| 单词 | dining-room table |
| 例句 | They lay in a sort of orderly disorder on the great dining-room table. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Nouri had been known to fall asleep right at the dining-room table at late-night suppers and stay sleeping while everyone cleaned up. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Celia leaves the condolences piled on the dining-room table until they begin to overflow into the lounge. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The sun had come out again, and I watched it bounce off the plants and sprinkle itself over the dining-room table. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z The door to come in and out is between the couch and dining-room table. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z The dining-room table was on the verge of splintering, Clara was complaining of migraines, and Jaime was locked in his room with wax in his ears, trying to concentrate on his studies. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At the dining-room table, I would hardly eat, only drink the water. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As he stood there counting out the change, I remembered him and Mama at the dining-room table adding and re-adding and trying to make the money go further than it was likely to go. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z I sat down at the dining-room table and squinted against the sun coming in through the windows. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z I was sitting across from her at the dining-room table, flipping through the pages of a comic book. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z It was afternoon before we sat down at the dining-room table under a cobwebby gasolier. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When the cops showed up at our house that night, Mama and Ty'ree were sitting at the dining-room table. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Sometimes I sat at the dining-room table with him and helped him figure stuff out. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z I filled the big earthenware jug with water in the kitchen, and Brett put the roses in it, and placed them in the centre of the dining-room table. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I wondered if she would put my doily on her dining-room table. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed his way past her, took a bottle of orange soda from the rusted refrigerator, sat with one hand flat against the dining-room table, and waited. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have sat down at the dining-room table and crammed, because he would have been embarrassed about me being in almost the same grade as him. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z I tie them together with red yarn and set them on the fireplace mantel and the dining-room table. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z When he came home those nights, he didn't have much to say, just sat at the dining-room table slowly going through the pages of his high school yearbook, looking lost. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z But, anyway, here she was, giving her mother a chance, which, as far as Flora could tell, meant watching Phyllis Buckman use the candle on the dining-room table to light cigarette after cigarette. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z He would occasionally escape from his cage, wander around the house, and eventually climb up inside the hollow center post of the dining-room table and go to sleep. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Amaranta Úrsula's shrieks, her songs of agony would break out the same at two in the afternoon on the dining-room table as at two in the morning in the pantry. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z That night when me and Charlie got to fighting, Mama sent us to our room, then sat down at the dining-room table and cried. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Her mother insisted that they sit together at the dining-room table. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Celia carries Ivanito past the sofa draped with a faded mantilla, past the water- bleached walnut piano, past the dining-room table pockmarked with ancient history. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The clock on the dining-room table said 2:30. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If you go right, there's a dining-room table and chairs. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z There’s something in brown paper, the kind you wrap fish in, sitting on the dining-room table. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The dining-room table was set for five; there were eggs, bacon, toast, jam, butter, milk, apples . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t waste that place at the dining-room table, would you?” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I distributed the furniture among the various tenants, except the dining-room table, which was still intact despite the worms that had got into everything, and the wrought-iron bed that had belonged to my parents. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evening, Edward sat at the dining-room table with the other members of the Tulane family: Abilene; her mother and father; and Abilene’s grandmother, who was called Pellegrina. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z The three of them sat at the dining-room table, underneath the small chandelier. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z She had set the dining-room table and pulled down the shades so it was pretty shadowy, and that made me look perfect. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z They pounded and knocked on the dining-room table to try to flush him out, but he wasn’t there. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Did she remember sitting at the dining-room table, where I sat? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She set the dining-room table with the good linen and silverware, collected fruit from the tamarind tree, and squeezed and strained a pitcherful of juice. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning when I come downstairs, Theodore Finch is sitting at the dining-room table with my parents. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Four large squares of poster board, covered with scores of photos documenting the whole brief span of Chris's life, have occupied the dining-room table for many days now. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Some afternoons I'd come home from school to find Aunt Cecile sitting at the dining-room table writing down and crossing out numbers as she talked on the phone. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z He was still sitting on the dining-room table. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Only then did he sit down to eat his one real meal of the day, alone at the dining-room table. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Various electronics saved from the flood were now resting on the dining-room table. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z One afternoon I came home to find an obese squirrel squatting on my dining-room table, scarfing a nut. I was a “male spinster” 2012-11-29T01:00:00Z Clear off a flat working space, like the dining-room table, and organize scissors, paper, tape and, if you use them, gift tags on the surface. Buttoned Up: Keep holiday chaos at bay with planner 2011-11-02T21:02:05Z I opened the box in the presence of Sara Nics, a producer for “The New Yorker Radio Hour,” and put the Echo on my dining-room table. Yelling at Amazon’s Alexa 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z “I wonder if we shouldn’t buy a bigger dining-room table,” she said once. “We can’t let them win”: Passover is more than a holiday — it’s a call to arms against oppression 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z “I want it both ways,” Kaling told me as we sat at her dining-room table last month. A Long Day at ?The Office? with Mindy Kaling 2011-09-25T04:30:05Z Often, it takes place at the dining-room table. It took me 25 years — after marriage and 2 kids — to come out 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z In June, I began interacting with a talking robot speaker that lives on my dining-room table. My Most Memorable Cultural Moments of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The thing about the Glastonbury attitude was that the ethos came from the dining-room table at Worthy farm. Michael Eavis: My family values 2013-06-07T12:00:01Z Through the eyes of the director Katie Dellamaggiore, you come to know these children, their teachers and parents as you witness their pulse-quickening matches and tears splashed on the family dining-room table. Movie Review: ‘Brooklyn Castle,’ Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore 2012-10-18T22:56:33Z “Oh, God, Sarah, there’s so much yelling,” Zeek said to his daughter, after retreating from the dining-room table, in last week’s episode. The “Parenthood” Finale and TV’s Emotion Revolution 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z When I was a young man visiting my Uncle Marius, we would sit at his dining-room table drinking milky white pastis. Compassion, Sacrifice, Endurance 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Scenes like that sometimes bring the pain back, mother and daughter point out as they sit at the dining-room table. The endless siege: The Tehran hostages are still seeking compensation and closure 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z But these plots have all been extended, to suit the needs of a serialized drama, like a dining-room table with leaves slapped in to accommodate extra guests. Emily Nussbaum: The Minnesota Noir of “Fargo” 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Bills began piling higher on our makeshift dining-room table, a rickety card table from Ikea. When Love Isn’t as Simple as Standing by Your Man 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z She set it back in the center of the dining-room table. The Art of Mending 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z In the morning, siting alone at the dining-room table, Sophie looks out the window and sees the same man, watching her. Rereading Paula Fox’s “Desperate Characters” 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z After online games were shut down, Hitchcock thought her poker days were over, until a friend invited her to a home game a year later, with eight guys around a dining-room table. A 70-year-old socialite’s unlikely journey from Park Avenue to the poker table 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z And while it is of course a matter of preference, I would prefer to eat it at home, as candles flicker on the dining-room table and the children dance. Hey, Mr. Critic: The Linguine and Clams Conundrum 2011-03-10T22:31:18Z My greatest ritual is sitting every night at the dining-room table with my wife and sharing our meal and one, sometimes two, bottles of wine and discussing the events of the day. Jacques Pépin’s Food Memories 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z I remember as a kid sitting around the dining-room table talking with artists. John Jacobsen's 'The Artist Toolbox' probes creative process 2011-01-22T01:06:10Z No pool, no fireplace, no dining-room table, not even a dining room. “Game of Thrones’” overstuffed finale 2012-06-04T15:26:00Z They are so inoffensive, I used one on the subway and another at the dining-room table as a friend snacked. Skin Deep : Products for Unsmelly Removal of Nail Polish - Trial Run 2011-10-26T21:55:24Z I took a picture of my front-door decor, Christmas tree, different rooms with Christmas decor, the nativity set, dining-room table, etc. Hints From Heloise: Put the squeeze on recyclables 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Those games take place on their dining-room table, which has a net strung across it. Yoko Ott: always looking at art outside the frame 2013-01-13T06:35:36Z “It’s been hot,” the queen said, sitting at her dining-room table, a crown atop her curls. Hard Times for a Hot Commodity, the Prized New Mexico Chile 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z “When I acquire my wealth,” Mac’s told me year after year, “I’m going to have clean starched sheets on my bed every night — and commission Cliff to build us a dining-room table.” A new table, a new life for food writer Nancy Leson 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z On a recent Tuesday one of his managers was on the phone at her dining-room table, talking to a person making custom outfits for Tyler and his crew, Odd Future. Arts & Leisure Preview: Angry Rhymes, Dirty Mouth, Goofy Kid 2011-05-04T11:00:08Z I remember my father sewing more hair into my weave as we sat at the dining-room table. ‘I don’t like doing this,’ my father frowned, fixing my hair. But he did it anyway 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z In just about everyone’s house or office, certain areas become magnets for clutter: the dining-room table, the chest of drawers in the hallway, a chair in the bedroom – not to mention, the “floordrobe”. Seven ways to declutter your life and clear your mind 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z He betrays his moods in tiny hand movements, nearly all played out on the dining-room table. Rutherford & Son; Glasgow Girls; Playing Cards 1: Spades – review 2013-02-17T00:06:21Z While Kelly works from a makeshift setup at her dining-room table, her husband is currently working full time in a physical office. Babies Have Entered the Chat 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z She found a way to invite the whole art world to sit down at her childhood dining-room table. Laurie Anderson Has a Message for Us Humans 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z We were seated at the dining-room table in her brightly lit home, surrounded by a pleasant domestic clutter. Maggie Nelson Wants to Redefine ‘Freedom’ 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Check out either the preseason rankings or this dining-room table here near the great Los Angeles. College football needs a competitive Pac-12 to spice things up 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Rereading Krug’s mea culpa later that afternoon on a laptop at her dining-room table, Kauanui thought about the reckoning that never took place. The Native Scholar Who Wasn’t 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Her dining-room table acts as dispatch headquarters, crowded with packages marked with Afro Dates’ perfect logo. New by way of Bellevue, the golden-brown greatness of Afro Dates Pancakes mix is winning fans nationwide 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Campaign literature piles high on the dining-room table. Opinion | I’ve never been courted the way I am being now. I’m a Georgia voter. 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Working from his dining-room table, he made many fruitless attempts. Earthlings and astronauts chat away, via ham radio 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Instead of rushing out of the front door to begin the daily commute to work, we had the chance to ease into the working day before firing up the laptop at the dining-room table. Four ways Covid changed how we live - and shop 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z A few months into the quarantine, Ms. Brown noticed that Ms. Peck, who usually Zoomed from the dining-room table of her home in Red Hook, Brooklyn, suddenly appeared from a very different location. Anywhere but Home: New Yorkers Get Creative About Work Spaces 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z My wife, trained as an interior architect in the Netherlands, took over the dining-room table and drew plans for a dream house. Why Would a Grown Man Play With Toy Soldiers? 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z One of his earliest memories, he says, was sitting at their dining-room table in Zhongli, Taiwan, watching his mom diligently chop celery and carrots. Mother, son find solace and Instagram success in dumplings 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z In the far background of Barnes’s living room was a dining-room table filled with fabric and sewing materials for the masks she makes. She’s a moderate in Trump country, looking to Jill Biden to inspire 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Each evening, she has the children choose where they’ll do their school work the next day: The small, round dining-room table by the window, the couch or the desk in the living room. School year over, worn-out Washington parents analyze what worked, what didn’t in at-home lessons 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z He had a worn leather breviary stuffed with prayers and Mass cards he’d been collecting for years, and he read through them all at the dining-room table every night during the 11 o’clock news. My Father Leaned on Routine to Create Stability. Now I Do, Too. 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z An area rug and dining-room table turn a building site into a home. Review: Now you live here, now you don't. How 'Home' works its magic at the Broad Stage 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z He’s turned his dining-room table into a makeshift office for his day job, recruiting for St George’s, University of London. Mother, son find solace and Instagram success in dumplings 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z Scarpa’s custom pieces — a long, low sofa upholstered in midnight blue hand-woven silk in the living room and a rectangular wood and marble marquetry dining-room table — remain in their original spots. Who Was Carlo Scarpa? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z At the dining-room table of his Magnolia home overlooking Salmon Bay, Phil Andrews props open his computer and scrolls through images captured by a neighborhood-wide security network. Magnolia residents’ AI-powered surveillance camera tracks people, cars at entrance to neighborhood, experts caution bias 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z “I slept under the dining-room table,” he said. Beck Is Home 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z When I visited Batiz, in August, we ate breakfast at her enormous dining-room table: scrambled eggs with tomatoes and arugula, prepared by her chef. Suzy Batiz’s Empire of Odor 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The two sit together at the dining-room table in a modest one-story Seattle house where Ferguson and his wife, Colleen, an international education advisor, are raising their family. By his count, Washington attorney general hasn't lost a case against Trump yet 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z There at her dining-room table, she leaned forward and said something that was beautiful to me about the way the universe restores order to itself. The Gospel According to Marianne Williamson 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Renee, a major in the Air Force Reserve, was away on assignment in Estonia during the interview, and his mother, Cindy, was quietly reading in a chair near the dining-room table. ‘Goodbye, Old Man’: How a McCain came home from war to mourn his famous father 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z On a recent Friday night, Janeen Lee sat at her round dining-room table in Chicago’s South Side, scanned her laptop, and chose a name from a short list. How Illinois Became an Abortion-Rights Haven 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z I discovered that I was seated at my dining-room table. “Uncle Jim Called” 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Once a month, they crowd around the dining-room table in his Phinney Ridge house and talk about making change. Candidates for Seattle City Council have collected $1.6 million in ‘democracy vouchers’ so far 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Constitution sat on the dining-room table, near bundles of white sage. The Renegade Nuns Who Took on a Pipeline 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z One day, when Schreck was fifteen, her mother sat her down at the dining-room table. Heidi Schreck Takes the Constitution to Broadway 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z She sat at her dining-room table with faded photographs of Davis arrayed in front of her. The Life Cycle of a Stolen Gun 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z My mother sat at our dining-room table, speaking in tones of seriousness with a friend, whom I’ll call Dianne, and another woman I didn’t recognize. R. Kelly and the Complexities of Race in the #MeToo Era 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Neither was leaving the elf there in the dining-room table... The Tyranny of the Elf on the Shelf: Where to Put Him Tonight? 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z I bought the chairs he told me to buy and the round dining-room table that seemed to be part of the secret of why Lee’s dinner parties were more fun than anyone else’s. My Cookbook Crushes, by Nora Ephron 2006-02-06T05:00:00Z When the mob marched on Greenwood, burning houses and shooting people in the street, her mother hid her and her siblings under a big oak dining-room table as their home was being ransacked. Olivia Hooker, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 103 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Gather around a dining-room table during election season for a voting party, your ballot at the ready. Thank you, Washington: Voting made easy 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z I’d plop it down on the dining-room table or kitchen counter, where it would explore for a while, its tiny treaded feet whirring purposefully. The Robot Revolution Is Coming, and Dang Is It Cute 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z The camera pans from a landline, across a sideboard decorated with family photos, to Vukmir, sitting at the end of a long dining-room table. The Wisconsin Senate Race and the Anger of Conservative Women 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Her children, Frances and Richie, sat at the dining-room table; Stien sat on a couch by herself, carefully eating from a bowl of soup. How a Notorious Gangster Was Exposed by His Own Sister 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z I got a little jealous of Denino as I sat at my dining-room table watching the video, remembering a time when I was free to take a ride from a stranger. Ice Poseidon’s Lucrative, Stressful Life as a Live Streamer 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Now the box sits on the dining-room table because I can’t bring myself to put it in a closet. Summer House Madness 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z I found a beautiful Airbnb outside Woodstock with an outdoor grill, a big dining-room table and plenty of room for guests. Your Country House Is a Disaster? Tell Me Everything. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z “That blew my mind,” he said, seated at his dining-room table one spring morning. Trail of ashes: A Spokane man’s work to restore identity to the unclaimed dead 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Crooks moved aside a cardboard box, filled with thank-you cards for her donors, to make room at a dining-room table. Why Trump accuser is running for office 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z In August, the department’s administrative officer, Aida Rodriguez, wrote to other department officials that a $24,666 quote for the dining-room table, chairs and hutch was “a very reasonable price, and the funds are available.” Emails show Carson and his wife picked out $31K dining-room set, despite claims 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z But ordering big, expensive furniture — a sofa, dining-room table or mattress — online is a more complex challenge. The knotty question for online giant Wayfair: Can it ever make money delivering big, bulky furniture for free? 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z “It was one of the most emotional moments of my life,” he told me months later from the dining-room table of his Birmingham home. The Resegregation of Jefferson County 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Sitting at his dining-room table, Valentine can’t quite put into words why the work he does means so much to him. Trail of ashes: A Spokane man’s work to restore identity to the unclaimed dead 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z How women-owned Skinny Dipped Almonds started on a dining-room table and a shoestring. A Seattle snack success story: From a random road-trip idea to the shelves of 1,500 U.S. stores 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z “I remember clearly stacks of manuscripts throughout my childhood on the dining-room table. They weren’t sacred—we’d kind of eat on them and live around them.” Elizabeth Strout’s Long Homecoming 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z You’ll spot them on my windowsill and dining-room table, above the fridge and in my bathroom. Letter of Recommendation: Presidential Biographies 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z When I met with him, though, he moved gingerly around his dining-room table, unable to sit for long. Silicon Valley’s Quest to Live Forever 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z “It was a league of nations around that dining-room table,” remembered Mary Mifkovic, 91, who lives in a suburban retirement community. Life, death and demolition 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The truth is written on a MacBook Pro that sits on Sarawak Report’s news desk, which is also Rewcastle Brown’s dining-room table. The Accidental Whistleblower: Clare Rewcastle Brown and 1MDB 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Hugh seldom joined his housemates when they gathered for coffee or cards at the communal dining-room table. Grace, unwrapped 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Inside, where five young children zip and waddle about, the prepared meal sits in expectation on the dining-room table: a large aluminum tray bountiful with chicken and rice and a huge bowl of salad. A Joyful Bustle to Get Ready for Guests: Syrian Refugees 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Hibbert’s a peanut who can sit at a dining-room table or stand in a long shot of an open field and draw you to him. The Year’s Most Captivating Film Performances 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z A slew of other new rules keeps him at his dining-room table, slaving over paperwork deep into the night. In West Virginia coal country, voters are ‘thrilled’ about Donald Trump 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z In his waning years, he colonizes a dining-room table with a meticulous scale model of this fanciful lunar settlement. Michael Chabon’s ‘Moonglow’ an ingenious, intoxicating fictional memoir 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Fatima conceded that the family should sit down at the dining-room table and create a contingency plan. Undocumented in a Red State and Asking, “What Now?” 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z I was maybe 4 feet from the table when the apparently old pan snapped at the handle and perfectly flipped upside down onto the fancy rug right by the dining-room table. Holiday-cooking horror stories: 9 lessons we learned the hard way 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z On occasional Sundays, Dad would spread his coin collection across the dining-room table, his books of Mercury dimes and wheat pennies and uncirculated sets from the different U.S. A woman’s place: the White House 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z I downloaded the game, caught my first Pokémon at my dining-room table and realized I needed to leave my house. You’ll get plenty of steps playing Pokémon GO, but all you’ll see is your phone 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Haim Rosenfeld, 18, was one of the young volunteers making phone calls to possible voters from the dining-room table at the rabbi’s house. GOP pushes U.S. citizens in Israel to vote for Trump 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z At the other end, where I was invited to sit at a varnished dining-room table, the shutters were slightly open. A Decade Lived in the Dark 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z “It’s the dining-room table you come to after you leave the exhibits to decompress,” says Carla Hall, celebrity chef and culinary ambassador to the museum. Even the Café Is Historical at the New Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Recently, I reminded him of his old joke, and he bust a gut just like he used to at our dining-room table. A woman’s place: the White House 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Sunlight pours through her window as A’Lelia Bundles places a large gift box on her dining-room table in her Northwest Washington home. Black wealth, racism and the legacy of the legendary Madam C.J. Walker 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z We were sitting at the dining-room table, on which she’d laid out tea and a plate of madeleines — this being proper, she suggested, for a literary conversation. Cynthia Ozick’s Long Crusade 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z “He did business at this dining-room table in the dining room at his brownstone. He would call reporters and dictate their copy with you sitting there. He would just dictate it.” The man who showed Donald Trump how to exploit power and instill fear 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z “My dad did appraisals every night on the dining-room table.” Dumbbells to diamonds: Former Army gunner’s discreet jewel business glitters 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Three years earlier, sitting at the dining-room table at their home in Fort Bragg, Calif., it was her husband who’d been nervous, unsure of what was about to happen. Truth and transgender at age 70 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z They spread the photos on his dining-room table. Newark Statue of Martin Brodeur Is Being Sculpted by a Devils Fan 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Vivian, Andrew Young, Constance Motley and of course King — plotting around her family’s dining-room table. The Lives They Lived 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z When Stone was finally admitted, Cohn was sitting at a dining-room table, in a silk bathrobe, Stone told The Post. The man who showed Donald Trump how to exploit power and instill fear 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z “She had to,” Rosalyn says, sitting in her wheelchair at the end of her dining-room table outside of Philadelphia. The haunting link between two mass shootings 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The wooden toucan that used to sit in the middle of the dining-room table, covered in long white scratches. “Honey Bunny” 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Frankel was at the head of a dark-wood dining-room table, her hair wet, wearing a fluffy white bathrobe, an hour before a party. Bethenny Frankel and the Making of a Celebrity Brand 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z “Sell your dining-room table and eat over your sink,” he says. 11 Amazing Facts About the Future of Virtual Reality 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The love song, whether from Shakespeare or his lessers, is to the currency of our feelings what the dollar bill is to our economy, the dining-room table to our family life—the necessary, inevitable thing. Why Love Lyrics Last 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z When I visited, she had just purchased a new dining-room table whose width and position meant that the chandeliers didn’t line up correctly, not to mention that they didn’t match the new table. Where Would the Kardashians Be Without Kris Jenner? 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Several weeks later, Johnson sat at her family’s dining-room table next to Emma Gregory, a researcher from Johns Hopkins, attempting to draw the Apple logo from memory. An Artist with Amnesia 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Using your table as a hybrid of dining-room table, desk and cooking island will save space for other things. Downsize? How to get stuff into a smaller space | HomeWork 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z On his dining-room table, he laid out magazines and newspapers about the march. Marysville man: ‘We were all scared’ during historic Selma march 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z We conducted more than a few interviews around the dining-room table at the mansion. Remembering Mario Cuomo 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z She plotted her route with maps and a globe at her dining-room table. Jerrie Mock, first female pilot to fly solo around the world, dies at 88 “Would you just sit with your child and keep knocking their head against the dining-room table?” Soccer’s Concussion Crisis 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Now, tilapia swim a few feet away from their dining-room table. Camp prepares future fish farmers of America 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z “Looking at him in my office, alone,” Angelou wrote, “was like seeing a lion sitting down at my dining-room table eating a plate of mustard greens.” Maya Angelou, radical activist 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z In October, the F.B.I. made another covert entry into Chi Mak’s house and installed a hidden camera above the dining-room table; the surveillance video from that camera can be seen below. How the F.B.I. Caught a Chinese Spy 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Clear clutter off the kitchen or dining-room table. Make your holiday bites count with mindful eating 2013-12-11T18:23:32Z Readjusting the belt of his gown, he sat down at the dining-room table and drank what remained of his cold coffee. Haruki Murakami: “Samsa in Love.” 2013-10-21T04:00:00Z Instead, he set up a business from a dining-room table, before moving his office to a servant quarter. Job site founder 'never gives up' 2013-09-16T23:13:44Z Two lanky managers in Uber-logoed sleeveless T-shirts are hunched over the dining-room table, where they are instructing two brawny older men in black suits. Resistance Is Futile: Uber Loves a Fight 2013-07-01T15:00:00Z One morning he found her in tears, clinging to the dining-room table, refusing to go to the Hebrew school run by his local synagogue. Navigating a niche market: Selling technology to synagogues 2013-03-24T23:08:56Z Whether it’s the dining-room table, a tray in the television room or a restaurant tablecloth, my post-meal place setting always looks like Gen. Sherman’s army just marched through. Value Added: The color of her Paint Pen is green, as in cash 2013-03-17T03:38:00Z Canned goods awaited him, piled high on the dining-room table — chicken potpie, beef stew and clam chowder — his usual dinners these days, and now always eaten cold. A Day to Reflect and Take Stock After Bearing a Hurricane’s Wrath 2012-11-23T02:51:36Z Sitting at the dining-room table was my all-time hero. Muhammad Ali and me: Reader recalls meeting with a smile 2012-07-06T21:13:43Z Sitting at the dining-room table in his mother's small Victorian terrace in a quiet street in Eccles, clutching a mug of tea, his eyes widen in bewilderment - at his own behaviour. Rioters reflect on 'daftest mistake' 2012-06-29T22:57:51Z A year later, he and I were playing cards again, this time at the dining-room table, as my mother cooked in the kitchen. When My Crazy Father Actually Lost His Mind 2012-06-22T21:11:49Z Another confession: Despite the incident at the dining-room table, this article is not going to say exercise is bad for you. Exercise will change your life, and here's why 2012-06-08T19:10:07Z Yet this is very much what we do in the case of the modern dining-room table. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z Every one was hungry, and when they had gathered about the dining-room table, full justice was done the viands served in the restaurant. The Little Washingtons' Travels 2012-04-26T02:00:23.713Z Well—I made the glass of lemonade and left it on the dining-room table; then I went upstairs and packed his suitcase—" "One moment. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z "Put that milk on the dining-room table," he said. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z A flower has been seen passing perpendicularly downward through a dining-room table. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Tea was a meal--he had always so considered it; and he liked to have the dining-room table laid for it. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z It was Saturday night at the Rectory, and the Vereker family—"those absurdly handsome Rectory children," as old Lady Curlew, of Hainings, invariably called them—sat round the dining-room table playing "Happy Families." A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z To make her presence known would be to turn over the burglar to her husband and detain the essential victim from the dining-room table. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z The boxing of a divan or a dining-room table is no easy task whatsoever. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z Mazan and Tanaichonok, when they had had their dinner and swallowed their share of the remnants from the dining-room table, also lay down in the passage, close to the door of my grandfather's bedroom. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z The violist was seated at the dining-room table. Selling a 300-Year-Old Cello 2012-01-13T23:59:00Z On the dining-room table sat rubber-banded piles of opened and unopened mail. Golf Saved My Life 2012-01-10T05:00:00Z A, an unsophisticated young spinster, finding herself alone in the residence of B, an eligible bachelor acquaintance, notices upon B's dining-room table a letter in B's handwriting, addressed to herself and stamped for post. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z She carried to her room the letters of condolence that were on the dining-room table. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z She set Mary and Myron to work with a pot of cream colored paint, and in two days the shabby old dining-room table and shabbier chairs were all wearing bright new coats. The Girl Scouts Rally Rosanna Wins 2011-11-29T03:00:16.213Z The same reason I expect is why the dining-room table didn’t sell either.” Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z “Wouldn’t have missed this for anything,” Walter declared, when Cora asked him to help put the leaves in the dining-room table. The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways 2011-11-04T02:00:22.360Z Well," laughed Bettie, when all the lamps and candles were placed in a row on the dining-room table, "I guess Miss Blossom will have almost light enough. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z From creek gullies close by I used to gather armfuls of maiden-hair for church decoration, some fronds of which, measured on the dining-room table, spanned the whole width from side to side. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z They sat down at the dining-room table; Lute swallowed hard, and pulled with trembling fingers at his hatband; he did not lift his eyes. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z The Wright pushers land so slow they can be flown off a dining-room table. Test Pilot 2011-09-21T02:00:37.513Z The incendiaries generally put the chairs and benches on the dining-room table, tore down the curtains from the windows and stuffed them in between the chairs. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z He looked at the array of empty bottles and glasses upon the long dining-room table and nodded his head in satisfaction. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z Everything, Kaufman said, except the dining-room table, chairs and a few other pieces of furniture. Napoleon Kaufman finds faith after football 2011-07-17T02:36:35Z When they reached home, the dining-room table was strewn with letters and newspapers. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z He leaned forward on the dining-room table, both fists pressed rigidly upon it. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z The two would sit at the dining-room table with the windows open, and the cupboards full of French china, and with the head of Socrates staring at them from over the stove. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z “A month before they were born, I had a dream of them being born that was completely the way it happened,” Simms said, sitting at the dining-room table. Magazine Preview: Could Conjoined Twins Share a Mind? 2011-05-25T15:24:47Z Five minutes later, the piano was resting comfortably under a blue tent across the street, right next to the family’s dining-room table. One Family Confronts the Damage 2011-05-24T05:01:34Z Just as he was choosing some cigars for the night at the dining-room table, Carson's telegram arrived. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z He'd pitch for a half hour in a space no bigger than a dining-room table; then he'd run and buck for another half hour. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z This autograph I embroidered, and the beautiful square lies to this day over the green velvet cover of my dining-room table. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z He beat his brow upon his dining-room table where his head had dropped wearily on his coming home that early morning from the country. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z Breakfast had been hurriedly prepared, and was waiting--a most uninviting repast--upon the dining-room table. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z She tore a leaf from her pocket-book, and wrote upon it the few following lines, to be left on the dining-room table. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z Fresh-cut flowers in vases stood on the dining-room table, and there were plenty of the fresh fruits of the Sunny South, which the family had brought in from the market in the early morning. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z Mr. Gateward was out; the storekeeper was in the store writing up his accounts; so he threw his letters upon the large dining-room table and commenced to sort them with a strong sense of ill-treatment. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z As a matter of fact, the diary was lying openly on the dining-room table in the flat, caution of that sort being hardly the uppermost quality in David’s character. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z Saleh’s apartment could be a tidy grandmother’s home, were it not for the incense burning in a holder on the dining-room table and the fact that the common room could seat 30 people. The Way We Live Now: Among the Brotherhood 2011-02-04T23:49:26Z Most of the others were having tea by now round the dining-room table, or in the drawing-room, or sitting on the stairs, or standing in the hall, or leaning against the banisters. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z We were going to have broiled chicken, and a new dining-room table, and a pot of primroses as big as your head. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Attorney's office, and the family settled into their chairs around the dining-room table and held hands. When the Adopted Can't Adapt 2010-06-21T19:15:00Z The dining-room table was piled high with packing tape and stationery. 2010-02-01T17:00:00Z They trooped downstairs to find the dining-room table set with appetizing food. Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines "Sit here, you terrors, while I get the cloth on the dining-room table," and out she went, her laughter dying in sibilations along the diminutive corridor. Sinister Street, vol. 2 So he hastily climbed down from the chair in the window and sat under the dining-room table until the sound had passed, shivering with apprehension lest it should stop by Number Sixty-four. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The hired man sat at the dining-room table, playing solitaire with a pack of greasy cards. A Yankee from the West A Novel Once he had asked a timid aunt of mine if she would like to see his last new pet, and thereupon had marched a race-horse in through the hall door and round the dining-room table. Reveries over Childhood and Youth Still grinning to himself he once more entered the house, picking up an old-fashioned pistol from many that lay upon the dining-room table. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle After a chat with Joe they both turned into the bunk, Jack to dream of home, sheets and pillowcases, barber shops, chinaware and a real live dining-room table. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter So, even while Michael jigged at his vigil, Nurse was arming the dining-room table for an encounter with greatness. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Breakfast was set ready on the dining-room table at some unearthly hour, and the guests went in and helped themselves when they chose. Confessions of an Opera Singer The captain's dining-room table had been cleared and stood in the center of the room, four chairs having been placed around it. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers Many a call was made at the house on that day which neither Miss Margaretta, nor her niece, Mrs. Lorrington, attracted, but rather the old-time dishes and the old-time punch on their dining-room table. Anne What insect may carry the germs from the sick-room to our dining-room table? Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks Then, beginning with proper methods of slaughtering, the various processes are clearly presented, including every needful detail from the scalding vat to the kitchen baking dish and dining-room table. Home Pork Making "An' I frow snowballs at snow man!" exclaimed the voice of a smaller boy, who was eating a rather late breakfast at the dining-room table. The Curlytops Snowed In Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds When guests had come before to Happy House they had eaten in dignified manner from the dining-room table. Happy House They sat at a large dining-room table, facing French windows, which let in a flood of sunlight. Psychic Phenomena A Brief Account of the Physical Manifestations Observed in Psychical Research We-ell," Sammy admitted slowly, "she was busy cutting out something on the dining-room table and her mouth was full of pins. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended Then they were ready to get the dishes together on the dining-room table. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings And when the great work was accomplished, and the marvellous result set on the dining-room table for exhibition, the family came in to gaze in an awed silence on the beautiful cake. Two Little Women The front door was open into a tiny hall and beyond the light streamed forth from a glass lamp set on a pleasant dining-room table covered with a red cloth. Exit Betty Indeed, she frequently spoke of 'my' dining-room table, bedrooms, silver, front hall, windows, and the like. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Mrs. Morton had been placidly sewing in the sitting room while the young people were studying their lessons by the dining-room table. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John “Why, the very idea!” broke out the handsome Miss Morton, sitting by the dining-room table. In the Heart of a Fool The dining-room table was bare, and all faces fell. The Adventure League They ate their lunch from the pantry shelf, because Ellen had taken the dining-room table. Cloudy Jewel On the contrary, she moved so that the whole width of the dining-room table was between them. Jan and Her Job How much older he looked, in the strong light of the huge old-fashioned gas lamp that hung over the dining-room table. The Harbor Perhaps you are writing at the dining-room table, and you overturn the inkwell on the tablecloth. Common Science It went right to the dining-room table and climbed into a chair. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective It was Dot who always helped Aunt Polly weed and water 100 her flower garden, and Dot who liked to see fresh flowers on the dining-room table. Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm The scientists seated themselves around the big dining-room table and faced Professor Sims. The Shining Cow They can be placed upon the-308- dining-room table, and the company invited to partake of them. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society The sight of an opal-globed chandelier over the dining-room table was the finishing touch. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel He poured it out on the dining-room table, and Captain Sartoris and my father stared at it till their eyes almost dropped out.” The Tale of Timber Town With their slender purse they had been able to purchase only the bare necessities—a bed, a chair or two, a dining-room table, a few kitchen utensils. The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life Elizabeth," her aunt said one evening as the family were gathered about the dining-room table, all absorbed in their lessons, except the troublesome one, "I do wish you had some of Jean's ambition. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Then suddenly she stamped her foot, and brought her clenched fist down on the dining-room table, beside which she was standing. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah could be heard in the kitchen, and Jeremiah was even now passing cakes and orange juice to the children at the dining-room table. Otherwise Phyllis On the dining-room table were the remnants of breakfast, the oatmeal dry and stiff, the butter melted down to a thin oil. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 And we want to take in some of the big things first, such as beds and dining-room table and heavy things like those. The Doers He had his lunch, a pot of beer and some bread and cheese which his wife had probably brought him, on the dining-room table, and we had disturbed him with his mouth full. The Seven Secrets She had brought her writing down that day, and was working at it on the dining-room table, not expecting Dan till much later. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Borrowing paper, an erratic pen, and ink pale from frequent watering, from a shelf in the living-room, he repaired to the dining-room table and gave himself up to the throes of composition. 'Me--Smith' It was a sober little crowd that sat around the dining-room table at Athens that night. Across the Mesa You’ll find dinner set out for you on the dining-room table.” Crooked Trails and Straight “All the more cake for us then,” said Donald cheerfully, for he had seen a fine cake on the dining-room table; “there comes the shoemaker’s girl,” he added. A Little Maid of Ticonderoga "I want to go everywhere!" declared Sarah, subsiding into a chair at the dining-room table with visible reluctance. Rainbow Hill The trees were bought and set on the balcony, the turkeys, two of them, were in the pantry ready to dress and three big baskets were set 192 on the dining-room table ready for packing. Mary Jane's City Home “What beats me is, how did you happen to think of it?” demanded O’Grady of Polly a little later as 112 they sat around the dining-room table eating a hastily improvised supper. Across the Mesa One rather amusing group was wheeling an immense and very handsome dining-room table. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror Faith asked, as she helped her aunt clear the dining-room table. A Little Maid of Ticonderoga Expecting to be gone a long time, he took an apple from the basket on the dining-room table and two bananas. Sunny Boy in the Country He got it into his head we were hiding something from him, and he actually climbed up on the dining-room table and peeped through the transom at us. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation Not only was the piano mutilated, but also the chairs, the dining-room table, and the berths in the stateroom. The Rover Boys in Southern Waters or The Deserted Steam Yacht Down-stairs Philippa was standing in the centre of the room, about to remove the cover and lamp from the dining-room table. Flip's "Islands of Providence" Philip strode through the rooms, looked under the dining-room table and into the sideboard cupboards; on through the butler’s pantry, and into the kitchens. Patty's Social Season He sniffed in eloquent preparation for speech, but Aunt Martha averted the imminent clash by saying sharply: “Jep, you hop in there and get that ball of yarn off the dining-room table!” The Range Boss As they sat at the dining-room table, they discussed Annie’s employer, his peculiarities, his health, and what he had told Mrs. Wooley about his will. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays In addition to the bars, the girls had placed the dining-room table and the heaviest articles of furniture they could find against it. The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers Then, cautiously, on hands and knees, she approached the mysteries of the dining-room table, behind the red cloth of which Skippy was to be waiting. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World The grasshopper was absolutely deadly; no fish seemed able to resist it, and sometimes in ten minutes I took six, or even ten, out of a pool as big as an ordinary dining-room table. A Tramp's Notebook She dropped the work at which she had been busy and sat down weakly in a chair by her dining-room table. The Flag You will find a little Christmas remembrance for each of you on the dining-room table. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 They laughed and questioned and explained until the dinner was in imminent danger of getting stone-cold on the dining-room table. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 We rather liked the dining-room table to have all its legs still, and the bureau to have drawers that could be opened without blasting. Cobb's Bill-of-Fare It would have required an earthquake to dislodge Miss Bibby from the stronghold of the dining-room table. In the Mist of the Mountains He would leave them on her bed or on the dining-room table with never a word. Chicken Little Jane Then we set the dining-room table and decorated it with Aunt Susanna's potted ferns and dishes of lovely red apples. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 I picked that hat up just as it was, with the walnuts inside it, and placed it on the dining-room table. Eliza Through the screen she could see the lamp still burning on the dining-room table. Laramie Holds the Range The gasoline lantern burned brightly on the dining-room table, its harsh white light bathing bare floors and naked walls. The Servant Problem The dining-room table had been extended to a length which carried his thoughts back to his childhood. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale He came one afternoon when I was darning stockings by the dining-room table, and the disobedient orphan showed him straight in on the domestic scene. The Lady of the Basement Flat Miss Tibbits undid the parcel and displayed the contents to the nine ladies assembled round the dining-room table. The Ffolliots of Redmarley The front door stood open and the red-shaded lamp burned low on the dining-room table. Laramie Holds the Range Lisa has enlarged the dining-room table, and we shall have room for all. Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party He removed the dishes that had been left on the dining-room table and carefully laid a cover for one. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! With an inarticulate snarl of passion she lifted a knife that lay on the dining-room table and made for him. The Mark Of Cain The various little pools and inlets, many of them not larger than a dining-room table, received high-sounding and dignified names—such as Port Stevenson, Port Erskine, Taylor’s Track, Neill’s Pool, etcetera. The Lighthouse Did she think I couldn't see the length of her dining-room table through the crack of the parlor door? That Affair Next Door Most of the boys and girls had paired instinctively to make a prompt raid on the dining-room table, with Johnny McComas unabashedly to the fore; but Raymond lingered behind. On the Stairs What is your especial fancy, my love—a side-board or a dining-room table? A Houseful of Girls The dining-room table being unequal to the task of providing accommodation for sixteen people, the schoolroom table had to be used as a supplement. A College Girl A telegram was lying on the dining-room table which announced Cecil’s arrival at four o’clock. The Independence of Claire "I refuse to eat until I am served properly at the dining-room table." Just Patty They bawled down the speaking-tube, and danced on the dining-room table. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Presently Sergeant Walpole looked up to find himself scrutinizing somebody's dining-room table, set for lunch. Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43 There's a letter at your place on the dining-room table. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life The dining-room table, stretched at its fullest length and white-covered, was various with the yellow and red of fruit and salads, the golden brown of cake and rolls, and the mosaic of dishes. Christmas A Story When Cynthia went downstairs that May morning, Sally Taber had the plain breakfast on the dining-room table, and her face looked drawn and worried. A Son of the Hills A walk round the dining-room table will exemplify this. The Theory and Practice of Perspective The biscuits, three apiece, were laid out in rows on the dining-room table together with each pupil's glass of milk. The Jolliest School of All A most appreciable surprise was the excellent cuisine, and as ornament to the dining-room table, between a pair of tall preserve dishes, and on either side of the central bouquet, stood an unexploded German shell. With Those Who Wait I have candles, lighted ones, on the dining-room table at dinner. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour It was a week from that afternoon that two dozen American Beauties formed an enormous and fragrant center-piece on the dining-room table at old 240 Main Street. The Fifth Wheel A Novel But an invisible dog under a dining-room table is a dreadful experience. The Patient Observer And His Friends Leaving Benton asleep on the dining-room table, I ran to his door and knocked. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems Seated at the dining-room table, a big spot of violet ink on one cheek, I found little Jules Gauthier carefully copying something in a note book. With Those Who Wait The water comes in on my bed, on the kitchen range, and on the dining-room table. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour So when Mrs. Danvers' knitting had been picked up from the floor, and the ball, which had rolled under the dining-room table this time, retrieved, Margaret followed her hostess out of the room. The Rebellion of Margaret I learn that the dining-room table has been sent back twice to the store, and is still not the one originally ordered. The Patient Observer And His Friends Joe could see the children sitting around the dining-room table with their books and games and arguing with each other every time the grandmother made a new request. Green Valley As he started for the kitchen with one butterplate in his hand the doorbell rang, whereupon he returned the butterplate to the dining-room table and hastened down the hall. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter He slept in the house under the dining-room table all of the time. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 The mother spreads a cloth on the ground and on it places a small stand about eight inches high, which is their only dining-room table. Hebrew Life and Times Her aunt was still absent, for which she was intensely thankful, and ignoring the tea that was waiting on the dining-room table, she rushed upstairs to her bedroom. The Luckiest Girl in the School Ellen began to smell the fragrance of tea and toast, and there was a reflection of the dining-room table and lamp outside pictured vividly against the white sheet of storm. The Portion of Labor Hastily Mrs. Perlmutter dried her eyes and ran to the kitchen, so that it was not until the rescued dinner smoked on the dining-room table that Morris learned the reason for his wife's tears. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter Upon the dining-room table, beyond the screen of mashrebeeyah work, still stood the tawdry Japanese vase. Bella Donna A Novel There came a sound of footsteps up the street as Mrs. Partington ironed a collar of Jimmie's on the dining-room table, and laid down the iron as a tap fell on the door. None Other Gods Put the full quota of leaves in the dining-room table and pad it nicely. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions They were all seated around the dining-room table, making houses and furnishing them. The Bobbsey Twins Or, Merry Days Indoors and Out His mother had called him and Sue to the dining-room table and given them some bread and milk to eat. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour They must all be on the dining-room table when I come downstairs. Sally Bishop A Romance And Dad just must quit leaving his pipe on the dining-room table. Lydia of the Pines He did not seem to notice the neatly-set dining-room table, with its snow-white linen and the fragrant flowers so artistically arranged in the centre. Under Sealed Orders Paul de Virieu took Sylvia's hat off the dining-room table, and placed it in her hand, closing her fingers over the brim. The Chink in the Armour Mrs. Ashburner had left a plate of sandwiches on one end of the dining-room table. The Gay Cockade At the evening meal, which was the first time the whole four sat round the dining-room table together, Scrap appeared. The Enchanted April He set the perambulator inside the fence, then balanced the dining-room table on his head and started up the path to the door. Lydia of the Pines The dining-room table and sideboard were at the other house, the plates and forks and spoons here. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated As he spoke he handed the candlestick to Locke, who quickly compared it with the one on the dining-room table which contained the burnt candles. The Master Mystery I thank them and walk in to the nearest dining-room table. Love Conquers All The fire had been made up, and his whisky decanter and soda siphon stood by a plate of sandwiches on the dining-room table. Married Life The True Romance Simply put all extra leaves in dining-room table, grasp tax return firmly with both hands, and throw it flat on its back. More Toasts Then the boy giant came back with the spool, which was as big as the dining-room table in a rabbit's house. Uncle Wiggily's Adventures The various little pools and inlets, many of them not larger than a dining-room table, received high-sounding and dignified names—such as Port Stevenson, Port, Erskine, Taylor's Track, Neill's Pool, &c. The Lighthouse I thank them and walk into the nearest dining-room table. Love Conquers All For the price of one of them you could buy a three pronged candlestick, equipped for electricity, for your dining-room table. The House in Good Taste "I declare I'm just hungerin' for flowers," she said wistfully, following the dining-room table as far as the foot of the steps where Gabriella stood. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage A little girl, not yet two, was playing with her Noah's Ark on the dining-room table with its polished surface. The Nervous Child I'm like a dog that doesn't mind being kicked so long as he can hang about under the dining-room table to sniff up crumbs. The Street Called Straight While Dorothea was sobbing, with her elbows on the dining-room table, and her face buried in her hands, he was pacing his room in search of desperate remedies. The Inner Shrine Look at that poor hunted stag jumping over a dining-room table, and upsetting the glasses and things. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 12, 1892 In attempting the decoration of your dining-room table avoid anything inappropriate to the particular meal to be served and the scale of service. The Art of Interior Decoration Cicero purchased a dining-room table that cost him a million sesterces, or about two hundred thousand francs. Willis the Pilot The dining-room table was pushed up against the wall. Don Strong, Patrol Leader You might put them, and any other little thing you have, on the dining-room table; I shall probably be hungry on my return from my drive. No. 13 Washington Square Five minutes later he was seated at the head of the dining-room table with his chiefs around him waiting for their chairman to speak. The Last Shot I did not waste my time, however; I looked everywhere for the "Children's Book of a Million Reasons," until I remembered it was under the dining-room table taking the place of a missing caster. Mince Pie "I'm sure I don't know," was Evie's truthful response, as she flitted about the dining-room table arranging the flowers before luncheon. The Wild Olive To show that they intended, to return, I reported that they had left a large mantel clock, packed in wrapping paper, on the dining-room table. The Making of Arguments The litter of Sunday-night supper, awaiting its transfer to the dining-room table, lay spread in the faithful geometry of the cold, hebdomadal repast. The Vertical City Haggard and at bay, Bouchard faced the circle of frowns around the polished expanse of that precious heirloom, the dining-room table of the Gallands. The Last Shot But Emma Campbell put her grizzled head on the dining-room table and began to cry. The Purple Heights Suddenly, just as the stage was starting, he pounded violently on the dining-room table. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations A bed for two servants, consisting of a thin mattress on the dining-room table, was also found. What eight million women want With a snack to eat in the refrigerator or laid out on the dining-room table. The Vertical City "Gee whiz! almost twelve o'clock," exclaimed Hiram Nelson, looking up at the clock from the dining-room table in Paul Perkins' house. The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol Then he sneaks off under the dining-room table and rolls them out into the carpet. Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son I stumbled over the rubbish, with but one thought driving me--the dining-room table, its white cloth, and the possibility of getting outside before those deadly guns could be discharged again. Love under Fire I told her to put them on the dining-room table and I would unpack them and put the contents in place. On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes The dining-room table was lovely with pink candle-light and pink cosmos as a centerpiece on a mat of oak leaves. Entertaining Made Easy When I left the dining-room table, I left carrying my young mistress to school six miles from Fayette. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 I took a seat on the edge of the dining-room table, and told him I wanted him to act for me in an affair of honour. Confessions of a Young Man So pens, ink, and paper were laid on the dining-room table, and the great proclamation went forth among the youngsters, "Pa is goin' to write a whole letter all by hisself." My Brilliant Career Again the timber-merchant seemed to meditate; his eyes wandered from Charles to the dining-room table. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories It is Washington's birthday, and the children are all at home from school, and are at the dining-room table drawing maps. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Rose had slumped into a chair at the dining-room table, and was pouring herself a cup of cold and bitter tea. Cheerful—By Request When Cousin Parnelia reached the dining-room table, she sat down by it, pushed the cloth to one side, and produced a fresh sheet of yellow paper from her shabby bag. The Bent Twig Mr. Reynolds and I had a cup of tea after all the excitement, and were sitting at the dining-room table drinking it, when the bell rang. The Case of Jennie Brice I suppose you expected to find it laid out for you on the dining-room table. A Man of Mark She held it with both hands, afraid that she might drop it, and carrying it to the dining-room table set it down slowly, looking at him. Dust Amory was becoming trite from where he perched in the centre of the dining-room table one six o'clock. This Side of Paradise She glanced at the presents laid out on the dining-room table, but they looked unattractive. The Song of the Lark Please ring off and call your kitchen and tell them to put your breakfast on the dining-room table for you in three-quarters of an hour. The Conflict They drew up to the dining-room table with its cover of blue denim edged with white cord, and Condy unrolled his manuscript and read through what he had written. Blix Mrs. Carey drew up Philip's chair to the dining-room table—they had bought him a high chair by now—and placed the book in front of him. Of Human Bondage Theodore would labor over his algebra after the dining-room table was cleared. Fanny Herself On a corner of the dining-room table, a game of poker was begun. The Octopus : A story of California Your eggs are carried from the kitchen to the dining-room table on a plate. Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations They have a boarder and they go around the dining-room table twice. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley In cloudy weather you can improvise a game on the dining-room table. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 20, August 13, 1870 So K. sat by the dining-room table and listened to her talk of Max that last evening together. K It was a white-faced girl that appeared before Walter McAndrew and his wife as they were seated at the dining-room table. Gloria and Treeless Street From the cobbled square outside you could see them through the window, Mamma, Uncle Edward, Uncle Victor and Farmer Alderson, sitting round the dining-room table and talking, talking, talking about Roddy. Mary Olivier: a Life He hurried out, returning in a moment with a bowl of cool water and a fringed napkin which he pilfered from the dining-room table, wisely intending to bathe Chip's head. Chip, of the Flying U The men, meanwhile, sat round the dining-room table. With the Procession Georgia, once when I was a little girl and went to visit my grandmother, I had a stubborn fit and wouldn't eat any dinner because the dining-room table had such ugly legs. The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love Half an hour later Brown and Jones were still playing trains on the dining-room table. Frenzied Fiction Taking a pencil from his pocket he wrote a brief message to his mother, and laid it upon the dining-room table, where she would be sure to find it in the morning. The Fourth Watch The large dining-room table was cleared for action, and Gladys Sampson, very serious and important, stood at the far end of the room under a very bad oil-painting of her father, directing operations. The Cathedral But Cope was impressed, most of all, by the dining-room table and its paraphernalia. Bertram Cope's Year She forgot it entirely while the dining-room table, stretched to its limit, was being set with the best china and silver as if for a Thanksgiving feast. Georgina of the Rainbows Here indeed was a new experience, thought I, as I hid under the dining-room table and watched. The Nomad of the Nine Lives He could see Ole Man Pumpkin sitting there on the dining-room table—so still! Half-Past Seven Stories The dining-room table was being set for supper. The Created Legend I picked up a great hunk of bread from the dining-room table, and went out shivering into the cold drizzle that was still falling from a shrouded sky. The Path to Rome She had among the bird pensioners in the garden of her house adjoining the Cathedral green, a female thrush that grew tame enough to fly into the house and feed on the dining-room table. Birds in Town and Village "You don't knock over furniture when you walk about; and the dining-room table is so big that, even if you did spill a jug of milk, father would not be angry." Light O' the Morning Linda thought of the tropical butterflies of the river Amazon, of orchids like those always on the dining-room table. Linda Condon However, before she goes to her own breakfast, she is expected to clear the dining-room table and take the dishes into the kitchen. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 To the delightful shudders produced by this was added some fear of the butler's interference, for it took place on the large dining-room table. Lady John Russell Paris in August 9 p.m.—Héloise came in just as I was writing this morning, and we had a scrappy kind of déjeûner on the corner of the dining-room table. The Visits of Elizabeth He alluded to the plates which lay face downward upon the dining-room table. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch Marjorie and Morris were busy at the dining-room table when I left them, with their heads together over my old Euclid. Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. Well, that's all right," said Patty; "let Pansy arrange those nicely on the dining-room table. Patty at Home It was an ordinary large German oak dining-room table, and in the middle were two big shaded lamps. The Secrets of the German War Office Héloise said she would prefer to sleep on the dining-room table, and "Antoine" said he thought people ought to be a little more careful of their reputations even en voyage. The Visits of Elizabeth Then, placing his hat with great deliberation on the hall table, he drew off his gloves, waved us before him, and took his seat at the dining-room table. Colonel Carter of Cartersville They felt they were no longer at home as in the time of Camille; it seemed, so to say, that they were stealing every evening they passed seated at the dining-room table. Theresa Raquin You come away with me now, and rest a little bit; and, Mancy, you put a little lunch for us on the dining-room table, won't you? Patty at Home First, on the dining-room table a silver tea service of seven pieces, imported from England—his wedding gift to her. The Moccasin Maker On the dining-room table after they had gone Miss Toller found two envelopes directed to her. More Pages from a Journal Yet this is the man who laughs at his little son of ten for crawling round under the dining-room table with a mat over his shoulders, and pretending to be a bear. Literary Lapses As Junia stood by the dining-room table and looked at the alert, expectant children, she wished she also was going now to the mountain-top. Carnac's Folly, Complete As Junia stood by the dining-room table and looked at the alert, expectant children, she wished she also was going now to the mountain- top. Carnac's Folly, Volume 1. In Sicily they do not bring the scent of the incense across the dining-room table. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler If she ain't gone and set a spread on the dining-room table, and me ready to cut the cake this minute! Miss Gibbie Gault Gregory wrenched a leaf from a dining-room table and pried the door open. Opening a Chestnut Burr But I found it lying on the dining-room table last evening, when I came from my room. The Rover Boys on the Ocean Or, a chase for a fortune He lowered his arms sheepishly, reached out and switched on the ceiling light over the dining-room table. In Secret Uncle Roger had gone to the station to meet the travellers, and the dining-room table was spread with a feast of fat things. The Story Girl Threadbare carpet in the aisles was almost as personal a reproach as a hole under the dining-room table; and self-respect was barely possible to a congregation that sat in faded pews. The Imperialist "You'll be back inside the month," said Billy that evening, looking up from Carlyle's "Revolution," to where Susan and Mary Lou were busy with last stitches, at the other side of the dining-room table. Saturday's Child The dining-room table, commonly so uninviting, gleamed as for a festival. The Crown of Life She had also arranged with her own hands the masses of narcissus and jonquils on the mantels, and had selected the exact shade of yellow tulips which centred the dining-room table. Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero Hurriedly rehooking her dress, she descended the stairs and found him grouping the essentials on the dining-room table. Flappers and Philosophers On the dining-room table one evening lay a little printed bill, which made known that a dramatic company was then in the town. By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy For they were about the dining-room table now, and the bride's health was to be drunk. Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby The Treasure, who was clearing the dining-room table, came in, and smiled at the pretty group, mother and father, daughter and sons, all rejoicing in being well and together again. The Treasure I went in and there was my father fallen forward on the dining-room table, with blood coming from his lips, though I believe this was caused by a crushed wineglass. Love Eternal The Board of Strategy came and performed an impromptu war dance around the dining-room table. Cy Whittaker's Place Mother is going to set the dining-room table," he announced, "and the coffee will be ready presently. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day "There's another on the dining-room table you can get." Glengarry School Days: a story of early days in Glengarry It was a charming morning, and Polly was seated at the dining-room table, deep in the preparation of a lesson in reading and pronunciation for Hop Yet. A Summer in a Canyon "Very good, you come look, miss," and Jeekie propped up the case upon the end of the dining-room table. A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa He and Mrs. J. ought to be, by rights, seated on each side of the fire by the dining-room table, a bottle of port-wine between them, not so full as it was an hour since. The Book of Snobs When the writing materials were brought and placed upon the dining-room table he drew his chair to that table and scrawled a few lines. Thankful's Inheritance I blundered into the steward’s pantry, and out of it, missed the cross-hall, stumbled through the next starboard opening in the long hall, and found myself bent double by violent collision with the dining-room table. The Mutiny of the Elsinore He left them shortly after ten o'clock, playing cards round the dining-room table, in excellent health and spirits. The Adventure of the Devil's Foot There sat my wife and our boarder, one on each side of the dining-room table, complacently playing checkers! Rudder Grange They left five glasses on the dining-room table; therefore they were more or less than five, but they were not five. The Mystery of Orcival "The vessel is as steady as a house, and the swing-table we are eating our breakfast on is as even as your dining-room table at home." Miss or Mrs? "There's a slice for you on the dining-room table," she informed him, joyously. Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William An evening newspaper was on the dining-room table. Man and Wife After supper they would all sit down around the dining-room table and he drew pictures for them. Where the Blue Begins She looked about her as if these presences had suddenly manifested themselves round her dining-room table. Night and Day She was studying one evening at the dining-room table when she saw a face looking in at the window. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 Next morning at Les Fondettes, when the bell rang for lunch, the dining-room table was no longer too big for the company. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Another thing that annoyed me at dinner was that the collie dog, which jumped up at Carrie, was allowed to remain under the dining-room table. Diary of a Nobody Then he exclaimed "Cassandra!" with such heartiness at the sight of Cassandra Otway standing by the dining-room table that she put her finger to her lips and begged him to be quiet. Night and Day |
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