line, filing past the beggars who shook their tin cups or waved their crude crutches and canes at us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One on the fridge reads, “Six cups of water per day!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She returned to the kitchen and poured two cups of coffee. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Clutching cups of coffee and donuts, we round a corner and see the brick school. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pulls me close, his hand cupping my hip bone. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Queen Wealhtheow poured the last of the wine into another golden cup for him to drink from. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now if you don’t win the golden cup,” I said, “I won’t be mad because I know you will do your best.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Mrs. Murphy pours more tea into his cup and hands it to him, then turns to me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had raised the cup to take a sip of tea, but I put it down on the floor next to me, harder than I mean to, and some of it spills over. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We went over and bought a cup of milk to share, then stood over the goat as if idly curious. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

On my way off the train I dropped a dollar in his cup, something I never do, hoping to make it his good day too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Grandpop spit all the apple seeds into the cup and spit the stem into his hand the way kids back home in Brooklyn did sunflower-seed shells. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

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

Only at dusk, in the calm of those moments shared over a cup of tea, could he see her human side. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Papa didn’t say, “Have a love sip”; he didn’t say anything as I watched him raise the cup to his lips. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The lady Kirke mixed me a golden cup of honeyed wine, adding in mischief her unholy drug. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She doesn’t want you to see the worst. You can help down here. I’m sure Eliza would appreciate a cup of tea. Lucille is a strong woman. With God’s mercy she will survive this peril.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cups his hands in the same way and then starts a new scene. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

He paused to light a cigarette and refill his cup of coffee. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evan reached for the trashed cup and stowed it under his seat. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Tommy refused to be snubbed and, cupping his ear to the carton, shouted, “What’s that? No kidding! You’re crazy about me. Inside that answer machine all those brainy cells are rooting for me to win.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Though all the other members of the family observed her husband’s boycott of this beverage, she drank two cups every morning and often as not ate nothing else the rest of the day. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes moved tentatively to the skirt behind the cup. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana went over to the helicopter and got a paper cup of coffee for himself and one for the sheriff. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I head to the table and smile widely at the women as I pick up a couple of green cups. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the edge of die bed, he poured half a cup of wine and held it to Tyrion's swollen lips. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She did not order decaf coffee but drank three cups of regular. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Presently he brought them cups of beechwood and an earthenware mixing bowl which held some wine very like vinegar, plentifully diluted with water. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

At last there came another steam whistle blast, closer this time, definitely drawing closer, and he slammed his coffee cup to the table. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s a pleasant change from their usual routine—Nikhil showered, in his suit, flying out the door as she’s just pouring herself a first cup of coffee. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then his mother had placed the rabbit’s body in his cupped palms and gone to get a shovel. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nancy collected some pieces of sterilized liver and spleen that were embedded in wax blocks, and she put the blocks in a Styrofoam cup to take back to Fort Detrick for analysis. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did I tell you I was a freaking C cup at thirteen?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She poured me a cup of coffee and combed my hair with her fingers. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I was wary of the old man and didn’t take the cup of fresh water. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She was a little revived, however, by his bringing back his coffee cup himself; and she seized the opportunity of saying: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Each man took a cup, and helped himself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Off to the side, I see teetering columns of red disposable cups. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She watched him toss it onto a dirty table cluttered with empty coffee cups. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He makes himself a cup of hot tea to go with his burrito. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs and got myself a cup of coffee and a couple of soft-boiled eggs, which I ate alone at a table near a window in the empty main dining room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Each egg cup has an initial on it, one for each person in the family. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the last two weeks we’ve been eating lunch at eleven-thirty on Saturdays; in the mornings we have to make do with a cup of hot cereal. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“The club...an attack. Dear, dear, this is not a happy cup....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I got a cup from the house and dipped it half full. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Linda was lying on the bed, sipping that horrible stinking mescal out of a cup. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Store-room in there, and above the floods, luckily,’ said Pippin, as they came back laden with dishes, bowls, cups, knives, and food of various sorts. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The water looked awful and murky and the very embodiment of disease, but once it was cupped in my hand gave the impression of overbrewed tea. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boardinghouse keeper hurriedly gave her brother a cup of tea and sent him on his way. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

They swarmed the dining tables, grabbing food, plates, and cups. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Hackett had already dug up most of the bottles he’d hidden around the clearing and he was passing out cups and pouring shots of vodka as he walked around. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I scoop up a pile, cupping it with both hands. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Britain crows as he approaches with red cup in hand. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He cupped her under the jaw, raising her chin, his fingers pinching her painfully. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Above his head the sky stretched in a cold, dark-blue oval, cupping the city like an iron palm covered with silk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lee brought the gray enameled coffeepot to the table and filled the cups and sat down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grace was locked in deep debate about whether a fly was trapped inside her Jell-O cup. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I never knew you noticed,” I murmured, gazing into my cup of tea. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Use this, my dear,” she said, and handed her a wooden spoon and a steaming cup of tea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She waved back, but didn’t smile as she sipped from a foam cup. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She cups her big mouth and aims it skyward. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Buddy set his cup in the saucer with an awkward clatter. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. V returns a few minutes later with a plate of hot chocolate chip cookies and two servings of milk in red sippy cups decorated with Disney princesses. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

They exchange knowing looks and then, without warning, they tear across to the other side of the yard, their cupped hands held high. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Gentle squires kept every golden wine cup brimming full. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They have cottages and a house cup, like the one we had for the Murphey Awards. And he’s also an orphan who was abused by relatives.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She cupped the medicine bottle in her palms, surveying the creature within. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Milo’s office was a barbershop, and his deputy mayor was a pudgy barber from whose obsequious lips cordial greetings foamed as effusively as the lather he began whipping up in Milo’s shaving cup. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She was relieved that it was not a windy day, for everything was still in its place, every water-filled plastic cup weighed down the paper tablecloth as it was meant to. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I smell the sugary Cuban coffee Mami must be making, hear the china cups tinkle in their saucers. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The judge looks at him, leaning forward, her chin cupped in her hand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A small round depression held a cup of whitish liquid. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“So,” said Harry, “the diary’s gone, the ring’s gone. The cup, the locket, and the snake are still intact, and you think there might be a Horcrux that was once Ravenclaw’s or Gryffindor’s?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the commander was not prepared to risk a computer crash in the middle of an alert, and so doused his cigar in the coffee cup of a passing gremlin. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Kashmiri pencil cups are bought for Ashoke to give to his colleagues at the university. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m doing worse than that. I’m trying to bribe you with a cup of coffee. It’s worse than that, too. I’m suggesting a dollop of Old Granddad in the coffee.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right there, from her perch on her rollator, Aunt Nancy cups her wrinkled hands around her wrinkled mouth. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He sips a cup of coffee with one hand and extends the other one toward me—but he’s not going for a fist bump. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Over the last two sleepless nights the circles under Milton’s eyes had darkened steadily with each cup of coffee he drank. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Layla asked as she plugged in the bottle warmer and filled it with a cup of water from the bathroom faucet. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Dad poured me a cup of tea and sat next to me as I ate my sangak and feta cheese. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Jason had expected about a hundred spirits, but twice that many were milling about, chasing spectral serving girls, smashing plates and cups, and basically making a nuisance of themselves. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“There must be a reason,” Marly said, and stirred the island of marshmallow around and around in her cup. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

So she sat in her wedding silks, nursing a cup of honeyed wine, afraid to eat, talking silently to herself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After a short speech, he handed it to me, saying, “Son, this makes me very proud. It’s a great honor to present you with this championship cup.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurried back to Erickson’s Hotel, asked for a cup of tea to take to my room, and wrote letters until supper at six. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then he pushed his plate and cup away. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Bitter was refilling her cup with coffee, wearing a tank top and gray shorts, her legs wild lengths extending out. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne said, cupping her hand to her ear. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my nose against the glass and cupped my hands around my eyes to stop reflections, and saw a bucket smeared with a dry brown crust. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her hand was a cup of lavender and sage tea. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

Dad opened a Thermos and poured us a cup of coffee. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I grab a red plastic cup from a nearby table, pour myself some cranberry juice, and start dancing alone like the girl near the fireplace. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And I succeeded in bringing back a cup. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to rise but could not, not even on his elbow; and when he tried to take the cup, he dropped it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Here. Let me grab a cup of tea, and then I’ll tell you what I know.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

A paper cup drops into place, the drink pours out and stops a quarter of an inch from the brim—a cold, refreshing drink guaranteed synthetic. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his harmonica to his lips, cupped his hand around his blues harp, and sucked in hard to show his grandfather. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Serving men had begun to move amongst the guests as the seneschal was speaking, filling cups from the flagons that they bore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A bead of condensation drips down the side of my milkshake, settling at the base of the plastic cup. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"He's allowed one cup of water a day. One food ration." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I cupped my hands over the tan plastic ear muffs and said out loud, “It’s Mom.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He lifted his cup in a toast as he walked away. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Every boy dipped his cup into the porridge and drank. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I just enjoyed that cup of water a little extra too, because I wasn’t in the back of the line. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Sitti said she could read their fortunes in the tea leaves in the sugary bottoms of their cups. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Florida cupped the worm and set it back in the mud. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

She would have another cup of slow tea, and the children had just extended a half invitation. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was thirsty and he took another cup full of water from the hand pump at the sink. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother cheered up a little then and even ate one of the cookies Eye placed temptingly by her cup. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I throw the paper cup in the trash can, take the newspaper off her desk, and retreat to the cot at the far end of the room. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Dad clicked a tiny capsule into his whirlpool of Nescafé, stirred it in, and picked up the cup and saucer. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Marvelous, Mrs. Murphy,” he says, and dumps four spoons of sugar into his cup. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The waiter appears with a teapot, two cups, and four cupcakes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Two gallons of discount-store red punch and tiny paper cups are arranged in a lovely display next to the plate of generic black-and-white cookies. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She poured another cup and rolled its coolness across her forehead. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He reached for a cup from the cupboard and filled it with water. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jule bought a cup of vanilla pudding for a dollar and took a plastic spoon. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“This tea is a gift from our faraway friends,” the father was saying as he handed a child a cup. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

There were slightly larger crinkly paper cups for water, which I poured from the drinking fountain in the corner of Mrs. Killinger’s office. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“A little help, please? Come out of that bathroom and save me, young man! And bring me a cup of water!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A small table set with a teapot, cups, and a silver plate of cookies sat next to a flowered armchair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nessa lays her chest on the raft, cupping water with both hands. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He threw his head back, swallowing something small from his cupped palm. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll keep that in mind. Can I get you a cup of coffee?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

I cup both hands around my ear and place it against the door—does this actually work? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A week before, he came home to say that the company had offered employees to be paid either in Zim dollars or in cups of mealie meal. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He held out his cup, and a slave filled it with fermented mare's milk, sour-smelling and thick with clots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take two eggs over light, bacon, a cup of coffee, and hash browns.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theon poured himself a cup of wine and drank it down. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He wishes Theo were closer so they could “breakfast together or drink a cup of chocolate in my room.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The part that touches fingers when one passes the cup and saucer to the other. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Subtracting the eighty dollars that she and Megan had spent on lemonade and cups, each girl had made a profit of sixty-four dollars. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Moses filled a Styrofoam cup of coffee for X-Ray. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the hole he saw rocks, boards, leaves, even a tin cup, but no gold. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cupped her hands around the water, relishing the cool on her face as she splashed herself with it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She’s stacked her folders on the table, and now there’s no place for her cup of tea. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

‘Johnny,’ said Mr. Quincy, ‘did you obey your mother—never show your cup to anyone?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now from the fire his fat blood pudding came, deposited before him by Antinoos—then, to boot, two brown loaves from the basket, and some wine in a fine cup of gold. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cup of hot chocolate sat untouched in front of her. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He emptied the cup and handed it back to me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while Mom sauntered out with a pitcher and cups to give us some cold water because it was hot and because she wanted to check up on our progress. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

‘It is perfectly obvious that this cup now stands where it belongs. The question is how was it ever separated from its fellows?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that point, Johnny had his hands cupped around his mouth and was shouting at us, except I couldn’t hear a word. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coffee is even more interesting, for when the hot black fluid has ceased, a squirt of milk comes down and an envelope of sugar drops beside the cup. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby tips some vodka into a red plastic cup, and then she fills the rest with Coke. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

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

“I know, man, but do like I told you, cup your hands over your ears when you get water in them and then pump the water out.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Baba is taking a seat next to Sunny; he's handing her a huge cookie and another Styrofoam cup full of something to drink. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had been observed singing “White Christmas” and dragging a plastic disposable cup top around his cell with a string, calling it his “car.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men in their forties, fifties, sixties, and seventies all took off their hats and headed inside—and so did I. We ate cucumber sandwiches and drank cups of tea. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I cupped my hand over my brother’s mouth. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She feeds me a cup of milky tea and puts me into bed with a hot water bottle and flannelette sheets, and spreads two extra blankets on top. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I blew on it, I breathed on it, I cupped it in my hands, but no sooner did I add twigs than the whole thing went black. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just want to have a quick word with the doctor,” Mom explained, using her sweet neighborly voice as if we’d come to borrow a cup of sugar. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Since you want to talk. Tell me why you don’t have the cup and crow on your arm.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At last Mother put down her empty cup and said, “Come back to bed with me this time.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands cupped Amah’s bracelet like a nest and the stone began to warm. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Christ, isolated against a large rock that echoes His shape, is comforted by the angel bearing a golden cup, symbol of the Passion. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the robe to the kitchen, where Babou was pouring himself a cup of tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Would you like some coffee?” he asked as he poured himself a cup. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The wizard crouched on the dead man’s chest and drank a cup of magic porridge, which flowed through his feet and into the lifeless body. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Minli carefully reached for a cup; the fragrant aroma was too tempting to let pass. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Some toss out crushed fast-food bags and half-filled drink cups just to give us a little more litter to pick up. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Plates, cups, spoons, pot lids, the heavy aluminum rice pot, the frying pan, all half submerged in gray water with a greasy scum floating on the top. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It holds a china teapot and cups, cream and sugar, and a plate of cookies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Because he can,” he said, and put down his cup of coffee. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He gave me a cup of milk, and I sat down to drink it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In Honduras, Leti and her three children ate once a day—usually two pieces of bread with a watery cup of coffee. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

When I like the answers you give me, I'll leave the cup facing up. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma had sobbed and Auntie Aggie had scolded her, wrapping me in a blanket and taking me down to the kitchens where she made me a cup of warm milk sweetened with honey. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Michelangelo pretended to drink his wine, but his eyes bulged over the rim of his cup. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When Shae returned with the wine, he took one sip and flung the cup away to explode against the side of the house. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He used his hands to cup water into his face, rubbing the back of his neck. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I cup her hand, unfurl her fingers, and let the lines of her palm speak to the sky. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She drank down a big cup of goldenrod tea every morning, with a nutmeg floating in it, and declared she didn't need no other medicine. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wolf’s ears cupped forward and tuned in on some distant message from the tundra. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood watching him as he finished lighting the candle stubs that stood on saucers around the room, perched precariously on stacks of books and on side tables crammed with cracked and moldy cups. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

I brought the charm close to my face, then cupped my hand around it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mamou was at the kitchen table, drinking her own cup of tea, when I brought the basket of cleaned sabzi into the kitchen. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

So this means that for every 1 cup of lemonade sold, we earn about 32 ȼ. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Two njuzu girls coiled up the table legs and bent gracefully over cups of tea that Mother had poured. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poured his second cup of chocolate and crumbled a sweet biscuit in his fingers. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he asked for punch he stuck the paper cup right into her Dad’s face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She taught us that you could wash yourself up pretty clean with just a cup of water. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He said to drink the water cupping it in the hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Only once did I look up to see some girls looking my way and whispering with their hands cupped over their mouths, but they looked away when they saw me notice them. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

“Look at the cups and plates,” Sarah whispers as we wait in line to place our orders. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Late that night, Finn sat at the kitchen table, test prep books spread in front of him, steam curling from his fourth cup of tea. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Give me half a cup of rice only, and I will pay you soon.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are sitting across from each other, separated by a little table with two cold cups of tea. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna led the way inside and brought him a cup of water. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mom starts pouring tea into the cups, her blond hair pulled back into a high knot. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think you were strong enough to break my cup.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The DD cups looked bigger than my head. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Harry edged forward a little to get a better view and saw what looked like a small golden cup with two finely wrought handles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He took a sip from his cup and rubbed his temple. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Dicey found Cousin Eunice in the kitchen, drinking a cup of tea. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know how long the girl had been standing there, but, when she picked up a shirt and turned around, she found her standing by the doorway, hands cupped around a glassful of tea. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

From behind his half-moon blinker cups, Seabiscuit could see nothing but an empty track ahead of him, nor is it likely that he could hear Rosemont over the roar from the grandstand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was nothing woolly about the Grim in that cup!” said Ron hotly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Spoken like a true Smokey,” Az said, pouring a dark liquid from the kettle into the cups. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

It’s like the light is positioned in the backseat cup holder, beneath an empty can of soda that’s been there for a month. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Jess is sitting on her patio, drinking a cup of coffee. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth’s mother looks down at her cup of tea. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

As she ate her bread and meat, she kept one hand curved about the cup enjoying its warmth. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sensed when a guest needed more tea before the guest did, expressed herself by filling his cup, thought in terms of matching, balancing, connecting, completing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both picked up the little cups from on top of the folded cloth, then dipped the cups in the water. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

This time we bought two cups apiece, spending the last of our money. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I drained a cup of coffee and we went off to get our things. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bowls and measuring cups and ingredients covered the counters; flour and sugar dusted their clothes. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought people were supposed to drink eight cups a day,” Garrett says. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

While still holding the steering wheel and keeping his eyes on the road, he takes his free hand and cups it over his chest. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

On the far side of the room, sitting at a table alone, a small, curiously beetlelike man was drinking a cup of coffee, his little eyes darting suspicious glances from side to side. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When he came back with the beers and plastic cups, he poured hers with a flourish that, to her, was thick with romance. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She inhaled long and slow over her cup. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He handed my mom a cup, then offered one to me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Only instead of words like “cup” and “teaspoon” and “lettuce” and “chicken,” there was drawings. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I fill a cup of water for Malachy and me and my mother wails, Water for you and your brother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

With his eyes on the sports page, he reached for his thermos, and poured some of Friday’s cold coffee into a cup. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

When I was little, he would come home from work and say, “I sure could use me a warm cup of cocoa.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Harry thanked him, poured the Kool-Aid into Dixie cups, and sat down wearily. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Harris overfilled his cup, spilling coffee on the counter, which he did not clean up. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The girl made no move to touch the cup. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Shackleton reduced the water ration to half a cup a day. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I had brought the gold cup to her, and no one else was going to get it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slide one hand under Nutmeg’s chest and cup her back legs with my other. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d steal the cream from their cups and the coins from their pockets. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Spike sits down next, eggs and toast with a cup of coffee. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She picked up the glowing ball, cupped it in her hands, and once again the cell was dark. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Dr. Martin takes Axel’s cup, fills it again. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

One hand cups my cheek while the other keeps me from tipping over. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Its tight, even grain makes it strong but flexible, easy to bend yet disinclined to twist, warp, or cup. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And just then, Felix looked up and saw, down the street, a homeless woman with a dog begging for change with a paper coffee cup, and he felt even worse. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He studies his cupped hands before letting it go. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The grant that the king had presented him for signature was on the table beneath a silver drinking cup that had once been Donal Noye’s. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Lee set a stone bottle and three little translucent porcelain cups on the table.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She gave my mother a cup of warm chai. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Wigner pulled out a bottle of red wine and a stack of paper cups. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai asked, evading the question, and she took her cup from the tray in Less Ellen’s hands and filled it from the little teapot. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The profoundness of our lips touching and our tongues pressing and my hand cupping her perfect white cheek barred any thoughts of right or wrong or any memory of why “Yes.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I picked her up in the cup of my hands and held her under my chin. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a warm June afternoon, but Annabeth accepted the cup with thanks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

To be polite, he took a sip from his cup too, and almost gagged: The stuff was quite disgusting, as though someone had liquidized bogey-flavored Every Flavor Beans. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I knew we were going, even after she poured a second cup of coffee and stifled a yawn like she was thinking of bed. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I set the toothbrush kit in her cup. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He now desperately needs a cup of tea for himself, not having managed to make one before leaving the house. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She rings the bell again, cups her hands against the glass to peer into the dim hallway. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Flight attendants moved up the aisles handing out bedtime cups of water. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were on the verge of running out, even though all he allowed either of them to eat was half a cup’s worth. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The woman nodded again and then cupped her hands around his heel. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I cupped my hand over my eyes to fight snow blindness. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It burns my throat, so I keep drinking it and don't even realize how much I've had until the cup is back on its saucer and it's half empty. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As the newsreel cameras whirred, Moch, dripping wet and bare chested, held one of the cup’s handles and Burke, in a suit and tie, held the other. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She pops the top off the cup and puts both straws into the drink. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I went over to Gimpy and tapped him on the shoulder to ask him something, he jumped up and dropped his cup of coffee all over himself. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She says her mother would like me to come and see her, have a cup of tea with her. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And then I quickly take a sip of my hot chocolate and hide my face in the cup, before tears start falling. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She drank and passed the cup to Bernard. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So we’re just going to chuck all the perfectly fine cups we already have in favor of these?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We all sat down with a cup of hot chocolate and a bowl of roasted chestnuts to watch the ten o’clock news. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petra cupped her hand quickly as if to cover his mouth, but stopped before she touched him. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, she holds her hands out, forming a cup. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Terri invited my mom in for a cup of coffee and they disappeared into the kitchen. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, we cupped the webbing. And then we pulled on the lead line. We made a sort of cradle with the net, got his legs inside it. Then we brought him in.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stared at the bottom of my empty cup. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He watched the dark steaming mixture pour into a collapsible tin cup, which was handed him straight off. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

While I was still on my first cup of tea, the young lady I had been watching and listening to in the choir came into the tearoom. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He hit it six or seven times really fast but the spurt didn’t increase, didn’t decrease, always half a cup. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the sugar spoon from the bowl and put four spoonfuls in my cup, stirred it, smiled at Gretchen, and nodded. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So she poured champagne into two plastic cups. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You put that cup down and come in here a minute,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She poured the honey wine for both of us, drinking hers in a series of dainty sips from a silver beggar’s cup hardly bigger than a thimble. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I have been reprimanded for leaving an empty cup in the seat arm. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Just making myself a cup of tea. Care to join me?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We cupped our hands over our ears and tried to yell at one another, but our voices were drowned in the din. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At the first sound of shots, Charley Bloom set down a cup of Campbell’s tomato and rice soup and almost sobbed to Linda at the table across from him, “God help us now, it’s beginning.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Celia goes to the coffee percolator, pours two cups, but then stops. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

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

They blew plates and cups around so quickly, the mess hall looked like a delicious hurricane. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Dorian’s breath was warm on her head, and she smiled as he brought his arm around her, cupping her shoulder. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, waiting for his wife to give the ready sign, Bull poured himself a cup of coffee, drank it black, and felt the heat surge into his belly and flood through his body. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He filled the cups, and the scientists and students silently passed them around. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I make a cup with my hands and move them side to side to make the water just the right amount of both to wash up. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

At the porch he turned and surveyed the whole home cup of the ranch before he went inside. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As she handed the young man his cup, she tenderly straightened his hair in a motherly gesture as she propped up his head. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Put that cup in the sink and come in here.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pour detergent into the little cup in the machine, close the door, and use the laundry card my parents gave me to turn it on. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I got up and poured a cup of tea for Father and set it down in front of him. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Auntie woke him up and gave him a cup of Indian tea brewed dark as coffee. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tasting from a cupped palm, she frowns; as usual, there’s something missing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

If you run it backward you will see the pieces suddenly gather themselves together off the floor and jump back to form a whole cup on the table. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how many cups were poured out from it, the level of the wine stayed the same, up to the brim. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squint at the drained milkshake glasses and mound of empty chocolate pudding cups taking up practically the entire space. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to go downstairs and get a cup of coffee. I don’t really understand any of this art stuff, and you guys would probably be more comfortable without me hovering.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I can’t do this,” she tells Ashoke when he brings her a cup of tea, the only thing he can think to do for her, the last thing she feels like drinking. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

She lifted the lid from the cup, loosened the belt on the bathrobe, and lay back on the bed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shoving a plastic cup under my nose, the mother launched her tirade. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It seemed to be a friend, 'cause she cupped the mouthpiece and lowered her voice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

"Empty the cup, or I will tell them to hold you down while Ser Jorah pours the whole cask down your throat." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I gazed helplessly at the grain of the desk, then past his head to the case of loving cups behind his chair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I met Joey around front again, and he handed me two cups in paper sleeves. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some instinct made her lift her hand and cup his cheek with her fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

Every so often one of them came out and grabbed hot water from a big caldron in the fogón or poured a cup of coffee from the pot on the embers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I noticed the quiet passing of another milestone: For the first time, Harry got a cup of Christmas wine. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She nibbled whilst she listened, and sipped from a cup of watered wine. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It's like I blanked out or something, and the nurse is giving me this cup of water, and the weird thing is she's crying. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mariam, who’d had a queasy stomach all night, boiled some water and made herself a cup of green tea sprinkled with crushed cardamom. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He borrowed a cup of dried peppers and a block of salt, and he brought in a long working knife, eighteen inches long and heavy, as a small ax, a tool and a weapon. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then and there, she also knew that someday she would drink another cup of slow tea at Sillington House. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Celia endeavors to be as helpful as she can, which consists mainly of fetching cups of tea and finding new and creative ways to assure people that everything will be fine. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Aunt Gloria would have been better off with a cup of tea because in my book of first aid it says a hot drink is good for you if you have had a shock. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Women,” says August, lighting his cigarette from behind a cupped hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He brings back three packages of duck sauce and a cup of wonton soup and hands them all to me. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Papa and Dadi were having their last cup of tea for the night and Rashid Uncle sat at the table carving like he usually did. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Baba sipped cups of tea and chatted with the other parents while Neel took the four-hour test. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Right before Tenth Street emerges onto the cacophony of the West Side Highway, I stop to get a latte, wrapping my cool hands around the cup for warmth. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

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

I handed her this oversized coffee cup I gave her for her last birthday. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

But now, he brings his fist down on the table, rattling the cups and spilling his tea. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She went to the kitchen and prepared a cup for him as he’d requested. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We woke Mother and dug in our bags for a cup or a dish. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

An orchestra played minuets in a corner, and servants slipped through the gathered nobles in a dance of their own as they refilled and cleared plates and cups and silverware. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

When it was ready, I poured a cup and knocked on the sunroom door. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He had cupped his palm so that it would not hurt too much and yet would kill the mosquito. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pluck about a cup of dirt at a time. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

They had only two cups and he drank his coffee from the bowl he’d eaten from, his thumbs hooked over the rim. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

The break room was empty save for a computer technician sipping a cup of coffee. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lets go of my hand, drains the cup, gives it back, and then holds her hand up until I take it again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mustafa pours an assortment of sodas and water into plastic cups and sets them out on the counter. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mom watched me from the doorway, cradling two cups of tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Inej hadn’t taken on the crow and cup, the tattoo carried by any full member of the Dregs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She asked for a cup of hot chocolate and then asked me to take her out for a walk. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The alchemist opened a bottle and poured a red liquid into the boy’s cup. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showed them, as he had the day before, a cabinet inside which fourteen coffee cups hung on angles from brass hooks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I should make sure they have clean cups ready for when he wakes up.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He’d know that the man behind the cash box would turn him down, but on a good day, a man eating at the counter might buy him a sandwich and a cup of coffee. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There is a tradition on death row in Alabama that, at the time scheduled for the execution, the condemned prisoners bang on their cell doors with cups in protest. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

Hands cupped in front of their faces, heads bowed, murmuring a prayer: “Merciful God, forgive him his trespasses. Make wide his grave and light his path. Raise him unto the highest heavens.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In his bedroom after he had said his good night, Aron sat on the edge of his bed and peered down at his hands cupped between his knees. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

To top it off, she has a pitcher-sized cup of sweet tea. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The three empty cups stood in the center of the table. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The cup was half-filled with a bluish substance from a project started before summer, testing whether people’s perceptions of taste were influenced by their sight. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The boys around me giggled at the sight of the naked man being marched down the street, toward the throng of handcuffed men and women, his gnarled hands cupped between his bony legs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took him to her room, cleaned him up, made him drink a cup of broth. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mandy cupped my chin in her hand and examined my face. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Scott took one of the pitchers from the cooler and filled the cup to the brim with lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I go get a paper cup from the cupboard. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He thrust the cup and incense sticks into my hands. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cups and lemonade mix had cost nine dollars. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She slid the steaming cup in front of him. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Dr. Viftas reached for a thermos and poured me iced water in a glass cup that had measurement marks on the side. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

An empty wine cup stood on the table before him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I pick the egg out of the cup and finger it for a moment. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slammed the box, picked up his lunch pail and trotted over the ridge and down into the cup of the ranch. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The judge cupped her hand over the mouthpiece. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I place cupped hands over my ears to keep her words from escaping. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He cupped his own face with his hands. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The heather which he had brought was set up dramatically in a cup with no water—she was every inch the homebody—and he was free to go. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to pick up the cup of cold coffee, but his hand would not hold it steadily. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ollie takes his hands from mine and cups my face, holding my eyes steady. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Briskly, Cecilia moved about her tasks, mixing milk and water to egg powder, and setting out a pot of jam and three plates and cups on the table. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She asked for some water and I gave her a cup, and she leaned forward a bit to sip through the straw. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She believed it, even though they were sitting at the long table with a linen tablecloth and silver service to have a cup of watered chocolate and a sweet bun. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He bent over to take the ball out of the cup, and the sun went behind a cloud. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ad pictured a cup of orange juice and a piping hot blueberry muffin. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The girl cupped a hand behind her ear. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

At home Jenny hurried to make a pot of steaming coffee; when it was done, Matt carried a cup of it to Ellen. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then he came back holding a coffee cup and a bag of doughnuts. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“We could all have a cup and speak together. If Jude has done something to offend you...” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then she handed me the cup with ice, and I returned it to Cecile. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I give a little cough and hold out the cup of tea. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sofa and a couple of chairs are clustered on one side of the room, opposite a kitchenette with mismatched cups drying on the countertop. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A cup of brown liquid and a hunk of dry bread. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The fruit cup was invented in the Valley of the Heart’s Delight, by Del Monte. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ofglen, not missing a beat, pours, and the paper cups pass down the line. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Moch gave a little tug on the cup and it popped free from Burke’s hand. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Grate two cups of cheddar cheese into a bowl. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I read, I feel my heart breaking into little pieces that go knocking around my chest like coins being rattled in a cup. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Just as you like,” said the man, tilting the flask into his own cup. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then he held my chin and helped me drink water from a wooden cup. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He drinks a cup of hot tea every day because it’s “good for digestion.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

With his silver cup in its flannel bag, he set off to kill time until he might take it to Mr. Lyte. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gravely, when he had done, he made libation and took a sip of honey-hearted wine, giving the cup, then, back into the hands of the young nobleman. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pyp and Toad would be sitting near the fire in the common room, drinking cups of mulled wine before their supper. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On the table in front of him were books and papers, a steaming espresso pot and a tiny cup, and—I was surprised to see—an unfiltered cigarette burning in an ashtray. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He twisted the cup into the sand beside him and cushioned the folded blanket under his sweaty head and covered him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

She’s finished a cup of tea already and is pouring her second. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Really?” the New Haven woman said, squeezing her paper cup in her hand, as though she thought it a great oddity, that a person at this gathering would like Nollywood. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I poured his cup, and then mine, and brought it up to my nose to smell it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sunjin was filling cups with water and cleaning up after the men. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I’d had almost no vodka—not like what I’d had at the parties I'd gone to junior year—but still, I threw my cup down and crushed it under my foot. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his back to the wind and poured yellow pollen from Josiah’s tobacco sack into the cup of his hand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She paced this way and that, hands in her pockets, as the wind blew swirls of leaves and discarded paper cups about her feet. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the second month the directorate has delayed your salary,” she said, and put the tea bag on his saucer in her own cup. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The wine was sweet and strong, redolent with the smell of eastern spices, much superior to the thin Ghiscari wines that had filled her cup of late. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Re-seated, Mrs. Glass sighed, as she always sighed, in any situation, when cups of chicken broth were declined. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

They were those canvas camping chairs with a cup holder in the arm. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They would accept a cup of tea with a quiet nod of thanks, and maybe smile and maybe make a joke. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her elbows were on her knees and her face leaned into her cupped hands. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

A peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich, two carrot sticks, a mound of lime gelatin, a tin cup of milk, served on a cafeteria tiay. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We poured half into another bowl and grabbed some cups. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies knew what was polite and would come through with a cup of tea but they had no intention of supplying a meal and paying a quarter, too. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little souvenir cups stood on the small shelves. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bring your hair things when you come back and you can have a cup of hot tea while I redo your pigtails.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The tulips along the border are redder than ever, opening, no longer wine cups but chalices; thrusting themselves up, to what end? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked, dignified, from group to group, smiling and filling the drinking cups, and you’d have sworn from his look that never until tonight had the old man been absolutely happy. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Delightful,” he said and poured another cup for himself. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

What strange country was I in where a white man offers to share and even apologizes to me for using the same cup that I would? Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Genie and Grandpop spent a little time each day in the inside-outside room, where Grandpop would have his drink and his apple, always spitting the seeds in the small cup he kept under the table. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Théoden drank from the cup, and she then proffered it to the guests. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I watched as Mr. Quintana poured me a cup of coffee. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was stuffing the cups into their spring-loaded dispenser when Trent Bolger’s hyena laugh rang through the open doorway. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Like my parents, Mr. Pirzada took off his shoes before entering a room, chewed fennel seeds after meals as a digestive, drank no alcohol, for dessert dipped austere biscuits into successive cups of tea. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Whenever my father takes us out on the boat, he always stops to scoop up trash that other people have tossed overboard—Styrofoam cups, bottles, chum boxes, plastic bags, whatever. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They swilled the dregs around as Professor Trelawney had instructed, then drained the cups and swapped over. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

If only he could somehow approach Melisandre unseen . . . he needed but an instant's access to her cup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dursley came into the living room carrying two cups of tea. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

His little cups of fruit, of pudding, of bits of meat, both cooked and raw, continued in the icebox. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was saying it again as he held out his Solo cup for me to clink. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting by herself, legs crossed, back to the hull of the ship, sipping a cup of tea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I have never heard of an egg cup before and I can tell Grace hasn’t either, by the way she keeps silent about it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat with his legs crossed, a napkin over his thigh, drinking a cup of tea. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

However, any human beings who were observing the cups would be living in a universe in which disorder decreased with time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just pours himself a cup of coffee, throws a couple of pieces of bacon on a paper towel, and starts to walk out of the kitchen. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I stared at the cup for a moment. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

All I could do was fix him another cup of cocoa and pour me another cup of coffee and just sit. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

My body shook like when I didn’t listen to Mom and had two cups of coffee with sugar in a row. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Then he slipped the cups of my yellow bikini top to the sides and swallowed hard as he looked at me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My mom kept filling paper cups with coffee from the vending machine and then she’d sit down and drink it, staring at the floor, and stand up and get another. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“My old friend Thutra took me one morning to a cupboard, and showed me a cup with a handle, and two arm bands. One of them was overambitious.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The Quaker William Allen, who had sworn off sugar for nearly fifty years while he battled against slavery, drank his first cup of tea with a spoonful of white, free sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The conductor thought that the cups and bags from the animals’ party had been left by Mario or Papa. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny put the cup back in its bag, but before he could tie the strings to his belt Mr. Lyte’s long fingers had reached out and taken it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a shell game with no actual pea under the rapidly moving cups. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Kaisa lifted her right hand to brush a strand of Ash’s hair behind her ear, and she cupped her cheek in her palm. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he knows it, his cup is empty and he’s reaching for the flask Manny left on the ottoman. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was doing that as she spoke, gently twisting the acorn in its cup without any success. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“There was a little bit of hot water left,” Helena says, “so I poured it in the cup.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She had a cup of tea before her and a pad of paper on which she was writing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the coach, she held out the cup to Katie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Now and then the nganga waved for a cup of tea or tray of snacks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cups my cheek in one warm, gloved hand, and turns me to face her again. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

Jalil guided her, one palm cupped around each of her shoulders, through the same gates outside of which, two days before, Mariam had slept on the sidewalk waiting for him. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She put a plastic doll’s cup every foot or so, at the edge of the well, and she weighed each cup down with water from the jug. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

One day when Rahim was ten, he dropped something—a bowl or a cup, doesn’t matter—and broke it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The spot where Courtney’s hand cups my waist feels like it’s on fire, and his sinewy forearm against my lower back makes me want to melt into him, as ridiculous as that sounds. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She circles me, then cups her hand around my ear. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The plastic cup slipped from her fingers, hitting the table. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then the far door of the chamber was flung open and one of the king's guards stepped into the room, a cup of ale in one hand and a sword at his side. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“To you,” I said, touching my cup to his. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

You can buy millions of little decorated cups, with tiny saucers, for Arabic coffee and tea. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The lifelike head of a snarling direwolf was raised on the side of the cup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It has stars in the bottom, and she always drinks her milk from it at home. She calls it her cup of stars because she can see the stars while she drinks her milk.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The voice had a long arm, its hand shaking a paper cup. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Inigo hurried to refill their cups so as never to miss a word. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lyte took up the cup, studied it, compared it with one of his own. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hesitates, her black marker hovering over the giant cup with uncertainty. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The way he went to get a cup of water, pretending not to see the tear rolling down my cheek. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Jon squatted and brought his hands together, cupping the runoff between his fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, he’s off to the Chamber of Secrets for a cup of tea with his fanged servant,” said George, chortling. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

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

They headed toward school, but Moss welcomed the sight of Memo, the man who made fruit cups from his cart on MacArthur. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Isn't it a lovely morning? The gods are smiling on us. Do try a cup of the wine, sweet sister. Lord Hunter was kind enough to send for it, from his own cellars." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Me and Jiffy and a half cup of water.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"Pod, build us a fire, the air is too chilly for my taste. Will you take a cup with me, Lancel? I find that mulled wine helps me sleep." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I handed John a corkscrew while I laid out the crystal—three plastic coffee cups, a jelly glass, a shaving mug, and several wide-mouthed pill bottles. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can make you a cup of tea?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was grateful for her ministrations, but I knew that the “two new cups” she was so careful to mention were evidence of the color bar that she said did not exist. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a tiny rosette between the cups and a label that read “Young Miss by Olga.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If I could, I’d run to the living room and fling the coffee cups out of their hands. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

As he begins to lecture Amit about the state of the Bangladeshi economy, I sit quietly and finish my fourth cup of tea since the morning. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And when Mrs. Bannister held the cup to my lips, I fanned the hot milk out on my tongue as it went down, tasting it luxuriously, the way a baby tastes its mother. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Before he made up his mind, I had the shadow children cup their hands around their silent mouths. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m a pencil pusher,” he told us, stretching out the cup of pencils in his hand in front of him again, like that would make it make more sense. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’m insanely glad I didn’t bring a cup of grape juice with me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I noticed how, as he held the cup, he tried to hide his pinkie, and I remembered how he used to flourish it as if he felt especially superior when he was drinking tea. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up and took the hot cup in both hands, alternately sipping and blowing to cool it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom told me they were just sharing a cup of coffee and some conversation.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I asked Aisha for a mirror when she placed the cup of juice on the dresser next to my bed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I put the cup to my mouth and take a small taste. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Outside, on the lawn, he brings me a cup of coffee. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took the tray back down to the kitchen, where she poured herself a cup of tea from Ana’s untouched pot, and very deliberately cracked the egg on the countertop, watching the shell splinter. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that was my first thought: Ben would never drink another cup of milk from those little spout cups of his. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Shae,” he said, and before he could lose his nerve, he went to her and kissed her, cupping her face in his hands. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“This may be a pet-friendly hotel, but they sure don’t want us licking the insides of their cups!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He filled his wine cup and watched a serving man carve into the pig. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Anyway, you looked at my empty cup, poured half of your drink into mine, and asked if now would be a good time to talk. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He sips coffee from his cup and wipes some brown droplets out of his mustache with the sleeve of his sport coat. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

One dropped on the smooth surface of the cup and splattered. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finished with barely a whisper—“Can you hear it/”—and leaned with her cupped hand to her ear, fifteen hundred people seemed to inch forward, straining to hear. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, I think we deserve a cup of chocolatl now,” she said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When the cup was broken, they would remember it being on the table, but when it was on the table, they would not remember it being on the floor. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you not going to have no breakfast tray brought in to you early in the morning with a red rose on it and two warm croissants and a cup of hot chocolate. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morrie swallowed the pills, put down the paper cup, inhaled deeply, then let it out. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Somerset stepped closer to June and cupped her face in her hands. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He washed his cup and plate and knife and fork and spoon and saucepan, put them away. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took the cup from me before I was finished. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I did not do anything but throw a tin cup of water on the log, so that I would have the cup empty to put whiskey in before 1 added water to it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Course I did. Plus, I’ve got coffee cups up to my eyeballs.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

All that was missing were the dark circles under her eyes and a steaming cup of coffee, except that she was too young for either. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Because, in case you haven’t figured it out,” he murmured, cupping my face with one big hand. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They say that often Greek flowers are seen coming up from the bottom, and that if a wooden cup is thrown into the Alpheus in Greece, it will reappear in Arethusa’s well in Sicily. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He donned an old, well-worn doublet, in case his niece had a mind to throw another cup of wine in his face, but he left his sword belt hanging on the back of his chair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The morning after his return he rose late, and wanting a cup of rushwash tea he went out to fetch water from the spring that ran a little way down the hillside from his house. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you might be thirsty,” she said, and Lexie accepted the cup and took a grateful sip. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone was staring, transfixed, at Professor Trelawney, who gave the cup a final turn, gasped, and then screamed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“To share a good cup of coffee with a fine woman,” he said, “and to ask for her forgiveness for the way I treated her when we were in school.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

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

Palmer stood on a chair and, cupping his hands, gently lifted his forbidden pet from the shelf. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Martian tried again and again to get hold of the cup, but could not. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her mother carried the steaming cup upstairs, Abra opened the incinerator end of the gas stove, put in the letters, and lighted them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without interrupting his song, the trumpeter kicks the paper cups away from his feet. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She got up and carefully handed a heavy parcel to Prosper: the lion wing, wrapped in a blanket and tied cup with a leather strap. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He has a clipboard under his arm and a Starbucks cup in his hand. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She boils water and serves us lemon balm tea in dainty yel- low cups. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowers his eyes and swirls his coffee cup. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Ma’am,” he said to Marlene when she came back and filled up his coffee cup. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Dean looked at his dad’s cup a bit nervously. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

Mami’s face is a china cup someone has dropped on the floor. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Sula cupped her face for an instant, then turned and ran up to the little plank bridge that crossed the river to Shadrack’s house. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ortega and Daft Donald were sitting at a table with cups of coffee and two laptop computers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aibileen, that talk in there... Hilly’s talk, I mean.. I pick up a coffee cup, start drying it real good with my cloth. “Do you ever wish you could... change things?” she asks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I give him a slice of bread, the rest of the butter, and a cup of water. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The weather had changed and the whole of that green enclosure was filled, like a great green cup, with sunlight. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The 2ND juror crosses to the watercooler, and gets a cup of water. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tea grows tepid, then cold, in their cups. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Black and slimy, they attach themselves to my flesh with suction cups, sucking my blood! First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gripping the cup, John said, “Never been in the country in the dark like that. Thought the ground might swallow me up.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He cupped a cigarette in his hand the way I thought Humphrey Bogart would have. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many True Persians used cups like that, but I had never mastered the trick. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He set his cup down carefully on the saucer. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at the cup, it seemed that far down in the gleaming shadows I could see two wide blue eyes glued to a windowpane. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Most kind, sir,” said Lee, and carried out the wooden bench himself while Grumman went to the stove and poured the scalding drink into two tin cups. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts his cup down, too, and leans closer to me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She led me into the house and gave me a cup of hot cocoa with lots of sugar in it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

They swung the cauldron on the fire’s heart, poured water in, and fed the blaze beneath until the basin simmered, cupped in flame. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean in to touch the tip of my cup against his, then pull it away. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Max is sitting up in the bed when I come in, and from the empty cup, I see Helena has made him tea. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She looked anxiously at Septa Mordane, until Joffrey leaned over and filled the septa's cup as well, so she nodded and thanked him graciously and said not another word. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Liyana lit one short candle in a blue glass cup and set it on the rug in front of her in her bedroom. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She took the empty bowl and cup away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Martin fills the cup with ice cold water, one last time. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

At night they serve soup in a cauldron, and he gulps down four helpings from a tin cup. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

You drank cheap Liebfraumilch in plastic cups, calling it cocktails, and carved off hunks of Cheddar cheese with a Swiss Army knife. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I poured two cups and carried them back over to the diamond. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t heard Frank laugh so much for ever so long,” said Grace to Amy, as they sat discussing dolls and making tea sets out of the acorn cups. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion’s throat was dry, but no cup was poured for him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Father held the cup between his two hands. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guitar put his cup down and folded his hands in front of his mouth. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neumann Two is already upright beside him, palms cupped against each other, as though attempting to hold a sphere of darkness in the bowl of his hands. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Ghost goes over to a cabinet and takes out a half-empty bottle of a pale greenish liquid and a stack of polished acorn cups. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Would you like a cup of tea?” she asked. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I walked into a smoky little samovar house and ordered a cup of tea. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked and went into his room with a glass of the cold tea and a soft-boiled egg I had stirred up in a cup, hoping I could get him to eat a few bites. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I relaxed and ate jícama dusted with chili powder from a tall fruit cup and told myself we could move here if Papá never came back and we lost the house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I used to love the grapes, but there was never enough of them,” he said, holding the cup up to his face and slurping the fruit out. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She hands me a plastic cup, retrieves the pill from the floor, and goes into my bathroom. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

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

“Everything else was neat and clean? Just the cup, that’s all?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He cupped it in his hands, feeling it the way its original owner had done. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The tray is out of my arms, the cup of hot tea sailing past my head and exploding against the wall behind me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He handed me the cup and we sat across from each other. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He was a fool, Tyrion thought, swirling his cup and staring down into the winy depths. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Instead, it looked like something solid was connecting the measuring cup to the pot. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She brought half of the cup to her mom, who refused it and insisted that Hali drink it all. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They’d raise up their tin cups of warm water with molasses. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

She hastened to ring the bell; and when the tray came, she proceeded to arrange the cups, spoons, &c., with assiduous celerity. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I keep dropping things, broke my last measuring cup tonight and Leroy’s eyeing me like he knows. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

With pains like this, I need more relief than a cup of hot sugar water can provide. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We were going to watch the sunrise over the ocean, listen to the Boston Pops, drive up to Canada for a cup of coffee and turn around and drive home. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He wiped it with the back of his hand and stared into the cup like it was a crystal ball. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My mom was there, drinking a cup of coffee and looking over her lesson plans for the new school year. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Colin searched through a labyrinth of cabinets for a plate, a cup, and some silverware. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Sissy showed her how to make them into little paper cups by molding the circles around the end of a pencil. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We thought you had gone to find some,’ said Pippin, busy setting out the food, and cups. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A cup of tea, a conversation—did he have no time for that? The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our mother pays us a cent a cup. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He cupped his bloodstone watch fob in his palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure. Soon, but that’s enough for now. I want to enjoy my tea,” Papa said, his mouth returning to a closed, straight line, and picked up his cup. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I make a cup of tea and join Dad and a group of neighborhood kids watching the show from the driveway. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

A single loss, she assumed, would knock the Fugees out of contention for the cup. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Dad brings us two cups of hot chocolate. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her shaky fingers brush through my hair, then cup my cheek. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

She’d love a cup of tea but there’s no way of boiling the water till Malachy pulls a loose board off the wall between the two upstairs rooms. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She stopped for a moment and reached down and grabbed my cup of tea. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Ben grinned and tipped his clay cup, pouring the last drizzle of beer out onto the earth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They shared a cup of tea sitting on the bed, because there was only one chair. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got the coffee pot and poured his cup full. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She measured out the French dressing in a cup and poured it on the string-bean salad. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I took my Zoloft in my little plastic cup and drew some brain maps by the window in the corner of the hall next to Jimmy. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It's small enough to fit into his cupped palms, with four walls, an A-frame roof, card sized cutouts for windows, and a door. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

They used the shovel as well as cupped hands to scoop the dirt. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He cast Dill and Lydia a briny glare, cupped his hand to his mouth, and yelled, “Travis, you got company,” saving Lydia the trouble of honking. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Robert knocked the cup away with the back of his hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Slim hurried out, and in a moment returned with a tin cup of water. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dumped two spoonfuls of sugar into his cup and slurped to keep the hot coffee from scalding his mouth. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Go in there,” she told Francie, “and get your father’s cup.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo swept his arm toward the corner where, sure enough, the tower of coffee cups was teetering like it was about to topple. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then I eat a breakfast pack and drink a cup of water. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Etta put cups and saucers on the table, opened the sugar bowl. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When her cup was presented to her, the blind girl wrinkled her nose and drank it down in three long gulps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then she set the half-empty plate aside and sipped water from the cup they had brought. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patti sets a steaming cup of milk in front of me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And she poured out two cups of the amber liquid. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked over and cupped the bird in my hand; to my surprise, he perched on my finger. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ranee brings out milky rice pudding and pours cups of tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I was mulling wine. Will my lord take a cup?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a Styrofoam coffee cup propped up next to the gearshift and a cigar smoldering in a metal ashtray sticking out of the dashboard. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Do you have a lot of visitors around here?” she asked when the girl had filled the coffee cup and gone back to lounge against the shelves. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

No maps or scraps of paper, no empty cups or loose change or receipts. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know that sometimes math isn’t as terrible as you might think, especially if it has to do with cup stacking. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Just as good as they serve at the French Market. I’m making some more now. You want a cup?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mina cups her hand over the phone receiver. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She just grabbed the cup, pinched his nose, and poured it down his throat. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cup of coffee on the bureau top sent up a plume of vapor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The King instantly recognized it and dashed the cup to the ground. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Have a cup o’ tay an’ a bit o’ bread.You need it, God help us.You look like one left over from the Famine itself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Desperately, she cupped more fire in her palm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I placed some change in their cup and accepted a tract explaining the missionary program. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Race you back?” he asks, and we both throw our cups out and run. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Can I have a cup of hot chocolate?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I knew it was that bodega because I heard the owner, Hugo, say one time that they’re the only ones for fourteen blocks who use the blue cups. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The cup freezes halfway to my lips, and for a second I can't remember whether I was picking it up or putting it down. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Baba holds his cup out for more tea, and I fill it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Papi made maví, bark beer, and took two gallons with him to the construction sites where he worked, to sell by the cup to his friends and passersby. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He read and reread the last words of the note and it was like drinking many cups of fresh, cool water: Yor frend Tam Lin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Neville sat at the kitchen table, his long legs stretched out in front of him, a cup of steaming coffee in his hand. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I cupped my hands around my mouth and yelled at a twenty-something guy. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Ear stirred the cup of tea he was fixing for Mother. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he was done, he gave the cup back, then gazed about as if in search of something. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe a T-shirt would be worth two cups of maize. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sides were filled in with white cups and the inside lined with red tissue. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jay brought Gran’s favorite cup, the one with a tiny chip in the rim from when he dropped it on the floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any money, but I’ll stack lots of cups tomorrow. Three hundred. A thousand, even.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Last night I watched her pack up all the fragile cups, moaning about what she’d have to leave and who’d get it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I paused with my coffee cup halfway to my lips. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And he looked down upon her fair face and smiled; but as he took the cup, his hand met hers, and he knew that she trembled at the touch. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Nearby stood Mary Alice in her ball gown, bowing to the crowd and holding up the loving cup for first prize in the talent show. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever one of the servants wished to drink, he would raise his eyes or crook a finger, and one or both of them would come and fill his cup. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t think they ever gave me a full cup of anything. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even stop by the dining room for a cup of coffee. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cupped the warm curve of her cheek, felt the soft brush of her hair. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Some random cute girl from another school brings him water with her number scrawled on the cup, and he sees SJ slip it in the garbage when she thinks he’s not looking. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then another bigfoot, only its fur is gray, and it’s dressed in a fancy red suit and sipping a cup of tea. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Beneath the music, Davos could hear the murmur of many voices, the clatter of cups and platters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Bits of paper, styrofoam cups, small pieces of cardboard . The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stream of brownish liquid in her clear measuring cup was not moving, even though the cup tipped well past the point where gravity should’ve emptied it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I handled my phone messages, started thinking seriously about what I’d do the moment I got out—would I buy a cup of coffee? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

The farmer had been in his cups, moaning about how his and his neighbors’ cane fields had been flooded. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I then add one cup of sugar, which easily dissolves because of the heat. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Each night at supper the waif brought her a cup of milk and told her to drink it down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Archer picked out a cube with four pips, dropping the last two in his cup and placing a copper coin in the pot. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I cup my hands over my mouth and scream out in pain over the cruel death of my sister. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning she emerged from her solitary tent, and one of the riders gave her a horn cup full of a hot, bitter drink. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Egg salad sandwiches, a bag of potato chips, ham sandwiches, pieces of celery stuffed with peanut butter, a bag of cookies, paper plates, paper cups, paper napkins. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his second cup of coffee I said, “Papa, you said when I got ten, you’d tell me where babies come from. Remember? You said—” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

At one point we saw a woman get up, kneel slightly at the end of the pew, cross herself, then go to the array of little cups of candles near the altar. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She wriggled her way into the living room, cup held aloft, but it was impossible to see anyone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sight of herself trying to do something bluesy, something hep, fumbling the knife, too late anyway...She laughed till she coughed and Alice had to make them both a cup of settling tea. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small girl who looks like a gothed-out chipmunk hands me a red plastic cup full of beer. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"Shall we raise a cup to brotherly, love?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They were sitting around the table in the kitchen, so the cup didn’t fall very far, and it didn’t break, just spilled tea. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Alice was convinced and so were the Miller sisters as they blew into cups of Postum in the kitchen. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Snell having finished the cleaning and ironing was having her customary cup of tea before walking down the road to the bus stop. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She always reminded me of a glass of iced tea so weak, you had to add a whole cup of sugar to make it taste like anything at all. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath over the cup. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting down cross-legged in front of me once more, he handed me a cup of tea and took a sip from his own. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When she cupped her hands, her knucldes squished in the mud at the bottom of the stream. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They are taking turns pouring pretend tea into the tiny plastic cups. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you worry about it. I’ll handle it. You talk to Melba while I make a cup of tea for you.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benny took the pennies from her and dropped them back into the cup. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Adina cupped a hand over her eyes and squinted in the direction of the volcano. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I put the pot of tea on a tray, along with a few cups, so I could serve Mamou in the living room. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The kettle was just beginning to whistle on the stove, and Miss Perumal, with her back to him, was setting out cups and saucers. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The second the front door closes, I pick up the coffee cup and hurl it against the wall. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of space where if you want to find anything–an extra chair, a coffee cup, a ringing telephone–you have to move stacks of documents around. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He brought the steaming cups in and went back for the sugar bowl. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It now dawned on Harry, however, that the cup of cold tea on which he had trodden that morning might not have been a booby trap at all. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was a dark little tale about a man who found a magic cup and learned that if he wept into the cup, his tears turned into pearls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she goes out, I set down the bauble and pour myself a cup of tea, holding it to warm my hands. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m goin’ to the front desk to get a cup of coffee. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But he breathed softly against her thigh, his long eyelashes tickling her skin, the warm soapy tang of him wafting up like steam from a cup of herbal tea. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Someone took the crazy lady’s cup and threw it at her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered me a cup of tea, but I didn’t feel like it, but I drank it anyway, to be polite. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Empty coffee cups rested on every surface; take-out packaging littered the ground. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s not the best time—” “The Mark of Athena burns through Rome,” Ella continued, cupping her hands over her ears and raising her voice. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Tía Inés is busy refilling the cups of toothpicks that are decorated with mini Cuban flags. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was suffering, and at the bottom of everything, like dregs in a cup, there was no deeper truth in the soul of Weep than that. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His mother sipped coffee and put the cup down carefully. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you give me your name?” he asked, as he took a cup of wine from her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that’s all right, ma’am,” he said and nudged his cup an inch or two in the general direction of the teapot, “quite all right.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Tyr’s mother leaned over to fill Thor’s cup with beer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Van Deusen slurp-sips from a paper cup filled with what, at the end of the period, has to be very cold coffee. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I see myself that first day, sitting cross- legged on a batik floor pillow, drinking green tea out of a fired raku cup, and looking up at Zora with my big, hopeful, curious, attentive eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She hailed from a small farm where she was often left to her own devices, save on those nights when the master needed company and she was forced to drink the cup of vice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Kate was on her instantly with a hard hand cupped over her mouth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked into the cup deeply as if he gazed into a well. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Calamity Jane, also spread out on the kitchen table in a nest of papers, watched as Finn poured nearly half a jar of Hippie Queen Honey into the cup. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He drank more water, three more cups—which seemed to help the hunger—and returned to work. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just had these pictures of him walking along with us on patrol or sitting in the mess area, looking down into his coffee cup. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the water in my cup was pink with blood. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Olanna placed her cup against her cheek, to warm it, to delay the first sip of weak tea made from a reused tea bag. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“One. Two. Three,” she says, showing me how much soap powder to add and how many cup- fuls of water to use for rinsing. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry,” the girl cried over and over again, and I could tell she was lifting the cup to her mouth because her voice changed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

‘You just sit down at the table, and soon as this here stove is hot us going to have a cup of coffee. Then maybe it all won’t seem so bad.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She poured hot water into two handmade cups stuffed with mint, and sweetened it with honey from her hive outside. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Our family used to be like a strong cup,” thought Francie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toqir pulled out cups from the servants’ cupboard and poured in water. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Why, Mina, have I been asleep! Oh, do forgive me for being so rude. Come, and we’ll have a cup of tea somewhere.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He moved gingerly down into the cabin, standing once more in the water, and picked up a plastic cup float ing in the garbage near the sail. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cups the muzzle of one of the white horses, a striking Arabian with a silver mane and tail. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

While his wife described these unhappy episodes, Dewey poured two cups of coffee. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cedric took a few paces nearer to the Stunned spider, away from the cup, shaking his head. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He let the empty cup drop from his fingers to shatter on the floor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The firmness of his touch surprised her too, and how many parts of her body could be cupped, and what bursting tenderness was this in her nipples? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her father sometimes let them have a cup of beer, she remembered. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There she was, sitting with one forearm on the table, her other hand cupping her chin—and a shy smile revealing tiny baby teeth that looked like little white kernels of corn. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He pumped two cups and drank them immediately and found the water to be pure—although tasting still of the glass of the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeeze through a gap between the barriers and hold the cups out to runners passing by. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You were on point tonight, man,” Todd told me as he set up the cups on his side of the Ping-Pong table. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

"Oh, gods forgive me, forgive me, forgive me. My medicine . . ." And then Maester Vyman was there, holding a cup to his lips. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She set the cup of coffee in front of him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He slid into the lunch line, grabbed a tray, and tossed on a bag of chips, mac and cheese, a pudding cup, and something the serving guy claimed was chicken pot-pie. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Officers sip from coffee cups and grip lunch bags as we make the slow march up to work. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I talk about tampons or menstrual cups or pads, suddenly it's my fault the guys don't do their homework?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I buy you a cup of coffee?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

You could buy a quarter loaf of bread, a cup of sugar. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He had been drinking from a white mug now cupped in his grimy hands. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coffee was served in cups the size of soup bowls. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

As we throw our cups away, my brain starts worrying about what’s going to happen at school tomorrow. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

As she lowered the cup, a Red Guard turned around and casually kicked it out of her hand. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here,” he said, handing me a cup of coffee without looking. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Eyes downcast, with mechanical movements, they follow me through the line, accepting bowls of grayish fish and okra stew and cups of water. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there was quick movement on the platform, and Samuel’s father put both his hands on the boy’s head so that his palms cupped over the ears and his fingers met behind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were only about a dozen people sitting quietly at Woolworth's L-shaped lunch counter when the four black students sat down and Blair ordered a cup of coffee. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

November 15 I had hardly dozed when East came into the room with a lone cup of coffee on a serving tray. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if I reacted to the abrupt change of tone or not, but she immediately followed with, “I’m sorry, it’s been a very long night and I could use a cup of coffee.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Told by their doctors that tea was good for their health, the English were drinking up to fifty cups a day. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

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

Con was holding a small iron cup of tea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I put some coffee water on. Have a cup?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only Zau, the greatest goldworker in all Thebes, could make such a cup. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

There was a little restaurant down the street and I went into it and ordered a cup of soup. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The cup next to him is almost empty. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I had three iodine tablets. I took my canteen cup and I looked into heaven at our Father in heaven. ‘I’m thirsty,’ I said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then, cupping the mouthpiece, in something just above a whisper, I said, “Dad is pleased you called.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This morning, I make an old standby—peanut butter cup. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

But it amounted to the same thing if Jinny didn’t have to spend the rest of her life going over C is for cup. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She put her bouquet in a glass in the middle of the footstool and set out four little cups and saucers. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daisy was tapping at her phone with one hand while holding her cup of water with the other. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, my cup of macaroni and cheese is still nearly full. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

My mother, who works for a travel agent in town, clicks off the radio and pours herself a second cup of coffee. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our mother was sitting at the table drinking a cup of tea and thumbing through a magazine. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He would need more than a coffee cup tipped onto its side to get him out of jail. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now, cupped in both of my hands, was a large silver egg. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Ruth May just had a little tiny cup, which I knew she would resent because it made her seem more of a baby. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were four cups, one with Coca-Cola, one with Pepsi, one root beer, and the last orange pop. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She joined us outside with a cup of tea when she finally woke. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The nurse takes a Styrofoam cup with a bendy straw from a little table I did not notice. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Johnny held his temples between his cupped hands and his eyes were bloodshot. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

No fluted plates or flowered cups, no circle of blue flame burning in a stove eye. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wouldn’t give us a ladle or cup. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He cups my cheek, leans down, and kisses me again, slow and steady. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She cupped her face with her hands and closed her eyes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And the serving men filled his wine cup anew each time he emptied it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

Two world wars ago, battlefield nurses gave cups of tea to the wounded and it leaked through their bullet holes and killed them. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

But it was hot in the gym, always hot in the gym, the leather headguard squeezing his temples, the metal protective cup pinching his thighs. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It smells funny,” my brother said, sniffing the cup suspiciously. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pour myself a cup of bracing and bitter fennel tea. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

I thought I could be dying from a bullet wound and Joan would still stare through me with her blank eyes, expecting me to ask for a cup of coffee and a sandwich. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They traveled lightly: two plates and two cups and a handful of mismatched silverware; a duffel of clothes each; and, of course, Mia’s cameras. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before I can argue myself out of it, I lift the cup to my lips. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the white wax that dung to the sides of the bronze cups came from candles that had been lit in Russia. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I open the pantry, trying to see if there’s anything other than the dry ramen cups. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They could bring bedding, linen, toilet articles, extra clothing, knives, spoons, forks, plates, bowls, cups. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His knuckles brushed her cheek; his rough hand cupped her face tentatively, disbelievingly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

What about a coffee cup for the large gentleman? The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I felt my hands clasp together in front of me, then move to my side, then rise up to cup my elbows, like they couldn’t figure out what they wanted to be doing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When Terrance got to Cora, he slipped his hand into her shift and cupped her breast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

"Let me offer you a helpful piece of advice. That is three dollars more than a cup of coffee should be." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Perilee yawned as we finished washing up the coffee cups and sandwich plates. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Dry cup,” he announced, and turned his cup upside down. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We purchased cups of warming coffee and took them to a set of long tables, where we sat with a sprinkling of other steamy hikers and ate our packed lunches. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Seven searched his desk, and sure enough, a cup of steaming liquid was right next to his workstation. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

In lieu of cake and gifts, we would pool our food and present an extra slice of bread or cup of coffee to the birthday honoree. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One can go readily from the cup on the table in the past to the broken cup on the floor in the future, but not the other way round. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me have a bottle of sarsaparilla, please,” said Stuart, “and a paper cup.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the tools, a dead worm just sat in a Pyrex cup. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Beside my bed there was a little table, and on the table the Americans had given me more gifts: a washcloth, a cup, and a toothbrush. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a rim of dawn on the mountain-tops, but no light had penetrated into the cup of the ranch yet. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The king swirled the wine in his cup, brooding. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I go for another cup, though, Lorena grabs my wrist and tells me to slow it down. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They saw two bucket-size cups and saucers on the wooden table in front of the fireplace when they entered Hagrid’s cabin. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

One of the Abnegation puts a cup of steaming liquid under my nose and says, “Drink this. It will help you sleep as it helped some of the others sleep. No dreams.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He takes out four silver cups from the cupboard and sets them before me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Cold water, cups for two. Davos, attend me. My lady, I shall send for you when I require you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“No...I need a cup of tea. Let’s go in the kitchen.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As she climbed to Lord Hosier's solar, she could hear them outside, shouting, "Hilly!" and "A cup! A cup to the brave young lord!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The other woman, who lived in the yellow house next to the Torres family, was lighting the little candle in the red glass cup. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She is like a cup of warm lemonade buzzed about with wasps. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

The old man signaled to Garikayi, who quickly produced cups and a thermos of sweet milky tea. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lowering his cup, he glared at us with cold contempt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was a tie, and I called Houston and said, “Tell Glenn Parker down at the Cape that he lucked out. He doesn’t owe me a cup of coffee. ” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood farther down the sidewalk, where it was dark, holding his paper cup and looking at everybody in a dreamy way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Each adult chicken will drink approximately 2 cups of water per day. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He dragged a footlocker across the floor between the bunks and covered it with a towel and set out the plates and cups and plastic utensils. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She cupped her hand around her mouth like she was sharing a secret with Candice. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I don’t think there’s as much as a cup of water between here and our destination. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She carved it into cubes while I dammed the FTGFOP1 First Flush Darjeeling and poured us each a cup. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

For the third time the loving cup went round. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shaved his down to a powder with a straight edge razor then dipped a heaping spoonful into a cup of hot water and stirred it up with sugar. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

Nguyen sat, pouring some mint tea into a tiny china cup. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain took the hot cup, held it lovingly. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

How pretty, to my eyes, did the china cups and bright teapot look, placed on the little round table near the fire! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

As he took the cup from my hand, Adèle, thinking the moment propitious for making a request in my favour, cried out— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She sighed a sigh of ineffable satisfaction, as if her cup of happiness were now full. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The cup was hot, and she pulled her tongue in again in a hurry. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He put the quarter in his pocket and drained his cup of coffee in one long swallow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The usual crowd hung out by the front door of the party, drunk out of their minds, greeting everyone with a raised cup of beer. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She looked at the bottom of the cup. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I sat in a corner for the rest of the night, drinking cup after cup of pop to get the salty, metallic taste of his blood out of my mouth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

That is, his palms were flat and held vertically above the ground, not cupped and horizontal to it, after the manner of women. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Queenie said calmly, putting her cup on the table, “No, I don’t think so.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

A cup of herbal tea sounds like heaven. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He cupped it near his face, in his right hand. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Abbott fell silent, and I felt as if I was letting her down, and also letting down Jennifer's grandmother, who was now standing in the kitchen doorway drying a cup. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I invent a pill that will allow you to drink seawater, and another that will erase the effects of either twelve cups of tea or seven beers and two scotches. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She wets my hair, working up a lather and then rinsing it with cups of warm water. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

At the end of the tournament—and the countless cups of coffee I drank to get through it—I closed my computer, cleaned out my cubicle, and went back to the apartment to pack. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cupped my hands and caught the trickle. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

White primroses huddled beneath the trees, and cyclamen with their green and silver leaves were scattered among the hedges and outcroppings of rocks like strange cups of snow. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The goldfish man sat down willingly on a stone seat and found a fragrant cup of tea in his hand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down upon the stone and cupped his chin in his hands, staring eastwards but seeing little with his eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

She had had a bunch of kids in her backyard running through the sprinkler, and now they wanted twelve cups of lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

When I had served the stew and filled up the next round of empty cups, I surveyed the room. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without asking, he ceremoniously poured tea into a delicate china cup. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cordelia’s family does not eat boiled eggs mushed up in a bowl but out of egg cups. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pope’s gourd and a cup were standing on the floor near the bed. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother filled Toscanini’s cup with another herbal brew. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

With my hands I parted the rustling grasses and cupped the dying flowers’ heads gently, saying farewell to all that I touched. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Trub takes a long sip of soda and then rattles the ice left in his cup. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

There was a linen cloth on it and some covered dishes, along with a teapot and a pair of cups. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z