Giles and Beatrice were coming for the night, but nobody else, thank heaven, although a lot of people were expected to dinner first. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was a little surprised, since dinner was over a bit earlier than usual, but I decided it must be because the night before I had said I was tired. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We shall have to loosen those corset laces if we intend to keep you as intimate dinner company.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He wanted to wrestle with her after dinner and needed her to tuck him in every night. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of the rare nights when everyone was actually seated around the dinner table. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I had the best time. Honestly, it was no trouble. The chocolates? They were perfect. Just perfect. I told Scarlett to tell you, any time you want a good dinner, you just let me know.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And at dinner each night, Adria would wriggle her way out of her high chair, toddle over to Grandma, climb into her lap, and finish her plate there. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

At dinner Rishi glanced at Ashish, who made a who knows? face and went back to eating his chicken and dumplings. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I borrowed a cookbook from Mrs. Kanagawa and made a different dinner every night. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As dinner dishes are cleared from the table downstairs, my parents ascend hand in hand to their bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She was very gentle with us and did not notice a badly washed dinner plate that left a greasy stain on the dish towel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner the visitors went out on the front balcony to meditate on the hospital idea. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were busy cooking dinner for our Christmas Eve bash. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It was their parents’ wedding anniversary, and for once Habib didn’t have to drag Zafoona out of bed so that they could go out for dinner. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“In his room. He did not come down for dinner.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Each slept in his or her own room, but all of them ate at the dinner table with Miss Whitlaw. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to love the chatter and chaos before dinner. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The pressure finally exploded one night at dinner. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They were coming the evening of the Fourth of July and that meant Lily would have to cut short her fun at the beach with her friends and get back in time for dinner. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a caged animal that had just been shown its dinner. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He ate his dinner, showered, and went to bed. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

You are, in any case, in good time to join him for dinner.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, I’m having dinner with them. Why don’t you come? Get to know them.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They spent another half an hour cleaning up all the mess, hanging up shirts and dresses, and refolding pants, and then they went down to make dinner together. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Two minutes before, I hadn’t even wanted to celebrate, but now I was feeling dejected and insulted at being relegated to a midweek dinner at the same place we always went to. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is an excellent arrangement, I think. It gets Mrs. Dudley well away from here before dark and enables us to have our dinners without her uninviting company.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mother looks like she is going to regurgitate last night’s dinner. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

After dinner I would carefully wash his favorite plate—the blue ceramic one—even though it hadn’t been used, just so it wouldn’t get dusty. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Bring the guests in to me, then we’ll all go in to dinner. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time someone arrives to eat dinner, he waves the red rag to guide the customer into a parking space, like a ground crew member ushering a jetliner to a gate. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“They’re still in Beijing. I understand they took the opportunity to enjoy a cruise on the Yellow River—very luxurious, with thirty-course dinners.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

After paying the rent and salaries, there was not much left for food, so we often had little for dinner. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We’d driven to the Robert E. Lee for dinner last night. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

With her husband out of town, he had asked Sophia and her sister out to dinner, and they went. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first English-speaking dinner guest at our house was a priest from Sacred Heart Church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The band must be having their dinner too. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the clink sound when I go to throw away the empty can of beans we had for dinner last night. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The body of Gabriel Pérdido was laid out in full view on top of the dinner table surrounded by the soft glow of dozens of gloomy candles. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She missed dinners in the mess hall, with wind spirits whisking platters through the air and legionnaires joking about the war games. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After dinner one night, as I’m washing the dishes, he studies me with concern. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parents were calling their kids in to dinner. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw plates with food being taken from our dinner table and the pieces scraped into the trash. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Every morning Ethel fed them each a cold biscuit that had to last them until dinner. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We planned to go to dinner at a little Italian restaurant on the boardwalk, but the dress shopping hadn’t taken as long as we’d expected. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ann hung up the phone and went back to fixing dinner. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Thaya Jaan came to visit last year, we didn’t understand why Mama went overboard cooking elaborate Pakistani feasts for him, including the dishes usually reserved for dinner parties. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

My father has left a note on the table telling me that some neighbors took pity on him with Mama out of town, and invited him for dinner. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

After dinner we headed for our room while Cecile put everything away. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At her side, Fiona talked of her adored little brother and the clever thing he had said at dinner, while Briony pretended to listen and thought about Robbie. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“About asking Bunny to dinner in a couple of weeks?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The night before, during dinner, August had said she owned twenty-eight acres left to her by her granddaddy. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Says he can’t even get his wife out of the studio long enough to take her to dinner. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Inside was a card that read: You are invited to dinner 18 Folgate Street Tonight at 7:30 p.m. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Going to put your dinner on, Sister Williams?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

On New Year’s Eve 1853 a famous dinner for twenty-one prominent scientists was held inside the unfinished iguanodon. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Dobby must go now, sir, we is already making Christmas dinner in the kitchens!” said Dobby, and he hurried out of the dormitory, waving good-bye to Ron and the others as he passed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"I'm not even very hungry. You go. Eat dinner. See movie or something." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The soldierwives would too, for they belonged to the ■* army of servants who would work at the birthday dinner. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner he meets her father, a tall, good-looking man with luxuriant white hair, Maxine’s pale green-gray eyes, thin rectangular glasses perched halfway down his nose. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before we left for the Center in the morning, I asked Cecile for food money for tonight’s dinner. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He point at the crib and I go over and poke through the blanket and sho nuff, there’s a hair roller, a measuring spoon, and a dinner napkin. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

On Inauguration Eve, he'd been invited to dinner with outgoing President Hayes. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I remember, we had dinner together the night before I took off for Jupiter, Mrs. Hathaway.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milo was much too tired to talk and almost too tired for dinner, so, without a murmur, he went off to bed as soon as he could. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Please don’t let me interrupt your dinner,” she said finally. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, I recall overhearing at dinner one evening, when a particular newspaper had been mentioned, his lordship remarking: 'Oh, you mean that Jewish propaganda sheet.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You can eat dinner with us when we come from church,” she said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for Mars Bar himself, his expression never changed until the dinner was almost over, when the littlest non-baby Pickwell, Dolly, called him “Mr. Bar.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was twelve o’clock before I got any satisfactory hint of such a building, and this I got at a coffee-shop, where some workmen were having their dinner. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Will you ask the Orkney faction to have dinner with me tomorrow?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after dinner you changed your mind and cried, and so my mom called your mom, and then your mom picked us up. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was after the celebration, after we’d returned to the apartment from dinner at Le Cirque. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Somehow we got through an interminable dinner, and then for entertainment Miss Brown sat down at the piano and whipped through her stock party piece, “The Minute Waltz,” in fifty-two seconds by Father’s pocket watch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Our wedding anniversary was on February 19, and though usually in Pátzcuaro we went out to dinner, we didn’t have the money for that here. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The other kids head home while Mom takes me to the store before dinner. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

After a while, Mom and Dad announced it was time for dinner. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was new for us to sit together like this, after dinner, for in Italy we had wandered about, walked or driven, gone into little cafes, leant over bridges. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At home, dinner will be coming to a close without me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Before Mom got the promotion, the whole family would prep dinner together, with Dad doing most of the work. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Commissioner García finally came back to the restaurant and was especially pleased when he heard he could eat his favorite Cuban sandwich for dinner also. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She would have known he was invited to dinner. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They left their half-eaten dinners on the table without saying a single word to us. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She allowed the men to buy her drinks, dinners, later to take her in taxis to their apartments, in neighborhoods she had not yet discovered on her own. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. Well, get on and take these dinners through. Table by the big fire.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“All right, we’re going to check in, drop off our stuff, grab some dinner, and then go straight to bed. No funny business tonight. Got it?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It was verging on dusk, and the clock had already given warning of the hour to dress for dinner, when little Adèle, who knelt by me in the drawing-room window-seat, suddenly exclaimed— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were all there when I arrived at the twins’ for dinner that night, gathered around the radio and listening to the weather forecast as if to some wartime bulletin from the front. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Vince telephoned. He’s asked me if you could go with him to church tomorrow, then out for a bite. I said yes, provided the two of you come home to have dinner with us.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Almost immediately after dinner, Monsieur. Actually before we left Belgrade. So he did on the previous night. He had directed me to make up the bed while he was at dinner, and I did so.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grease stains were beginning to seep through the wrapping—“there’s even dinner in it for you.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When the last bite of dinner had been eaten, Dismay trotted downstairs to begin his duties, and everybody went back to work. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Major-general Kallner had not worn his uniform in its entirety since the first dinner with the U. S. Robot representatives. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She even slept at our apartment one night—on the sofa—after a late dinner I’d made. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still thinking about it when the dinner concluded and the grownups went into the living room and Mrs. Baylor cleared the table and started the cleanup. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When we all assemble to go down to the dinner, I can see Effie is out of sorts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Rolf asked me to have dinner at the rectory.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The policeman finally left, but dinner was worse than the telling had been. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. I guess I did. I’m sorry to pull you away from dinner.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They had a right barney this evening, actually over the dinner table. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Your mother is a very good cook,” said Louisiana when dinner was over and they were in Raymie’s room with the door closed. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Mama treats our special family dinners as if they're a block party—she invites the whole building, and sometimes even all of Jefferson and Bushwick Avenues too. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Baba has a way of disappearing for hours whenever Mama throws a dinner party. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

To consider something a chance that is nothing but paper and filament and postponed dinners. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you eat decent food for lunch and dinner? Do they treat you well at the hotel? Do you have enough money?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately I smell the smoky kitchen of the steak house crowded with visitors just pulling off the I-5 for dinner. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But the thing is, Rae hasn’t really spoken more than a few words to me since the dinner. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Afterward, I take her out for a Valentine’s Day dinner at my favorite restaurant, Happy Family, which sits at the end of a strip mall about fifteen miles from home. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They found the corners and finished most of the perimeter of the puzzle by the time they heard Lena calling them for dinner. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I came to tell you Mama needs our help preparing dinner. Uncle Turu is telling stories tonight, and we don’t want to be late.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, after dinner, they set out in their car, Gogol in the back seat, to look at houses for sale. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mother ran her hand through his hair and said, "My poor dear," and off they went to their bedroom for a nap before dinner. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

People must be finishing their workdays, picking up their kids, figuring out dinner. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At dinner, Mom and Dad were talking about politics in the Middle East. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I thought Tyler was joking until an hour later when we sat down to dinner. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Rigo usually picked him up at his hotel at about seven p.m. for dinner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” I say, “you want to have dinner with me and my dad? It’s Saturday night so it’ll be hot dogs and baked beans.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I ate dinner slowly, pushing my food around my plate long after everyone else had left the table and said, “I’m fine, just tired,” to my parents’ many concerned questions. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he felt his stomach give a painful rumble and remembered he hadn’t eaten any dinner. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she would beat Joe for no reason while he lay in bed or sat at the dinner table. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“He believes in survival of the fittest. And it looks to me like those turkeys are only fit for Thanksgiving dinner.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

But I felt only shame and said the dinner prayer as fast as I could. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Rowan swallowed, trying to fight down what little bit of dinner he had eaten. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It’s something she says every time we go out to dinner. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening, when I was changing for dinner, there was a knock at my bedroom door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At last night’s dinner, all they'd talked about was lawyers and investments and responsibility. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You are not to disturb Mr. Byrne and me after dinner. You will put yourself to bed at the appropriate time and turn out your light.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We'll eat our Christmas dinner in there at the table, sit on the couches, and look at the tree. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mother and Daddy agreed and gave Judy some money for dinner, and before I knew it, we were on our way. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner, I sat alone at a table full of kids I didn’t even know. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This, with the seasoned marrow spread on bread, would make a good Sunday dinner. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner he is asked by his neighbor, a middle-aged woman named Pamela, at what age he moved to America from India. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The room is empty; everyone else must be at dinner. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then, on top of that, my mom is invited to family dinner, as in, Grandma considers her part of the family? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His dad went in to check on her at dinner time, and an hour later, when they both came out, his dad said they were going to Pizza Hut for dinner. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Hornet had given Bo hot milk and honey after dinner and he had emptied two whole mugs without becoming suspicious. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

One day he came for dinner, and the next morning he was still there. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ll stay home and prepare a special birthday dinner for you,” she replied. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He stops briefly to watch the sparkling bonfire and then at a vendor to purchase a bag of chocolates to make up for his mostly uneaten dinner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

With dinner about to be served, this was hardly the moment to be summoning P.C. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After dinner, all of us crowd onto the couch to watch Mom’s favorite episode of Doctor Who—the one where the hero of Nottingham, Robin Hood, is a real historical person. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And so, as usual, our family dinner conversations were about things of the mind: Einstein and Newton, the poets and the philosophers. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A week later, on Sunday afternoon, before the dinner shift, I put on Susana’s anacos and blouse and jewelry—which she insisted I keep as a gift. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was going to sell it, then use the money to buy food for the charity dinners she cooked. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“That witch is going to eat the dog for dinner and you for dessert,” Stevie said. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll learn plain cooking for my holiday task, and the next dinner party I have shall be a success.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each evening after I showered in my hotel room, I would carry my dirty laundry down the street where I joined the family for dinner. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When they finally met up at a TB meeting in Salzburg, Austria, they went out for a pizza dinner afterward. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

My mother is much happier when she has a house full of guests and extra chairs around the dinner table. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"Yep. My parents still live there. Mom makes dinner every Sunday night. Your grandmother's joined us a time or two. Do you like to cook?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Peregrine insisted that I wash off the bog mud before sitting down to dinner, and asked Emma to run me a bath. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“If Mother is any sicker than she was when she came down to dinner, all right,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally one afternoon he came by where she was selling the church dinners and asked Ma, “Do you go to the movies?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went right to bed and slept through dinner. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But now the food has run out, and three months have passed, and my mom doesn’t look like she plans on walking into the kitchen to cook dinner anytime soon. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise got up from the yard chair she was sitting in, walked to the corner of the lot, and vomited up her Sunday dinner. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Her remedies worked miracles, but better yet, during dinner I had revenge. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

That night, when Rosa brought him dinner, Matt asked her when Maria was coming back. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around five o’clock, he nuked a frozen dinner and popped the movie into the VCR. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what went on in Michael’s house around dinner and TV shows. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t even know yet what happened in the library, before dinner, just after we were talking. He was attacking my sister. If I hadn’t come in, I don’t know what he would have done...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Besides, we’re arranging his presence at a state dinner in a few months. He’s not any more excited about this than you are.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You must be ladylike. They need to know that you can be trusted behind the counter,” she lectures at dinner. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

How many times had he made them laugh over dinner, stopping only when Doreen couldn’t breathe? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She knew, anyway, that Carl’s mother had nothing but ill feelings for all the Miyamotos; she sometimes spoke of them at the dinner table on Sundays, rattling on obsessively. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The days of them spending leisurely afternoons in the library before a roaring fire and dinners in the dining room with friends and family were long gone. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

So now I feel kind of strange and groggy and disoriented, and I think my parents are going to want to do dinner tonight As a Family. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Old people like to eat dinner at four in the afternoon, and they get ornery if they get too hungry.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t really want to say yes, but I’m hungry and I know there aren’t many options for dinner at home. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The oil paintings my parents made on their first date because Pa wanted to wow Ma with an experience more memorable than just dinner. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Grandma wants to know if you’ll stay for dinner, Brady. It’s just BLTs and corn because we’re going to the hospital after dinner to see Daddy. But you’re welcome to stay.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The next afternoon she came into the sunroom just before dinner. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So after dinner we hid our spare key inside the nozzle of the dusty, folded-up fire hose in the stairwell. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a sport jacket and tie, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen him dressed up like that, not even at the end-of-the-season awards dinner. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But on this day, a Saturday, a "sick day," she decided that she would cook dinner, but she wouldn't tell us what she was going to make. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Could be useful,” he said to Harry and Hermione as they went into dinner. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

At dinner, she had to sit on Zoey’s side of the booth, and then at A La Mode, she had to sit on the stool next to her at the counter. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized how hungry I am until I smell the fried chicken, string beans, macaroni and cheese, and homemade dinner rolls. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dr. Darwin would hold forth for hours at a time at the dinner table and in the parlor afterward with his children and any company as captive audiences. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner we cleaned up and took photos in the old photo booth, one strip for each of us. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I peel myself off the sheets and head down the stairs slowly, the smell of dinner getting stronger. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“You might have talked to me more when you came to dinner.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

"The little kids will be home in twenty minutes or so," she said, "and we'll eat dinner around four thirty. I like to have everything settled before Richie comes home." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“A very excellent dinner, Mistress Wood. I war rant there’s not a housewife in the colonies can duplicate your apple tarts.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The dinner began to smell good and she was hungry. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We’ve got all night to think about what to do next. And we can’t do that if we end up as the dogs’ dinner. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Can he come over? For dinner someday soon? He gave me his telephone number and I gave him ours!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She even had dinner with her father and Daniel a few times. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After dinner, Stuart practically ordered Booth and Herold to leave his home, which they did without protest. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After half an hour the sun shone again and the grocer's automobile rounded Gatsby's drive with the raw material for his servants' dinner--I felt sure he wouldn't eat a spoonful. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Up at six-thirty, breakfast by seven, private study time for three hours in the morning and in the afternoon, and orchestra rehearsal before dinner. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner their father sat down to read the Bible, and Grandpa and James and George sat as still as mice on their bench with their catechism. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa’s is a black-and-white linen stitch that he always scratches while waiting for us to finish our dinner. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Gramps cooked dinner at six o'clock most nights. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His Christmas dinner was gone in three bites, and dessert was skipped in favor of a brisk two-mile run. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My stomach starts to churn, and not from the food smells or because I’m getting hungry for dinner. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Our teammates thought it was funny, for example, to ask Josh and me if we really liked to eat fried chicken and watermelon for dinner. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

My mom used to cook dinner every single night. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It always has three parts: instructions for dinner, a reminder to do my homework, and a trivia question. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather, he was so deep into his book, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, that he didn’t hear Mama calling him to dinner. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Right, but-” “No buts. Just eat dinner and read. You’re still recovering and shouldn’t go outside yet.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I hoped the other dinner guests would come soon. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When Mami came home from work, she took her dinner to the living room and ate in front of the television while we did our homework. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had never talked so much at dinner, but I was going on about Becca's house, how beautiful it all was, and how Becca's room was nothing like I expected. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I went back to the kitchen and cooked the dinner. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Andy got six kinds of meat, ten dinner rolls, and four pieces of apple pie. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack found it tough going with his wheelchair, so he and his sister took a taxi to a victory dinner for Bobby at Vorst’s, a German restaurant a few blocks from the tournament site. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could still hear Mrs. Baylor in the kitchen, cooking my dinner. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Every evening, Grandma insisted we read books around the table after dinner. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When dinner was over it was pretty late for going out again, and in any case the Solemnity would, keep all the Commensals busy, Shusgis said, until after midnight. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they would go with us to the family dinner and announce they were getting back together. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like Miss Whitlaw to have saved half of her own meager dinner for her guests. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up my mother’s plate, the one she had carried into the kitchen at the start of the dinner. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

No cereal for dinner, and no skipping Etiquette. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then everyone would go home for dinner with their families. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"Tomorrow,” he told us at dinner, "I’m going to make a cement bird bath. All those who want to watch me should come home right after school, and we’ll make it in the late afternoon.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some similar dinners, if there were dinners that could be considered similar, might have calligraphed menus on sturdy paper describing each course in great detail, or perhaps just listing an intriguing title or name. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He came home, ate dinner, and disappeared into his room with a lit candle and books and magazines. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

At length, our dinner being completed, I took the opportunity to read in Virgil. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They all tore into Christmas dinner like it was their last meal, which it practically was, at least for a while. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

There have been questions about our field trips and the dinners we attended. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to offer some paltry platitude, when I’m interrupted by Katherine saying, “Maybe we could help. Were going there for dinner.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want them to see me in my dinner jacket, for some reason. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

We sat at the dinner table, mosquito-stung and ravenous from our hike. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

After that, I listened dispassionately as Mrs. Moss gave a made-for-television version of their lifestyle that included trips to the circus and Ice Capades, dinners out on Fridays, and pizza every Wednesday night. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A loaf of bread and some cheese served as both breakfast and dinner. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cassiopeia might be able to learn a bit of finger crocheting if they worked straight through dinner and used extra thick wool—and Beowulf was very close to being able to do a cartwheel. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“You know I don’t like recipes,” she told her father, while her dinner went around and around and the little red numbers on the microwave oven counted down to zero. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

A late dinner party arrived from the elevator. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

For example, can there be such a thing as an organic TV dinner? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Pa came home early enough that night to have dinner with us, but he didn’t come alone. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They spent their days in different parts of the manor, and Cook and Penelope did most of the talking at dinner. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Now, now! The revelry is supposed to happen over dinner! No fair starting without me!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Are you ready for your dinner, Mr. Jankowski?” she says, kicking off my brakes and spinning me around. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The minute I had enough money saved to go one way, I’d be out of there.To celebrate my first night in Boston, Ella prepares a large dinner of baked chicken. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They invited Lynn and Amber to eat dinner at their campfire. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sit picking at my Christmas dinner, as Mr. Banerji is picking at his. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It reminds me of the little fishes Uhmma dries for dinner. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“By Jove, she’s forgotten her dinner!” cried the unconscious youth, poking the scarlet monster into its place with his cane, and preparing to hand out the basket after the old lady. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could have Monday night dinners and Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night dinners, too. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“At the dinner, of course. You are invited.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

“What happened to Carrie? I thought she was coming over for dinner.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

All through dinner the men shouted at each other. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“No, she complained about how loud the teenagers play their radios and, oh, yes, she invited us to Christmas dinner.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa fed the horses, on the bottom of the wagon box, some oats he had brought for their dinner. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry rather thought some bogeys landed on the potatoes, and was inwardly thankful that they were not staying for dinner. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And when I did see him, it was usually for dinner, when Mom or Laleh were around to provide a buffer, or for Star Trek, which was sacrosanct. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You can see it after dinner,” he said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Pauline and Mal pressed her to stay for dinner, until she finally admitted she had to go to work. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She slept out Sunday mornings and forced herself up for dinner, which she ate, as she ate all her meals now, automatically and without conversation. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I could stick around, Jax, but it’s almost time for dinner. I think we’d better head home. Is there anything else you need?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“We can go to Portland Saturday. Go to the Japanese Gardens and go out for dinner at Beau Thai.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A few days earlier, Taborlin had met a tinker on the road. And even though Taborlin didn’t have much to eat, he shared his dinner with the old man.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Like their reveal tradition—a surprise dinner they threw for Emily and her older brother, with clues indicating their next destination. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I bring pizza and salad back to my room for dinner, telling myself that anything tastes better when acquired at some risk to life and limb, like venison fresh from the hunt. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do we have to have them to dinner anyway?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Rehearsals are going great, so I let everyone have the day off! I thought I’d make us dinner,” she enthuses. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I didn’t wait for Mama to tell me that I needed to finish running out the corn middles. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went to a movie and then to dinner. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Am I late for dinner? What is it? Not soup again.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Two years ago, only six months before the accident, my parents had come over for Christmas Eve dinner, bringing Maribel a dress from Diseño y Artesanía that my mother insisted they wanted to give her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

My friend at the group, Sasha, asked if I would like to join him at the dinner, along with one of the group’s board members, George Lehner. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He enforced such rules as he knew; missing dinner was one of them. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watched two women arguing across a dinner table. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Mom and Dad are upstairs waiting, but I can tell them you're too upset to stay for dinner." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then the man shifted his arms around the load of books he was carrying before him like a dinner tray and revealed a bony wrist. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Like their reveal tradition—a surprise dinner they threw for Emily and her older brother, with clues indicating their next destination. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She sat with me while I ate dinner and I told her about the poems Miss Watson read to us. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to cancel dinner with Dad? I can cancel.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ellie wasn’t helping matters, prancing around in her new hose, making a big show of helping Momma with the ham. and sweet potatoes for dinner. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

My face on television, comforting Tariq Johnson's family, will draw more voters and more campaign contributions than any stuffy old dinner with rich people I could host. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, This is the poem I wrote that Ms. G asked me to read to Richard Riley at the dinner. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The way old Stuart gets around, he could be having dinner in Philadelphia.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

First Ladies showed up in the news, having tea with the spouses of foreign dignitaries; they sent out official greetings on holidays and wore pretty gowns to state dinners. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It will be a tiny, odd fact about him, an anecdote, perhaps, for a future dinner party. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We are both eating dinner at the same restaurant at the same time. It’s not marriage.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I'm going to speak to Mrs. Derby right after dinner, Polly vowed bravely. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia and Maxine plan a special dinner, curling up with cookbooks for days beforehand on the beach. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The matter was even worse because the two, almost equal in age, knew each other and, before Francis remarried, had frequently met for lunch or dinner to talk about science. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She and Henry were eating their dinner, from room service—lamb chops, bottle of burgundy, yellow rose in a bud vase. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He set two places for dinner but did not serve the food because he wanted to keep it warm in the pot. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When they grew tired of waiting, the dinner smells climbed off the curtains and drifted through the Sea Queen windows to dance the night away on the dinner-smelling sea. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I missed the initiation dinner, which was held on a Thursday evening, because I had to work. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“No leave alone with witch doctor. Maybe he cut her into steaks for dinner.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They even dropped fish hooks so we could catch our dinner in the rivers nearby. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As our mother sprinkled flour and rolled out small doughy circles for the steamed dumplings that would be our dinner that night, Vincent explained the rules, pointing to each piece. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Want to come to dinner with Celia’s new friends tonight instead of doing the pizza place? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Somebody would inevitably high-kick when it was time for spirit fingers, the timing was off on the contagion, and the whole thing was such a disaster that Petra pronounced it “so dinner theater on Mars.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Some people will send a bread-and-butter note after you have them over to dinner. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been regaling his fiancee with the details of an all-you-can-eat dinner he was beginning to regret. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Let’s get some dinner. 5TH JUROR: Why don’t we wait till seven? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not till after dinner that I saw him again: he then seemed quite at his ease. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The event was late, long after sunset, so Navid and I had already broken our fasts and had dinner before we headed out. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My mom said she was going to do some research, and promised we’d discuss it at dinner. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Jaggers,” interposed Miss Havisham, much to my relief, “leave my Pip alone, and go with him to your dinner.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

They could have eaten anywhere, Sandi thought, and yet they had come to a Spanish place for dinner. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I mean, she used to cook dinner and make those “in a pinch” meals for people at church, but she’s turned into some supercharged chef version of the Energizer Bunny. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Dray did not take me out to dinner. You did. And I am not Donna.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When we came home my sisters had to cut up my dinner every day and help me get dressed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, Alex cleaned the kitchen, scrubbing the pans and wiping down the counters and stove top with the same graying cotton rag. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“This Mr. Fard is doing something right,” she said at Sunday dinner. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At dinner her parents were oddly quiet, and Stella could tell that tensions were swelling. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The last thing I needed was to have dinner with this family of hambones. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

What finally went down was that we all bought our own dinners. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could probably sneak out before dinner, but my little sister says she’ll tell on me unless I bring her along. Is that okay?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Thomas had spent a great deal of effort convincing me to “forgive” him, to let him take me out to dinner. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Nana’s cell phone rings at 6:42, as we are cleaning up from dinner. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

That night, while I’m eating dinner with Mom and Malia, there’s a knock on our door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

We had just started to clean them up when T. Ray burst in, threatening to boil the chick for dinner and fire Rosaleen for being an imbecile. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over dinner, the men politely discussed the problem of slavery. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Over a dinner of leftover veggie meatloaf, she asked her mother about these girls on the edges of life. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why you’re wasting your talents like this,” the general said one night over dinner. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner that evening, our mother gives us the news but we keep eating because we hadn't known he was still alive. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I watched him unravel a misunderstanding between cabin mates, take suggestions for dinner, and give his opinion on whether the security team needed more kids assigned to it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“No place for hate,” he complains at dinner that night. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Poe was a friend of Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire’s whom the children had met many times at dinner parties. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When Malcolm came back with their drinks, they asked if they could get a dinner here, and if so, what the place had to offer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“How do you know how to swallow your dinner?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight's our family dim sum dinner at Lola's favorite Chinese place. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I made brownies,” Kate chimed sweetly, trying to entice me to have dinner with them. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

When we got back that day for dinner, the Zuppa Guy called me over and handed me a baseball cap. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I ate dinner alone at the same table where I’d had my breakfast. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Late that afternoon Mrs. Moss called me for dinner and introduced me to her daughter, Bess, whom I liked at once. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m back at the house,” she said, “making you dinner.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He usually waits till I get here to start on the hard liquor, though I know they have wine with dinner. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he was aware that Kermit was there by his side, and he would ask his son, “Did Cherrie have a good dinner tonight?” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Something about a dinner and things...going downhill?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Once, at dinner in a restaurant in Victoria Island, somber waiters hovering around, she had seemed distant, her eyes on the wall behind him, and he had worried that she was upset about something. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She helped make dinner but didn’t join Mother and Father in eating it, instead excusing herself and going to her room. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Now back in Washington to cover the antiwar rally, Marx decided to invite Ellsberg to a dinner party her sister was hosting. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Around the table each Vanderbeeker finished dinner, but the food tasted like dust and left them empty and unsatisfied. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When one middle-aged banker with a receding chin, thinning hair, and reedy fingers showed up for dinner one time too many, she heard the doors of her future slamming all around her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I stay in the stock car through dinner, and then through the evening show as well. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“They talked about the claret, sir. They said how good it was. They ordered a second bottle with their dinner.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When Four dismisses us for dinner, Christina nudges me with her elbow. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Because you’re my first friend in Pennsylvania. We do that all the time in North Dakota, have our friends over for dinner. Don’t you do that here?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

We played a couple rounds of horse until our parents got home from work and we had to stop for dinner. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He’s going to help me study and then we’re having dinner with my parents and Dylan. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I handed him the remains of my turtle soup dinner, and, fascinated, watched him devour it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like fancy places. Besides I have dried venison and horse sorrel for dinner.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Here are museum passes, metro tickets, pocket money, and the Foundation's emergency phone number. Meet back here at seven for dinner and the first evening session. Any questions?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His mom didn't seem to mind, and his dad was always inviting her to stay for dinner. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

That evening, when I finally came back down to dinner, I retaliated in the only way I could. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I set dinner on the dining-room sideboard at six sharp,” Mrs. Dudley said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner, Poppy said starkly, “What? Who? Where?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You will stay for dinner?” he called, as he vanished downstairs again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She knows Jaja always eats right from the flask, yet she takes a dinner plate with her every time, changes the colors and patterns weekly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wait for the sound of her door clicking shut before I bury my dinner in the trash can beneath one of those free newspapers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

So the last dinner was just the three of them, she and the parental unit who had raised her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to think of another time when dinner was canceled, but I couldn’t come up with anything. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Besides, while I made dinner, I’d developed a plan to have Mamá “be home” that night, if not in body, then in spirit. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When the hammering on the back door finally started up, we’d just finished dinner. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

One night at dinner, Jaime announced that the Socialists were going to win, but since he had been saying that for twenty years, no one believed him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I folded and put away all the laundry and chopped up the onions for dinner. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

By six thirty all hands were pitching tents, and Green was firing up the blubber stove to make dinner out of the seal. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He was talking to an Arab man in a tight dinner jacket. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After dinner, Jam took a shower and obediently went to bed. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They bickered over whether we’d have hot dogs or hamburgers for dinner. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

That night, after dinner, Mom put on a CD by a singer named Sheryl Crow. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We were served dinner shortly after we were airborne, but I wasn’t hungry. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, “I’m sad to say that Eddie stayed for dinner.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a teenager, Lourdes would drink three or four milk shakes with dinner. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he asks her to join him for dinner, she declines politely and leaves alone. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

After I finished dinner and dried the dishes that Dad washed, I went out to check on her. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

We sat there silently for a long time afraid to leave our room until Papa called us for dinner. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, gentlemen,” he said, “I’m greatly obliged to you. A splendid dinner, some of the finest wine I’ve ever tasted in my life, and a look at that remarkable instrument.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He learned that she loved frozen yogurt, and before coming to dinner he would stop at a supermarket and buy her some. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Now I began to save a bit of our dinner for the dog. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

While washing up for dinner one evening, one of the bullies, Rarnie, walks up and pinches my arm. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though we had a dining table, my sister, brother, and I would plop place mats on the floor and eat our dinners while watching sitcoms. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Shall we go down and help your mum with dinner?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer and Tatlock went inside, had dinner and drinks, then drove to her apartment, and entered together. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve only been to the Twin Cities on day trips with the Nielsens—for a special birthday dinner, a shopping expedition, one afternoon at the art museum—but never with friends, and never overnight. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He had told himself that he would wait until closer to the start of school to tell her, but as he made dinner, he began to doubt his resolve. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Amelia is delighted by the dashboard display, and insists on taking me to dinner. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you girls stay for dinner?” she says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Anatole had already tried to explain to us the societal function of our church, during that fateful dinner that ended in a shattered plate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diane was either delusional or, more likely, trying to keep her children from ruining dinner. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if Dad will be up for hanging out with us after dinner, but at least he’s feeling well enough to do this. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

There are just people with their stories, getting dinner. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She did not turn to look at him but waited for the sound of him sitting back down to his dinner. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They're supposed to be done and ready by the time she gets home to cook dinner. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She and her boyfriend go out Saturday nights to a buffet dinner. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

My sixteenth birthday I had dinner with my folks at the restaurant they met at. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sometime after the dinner, Howard contacted the filly’s owner and offered an exorbitant sum for her. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had got home late for her dinner, with her shoes and stockings very wet. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

To have your father sitting down eating dinner or shining his shoes while watching TV. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never before had the obligatory dinner conversation sounded so inane. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

That afternoon she spent a tedious hour assisting Ana in dressing for dinner, and that evening the house was full of ladies in rich satin gowns and gentlemen wearing plush velvet and shining boots. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea that I might ever have been discussed, around the dinner table, at the bakery fire, just in passing in Peeta's house gives me a start. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then Mom burst into the house and herded us all into the car for a surprise family dinner at Neptune’s. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Whatever was in the kettle smelled good enough to remind me that I hadn’t had breakfast, hadn’t had more than a few bites of dinner the night before. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The waitress who’d served us dinner was watching nervously out the window, like she was afraid Ares might hurt us. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I sit by my bed and a boy across the way says, Hoi, don’t you want your dinner? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The smell of last night’s dinner and Daddy’s sweaty work clothes hanging in the air. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

On March 14 Burnham joined Davis for dinner with Japan’s delegate to the fair, at the Chicago Club. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I muttered a quiet “Blast” and continued to cat my dinner, porridge with dried apple. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we skip the pancakes with all the cooking and measuring, and jump to the eating—by the way, sausage sandwiches are always a quadrillion times better than TV dinners, that's for sure. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Mama is going to help you make dinner, right?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It also saved the pennies that would otherwise have paid their fare on the streetcar and instead could be used to buy a better cut of meat for Sunday dinner. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So he began throwing elaborate, multicourse dinners, with the first course to be served at midnight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There are dozens of different soups and salad dressings, cases stuffed with frozen dinners and ice cream and meat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

All through the second half of fifth grade, Mom had invited Jenna to our house for dinner and sometimes to sleep over. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And they’re waiting for you just over the top. You’ve got a nice cold dinner. Survival rations. You don’t want to miss that.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He ate the leftovers from our dinner and he and Uncle Willie discussed the developments of the church programs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was about it for the rest of dinner. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The Miss New Jersey pageant is sponsoring a trip for the contestants in our pageant to visit Convention Hall, complete with a pool party at a hotel and dinner at a fancy restaurant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The night before the third day, we were all treated to a big dinner and then packed off to our hotel rooms. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before dinner they had ransacked the other downstairs rooms for comfortable chairs and lamps, and now their little parlor was easily the pleasantest room in the house. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

They sat in silence through dinner, but it was not the same as the silence that had been there before. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He definitely didn’t want to hear that—they already had thunder—and didn’t know why Grandpop would do this during a dark dinner. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe we’d be out in the middle of the field when Jumper got the notion that it was time to quit for dinner. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I figured Pooh would show up soon as I started on dinner. Where you been anyway?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Which was ironic, since she was having dinner with a Titan and a giant. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We usually order Chinese food for dinner, jam a little on our guitars, and watch a movie. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I go out and lie on the table and send my love to the sky. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Uncle Pat tells Grandma he met a man who is looking for a place to stay that will let him wash himself morning and night and give him two meals a day, dinner and tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She takes off her coat and eases herself into the bed and tells him that next Christmas he can go out and find the dinner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Bread and water for dinner,” said Uncle Arthur. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Come have dinner at our house,” said Camilla, turning impulsively back to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And he sat right there till Mama called us to dinner. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, mademoiselle, why don’t you come to the jungle with me and eat these butterflies, they are as big as dinner plates and may not be poisonous, who knows?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The women in our culture are known for working incredibly hard, juggling so many things—raising the children, working on the farm, harvesting, fetching and chopping firewood, and then cooking dinner for the men. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

For dinner we always have potatoes with imitation gravy and—thank goodness we’ve still got it—beet salad. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I consoled myself with the knowledge that with no dinner plans, I’d have more time to sleep and prepare for tomorrow’s competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I remember what Madoc told us at the dinner table ages ago, about how the throne was vulnerable during a change in power. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When I complained at the dinner table, Papa yelled at me and told me to never, ever say anything derogatory about the Soviets. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know you were coming, but we’ll make do,” she says, which is nice, so we all grab quick showers and then eat a chicken salad dinner. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was that evening, shortly before dinner, that I overheard the conversation between Mr Lewis and M. Dupont. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mom got the bright idea that his family should come for dinner. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night of the talent show we ate dinner and tumbled into the hall, ready for some entertainment. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

As I went upstairs after dinner, two of the young men were settling their hats before the hall mirror, and I heard one say low to the other, “Who’s the new party?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at dinner he asked Liyana, “Now what are you thinking about? The tables are turned. You’ve been so quiet tonight.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

On her first evening at Riverbank, she was waiting for dinner when William arrived. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After dinner Mom takes a well-deserved break in the living room while the rest of us clean up. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She waited for him to say, Have dinner with me tonight. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The seconds slithered forward until Fig’s dinner splattered onto the carpet in a pile of brownish sludge. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Dana’s mother brings me dinner on a tray, as if I’m an invalid. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

After the heat between my parents died down, my mom blurted out the number during dinner. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Once when President Eisenhower had visited Georgia years earlier, he supposedly ate dinner at the Lyndons’ home. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner that night your sister asked you three times what was wrong. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ll teach you to play cards after dinner tomorrow,” she announced. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“For a fine dinner to celebrate. Come back to the coffeehouse a week from today, and we’ll watch the prices rise together.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“What if they put one down your back ?” My brother says how would she like some for dinner? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once inside I fell into bed, too exhausted to eat dinner. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Corn is in the non-dairy creamer and the Cheez Whiz, the frozen yogurt and the TV dinner, the canned fruit and the ketchup. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“And he has the nerve to eat two chili dogs before dinner. I swear he’s her favorite, ’cause I asked for vegetarian lasagna yesterday, and she was like, no. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The next day she used her dinner break to race to the bank. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, while the Yoshotos were discussing, in Japanese, some perhaps provocative topic, I asked to be excused from the table. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

After dinner, Cleopatra fixed her royal insignia on a letter to Octavian and summoned a messenger to deliver it. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I work while the girls eat their dinner, recite propaganda at the nightly lessons, and get ready to go to bed. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, the woman said that she wanted a boy who could milk a cow, feed chickens, gather vegetables, help serve breakfast and dinner. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the family room, Mom calls, “Not another project! You’ve already made a real dog’s dinner of the garage. And you promised you’d finish the toaster.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I head down to our apartment and walk past the kitchen, where the table is set for dinner. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I carried my trophies home and sat down before my tree to fix dinner and feed Frightful. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ernest hosted a dinner for them all at Trader Vic’s, featuring his customary personal menu—“a kind of smoked sparerib, eaten ‘by hand,’ and a coffee plus brandy,” David Lilienthal recorded in his personal journal. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When he ate his dinner at Mister Brannon’s she went into the café and spent a nickel for a sack of peanuts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

His dinner had got cold because he couldn’t look down to eat, but he was so polite that he let Blount go on talking. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After dinner they told me they don’t want me to hang out with June anymore. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

To be fair, one shouldn’t compare an organic TV dinner to real food but to a conventional TV dinner, and by that standard Cascadian Farm has nothing to be ashamed of. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Lazlo returned to his room late that evening, having lingered at dinner to avoid it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Because Dad was a shift worker and would often start work early the next day, we’d have dinner at 5:30 or 6 p.m. and listen to the news. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We were, in fact, eating spinach from the garden for dinner, and in a few more days would have peas. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

First night after dinner, Jacob Little showed me how to bring the cows into the barn, or, if the weather was good, to leave them be but check on the fences. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For this reason, every night after dinner and executions, he would retire to his secret bedroom on his private yacht, which had been wallpapered ceiling to floor in photos of Ladybird Hope. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. August Rosenbluth request the pleasure of your immediate presence in stateroom 3, car 48, for cocktails, followed by a late dinner. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They even had dinner together once a month. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Warm steaming water—tired limbs—presently a shave—a cocktail—dinner. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

After dinner she goes to their bedroom, from where she could conceivably hear me as I sneak along the hall, although I take care to be very quiet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still strange to be inside, sitting at a proper dining room table for dinner. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I think they’re having a turkey dinner, too, so you won’t even have to feed me before I go,” I say. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“By the way, Mom said I could come home with you after school and she’d pick me up before dinner.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Calypso and I were sitting at dinner, and she looked beautiful in the candlelight. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

After dinner we sat on her front step. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

When dinner is over, Mr. Byrne announces that he is going for a stroll. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She’d take me for ice cream even if we hadn’t eaten dinner yet. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The boys said that Old Rit was expecting them for dinner. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa asked every night at dinner, often after a long stretch of silence. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I better go so you all can have dinner,” Maxine says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Some of them had rather large brains, an upright posture and two little front legs very much like hands, which they used to catch small, speedy mammals—probably including our distant ancestors—for dinner. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want any trouble. I’ll leave you to your dinner.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

From what I gather, Mitch and his mom eat dinner together every night while his dad takes his meal on a TV tray in front of his recliner. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Early in the afternoon, the Garretts and Booth sat at the dinner table. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I text Elena, Miles, and Oliver and explain everything. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

This teacher that taught biology, Mr. Zambesi, stuck his head out of this window in the academic building and told us to go back to the dorm and get ready for dinner. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I thought he was coming over for dinner one day.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hephaestus sat down clumsily at the dinner table and ordered a Pepsi. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dicey picked out three chicken TV dinners and went to the fruit counter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner in her brother Hensleigh’s dining room, she thought Charles lively, funny, and smart. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone is thinking about two days off from school, grandparents coming for dinner, the Syosset-Farmingdale football rivalry, and all that. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I glanced back over my shoulder to Liam, who stood behind me, leaning against what used to be a TV dinner freezer. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After our dinner we gaze into the lit house. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I was wondering if you would join me for dinner tonight, Kvothe,” she said, her face serious. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They agree to go to the Film Forum on Sunday afternoon, to see the Antonioni double feature that Lydia and Gerald have recently been to and recommended over dinner. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Afterward Rik and I have to prepare the cash for shipment. I don't want to sail it over. We'll meet you back here for dinner." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

My pop once told us at the dinner table it was a case of “slumming gone too far.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

People drop by, neighbors come for dinner, there are three meals to get, the shopping to do, the cleaning to accomplish. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it didn’t matter if he rebuffed or rejected a person, because someone else was sure to phone with yet another offer to play chess, see a movie, or eat a fish dinner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This here’s Bud Caldwell. He’s gonna be our guest over at the Sweet Pea for dinner. Y’all say hello to the little man and make him feel comfortable.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

A decision to invite a co-worker over for dinner is conscious. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

At dinner, she wiped her cutlery with the napkin before she began eating. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She had barely started when they heard Mrs. Tallis calling them down to dinner. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, he inched his hand toward his refilled dinner plate, as if maybe the food wouldn’t notice what he was doing, but it did. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mama laughed and told Baba about what had happened with a funny little kid that night at dinner. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He could go without breakfast, graze at lunch, and barely touch dinner, all while working twelve-hour days of constant activity, and still his weight never fluctuated. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get started on dinner ’fore it gets cold,” he says. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Earlier he’d invited Regina and Bobby to dinner after the conclusion of the game, whenever it was finished, whoever won. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he was growing up he had never once gone out to dinner with his parents or to the movies. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I order my dinner at 3:10 and eat it on the white couch. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner that evening I tell the Nielsens I will take their daughter’s name. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

At night, after dinner and after my mom and I spend time with each other, Olly and I stare at each other out the window. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Until, of course, Ty marches us all back to Heart for dinner. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Professor? Do you have—I mean, do you have plans for dinner today? You could come to our house if you wanted. We’d love to have you.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Like his chores, which his brother would want finished by dinner. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

On Friday, November 21, we had a dinner party at our house to celebrate my twelfth birthday. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“That fifteen cents will buy me a snack of dinner,” he says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dinner seems to flip in my stomach. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mom gets up and throws away her paper dinner plate, even though she’s barely touched her meal. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Later, when we started meeting secretly for dinner, we still divided the bill. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He came to their father upon some business, and he asked him to stay to dinner.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

In the houses on this block, and in my house several blocks away, families are finishing up their dinners. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She wants to see pictures of my family and to hear about my friends, the other boys who had come to her house for dinners. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

We hang out and watch the parrots until dinner. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I made us a good dinner of pork chops that was grilled with special sauce and potatoes cut thin and sauteed in butter and fresh green beans. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner together, sometimes in the equipment room, sometimes at a restaurant. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toño lifts the thing high and, grinning gleefully, slops it in my direction saying, “Here is dinner, little brother.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

She asked me if I wanted to invite Sam and Patrick over for dinner sometime after the holidays are over because my mom gets nervous enough as it is during the holidays. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She chose black to suit her mood, and returned to the gallery for dinner. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"You eat rice with a fork now?" my baba asked a few years ago as he watched me eat my dinner. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He tried boosting Ron’s confidence all through dinner, but Ron was too busy being grumpy and surly with Hermione to notice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He woke about noon and the Nolans sat down to dinner. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was never any money left for food, just enough for Top Ramen noodles; it was our breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe you’ll want to thank me after we have some dinner.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

On the evening of April 4, 1968, as he stood on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee, waiting to go to dinner, he was killed by a single bullet from a high-powered hunting rifle. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before we were halfway across, I felt my dinner coming up. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her dad had gotten better with pulling dinner together. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s three different kinds of Italian dinners squished together in a layer cake with cheese frosting.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

After dinner I washed the dishes as usual and swept the floor. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Instead, Ben silently served up nine bowls of root soup, and then, finding himself out of bowls, poured his own dinner into a pewter mug and drank it down. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

‘Ahora, speak to us en ingles,' my father and mother united to tell us. At first, it seemed a kind of game. After dinner each night, the family gathered to practice ‘our’ English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a warm night, so the old Caribbean men are sitting on the sidewalks in dinner chairs, breathing. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

If Cecile let me cook dinner in her kitchen, she’d let me fry some eggs or pour some cereal in her kitchen too. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Geneva, there were no residual hard feelings; Lawrence and Veksler shared a friendly dinner at the city’s finest French restaurant, comparing notes on the technologies that had made their careers. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

My stomach was still growling when I took my first bite of the enchilada dinner, but somehow it didn’t taste nearly as delicious as I remembered. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“After school, you can come to help prep for dinner, and then after dinner, help clear the tables and wash dishes. And can you do Saturday and Sunday brunches as well?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got to hold her before dinner started, until she squirmed out of my arms and ran away. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

That night we all had dinner together, my family and Violet. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like the kind of dog that ate babies for breakfast, old men for lunch, and virgin sacrifices for dinner. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Look here, Uncle Andrew,” said Digory, “it really is dinner time and they’ll be looking for us in a moment. You must let is out.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

After dinner, we all had green tea and played cards in groups of four. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The agenda for District 12 includes a dinner at Mayor Undersee’s house tonight and a victory rally in the square during the Harvest Festival tomorrow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately Wong Sze-Fu, the serving boy, saved the day by announcing that dinner was ready, so we trooped into the dining room. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt finished dinner with a handful of peanuts and a chocolate bar. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ate steak for dinner once a week. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He buys me ice cream every time I ask, even if it’s before dinner. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

After dinner, Pa went back to the store to talk awhile with other men. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Really, Mrs. Weasley, just a normal dinner would be fine....It’s the day before the wedding....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, if they want to watch me scratch my butt or eat dinner, I feel like that says more about them than about me.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I wanted to help Momly with the dishes, sensing how tired she was. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It's been more than an hour since dinner, and I still can't calm down. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The angry edge to her voice had the rest of our dinner companions stopping to take a good look at me too. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Our evenings went on as usual, with dinners in front of the news. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was finding it difficult to wait for dinner. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of you may say it is not good manners to be removing such things from one's chest at the dinner table.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had lunch at eleven, hay snacks all afternoon, dinner at five. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It charges a decidedly ambitious $50 a night for a bunk, dinner, and breakfast and consequently is widely known to thru-hikers as the Appalachian Money Club. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every night, right after dinner, Abuela slipped into her room, put on a faded green nightgown embroidered with small yellow flowers, and undid her hair. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

One of them must have left it there when they washed up for dinner. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My parents pray to God on the regular and I jump in during dinner. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Miles. He’s fast asleep. I crushed those pills up in his dinner like you said.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I swept up the glass while Mama pulled our dinner casserole out of the oven and put some rolls in to warm. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Together, we made our way to the stream, then down the mountain, so we wouldn’t be late for dinner and Uncle Turu’s storytelling. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Conor’s grandma had driven him back to her house when his mum had fallen asleep after not eating her dinner. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Kim had looked at me, her mouth agape, like I’d just told her I planned on sauteing up a platter of slugs for dinner. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We was just down to a couple still in high school, but we always had dinner together as a family. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone back to your duties. I’ll give you an update at evening muster. Remember, we have war games after dinner.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I know you’re probably preparing dinner, but Richard sent me down to see if you could send up a luncheon tray. We are simply famished,” she said with a nervous laugh. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Tonight we had a quick dinner of paratha and dal, since most things are packed or given away. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This is what Mother’s been dying to say since she found out about this dinner. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When I got him on the phone, he said he couldn't make it for dinner but that he'd meet me for a drink at ten o'clock at the Wicker Bar, on 54th. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

After Strong described at dinner one evening his experiences supervising the carpenters, plumbers, and electricians building his house, Lawrence drove him up the hill to the Rad Lab site. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

After dinner the girls asked if they could watch Pride and Prejudice again. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He had enjoyed his dinner of sowbelly and cornbread with syrup poured over it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I started to fix dinner to occupy myself. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents are away, and my girlfriend has come over to help cook dinner. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He and Mama dressed up for the dinner. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found the smell of new paint for a grand opening, dinner specials being simmered, sautéed, baked, or fried. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of going inside for dinner, the children had clung to their pretend dishes of dirt. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maxine gently taps me on my leg and whispers, “Wrong fork. Use the one farthest from the plate and work your way in throughout dinner.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You had one job, Charlie! One job! Keep Mother away from the food. You couldn’t even do that, and now we have no dinner. Thank you. Thank you very much.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A few weeks before the wedding, they were out to dinner with friends, getting happily drunk, and she heard Graham talking about their time in Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight, Chou and I cook mushrooms and wild vegetables that we found in the field and we make rice soup for dinner. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have tried to do too much in the past few days. The dinner was the last straw; you might have dispensed with it.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

They were sitting on the living- room floor, eating dinner less than a week after they’d seen Najibullah’s corpse hanging by a rope. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jinny didn’t understand, exactly, but she felt like everyone was watching her, so she just nodded and went back to her dinner. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was now a constant murmur as scythes discussed dinner plans as the hour approached seven. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Twelve weeks before Brooke came to dinner, Jule flew from Puerto Rico to San Francisco and checked into the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in Nob Hill. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Reta retired early with her husband, telling each of us that she’d arranged for our dinners and beds with the innkeeper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Alex tugged him by the neck to the other side of the room and settled him in the corner; then he headed back in to finish dinner. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

We figure most people will be done with dinner by then. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I lock myself in my room to catch up on some required reading. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Come on, little girl,” he says, “I’m taking you to dinner.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

For dinner, he orders wild boar cooked with fresh mushrooms. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Adam did not even ask Cathy whether she wanted to come out for dinner. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She cooked dinner every night, drove herself to the supermarket, washed their clothes, put them away. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

On my tenth birthday, Momma promised to drive down and take me out to dinner, just the two of us. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

There was to be a grand dinner, and then our music-master, Mr. 13-04, would lead a band and singers in a brief operatic divertissement, delectable to the taste of His Lordship. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At ten I finished dinner and went to telephone an old friend who lives in New Orleans. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grumbled about the dinner when he had finished it, but then turning to Ged said, “At least it’s not illusion, like so much around here; it sticks to your ribs.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bin Laden was not invited to dinner, nor was the humanitarian crisis in Libya, nor were the Tea Party Republicans. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She’d done her best to do as Badwa said, to eat dinner, then get as much rest as she could, but it was impossible. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The two of us sitting here eating dinner together. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Madu’s invited us to dinner tomorrow,” Kainene said, as she drove him from the train station in her long American car. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I suppose I could refrain from sharing that with the entire camp at dinner.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I know he’s leaving after dinner. Bilal just loaded a pretty big suitcase into his trunk. It's got to be at least a week or two, but hopefully longer.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Her rumbling stomach reminded Tally that she hadn’t eaten breakfast, or dinner the night before. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Charles was so preoccupied with his thoughts that he forgot to show up for a dinner he had been invited to attend. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing too formal, you understand— just a little dinner for everyone. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But always something to grace the dinner table in the evening. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the race, the New England Turf Writers Association held its annual dinner. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Roosevelt told the audience that Rondon was hunting for monkeys so they could eat them for dinner, their jaws dropped open in shock. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

For weeks afterward, we ate green grapes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Not really,” I said thinking about the thirty pans, each with a wafer of black, sticky resin congealed in the bottom, big as a dinner plate. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t give them all the details, but, yeah, they know. David comes over for dinner. He sometimes comes to the mosque with us. Last Ramadan, he even fasted a few days.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He fired a displeased look at me as I sat on my bunk, eating my dinner. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I thought about Elzenia being at home and maybe cooking dinner for us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, and a good chicken dinner on Sundays. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her whole body had tensed up, knowing she’d walked into a reveal dinner, which meant they were moving again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He has even visited the quilt shop in town so often that he’s been invited to the proprietor’s house for dinner. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You think they’d rather be up here, on someone’s dinner plate?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

At dinner Monday night, Ellis is a complete douche. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nearly all the adults entering the airless dining room were nauseated by the prospect of a roast dinner, or even roast meat with salad, and would have been content with a glass of cool water. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He bolted out of the restaurant, leaving his nonplussed dinner guests behind, to view the evidence for himself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

After a long, quiet minute, Darius says quietly, “You’re probably hungry, since you barely ate any dinner. We can stop somewhere to get something to eat.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My dark mood becomes even darker when Mama and Baba begin to argue in Urdu after dinner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And there's something mighty fishy about this cocky kid- lawyer calling in the middle of dinner, insisting that I hurry right over. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we finish dinner, I pass out the fortune cookies. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

When he came to the table where his dinner plate cooled, his mother asked, “Did you wash your hands?” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

After dinner, Mom and I get to work on the side tables. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Jessica’s dinner with Mike had gone very well, and she was hoping that by Saturday night they would have progressed to the first-kiss stage. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, is anyone going to make anything for dinner? I'm starving.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After two strong gin cocktails in the drawing room with Leon and his sister, Marshall had come upstairs to find his room, unpack and change for dinner. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She even made him a totally different dinner. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The SS officers laughed at them and hit them with clubs while the Jews scrambled in the mud for their dinner. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I brought some dinner with me, Mr. Milton. You don’t need to go to the expense of buyin’ me a restaurant meal.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parties every week, balls, banquets, beautiful girls, waltzing, dinners, a huge house, etc. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Mrs. Green, but I’m not staying for dinner.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Just picking up some dinner for us,” he said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s been a busy summer for the dive team. But I’m making meatballs for dinner.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The men seemed to avoid it as they built a fire and cooked dinner, going out of their way to keep a good distance between it and themselves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As we sat down one chilly January night for dinner together, I told them my ideas. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They were going to have root soup for dinner, Jinny’s favorite. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It tasted good to them, after weeks of Cousin Eunice’s frozen dinners and pot pies. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are put together to make cereal or snack food or chicken nuggets or TV dinners or just about anything else you can imagine and ingest. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

"Very romantic," he said, and then miserably to me: "If it's light enough after dinner I want to take you down to the stables." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

While eating dinner with Mom in front of the TV that night, I kept thinking about the case. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Okay, time for our Pathetic Prom dinner,” Lydia said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We ran home for dinner, racing each other. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Fights like the one my parents had at dinner have been a regular occurrence at my house for as long as I can remember. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Aside from some wrapped-up pieces of Mom’s dinners, there wasn’t much. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When we got home from dinner, I went upstairs and got into bed. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Newt forced the Gladers to go on and get some of Frypan’s hard-earned dinner, but he insisted on standing watch for the missing duo. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Today was different because I didn’t sleep, and I didn’t get to see Sam or Patrick last night because they were having a special dinner out with their parents. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Seems that we always caught something for dinner and some of them catfish were pretty decent size too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to start serving dinner. And Meaghan has a right to ask a question.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are sitting in the kitchen, plucking the tails off the bean sprouts Grandma is making for dinner. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I sat in bed, trying to figure out what to do about JT and his homework. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom didn’t talk much at dinner that night. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

If I'm not back in time for dinner, Mom will have it out for me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she would wear it to a dinner party at the villa of some great lord or count, perhaps to the palace itself. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

They ate their dinner under the kerosene lamp. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The dinner, Monsieur, shall I serve it? It is ready some little time.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Mom and Malc had pancakes for dinner, so when she answers the door, the smell drifts out, and he says, Mmm. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, my friends, I must go. My mother is expecting me for dinner.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

They look like giant see-through dinner plates sitting on his nose. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

In spite of how badly that first dinner had gone, Father relied greatly on Anatole and even looked forward to his visits, somewhat nervously, I think. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became a popular dinner guest, with my stories of hunting and horses, of scrapping and fighting mountain fires. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

One night, Mariam was a few minutes late with dinner, and he started eating bread with radishes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

At the hotel we’ve hosted big, fancy lunch- eons and dinners before, but nothing quite this big. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like me, my American friends are sometimes called upon to defend their country, usually at dinner parties where everyone's had a bit too much to drink. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“A special car will be waiting to take you to Mecca, right after your dinner,” he told me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The festivities moved from the track to the New England Turf Writers Association’s annual dinner. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he left his office at the War Department and went home to dinner with his wife. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe some Spam or SpaghettiOs? Because I was so excited about sneaking out of the house tonight to go treasure hunting, I didn’t eat any dinner.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner TJ and I take a power walk around the neighborhood because according to him, “pageant boot camp has begun.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The smell of our holiday dinner reaches to every corner of our yard as we go. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But Chess had seen how Mom kept checking her phone under the table all through dinner, and even afterward, while everyone was doing homework. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After camp was set and dinner was cooking, I idled around the wagons, examining the knots Roent used to lash his cargo into place. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Poly face’s customers know to come after noon on a chicken day, but there’s nothing to prevent them from showing up earlier and watching their dinner being killed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But not nearly as white as the spotless dinner plates. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Afternoons we swam in the creek or sometimes in the surf, then wound down before a dinner of steak with steamed carrots and peas one night and chicken with steamed carrots and peas the next. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Mam tells her, In another week school will be over and if you give Frank sixpence a week he’ll surely be glad to take Bill Galvin his dinner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

At dinner the first night, Conant asked Lawrence what he thought it might cost to replicate the Rad Lab at Harvard. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He drank too much champagne at dinner and, when the band began playing, sought out the next best thing to the bride: the bridesmaid, Zoe Stephanides. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The dinner that followed was lively and cordial: Bobby showed Ilyumzhinov how Fischer Random was played, and he plied the president with questions about Russian politics. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

By dinner they seemed to have made up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

At noon dinner that day Mary Alice and I distracted Grandma with all the excitement wed left behind in Chicago. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

For dinner, there’s minced venison in the stew. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, at any rate it’s not a pig, and you don’t have to buy it. If you guess what it is, then you may have it for your dinner.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Thank you very much for the dinner; it was very delicious.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I went into her room to watch her unpack. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tells Charlie one fork’s for the salad and one’s for the dinner. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When he first showed up at her home for dinner, she ran to him and tried to give him a hug. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Styx stayed for dinner, then we hung out on the back porch as the sun went down. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I remember how excited he got talking about it at dinner some nights. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

That night at dinner, we’re all told to sit down and wait. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Despite the small annuity, Bobby, to get by, had dinner almost every night at the Collins home and took advantage of lunch and dinner invitations from chess fans and admirers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, the day of the fatiha, a flock of neighborhood women descended on the house and took charge of preparations for the khatm dinner that would take place after the funeral. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I will take you back to the main house and later you must prepare for dinner with Herr Sayle. He wishes to know your first impressions of the Stormbreaker.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was noon, and all over Boston work had stopped and everyone, except himself, had either gone home for dinner or to one of the famous taverns. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We plopped it on the table where we’d eaten dinner and sat around it, too exhausted to speak. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mr Lewis began to report certain remarks his lordship and others had made at dinner on that first evening after his arrival. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“If you are both home, why don’t you two play outside for a bit? I need to do a few things before I get dinner started.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I wonder if her dad is going to have dinner with them tomorrow, and if not, if Edie's thinking about what it’s going to be like having Thanksgiving without him. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Pedrito came in from the fields at noon hungry for his dinner. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go to the bank. After that, we’ll pick something up for dinner. How does pizza sound?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

So my dad, with his entrepreneurial spirit, planned a fund-raising dinner at a local hotel, inviting some well-known speakers from the community as entertainment. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The idea was to meet once a month to swap geological notions over a glass or two of Madeira and a convivial dinner. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin presented a report of Matt’s studies over dinner, when Celia returned. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an emotional dinner for the Howards, as both knew that it would be a long time before they saw each other again. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

While Jay helped Mama cook dinner, I took out my rootwork book. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As we all gather for dinner, I notice Peeta’s hands are faintly stained with a variety of colors, even though his hair is still damp from bathing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Anya did, and the two of them waited until everyone else was done and gone to the dinner table. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think it was wise to go into detail at the dinner table. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I said nothing to Mother Lois over dinner, even when Grandma began to talk about the party Miss Lisa gave for her kids. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Later that day, I took Barack to lunch at the fancy restaurant on the first floor of our office building, a place packed with well-groomed bankers and lawyers power lunching over meals priced like dinners. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He brings home the same dinner in his overcoat pockets, a big steak dripping blood, four potatoes, an onion, a bottle of stout. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They were the witches coming in to dinner! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

But Fig had thrown up twice now, the day after Thomas had hung up on me for Pete, and then again a week later, right after inhaling his dinner. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

"The wolves ... I don't know why they did that . . ." "No doubt they mistook me for dinner." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The very next day, at dinner, he handed me two pieces of notepaper with the name and address of the Mutare Paper Mill. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The woman who’d come to our house for countless dinners, who’d always asked me about my life as if she actually cared. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I planned a simple Sunday night dinner and bought the food at my local Whole Foods supermarket. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I would go to the cafeteria during dinner, pack my food into a container, and then eat in my room once the sun set around eleven p.m. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Booth and Herold sat down to dinner with Stuart and his family. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the course of a day, his stockings rode gradually down his legs and, by dinner, had partially disappeared into his sneakers. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to write three paragraphs answering the questions: What is the author trying to say by describing the expensive dinners in such detail? Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Only thing that distracts me a little bit are the Uno cards Jay pulls out after dinner. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A more morose Christmas Eve dinner had never been had among the Vanderbeekers. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The first time he’d come here, the entire family had been invited over for dinner. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

That evening, while he was cooking dinner, a quiet voice on the radio announced that Nigeria would embark on a police action to bring back the rebels of Biafra. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We ate a macaroni casserole as a proper dinner. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he worked the lunch and dinner shift, and by the end of the night he was worn out, especially since he often found himself arguing with the Greek owner. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I had just come from dinner and in bending forward to suppress a belch, I accidentally pressed the button on the wheel and the belch became a loud and shattering blast of the horn. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His paralyzed brother and his one-eyed father had eaten the dinner he had cooked them and were asleep. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went to the beach and out to brunch and dinner. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Last night Raj Uncle brought a radio with him and we listened to it while we ate dinner. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I try hard to act normal at dinner, and for once I’m glad Dad’s busy outside. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then Frith came in and told us that dinner was served. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The first dinner order, a Long Island duck special, had been served to the fellow who managed the A&P store. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They had gotten a room as well as dinner, though the innkeeper had raised his eyebrows as the children had entered. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He is particularly mute when he and Moushumi get together for dinners with groups of her French friends, drinking Pernods and feasting on couscous or choucroute, smoking and arguing around paper-covered tables. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dinner dishes had been cleared, and the cousins had all gone out to see a picture show. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We do usually eat late when Didu cooks, but Mom says late dinners are common for Bengalis. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He ate dinner at La Cocina at least once a month. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Hot dog stands,” Milton announced at dinner one night. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I stop talking to you for a few days and all sorts of stuff happens. The most exciting thing for me was dinner with my dad at Michelangelo’s.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the silence that follows, delicious smells of our dinner waft in from the dining room. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“She’s made dinner. She makes the most wonderful turkey, do you smell it?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

That night at dinner, both Mark and Linda kept glancing at each other. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I use Nora as an excuse again so I can go down to the Hideout for a little while. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

My teacher looks like the old witch who ate bad children for dinner. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

As the boys tucked into their dinners at the police academy in Kopenick that night, they were jubilant. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, well, I have that note; and can shew it after dinner to convince Mr. Knightley.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

When it gets too dark to see the ball properly and mosquitoes start munching on us, Patti's voice floats down—"Time for dinner, Kabir!" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They ate a dinner of hamburgers and steamed asparagus in the Wells family backyard. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He takes out some bills to pay for dinner. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Burnham, with his failed attempts at getting into Harvard and Yale and his lack of formal architectural training, sitting down to dinner with these men was like being a stranger at someone else’s Thanksgiving. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And she kept my sister at home because she needed help with dinner. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Over dinner, Dad said, “Nice flowers. Who are they from?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’d sit down to dinner sometimes and wonder where and how lunch had happened. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We went to my aunt’s house for dinner to let him cool off. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“He rode up to the ridge after dinner. He’ll be back pretty soon.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had a mother, our Thanksgiving dinner table would look a lot different. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to ask you if you would like to come to dinner at my house.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She would not leave us that day, even for her nap, but rocking in her chair after dinner, she fell asleep, her mouth slightly open, her head rolled awkwardly against her right shoulder. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can come over until dinner, but then I have to go home.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Let me have your shirt. It’ll give me something to do while your mother fixes dinner.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They sat in the library after dinner and read the evening papers together under the droplight, while the younger people went into the drawing room near by and talked. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor did Meg miss any of the romance from the daily parting, when her husband followed up his kiss with the tender inquiry, “Shall I send some veal or mutton for dinner, darling?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was both frightened and excited when the white neighbors who lived across the street invited me for dinner. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d turn on the radio or turn up the dial on the oven so that your dinner would be burned and he’d pinch your arm if you weren’t paying him enough attention. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

All the visitors could get in their cars and turn on their radios and all and then go someplace nice for dinner--everybody except Allie. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I can’t remember if we loaded the dinner plates into the dishwasher. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was her day in charge of dinner and she had failed to think ahead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, she checks my work from the afternoon while I try to finish my Gatsby reading for the next day. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I ran inside to get some oil heating on the stove, realizing that dinner would be late. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Our dinners are usually silent, but if Auntie Idris notices, she doesn’t care. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He forced down some dinner after Divination, then returned to the empty classroom with Hermione, using the Invisibility Cloak to avoid the teachers. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When I related this at dinner, Father said, “Calpurnia, cardinals do not eat mice. They live on vegetation. Sam Houston, please pass the potatoes.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

We have eggs, buttered toast, and a glass of milk each for dinner; there’s a small sack of coal in the corner, and magazine cuttings pinned all over the wall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Every Ming Palace dinner unfolded like this, every time. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

So they returned to the city and ate dinner in Times Square. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

When I got to the kitchen, Rorra ran and hid behind Mama, who was standing by the stove preparing dinner. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the dinner is for Janae, it’s possible she could miss out on the food too. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

On Didu's birthday, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and a group of their church friends of a certain age take her out to dinner to celebrate. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad were probably still at dinner. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Later, at dinner, she laments the fact that she’ll be thirty- five in a couple of months. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asked whether I wanted to stay for dinner, and I was feeling bad about coming over and embarrassing her, so I said no. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nali was nowhere near done with making dinner after he watered the cornfield. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The big family Christmas dinner was different that year. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The bathroom. Wash your hands before dinner, sweetheart.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

After all, it was late in the day and he had to drive down to Chamisaville to have dinner with a man interested in some land. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced hurriedly through it, curried prawns, roast veal, asparagus, cold chocolate mousse—was this lunch or dinner, I could not see, lunch I suppose. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We pitched our tents and had the sandwiches, chips, and soft drinks we had bought for dinner. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Alongside Jason's mug shot, in fact! We can dig it out after dinner." Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I look for the pat of butter, in the toe of my right shoe, where I hid it after dinner. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scott was usually the one who talked the most at dinner. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

So all I had for dinner were saltine crackers and water. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nick’s mom read part of it out loud during dinner one night in August. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He already comes round for dinner about four times a week,” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Knocking waiters and dinner guests from her path, the big woman threw herself at the elevator. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner Dad flipped on the TV so we could all watch the local news. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping you would buy me dinner,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I slipped out of my daddy's office and into my room just as Mrs. Baylor was calling me to dinner. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I apologize for not being one, and she rushes into the kitchen, coming back with a family-sized container of her homemade chicken stew, which I accept with heartfelt gratitude: dinner. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My boyfriend’s family is coming over for dinner. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He said something to his mom in Farsi, something about dinner, but it was too quick. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We spent that week eating fried fish for breakfast and cake for dinner, leaving underwear on the counter, and blasting Ghostface Killah. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a jar of spaghetti sauce and tossed it in the cart, which was filling up rapidly because Nana couldn’t decide what she wanted for dinner. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Yes! We got invited to this fancy dinner party on account of saving so many folks at the lecture a couple of weeks ago.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They were friendly all through dinner, and when dinner was over, they left so we could have our party. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then I thought of the bride I’d make, in a threadbare, sooty gown that stank of cooking fat and yesterday’s dinner. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Saris. My husband used to love seeing me wear them. Now come quickly and eat what I've made for dinner tonight. You must be hungry." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He has got the carriage and horses; we are to have some dinner, and to start in an hour. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

That night, after their dinner of snails and a quick story by the fire, Jinny took Ess back to their cabin and tucked her into bed. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After Coin vetoes a dinner, entertainment, and alcohol, Plutarch yells, “What’s the point of the propo if no one’s having any fun!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

On the shelf below the baffle tray, she kept what was left of Mammachi’s willow-pattern dinner service. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, Mom was pretty good about preparing dinners in the morning and sticking them in the fridge, but I knew it would end. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I took my food with me, scarfing it down as I got his dinner. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His cell phone is $50 a month, and he gives his mother $200 a month for lunch and dinner, which he has at her house each night. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t really mad at the beginning of dinner. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

"That's not what your mom said to me the last time we were at your house for dinner," she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

After dinner, as I’m clearing dishes and the Doctorita is grading papers at the table, I say, “Doctorita, I want to go to school.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun began to set and Minli went home to make dinner, she quickly washed and made the rice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But Anatole came home excited about the general strike and spoke of it quietly through dinner, careful as always to use code words and false names. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skipping up the steps with as much nonchalance as I can muster, I head to my room to change for dinner. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Lucy, how are you doing? You want to eat something? I can bring your dinner upstairs along with Frankie’s.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

We talk about it at dinner: “A lady bought ten and a half yards of a beautiful blue calico, and I saved the extra half yard for you,” she’ll say. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And at night, after Grandma cooked our dinner and cleaned up too, she sat by the bed, brushing and plaiting Mama’s hair, and singing songs so sweet my eyes filled with water. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Ben came over after dinner and we played Resurrection, pausing every half hour or so to call Radar, who was on a date with Angela. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He ate three helpings, though the dinner gathering was as quiet as a chess match. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “I’m wondering if the beach would really be the best place for dinner.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I pondered that for about seven-tenths of a second before finally going downstairs to play drums until “dinner.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was just starting dinner,” the woman said as if in apology as she hurried to stir the stew bubbling over the fire in the stone fireplace. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

There is dancing after dinner in the ballroom, where lengths of colorful, gold-embellished silk cascade over the walls and windows, glimmering in the candlelight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At his home, that evening, a dinner was held in my honor, attended by other professors and professional people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like taking these walks during dinnertime because of the dinner smells wafting from the houses—toasted chiles, stewed meat, boiled beans. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

On the way home for our own dinner, Jay was unusually quiet. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had rushed Marshall and Melanie into the car and they had driven to the school where their mom taught, and then they had all gone out to dinner. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next ten hours, they will watch performances by two other high school drama troupes, have dinner, sit through a two-hour musical, and attend a dance. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But at that moment the summons sounded for dinner; all re-entered the house. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

We all sit around the kitchen table, but it’s the quietest dinner in Carter family history. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Where’ve you been? Your dinner’s been waiting for you since five o’clock. There’s a chair. Eat. . . .” as much as you want. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our dinner was nowhere near as grand as last night’s. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After dinner that night, Celaena sat across the chessboard from Dorian. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And even though I was hoping throughout the dinner that my mother would somehow see Rich’s kindness, his sense of humor and boyish charm, I knew he had failed miserably in her eyes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a lovely dinner of venison steak with a leaf salad and a bowl of delicately spiced tomato soup. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That night at the dinner table, he brought it up with his parents. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Foley asked me if I wanted to stay for dinner. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I hope I’m in time for dinner,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That night at dinner, I started telling my mom what Richie had done when he came to the table. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“What do you want for dinner — grubs or bulrush?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mama left the dinner to warm while Father and I washed up, and we all waited for Stick. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Upstairs in my room after dinner, I lie on my bed, staring out my window. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The way his hands tremble as he carries them into dinner is nothing short of alarming. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then the father comes home, and apparently he loves beggars and pilgrims, too, and they all sit down to dinner. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I cooked them a special candlelit dinner, complete with blackberries and cilantro sprigs as garnishes, and rice molded to the shape of an upside-down cup like I’d seen in a magazine. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hike all day and be home for dinner. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Now we go back to the Carousel room,” muttered Mr. Nancy, “and old One-Eye buys us all dinner, greases some palms, kisses some babies, and no one says the G-word any more.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of cooking, what do you think of frybread for an early dinner?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The dinner is sublime: We start with oyster bisque and follow with prime rib, boiled potatoes, and asparagus in cream. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then they went to the hotel restaurant for dinner, where they argued over who would pay the bill. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I swallowed and said to Peach, “I’ve got a...bottle cap collection. I can show it to you after dinner, if you want.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

So after dinner she went up to Mrs. Hall's apartment to see April. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My chin was just above the dinner table, and I could see my baby brother sitting on Popo’s lap, crying with an angry face. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He entertains her in the back seat of the car when they drive on the highway on Saturday evenings, on the way to dinner parties thrown by their parents’ friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Anderson will also be accompanying you to dinner as your chaperone to ensure that you represent the school with dignity and honor.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, he was home by six PM for dinner and found time to coach my softball team in sixth grade. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Here, at least, there were people to talk to, people who said, “Good morning,” and asked what would please her for dinner. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In spite of the fighting and blame, he comes to dinner and they celebrate the holidays together. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Most of them were small, but we kept four decent ones for dinner. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Since he started high school this year, dinner often becomes lectures about how Mustafa needs to “get serious.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Mom, Aven just came over for a couple of hours to play video games. Her mom will be picking her up before dinner.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Whenever we are invited to the better homes for dinner, I just keep my eye on Robine, because then you can’t go wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did she have to see them at Thanksgiving dinner? The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

No dinner, in exchange for Ammu loving her the same as before. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

From far below came a metallic clang, a falling saucepan lid perhaps; the pointless roast dinner was in the earliest stages of preparation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They swim at Green Lake and go to each other’s houses for dinner, watching all the premium channels at Will’s because Gina doesn’t have them. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Which is why when my friends and I found one another at dinner each night, it was with some degree of relief. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Of course, he thought bitterly, Uncle Vernon was talking about the stupid dinner party. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Uncle Henry and Pa were jolly, and there would be spare-ribs for dinner, and Pa had promised Laura and Mary the bladder and the pig’s tail. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following year, as we moved toward graduation, he would invite some of us for dinners at his home, and Marcy would serve up big bowls of pasta with garlic bread. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

At that crab dinner, I was so mad about what she said about my hair that I wanted to embarrass her, to reveal in front of everybody how petty she was. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen boys were loafing there on the grass after dinner, and a kitchen rattle from the wing of one of the buildings accompanied their talk. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we have KFC for dinner, I eat the fried chicken right off the bones. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Mother thumbed through her cookbook and planned our Sunday dinner while Viola tried to lead me down the tricky path of pastry-dough making. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

On nights he has to stay late at work he simply comes over; Maxine keeps dinner waiting for him, and then they go upstairs to bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once, over dinner, Henry was quite startled to learn from me that men had walked on the moon. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He drank a bit from the wine that remained from his dinner of the night before, and he gathered his jacket closer to his body. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For dinner, I order a large pepperoni pizza and a side of cheesy bread. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Rasheed said he wanted to invite his friends for dinner to celebrate. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I made this beautiful dinner, and you’re trying to ruin it with your negativity.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The maitre d’ was waiting for Captain Weber, a naval captain who commanded a cruiser attached to the fleet, to bring his lady in for dinner, but his reservation was not until 9 o’clock. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she was dissatisfied with her trip and unconvinced of the emergency, and every line of her plain, middle-aged face showed it clearly enough during her first dinner at Hyper Base. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It’s not Sunday dinner without the bread and desserts, though. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The crowd at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner was our answer to this. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

After working at the quarry, I would then sleep until dinner, and the process would begin again. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to the matter at hand—dinner. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The last guest arrives shortly before dinner, just as the rest of the guests are being seated and the wine is being poured. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Bloom noticed that we had rated Friday’s dinner “good” and barked out that we hadn’t eaten dinner at the Academy on Friday—we’d gone home. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting around the kitchen table we had a sad, makeshift dinner of canned mushroom soup, soda crackers, and tea without sugar or milk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then Zorya Utrennyaya put her head around the door to tell them that dinner was ready, and they should clear their game away, and put the tablecloth down on the table. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Nothing happened the next day, nor the day after, but on the third day Arya went to the kitchens with Weese to fetch their dinner. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At dinner Mom told me that Ms. McPhillips, the school counselor, wanted me to take a test. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was trying to eat dinner alone in his room, but his little brother wouldn't let him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Then she stopped and resumed cooking the dinner with an unnatural smile on her face as she stirred the greens, and forced herself to think about happy things. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before dinner, Tyson and I went down to the sword arena. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Even after Mom died, there had always been lobster dinners in the summer, though this summer had been different. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Big Ma’s dinner should have tasted like the meal of a lifetime, but how could it when there were two empty places at dinner? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

For attending Shabbos dinners and banquets hosted by the burial society, I had acquired a secondhand dress coat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of the day—while riding on the bus, walking in and out of stores, shopping for our dinner—my mother trembled. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mom’s working. What are you going to eat for dinner if you don’t eat with us?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And we were expected to be on time for dinner, washed and brushed, or else. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When we were on the road, I tried to initiate team dinners and arrange group outings when we landed in a new country or city for a competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We eat vegetable ramen for dinner, which Hiroshi made specifically because of me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Smeath and Aunt Mildred speak of Catholics, as they have been known to do at the Sunday dinner table, it’s always with contempt. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you care what this looks like? Coming back here while everyone’s at dinner —” “Why shouldn’t we be here?” said Ron hotly, stopping short and glaring at Percy. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

There might be some kind of creature out there that eats magicians for dinner and lures them to its den through social media. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mom and Daddy had forgotten about dinner and, apparently, about me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

They waited in the dust beside their luggage and then stood in line for dinner. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Daddy bought us popcorn and hot dogs for dinner. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wished that Major Madu had not invited them to dinner; he was not at all interested in meeting the man’s wife. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They went down to dinner with everybody else, but did not return to Gryffindor Tower afterward. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

After dinner I was to join a group from Pop’s at the theater. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

That night, my mother makes a wonderful dinner. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles, Erasmus, and their London friends discussed these problems over dinner. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hey,” his dad says, “I do remember you. You stayed for dinner once, right? Big on the ‘please’ and ‘thank-yous’.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It was after dinner, so Ma was already at work. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My mother and his father were out at dinner. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

When everything is set up, we gather around the fire and eat a dinner of rice and salted pork that Ma cooked earlier in the day. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she says, “it appears that Garrett made our prom dinner reservations at the American Girl Bistro.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

We spent most of dinner imagining how, precisely, Daisy would retire from Chuck E. Cheese’s. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The travelers stopped for dinner at a restaurant in Great Bend. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course it does, baby. And afterward we’ll go to E Motions, and then out to dinner at Junior Jay’s!” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And I’d go home to my little apartment and heat a TV dinner, and feel all virtuous, like I’m supposed to. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Boys, go into your room to play. I’ll call you when dinner’s ready.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

As he walked, he decided without much consideration that he would renege on his commitment to let himself forget that this would be his last back-to-school dinner. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She called me a second time and told me to come to the kitchen, where my father now sat at the table, his dinner before him. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

After I’m done with them and have had a family dinner, I’m good to go. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Last Friday, Maxine was supposed to take me out for dinner, but at the last minute she canceled. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Can you cover dinner? I know these last few days of the month are tight. And Hector’s been pretty fussy today. I think he’s teething.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But at the dinner table, where the family members came nearest one another, no one could talk, not the outcasts nor any eaters. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took her twenty' minutes during her school dinner break, and she left the pages for me to collect so she wouldn’t get caught carrying them around. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Can’t you just see it, me at the dinner table in between swallows of chicken and broccoli casually mentioning the day’s events. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Pat, radiant in a ballerina-length accordion-pleated gown, stood before the makeshift altar adorned with evergreens and gladioli and said “I do” to Walter, dashing in a white dinner jacket. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

In the morning, when he woke, big, egg-shaped pots of corn- and-bean mash would be on the fire, simmering with meat, vegetables, or dried fish to make a slow-cooked dinner stew. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday that week, we left in the Cadillac right after dinner to drive out to Cudn Temp’s and bring Mary Toy home. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was a stupid joke, meant to lighten the crazy-heavy mood in the kitchen, but neither of my dinner pals even cracked a smile. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The sort of day when Ashima craves her dinner by five. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Go on out with the grain teams after dinner. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole village had come to dinner in ball. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night after dinner I walked over to the bridge, hoping to see Naomi. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you wake up intending to murder someone at two o’clock, you hardly think what you’re going to feed the corpse for dinner.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m already at the dinner table by the time he gets there, and the sight of his shiny new family makes him remember himself. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I think of that dinner, the scene comes back to me clearly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I nod and put the note away, and that night after dinner that’s exactly what I do. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Hushpuppy must be looking for a mouse for his dinner,” Polly said to Tidbit. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m in charge of making the dinner reservation for all of these beautiful people on prom night. So now I’m taking requests.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He sat across the dinner table from Somkit, whose day had just wrapped up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then he went off to check on dinner. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

FOREMAN: OK, let’s take seats. 2ND JUROR: Looks like we’ll be here for dinner. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway through dinner, Goddard asked for a final count. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I managed to cram my piano punishment in before dinner, playing with a light heart and a sure, spirited touch, if I do say so myself. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Peregrine demurred, pointing out that they hadn’t yet finished their dinners, but the children pleaded with her until she relented. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“And do you eat those fried pork chunks for dinner every night?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t been invited to the dinner that had been served in our dining room at eight, for my parents’ guest, the ambassador from the Kingdom of Bhutan. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

At the dinner table that night, I sat next to Grandfather Burke. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Since my friends were now living within a few feet of me, we could hang out all day and eat dinner with my parents at night, kind of like an endless slumber party. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They included an Egyptian scientist and his wife, also on their way to Mecca for the Hajj, who insisted I go with them to dinner in a restaurant in Heliopolis, a suburb of Cairo. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The camp routine ran itself through, as it always did, churning us through the Mess Hall for dinner, to the Washrooms, and back to the cabin for the night. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We have a Christmas dinner next day because of the food voucher Mam got from the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was now late afternoon, almost time to stop and get the dinner. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

With Dad in the hospital, Elliot in 4F has been checking in on me, bringing me dinner, especially since our stove has been busted for the past week after I tried making Dads empanadas. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“She said she’d drop me off here in the morning. Then she has to go and get groceries for our dinner. She’s cooking a roast chicken.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well. Afterward, then. Maybe we can all go out for a fancy dinner?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

At three o’clock she started dinner, and only when it was cooking did she take a break, sitting at die kitchen table to consult her dream book on the meaning of her previous night’s dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They asked him in to dinner and gave him a bed and they put lunches up for him and wished him good luck and thought he was a hell of a fine fellow. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, he had the apron on again and wore it all through dinner that evening. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Usually, my mom would tell me to eat my dinner, but tonight, none of us has a single word to say. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“We had dinner, then lunch, then breakfast, in a diner. He owned it.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner one evening, as I’m collecting the dirty plates, the Doctorita rubs her giant belly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was given a briefcase and his honorable discharge papers, and fed a steak dinner. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I repeat, dinner is ready. Everybody to the dining room...before I eat it all!” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the arm of the couch, she was so distracted that soon it was six o’clock and she hadn’t started dinner. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Mom had been home only once for dinner since the start of school. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

At dinner, he even gave Miss Whitlaw—a woman, and a demoness to boot—the seat of honor in his favorite chair. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Flanders and Swann song “The Reluctant Cannibal” tells the story of a young member of a cannibal tribe who refuses his dinner, insisting that “eating people is wrong.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In spite of the off-grid electrical system that Kelton is always so proud to brag about, the lights in the house are turned off, and Mrs. McCracken has lit candles for the dinner table. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He took his dinner off the stove where she had carefully covered it and which she had admonished us not to bother. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Confused, I peek into the room to see that there is a candlelit dinner for two on top of Agent Fiona’s desk. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“But how do we get to it without becoming that thing’s dinner?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

That evening, when everyone else is at dinner, I sit on the window ledge in the dormitory and turn on the screen David gave me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Just before dinner time at Farm Hall, the English mansion at which Germany’s top scientists were being held, a British officer named T. H. Rittner asked to speak to Otto Hahn in private. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What does the Lump-lump Family have for dinner? Plates of gristle!” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When home, Mother retreats to our room, misses dinner, remains soundless. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“We will go to my room now,” Boy21 says when we finish dinner, “and listen to that CD for school.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Harker was not down when the maid came to announce dinner, so I said: “She is possibly tired; let dinner wait an hour,” and I went on with my work. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

At dinner, when we asked Judy how school had gone that day, she said, “Fine. There weren’t even any protests this time.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Henry went home after dinner, and Pa went away to his work in the Big Woods. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went out to dinner— first time in a long time. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever Halloween fell during the week, since we were so isolated, Pine Mountain would have a dinner dance. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” she said, “it’s just that Moss was saying that you two weren’t rushing things yet, and here you are, inviting us to dinner at your place.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I came in to check on you. You seemed very quiet at dinner tonight. Something going on?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

When the mother called them for dinner, both refused to move, each clinging to their dishes of wet dirt; Minli had to smile at their foolishness. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

After our pictures were taken, and fresh, chemical-smelling laminated ID cards were spit out into our hands, we agreed to catch up to each other again at dinner. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the day that Phoebe sat next to me at lunch and told me I was brave, she invited me to her house for dinner. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I wonder if she ate her dinner with Heather’s family. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

On the Saturday before my dinner a very good-natured friend and I drove down to a lonely stretch of shoreline beneath the San Mateo Bridge. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“My roommate. She just wanted to know what our dinner plans were.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We sit around the table, eating our Christmas dinner. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner that night, I listen as Lily and Mom go on and on about Yale and how great it will be and all the classes Lily is going to take. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

My father told him, “This is dinner together. That means family networking and defragging time.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only good thing about his visits was the fact that he always arrived late on Saturday nights, after we had had dinner. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Assuming her mom planned on sleeping through the rest of the week’s dinners, she and Lauren could eat out at least four more times. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Tendai was just as happy not to be included in the communal dinner. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I followed the girls back to their block after dinner and gave them the washi tape I’d brought along for some reason but hadn’t bothered unpacking. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“You know—special occasions, the occasional Friday night. We have romantic dinners, and we go see movies....” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He’s never asked me to dinner and he’s only visited my home twice before. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy changed seats so many times, he lost track of his dinner. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Well," I said, "are you going to buy me a dinner?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’s just ice water and the smell of other people’s dinners. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“That sound means it’s time for me to go get dinner.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I wonder what Grandpa will say when I tell him at dinner tonight.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I will see you at dinner, my lord. With the prisoner. “This way, Your Majesty,” said Aelia. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She loves those things, and every night when we're eating dinner, she sits on our couch in the living room and watches one while opening mail and clipping coupons. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The place was quiet, nearly deserted but for some last- minute shoppers—almost all middle-aged women—scrambling for an odd or end to complete Thanksgiving dinner. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She stole that dress from me,” said a woman next to Ophie, and she startled to recognize the ghost from the never-ending dinner party. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Along the way she invited me to dinner at her house. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But this—here, on the table tonight—this was the extremely stripped down version of a Persian dinner. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I know the dinner I prepared contained little or no pesticides. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We were very quiet at dinner and after, as Kazi was cleaning up, Amil ran over to him and hugged him hard. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Overhearing this, the friend’s wife insisted on cooking Alex a big dinner, which he wolfed down, and then he fell asleep at the table. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Miss Mary Finch had asked with a “please” and a “thank you” when Momma served her dinner. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom squawks, but it's already set up, so we're having a dinner party. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were often joined by other Order members for dinner now, because the Burrow had replaced number twelve, Grimmauld Place as the headquarters. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Helena. I introduced everyone to her at dinner that night. It went over really well.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

After dinner, when the house was at its most chaotic and Miss Peregrine at her most distracted, Emma pretended to head for the sitting room and I for the study. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t imagine this ever happening at Bombay Bistro, a tiny Indian buffet place that was her family’s idea of a fancy dinner out. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Our dinners in the residence now often included broccoli, carrots, and kale grown on the South Lawn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

That night after dinner, I went into my room, closed the door, and read Marcus’s letter again. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He’d suggest they hire a plane and have BBQ in North Carolina for dinner. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Nothing changes, Fati. At least nothing major," Fatima's mother explained that evening over dinner. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The council met every Sunday afternoon, immediately after dinner. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just last week, she had tried setting me up with Raizel Ackermann on the first floor, in a dinner that had exploded into a heated argument over anarchism. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I have to go to the toilet,” I tell Ma urgently after dinner. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Elliott, ” I say, wagging my finger at the air, “finish your dinner. I mean it.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

By the time we got back to the cabins for dinner, we were all really tired again. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She handed me a polished mirror the size of a dinner plate and had me hold it up for her. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

When his parents tell him, one evening after dinner, Gogol thinks they’re joking. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The otak still rode his shoulder, nestling in the fold of his hood as they sat at dinner at long tables set up for the festival in the Hearth Hall. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The night after Manolo came to dinner, I had the same bad dream about PapS. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For her to let my mom help out with dinner... On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We took both the girls out to dinner and behaved ourselves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins went back to dinner preparations while Auntie Harrigan taught the other kids how to draw armadillos. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

This year’s dinner is small, since his dad’s parents are on vacation, so the table is set for six in glittering white and gold. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

All evening she’s been quiet, and she hasn’t eaten a bit of her dinner. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

After dinner, we sat in the living room, with Mom and Grandma and me on the couch. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So Ruth rose up and out of her guileless inefficiency to claim her bit of balm right after the preparation of dinner and just before the return of her husband from his office. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night we had big chunks of it for dinner, rolled in cornmeal and deep-fried, its white flesh still tanged with the undertaste of mud that didn’t seem to bother anybody else. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“And when your parents have to work late, we’ll do dinner and play games,” the girl went on. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Doc finished off his dinner and took his plate to the sink. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I’ll get to go to debutante balls and dinner parties, but the best part will be volunteering for local organizations that work with children. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mother Lois spoke fluent French; she often gave Conrad and me lessons over the dinner table. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the end of dinner, students introduced the Holocaust survivors sitting with them and told us the most interesting information about their experiences. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Baba's prepared his usual for dinner—fish, rice, and lentils—and stocked the fridge with necessities. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It turned colder that night, so after we had eaten dinner I built a fire in the living room fireplace and closed the windows. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You’re just moving out. We could have dinner with you tonight, even.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Aunt Zo, who never missed a chance to lament her marriage, had said at dinner in her comedienne’s voice, “My husband. Always the bridesmaid and never the bride.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We’d skipped dinner, but I hadn’t realized it until right then. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When we arrive in Cange, Ti Jean serves us dinner at Farmer’s house. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Having to hurry through your dinner like you did.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had just fired up the stove and put the kettle on when Grandpa walked in to eat dinner. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Department dinner,” she explained, as she and Helen put away dishes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured she was grossing me out as revenge for not eating her chicken dinner. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But add either an article, as in A daughter cooked dinner, or a genitive, as in Jenny’s daughter cooked dinner, and the sentence is complete. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The thing which did happen, was that a young damsel came in with his dinner and asked him what cheer? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still cooks his dinner but no longer serves him his plate of food. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We struggled in some equality for a while, and then when we were sure we were too late for dinner, we broke off. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice she took a quiet dinner there alone, having instructed Ce- lestine beforehand to prepare no dinner at home. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their wealth is washing over the upper reaches of society as it did a century ago, bringing cultural and political clout as they take up positions on museum boards and organize presidential campaign fund-raising dinners. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Mom’s cooking and her hands are full of guck, but she says can Georges stay for dinner?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

By the time our dinner was finished, he was clearly in a mood to push ahead. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I talked to him after dinner about Miss Willis—that’s the old lady’s name—and I asked him if he thought she haunted the house. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

So now we all sit there, silent, forks in hand, trapped at the dinner table. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

For this reason alone—expectation of his refusal, and her own displeasure in advance—she had not invited him to dinner that night. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The fire Nathan had started to cook dinner shone brighter than the feeble glow of the setting sun. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The dinner bell rings, jarring me out of my reverie. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

After all morning playing with Tommie’s cousins and then the long sit for the big dinner, the twins had been ready for a different sort of fun. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was indulgent laughter, more applause, then Charles announced that it was dinner. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After dinner, all nine kids gathered around the fire. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

More dinners, a concert, another Knicks game, his face in the front row of my shows, hands clapping hard. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I guess they’re getting ready for dinner and I decide to go take a shower myself, since my hands are stained from the juice. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

We sit down to dinner and nobody’s talking much. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“She’s just tired,” he explained to me when we were eating dinner at the Gold Spike, just the two of us, because my mother was lying like a statue on her bed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his other, he carried a platter covered with a silver dome, like a main course for a fancy dinner. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The big pots are usually reserved for dinner parties, and Mama hasn’t mentioned having one any time soon. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mama put dinner on the table that day while Papa rode Queenie around the block. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But by the time my chores were done, it was well after noon dinner that I started off for Perilee’s. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Would you like to come to dinner tonight? My parents have invited a few people.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Ellis appears at the dinner table, she is in full sulk. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

We’re already back in the neighborhood when she finally texts back: I bought dinner, so I hope he likes Italian food. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But it was so exciting to think about sitting down to dinner with Annie for the first time as a real, honest-to-God couple. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Chas was still in his uniform shirt from dinner, but without the tie, and Joey and Kevin wore loose sweatpants and T-shirts. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Where else would I gather the water spinach and muck-eating fish for your dinner or the duck eggs and frog spawn for your breakfast? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

That totaled eighty-six cents, for lunch and dinner. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the athletic director from Stanford, Jack Rice, invited them to dinner at the posh Adlon hotel, they jumped at the chance. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When we sit down to our own chicken dinner I ask it straight out. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Now the voices are loud and blaring in your head, almost as loud as your mother as she calls you down to dinner for the third time. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It was almost evening and we had to return to the center in time for dinner. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

One night after dinner, Pa said, “I think it’s time you met Marva. Yes. The time has come.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Maple G: You don't eat dinner until seven o'clock? Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the lure of piracy, he decided that dinner would be a good idea. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I moved through the kitchen and suddenly found myself standing in a doorway, staring at a family of people having dinner around a long table. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Father says Anatole is “our only ally in all this,” which is as clear as mud to me, but apparently Father’s say-so was a good enough reason to invite him to dinner. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fancy one, like she used to make when she and Dad had dinner parties for their friends. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But Granddaddy never said a word all through dinner, and I spent the meal feeling lifeless. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And when we ate dinner, it wasn’t too dry. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what the pig in the pen says when his brother gets knifed for dinner.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mama Tataba would haggle with the women at the door, and finally turn to us with her scrawny arms raised up like a boxing champ, holding up our dinner. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad calls to me in that “we have to talk” kind of voice after a dinner that I had no appetite for. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

After the dinner rush, the entire kitchen is a mess, like there was some kind of take-no-prisoners food fights. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

August’s parents even invited Mom and me over for dinner a couple of times. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Someone raids the Dauntless kitchens and heats up the imperishables kept there, so we have a warm dinner that night. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nell fell asleep in my lap shortly after dinner and didn’t wake when I laid her on a soft quilt that Eliza spread on the floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sixth through tenth nights I made my second favorite dinner: pizza. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that she had robotics until late and that she was probably going to dinner with Grace right after. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Though it didn’t matter to me, I wasn’t sure why we were having them to dinner on a holiday. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

At the end of dinner, Joseph had slid a folded sheet of paper across the table. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t linger in the gallery after dinner, but asked Ruby to heat a bath for her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At dinner tonight, when my family shares what we’re each thankful for, I’m going to say, “I’m thankful for my new friend.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She and my stepmom were comparing ultrasound photos of their fetuses at dinner. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell my mom I'm having dinner at your house. Do you think we could? Get over and back?” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got to the house, Wynn was making scrambled eggs for dinner, and Nan sat at the kitchen table drinking a glass of juice. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I set a good dinner out, but halfway through Peeta begins to nod off. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

People were going to the opera, to balls, to glittering dinners in the great hotels, in spite of casualty lists and the fact that the war showed no signs of ending. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night at dinner she said, “Poppy, today I fell in love with a lamp.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our dinner words fixed on how to let the big news out. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to drive Connor’s car back to the Pizza Pit and stay on for my dinner shift. Can you...” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Pete says there’s a regatta going on. We could watch the boats, catch some fresh air, the sunset, grab dinner after?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

They were at dinner by this time, and as Lyra had hoped, sitting next to each other. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They glowered in sulky silence through the rest of dinner while I made light and pleasant chitchat as I’d been taught ladies do, discussing the weather and inquiring about everyone’s day. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I think I’ll go and have dinner,” she said, and she got up and walked off to the portrait hole, her head bowed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When dinner was through, the dishes would pile even higher than the mountain Mom and I had washed after Nowruz. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Fridge open, dinner in the Tupperware with the burgundy top tossed into the bag. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When Jaja and I sat down to have dinner that evening, I thought about Papa and Mama, sitting alone at our wide dining table. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Roberto’s mother heard that Pastor Vasquez was coming for dinner on Friday, she had a change of heart. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She always asked about everything I did when I made dinner. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had dinner with Ginger, who kept laughing and talking real loud and touching both Dad and Brian. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And I used to be hungry a lot. So I usually carry something to eat. I’ll fix you a real dinner when we set camp for the night.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Papa took Aunt Carrie home after dinner, then let me drive Pink and them around the block by myself. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Flossie was a quiet lush, though, usually going to sleep right after dinner, and she had never done her husband dirty. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joon and I sit on the curb with our bowls balanced on our knees, slurping like we are not supposed to at the dinner table. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Yet after a week of Val’s and Murdoch’s acid comments, together with the expected unpleasantness of my sister, I emerged for dinner with a clean face. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my dinner from the microwave and sat at the table as he walked in. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Now that I had our dinner under way, I wanted to take in Cecile’s place of work. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Turner settled in for a quiet and still dinner, and a quieter and more still afternoon. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“It was the most boring book I could find. I thought I might drop it off after dinner.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As I recall, I was rung for late one night - it was past midnight - to the drawing room where his lordship had been entertaining three gentlemen since dinner. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Then let’s get him a good dinner,” suggested Judith practically. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, Dad, dinner’s not ready yet — I fell asleep outside.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Y'all can hug and all that tomorrow at the newbie dinner." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Dad must have brought it home for dinner. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Beneath the table at dinner, in the kitchen the moment it was empty. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I looked at her narrow shoulders and wiry arms working over our dinner, and I realized that I had always counted on her for other things besides food. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They came for dinner the night before they left. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you have to go away again,” she said halfway through dinner, “at least try to remember how we were tonight.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see what the big deal is,” Citra said as they worked in their journals after dinner one evening. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I glance up at my wall of clocks to see how much time I have before dinner. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Once or twice Grandma came over for dinner. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

We had hoped to hear his wisdom during the dinner, but instead he encouraged us to talk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which probably means dinner is on the table. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It goes into my chart, which will go to the pastels, who will bring it to the pharmacy, and a new pill will find its way into my happy paper cup before dinner. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Guests could catch bream or tiger fish for dinner, if they liked. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There are the day burglars, the dinner- and theater-time burglars, the night burglars. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go home and cook dinner?” asked some of the men. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

After I hung up, I tried to concentrate on dinner — dicing the chicken especially; I didn’t want to take another trip to the emergency room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

During the six months prior to the dinner at Jefferson’s quarters, Madison went through a conversion process, or perhaps a reconversion, from the religion of nationalism to the old revolutionary faith of Virginia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

All those delicious goodies would cook that way for a time and then she would add the meat to the collard greens left over from last night’s dinner. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That whole neighborhood’s going down the tubes,” Jimmy Fioretos had advised one Sunday after dinner. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And although he feigned surprise, he had set her place for dinner. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

After dinner, they moved to the balcony for liqueurs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We talked for a while more, until she got called to dinner: veal parm. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, after dinner Edward did not go outside and stand beneath the stars to have a smoke with Lawrence. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you settle in while I get some dinner ready?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we went out to the car after dinner Bunny walked around it, inspected the headlights, kicked at the tires. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You eat rocks for dinner? Take a break. Smith, fill in for Gerald.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Are these poisonous things paid for? I must bathe before dinner." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“The afternoon shift isn’t over. Get to work or you’ll get no dinner!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll tell him I was attacked by a dog on the Dock Road and he ate the whole dinner and I’m lucky I escaped without being eaten myself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bedlow marched her over to the hospital after dinner where a doctor cruelly gouged her leg and poured a mysterious liquid directly into the wound. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She’d been aloof on and off through dinner, and he was fairly sure she saw his gifts as over the line. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was Easter Sunday in Chicago, and my sister Amy and I were attending an afternoon dinner at the home of our friend John. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The guards stationed at the blocks usually follow us to dinner before switching shifts. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Their parents left them after the big delicious dinner and two rounds of hot tea with mint and sugar. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was always having Luke over for dinner. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“But can I have some money so we can get something for dinner?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then after dinner she said, “You two are going to have to climb up to the attic and go through them trunks again.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dishes, the crystal, the candles, the food, the wine, the chairs ... he realized this was the dinner party he’d imagined the very first time he’d looked through his uncle’s window. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Later on at the dinner table he was still animated, though, which is the status quo on Sundays. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came to dinner once a month, and as far as I could tell, he was the one guest Granddaddy looked forward to. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I would enjoy serving the dinner,” I said, “more than eating it.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My family doesn’t talk much and we have nothing in common, but if my mother cooks a proper Thanksgiving dinner, it says we’ll be a family for one more year. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got home, cooked dinner, and did my lessons and my chores, I would be so tired that I would go right to bed. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as dinner was over, she retreated to her bedroom, claiming she had a lot of homework, to mull over what had happened. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning, instead of racing off to River Valley Farm, he remained at home, and later in the day he shared with his family the splendid dinner his mother had been a week preparing. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of them once visited my sister Amy and me in New York City, and we celebrated with a dinner party. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Well! I call that a good day’s work. I’m gonna calculate our detour route now. See you all at dinner!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Vola had made it up for him from the dinner leftovers. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Now? I’m in the middle of fixing dinner—” “I’ll finish for you. Please. So I can take her over when I go back to work tomorrow ...” It was arranged. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi propped herself up on the sofa after dinner and watched Beto try to get Edgar to fetch a bit of pencil as they all listened to a soap opera. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had just arrived from work and was sitting by the table, waiting for dinner, which my mother was busy serving. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I called him in when dinner was ready, and he sniffed appreciatively as he walked into the room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But what I ordered for dinner isn’t the point of this letter. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Here, he seized his schoolbag, ignoring the amazed looks of several people who had already finished their dinner, threw himself back out of the portrait hole, and hurtled off along the seventh-floor corridor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The story was set aside while the men tended to their dinners. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The night of the party, the family ate an early dinner before the band and the guests arrived. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Shall we?” he said, and offered me his arm in the manner of a gentleman taking a lady in to dinner. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She is resigned to warming dinner for herself in a little while, changing into her nightgown, switching on the electric blanket on her bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He invited them in to complete their business transaction and, before they were done, they found themselves eating a hearty noon dinner with the family. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I was getting out of the car, Margaret asked me whether I would be allowed to join her for dinner for a second night in a row. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, at the dinner, the dinner where I wanted my mom and dad to see how nice and great Sam and Patrick were, Mary Elizabeth talked the whole time. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Tastes better and lasts longer than any dinner roll you’ll find on land.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Saturday evening at dinner he apologized in beautiful Dutch. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Empty and tired and fit for nothing. You’d be better when you’ve had something to eat. So shall I. We’ll go in here and order dinner right away. I can telephone to Frank, too.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps all four of them will go out to dinner, become great friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting one of the dinners my mom had left in the freezer, and an envelope with my name on it fell out. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dad has come home from the lab for dinner, but he doesn't smile about anything. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, when we had all gathered round the fire in the study—Mrs. Harker having gone to bed—we discussed the attempts and discoveries of the day. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I want to suggest that we have something else for dinner, spaghetti maybe, or sandwiches, but I know she wouldn’t take it the right way. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner that evening, when Mrs. Richardson asked how the day’s hearing had gone, he said little. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Fortunately, or we wouldn’t have dinner,” says Gale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They had been cautioned against making any demands tonight during dinner. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But after our dinner I found myself keeping a distance from Paul Farmer, mainly, I came to realize, because his uneasy. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Candy announces that dinner is ready, and then Safer’s mom comes out of the kitchen. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ernie didn’t seem to care; he was poking around by the stove, seeing what was for dinner. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Pinmei had not realized how long it had been winter until she was getting the rice for dinner. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He and Eric remained close, but they had been together day and night for nearly two years, gaming, networking, going to movies and out to dinner. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we had the birthday dinner on a folding card table, which I set beside his bed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They had remained friends, talking over dinner and on walks on the beach. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

That evening over Christmas dinner, we all discussed outer space. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

On their way back, Hensleigh and his wife had a dinner party for them and invited Charles, Erasmus, and Thomas and Jane Carlyle. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually his clothes and possessions just sort of melted into his animal shape, but apparently he still smelled like a yummy poison dinner. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We serve dinner at six,” she says, the first time she's spoken to me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I have to get home and to start dinner.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that. It’s just that sometimes all I see ahead of me is TV dinners—a sort of endless line of them dancing towards me like in a cartoon. You ever eat TV dinners?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Papa and Maria by the fireplace, playing viola and piano; a warm dinner, sweet mint iced tea in my glass. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A few gowns, like Bandit’s, betrayed the twelve-course dinner the clansmen had consumed earlier. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

At the dinner, each boy found a ten-dollar bill at his plate, along with a purple tie. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was good to sit at dinner and actually feel like she was among friends. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My family didn’t always have enough food for ourselves for dinner, but we would help anyone who asked. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The following morning, I ate some more for breakfast and later for lunch and dinner again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know whether to give it to him before Thanksgiving dinner or after,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Plus he paid for our dinner,” Augustus said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I remembered feeling this exact way last year, the same night Dr. King came over for dinner. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Momma sat me next to her at the table during the dinner as she always did, stroking my hair like a favorite pet. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Which means we’ll eat cold dinner,” Jason said, “or none at all.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember being punished— sent to my room without dinner, deprived of this or that, firm scoldings. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There was less talk and laughter at dinner because the TV was on and my cousins took their plates to the living room. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know whether it was Mama’s idea or Papa’s, but it was decided to invite the travelers to dinner. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got a little mac and cheese left over from dinner. And there’s half an apple you could share.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Gay wanted me to taste the food she’d make before asking for an alternative dinner. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I’d go over to Cassandra’s house right after dinner so I could watch Doctor Who. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then I made the coffee, like I always used to after dinner, throwing in an extra scoop of grounds tonight for the work ahead of us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first term passed in a flurry of dinners and late-night parties, punctuated by even later nights in the library. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” my mom said, “we can distribute flyers tomorrow at the festival. We must make the people of Canal Grove understand what’s going on. But for now let’s get ready for the dinner shift.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He cleaned the bathroom, cooked dinner, and even cut the grass. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Murray was appalled at a recent dinner party when a woman leaned over to her and said, “My husband paid $250,000 to join the golf club, and he doesn’t even play golf.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Eventually my mom came in and called us to dinner. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’ll sit next to me at dinner,” said Mrs. Coulter, making room for Lyra on the sofa. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Instructions—everything they wanted—if they would like to go to their rooms?...dinner would be at eight o'clock... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

At the dinner bell, she does not come down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

If it isn’t all done, every little bit of it, you’re going to face the 6:00 P.M. dinner rush defenseless and probably go down in flames. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home, I have homework, and dinner to make, and dishes to wash. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They no longer routinely go out to dinner on Saturday night or grocery shopping on Sunday. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Apparently Hari knew them all by their first names; they’d all been to his house for dinner just a few months before the contest began. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If she could spend just fifty cents for lunch, they’d have a dollar fifty for dinner. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

At noon I refused an invitation to come to dinner and meet the wife. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved evenings when Amma felt strong enough to prepare dinner for us, instead of the other way around. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Seeing as how you’re still working on your dinner there,” he said none too casually to Chronicler as he wiped his mouth on his sleeve. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had no idea what would come of eating dinner with people like these, and in a way, it was terrifying. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“All I want’s a nap. Don’t you want some dinner?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He woke early, worked for Min, ate half of his dinner, worked again, then returned to the bridge at dusk. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Behind her, Shay was already talking about what was for dinner. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, let ’em eat,” said Rosaleen, which floored me, since she’d been known to smack my hand sideways for pinching a single crumb off her fritters before dinner. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m rushed to the kitchen for dinner after I greet everyone. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My mouth was watering, but we couldn’t have it until all the work was done for dinner. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was a long silence, so long that Turner wondered if the clock might chime again.“Yes,” his father said,“! do know. But it’s not to be gossiped about at the minister’s dinner table.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

"He's all right. He says some pretty funny things. Last time I had dinner with him we talked about Hoffenheimer. 'The trouble is,' he said, 'he's a garter snapper.' That's not bad." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The first dinner Harrison cooked was a savory fish, with the beet salad as a starter. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Too much girl talk for you. Too much girl talk, Ti-na. You go check on dinner now," she said to Park. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I’m supposed to eat dinner with my family,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My parents discussed it with me one night over a dinner of buttered noodles, my favorite meal. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mom picks me up after school, and I ask her if I can go home first and go see Grandpa after dinner. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s time for dinner. You can decorate the sukkah more later!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

After dinner the rain slowed, and Baba left without a word. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Connor never ate lunch, he wouldn’t eat ice cream with me, and now he didn’t want to have dinner at my house. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I go out to the picnic table and I try to think about the Socrates Project and my toga, but I’m distracted by the realization that I’m completely alone right now. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s just, I was thinking—do we have room for one more at dinner?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t think it sank in for Travis until early November, when I went out to the pen with Viola so that she could inspect our prospective dinner. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Why I got to do dinner? It’s Sugar’s turn!” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and picture my mother and father sitting at the dinner table in silence. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You told me there was no team dinner,” I said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But I felt somewhat calmer, and was able to continue with the dinner. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

For dinner, I microwaved a refrigerated bufriedo the Colonel had snuck out of the cafeteria. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I just kept my head down and ate my dinner. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At dinner that night, I started telling everyone about Billy Deel’s disgusting dad and the ugly dump they lived in. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Desire reeled inside him, but he would wait for evening, after dinner, after they had entertained any guests, after Ikejide had retired. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She lay in bed so much, she actually felt dizzy when she got up Sunday afternoon to eat dinner. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But the bathroom was nothing compared to the dinner. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I asked Mr. Szymczak if he would help me reattach my locks, and he did, somberly, while I made Helena a late dinner from our portion of the kasha. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Right after lunch there was a game of blitzball which took most of the afternoon, and right after dinner there was the meeting of the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

For dinner that night Milo served him broiled Maine lobster with excellent Roquefort salad and two frozen eclairs. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Let’s grab dinner at Burger Heights. Does that work?” she asks, eyeing Isaac and Jasmine. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

She wore her hair dyed blond and in a Mohawk and loved to treat me, my mother and even Vega to dinners at Applebee’s. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Our apartment is busy with Mama finishing up Janae's Welcome Back dinner. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

After his speech the previous evening, April 4, he returned to his room at the Lorraine Motel on Mulberry Street to dress for dinner. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When they finished dinner, Alex wet the corner of his napkin in his glass and wiped Nunu’s face, just like his mother always did. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I will lead them into the lounge, introduce you, Petunia, and pour them drinks. At eight- fifteen —” “I’ll announce dinner,” said Aunt Petunia. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

After a good blaze got going, we warmed our dinner on it, more roti and dal. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For those days Aru would be walked to school, fed a non-bland dinner, and even spoken to about something other than her mother’s newest museum acquisition. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It isn’t until we’re changing out of our cheer uniforms after the football game that tomorrow night’s dinner comes up. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Jenna and I would sit in my room after dinner, and she’d tell me how awful it was to hear her parents fighting all the time. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

After dinner I holed up in my room to work on a zine before bed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Okay, I suppose I did hear the couple rehearse a little right before the dinner ” I shook my head, hardly believing it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My favorite time of day was always dinner, when each of us was around the wooden table in the dining room, with warm aromas escaping from the hot dishes in the center. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For my broadcasts, I interviewed my mom about what she cooked for dinner, questioned my dad about work, and did investigations about the origins of various household items. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

This perplexed me for a moment until I realized that no one could possibly want any of my possessions, so I just pulled it shut and went off to find Katz and go to dinner. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Enjoying your dinner?” the editor asked after a while. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without complaint, he ate his dinner—a dry brown sponge that he thought was supposed to be meat loaf and gelatinous mashed potatoes, though he left the hockey-puck roll alone. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We can’t stay out for long. Dad needs our help at the shop before dinner, and Mom needs to be at the lab until late.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow I’ll be at my dad’s for Sunday dinner, but today I’m here. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And so we went to dinner at a place called Austria. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Since it was noon, I stopped for dinner at the O.K. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Merriman’s laugh at this sally was such a genuine outburst and so contagious that it started the dinner with an agreeable swing that never slackened. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she would start to make dinner, but would stop halfway, the water running full steam in the sink, her knife poised in the air over half-chopped vegetables, silent, tears flowing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home, I pick at my dinner and listen to my parents talk about the Finches in controlled, even voices that have been carefully chosen so as not to upset me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After dinner, the children drifted off to their rooms with their poker faces congealed and their imposed vow of silence unbroken. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, my parents put on Love Actually and settle in on the love seat with Bieber wedged between them. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The men had taken their dinners to the maple woods, so for dinner they did not set the table, but ate cold venison sandwiches and drank milk. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See that they set an additional place for dinner,” Chandresh says to Marco, before taking her on a cursory spin around the room to make sure she has met everyone. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Mountain Goat,” Dad said at the end of the dinner, while Mom was putting our table scraps in her purse. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ali had served dinner earlier—potatoes and curried cauliflower over rice—and had retired for the night with Hassan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, Joey and I walked to the library with our Calculus books to meet Megan. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Just in time for me to get dinner started.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Afterward, we go out for a fancy vegetarian dinner in Greenwich Village. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Roy wasn’t sure what Beatrice Leep’s problem was, but he knew he was seriously late for dinner and his parents were probably frantic. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If anything, he feels slightly ill, from the combination of the bourbon and the two large pieces of cake he’d had because he had not had any dinner. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just when I thought we were done for the day and could go eat dinner and say our evening prayers with the beads, no, we were just beginning. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clearly had noted that he was not enjoying his dinner. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Later that night, she would slice him an extra-thick piece of corn bread with his dinner. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without synthetics, processed foods like TV dinners just can’t be manufactured. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“You look scared and tired, dearie, and you’re filthy! Goodness. Why don’t you go bathe. I’ll set some dinner out for you in the back room and you can wait for Mr. Ballantine there.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Even dinner with my family went well until Grandma India mentioned news of Central High. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t of known then that her trip was still on, since Grandpa had been too busy to come home to dinner that day and just ate sardines and crackers at the store. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

After dinner I would sit on the porch swing and wait for the first star so I could make my eternal wish: to be with my mother. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

King George swooped down to help himself to dinner. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not invite Rowan or her, and at dinner that night he broke into uncontrollable sobbing and had to excuse himself. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

At the dinner table he forgot to remove the blue denim baseball cap he wore for yard work. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I stood there recalling the very first time we’d come as a family, the new neighbors, to the DiAngelos for dinner. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

When we spoke over a Chinese dinner in Seoul in 2009, An wore a dark blue suit, a white shirt, a striped tie, and half-frame glasses. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Or I’d feed them dinner and put them to bed but hold off on eating myself, lighting a few candles and looking forward to sharing a meal with Barack. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

While we were cooking dinner, a young southbound thru-hiker—the first of the season—arrived. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner that night my father said he thought maybe Lynn just took after our mother, who also used to get tired a lot. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They'd get in a limo and eat a fancy dinner, and then go to the dance. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

We slurp our soup in silence until the busboy brings our dinners. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After dinner, Nation and I had to wash the dishes before we could start our homework. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t planned to take her to dinner. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remember sitting at the dinner table, with Cordelia, his warnings washing over our heads, the ruined water, the poisoned trees, species after species snuffed out like stepped-on ants. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, I’m sorry I ignored your texts. I was freaking out. Maybe we could talk about all of this later, after dinner?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She was red-cheeked with pride over her efforts at providing a good dinner, and her eyes flashed a little in the direction of Tom and Eb, from whom she anticipated the usual teasing. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time I had a friend over to dinner was Michael last year. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She made us frozen dinners and asked Dad how his day at work had been while we ate them. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s very kind of you to give me your dinner.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’d been calm after dinner, but now he was agitated again, pacing and whining constantly. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Last fall we were at a neighborhood potluck dinner when Aretha ate a baby’s disposable diaper. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

One evening when he picked her up to go out to dinner, he spotted some repairmen on the roof of a low-rise building across the street. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Read the first two propositions, and then summarize them after dinner.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He rarely attended community events and never joined his father at our house for dinner. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I nod, grab a knife and cut an enormous slice, a quarter of the pan practically, and put it on a dinner plate. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I'd have dinner with my family and then hang out on our back deck with Heather, or play flashlight tag with other neighborhood kids. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Stick and I sat at the dining table after dinner doing our homework. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I went straight to the kitchen and told Dilsey to hurry up with dinner. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Baby would wake up soon and he would have to make her dinner. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We don’t even get to see our families until the dinner tonight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once my parents were full and relaxed after dinner, I would tell them about my dire situation. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Look, I think I’d better go help your mom with dinner.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

So she gathered a few donations from my siblings and came to the dinner, sitting at the end of the dais. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not going to dinner parties, teas, and other torturous social occasions where people inundated him with seemingly endless questions about his travels. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I ate dinner with the Object’s parents. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“When the beggar had eaten it all, he was still hungry, so they gave him their own dinner.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I grab the bottle of red that we opened last night with dinner and I pour myself a glass. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worked as late at Dr. Roland’s as I decently could and then went to the snack bar in Commons for dinner. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

After dinner he ordered Don Hume back to his sickbed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

That night both Paulings, together with Elizabeth and me, had dinner with the Cricks at Portugal Place. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

After they finished first dessert, Felix helped put the finishing touches on dinner. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we got home, I made a TV dinner. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I could go out for something more like dinner, or try for a movie. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Your first activity will be arts and crafts this evening, before dinner, with Joanie in the activity lounge, which is through the doors behind the nurses’ station.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They growled words that made no sense, echoes of all the hurts and insults, the dinners gone to waste, the women, the abandonments. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was dinnertime, so we had dinner at a J. E Barnigan’s Family Extravaganza, which was pretty good, and just like the one at home. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After everyone had cleaned up, Coach Hedge took the helm and the demigods gathered below for dinner. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We ate the rest of the dinner in silence, only this time it was the bad kind of silence, and the food stopped tasting so good. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When we sit down for dinner that night, I wait until Daddy has a mouthful of steak before I ask my question. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Boys from my graduating class are signing up and shipping out, and every week there’s a farewell potluck dinner in a church basement or the lobby of the Roxy or in someone’s home. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to be the worst Christmas Eve dinner if we have to move,” grumbled Isa. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Every night after dinner, my mother and I would sit at the Formica kitchen table. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Flora came back upstairs after dinner, she found Ulysses curled up in a tight little ball, sleeping on her pillow. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

At dinner his fingernails are still rimmed in black oil. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I mean they’re old-fashioned but they always were into what you did, and even in your wildest days, you were always a good son, a good father. Always home for Sunday dinner.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t see you at dinner last night,” Ekon noted, trying for a distraction. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tonight for dinner they had been brought meat in a thick sauce. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the time I was six, I stayed with her on Saturday nights while my parents went out, and together we prepped for Sunday family dinner. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They're going to drop off my grandfather and me at the movie theater, grab dinner, and pick us up on the way home. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

We ate dinner in the courtyard that night. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I sat next to Khalid, staring hard at my dinner plate. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

There was a celebratory dinner her last evening in the dwelling. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It went on, right on till dinner was served to us where we sat. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had wild green-and-yellow eyes, two curlicue tusks, and more drool than a dog at dinner. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Finally one afternoon he came by where she was selling the church dinners and asked Ma, “Do you go to the movies?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother didn't thank her. park They were shopping for Christmas dinner, and it was taking forever because it always made Park's mom nervous to cook for his grandmother. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Better not try to go out home to dinner. We’ll likely have another rush just before the show opens. Get you a lunch at Rogers’ and put a ticket in the drawer.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom,” I said, just as we were getting ready for dinner. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I went back to my room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Evenings, after a long day working at the Winn-Dixie, she restocked the boat’s small refrigerator, fixed dinner, and washed dishes in the brackish water of the bayou. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He thought Zero had gone to dinner with the others. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But before I had a chance, at the dinner table Kim casually announced to my parents that she thought I ought to go to summer camp. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in the library after dinner, and presently the curtains were drawn, and more logs thrown on to the fire. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Comrade Pillai shut the door and returned to his wife and dinner. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ve all gone to dinner,” announced the Humbug weakly, “and just as soon as I catch my breath I shall join them.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom turned away from me and went back to preparing dinner. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t even wake you for dinner last night. Figured you needed the sleep.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I guess you could call what I just got home from a “ball”—we all dressed up, I got to eat dinner with more silverware than I probably own, and I met Prince Charming. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The peasant’s ancient ancestor, the forager, may have eaten berries and mushrooms for breakfast; fruits, snails and turtle for lunch; and rabbit steak with wild onions for dinner. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama was probably still at her stall; she’d be home soon to start dinner, but I didn’t care. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

This is what my father says in the winters, before dinner, lifting his glass when there are other men there at the table: “You can’t fly on one wing.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

So Molly moves her mouth muscles into a smile, picks up her plate, thanks Dina for dinner. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

All the others should be eating dinner now—I made sure of that—but in case we run into someone, we wear black jackets to conceal most of our Amity clothing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Citra arrived on the main floor ready to assess the contents of the pantry and refrigerator, but to her surprise she found the dinner table set for two, and steaming plates of food already there. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I was having dinner, that evening, hamburger balls and hashed browns. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not actually try it, because by the time I had it ready it was time to milk the cow, then clean up and start the dinner. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tonight is about eating a full ration for dinner. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

After one Sunday family dinner, when everyone had gone home and it was just my mom, Carmen, and me left to lock up, I looked over at Abuela’s urn. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They made me think of dinner, which made my stomach speak, which threw off my thinking. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She enquired after his health at dinner and made sure he got the choicest cuts, although I don’t think he noticed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Jahrling went home for dinner with his family, but after he had read his children their stories and put them to bed, he returned to the Institute and worked until late. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I caught a whiff of her fading lavender perfume and the fried rice from dinner. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

At dinner, I asked Dad if he ever heard of Roy Rogers the movie star. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I forgot that I asked Madoc to teach me swordplay and strategy, but after dinner he gives me a stack of military history books from his personal library. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dad pushes his plate away, his dinner untouched. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“It is better for you, I think, to explore the Stormbreaker on your own. Tonight you will have dinner with Herr Sayle and you will tell him your feeling.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“But they might be dead I” “They are not dead, I know. In a minute or two they will come round and go off home to dinner.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Okay,” I whispered, "there’s your dinner. Go to it! Get your fill as fast as you can, poor bunny. I’ll stand guard.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

She took her breakfast and dinner alone but joined the rest of the company for supper each night. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad resigned as chaperone the next day, at Sunday dinner. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an abundant Vermont lunch, more like a dinner, and at first it had no more reality than a meal in the theater. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa had come home with samples of a new biscuit, and he passed the green packet around before we started dinner. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a lovely smell from the dinner can, boiled bacon and cabbage and two big floury white potatoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And unlike the other guests, Angelo always wound up in the kitchen cooking the dinner or passing platters of his famous fennel cakes. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m delivering Sunday dinners to the elderly. I’ll check on the weeds later.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In her childhood her father had never misinterpreted her, nor bobbled once, except when she was eleven and came home to dinner from school one day and found that her blood had begun to flow. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Kathy and the kids were expected at her brother’s house for dinner, but at seven o’clock she’d traveled less than twenty miles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

After dinner we were taken to Block 16, a cluster of fifteen barracks that had just been finished a day or so earlier—although finished was hardly the word for it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are dinner parties like any other, though the ambiance and the late hour makes them something else, something unusual and curious. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She didn’t bother to speak at dinner, nor to care when her small tent was erected, guards posted outside, and she was allowed to sleep, still shackled to one of them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I wiped it off on my trousers and asked Mary Hudson if she wanted to come up to my house for dinner sometime. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

For dinner we go to Angelino’s, where Grandpa loves the baked ziti. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

We ate breakfast every morning and dinner every night, and we even went camping with our foster family once or twice. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Who knows what she said to him, over the silver-encrusted dinner table? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might have been thinking about what he did during the day, or about playing golf, or about what he’d had for dinner. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I was an academic, I could watch it in class and use the dinner hour to catch up on All My Children. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” said Hunter, and he moved to the stove like a predator and started spooning himself out dinner. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If I collapsed out here, my body would be dinner for a monster. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

For $28 each we got a room, dinner and breakfast, and free use of the shower, laundry, and guest lounge. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner last night, Dad told me he didn’t like me being with June. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Come back for dinner or soon afterward. We need to talk.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After dinner I helped Mom arrange couches and extra chairs in the great room. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, at dinner, Papa said we would recite sixteen different novenas. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

By six o’clock she was exhausted, almost too weary to talk with Salvador, who came to sit beside her in Señor Rodrigo’s kitchen and eat a dinner of enchiladas, beans, and rice. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

We burned part of our dinner for the gods. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to get my dinner at the club. Good night.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had dinner at a local restaurant called Alfonso's, while a babysitter watched their son, Lee. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lee apologized for the dinner like an old fool. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But now it is late afternoon; dinner is over. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After dinner I sit down one last time in front of the computer. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Dinner. Tonight’s Sunday. He’s coming to our house for dinner tonight.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Cooking a good veg-etarian dinner takes a lot more thought and work. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Just for instance, the next Sunday while she was helping Mama and Queenie take up dinner, Campbell Junior fell all the way down our stairs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

For weeks, a giggling Oak tried to glamour me into getting him sweets or lifting him above my head or spitting at the dinner table. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When they were flush with a silver coin or two, they’d go to the local convenience store and buy food for breakfast or dinner, often splitting a pack of Hostess donuts. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

TJie letter came one noon when they were all seated at dinner. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, Christmas Day, in the middle of Christmas dinner, Jorge suffered a heart attack, flipped over in his chair, his mouth full of candied sweet potato, and died. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Charley, I wonder if you’d do me the favor of taking this boy’s team down to the livery stable for water and feed. I’m asking him to have dinner with me.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner we went back again to the library. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Momma always said a healthy serving of scorn before dinner keeps a girl slim. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But today, we had a special dinner and I couldn’t duck him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was always a tremendous occasion if Julian accepted an invitation to dinner in the country. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For some reason he thinks our parents are a lot scarier than they really are...but then again, this isn’t the routine spoiled dinner, stink bomb, or broken window. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I walk I like to think of dinner and what Kazi might be making. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But I guess he had a soft spot for her, and if not her, a soft spot for dinner at my house. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

By the time they were done, dinner had broken up and the others were going about their particular evening routines. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Coach Wilkins would like to take you out to dinner,” Pop says. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heat starts to break, so we eat dinner on the patio. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

That night, the four of us made dinner together. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

That night, the girls cooked up a dinner of slightly burned fish, grubs, and bulrushes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

There, amid the sandflies, we ate dinner while the cameraman took pictures. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Albert’s already arranged it, but he wanted me to deliver the formal invitations, because that’s how you have a proper dinner party.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

On the first Sunday in May 2011, I went to dinner with two friends at a restaurant downtown, leaving Barack and my mother in charge of the girls at home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I came upstairs after dinner to write out my account of the crime for Sergeant Rojas. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nurse in the hallway tells me Sister Rita is having her dinner and is not to be bothered. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

For dinner we have the leftovers from the meal I cooked yesterday, and again, nobody thanks me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Our dinner consists of salmon and salad, with wild blackberries and roasted fingerling potatoes. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After that, there were no more Sunday dinners. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It's why I came now, because Elsbeth's family always had a big Sunday dinner at her grandmother's house, and I bet this tradition has continued even through the war. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“If you get changed out of your strip-search clothes, we can walk on the beach before dinner,” she said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His thoughts spilled into his notebooks, and out of them, onto scraps of paper, and onto stationery from the Athenaeum Club, where he took most of his dinners. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, do you know, I have a notion to go down to the beach and take a good wash and even a little swim, before dinner?” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s nearly time to break for dinner, but they insist we continue. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He ate solitary meals, sitting at one end of the large dining table where his family had previously gathered for boisterous dinners. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Paul came in for dinner, followed by his father. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Resident World Controller’s Second Secretary had asked her to dinner and breakfast. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least three times a week, Gigi ate dinner at the Aberdeen house. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was later, after another dinner of plain white rice had been consumed and tea forgone again on account of the drought, after Rasheed had smoked a cigarette, that he told Laila about his decision. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It happened quickly. Polly sewed by candlelight after dinner. Her mother repeated that over and over, ‘she sewed by candlelight after dinner.’ Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Todd interrupted my dinner and asked me to step out into the lobby. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When he arrived home, he reheated his dinner in the microwave and joined his wife in the family room, where he ate sitting in a recliner chair. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The neighbors kept sweeping their doorways, hanging their laundry, and preparing dinner. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel very thankful, but I took my dinner, as was customary, up to the bronze brazier and scraped part of it into the flames. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

All through dinner, we grinned at each other as we listened to Teddy, who was chattering about the dinosaur bones he’d apparently dug up in the back garden that afternoon. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took four different dinners—all the way into the new year—to get all the information down. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mother didn’t even kick off her shoes, just rushed to the kitchen and began shuffling pans to fix a real dinner. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Lancelot stopped at once, as if he were a farm labourer who had been given permission to knock off for his dinner. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were going to New York, to have dinner and see a show. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, suppose he could talk and stand on his hind legs. Maybe he could do very well in every way. Perhaps you could invite him to dinner, but could you think of him as people?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night at dinner, when my dad came back from a corporate adventure with his management team, he showed us memories from it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he never came home for the hearty midday dinner. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What time do you plan to have dinner, Lee?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had gone almost all the way down, and the streetlights were flickering, when my mother poked her head out the window to call me up for dinner. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

While they rolled plastic silverware in napkins for the dinner takeout orders, Bebe had told Mia quite a lot about her life. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Milton, growing surly at this new development, threw barbs across the dinner table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Soon enough I am helping too: I set the table for breakfast, clear the plates, sweep the hall, wash the dishes after dinner. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When the corn meal turned into a watery yellow porridge, it was time for dinner. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening Esther took me to her house and made me dinner. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They were dotted with woody fungi, as big as dinner plates, and parasitic orchids. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t take a day off, take a dog to the vet, and cook dinner. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“So, I’m having Thanksgiving dinner today with a girl.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Okay, then. If all goes according to plan, I'll see you for dinner," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The family waited around the table for him while he sat happily alone at the Athenaeum, reading and eating his dinner as he had taken to doing. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She, Shanti, and Jenna meet Didu and me in the locker room on Wednesday night and the five of us work frantically for four days with a short break for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Mama busy in the kitchen, Mama not noticing nothing! Whisper said I can show my new tricks after dinner, I going to practice now.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

At noon Pa and Uncle Henry came to the house in a great hurry, and swallowed their dinner as quickly as they could. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, Baba took me to a bar across the street from the restaurant. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dinner bell rang and I did not go to the table, but hid in a corner of the hallway. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunglasses hung from his neck on a fluorescent cable, and the couple's bright new his-and-her sneakers suggested that they might be headed somewhere dressy for dinner. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Tonight I’m watching my mother sweep under the same kitchen table, something she does every night after dinner. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cats taking a walk on the dinner table. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mute was at the table in the middle of the room with his dinner before him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He dreamed of being an actor or a singer; he reenacted TV shows at the dinner table, playing every part, his bright smile practically jumping through his lips. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The note tells me to get something for dinner because she has a doctor’s appointment. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I hurried through dinner and clearing the table. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I’d eaten dinner with them a couple of times, but the conversations were awkward and unmemorable. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At his insistence, she concedes and makes him an American dinner once a week as a treat, Shake ’n Bake chicken or Hamburger Helper prepared with ground lamb. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The argument over Cyprus lasted for weeks and would finally put an end to those Sunday dinners once and for all. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And his dad ignored him all through dinner and taekwondo. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Stella raced through her chores, making sure the carrots were sliced perfectly, the potatoes peeled thinly, and the table cleaned and shined for dinner. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Citra’s mother brought him something to drink at his request, and now labored to make sure tonight’s dinner was the finest she had ever served. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I had to take stern measures with mine, and now she doesn’t eat her dinner properly; and as for the other thing, not a nibble, and we’ve been so regular. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tells me about meeting August—she was seventeen, and it had just dawned on her that the recent spate of bachelors joining her family for dinner were actually being presented as potential husbands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t looking forward to being lectured on cauldron bottoms all through dinner. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Later I kept expecting Maurice to search me out, and when he missed dinner I went up to his room. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I had a device I wanted to try, and put some hickory sticks in a tin can and set it to boiling while I fixed dinner. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only had something distracted it from dinner, but now that something was nestled in its fur, along with the cleaner slugs. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I would have chicken for dinner and, with luck, fish for breakfast. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Did I eat dinner the night before, or lunch, or anything? Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“He’s younger than ever. He drank three champagne cocktails last night before dinner.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“What do you think the sergeant had for dinner last night, fat maggot?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came inside them hard and often, keeping each up until the middle of the night, and in the late afternoons, too, before dinner. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

At home, me and Ma had my favorite for dinner. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

From setting the dinner table, Buttercup watched them. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Limp leaves of lettuce and blackened bananas for dinner. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mom and I were finishing the dinner dishes when somebody banged on the door. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And each time we went, we were honored with dinner at the home of Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrapped it up, and I put it under my arm and headed home, dreaming of the dinner that awaited me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z