| 单词 | drawer |
| 例句 | There was the sound of a drawer opening and a rustling of files. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A wet ink pen and a bottle of ink had been given to me, but the ones I took out of my desk drawer were ones I had bought myself. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I opened my desk drawer, took out my sixth-grade math notebook, and hid the envelope between two random pages. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “There are blank note cards in this drawer,” announced Andrew. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Gilly, to cover the money, fell chest down over the drawer. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z An enormous pair of round eyeglasses is sitting in the deli meat drawer. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The chest of drawers remained where she’d shoved it in front of the passageway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The assistant director seems resigned to an impasse and pulls a thick perfect-bound stack of paper from a drawer and begins to read. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z My mother hugs the wedding photo tightly against her chest and then places it, along with the book of plants, on our government-issued chest of drawers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I looked through the rest of the desk drawers, knowing there was no carbon paper in any of them. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z In my room, she pulled out the bottles from my desk drawer, then settled me on my bed. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I have to turn sideways as I pass a big chest of drawers and a desk. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Two, and maybe I’m just trying to make myself feel normal here, but the way I see it, anyone, if they’re paying attention, could have a list like mine stuck in some private drawer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The nurse hummed busily as she opened one drawer after another, stuffing the new underclothes and blouses and skirts and pajamas my mother had bought me into the black patent leather overnight case. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z While he raided the cabin for supplies, pulling open drawers, grabbing things out of the cabinets, she sat dumbly in the doorway, rubbing her fingers one by one. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I dropped an entire drawer of tea leaves on the floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached into his night table drawer and pulled a fresh cigar from it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The register shook when he slammed the drawer closed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The letter sat in his desk drawer for two weeks before he threw it away. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Oliver swept the gifts into his desk drawer, then grabbed his earphones and put them in, hoping that his mom would be too tired to climb the stairs in search for him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The rain beats on the old windowpanes, making them rattle as I look in her desk drawers, then in her filing cabinets. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She shook her head, dropped the note into her dresser drawer, pulled out her uniform for work. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Ten thousand drawers, ten thousand whispers inside ten thousand shells. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I look under the bed, run my eyes over the family pictures atop the bedside table, then search the bureau drawers. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Then Laney insisted on rummaging through the silverware drawer for her special soup spoon. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She’d found a sundress at the bottom of her drawer and chose a pair of wedge sandals to match. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A few days later, I found my letters unopened in Dr. Lange’s drawer. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Turning more pages, they came to a full-size sewing machine sitting atop a wooden cabinet with six drawers. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Leaving the knife on the floor, he pulls open the drawer and finds only a book. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She went straight into the living-room and opened the drawer of the sideboard where she knew her father kept a box of cigars. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She had smelled oddly musty, like clothes left for years in a chest of drawers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I set the candle on the desk and yanked open drawers, rifling through the contents. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I opened the top drawer of the dresser, even though I knew she wouldn’t be in there, obviously. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z For Lee I had bought a red pencil box with two drawers in it, like mine. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Chandresh takes it from the drawer, startled by the weight of it, and drops it with a thump onto the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Dray goes over to the far end of the room and pulls something out of the drawer of a filing cabinet. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She went and helped Caddy take off her bodice and drawers. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Fern was still learning to tell time, so I kept hers in my drawer until she was ready to wear it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, it sat in my desk drawer for about nine months, but then I thought, Why not? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She pulls out a book from a drawer in her desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z For a moment she hesitated, and then from the top bureau drawer she took a little gold watch that hung from a fleur-de-lis pin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, as if driven by a motor, I ran downstairs to the kitchen sink and pulled out a heavy-duty garbage bag and a roll of duct tape from the junk drawer. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I sling pajamas and sweatpants and baggy T-shirts out of my drawers as I desperately search for something to wear tonight. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She turns bright red and pulls open the drawer where Abuela keeps the foil and plastic containers. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She had organized the cutlery drawer, the refrigerator. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She opened another drawer, took out a big spoon and scooped the stiff red and yellow contents of the can into the saucepan. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The bedclothes had been pulled off his four-poster and the drawer had been pulled out of his bedside cabinet, the contents strewn over the mattress. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z My room is stark—a narrow bed, a small table, a bare lightbulb, an old chest of drawers for my clothes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have known you since you were still leaving skid marks in your drawers. You think I don’t know when you’re lying to me?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z How, in the dream, she had kept him concealed in a drawer. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She opened her desk drawer and took out some money and held it out to Ethel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The room contained nothing but a bed and a chest of drawers on which a number of bricks lay carefully arranged side by side, all of them covered with soot. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then I hear a drawer open and the sound of silverware rattling. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I put it back in the drawer and try to forget about it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I open the drawers beside the desk, but there’s nothing unusual, just the normal ledger keeping and invoices you’d expect for a tobacco farm. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Most of the classrooms had hundred-year-old built-in cupboards and drawers and bookshelves, and it was awkward explaining why they had to look into those to measure the room. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “You have no right to go poking around my drawers, stealing my stuff.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She neatly returns my keepsakes to the drawer and climbs into the bed across from me just as the lights go out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Oma whimpers as they empty drawers, lift mattresses, peeling wallpaper for secret hideaways. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Under the chest of drawers were jugs of genuine moonshine. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I start to go through the desk drawers. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I tap my fingers on Dad’s chest of drawers, where his house keys, wallet, and clothes are. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She pointed to the drawer nearest the window and I nodded. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I never realized how many metal letters Cecile had in the drawers and kitchen cabinets. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened several other drawers, but half of them were empty, too. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, squeezed into her drawer bed like a step-sister’s foot in Cinderella’s shoe, Shirley could hardly sleep thinking of what the surprise might be. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Who cares if his undershirt drawer is perfectly organized? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Scipio stood next to the open drawer and watched Victor like a mouse would watch a cat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z One opened the drawers of the sideboard, leaving each open. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baker had pulled her white sneakers out from her lower desk drawer. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Gotta be some potion here to get rid of that thing,” I said, searching through drawers and on shelves. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The sum in the drawer is piling up but at the present rate of accumulation will be more than $100 short of my rent when the end of the month comes around. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Blocked by the giant chest of drawers, the tapestry still rippled in a phantom breeze. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The President opened a drawer and handed the young priest a folded packet of papers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The rear half of the drawer was still inside the cash register. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Chester jumped into the cash register drawer, which was open as usual. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He filled the thermos with water and then hunted through drawers until he found matches, which he wrapped in tinfoil. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z "My good blockhead, I swear to you that it was put back in my drawer. Greatest surprise I ever had in my life when I found it there." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z "Everything’s back in the drawers. Put something on and come eat." The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z When I came home from work there was a potato peeler in the kitchen drawer, and a tablecloth on the table, and chicken curry made with fresh garlic and ginger on the stove. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z First chance he got, he went through her drawers "looking for my nail clippers," and there he found her packet of love letters. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z For a moment, I imagine a full hand of aces in that drawer, fanned out as a player would hold them in a game. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He reached over and opened the desk drawer that housed the secret DVD he had made, his insurance policy that everything would go according to MoMo’s plans. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Harry and Chester searched the compartments of the open drawer. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Great-great-aunt Florentine had stuffed lavender sprigs in her pockets and in her pillows, in her drawers, in her hair—she had been a walking lavender bush. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He leaned back, kicking his feet up on what might be a partially opened drawer. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z We drink the obligatory coffee together, and I pull the card from the drawer. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A drawer was opened, and the thought leaped in him—she’s going to stay. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I watched him then key open the desk drawer, put a fat envelope into the petty-cash tin and close and lock it back up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She went straight to the desk, fumbling through the papers in the drawer. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z While he was standing in front of the bathroom mirror, he saw Quirin open the drawer to his desk. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Get the notepad from the top drawer of the nightstand. And the pen. You write what I say, exactly what I say.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z He lifted the robe from the drawer and carried it to the table by the window. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Next thing I know, I’m digging my old rap poems out of my dresser drawer and bringing them to school. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So she was unprepared for the homely little house beside the pond, unprepared for the gentle eddies of dust, the silver cobwebs, the mouse who lived—and welcome to him!—in a table drawer. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Cash drawers jump out, all bright and jingly with coins. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z When I went home that night, I tucked the index card into the back of my sock drawer. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I grabbed it out of my dresser drawer and ran to the servants’ quarters. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie goes home from school and he gets a spanking because he took the tissue paper and ribbon out of his mother’s drawer without telling her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z She smiled as she pulled out a lunch bag from her drawer. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z They had with them tools and scraps of lumber, and they were prepared, they said, to build for the Imadas whatever was wanted: shelves, a chest of drawers, chairs. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z One hand pulling her braids loose, the other searching the dresser drawers, she had just begun to get irritated when she felt it in her blouse drawer. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Probably the drawers hold any number of nightgowns, but I just strip off my shirt and pants and climb into bed in my underwear. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I’m going to have bad dreams about that drawer.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z We always have homemade bread in the bread drawer. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I pulled out my mother's upper right-hand bureau drawer and slipped the blue jewelry box from its hiding place under the scented Irish linen handkerchiefs. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Then Dumbledore pulled open one of the drawers in Professor McGonagall’s desk and took out a quill and a bottle of ink. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z At last, lying facedown on the floor, he spotted what looked like a torn piece of paper under the chest of drawers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There were two litde drawers at the top and four larger ones below. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z After lunch, she removed her diamond engagement ring and her wedding band and locked them in her desk drawer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The children and their parents stared at the little grey strip lying in the drawer. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z There was nothing in my drawer worthy of a reaction like that. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Only one was small enough to fit into the top drawer’s lock. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab a coffee yogurt, shut the fridge, and dig in the drawer for a spoon. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “I love you, husband,” she said, and then she turned and bolted, holding up her skirts above her knees, her lace-edged white drawers flashing as she ran toward home. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I reach into the top drawer of my dresser and grab the reddest lipstick I have. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I have my goaltending gear—the prescription goggles, knee pads, and elbow pads—in a drawer in my room. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he pulled open the deep drawer on the bottom left, and took out a new file folder. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z She took them right out of my hand and then she put them in the drawer of the night table. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I have already seen what Zola keeps in the top drawer of her desk. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z I finish writing, throw the paper in my drawer, and run out of the house. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I opened my dresser drawer and threw in my clean clothes. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I leaped, screaming, and ran past her and jerked open the kitchen drawer; it spilled to the floor with a thunderous sound. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At the age of two, he got up in the middle of the night, found his way outside without waking his parents, and entered a house down the street to plunder a neighbor’s candy drawer. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I purse my lips, taking in the desk and accompanying drawers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “What if she put a hair on each drawer?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She took a rusting iron box from the bottommost drawer, and carried it over to her sisters. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She opened a cabinet drawer, took out a flashlight, her tablet, a stub of a pencil, and walked onto the porch. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She hid the theory list and the photographs in the little drawer under my desk. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Corrie looked down in her drawer, then back at me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There is a click and the drawer opens. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama gave each of them a pair of long woolen drawers, drop-seat style, and a woolen shirt with long sleeves and itchy insides. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought I was going to die when that clown dropped his drawers.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Kate could see her rummaging through the cabin, dumping drawers and knocking things from the shelves of cabinets. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I grab the key from under her mattress and unlock the drawer. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Then she remembered the drawers that she had not yet opened. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I close the book quickly, shoving it into the back of the drawer and covering it with clothes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z While his mother was out delivering pies, Wash copied the address from her desk drawer and headed out along the highway toward Tyler. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I returned, sought the sponge on the washstand, the salts in my drawer, and once more retraced my steps. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She went straight to the desk to dig a record book out of the drawer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I pulled down the plates from the cabinet and grabbed a couple of forks from the drawer. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I start putting a few back into the drawer. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I made my first batch, and then scooped the batter into one row of my cupcake pan, using blue painter’s tape I found in the junk drawer to label which recipe it was. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Faye slowly gathered up the cards, and tapped them square, and dropped them in the table drawer. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Every drawer is a wreck, every hidden cranny full of dirty clothes and wadded-up stockings. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He shook his head and held up the two rolls of twine he’d found in one of the drawers. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He went to his top dresser drawer and retrieved a bayonet he had found on a decayed Japanese soldier near an airfield in the Philippines. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve got the gun under the mattress and the card in my drawer. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He unwrapped a fried-egg sandwich for himself and brought over a mulberry leaf from the cash register drawer for Chester. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I cringed as she tossed a wooden spatula in the Tupperware drawer. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “C’mon,” Ron said hurriedly to Harry, seizing a handful of cutlery from the open drawer, “let’s go and help Bill and Charlie.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Macon began closing books and opening desk drawers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Jamie pulls out a small frame from his desk drawer and hands it to me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Sneaking it home on the bus, hiding it in the bottom drawer of his room, he was terrified of discovery. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I take the seal frame out of the drawer and tuck her picture inside. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She would clean her own bowl and a small, limited area; she would have one drawer to sort, one bed to make. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Even at school, when the computers came in as stock standard, I still used the drawers. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I knew where to find in my drawers some linen, a locket, a ring. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z As she’s opening the top drawer of her dresser, a percussive thumping under her comforter turns into a tinny version of Daddy Yankee’s “Impacto.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He found candles in a kitchen drawer and lit two of them and then melted wax onto the counter and stood them in the wax. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Then he rose and went to a tiny night table with a drawer, from which he took paper and a fountain pen. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He attacked the table with drawers that was setting next to the fireplace, which, in my mind, if he was really looking for clues, was the first place he should’ve looked. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Then I found one drawer in the dresser bureau that had a lot of papers in it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z She rummaged through the drawers of her cabinet and returned with a handful of stationery, an inkwell, and a dip pen. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I just cashed the check yesterday and put the money in my wallet. I didn’t spend any. My wallet was in the top drawer.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “What are the bad ones, my friend ?” After a moment of quiet he pulls the bottom drawer and retrieves a folded green and white computer printout markered in Eduardo’s hand. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time they surged up, I shoved them back down inside me the way you stuff clothing in a drawer and shut it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned my head and saw another boy opening my desk drawer. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d walk over to a bookcase and touch a book and stroll by a table and admire the handle on a drawer. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The boys’ rooms were deserted, drawers opened, rifled through. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The room contained a twin bed under a sloping ceiling, a brown oval rug, a basin with an exposed pipe, and a chest of drawers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The letter she folded up and tucked into the back of her sweater drawer, right where her favorite sweater was, the one she had worn when she was pregnant, its knit soft and warm. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He walked over to his desk and pulled a roll of duct tape from a drawer. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z August reaches down and pulls a long, nearly transparent orange scarf free from the drawer. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z No one in the family remembers reading that article—they figure Lawrence just put it in a drawer and forgot about it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Then he reaches in his top drawer and hands you, get this, milk chocolate wrapped in shiny red and gold. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Mr. van Daan is combing all the drawers and files for today’s mail. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “He wasn’t as dumb as a bag of hair,” Mom says on the bus, “but he wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer either.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z During a stretch of overcast Paris weather in February 1896, he shut away in a drawer his latest preparation: a uranium salt sprinkled over the wrapped plate, awaiting the sun’s reemergence from behind the clouds. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He opened his drawer, whipped out a prescription pad and an eyeglasses case. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Our sweet little Miss Crimsen told this guy, and whoever else was standing within earshot, that I’ve got a few surprises buried in my dresser drawers. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He looks over one of the forms I filled out earlier for the paralegal and gets a yellow legal pad out of his desk drawer. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z There are soldiers inside the apartment, turning over chairs, ransacking drawers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She goes to the drawer where we keep menus and starts riffling through them. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z I hurried back over to the desk, pulled open a different drawer and riffled through all the resident files looking for mine. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I opened a smaller drawer and saw his stacks of handkerchiefs. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Baxter took something out of the drawer and held it behind her back as she turned around to face me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z She taps her fingers on a small drawer in the wardrobe. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z With one of her fingers, chafed from many years of scrubbing her son’s mammoth, yellowed drawers, she tapped on the glass case to attract the saleslady. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Will searched his mother’s bedroom first, ashamed to be looking through the drawers where she kept her underclothes, and then he worked systematically through the rest of the rooms upstairs, even his own. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But it had also been suggested by the book that he had just taken out of the drawer. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She took the chicken casserole from the oven, placed it on the table, and reached into the drawer for a serving spoon and told us to help ourselves. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She rummages through a drawer and produces two keys. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She stepped quickly over to the desk, jerked open the drawer, and found—sure enough—the fat ring of master keys. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Sonia finds a white sari neatly folded in the back of a drawer and buries her face in it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I got the tefillin and prayer book out of the drawer of the night table and began to put on the tefillin. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He opened a drawer and pulled out some papers. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z The partial denture he had found inside his little impresario’s coat, incidentally, was in his cufflinks box in his dresser drawer. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Quisling put The Gold-Bug in his top drawer and returned to his grading. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z My sentences tangled and twisted together, every word I said had my father looking more startled and more confused, until finally I just pulled the list from my drawer and shoved it into his hands. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The crowd surged as the white men came back, knocking over a drawer that spilled its contents in the snow at my feet. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They peer into taxidermists’ drawers full of feathers and talons and glass eyeballs; they flip through two-hundred-year-old herbarium sheets bedecked with orchids and daisies and herbs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They did not look inside the drawers they flung open, they just threw the clothes and whatever else was inside on the floor. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed some masking tape out of the desk drawer and began to create makeshift handles looped on the back of the poster. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Instead, she went into the junk drawer and grabbed a stamp. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z There's no way to explain our street clothes, Max's wireless head, or why our security bands are in a drawer instead of on our wrists. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I keep it in the drawer of my bedside table. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Chip did not believe in having a sock drawer or a T-shirt drawer. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He got up and put it in the table drawer where all those old Popular Mechanics books were, and when he turned around, his eyes looked like he was going to start crying. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z No socks on the floor, no drawers open, no messed-up bed. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran back of the furnace, up the steps to his room and placed the pamphlets smoothly and neatly in a corner of his dresser drawer. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The crossbow is where I left it, in the drawer of Dain’s desk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Kelly took a pair of pages from a file in the front, then rolled the drawer shut. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I slip out of bed, open the drawer and take out the phone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z If I wanted to get into some trouble, I could whip out Anthony’s fake ID and see what the fuss is with his sock drawer. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Chandresh makes to turn to another box of files nearby, but something pulls him back to the locked drawer. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z First of all, he would go to the drawer of his desk and take out a pure-white cotton glove which he slid with much ceremony on to his right hand. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z "Found it put back in my drawer tonight." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Oi droopy drawers, like I say to her all the time, it could be nothing. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z I could easily imagine my father being annoyed by the drawer but just letting it go. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I found him poking through one of his lizard drawers, muttering something about a missing specimen. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I couldn't, for example, open any of the drawers. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z As Mr. Remora rummaged through an overstuffed drawer, Emily mouthed to her brother door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She lifted the plastic tray out of the register drawer, and I looked in. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z She opened the top bureau drawer and examined the bottles which constituted the medicine chest of the house— paregoric, Pain Killer, Lydia Pinkham, iron wine tonic, Hall’s Cream Salve, Epsom salts, castor oil, ammonia. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes, we have medicines for everything. You, girl, open that drawer in the table and bring out a bandage.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of one of the drawers he lifted a finely woven broadcloth shirt, carefully cut, and very pink. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z From a locked drawer, smelling of moth-balls, he took out an old cloak and hood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We lay on our sides, like spoons nesting in a drawer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This one had a roll-top and plenty of drawer space both above and below the work surface. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There are drawers filled with fine clothes, and Effie Trinket tells me to do anything I want, wear anything I want, everything is at my disposal. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He knew where things were: socks in the top dresser drawers, toys in the bedroom closets, skates and bikes on the back porch, and pots and pans stacked neatly in the kitchen cabinet. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then I sat on the carpet, right in front of my dresser, and opened the bottom drawer. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I put my sweaters neatiy in the dresser drawers, my socks and underpants, too, and hung my pants up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “But why do you collect them all?” he asked as she closed the drawer. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “As you wish,” he said, and took a silk scarf from the drawer; but before he could tie it around her mouth, she shook her head. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He moved back to the desk, intending to try the drawers, but with the heavy expectation of failure; and as he did so, he heard the faint crunch of tires on gravel. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We open and shut all the drawers and cabinets until we've found a pot for the chili, a grater for the cheese, a baking pan for the corn bread, and plates and silverware. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The drawers that held his shirts and his underwear were pulled out, and her packing was quick and methodical. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They rifled through the drawers and opened the closet. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z My hair turned up in every corner, every drawer, every meal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He took a thin fold of bills from the top drawer of his desk, licked his finger, and peeled several off. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Pulling open a drawer, Tanin plucked out some blotting paper and dabbed it against her neck, but there was little blood. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z This was a kitchen, and if the cooks here were anything like his mother or Sister Fenella, there would be a drawer with knives in it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Like Tessie, Milton’s mind was searching the bottom drawer of his desk, in particular a fat envelope containing the three fire insurance policies from separate companies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And she couldn’t get into the drawer, find the right map, and get out the door—not fast enough to make it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, let’s rewind,” Jupiter says, pushing the drawer shut and bringing me back. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The drawers had burst open and there were tools and plastic silverware, plates and cups floating in the water. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 The vet got up from the stool and dug through the cabinet drawers, prompting Fig to make his second escape of the day. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Laxmi ate some more Hot Mix, then put it away in a drawer. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then I put that thought out of my head and slipped the picture under my pajamas in my top dresser drawer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Last week the wallet of one of my co-counselors went missing from her purse, which was kept in an unlocked desk drawer. Do you know anything about that?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I walked up and down the rows of desks, looking at the items we’d found in the drawers, which we’d left. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z So many drawers and cabinets, nooks and crannies. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I try to pull out the bottom drawer and it refuses to budge. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Then she put the book away in her lower desk drawer. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She reached to open a drawer of her dressing table. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z At any moment she might come back into the room, and she would see me there, sitting before her open drawer, which I had no right to touch. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z After I got sick of making the paper clip chain, I checked the rest of the drawers looking for something else revealing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z In my room, I dig through my drawer for my swim trunks. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mind went to the box in her dresser drawer where her hypodermic needle lay. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z After the door had closed Kate opened the right-hand drawer of her desk and took out a revolver with a short barrel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Her dress fell down around her shoulders, and she had on no drawers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I close the drawer and erase a bunch of D’s in the book. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Father Cham reached out to the shiny black set of drawers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I don’t stick around complaining, just go to the bathroom and get my toothbrush from where I always keep it, in the second drawer on the right. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Miss Cook is downstairs at the desk, filing cards into a drawer. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Wallace, he’s so flustered he just digs in his money drawer and gives Judd change for a twenty, and afterward I thought what did Andrew Jackson have to do with it? Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s too embarrassing to have strangers look at your dirty drawers, even if the stranger is as nice as Mrs. Sleet. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I grab a pen from inside the chest drawer and write around the world. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He pushed papers around on the desk, then stood up and rushed around it, pulling open a drawer. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When she helped make the beds, she didn’t look at that drawer once. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I folded it quickly, blotting out the single drop of melted snow which glistened on the yellowed page, and dropped it back into the drawer. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She entered and picked up the undergarment and put the stocking back in the drawer and closed it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a small chest of drawers, a crude night table between two twin beds, a lamp with a plaid paper shade, two wooden chests in which extra quilts are stored. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I go to the drawers in the dining room and get a pencil and paper. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z His legs kicked a desk drawer free and sheets of paper spilled to the floor. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A closet door stood open, and several drawers of Grampa’s dresser stuck out A chair in the corner had been tipped over. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She opened the bottom drawer of her desk. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He leaned through the doorway and put it on the chest of drawers. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He throws my bag onto his bed and digs something out of a drawer. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She put the bottle back in one of the little drawers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She went to the shallow drawers that he had pointed out to her yesterday. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I dumped my own things into a bag and pushed it under Caroline’s bed, and then as neatly as I could, folded Grandma’s things and put them in my drawers. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Without hesitation, I fill the detached drawer with everything I can reach—mostly records. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He begins pulling open the heavy wooden drawers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The teenage girl then found a paper grocery bag in a drawer in the kitchen. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Photographs, makeup, her jewelry tree, and a long row of nail-polish bottles — everything out in the open, not jumbled in drawers like mine, out of David’s sight. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Dull metal drawers cover the walls, labeled with paper numbers, the ink worn off with time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Then he walked over to the heavy chest of drawers beside the window and pushed at it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When he developed the plate, he discovered it had been spontaneously exposed by the uranium in the darkened drawer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Trying not to bend at the waist, I fumble in the drawer under my bed for a clean shirt. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I thought of my money in my dresser drawer. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The apartment is jammed with them: thousands on the counters, in drawers, on the toilet tank. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z You could see through the front door to what appeared to be chests of drawers on either side. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She keeps the key in a secret place, and I’ve never seen her open the drawer. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened the kitchen drawer that held the napkins and the tablecloths, and she prodded about in it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z She groped through the years for Miss Martineau, but Mrs. E.C.B. was easy: she remembered a crocheted tarn, a crocheted dress through which peeped pink crocheted drawers, and crocheted stockings. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She took her rosary beads she kept next to the statue of the Virgin on top of the chest of drawers, then knelt in prayer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “You mean like what you were doing in my brother's underwear drawer?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He put his cigarette in the ashtray and began on the bottom drawer again. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the table drawer, the mouse rustled softly, enjoying the supper of flapjack crumbs Mae had put there for him. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Put them in the almari, not the closet. He likes the whites in the top drawer, the rest in the middle, with the socks.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Matt Drinker lands on Calvin like a chest of drawers. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z After rummaging through bags and boxes, and yanking open kitchen cabinets and drawers, she sighed to the ceiling separating her apartment from James’s. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Hana gives me a side-eye, but then she gets out of bed, rustles through her T-shirt drawer, and pulls out a black T-shirt. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z In my bedroom I tug open the top drawer of my bureau to pick a bathing suit. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He put down the brooch, reluctantly, and opened a drawer behind the counter, taking out a metal biscuit tin filled with envelopes and cards and slips of paper. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I returned my file to the drawer, closed it, and locked the cabinet. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Today I keep her diary in a drawer next to my bed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z So they opened drawers, they cleared their throats, they whispered loudly, they hummed a little tune. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure,” Dad said, digging through a drawer for utensils. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She read the card and then looked through some files in a drawer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In a drawer he finds one knife and two forks, a pattern recognizable from home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he folds it carefully and places it back in the drawer. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Cabinet drawers pulled out into the floor, paper and bloated cardboard boxes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She fished around in some hidden desk drawer and then handed Sierra a laminated card with a pin on the back. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z As he dropped the memo pad into his drawer and opened up his newspaper again, Mr. Larson said, “Please be sure you’re both back here five minutes before the last bell.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z It looks so untouched, the drawers still open from when I was here last. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I even squandered a dime of my hard-earned cash to buy the book, which I hid with my other treasures in the underwear drawer. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she pulled out the whole drawer and dumped it upside down on the bed. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It was a chest with many little drawers. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I draw the window, the chest of drawers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The top drawer was reserved for random items—handheld pencil sharpeners, school glue, masking tape, abnormally small screwdrivers, things like that. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Then I went through my sister's chest of drawers looking for a secret diary. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I took dishes down from the cupboard and silverware from the drawer and set the table. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then his eyes came open and he looked hard into Mr. White’s and said, “Your mother’s knickers drawer,” and he spat right in Mr. White’s face. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I got my clip-on tie out of the drawer and started to hook it to my collar. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z My gaze rests on her wardrobe, on the drawer she forbade me to open my first morning here, a rule she continues to remind me of regularly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Maids were running about on the verge of hysterics—for Sir Meliagrance, like many people out of the wrong drawer, was determined to receive his captive Queen in a way which would be above criticism. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The only used drawer in the bureau contained a jar of Vick’s Vaporub, Kleenex, an electric heating pad, a number of white nightgowns, and white cotton socks. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe parents or spouses would have taken the clothes and opened up the other one's drawers, but we were not father and daughter. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z My side table drawer’s about an inch ajar. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She set the candle on the blue dresser and started feeling around for a flashlight in the top drawer. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He opened the top drawer of the file to replace the card, A, B, C—he thumbed through the letters nervously. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It is at the back of the drawer in a space that has been saved for it, but it has been jarred. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z At the apartment, Jule shoved the stack of mail upside down in a drawer and hid her wallet while Brooke wandered around. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I mastered the art of crocheting and tatting, and there was a lifetime’s supply of dainty doilies that would never be used in sacheted dresser drawers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Barnes closed up Mr. Larson’s fat file folder, put it back in the drawer, shut the cabinet, locked it, and dropped the key back into its place. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “I was going to make you a comic, but I’m not a very good drawer.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Part of me wonders which one of them put it there, but now I can’t ignore the fact that every time she opens that drawer, she sees his face. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z At night, when everyone was sleeping, her father used to take it out of the bottom drawer of his desk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was surrounded by apothecary drawers, separated into little square compartments into which he occasionally dipped his fingers for a pinch or two of pipeweed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The fridge and the extra freezer, the warming drawer and spice racks. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Suddenly he stood up, strode over to a far corner of his office, and pulled out a drawer in a file cabinet. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “We’re going to build you two chests of drawers and a table you can eat on. We’ll have them to you in a few days’ time. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Do you want scones? The cook made bacon, too. They’re both in the warming drawer.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The nurse sighed and opened the top bureau drawer. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z My own opinion was that one day she would stack up those handkerchiefs, take them to the dresser drawer, tuck them in and then go light his hair with a matchstick. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was set on one of those specially made desks with the drawers and the slide-out keyboard tray, and a designated compartment for the printer. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He put the magazines and journals on his shelves; he put the newspaper articles in a drawer and Parslow or the children glued them into leather-bound albums when they had the time. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Abruptly she shoved the picture under a T-shirt and banged the bureau drawer shut. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He went through the drawers but there was nothing there that he could use. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “All right,” said Malcolm, finding the sharpest knife in the drawer and pulling several sprout stalks across the table in the pale February sunlight. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Reaching into the right-hand top drawer of his desk, Inspector Garland fumbled about, then brought forth a laser tube; he swiveled it until it pointed at Rick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Bewildered, Scoob returns to the live-in part and, quietly, carefully checks every place of concealment he can see: cabinets, drawers, anything that opens. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z It’s in my desk drawer and it’s got a lot of growing to do. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z In the spirit of honesty, then, I must inform you that Mig was the tiniest bit lazy And, too, she was not the sharpest knife in the drawer. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Finn tilted sideways, his eyes even with the top of the drawer, so he could see the cord winding down from the back of the drawer and into the middle pile of sweaters. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He pulled out a desk drawer and offered me some gum. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I opened my desk drawer and took out my stationery. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Then we rummaged through counter drawers until we found some kitchen twine and a pair of scissors. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Helen Burns, if you don’t go and put your drawer in order, and fold up your work this minute, I’ll tell Miss Scatcherd to come and look at it!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Grandma opened a drawer and pulled out a rolled parchment. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Sovoy began to rummage around in a drawer, bringing out sympathy wax, twine, and a few pieces of metal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I had it in the back of one of my desk drawers. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z My old clothes were gone, all except for my drawers which I hadn’t taken off. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I used to sneak my chemises and nightgowns out of my drawer and mend them myself rather than ask her to do them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He jumped up and looked in his suitcase and opened all the bureau drawers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tally ran her fingers through her hair, and rummaged through a drawer. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There are about eighteen pairs of scissors there, ones that have gone missing over the years from the drawer in the kitchen. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But in the end, they were just photos, and Grace finally took them away and placed them in a drawer, feeling foolish. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z My heart gives a hopeful leap when I find a stack of pictures in the bottom bureau drawer, but they are all of Gram, Grandpa, and Dad right after he was born. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He unlocked the top drawer and removed a tall stack of currency, enough to buy a village or two. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to it was the mausoleum where the Alacrans slept in their marble drawers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been lost in thought, thinking about what these sessions with Kamal are actually supposed to achieve: am I really planning to rifle through his desk drawers if he happens to leave the room? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z With great speed he went through the dresser, drawer by drawer, opened her purses, the little box by her bed—and he stood still. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Like Mithridates with his poison, you could even break your bones on purpose, put your arm in a drawer and slam it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But then Emma saw what had been hidden in the drawer beneath the paper: Mom’s work computer. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Joan chattered on about Egos and Ids, and I turned my mind to something else, to the brown, unwrapped package in my bottom drawer. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Robin turned and rummaged around some more in her desk drawers. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They filled all of the drawers in his dresser. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Certainly none of us carried it over here in our drawers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa yanked open a drawer in the cabinet next to the sofa. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z She should have been angry, having seen the wedding portrait in his drawer, but his lie made it easier for her to go forward with her own. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And, with an agility he hadn’t been able to muster in years, the Owner swept his hands through the register drawers, plucking out every last bill. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But hidden drawers, lockable diaries and cryptographic systems could not conceal from Briony the simple truth: she had no secrets. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Miss Lucy moved to another cabinet, tugging open a series of drawers, but came up empty. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He left Bri searching through the kitchen drawers and went into his sisters’ bedroom. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I put the notebook in my desk drawer with the others, and then spun around in my chair a few times until I got dizzy. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I couldn’t do anything about Dad, not now, so I left his drawer closed until I could. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She had a box of matches hidden in the drawer of her bedside table. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The foyer is formal, with flocked burgundy wallpaper, a large gilt-framed mirror, and a dark, ornately carved chest of drawers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Naomi placed the eggs on the counter and pulled a napkin out of a drawer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Would she put it in the drawer she kept Daddy’s papers in? Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached into her desk drawer and withdrew a festive tin of cookies. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Later that day I rummaged through drawers and found Granny’s address; I wrote to her, pleading with her to come and help us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She wondered if he knew that there was currently a bottle of room-temperature sauvignon blanc in one of the dresser drawers. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He had not even looked for the cash drawer. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu wanted to hide the sock under the chair and dash to the drawer for a new pair but his legs would not move. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And I was just about to take the papers out of the coupon drawer when I remembered the house. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Proper breakfast tray? I got this one from the drawer Mumtaz showed me.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He also produced a bottle of lotion from the same drawer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Purple stains were absolutely everywhere, on the ceiling and even in drawers that had been a little open. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I left my skirts and my Fair Isle sweater in the dresser drawers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Hugo wrapped up the mouse and returned it to the drawer. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z He slammed the last drawer shut and dropped to his knees between the beds. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Hedwig and Errol watched interestedly as Harry clamped the struggling book tightly in his arms, hurried to his chest of drawers, and pulled out a belt, which he buckled tightly around it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I closed and relocked the drawer, then carefully returned the keys to their hiding place. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baylor watched me as I closed the bottom desk drawer and left the room. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The drawer of the bed table was empty. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I set Sohrab’s cleats on the counter and grabbed the Rezaeis’ tea out of the drawer to the right of the stove. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z On the floor lay a soiled undergarment of cheap silk a little too pink, from a half open bureau drawer dangled a single stocking. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Hauptmann takes a sheet of paper from a drawer and writes on it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I go into my bedroom and pull the cards out from the drawer and return to the table. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She threw the unopened envelopes in the bottom drawer. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z As a child she always had a knack for organization; she would take it upon herself to neaten closets and drawers, not only her own but her parents’ as well. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, it makes it smaller in the drawer so there’s more room for other stuff.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She unlocked her desk drawer and pulled it out. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The window was just beyond my left hand, and the chest of drawers was on the other side of the window. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I went back over to Momma’s dressing table and opened the little drawer. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Metal clanks like a rattling silverware drawer for a long time, before it stops and levels off into a steady purr. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When we get home, I run ahead of Rabiya into my room and tuck my notebook into a drawer so it’s out of sight, hoping she’ll forget about it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z She had a haunting mental picture of Jane, fifteen years hence, still wearing pugs over her ears, long winter drawers, and heavy ribbed stockings. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I busied myself for an hour or two with arranging my things in my chamber, drawers, and wardrobe, in the order wherein I should wish to leave them during a brief absence. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I ran around the desk and caught her as she jerked her hand out of the drawer. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where’s the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares whether I’m pretty or not?” she muttered, shutting her drawer with a jerk. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She let out an overdone sigh and reached into a drawer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Their mothers had drawers full of socks without mates. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z She opened the top drawer of her desk. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It was when he pulled open the highest drawer that he knew. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Today, her breath smells like the sachets my grandmother sticks in her underwear drawer. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He checked the bureau drawers first and then under Jessie's bed. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Mom got up from the table, the wooden legs of her chair scraping across the floor, and dug inside the middle drawer of the cherrywood buffet. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She has gotten out of bed and is searching through a drawer. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I walk to my bunk, trying to pretend like they aren’t there, and fumble in the drawer under my bed for the dress Christina made me get. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He stood up and opened a large drawer, in which were arranged in order a number of hollow cylinders of metal covered with dark wax, and said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Oh, you know, clearing Luce’s stuff out. God, she was a pack rat. You can barely open her drawers. You know, I found your grandmother’s wedding veil. I’ve been looking for that thing for ages.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “You got all de money out de dresser drawer, already?” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I pull the drawer out and set it on the floor, my hands shaking with excitement. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Would she sit on her bed in the middle of the night and take it from the drawer to read like she did his stuff? Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The cash register had one drawer, which was always open. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank opened the drawer and pulled out a sealed envelope. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Two stagehands rolling a chest of drawers on wheels. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I clear old toys out of my cupboard, I empty out all the drawers in my bureau. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She moved around the house, examining family photos, opening and closing books, and peeking into drawers. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Even the “junk drawer” in Park Slope was stocked with things like banana chips and sugared almonds. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Then without a word they went together to the top left-hand drawer and looked. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z My coach at home always said, “You start thinking, you get your drawers all in a twist.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z My mind closed down and I came immediately back to my bed, my room coalescing around me, my desk and chair, my little chest of drawers, the books and model airplanes suddenly so terribly real. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He searched for a pen, banging drawers open and shut, found one in his own pocket, and wrote. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Fine,” I say, pulling open a drawer for the third time now. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed to the fridge, various cabinets and drawers. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I took the book upstairs and hid it in my underwear drawer. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And while on the subject of not-good colors, I caught my reflection in the shiny chrome drawers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He pointed to a sideboard filled with drawers in the corner of the room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The drawers I open reveal nothing remarkable: rolling papers, some loose tobacco, a few bullets. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I pulled the bottom drawer out and looked inside—another stack of papers. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Filled to the rafters with beds, sofas, stoves, refrigerators, chests of drawers, desks, tables, and chairs, the hall was locked and boarded up at six P.M. on Sunday evening. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In the second stateroom there were drawers under the berth that were still in place and he lifted them free and slid them out. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Cecilia went to Briony’s bedroom and rummaged in a drawer for the least girlish design—white, ankle length, with red and green strawberries around the tops. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The bed was unmade, dresser drawers were hanging out with socks and ties spilling over. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I open the top drawer of the lab station, and sure enough, there’s a flint lighter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I fought the urge to run for the knife drawer. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she started rummaging in a desk drawer. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There are more in the drawers but I just crawl between the covers of my bed in my underclothes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I go over to Mom’s side of the room and open the junk drawer in her dresser. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Then she got up, pulled open a drawer, and threw a potato peeler and a knife in the sink The knife just missed my hand. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I found this in a drawer in the steakhouse,” he said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Scythe Curie seemed a mix of many emotions, but she folded them all away, like clothes that no longer fit, and closed the drawer. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z There was note-paper also in the drawer, thick white sheets, for rough writing, and the note-paper of the house, with the crest, and the address, and visiting cards, ivory-white, in little boxes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I looked in her drawers, under her bed, under the area rug, in her cigarette hiding spot in the bathroom cabinet under the sink... It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He has a secret layer of drawers behind his closet that he opens with a clicker like a garage door. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She opened one of the drawers and pulled out a small brown envelope. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I opened his drawers and dug for my shirt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z After everyone left, Mrs. Baker went to her desk and opened her lower desk drawer. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I reach into my drawer and pull out a purple folder where I drew some of the little monsters in the story. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Ben starts tearing the bed apart, and then he runs to the nightstand and pulls out the drawer and empties it on the bed. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And the other one, after five minutes of being ’round him, if you was wearing drawers, you’d have to check to make sure you still had ’em on. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z But Grammy says it’s a compliment and that potential is like coupons in a drawer; if you leave them there, they are nothing but scraps of paper. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Joe, there’s a whole family of baby mice in a drawer in the first bedroom. You can get rid of them and set all those traps you brought.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I smoothed out the letter from Mountford Prep, and folded it back along the creases, and put it in the bottom drawer of my dresser with my swim trunks. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Eduardo stepped behind his desk and pulled a manila folder from a drawer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In her laboratory, six saltwater aquaria gurgle reassuringly; on the back wall stand three cabinets with four hundred drawers in each, salvaged years ago from the office of Dr. Geffard. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The night before, she had spent most of her time on drawers and toy chests. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Quickly springing to the edge of the drawer, he vanished back into the darkness. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Every single drawer had been emptied, clothes had been shoved aside in the closets, and carpets had been rolled up. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z While he waited, Joseph poked around, opening drawers and cabinets. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z So that night, while Ernie complained himself to sleep, Genie found glue—white glue—in the top drawer of the dresser. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I still had the butterfly hair grip in my sock drawer at home. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Kira had just gone into the small room lined with drawers and slid open the one containing the Singer’s robe. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A voice inside me tells me to close the drawer and pretend I haven’t seen them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When they had taken what they could carry, Will dropped a gold coin into the drawer in the big pine table. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Each evening she has tackled a drawer, a closet, a set of shelves. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It began with “Spray deodorant in all her desk drawers” and got worse as it went along. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z In the next drawer was a stack of baby clothes, ironed and done up nice, like for the next birthing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Soames followed the judge with the intention of lighting a pair of candles he knew to be lodged in the back of a desk drawer. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He pulled out the next drawer and felt a surge of triumph. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Too late to regret not packing the Victoria’s Secret silk pajamas my mother got me two birthdays ago, which still had the tags on them in a drawer somewhere back home. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I was home, and my St. Anthony statue fell off the chest of drawers.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z His bureau drawers were all open, and the clothes jumbled. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Each desk had three inkwells and one drawer stuffed with schoolbooks, which the students weren’t allowed to take home without permission from the headmaster. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I opened the drawers of the secretary table and looked through the large boxes of official papers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z With slow but firm steps, the Magpie walked over to a chest of drawers that looked much too heavy for its gracefully curved legs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There were spoons hidden all over the factory, on rafters, in drawers, behind radiators, and so on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She shoved the drawer closed and spun around, nearly tripping over her dustpan and broom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She rolled off the bed and opened my top drawer. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z And yeah, I have a drawer in his bedroom and he has one in mine. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She slides a hidden drawer out of the base, finds a hidden compartment beneath the drawer, takes out a wooden key, and slots the key inside the chimney. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She read what Mr. Guareschi had written and slowly placed the letter in the top drawer of her desk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I would have left the godforsaken industrial-strength hair clips in Alice’s drawer where I found them if I thought I could get away with it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He pulls open a drawer of the desk and after searching for a moment he takes out a business card that contains only a single name. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Clara opened her drawers, removed the cardboard suitcase that the good woman had used for fifty years, and went through her wardrobe. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Trixie also hoarded all of the telephone books, which were stored in some cluttered drawer in her desk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I nearly trip over my own feet rushing toward the seed vault drawers. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Eleanor, who had opened the dresser drawer to take out a pair of slacks, stopped and then laughed and threw the slacks on the bed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z She leaned over and slid her hand in the drawer of a night table beside the bed that I hadn't even noticed was there. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He had to suck in his gut to open the cash drawer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z By degrees he lowered the laser beam; he sat gripping it and then he shrugged and returned it to the desk drawer, locking the drawer and restoring the key to his pocket. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She searched through one or two drawers, looking for a can opener. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened a drawer where some soft toys lay like dead things. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Water had gotten into all the drawers, in the storage compartments under all the cushions, into all the sail bags. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “They were in somebody’s desk drawer,” he told me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She knows what to do, unzipping his jeans, standing up at one point and getting a diaphragm case from her bureau drawer. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My only freedom was to swipe pennies from the store drawer and walk downtown with Dee-Dee to buy romance magazines like True Love and True Romance. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a shower, reviewed material for the social studies exam I had missed, and hung a clean shirt on the drawer pull of my bureau. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I pinched the bag closed and placed it back in the drawer, and that’s when I noticed the label: iris germanica. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z For these dances the boys send corsages, which I press afterward and keep in my bureau drawer: squashed carnations and brown-edged rosebuds, wads of dead vegetation, like a collection of floral shrunken heads. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In a small drawer near the floor under the sink— the only drawer that hadn’t flown open and scattered its contents all over—he found a washrag. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s cash in the drawer under the phone book. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’m Reynie Muldoon and this is Sticky Washington,” he said, shaking her hand and immediately regretting it—her grip was so strong it was like getting his fingers caught in a drawer. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z In Papi’s desk drawer he found a directory of all the apartments, a deck of cards, and two envelopes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I dig deeper in the drawer, coming up with a weathered gallonsized bag of documents. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Then he searches through a few drawers, until coming up with a map. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I opened my drawer and took out the crucifix I kept hidden under my clothes, and I put it under my pillow for the night. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She took a can opener out of a drawer and opened the can. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s rations in the bottom drawer of the cabinet, and the jug of water on my desk is iodine-treated. Those plastic glasses are clean. Ish. Help yourself.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He slid out drawers from the cabinet and pulled cards from the drawers, one after another. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I just had time to stick them in the drawer and close it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He was scrambling back onto the chest of drawers when Uncle Vernon hammered on the unlocked door — and it crashed open. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She turned into my room and started digging through my desk drawers. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I opened up the top dresser drawer and pushed pairs of striped socks out of the way until I found my stash of superglue, hidden so my mother didn’t think I was huffing it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z China was dusted and neatly stacked in a glass-fronted cabinet; the silverware was filed away in the kitchen drawers nearest the sink. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was checking the bottom drawer when I suddenly thought of something disturbing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z We can hang strips impregnated with the chemical lindane in our closets and garment bags or place them in our bureau drawers for a half year’s freedom from worry over moth damage. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then he opened another drawer and fumbled through its contents with one hand while the other scratched at his armpit through his threadbare knitted shirt. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did she teach you not to drop your drawers?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t realize he was writing an address until he pulled a roll of stamps from a kitchen drawer. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Prosper perched on Victor’s armchair and rifled through the drawers in his desk. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She reached into the drawer, pushed some things around, then covered her mouth again. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Lydia got up from her bed, walked over to her desk, and opened a drawer. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I got a small notepad and pen from our junk drawer. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Do you mind if I take the top drawer?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I had two dollars and eighty cents in my drawer at home to pay for the late fees for the remaining two weeks when we returned to Brooklyn. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He just nodded some more and then closed up the file and put it in a drawer with the others, next to a shiny lockbox—the kind people use to store money. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The sheriff took three big swallows of whisky, corked the pint, and put it back in the drawer before he replied. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She tossed the saris one by one from the drawers, then pried several from their hangers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She reached into her lower desk drawer again and pulled out a wooden box. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He rummaged through Rosa’s drawers, questioned the servants one by one, and harassed Nana until she was beside herself; finally his search led to the decanter of brandy, which he requisitioned instantly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Chucha and I clutch each other and watch the men pulling open drawers, throwing my clothes on the floor. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “George caused a diversion by dropping another Dungbomb, I whipped the drawer open, and grabbed — this. ” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I got a magnifying glass out of my desk drawer. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z As Mom shoved the papers back into her bag, I opened the utensil drawer and pulled out a butter knife. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Instead of answering me, he pulls out one of my recent works of art from his drawer. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He opened a drawer and brought out another drawing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The table had a drawer, and a blue wicker chair in front of it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I hear dishes clank, then a drawer open and close. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I close the drawer and decide to change my scarf. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “They creep into apartments at night. They booby-trap kitchen cupboards, toilet bowls, brassieres. Go to open your panty drawer, and you get your fingers blown off.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I closed the box and brought it into the living room, where my dad and Aunt Susie were emptying a drawer full of coupons, clipped but never used, into a ten-gallon trash bag. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She raised herself enough to turn the drawer over. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “I put it at the back of one of the drawers in the writing-desk,” I said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She pulled open the drawer, looked inside, and covered her mouth. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Dad saw patients in the back room of the house, which had metal cabinets for his nested lenses that tinkled like glass wind chimes when you opened and shut the drawers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I found it, yanked it out and tucked it under my arm, closed the drawer. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He reached down into a lower drawer and rooted around for a long moment. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then there’s the back room with his bed, a rug, a chair in the corner, and a small chest of drawers. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “My dad let me have the biggest bedroom. And look how the drawers are already in the wall. Isn’t that cool?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z But now a fat old geezer in the droopiest drawers and nothing else pulled himself up on the porch rail. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Genie’s and Ernie’s clothes—an entire month’s worth—in the drawers of the blue dresser. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It could be a birthday that triggered the new cycle or something more unexpected, like finding something in a drawer that belonged to her. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z What if they snuck on the boat when it was tied to a dock somewhere and ducked into the cabin to rifle through drawers looking for money or valuables they could sell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z January pulls open a hidden drawer in the wall, then reaches inside and takes out a long silver staff. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I ran across the room and pulled out the dresser drawer and got my pack of razor blades; I opened it and took a thin blade of blue steel in each hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I was at the desk hunting through the cluttered drawer for the letters. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I never forgot, and that evening I put on his cordovan shoes, his pants, and I looked for and finally found his pink shirt, neatly laundered in a drawer. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The drawer next to the stove was where my mother kept leftover duck sauce, soy sauce, chopsticks, menus, tape, screwdrivers, but most importantly, all her coupons, organized and paper-clipped by product. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The building’s broad design and its function had come to him all at once, like a blueprint pulled from a drawer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Photographs could lie forgotten in drawers for years. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened a desk drawer and took out a revolver. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She put Elinor's first present on the chest of drawers near the door and unwrapped the second. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I pulled out the headphones, and put them away in the desk drawer. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The next day, after Wes went off to school, Mary began searching through his drawers. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He brought out the food and some knives and forks from a drawer, and they sat down together, a little awkwardly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But finally, in a drawer she was sure contained nothing of value, she found it, the act of sale for 3015 Dublin. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Her hand hovers over one of the low drawers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I always keep my room nice and warm so this pair don’t get too sleepy,” explained the Magpie, opening the top drawer of the chest and taking out a glove. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z His voice is low and soft, a piece of silk you might keep in a drawer and pull out only on rare occasions, just to feel it between your fingers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Alaric took a few files from a folder in the drawer and switched them over to another so swiftly even Seven almost missed it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She’s been saying the same thing over and over since we put her book back in the night table drawer. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I’d placed her things inside the tin box and buried it out there late one night by flashlight, too scared to leave them hanging around in my room, even in the back of a drawer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I found a fresh piece of paper in my drawer, and I smoothed it out against the top of the desk. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z She roots through her kitchen drawer for a packet of incense. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She unlocked the top drawer of the rolltop desk, took out a bottle and a glass and poured herself a snort. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He rousted about the empty drawers of his adopted desk for matches or a lighter, but he could find nothing. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z There were drawers under the bunk and he pulled them out and looked through the trash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The teacher took a set of keys from his desk drawer and calmly locked the classroom door. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z They were in a drawer of the desk in the living room. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There were two more pairs in the drawer, and, I was reasonably sure, more still at Mr. Klein’s store. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Britten jerked from his pocket the small packet of pamphlets that Bigger had put in his dresser drawer, and held them under his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Redemption reached over to his bedside drawer and pulled out a folded square of pink paper, handing it to Jam. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The middle of the floor was strewn with the contents of the overturned chests and drawers. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I went upstairs to my parents’ bedroom, and from my father’s chest of drawers got a pair of flannel pajamas. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z His hands rummaged in the drawer and then at last he arose stiffly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z After that, Mama asked Aunt Rose to hold their little pile of money, and Rose agreed, locking it up in a dresser drawer in her room. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The tank worked on the same principle as a sliding cash drawer in a teller’s window. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I ease open a drawer and pick up a knife, the handle is hidden by my fingers. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I heard her over at D.B.'s desk, opening a million drawers and feeling around with her hand. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The police searched drawers and cabinets and closets, any place where contraband might have been hidden. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to the dresser and yanked open the top drawer on the left. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He reached into his cash drawer and pulled out two twenty- dollar bills and put them down on the desk. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes move down to the open drawer and silk scarves spilling over its sides. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But a stronger feeling was the one that stayed with her after that dream: the excitement of opening the drawer and seeing that he was still there, that he was safe and smiling. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the copy of Les Miserables that he kept in the upper right drawer of his desk, he had underlined many passages. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Nana pulled the scissors out of the drawer and rinsed them. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Along one wall was a chest of drawers and a mirror, on the other a writing desk with a chair tucked underneath. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was in a file cabinet to the right of the door, near the front of the third drawer down—records for September 15 and 16 of 1954. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She refolded the clothes before putting them in the one drawer that was hers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave the stack of cardboards a solid-sounding double tap on the desk surface, as one taps a deck of cards, then dropped the stack back into the bottom drawer and closed the drawer. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He knew the crank was in the hardware drawer under the sink. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hear him banging around his house, opening drawers, slamming things. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The other is in the bottom drawer of our nightstand where the pages in a notebook wait for my pen. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He opened the drawer and pulled out the blue mechanical mouse, which he unwrapped carefully. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Miss Love brought me some sweetmilk just as I emptied one of the small top drawers into a box. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Those who Drank Socially were not quite out of the top drawer, and because no one in Maycomb considered himself out of any drawer but the top, there was no Social Drinking. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He flipped up the lid on a steel drawer and found a battered boot box. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Anything from the racks and spools and the tiny drawers at Bishell’s. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z As I open the junk drawer, a flyer, one end snagged in a crevice in the wood above, unfurls. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weasley jabbed her wand at the cutlery drawer, which shot open. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He darted into the closet, dived under the bed, yanked open drawers. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z She rummaged around in a drawer, brought out some sealing wax, and began to warm it over the lamp on her desk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Carol opens the drawer of her mother’s bedside table and we peer in. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As Mr. Remora rummaged through an overstuffed drawer, Emily mouthed to her brother door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “It would be in the top nightstand drawer. On her side. I can’t see her leaving it, but she was in a big hurry, I guess you could say.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It was not until Harry reached the bottommost drawer that he saw something to distract him from his search: Mr. Weasley’s file. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He swept his hand through it and jumbled everything together before removing the drawer and turning it upside down on the floor. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled a tea towel from the drawer next to the stove, then grabbed the ceramic rice platter and dried it off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The hotel room was basic: two double beds separated by a wooden nightstand with a gray lamp on it, across from a chest of drawers that doubled as a stand for the TV and coffeemaker. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I pulled open the drawer and peered inside. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened some drawers, closed them, then lifted the corner of the blotter to look at the picture of my aunt Minerva, the subject of my new book, The Outside Child. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I heard him rooting around in the bathroom, opening cupboards, slamming drawers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The sliding door has been rolled back and many of the drawers are gaping open with clothes hanging out. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “Is this the object you mean?” he said, and took a velvet cloth from a drawer in the desk. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We talked about how Mr. Gardner doesn’t let us have snacks in class but always sneaks bites of the protein bars he keeps in his top drawer. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z After the shootings he raised a window in his bedroom and removed the screen, then roamed the house rifling dresser drawers and scattering the contents: it was his intention to blame the crime on thieves. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here,” Van Eck said, reaching for a drawer in his desk. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I reached into the bottom drawer of the side table, which was also a dresser, and pulled out the plastic bag stuffed into it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I imagined the searchers ransacking the trunks and drawers and drilling holes in the walls to look for hidden valuables. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She took the bottle of Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound from the drawer and held it up to the light. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The plant book, the hunting jacket, my parents’ wedding photo, and the personal contents of my drawer. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He shut down the computer and hid the graph paper map in the bottom drawer of his desk under a stack of video game cheat guides. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I turn, and Voxy’s standing at an open seed drawer with a huge grin on his face. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z No matter how mechanical she seems, she’s still human; there are tears in her eyes as she takes a box from her desk drawer and opens it, revealing a needle and syringe. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I opened one of the desk drawers and pulled out the can. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Gilly was beginning to feel like a fool lying chest down on a bureau drawer. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He opened drawer after drawer of her highboy. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Victor fished a mint out of his desk drawer and popped it into his mouth. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He leaned down and wrenched open a drawer at the bottom of the case. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Two days later the girl found the two hundred and thirty-two dollars that Fay kept in her dresser drawer, and disappeared with the money. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Hunting around in my drawers, I find a set in a dark blue silk and draw them on. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Each of the two bedrooms contained two single beds, a chair, a chest of drawers, and a clothes closet. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Then one day, burrowing in a dresser drawer, she found what die had been looking for: proof that he had been there, his driver’s license. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Instead of which you scrape up the remains in an envelope and hide ’em at the back of a drawer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Stick riffled through papers at his desk, then tiptoed to the dresser and eased open a drawer. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The cashier slid it into the drawer of the register and reached his open hand out to us. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It was a bedroom—much neater than the rest of the house—and it had a lot of drawers and things to go through. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Among the items she had taken from the drawer in the laboratory was an expired library card of Oliver Payne’s. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her skirt goes up, and her pink drawers are out for everybody to see. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z They keep them hidden in the back of their dresser drawer. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She flung open the drawers of the bureau and the door of the closet, filled with saris of every imaginable texture and shade, brocaded with gold and silver threads. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Now, Gregor could still do without the chest of drawers if need be, but the writing desk really had to stav. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Watson stood up and opened a drawer in her desk. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He offers me a snack from the candy drawer that he keeps in his desk. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z No one was in the living room, so I went straight to bed, after hiding my red-and-yellow- stained drawers under the mattress. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He put the kettle on the radiator and helped himself to some tea bags from my bureau drawer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And then in a move that’s remarkably similar to old, competent mom, she retrieves some duct tape from a drawer and sits down next to the basket ready to do some reconstructive surgery. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He had a little drawer just for the ticket stubs of the movies he and Isabelle saw together. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z A rummage in a drawer produced the half-filled bottle of whisky, and then a tiny black bottle. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “In the drawer downstairs. And you have money, don’t you?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I dismiss the Ace of Clubs to the same top drawer as the Ace of Diamonds. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I did lean over and let the dead men out of the drawer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He pawed through a pile of yellowed drawers like a dog digging for a bone, throwing the drawers up behind him in an arc. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I notice there’s two of everything—sofa bed, chest of drawers, desk. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She took a folded sheet of paper from a drawer in the cabinet and gave it to him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Every drawer was empty, every bare surface without so much as a fingerprint. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Slowly, I start pulling things out of the drawers—underwear, a couple of T-shirts; I stuff them into the bag. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She was digging through her drawers and saying how stupid all her clothes were, even the good things, but I didn't listen because I was trying to figure out what to do. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There were three together in the left-hand drawer. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She straightens up suddenly, leaving the drawer open. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z While looking, I found all of my letters to him from the institute, carelessly thrown in a bottom drawer with ink and supplies. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Instead, I grab the cushions from the couch, toss them around the floor, pull out drawers and scatter clothes in heaps, jump on her favorite polka-dot dress. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dill’s few clothes—the ones she had helped pick out—lay strewn on the floor and hanging from half-open dresser drawers. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She said that she wanted some liquor, and slid out of bed and waddled across the floor to get her money from the dresser drawer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the drawers had keyholes, but they were already unlocked, and the keys did not fit. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And then, on an impulse, she turned and ran into the cottage, up to her room, to the bureau drawer where she had hidden Jesse’s bottle—the bottle of water from the spring. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He also retrieved from the drawer a black plastic case containing the rifle’s scope, a box of high-powered shells, and a .357-magnum pistol in a hip holster. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z While the teacher is digging through his drawers to find the attendance list, she taps my shoulder and shows me a book on her desk. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “They were probably looking for this,” he said, retrieving their first draft of the treasure map from its hiding place in the bottom right-hand drawer. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He put it inside one of the clean socks in his chest of drawers and ran down to start the evening’s work. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Just thinking about what the Doctorita will do when she sees the drawer makes me shudder. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Top left-hand drawer and shoe-box in the wardrobe,” said Mrs. Corry thoughtfully, as though she were committing the words to memory. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z His bronze base had several drawers, spinning gears, and a set of steam vents. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I wrap my arms around her and we're little girls again, two spoons side by side in a drawer. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Naomi laid the photograph back down and gave the drawer another tug. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She starts opening my drawers to put away my clothes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He reached into the wooden drawer next to his bed and got a clean blue shirt with white stripes on it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It began in 1896 when Henri Becquerel in Paris carelessly left a packet of uranium salts on a wrapped photographic plate in a drawer. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There were Bibles in the dresser drawers, put there by some charitable society, though probably no one read them very much. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Down and to his right there was a small sink and alcohol stove and on the left a stand with drawers in it and a tiny cutting board on top. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She extracted a pot of something black from a drawer. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Bodega opened a drawer and handed me scissors. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Yes—was this the thing where you were in Anthony’s underwear drawer?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The doors and the drawers were gone but the rest of it was too large to burn. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Even to-day, when shutting drawers and flinging wide a hotel wardrobe, or the impersonal shelves of a furnished villa, is a methodical matter of routine, I am aware of sadness, of a sense of loss. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A silence fell over the room as they read, interrupted only by the gentle rustling of pages turning and the creaking slide of drawers as Pet explored the archive. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I hadn’t packed much, but I placed my folded clothes in the small bureau drawer. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Her daughters would giggle over the odd doodles they found in kitchen drawers or on the back shelf of the downstairs toilet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I described every room in our house in detail, even the pattern on the spoons in the kitchen drawer. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I opened the silverware drawer so I wouldn’t have to look Mom in the eye. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The laptop was stored in the top drawer of his desk, the note taped to the top of it glaringly yellow. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Lonna had pilfered the stone from Leon Leep’s sock drawer and had gotten it made into a snazzy toe ring for herself. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he removed a key from his pocket, unlocked the top drawer of his desk, and took out a single sheet of yellow stationery and a matching envelope. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “I have a letter somewhere,” looking in the machine drawer and finding the letter in the bottom of the workbasket. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z They crowded the floor; they heaped on the bed; they peeked out of the two small drawers of the nightstand. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I run from the closet down the hallway to the kitchen, where Lily keeps a drawer of basic tools. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I heard drawers opening and closing, and the clank of spoons against the inside of bowls. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He would take them to his room at Dalton’s and put them in a dresser drawer. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “What say we share?” he said, opening a drawer and taking out two forks. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I ran into the kitchen and rifled through the junk drawers, looking for a black marker. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He didn’t really have time, but he unlocked Groucho’s middle drawer and stared at the two precious objects inside: a bronze astrolabe he’d picked up in Bologna, and a fist-sized chunk of crystal from Ogygia. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She sifted through the drawers, letting saris spill over the edges. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The drawer pops open, saving me from having to answer him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She's at the counter, going through drawers and looking for spoons or whatever. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z I go into Papa’s drawer and pick up the box where he kept his treasures. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Ivanito found a photograph of his father hidden in the same drawer. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I switched from gray sneakers to black sneakers a week ago, but the gray shoes are buried in one of my drawers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I went over to the big chest of drawers and took my other set of clothes out and put them in the suitcase too. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The furniture was badly made and the drawer stuck on the frame, but it jerked open a few inches. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z My mind leapt to my bedside table drawer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was three times fatter than any other file in the drawer. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Someone’s footsteps near, so I lock the drawer quick. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z From the back of my drawer where I had put it away in consideration for Sinita, I dug up the little picture of Trujillo we were all given in Citizenship Class. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We began looking under the bed and in a half-open bureau drawer. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you want to poke around,” said Brave Orchid, “why don’t you find out what’s in the kitchen drawers so you can help me cook?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The wall behind me was made up of a dozen steel drawers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I put the bottle back in the drawer and shut it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I opened the file drawer and went through the folders. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z After searching all over the house for days, he had found an old school satchel, in a drawer in one of the spare bedrooms. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z They lay unused in the corner of a table drawer in the house at Barrow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As they walked down the hallway with their questionnaire, a man—a confederate of the experimenters—walked past them and pulled out a drawer in one of the filing cabinets. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z All he could hear was the sound of a drawer slamming, over and over. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He pulled a pencil from the desk drawer. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Quisling put The Gold-Bug in his top drawer and returned to his grading. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I tried the store twice and called up your house, but they didn’t know where you were,” he says, digging in the drawer. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The next Wednesday, as soon as everyone left for Temple Beth-El and Saint Adelbert’s, Mrs. Baker took out her copy of Shakespeare from the lower drawer in her desk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He told me this while ripping through his duffel bag, throwing clothes into drawers with reckless abandon. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “She left her phone in her drawer. Where she never leaves it. So who put it there? And who just texted us pretending to be her?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I turn the drawer upside down, dump the papers and jewelry on the floor, kick them around. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was just about to get into bed and, indeed, had one foot already in it, when he noticed the compass lying on the top of the chest of drawers. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z She opened the dresser drawer and looked at her pajamas. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I slide open the drawers, starting with the top and working my way down. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z He took one of the tiny keys off his waistcoat chain, opened the locked drawer to his desk, and pulled out some sheets of thick, cream-colored writing paper. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I pull on whatever clothes are at the top of the drawer and drag myself down to the dining car. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z After a few minutes lying down, I go over and open my desk drawer. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I run my fingers across the golden carvings before lifting the lid to reveal a medley of instruments tucked inside endless drawers and compartments. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I press the memory away as if stuffing it into a drawer that is too small for it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “When Letha took a memory,” she said, “she didn’t keep it in a drawer like a confiscated toy. She ate it and it was gone forever. That was her gift. Eradication.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I throw open the drawers and shove my clothes into it, clearing everything out as quickly as I can. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I just checked the drawer to make sure everything was ready. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I pushed open the door, and there was Stick, rifling through my dresser drawers. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Without making a sound he lifted a chair and put it against the chest of drawers. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Janina’s father took something from a drawer, put it into a little envelope, and gave it to the man. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I emptied a bureau drawer full of ragged, baby-stained old quilts into a big box. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She opened her lower desk drawer, put her copy of Shakespeare into it, and closed it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I turn the place upside down, searching every drawer twice. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother nods, thinks, goes to her top drawer. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The drawer is empty but for that card. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I was only little when Dad died, but I remember how I used to open the drawer where he kept his ties, before Gran cleared them out, and take a big sniff. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “I rescued it from Miss Peregrine’s dresser drawer before the house burned,” Horace replied. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He turned his back to her to put the sheet of paper into the locked drawer where he kept his poetry. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He crossed to the desk and took from a drawer a small package wrapped in black velvet. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z But though Clayton was a kid, he was tall enough to get what he needed from the top drawer without having to stand on anything. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He unlocked a metal drawer in a cabinet and removed some paper money. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Put things away on my desk or in the drawers of the lab tables, and when I can’t find them I lose my temper and flare up at everyone. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z My notebook is stashed beneath my socks in a drawer. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In no rush, I stand and walk to the drawer in the bedroom and pull out the four cards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She didn’t know Finn and Rocket were going to find her phone in the dresser drawer that very first day, which made us search her computers right away. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He pulled open the top drawer in the bureau, and trying hard not to think about it, threw an assortment of undergarments into the duffel bag. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z My drawers were so empty, I was wearing an old soccer uniform. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I go downstairs and scrabble around in the kitchen drawer for the card that Detective Riley left. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He therefore hurried behind her desk and began pulling open the drawers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In my desk drawer, there was a box of stationery that my grandmother had given me for my eleventh birthday. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The cash register pinged, and the drawer banged out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The middle drawer of the coffee table stuck out just a little—maybe an eighth of an inch—but for all Emma knew, maybe it had been like that before. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I tiptoed so I wouldn’t be noticed, and I tried the key in the door to the bathroom, and the different bedroom doors, and the drawers in Mom’s dresser. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I slammed the drawer shut after I got a spoon for my yogurt. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I decided to wrap the can in a napkin—mostly so that I could slam the napkin drawer when I shut it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching her from the top of the chest of drawers behind the door was Lord Roke. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Flora Baumbach gasped as Otis Amber unzipped his plastic jacket, pulled a revolver from his shoulder holster, and handed it to the judge, who locked the gun in her desk drawer. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Bernabe carried the ash drawer from his kitchen stove out to the chicken pen and dumped the ashes over the fence so the chickens could fluff it into their feathers and kill mites. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z No one said a word, and the note was returned to the drawer. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She had pushed the chest of drawers half the distance to the kitchen. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But Miggery Sow, as I pointed out to you before, was not the sharpest knife in the drawer. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Then she went over to the dresser and opened the top drawer, finding the wad of twenty-dollar bills that she knew would be there. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I pull the drawer out and slam it again. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I sealed the letter and went to grab a stamp from the junk drawer in the kitchen. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z After I put my desk drawer back in order, I began on the wardrobe. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But her hands dipped into the drawer anyway and came out with a fat spiral-bound sketchbook. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He settled into a tiny room off the pantry, into which a narrow bed and chest of drawers just fit. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Amy’s chief delight was an Indian cabinet, full of queer drawers, little pigeonholes, and secret places, in which were kept all sorts of ornaments, some precious, some merely curious, all more or less antique. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The warden opened a desk drawer and took out a file, placed it on his desk. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Next to the bed was a chest of drawers with drawer handles shaped like teardrops and a mirror attached to the top. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I close the last drawer and stand with a sigh, moving to check on Katherine. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Hershey’s is chocolate. Perugina is something you save in a drawer because it’s too expensive to eat, and then you regift it at Christmas.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I said I would, and arrived to find him dumping the contents of entire drawers into suitcases, clothes everywhere. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She closed the makeup drawer and turned to face me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He put the diary away in the drawer. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I tug on the drawer, hard, but the lock is too strong. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She comes over to the dresser, opens a drawer, and pulls out a pair of underwear. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I opened the bottom drawer—the file drawer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Reluctantly, Tom and Matt left off their glaring contest and began looking under pillows, behind curtains, in dresser drawers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Next, he pulled out the things of hers that he’d kept hidden in his bottom drawer at home. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I opened a drawer full of rubber bands, old batteries, rusted spoons, and what I hoped was a dried-up raisin. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Asking no questions, he walked into the kitchen, opened a drawer, and returned, bearing a long serrated knife. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “I will make a note,” he said, taking a pencil from the desk drawer. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The jarring percussion of drawers being opened and closed, dressers being shifted around, and beds being flipped over rattled through the quiet night and shook Mary’s nerves. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z In fact, my sweep netted only one other item—a slip of paper neatly folded in the nightstand drawer. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Lily closed the bottom dresser drawer and reached out for it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Bulging tongues of ice had broken doors off their hinges, and through their splintered jambs I could see evidence of a raid: kicked- over furniture, drawers torn open, snows of paper on the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The last time I actually used a library, they still had big long catalog drawers. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z There are bus passes in the kitchen drawer. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Mina finds an old-fashioned one with a carved wooden handle in Mr. de Vries's desk drawer. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Connor and I examined the desk with him—it had a row of drawers going down one side, but those were locked. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I opened the bottom drawer of my dresser and started organizing the socks and silk scarves inside. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I open the drawer and lift the cards in my fingers. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z And then he pulled a tiny canvas bag out of a drawer and handed it to me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Later, when I return to the dormitory, Edward’s bunk is stripped clean and his drawers are open, empty. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I stood there for a few seconds, thinking, and then I opened the drawer back up, riffled through the files again and pulled Mong’s and Rondell’s, too. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z This bit of common sense, sometimes termed the pigeonhole or Dirichlet drawer principle, can occasionally be used to derive claims that are not so obvious. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened a desk drawer and pulled out a pad of notebook paper. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There was no milk and no sugar, but she did find a couple of ginger biscuits in a drawer, and Lyra took one hungrily. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When she learned that a rather large teacher kept a desk drawer filled with candy bars and fatty treats, Cara wrote an editorial with the title, “Let’s Chat about Fat.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z I pull a pair of pajama shorts and a T-shirt out of my drawer in the pink dresser from Malia’s old room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Then I reach into our tool drawer and pull a wrench from the pile of dollar-store tools. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Desk drawer,” Safer says, writing in his notebook. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Suddenly he straightened up, opened a drawer of his rolltop desk, and took out a pint of whisky. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I search through all her notebooks and scraps in her junk drawer again—nothing even remotely interesting. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Then she went to her room, and I heard her open and close a few drawers in her dresser. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Tucker Mouse put his bedclothes back in the cash register drawer and came to sit beside Chester. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Old-fashioned velvet jackets and white shirts hung from silk hangers, and formal trousers and more shirts were folded neatly in drawers. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I picked silverware from the utensil drawer and dumped it on the tablecloth. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Then she didn’t have on anything but her bodice and drawers, and Quentin slapped her and she slipped and fell down in the water. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z There was also a tile trivet depicting a blond, unbearded Jesus, delivering a sermon on a mountaintop, left in one of the drawers of the built-in china cabinet in the dining room. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She began to pull out dresser drawers and dump the contents on the floor. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Then she replaced the keys to the Winslow house in the catchall drawer and removed the box of matches. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But right that minute, Bodega slid open a drawer and pulled out a Ziploc bag the size of a Bible and said the magic words that kept me there that night. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Beside the cubbies was a very long, very narrow drawer, as tall as the counter it was set into and only wide enough to accommodate a coin-sized handle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Of course!” he said, and slid out a drawer, and pulled out a card. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She turned away from me, and closed the chest of drawers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And he threw open the drawer where the one goldpiece had lain untouched the year. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I shoved the paper into my bedside table drawer, right on top of the phone number I’d never bothered throwing out. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I replaced the drawer in the chest and pushed drunkenly to the curb. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened a dresser drawer to the shirts I'd washed and folded for him a couple days before. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I carefully stashed my equipment at the very back of my bottom drawer in the bureau we shared. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled out my desk drawer and counted the rest of the sleeping pills: candy-colored pretties, bright on a sheet of typing paper. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Nita switches on another set of lights that illuminate the drawers, and paces along the left wall. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When I finished praying, I took off the tefillin and put them and the prayer book back in the drawer. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Petey closed the book and slipped it back into the drawer. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She stamped over to her chest of drawers, yanked one out, and threw it clattering to the floor. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Lenny is organizing his undershirt drawer with an actual flashlight, completely oblivious to the disco dance party room that he’s in. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Goodbye to the cabinet drawers labeled “New Paper” and “Old Paper.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Jaden pulled my file out of a drawer and opened it up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z From the outside it looked like a regular old drawer pulled out of the dresser, but inside it were frames of honeycomb hung in a neat row. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly, quickly: you go to your room and grab a five- dollar bill, the only cash you have at the moment, from your desk drawer. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Then he suddenly turns, reaches into a foyer credenza drawer, and produces a gun. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Inspector Becker tugs open a desk drawer, fingers through several files, takes out a slim folder, spreads it open on his desk. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He put the Bible in a drawer and then pulled Jaja and me to his side, gently rubbed the sides of our arms. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The narrow bed filled up most of the space, and even someone as skinny as Gilly had to kneel on the bed in order to pull out the drawers of the bureau opposite it. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z As soon as my bag is packed, I start unpacking again, stuffing everything back into the drawers. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She clutches her purse to her chest, then puts it in her desk drawer and locks it with a key. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It hurts my eyes to focus on it, so mostly it stays in the drawer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Quietly, ever so quietly, he slips a knife from the kitchen drawer, thrusts it into the hall closet lock, jabs it hard, upward, once, jimmies open the door. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z And he could now remember that he had once seen a photo of the same face in an old drawer, at home, in the country. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z This drawer held Mom’s sweaters, neatly folded and stacked. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She went to her dresser and pulled a white handkerchief from the top drawer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z High above, the Elderclock’s alarm bells still clanged like a drawer full of angry pots and pans. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then she went to her chest of drawers and took out a hankie, unfolded it and gave it to her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Opposite the window, she finds a dresser whose drawers open only partway before striking the bed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Your coat belongs on the far left, followed by the shirts and pants. Not vice versa,” he said as he opened the drawers of Ben’s bureau. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I suppose we should put this in a drawer in his room. But take the rest of it home, Will.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A birch, she says, is a kind of tree then magically she pulls a picture from her desk drawer and the tree is suddenly real to us. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The highest drawer was a hiding drawer to keep something away from a kid. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Mr. Croker opened a drawer and found a little cardboard box of screws with ready-filed one-way heads, just like the one Malcolm had made in Mr. Taphouse’s workshop, but much neater. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Not so much as a token from 7 to set beside her regulation clothes in her anonymous drawer.' Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He drags open big, low drawers; he jangles dozens of key rings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I point to the chest of drawers by the wall. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Her ankle socks looked silly, and so she opened a drawer and found the stockings. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Since the drawer did not lock, she was careful to disguise her descriptions of Sister Drummond. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z After searching a row of drawers I discover a worn oven mitt, covered in illustrated gingerbread men. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He pulled open a drawer in the desk. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It was hard to see many opportunities when faced with floor-to-ceiling pink cabinets and drawers teeming with the stuff of nightmares. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Rosaleen was going to sleep in the extra twin bed, get the bottom drawer of May’s dresser for her stuff, and have the bathroom at her fingertips. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Here also everything seemed to be normal until he started opening drawers and looking into cupboards. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z With his other hand he ventured beneath her well-starched dress, running his fingers up her child’s legs until he found the lace of her batiste petticoats and her woolen drawers with their elastic bands. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I open my nightstand drawer and grab a stack of photographs, the Wohlfahrt etudes and the music for my debut and put them in Papa's viola case. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But it was hard to tell whether the sound came from behind the alarm clock, or from the Kleenex box, or from the cash register drawer. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z As Ophie picked them up and turned to go, a dresser drawer opened slightly, like it had been pulled by an unseen hand. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She had possession of the rocker, and she was busily engaged in sewing upon a diminutive pair of night drawers. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Her junk drawer is full of pens, paper clips, scraps of paper, receipts, old notebooks—nothing even remotely interesting. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She's got more neck braces and false teeth than she knows what to do with, and her drawers and closets overflow with human hair. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Wilkins walked over to the next room, pulled the crucial photograph out of a drawer, and showed it to Watson. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Cal went to his bureau and got the flat package from under his handkerchiefs in his drawer. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The two beds, two old rickety chairs, one table, the bureau missing a drawer—nothing. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z It’s the envelope I stole from Daddy’s drawer. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But it was a good deal larger than mine, with dark, polished wood, deep drawers, and a large, green, leather-bordered blotter that covered almost its entire top. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She threw open my closet and drawers, frantically throwing things, shoving things into my suitcase. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I felt through the drawer with careful fingers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't remember the desk and file drawers, the clock on the wall or the five-dollar bill hanging in a frame. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Zemaye raised her eyebrows and pulled out a thick shawl from her drawer. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The ghost closed the drawer with his key and handed over a green folder, his ghost hands shaking slightly. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He closed it again and gestured toward the other, smaller drawers. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For now, we have a few tea lights from Hannah's drawer. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I had forgotten the chocolate-drawer story of Zola’s until I see Mr. Pomodoro open a deep drawer in his desk, and inside, what do you think? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z She opened a drawer in her desk, and I saw a bottle of Doc’s Boss Fix potion sitting inside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z What is the poor worm doing shut up in a drawer? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “There are a couple of bookshelves, and then I have to go through the desk drawers and stuff. I’m sticking the phone in my pocket, but I’ll leave it on so you can hear me.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Your brother got injured at some track event,” Heidi says, her eyes doing the Manhattan Dart, “and got home early and found your friend Libby going through his underwear drawer.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Jasper Jr. wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he knew that the stranger meant business. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I retrieve my blue cat’s eye from where it’s been lying all winter in the corner of my bureau drawer. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Alicia nods, and I can tell from her face that she's into the spirit of the hunt, tilting her head to listen as Dad starts rooting through the kitchen junk drawer. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked through the cash register drawer, in every compartment, and then pulled the drawer out completely. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the money’s inside, I stick the envelope in the back of my desk drawer for safekeeping. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Everybody knew that Sir Mdiagrance was not quite out of the top drawer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled open a desk drawer and lit a cigarette from a half-empty pack. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Oh dear, all I can find is my sailor hat and a pair of gloves!” said Michael, running round the room pulling at drawers and feeling along shelves. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I opened the next drawer down, and it was also filled with envelopes. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I pulled out the B drawer and flipped through the cards. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z As he entered, he looked into the kitchen to see Wes slamming a drawer closed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Doc shook his head at us and took his pipe from a drawer in the worktable. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z After he washed his hands, he shoved the slip back into her drawer and closed himself into his room to sleep. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He sighed and opened his desk drawer again. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z First she got out a large Ziploc bag from the kitchen drawer, the kind that you could freeze a whole gallon of strawberries in if you wanted to. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I knew my mom kept a junk drawer in the dresser in the spare bedroom. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I found myself opening the drawer in the spare bedroom. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Then from a drawer in his night table he took out a sheet of paper, a yellow envelope, a small red pen box, and a square bottle with purple ink in it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z If they had an empty drawer, they would not know what to put inside, what to save up for insurance. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z I sneak to what was once the teen stasis room and find a metal calibration tool from the drawer below the ship’s atmospheric monitor, still glowing purple. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They all look over at me straightening the silver drawer in the sideboard and I know it’s time for me to leave. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Theo had kept them all, stuffed in drawers in a cabinet. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I wave Jackson over and point to the drawer. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Yes, always,” she said, and wiped the knife clean and put it back in the drawer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Still, I had her letter in my desk drawer in case I ever needed proof a girl had actually dug me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z An obscene thought crosses my mind, and before it becomes anything more, I stuff the registration form away in the bottom drawer of my dresser. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I helped iron but burnt a hole on Mrs. McGarrity’s drawers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Deflated, I shove the drawer back into the wardrobe. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in his room, he put the book in the drawer of his nightstand and went to bed. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z But he kept in a drawer at Bag End the old cloak and hood that he had worn on his travels; and the ring, secured by a fine chain, remained in his pocket. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Lupin threw his last few books into his case, closed the desk drawers, and turned to look at Harry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z No place to hide him, despite her tempting dream of the secret drawer in her room. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I dream that I’ve found a red plastic purse, hidden in a drawer or trunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I was tempted to thrust the book into the drawer of my desk and lock it, but this seemed absurdly dramatic. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I rushed into her room and cleared her drawers in a few swoops and carried her things upstairs on a run. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched her mother walk around their flat, collecting all the Catholic objects, the crucifixes hung on walls, the rosaries nested in drawers, the missals propped on shelves. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Nothing in the desk drawers. I’m going to check over by his bed.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But when she looked in the drawer, the money from the night before was still there. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z From the farthest reach of the drawer I pulled out a single sheet, folded once. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I dig through a drawer, find a tube, and hand it to him. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z She digs around in the desk drawer, shoves something in her pocket, and dumps the drawer on the floor. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z She pulls the third drawer of her vanity open and digs through it, tossing aside gauzy bits of costume. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He sits, pulls open a file drawer, takes out a folder and flips through the contents. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The next sound he heard was a drawer slam. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z She scoured the house for money, sweeping her hand to the backs of drawers and under cushions and into the pockets of Henry’s pants and overalls and shirts. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He went over to a cabinet and opened one its many drawers. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z But just shifting her position that much put her at a different angle; now she could see the edge of a piece of paper sticking out of the top of Mom’s drawer. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z "Last night. It was in the drawer when I went to bed—ready in case anything happened." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Layla put a few things into drawers while Mom checked the boys’ diapers and Ivy just stood there, watching her whole life spill into one creaky little hotel room. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He merely takes a box out from one of the drawers in his desk and opens it up. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab a ponytail holder from my night-table drawer and tie back my hair. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It took her another half an hour to find her mother’s spare keys to the Winslow house in the catchall drawer in the kitchen. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I rummage through the drawer, looking for Year Seven / Jenna Fox, the year where I can watch a girl who was still a child and didn’t know about expectations. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z And, much in the way of Miggery Sow, he was not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z When she pulls the little drawer open and removes a small package of tissues, I catch sight of a picture of Courtney taped to the bottom of the drawer. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Poppy said the soldiers pushed past her into the house and searched it, dumping out drawers, ripping comforters from the cupboards. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z After I finished writing, I opened my desk drawer where I kept all my babysitting money. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He grabbed two bowls from the cabinet, two spoons from the drawer, and the carton of milk from the refrigerator. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Then he slides me into the back of the ambulance as if shutting a drawer. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He opened one of the drawers and took out a roll of white string and a pair of scissors. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Mom pulls open the drawer on the nightstand and begins to sort papers into different stacks. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He went carefully through a drawer and unrolled the neatly paired socks, tossing them over his shoulder one by one. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In the top drawer eight ten-dollar bills and a bunch of keys. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He folded the newspaper sheet exactly in half, put it into the file folder, and tucked it into the drawer. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z In the top drawer Marly found dingy, blackened spoons and forks and knives. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Five were in the first bag—they proved to be the hardest to get—and the bag was tied tightly with cord I found in the kitchen drawer. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I run upstairs and raid my craft drawer. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She kept the lingerie at the back of a drawer, behind her socks and everyday underwear. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I hid the envelope at the back of one of the drawers in the desk. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He smiled, then opened the drawer where he kept the bet money. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Miss Celia just shrugs but I keep those tickets safe in a drawer in case there’s ever any question. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I leaned over, opened an empty desk drawer, and used it as a makeshift ashtray. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The legs of the long drawers had frozen in a spread-out position and Neeley’s struggles did no good. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was furniture overturned, the mattress was ripped open, bureau drawers upside-down on the floor, their contents strewn and mounded. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve even risked stumbling upon sex stuff in their room by searching all of their drawers. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She lets go of an open drawer and raises her hands as if she’s facing a cop with his gun drawn. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He dashed around to the sliding doors and opened them to reveal the “magic” drawers. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z As soon as he pulled open the drawer that run along the bottom of the table, a smile starts creeping ’crost the cap’n’s face. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He looked through everything, opening drawers and dumping the contents on the floor, ignoring Mama’s and Doc’s pleas for him to not destroy what we had. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Francie heard, as if for the first time, the sound the desk drawer made when she opened it to get her purse. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the bottom of his sock drawer was Kaira’s letter and the money from the ticket sales, almost a thousand dollars. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, for God’s—” Celia turned abruptly to her dresser, rummaged in a drawer, and thrust a silky slip at Dimple. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He slid open his nightstand drawer and put the Bible back, slid it closed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Kate opened the desk drawer and took out a folded paper. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The drawers on some of the business community were riding mighty low. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But this time they could hear her upstairs, opening and closing her drawers, moving back and forth from the bed to the closet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The woman hit a button to make the register drawer open. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “I have one item to give to you before you go,” her teacher said, and she went to retrieve something from top drawer of her desk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I also leave him all my toys and the candy bar in my bottom right desk drawer. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I just hope, as I slip my hand into the drawer behind me, that she didn’t. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I set my suitcase on the dressing table and looked at the first drawer. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z In the rear of the drawer there was a stack of old papers that he had not examined very thoroughly during his first search through the desk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I closed the cover of the proposal and pulled the postcards from my drawer and I wrote another note to Fred. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Only that big? It felt like a house. Look, dear,” said Faye, “open that second drawer where my medicine is. Bring the paregoric and a piece of cotton. Will you help me pack this tooth?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Philip strode across to the bed table and jerked open the drawer. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I think of all the unused Cogs in the drawer. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Jesse stole a ribbon from Brenda’s drawer, and hurried across the field and down the hill with the puppy squirming in his arms. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z From a drawer in it she took out a small black-covered notebook. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Dentists see kids who’ve had their teeth knocked out all the time,” she assured him, tucking the shirts into a drawer. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In her office Dora poured herself one more, swallowed it and locked the drawer again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Swiveling around in his chair, he unlocked and opened the wide file drawer. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z He stepped inside and began going through the boxes, opening drawers, and flipping through papers the old man kept back there. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z But then, even though I’d gotten what I wanted, I went to the S drawer. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Marlena is flushed, digging through one of the drawers of her vanity. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I kept them all in my desk drawer. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It was in his top dresser drawer, next to his empty wallet and a magazine about bands and musicians that I’d never heard of but knew that Gabriel would have been an expert on. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She heard him opening the door, opening the drawers of her bureau and closing them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z As I take a brush and pins from a table drawer, I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They opened every drawer and every file, until she thought they were simply examining the same, few, undamaged files they’d already read repeatedly. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The heat dried the thinner things rapidly, however, and within an hour the sails, towels, and two blankets were dry and folded and stored back in the boat in dry bags or drawers. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like a piece of furniture, the screen encased in wood and surrounded by little fake drawers. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I reached into the back of the drawer and pulled out a black hair ribbon. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z First she went to the chest of drawers, opened a drawer and shut it again after a moment. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Charles and Syms carried by hand “some few dozen drawers of shells,” so the shells wouldn’t shatter. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept the key in a plastic box in her desk drawer. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z In the dark room, her inherent glimmer illuminated the entire drawer. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I just realized that you've been in here the whole time, but you've been stuck in a dresser drawer with old toys piled up on top of you. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We sat in silence, then he opened his desk drawer and withdrew a checkbook. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The most interesting thing I found was a table drawer full of old Popular Mechanics magazines, and the most interesting thing Lorraine found was the icebox. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z If only the Colonel didn’t ball up his every belonging and stuff it into random dresser drawers. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Alaric pursed his lips and looked around before opening a drawer behind him with a skeleton key. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Mademoiselle opened die drawer and drew forth the letter, the topmost one. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z January closes the drawer and then presses herself tightly against the wall. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “I made it for you. Something to put in your drawer.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When I walk in, she’s mincing Dad into tiny pieces about putting a knife in the wrong drawer. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The cards of address alone remained to nail on: they lay, four little squares, in the drawer. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A half empty pack of your favorite kind of gum that I found in your desk drawer and your journal, which I found in there, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z In the drawer of her bedside locker, she kept a foolscap notebook with marbled cardboard covers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She opened a drawer, removed a box, then struck a single match. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His room is empty but for a bed and a chest of drawers. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I set my tools down, roll my chair toward my desk, and rummage through the top drawer for a set of headphones. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I opened the fridge with my chin and shoulder, pulling on the special strap Dad had installed, opened the produce drawer with my foot, and lifted out a small bag of carrots. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The only thing left in this particular drawer is a red velvet box with a Christmas ornament inside. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She pulls on the rubber gloves she keeps in her top drawer and lifts the painting by the corners. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The nurse went on blithely opening and shutting my drawers, emptying the closet and folding my belongings into the black overnight case. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Only my dad and I knew what was hiding in my drawer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Then he went to the table in the alcove, sat down, and took the diary out of the drawer. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Oh, I've got that in a drawer somewhere over here,” the officer said when he read it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s funny how people talk to things like drawers instead of the person right across from them. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Mr Joseph Hooper moved his hand towards the small, left-side drawer in the desk, underneath the drawer where sealing wax had always been kept. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It seemed such a waste buying new underclothes for Clarice that I put the catalogue away in a drawer and never wrote to the shop after all. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “His drawers are full, and it’s attracting every bug for miles.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I went to bed last night, I placed it in the top drawer of the cabinet in my bedroom. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She turned to the main junk drawer, which held all the utensils, the stirring spoons and vegetable peelers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking happily into Mr. Reilly’s area, he noticed that the bean vines were growing so healthily that they had even begun to twine downward through the handles of the file drawers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In Lucy’s sock drawer, I find a small box of cassette tapes—all Dolly Parton. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There were also pen trays and little drawers, enough so that the children could each have one or two for their very own. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I find a solitary cat’s eye marble rolling around at the back of the drawer, and some old dried-up chestnuts. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Things that could be hidden in drawers and cupboards. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Eight months after Roza arrived, Sean showed Finn the tiny ring he bought—not an engagement as much as a promise—a ring that he tucked in a box in a dresser drawer. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Her jewelry box must look like a junk drawer. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z And so I put the papers and the check away, in a drawer where I kept store coupons which I never threw away and which I never used either. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Upstairs, in my room, I pulled all of his letters out of my desk drawer, looking for clues that might help make sense of everything. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Frederick says, “Of course,” and together he and Werner pad into a warm, clean-smelling bedroom and Frederick slides open a drawer, and when he turns around, he’s wearing eyeglasses with black frames. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The scissors were found, as were the tweezers, in the drawer where the pliers are kept. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the museum people had fastened all the drawers of their furniture so that they couldn’t be opened. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Finn switched to yanking on the bottom drawer. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Panicking, Hall clumsily swept the papers into his desk drawer as Koontz stepped in. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Pet grunted and wandered off to a corner of the room, pulling open drawers and looking inside. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He opened the tansu—a chest of drawers in one corner of the living room. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He opened one last kitchen drawer and found a ten-pound bag of rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Except for the salve, which she’d smeared on daily out of desperation, she pushed the gifts to the back of her drawer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I quickly closed the drawers, so Grandma wouldn’t know I had been snooping around, and tiptoed to the front door, because I was afraid that maybe what I had heard was a burglar. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z At quarter to three, Lou Epstein banged open the lower cash drawer and counted the big bills into a brown envelope. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your underwear and socks are just thrown in this drawer. No order here at all, troops,” he said flinging the socks and underwear on the floor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “But look, Jo. If you could climb up there — ’’Thomas pointed to the top of the chest of drawers. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A bigger grinder had a cute little drawer filled with spiderwebs and ancient coffee—and with mouse leavings. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Citra rummaged through her desk drawer until she found her camera. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z All the drawers in the clothes chest stood open and empty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In the drawer beneath the sink there were three pencils and he took one out and wrote in the log: Date unknown, probably June 4th or 5th. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I put it in a little box and hid it safely in the back of my desk drawer. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I sniffed the letter again before putting it in the drawer with the others, then lay down on my bed and wrapped my comforter around me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z We watched the muddy bottom of her drawers. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a handle and several little drawers stuffed with powders and pigments in tiny jars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A saleswoman took one look at the paper and began to open drawers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I turned from the altar, tiptoed to the kitchen, and quietly drew a spoon from a drawer. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Pulled out the short one to open the drawer where Jaden keeps the petty cash. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I start pulling open the cabinet drawers, frantically searching through all of Lily’s nail polishes and lip glosses until I find what I’m looking for. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I make whoever it is turn around while I drop my drawers and sit, and then I send her outside until I’m finished. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He reached over to the drawer that held his cutlery and pulled out a knife, brought the blade to the corner of the plastic bag. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I push into Lenny’s bedroom without even taking my coat off and pull open that stupid undershirt drawer. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Breathless and full of wild energy, I take a ball of rope from the kitchen drawer and run upstairs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Room 133 contains a bed, a chair, a chest of drawers, and a TV fastened to the wall. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z From time to time, she opens the drawer, selects a rock, turns it around in her hands, studies it, and then returns it to the drawer. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Dr. Geffard pronounces this almost gleefully and pours wine into his glass, and she imagines his head as a cabinet filled with ten thousand little drawers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He had removed the cash drawer so that it wouldn’t be endlessly launching itself into his midsection; the simplicity of his solution pleased him too. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached into the back of the drawer and pulled out an old, bent Jet magazine. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Drawer after drawer, hanger after hanger, I filled up my dresser and my closet with new clothes that fit. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I choose a short, squat yellow one from her bookshelf and grab a book of matches from the dresser drawer where I’d seen her stash them. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes to find my mother in our room, cigarette hanging from her mouth, emptying my dresser drawers into black garbage bags. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Without speaking to each other, they split into three groups and charged toward our drawers, cabinets, and chests. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he empties every drawer in the office, removes each file and document. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Wes laced up his white Nikes, beelined to his mother’s room, and started to look through her drawers and closets for change, his daily ritual after she left for work. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Bobby looked at it from time to time, but contrary to reports that he had it perched on his bedside table, he kept it in the drawer, knowing that it was there, symbolically protective. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z From the drawer he produced an ancient, creased manila envelope. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “I would say my brothers are being obnoxious, but there’s a good chance McCoy actually has a melon bailer in his desk drawer with Boss’s name on it.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Escóndete,” she said with a half-hearted flick of her wrist, and the phone hid itself away in her drawer. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She had searched through the drawers in the nightstands, dressers, and wardrobes thoroughly, as well as the knick-knacks on the bookshelves. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He went behind the counter and took a little bell, no bigger than a honeybee, out of a drawer. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She wadded the drawers and scrubbed Caddy behind with them. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Her room with the sheets tacked up for curtains also had a built-in desk, a chest of drawers, and a record player given to her by her grandparents. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I am about to float on up to my balcony when I notice Mr. Pomodoro return to his desk and open one of its deep drawers. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Abbot, too, was sewing in another room, and Bessie, as she moved hither and thither, putting away toys and arranging drawers, addressed to me every now and then a word of unwonted kindness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He goes to a drawer and pulls out a set of calipers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I set the glasses down and reached into the kitchen drawer to take out the silverware. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z She pulled her old Mac laptop out of the drawer and wound up the power cord. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Dad came home with a discarded four-drawer dresser, one drawer for each of us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A long dresser stretched from the doorway to the window wall, leaving an aisle just wide enough to open the drawers halfway out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I tried to look up at him, but he was looking at the other end of the cabin, where a set of drawers with our things rested against the wall. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The closet and most of her dresser drawers were open, displaying an array of girls’ clothing, and Kelly had laid out an assortment of makeup on her desk. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I took out the necklace that was in it and just left it in the drawer with the others. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He locked all his drawers save one—the one he unlocked and took a small .32 from. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam takes something out of a metal drawer and hands it to Charlie. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He took two old coppers from his pocket and put them in the drawer to make up the deficiency. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Gilly turned the drawer back over to make a table on the bed and put the milk and cookies on it. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “Better to sit in my refrigerator than disappear in a drawer in some museum basement,” he would say. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I take the drawer and slam my bedroom door behind me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The nurse took the chart down and put it into a drawer as she hung up the phone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She sold everything in California— her old Ford, a chest of drawers, a television, the bed she shares with her daughter. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He writes me notes in code, which he leaves where I’ll find them, under my pillow, tucked into my top bureau drawer. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Barnes opened his desk drawer and took out the key to the file cabinet where he kept the records about each teacher at Denton Elementary School. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Next she disconnected the wiring between the electromagnetic shield and the detector, and found the wiring plan in a drawer of the filing cabinet and set light to it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Zane tugged open a dresser drawer and rifled through the contents. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I heard a drawer thrown open in the kitchen and the clink of silverware. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Lil chinged open the register and slid them into the drawer, and I went over to the refrigerator in back and got two bottles of Coke, took their caps off, and brought them up front. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then he pulled open the top drawer of his desk and took something out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Below the twirling hologram lies an entire wall of seed vault drawers containing Earth’s plant life. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Floss was all ready to make a dirty reply about the wind blowing her drawers off if she was up that high. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can’t. I got a chest of drawers in front of the door.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing so formal as that,” Ambrose said as he opened a drawer and pulled out a small metal disk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He elbowed the drawers closed and turned around with a stack of pamphlets in his hands. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The tall man picked me up and carried me back into the house, where the short man was finishing his search through the chest of drawers. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius filed his overcoat, scarf, and cap in one of the file drawers and began working on the cross. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a dead plant in the open top drawer of a dented filing cabinet. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Then there were sounds of opening drawers, and giggles, and one of them saying, you put on too much. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He has lines around his eyes and on his forehead, and his lower jaw is tucked under the rest of his face like a drawer that’s been pushed in a teeny bit too far. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He stuffed the filing roughly back into the drawer and slammed the drawer into its slot in the files. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as my mother and sister are asleep, I slip the pearl from the drawer and spend a second sleepless night clutching it in my hand, replaying Peeta’s words in my head. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The youngest, the one who had come in from the outhouse, walked, painfully slowly, over to a high and ramshackle chest of drawers, and bent over. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Then he opened the drawer of the table. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Granger pulled a fat white envelope from her desk drawer and held it up. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened a drawer and pulled out a small brown bottle with a glass stopper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Just put the scroller back in the drawer when you finish. And don’t drop it. Beefy broke the last one, and my boss won’t be happy if I break another.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z It’s times like this when someone is talking to you like you are a grown-up that you have to be careful not to pick your nose or dig your drawers out of your butt. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The man opened a desk drawer, tilted my papers, and let the zloty drop neatly inside before slamming it shut again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Without waiting for her to answer, Mr. Wilkinson opened a drawer in his desk. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Here. The person who used to work 011 the files used to wheel back and forth on this along the lower drawers. Try it.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You went in my room and took them from my drawer.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He opened one large drawer slightly and she saw the folded robe with its bright threaded colors. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In my drawer, the other cards wait now for the last one. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Aibileen opened a drawer and reached inside, but Hilly kept looking at her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They went through the drawers of a sideboard in the diningroom. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He knew it himself—the top drawer had been invented by Mordred—and the knowledge did not make him happy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z With exaggerated slowness, Van Eck slid his hand into the desk drawer and pulled out a lump of gold. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then the drawer in the bedroom closed, and Daddy came into the hall. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I could hear him opening and closing drawers. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z From there they moved on to the chest of drawers. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Coulda sworn it was on the counter before I lay down yesterday, but when I went to look for my old Louisiana map, I couldn’t find the thing. Checked all the drawers and cabinets, too.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z She opened the bottom drawer of the china cabinet. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z As soon as I open my drawer, I spot a problem. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He sat down at the desk, pulled out some hotel stationery from the drawer, and wrote a note. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z There are three cards in my drawer and one in my hand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z They open the closet, they open every drawer. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We all watched Fred carry the active lobster over to the silverware drawer, like it was as lifeless as an eggplant. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Seating himself at his desk, he pointedly fished about in a drawer until Miss Marsten, perceiving the hint, departed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z When she opens the drawer that holds my few possessions, she shuts it quickly. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She crammed some papers from a drawer into her briefcase, and finally took down the poster with the I Ching hexagrams and folded it away in her pocket. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She rarely goes to mass, but she’s got the required crucifix over the kitchen doorway, the rosary in the dresser drawer, and the stack of dead relatives’ funeral cards, held together with a rubber band. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The first drawer she tried opened only a couple of inches—it was jammed, crammed full of bottles and a cardboard package. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The last surface on which Harry spotted a candle was a bow-fronted chest of drawers on which there stood a large number of photographs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He shaved and showered quickly, then put on his most faded and beloved fatigues, pulled his swagger stick from a top drawer, laced up his combat boots, and strode toward Ben’s room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He has a secret layer of drawers behind his closet that he opens with a clicker like a garage door. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The room was old-fashioned, with heavy wooden drawers and shelves for holding jams and pickles, back when the house was built. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z From his top drawer he pulled two pairs of sweat socks rounded into uneven balls, stepped back toward the door, and lofted both pairs of socks toward the open bag. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as I heard him banging drawers and looking for his uniform for his soccer game, I went to the kitchen for my own bit of packing. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z From a drawer inside the assistant director’s desk, she produces another key on a chain. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I mean, I had traded running in my jeans for a pair of cutoff scrubs I got from my mom, but that was like running in a pair of drawers! Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Brave Orchid’s husband had padlocked one large bottom cabinet and one drawer. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That's where all the long drawers were—drawers the width of the truck. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Brother Worbs's flat is a mess: dirty dishes, clothes lying around, drawers pulled open. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z From her lower desk drawer she took out a pair of bright white sneakers and put them on. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He was getting the flashlights out of the drawer. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Only sometimes, I thought, when I know he’s got a leftover ham sandwich in his drawer. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z At first he slid down a few times from the smooth chest of drawers. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z All I can think about is the phone in the bedside drawer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman behind the desk opens a drawer and takes out a brown paper bag, from which she removes several sandwiches, an apple, and a Milky Way. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She looked in the cupboards, and the drawers. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z All these years of wondering about the forbidden drawer, and it’s just a bunch of junk. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother has straightened the drawer and the disc is not where I left it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z But underneath the stack, lying on the bottom of the drawer, was a framed picture. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There an extremely tall man with long black hair was picking up a file drawer that had fallen to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d even put clean drawers out for me so when I put them on I stuck my old ones down in the pocket of my new pants. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z As he opened the second drawer enough to see that it held writing paper and sealing wax and ink there was a knock on the door. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z From a file drawer, he brought out a box of cookies. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I pulled it out of my drawer and spread it across my pillow, then put my face in it. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z He digs into a drawer and pulls out a whole bunch of papers. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he was beginning to suspect that this wasn’t the random work of juvenile pranksters. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Should it be friendly words or looks or praise, but how do you put those in a drawer? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z He took a pair of glasses from his drawer. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z That night he takes tissue paper from his mother’s drawer, and it takes a long time to wrap and tie it with a piece of red ribbon. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z If her mood was bad, then there’d be a lot of jerking drawers open, rummaging around, and slamming them shut in a violent way. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z After I got off the phone, I stripped down to T-shirt and boxers, emptied my garbage can into a drawer, and put the can next to the bed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z One day, when I was alone in the house, I opened the drawer. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z There was a bed and a chair and a radio and a chest of drawers. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z "He claims he was looking for his nail clippers, or something. In my drawers, right?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The boy’s very presence in the shop was an omen, and, as time passed and money was pouring into the cash drawer, he had no regrets about having hired the boy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Guiltily, she slid open the top drawer of his dresser. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Hofacket fumbled in a drawer and produced a sheet of plain white paper. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Ron was buried deepest: Harry and Hermione climbed, as quietly as they could, over all the wreckage to where he lay, trying to prise a heavy chest of drawers off his legs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There was a wall of drawers on the left, each with a small screen displaying information about the drawer’s contents. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z After a minute of rifling through my bottom drawer, I find what I’m looking for. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He pulls open a drawer and starts scribbling on a small piece of paper he tears away from a pad. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z June makes a strangled noise, and when he looks back up, she’s digging through the top drawer of her dresser. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I open each drawer, searching for an address book. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He pulled out his desk drawer and began to pick things up and bring them close to his eyes and put them back in again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Imagining a safe place to hide a small painting, she thought of drawers, cupboards, cabinets, closets, blanket chests....Everything she pictured was wood. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z It had one large bed, a detailed tapestry hanging on the wall, a carpet, and a chest of drawers. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I caught her on her way to the drawers, steering her to the futon and forcing her to sit. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then, after applying a special-delivery stamp I’d found in Bobby’s top drawer, I took the letter down to the main mail drop in the lobby. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She started walking from room to room, opening drawers and closet doors, and I fob lowed her. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z "Look in the drawer there," he said, pointing at the desk. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Not hastily, as one would explore a hotel room, expecting no surprise, opening and shutting the desk drawers, the cupboard doors, unwrapping the tiny individually wrapped bar of soap, prodding the pillows. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He removed the finished pages from his satchel and stowed them safely in the heavy wooden chest of drawers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sixty, fifty-nine, fifty-eight... only one minute to open the drawer and defuse the bomb. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She peered at me over her spectacles, and then she opened a drawer and fumbled among its contents for a long time, so long that my hopes began to falter. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He pulled open a dresser drawer and took out his clothes and piled them in the suitcase. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “The linen,” Mrs. Dudley said, “belongs in the linen drawers in the dining room. The silver belongs in the silver chest. The glasses belong on the shelves.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I sat on the side of my bed and rustled through the drawer of the night table, through the tissues and reading glasses and Christian Science leaflets belonging to one of Francis’s aged female relatives. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There are no locks on the other drawers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Anyway. I added other coffee shop shirts into your drawer so I don’t get tempted.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “And hid them at the back of the drawer where no one would find them, eh?” said Maxim, with a laugh, and a shrug of the shoulder. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As soon as I finished praying, I would check the drawer. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I searched quickly around in the drawer, but there weren’t any other bags. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Moody got heavily to his mismatched feet, opened his desk drawer, and took out a glass jar. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I opened the drawer and pulled them out. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She bade me join her at her cupboard, where her busy fingers darted through small drawers, poured powders into folded papers, and filled several small jars with essences and extracts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was probably a drawer he didn’t use much, anyway. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I took out the box of Cuban cigars and placed it in one of the desk drawers. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He started with the drawers of his parents’ bureau, in case there was an envelope with money under their clothes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She pulled a butcher knife out of the drawer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was sort of like putting stuff into different drawers in my mind and then remembering which drawers I needed to open and when. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z From the table drawer he took out a penholder, a bottle of ink, and a thick, quarto-sized blank book with a red back and a marbled cover. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z After school, I take the manila envelope out of my desk drawer, and count my dog-walking money. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The desk drawers, the closets, the shelves...anything connected to the dead man’s work had been taken. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The evil, jiggly-chinned thief is plotting to blow up the world, and I am the only hope to unlock the drawer in time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they searched the cabin and got lucky—in a drawer they found a log-book with the location of the cabin written inside. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I found beer in your brother’s sock drawer.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I set a third candle in a holder on the table and used one of the sulfur matches in the drawer to set it alight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Saints, I hate this thing,” she said, kicking the kefta away and pulling a threadbare dressing gown from a drawer. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then he let her rummage through his desk drawers, rearranging them however she liked. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He put the constitution in a drawer somewhere, up there in the palace. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There was another coal stove, a bed, a pullout couch where Mom and Dad could sleep, and a chest of drawers painted fire-engine red. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Real quiet, I open the napkin drawer, more concerned about Miss Leefolt seeing me than what they saying. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I hadn't looked in this drawer during my last visit to my father's office. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I listened real careful to make sure Herman E. Calloway wasn’t sneaking up on me, then I pulled the drawer open. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I slide open the junk drawer and pull out a pair of scissors. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The slamming of the sea had already jarred open the drawers beneath the sink—and he hadn’t really started. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The name of a departed Alacran was inscribed on each long drawer. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Hugo did find one curious item, though, wrapped in a piece of fabric at the very back of a drawer. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She was putting back the books and table mats from the sideboard drawers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He glanced over at her as he threw open a drawer. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Putting her bureau in order, he thought, for he could hear her opening drawers and closing them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He goes to his desk, fumbles with a drawer. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She shut it in a drawer, got dressed and went out to get the cage. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Starry hunts in a drawer and finds a pair of shears. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Go to the dresser. Should be one of the top drawers—smear this in the crotch of every pair of underwear you find.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He believed that all drawers were created equal and filled each with whatever fit. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The kids rushed around, banging drawers and dropping utensils. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He pulls open a drawer in the filing cabinet. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Izzie throws open a drawer and pulls out clean pants and a clean shirt. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z There was a little stove there with a few coals glowing and a desk piled high with papers and a carpet on the floor, and some chests of drawers. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He buried his dirty clothes at the bottom of the hamper and dug all his leftover birthday and Christmas money out of his sock drawer. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I'd mail it to him when he got to New York, I thought, and put it in my desk drawer. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mom said my idea was too time-consuming, so all we ended up doing was straightening piles of paper into stacks and stuffing dirty clothes into the chest of drawers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He grasped the pistol in the drawer without turning his head. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She took a thin manuscript from her desk drawer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I went out I opened the little chest of drawers to find clean clothes all neatly folded and right then I forgot about everything except wanting to be clean. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z With one hand, he's pushing a beige cart with narrow drawers. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Suddenly he picked it up and put it in the drawer of the kitchen table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She threw two dishtowels over the milk, got a fresh one from a drawer of the cabinet, and blotted the milk from her father’s trousers and shirt front. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Henry ran for his shotgun, and while he was in the bedroom, he pulled the revolver out of his drawer and shoved it in his hunting bag. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “This one’s a dud,” Connor called, pulling a key out of the drawer and tossing it back into a paper bag. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I did, yes. It was in his drawer.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Before he goes in, I take my opportunity, walk inside the room, and retrieve all the cards from the drawer next to the bed. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He opens the kitchen drawers and checks behind them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He took my money and his and put them in a desk drawer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He put the boxes back, carried the step stool back to the kitchen, and located the bank statements in a kitchen drawer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She dragged the best dress onto Lyra’s skinny frame, tugged it straight, fished a bit of red ribbon out of the tangle in a drawer, and brushed Lyra’s hair with a coarse brush. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She went to the night table between my bed and the bed to my right and opened a drawer. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Doc pulls the remote from his desk drawer and passes it to her. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He emptied cupboards and drawers, he unmade his bed, he grabbed homework papers and ran away, laughing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. O’Connell says, I know everything ye do, everything, for the people of Limerick have their eye on ye and there are reports which I have here in my drawers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Ube whistled to himself as he tracked his finger down a row of them, read the flickering screens carefully, then pulled three drawers open, reaching into them to pull out thin bundles of paper. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He kept the soldiers in his sock drawer. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The contents of drawers were strewn everywhere about the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Tanaka kept a box of matches in the second drawer under the microwave. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She dashed to the closet and pulled out a flared skirt of purple swirls and rummaged through a drawer for a hot-pink tank top. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z No report cards, no baptism certificates in the chest of drawers. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She kept him hidden in a drawer, and opened it from time to time. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I march over to the dresser and yank the top drawer free. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He shoved the dresser drawer shut so hard, the handles jangled against the wood. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I shoved it in my desk drawer and went to school. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The professor opened a drawer in the little table and brought out a leather box, circular in shape and about the size of the palm of a man’s hand, and three fingers deep. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Reluctantly, she took the messages and stowed them in her desk drawer. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Build shelves and use those solid boxes canned goods were shipped in for drawers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The boat and the chest of drawers don’t appeal to me, only the pipe cleaners. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Alex gritted his teeth and began going through his parents’ chest of drawers. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Then he closed the drawer, put his elbows on the desktop, and exhaled. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mamou didn’t keep her glassware in the cupboard: She kept it upside down in a drawer to the left of the sink, which I thought was an interesting way to store glasses. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Very well, I’ll untie you, but he can stay in his chains,” he said, and dropped the scarf back in the drawer before cutting her bonds with a clasp knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In the closet they were on hangers; in the drawers they were folded flat, or wound tightly like thick scrolls. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He replaced the map in its folder, closed the drawer, and once again raised his feet to the top of the desk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z There were beans, spinach and oranges in one drawer, slabs of meat in another. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Then I tried to open the drawer just above. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Ben walked to his bureau drawer and fumbled through several layers of clothes in the bottom drawer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, when I was a kid, I found a videotape of The Midnight Special TV show from 1973 at the bottom of my mother’s underwear drawer. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The drawer that had held the majority of Ophie’s and her mama’s earnings over the past few months hung open, the money gone. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It’s usually the number of buttons in her collection or shoes in my mother’s closet or spools of thread in the drawer. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. Like a hive of bees in your dresser drawer.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When I got back, she opened her desk drawer and withdrew a book. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Then he opened the drawers of their night table. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She studies for tests early, and keeps a training log of her running, and her nail polish bottles are arranged in an orderly rainbow in her bathroom drawer. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He thoroughly cleaned and straightened the bureau drawers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z As if on cue, Matthew opens a desk drawer and takes out a small, flat piece of glass. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Domingo put it in a drawer and left it, without even a glance. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Lady Isobel folded the letters and put them in the desk drawer. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She counted six more ten-dollar bills from the drawer in front of her and held them out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She pressed it against her head while he filled out papers at a desk, followed by a period of poking around for keys in a file drawer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to the fireplace was another table, this one littler, with drawers running down one side and one long drawer running ’crost the top. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Once she had hidden Jesse’s bottle in a bureau drawer, there was nothing to do but wait. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There are carpenters’ shops, taxidermists’ studios, acres of shelves and specimen drawers, whole museums within the museum. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Better. Did you notice anything extra in your desk drawer?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Katherine heads over to the room off the main office and I hurry over to the desk, opening drawers and peering at their contents. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z We can hear her madly opening closet doors, drawers, boxes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She had opened a dresser drawer—and there was a whole family of wonderful little mice! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z An odd word; sometimes he wondered whether she kept words like that among the other secrets of her drawers. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And he looked over at the alarm clock ticking away by the chest of drawers. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z She took a clean knife from the drawer and thrust it into the big lump of pastry she hadn’t yet rolled. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z His bedroom, like the kitchen, seemed to have been decorated some time in the 1920s: there was a washstand and a pitcher beside the chest of drawers and mirror. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Why, sure you can, my son, my darling. You’re grown great as I knew you would. Open the table drawer and then make use of that turnip you call your head.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Only thing I got in here are dirty socks, dirty drawers, a helmet, and a canteen,” he said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The redbeard popped another lozenge into his mouth and with another sigh he opened the top drawer of his desk. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He removed all the drawers he could, carried upstairs everything that could be removed and lifted. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She wanted to sit down with her notebook and pens and draw every T-shirt folded in her drawer at home. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He pulled out a drawer and selected one map from several file folders there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked her, “Why did you tell Vivian that you had changed your silverware drawers around? It’s been in the same place ever since you’ve lived here.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Removing the piece of string that hung from his finger, he dug into the drawer again and found a sheet of paper with a Levy Pants letterhead. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Joey was so neat she had a separate drawer for socks. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "In the drawer of the table by my bed." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Then she took out the special drawer and began to tape the money to the bottom with a sinking heart. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Last night she slept there in a silver drawer, eyes getting used to the dark. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z He started opening his desk drawers and taking out the contents. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He unfastened the bell and put it way back in the cash register drawer, next to Mama’s earring, so it wouldn’t tempt anyone else. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I quietly closed the door and dashed to the file cabinet and pulled open the drawer. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The filing cabinet in Dad’s office was locked, but I found the key right away, in the middle drawer of his desk. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He finds a pen in a drawer and writes his own name across the page as he has been instructed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z After rummaging through bags and boxes, and yanking open kitchen cabinets and drawers, she sighed to the ceiling separating her apartment from James’s. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We slip the security bracelets into the top drawer of my nightstand. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I dig into the tool drawer again and find a rubber band. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Georgiana sat on a high stool, dressing her hair at the glass, and interweaving her curls with artificial flowers and faded feathers, of which she had found a store in a drawer in the attic. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I carefully folded it and placed it in the drawer with my Bible. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There's the tattered mattress Eden's on, and next to it is the scratched-up chest of drawers that I used to doodle on. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Behind the door was a place with drawers up to the ceiling on both sides. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Then he opened another drawer and found an empty photo album, undid the binding, and pulled out a sheet of rough black paper. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “My mom’s drawer. Can you believe it? She has, like, ten of these.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z She would leave the knife sunk in his chest and then search his drawers for his bundle of one-hundred-dollar bills, so that she could pay her rent and her tuition. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I run my fingers along the ruby-red interior and discover a hidden drawer at the very bottom. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And a little desk painted blue with shiny black knobs on the drawers. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The matches are wooden ones, in a cardboard sliding-top box, the kind I used to covet in order to make dolls’ drawers out of them. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z If Nan was searching for fun in the silverware drawers, we’d be packing up sooner than I thought. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She opened the lowest drawer of her desk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I slammed the drawer shut and went back downstairs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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