She was young, as far as Malcolm could judge, maybe in her twenties, and very pretty, with the sunlight glowing in her golden hair and her light green dress. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Anyway she could have different clothes, different dresses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I just got up at two Monday morning, dressed as warmly as I could with a change of clothes in a gunnysack. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair is just as bad as the dress—tight, crunchy curls that remind me of a rich lady’s poodle. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

For a long time she undressed, washed and dressed the more superficial of the wounds. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She served us, helped us dress, sent us off to school, and left for her own job in a fog of pain that obliterated all hope, all romance. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I remember one other dress—a wonderful crimson red lace. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the oldest, Ashley helped out with Adria and me, getting us dressed, playing with us, and settling us down to sleep at night. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Beside the bed, still dressed in mail hauberk and travel-stained cloak, sat her father's brother, the Black- fish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The exhaust from it fluttered the white dress she crumpled in her plump hands, and the stars shone bright, and the car vanished out onto the desert and away into blackness. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting dressed for the game; I started feeling more pressure than usual. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They weren't smooth and uniform like the jingles we’d seen in old pictures, hung from women’s dresses, being danced into grand entries at the old powwows when we were safe to make noise. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Otherwise she wouldn’t have given me the two nice dresses that Momma cut down, and she certainly wouldn’t have called me a “sweet little thing.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one in the swing got up and came, and I cried and pulled Caddy’s dress. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time she got up on deck, the others had already gathered—all hastily dressed except for Coach Hedge, who had pulled the night watch. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I put on my Sunday dress, which I hadn’t worn for almost two years, it strained across my breasts and shoulders. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the mansion were dressed in turquoise smocks, same as the bee man. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then after a while a van pulled up, maybe thirty yards ahead of me, and a man got out dressed as a clown. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Oracle’s mummy crumbled, falling away until it was nothing but a pile of dust in an old tie-dyed dress. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

That was his battle dress, and it was how he appeared on the stage and on the covers of his records. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another polyester dress, this one in marshmallow white, sauntered down the aisle, topped with a ginormous hat decorated with a pink bouquet around the brim. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I imagined that I was dressed in a green cardigan and wingtips. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The father goes to work, the mother wears a dress and an apron, and the children play ball on the lawn with their dog and cat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t even like the dress,” I say finally. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She jumped back and lifted her dress up, foot slipping on the mud near the water. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then I opened the bag and took the shirt and collar and tie out and put the bloody ones in and closed the bag, and dressed. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like her, I dressed my hair in a long braid, which I sometimes tucked under a coif that I embroidered, rather crudely, with pansies. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He came over, and I held the dress against me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Before I could answer, Daisy came out of the house and two rows of brass buttons on her dress gleamed in the sunlight. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Before she left, were bridesmaids banished from church services because their dresses had spaghetti straps? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A large audience formed to watch as we played, and I saw that all their eyes were on me—me in my strappy pink dress. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Goat agreed to Leopard’s request, and she went off to the other side of the river to look for a fine new dress for her friend Leopard. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She say this was a meal like a princess would eat, and we ought to pretend we in long dresses at a fancy dinner and use “company manners.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow I’m getting up, I’m getting dressed, and I’m walking to the post office. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Dev told her stories about his childhood, when he would come home from school and drink mango juice served to him on a tray, and then play cricket by a lake, dressed all in white. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in her work uniform—a starry blue skirt and a red-and-white striped blouse she wore to sell candy at Sweet on America. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

You had to give her permission for every little thing: to wear lipstick, to buy a pretty dress, to put her hand up in class. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Altogether there were four brothers—he, Henry, Walter, and Garland—and they epitomized old-time cool: suave, handsome black men who worked hard, drank hard, dressed well, liked fine women and new money. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They turn left, then right, until they reach the steps of the cathedral, where a third doll waits, dressed in black, one arm raised. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Off to my opposite side was a woman, black, young—just a girl, really—with her dress tom down the front. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena opened the doors to her dressing room, surveying the glittering gowns hanging along the walls. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She amused herself with him, making him at times dress up as a woman and do woman’s work, weave or spin. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she fixed the bottom of the dress until there was no sign of a roll of toilet paper lurking underneath. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Any one of these dresses would cost hundreds of pounds,” said Polly. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

A clerk came up to Billy and told him the good stuff was in the back, that the books Billy was reading were window dressing. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next afternoon, the players filtered into the field house to get dressed and have final pre-game meetings. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little river of blood poured down her arm, over her dress, and onto her leg. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She laughed and called for her children, who all danced up, dressed weirdly in little elfin frocks. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

They rolled up sleeves and pantlegs which were many sizes too large, and wore dress caps backward. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way I been dressing these days, I don’t argue with her. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

With her braided hair and white dress, she seemed to glow in the moonlight. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But all the jobs seemed hard for Moon Orchid, who was wearing stockings and dress shoes and a suit. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then another bigfoot, only its fur is gray, and it’s dressed in a fancy red suit and sipping a cup of tea. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Chinese dresses at that time were dartless, cut as if women did not have breasts; these young doctors, unaccustomed to decorations, may have seen their chests as black expanses with no reference points for flowers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she’s dressed in a velvet-looking business suit, she sits right down on the asphalt next to me and puts her arms around me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“You’ll learn to like dresses. You get to enjoy the breeze.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in armor from the waist up, his bow in his hand, and he was grinning in satisfaction. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And then I show up at your house and I’m dressed like the girl you hoped she would live to become and you’re, like, all taken aback by it.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe six months after the PetSmart trip, I made a giddy incognito run to the local Target, dressed in a baseball cap and sunglasses. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I would have scared the bejeebies out of myself had I seen me coming—dressed like a scarecrow, screeching like a banshee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Granny’s clock had just chimed midnight when Miss Love came back in, her eyes dark-circled, her green print dress wrinkled. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Reaching into the pocket of the borrowed dress, I touch my knife, still stained with Valerian’s blood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was a widow’s peak way up high and for a moment I imagined the Bat Lady sitting up there in a rocking chair, still dressed in white, looking down at me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He dressed himself then, putting on his best clothes, that he knew were only for Sunday. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Out of this she made herself a heavy but elegant dress with velvet collar and pockets. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Wickersham’s sworn mission, as any new officer knew, was to give new officers a hard time—to ride them, chew them out, dress them down. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three dressed alike, in green velvet trimmed with sable. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I took whatever my mom had in her dressing room.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Since it was the weekend, I tried to dress down. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in his navy-blue city uniform and struggling to put on his shoes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Potter bought a new dress and flew down for the wedding, but we didn't fly down together. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the soldiers assembled at the village square, dressed in their uniforms, carrying their weapons and ammunition in backpacks and waist belts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A group of four men turned around the corner I was heading for, dressed too casually to be heading home from the office, but they were too grimy to be tourists. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Outside the Midland High band, dressed in its purple and gold costumes, played the national anthem. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helena doesn’t take her hand off my arm, even when I take off my dress. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Some people thought Izzy dressed "weird," but I thought she was a trailblazer. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

They wore white shoes, white hose, and white dresses. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like a fat sausage in this tight and tacky dress covered in frills, ruffles, and sequins. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She wore a plain shift dress that likely fit her when she first entered the Tower, shortly after her thirteenth birthday, but she had grown taller, and it barely covered her knees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Next to her sat a beautiful gray-eyed woman in an elegant white dress. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, my mother has laid out one of her own lovely dresses for me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He retrieved the egg from the bottom of the bath, climbed out, dried himself, and pulled on his pajamas and dressing gown again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He still dressed in the woolen robes that citizens of Athens wore. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

In the morning the king would be gone and I would assist Gertrude as she washed and dressed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Women in long-sleeved dresses, with kerchiefs covering their heads, many with infants in their arms, others heavily pregnant, sat on the stone steps of the stairways, talking loudly in Yiddish. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It is an excellent example of Ovid’s way of dressing up a myth, for which see the Introduction. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not pull away from him, and as he tipped her back and back and back, he watched the hollow above her collarbone and the lovely slope down to the neckline of her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She and I are still on eggshells over the dress, and honestly, if she doesn’t let me wear it, I’m done for. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Where would you be going dressed like that, in that old bowling shirt and those dirty boots? That doesn’t look like investment-checking clothing to me.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a pale pink dress and a set of pearls and kept a black purse draped properly over one arm. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For the past six Saturday mornings, Baba's borrowed a car, Ma has dressed in a nice sari, and they've driven to New Jersey to find us a house. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Harry had a sudden mental image of himself in a top hat and tails, accompanied by a girl in the sort of frilly dress Aunt Petunia always wore to Uncle Vernon’s work parties. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A large portrait of a fat lady in a pink dress asked them, “Password?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

On sunny days I would wear them with my cormorant dress and the necklace, and walk along the cliff with Rontu. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Houseman found the young actor sitting in his dressing room, his costume and fake beard lying to the side. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

There’s a matinee at three o’clock that will leave plenty of time to return to our rooms and dress to go out. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We go to family parties not to bask in each other's presence but to whisper among ourselves about tacky dresses, botched plastic surgery, and disastrous haircuts and highlights. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by men in sport coats and women in nice dresses enjoying their fancy meals, I did what I could to keep my voice calm. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They were dressed alike in khaki trousers, work shirts, visored caps, and brown boots. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just got a great idea! Let’s go look at dresses.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“A white dress and white furs,” Adelaide said. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

As they had two years before, young men in slacks and shirtsleeves and young women in flouncy summer dresses danced out of the cabin and onto the decks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was a big man, dressed as a smith, and behind him trudged a horse—a stallion, huge and gray, with a broad back. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The dressing rooms are just generally a total free-for-all, and anyone who cares about privacy at all changes in the bathroom. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Laughter erupts, and I run as fast as I can toward the door, holding the dress against my body to hide it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Usually they unmade some hideous gown from their dressing rooms and turned it into something else. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Ron’s dressed in all black like Zorro with a plastic sword tied to his hip. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing black slacks and a dress shirt, and he smells like he’s been attacked by a cologne squirter. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Lady Isobel came down from her bedroom dressed in black, a veil covering her face, and announced that the funeral would take place the next day in the church at noon. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood at the mirror adjusting the handmade dress that perfectly hugged her tiny waist. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We got dressed up specially for our dates. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A farm only a few hours away rented out ponies dressed as unicorns for birthday parties and other events. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I heard him chuckle as I went into Gladys’s room and undressed, crumpling my dress and pretty ribbons into a ball as solid and round as his stuffed potatoes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They were dressed in strange and beautiful clothes, and from their shoulders rich robes flowed out behind them to where four dwarfs held up the King’s train and four river-nymphs the Queen’s. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Set after set of the Queen’s fireworks exploded over the roofs of the city, over Canvastown, over the mansions that held the King’s subjects in their ball gowns and fancy dress uniforms. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It covers a lot of her body, not like how some girls dress at school. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Our godmothers had bathed us with sweet-smelling soap and were dressing us in new outfits that Grosie had approved. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed her hands into the pockets of her dressing gown, and she pulled out three marbles, a stone with a hole in it, the black key, and an empty snow globe. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I drop my dress on the blanket, and every inch of my exposed skin blazes red. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

My light was still on, and I was sitting fully dressed on the bed, with my shoes on. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The only clothes he was wearing was the bottom half of a woman’s dress that looked like it waren’t nothing but a bunch of long leafs sewed together. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Matt comes into Charlie’s room and dresses his son, and though the boy doesn’t understand what is happening, he is afraid. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had helped Annabeth get cleaned up and given her a beautiful new dress and a complete makeover. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She could not risk letting them travel upward for fear of seeing that the hooks and eyes in the placket of the dress had come undone and exposed the custard-colored skin underneath. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed like a New York City doorman: a long black overcoat, shiny shoes, and a black top-hat that somehow managed to stay on his double-wide head. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dazed, she threw off the covers and dragged herself out of bed, pulling on her wrinkled dressing gown as she stumbled through the kitchen and front hall. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slim woman dressed in the fashion of the time: long, loose chemise, narrow shoes with sharply pointed toes and high spiked heels. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother used to say she could be pretty if she would just wash and brush her hair and take more care with her dress, the way her sister did. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I cut through a woman in an old-fashioned dress, noticing her long bedraggled hair more than her features. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Each and every Sunday, no matter how tired, depressed, or broke, she got up early, dressed in her best, and headed for church. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood in the doorway, dressed in midnight black with her face hidden by a ski mask, carrying a gleaming scimitar. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, she threw off the blankets and dressed in her warmest leggings and a thick woolen dress, and then opened the small trunk at the foot of her bed and pulled out the silvery cloak. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here are Mr. and Mrs. Roodveldt, I presume, cradling a baby in a white dress, behind a table with a cake on it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mami starched and ironed my best dress, which was white with blue flowers on the collar. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Each weekday morning Durham’s white neighborhoods were invaded by an army of black women—all dressed in identical gray-and-white maid’s uniforms. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

"The small one in a black dress at the head of the long table." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in black and sat humped on his saddle. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now that she’s up, showered, dressed, walking down the street, a latte from the deli on their block in one hand, she’s invigorated. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He is dressed as a shepherd, his voice soft and low, more sure than any sound I've ever heard come out of him. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I bet she’d already figured out who would buy which car and what color, just like she knew who would buy which dress she picked out at the wholesale house in New York City. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Every night, Ash helped Ana dress for a different banquet or ball, and when her stepsister finally departed, she had to prepare the next night’s gown. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door swings open of its own accord, revealing a cluttered dressing room lined with mirrors, each reflecting a different view of Prospero. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He caught sight of the lady in the grey dress from time to time, as he spun and stomped his way across the municipal gardens. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Did you get to take your backpack into the dressing room?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He is dressed in cutoffs, sneakers, and a T-shirt. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl was slight and solemn, dressed in white, and strong-looking men stood around her so she would not be trampled. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her dress was white silk with a black bamboo pattern. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also always has her nails painted, which I only notice because of the way she dresses. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

A girl with a blue dress brings meals three times a day and never talks to me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t eat pork as a rule and wore a size sixteen dress and a size ten ladies’ shoe. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She wore a short dress that I recognized as gingham, and her knees and legs had many scratches and scars on them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get a few odd looks when I emerge from car 48 dressed in a tux with my other clothes tucked under my arm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Paul wanted the women to dress in solid colors and to be arranged to create a rainbow. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I ask, thinking of my dress last year. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was resting on the small of her back and her dress was pulled up so far that he could see where her stockings ended on her thighs. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was well-known for his unusual dress—he wore purple vests, lavender gloves, and pastel waistcoats—and for his racist words. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

"My husband knows exactly where I am and how I am dressed, thank you," said Mrs. Tennyson. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I pull a dress and my other sweater from my suitcase, which I keep open in a corner, and change quickly, pulling them over my head. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

One dressed in a striped red shirt, matching knit hat, and round black glasses raised his hand in greeting, and the woman dressed as a mad scientist added, “Morning!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Just my math textbook, a photo of Sean and me dressed up as Ghostbusters for Halloween, and an extra set of clothes I hadn’t put in my sports bag yet. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

One is honey-blond with kind of a granola vibe, even in a wedding dress. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Her first resort was a black crepe de chine dress which, according to the dressing table mirror, bestowed by means of clever cutting a certain severity of form. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The cast is in the first circle around Tiny, everyone—guy and girl—dressed like White Sox. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t recognize her; her dress looked brand-new and crisp, and her shoes shone in the sunlight. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice’s forehead was greasy now, and we were both down on all fours, pawing through strange old dresses and funny shoes. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

MAJA! but no answer, and Tío Pepe was trying to drag her back inside, while also hurrying into his dressing gown as there was now loud knocking downstairs at the front door. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He dropped the cloth and began to dress. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Russian was well dressed, his red hair swept back; he appeared to be in his forties. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cal and two of the senior girls are sitting outside the dressing room with their backs to the wall and their legs stretched out in front of them. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m the only one at the dance wearing it,” Lucy said, taking a spin around and pretending to look for anyone wearing her dress. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The pocket was a little bag, sewed into the seam of the dress skirt, and hanging under it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

We rowed through a tide of clothes ejected from split-open suitcases, every swirling dress we passed resembling a drowning girl. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Without a change of clothing, his garments quickly became dirty, ruining a key element of Booth’s trademark, winning style—his beautifully dressed, well-groomed appearance. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Girls stood in bunches in their long, fine evening dresses, and the boys roamed around in clean duck pants or R.O.T.C. uniforms or new dark fall suits. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But you quit the band! Gave up dressing punk!” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dress’s skirt stuck out like a tutu, and I liked to spin around in front of the mirror, thinking I looked like a ballerina. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We left Whispers and their overpriced, too-fancy dresses and walked to the big fountain with the comfy lounge chairs. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

However, on the upside, my mom bought me a beautiful light-blue dress to wear for the performance. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She shut the closet door and leaned against it, dressed in skinny jeans and a dolman sleeved indigo blue top that showed her belly button. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Are you allowed to be left alone in a dressing room without me? You don't like, need me to button your pants or anything, do you?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The boy lifted the sleeve of the dress and patted the slash on the girl’s forehead. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think,” he inquired, as they were dressing up in the darkness, “that it was clever, the way I explained about our bein' here, I mean to drive the animal?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dresses were mid-calf so that her one glamorous leg was always in view as well as die long fall of space below her left thigh. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We did not say anything to her; we simply clung to the hem of her ashen dress. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a dark-blue flannel dressing gown, Monsieur.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the newcomers walked the length of the hall, Bran saw that one was indeed a girl, though he would never have known it by her dress. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

An hour later, my brothers are eating massive bowls of cereal and—miracle of miracles—Mom is dressed. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He told me he always dresses up when he goes to the movies. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

She winced as his claws dug deeper, stabbing through her dress and poking holes in her skin. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The boys were -well dressed, their pants ironed and shirts tucked in. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Aunt Ruby’s dress was wine-colored calico, covered all over with a feathery pattern in lighter wine color. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got dressed and ran all the way to Mike’s house. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

They purchased some new pants, shirts, underwear, socks, and shoes, leaving their dirty and sandy clothes behind in their dressing rooms. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a cotton shirt and blue slacks, a red silk tie and shiny black loafers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I know,” Juanita chimed in from behind the shower curtain she was using to cover up while she dressed for bed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Lucius Clarke’s shop was filled with dolls—lady dolls and baby dolls, dolls with eyes that opened and closed and dolls with painted-on eyes, dolls dressed as queens and dolls wearing sailor suits. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She said it like she was choosing a kind of dressing for her salad. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I watch how different skirts flow, the way they hang depending on a woman’s height, her shape, the design of the dress. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Then please hurry, darling, and get dressed so we can start.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I remember her, me, and Mandy going shopping. And they matched up and dressed alike and we had a good time.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When I started to pick the cherries, Zuhair began to roll up my dress. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I needed a dress. This guy called, last minute.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She came in anyway, her movements somewhat restricted by the blue satin sheath dress she wore. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She dressed like most Oakland High students, in a hoodie and sweats, but she wore her long black hair in two girlish braids. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I yank my dress over my head, kick my shoes away, and speed walk on my toes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Trails of mist sweep out behind her like a ghostly dress. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As sure as I was dressed, my hair looked good, and the dance was going on right around the corner, I knew I wasn’t going to the RKO Theatre with my father. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

His mom, in a sharp, no-nonsense black dress and pointed heels, jaw set. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This morning, after I was dressed, I went out and looked. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I return, Marlena is there, wearing the beaded silk dress August gave her that night we had dinner in their stateroom. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I longed to say that I did not want to spend the rest of my life dressed as a widow, but I knew Sass would be scandalized by such words. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were ordered to dress, and then escorted to two large cells with cement floors and no furniture. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see she was dressed for a run. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Stella’s own parents couldn't stop touching her shoulders, smoothing her hair, brushing off her dress. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her attendant prepares to dress Sophia by removing her coat and gloves. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

On the right was a different version, dressed for war in a Roman breastplate and greaves. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As I moved closer I could see she was wearing a freshly starched, flowered cotton dress just like my own grandmother might have worn. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slips through a curtained door leading to the back-stage dressing rooms unnoticed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That evening, I force myself into a dress to attend an impromptu ball with Thomas on my arm. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Now Henry watched Naomi as she took the laundry down from the line, admiring how her body moved under the thin yellow dress, the dress she’d made from his Christmas gift. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jude teeters in wearing high heels and a tiny blue dress. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The stack of clippings is thick with grainy photos of Mom in her crown and dress. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“What do you think, Ruti? Do you like our snowman? Want to give him a nose and dress him?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

White cloths covered all the statues, so it looked like a room filled with poorly dressed ghosts. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see them touch my dress, but their laughter was enough to make them guilty by association in my book. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They’re dressed and posing like the photo from the opening scene of the movie. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It turned out to be such a great dress, and the only one of its kind in the camp, that bride after bride—whether she's fifteen or fifty—gets in line to borrow it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a long rubber apron and he wore rubber gloves to protect his hands from the formaldehyde. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then to the poorly dressed one, “Don’t say anything to him. He can’t stand you.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day she even dressed him in one of Mulies bonnets! Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We needed desperately to change—the extra underwear and dresses were dragging us down—but there was no chance whatsoever for that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning she had a carpenter called who took her measurements for the coffin as she stood in the parlor, as if it were for a new dress. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

As an added discomfort, they were all young, attractive, and well dressed, causing me to feel not unlike Pa Kettle trapped backstage after a fashion show. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The dress was a one-time affair, Cora assured herself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“You can get dressed now,” was all he said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Her glossy hair was bobbed and tied neatly with a pink ribbon that matched the dress she wore under a pretty white coat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She says she has to wear those ridiculous frilly and embroidered dresses, but the money is good. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I come out of my room and see my parents getting dressed. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

For example, after a night of drinking, she and Mark Antony often dressed as beggars. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I dress quickly in the modern clothes I keep in the very back of my wardrobe—jeans, an old gray sweater with a black star on it, and a pair of glittery silver Converse high-tops. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wish I didn’t have to get dressed. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They all had his red hair and were dressed in blue robes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I knew if Joey sat down next to those two their dresses would make the red, white and blue of the American flag. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she heard the twelve o’clock whisde she decided to get up and dress. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They know how to do their hair and makeup and dress themselves because they’ve probably been taught by parents who understand they shouldn’t just copy whatever the white celebrities and models are doing. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After getting dressed I do what I can to keep up my hygiene. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly see I’m dressed appropriately and relax a little. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He spent a great deal of time making sure that he was smartly dressed for the meal so that his friend would be proud of him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Across the midriff of her dress was a sheer mesh inset of a Lone Star Flag. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He went through my dresses hanging from the pipe in the bedroom and picked out one with blue flowers that buttoned up the front. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Given the high visibility factor, every designer in the world wants to dress me for my grand-jury appearance. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her burgundy lip gloss matches her wine-colored cashmere sweater dress. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I'm going to cook you dinner in a tight red dress and sky-high heels, she wrote, and you just bring yourself and a bottle of wine. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She told me she makes the dresses herself. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Standing there, they all looked alike: too much weight in the front—for that matter, too much weight in the behind—and dressed for a deacon’s funeral. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Naomi recognized the blue dress her mother had worn on their wedding day. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was fully dressed except for his shoes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The boy at the desk was dressed in a creamy velvet suit, a white rose in his buttonhole. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Camellia, the princess has requested your presence while she dresses for her party. This is a great opportunity to get to know her and to learn her preferences." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In the end, I realized he wasn’t daring or cool, and I hated how he dressed up all the time. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Emily wore a wrapped dress like Bridge’s, but hers had cutouts at the waist that showed triangles of skin. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ropy, vivid red scars run from her forehead down across her cheeks, lips, and chin, all the way into the high neck of her black dress. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton grabs me by the hand and leads me to the dressing room. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The graduates seem to have been looking elsewhere when they pinned the rose, zinnia, or chrysanthemum on their precise black dresses. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even got enough here so you can make a dress for little Claudia, too. One dollar for two yards. You can’t get this at the general store.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The boys are still grousing that the bits of red dress don’t look like hearts till Billy tells them if they don’t want to play football go home and play with their sisters’ dolls. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The bottle broke, and Robin ignored the wine stains on her dress to declare in a very solemn voice, “I christen you Dragonwings.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had plump powerful arms and a vivid yellow dress. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

His thumb makes its way to the puffed cuff of my dress, then back to my palm. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Fourteen dollars for a child’s dress!” she said as we left the store. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

By six A.M. he’s in the hotel lobby in full dress, polish on his shoes, pistol case snapped shut. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were dressed all in white and were beautiful beyond compare. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the days leading up to the last one, it was decided that wearing our uniforms was too dangerous, so we were told to dress in our everyday clothes. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care. It’s my favorite dress, and I’m wearing it,” Pita whined as she slapped Delia’s hands away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Now, get that dress on and go wow that boy, whoever he is.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Padva greets them with the practiced disinterest she reserves for pretty young things, but warms when they enthusiastically compliment her hair and jewels and dress. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I looked again at the inappropriate dress Alice had forced me into. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I move on to the dressing table, which has lots of framed pictures. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When she reached her bedchamber, she barred the door and took off her dress. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When she put on her dress she wondered where she would see him that day. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At first she dressed up like everyone else, but then she began to reject it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her little guy peeked out from between two dresses in a circular rack. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She got me bathed and dressed and took me downstairs. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Waiting at the entrance ramp are at least seven people, all young, all dressed in identical dark-gray jumpsuits. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ms. Bethune had warned them to dress in layers, since the San Francisco Bay Area was a patchwork of microclimates. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The chief’s messenger and bodyguard, Mister Ngwata, stood at the door in his short pants and army boots, dressed as a policeman. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Dora is a great woman, a great big woman with flaming orange hair and a taste for Nile green evening dresses. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stalls under blue tarp sell fruit and summer dresses and ice-cold rum, and trucks and buses and chickens busily stream by in the granite streets. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But every time I start to say something, you are busy smoothing your dress or looking in the mirror. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They dressed in the ordinary gear of backpackers: jeans and casual button-down shirts in heavy, weatherproof fabrics. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Days later two men dressed in full police uniform walked into the carport beside Robinson’s house and scattered acid over her Chrysler sedan. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Wherever did you find that dress?” she purred. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but I’ll need the alcohol to clean the wound before I dress it.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He and I have one thing in common: we like to dress up, which makes everyone laugh. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Consistently do what is right in common situations and know how to behave and dress in normal situations. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I stood up and did the fingertip test on my dress, hoping it was that. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Even after I got dressed and put them on, I wasn't too worried because my jeans came down long enough to cover the raggedy top and make them look regular. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She would be all dressed in her gray suit and black high heels—which Aimee had put her stamp of approval on—maybe putting on another coat of mascara. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She loves to wear flashy clothes—dresses, skirts, fancy shoes—and she always has the accessories to go with them. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Her legs dangled in the air, bare feet relaxed, a simple white dress flowing around her calves. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Their camels were dressed in blankets of a hundred different hues. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in white clothes, like some kind of uniform. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

One time I was lucky enough to get a dress. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It isn’t dressed like one of Balekin’s servants, and neither is its uniform the same as the other palace staff. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The cousins and the villagers came bearing bright orange jams, silk dresses, silver embroidery scissors. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, fine. But that dress goes with these boots.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Can’t have done,” said Ron, stuffing a second Cauldron into his mouth as he slid out of bed to get dressed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The cold of the snow is palpable, though she realizes her dress is no longer wet from the rain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Glancing out her window as she dressed, Petra thought that the branches could be rivers on a map, or cracks on a blue plate. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

A circlet of silver sat in the crimson headpiece that surrounded her dark hair, and her dress was as scarlet as her lips. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

My little sister was dressed like a mini me, except her dress was pink, which is still her favorite color. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She was so tall that the dress came up two or three inches above her ankles—and the shoes were so short they hurt her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You should make a petition for a less strict dress code,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

New dresses and her hair combed a different way nearly every day You got to have something to comb hair over. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“How are you today?” he asked, reaching for the hem of Princesse’s dress. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Two women in yellow dresses a few feet away rise and join a trio of men. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment the blanket in front of the dressing station opened and two stretcher-bearers came out followed by the tall Englishman. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then softly she withdrew to bathe and dress her body in fresh linen, and make her offerings to the gods of heaven, praying Almighty Zeus to put his hand to their revenge. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The escorts were dressed identically in blue pants, snappy white tunics, and blue sashes, but they could never be mistaken for each other. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She figured that she and her best friend, Janie, would get dressed together, get their hair done together. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She wore Hazel’s green silk dress and a green hat and high-heeled pumps with silk stockings. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The engine stalls on the main road, sending my dress and bag flying onto the dirty floor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

How he came up into my room with beer on his breath and told me we were going someplace for my birthday present and I should get dressed right now. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And the women who had thought they wanted dresses never realized that what they had wanted was happiness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even dressed in a simple outfit of shorts and a blouse, she radiated refinement. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

If backstage had been heavy with hushed silence, the dressing rooms were mirthful, dizzying chaos. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Good,” said Moody, as at last seven dressed, bespectacled, and luggage-laden Harrys faced him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A loose black scarf obscures my face, and my dress, high-necked and long-sleeved, conceals both my slaves’ cuffs and the Commandant’s mark, still scabbed and painful. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She had piercing green eyes and she wore a silky black dress with shapes that seemed to move in the fabric animal shadows, black upon black, like deer running through a forest at night. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

All the guys were dressed in jackets, and ties. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

In her black and white dress she looks like a beautiful tea-cosy. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly pulled my dress over my head and felt a knock against my thigh. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They’ll watch with open mouths as the breeze ripples over my blue dress and the sunlight shines on the lace trim; I’ll look like an angel. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unpacked my nice dresses, hung them in the closet, and placed some shorts and shirts on a shelf. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

"Park," she said, "do you . . . want to look like girl? Is that what this about? Eleanor dress like boy. You look like girl?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“No. I dress in what Master Kevin gives me to dress in.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike me, my room is one big blast of girl, with all the dresses I make—floating and not—hanging all over the walls. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Naomi spent the days before New Year’s Eve making herself a dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He is holding a stack of dress shirts, some with stripes, some with checks, and some that are solid colors. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She removed the sock and padded softly to the dressing table, where she caught sight of herself in the mirror. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she ripped open her dress and thrust the horribly made-up breast into his face. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Check HER out There’s no way that doesn’t violate the dress code! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gerry had a good job as a color matcher in a button factory, mixing dyes to any color a retailer wanted to make his dresses distinctive. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, I arranged my dress on a hanger and hung it on my doorknob so I could fall asleep looking at it. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the little light Johnny recognized the rolling black eye, poetic negligence of dress. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every one of the thousands at the airport, about to leave for Jedda, was dressed this way. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Muslims in the Ihram garb, or still in their national dress, walked slowly past, smiling. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farid felt Silvertongue tensing every muscle—as if he wanted to run to his daughter, who looked almost as pale as her dress. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sitting among the aunts in the less comfortable dining chairs, the cousins are flashes of color in turquoise jumpsuits and tight jersey dresses. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I dressed in a rush, smoothing my collar against my neck, fidgeting with the tan sweater till it hung right over my jeans. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

From under her pillow — a wadded-up evening dress — she brought out her pen and notepad and began to draw. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

As the two of them started from the dressing room, Miss Luft followed as far as the door. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

And depicted on the nuns’ cartoon placards as bringing all his evil to bear on the temptation of nicely dressed boys and girls. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t know that fifty is much for a dress, with all the furbelows and notions you have to have to finish it off these days.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The King was dressed in a robe of velvet which had belonged to Uther the Conqueror, his father, trimmed with the beards of fourteen kings who had been vanquished in the olden days. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Santita Jackson, ebullient in a black dress with a plunging neckline, was my maid of honor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They watched in disbelief as several dozen large, hairy humanoids passed by, dressed in tattered bits of armor and animal fur. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

What kind of fellow goes to jail dressed like that? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had flecks of soil all over her arms, her face, and her white dress, but she didn’t seem to care. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In another she was standing in a line with three other girls; they were wearing what might have been prom dresses, and her black hair was tied above her head in an intricate knot-work. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

This silk dress is not warm enough for New England, she thought irrelevantly. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

In the course of the fight Trip managed to break his sword, hide under a lady’s dress, fence with a sausage, and perform such fantastical acrobatics that it’s a miracle he didn’t seriously injure himself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was dressed like a man, because by now the dogs knew her and she no longer needed to go naked. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Sunday morning for church she’d do her hair and put on a nice dress and some high heels and she looked like a million bucks. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I hid them in a piece of cloth and tied it around my chest, under my dress. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in her black Assassin’s garb, with frost still clinging to her dark hair. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Told there was a costume party ashore, Hudson was persuaded to dress in a bedsheet with a teapot lid tied with ribbons to his head. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The owner of the adjoining pasture, his conapt neighbor Bill Barbour, hailed him; he, like Rick, had dressed for work but had stopped off on the way to check his animal, too. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Tennyson was normally a very proper woman who never went out in public without dressing up in fine clothes and a hat. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“So Frankie was a girl dressed as a boy, and you made Billy into a boy dressed as a girl?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

I say, as if I’m asking about a new dress. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere around him stores were opening—suits, dresses, overalls, shirts, skirts, blouses, trousers, all made and ready to be worn. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

There was something, first, about a dress in her bag that had to be ironed. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

At last I stopped crying, dressed, and combed my hair. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man dressed in rags pushed a large cart that already contained two corpses—a child and young woman, their skin tinted a pale yellow. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to dress and do my makeup at Hilly’s so Mother won’t suspect anything. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He recognized her dress - a flowery green-and-red wraparound, like the skirt of a Christmas tree. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I watched the little woman, dressed in black like a missionary, winding her way through the crowd. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys, who normally sported their high school letter sweaters, were dressed in smart brown military uniforms and jaunty hats. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She held her shoulders back to keep the dress’s neckline from dipping. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Lonogan had a white Persian named Fabian that she liked to dress in skirts and push around in a baby carriage. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But she did not give her the blue dress. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I also made a pair of sandals from sealskin for walking over the dunes when the sun was hot, or just to be dressed up when I wore my new skirt of yucca twine. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Customers could find food staples, a good variety of colored thread, mash for hogs, corn for chickens, coal oil for lamps, light bulbs for the wealthy, shoestrings, hair dressing, balloons, and flower seeds. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dressed furiously, trembling, skipping about to keep warm, and hissing blue breaths to him self as if he were grooming a horse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening an audience of nearly a thousand people turned out for the concert in Savannah’s new Municipal Auditorium, whites sitting in the boxes and dress circle, blacks in segregated orchestra or gallery seats. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

She had almost finished when the door at the end of the waiting room opened and a nurse dressed in white stepped out. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s so dreadful to be poor!” sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a beige blouse and black slacks—the first woman I’d seen in weeks dressed in something other than a burqa or a shalwar-kameez. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When a body was found decayed or with devastating injuries, we would dress it in burial shrouds but not wash it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As she and the other types were about to get dressed, Isis asked if she could switch rooms with Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was Lily, dressed like one of his teachers and standing at the desk. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And when Gwen snaked her arm into hers and whispered, “Come upstairs and get dressed — you are coming with us tonight,” she did not object. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girls were wearing white party dresses and black party shoes, so strangers would know at once how nice they were. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It consisted of large lumps of raw onion, beetroot, and tomato, all in a thick vinegary dressing. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

For the maid was standing there, rubbing her hands down the sides of her dress. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I was dressed in my new maintenance-tech threads, I carefully removed the flash drive from its expansion slot and pocketed it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We felt like canned fishes, and it was awkward to sleep and dress in a room with my sisters. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was out, dry, and dressed a few minutes later. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I loved my aqua shorts and matching socks with lace trim and a yellow dress with a flounced skirt. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Joe, sun bronzed and barefoot in his jersey and shorts, took Joyce, slight and slender in a frilly white summer dress, and twirled her once under his long, outstretched arm. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Most of the men were shirtless, but the chief was elegantly dressed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

On both sides of the fence were armed guards dressed in green uniforms. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A waitress in a long dress with a patch over her right eye swayed up to them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Ooh, my mother bought me this white dress with little black polka dots. It’s got a patent-leather belt around the waist. It makes me look like I’m at least seventeen. Veiy ooh-la-la sophisticated!” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I had coffee and the papers in bed and then dressed and took my bathing-suit down to the beach. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The hemlines stopped exactly halfway between the knee and the ankle, and most of the dresses were cinched tight at the waist with belts. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“My dear fellow! So glad you could join our little soirée. I see Marlena has set you up with a drinky-poo; has she shown you the dressing room yet?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The veil of security I thought the uniform provided had been lifted, and now we hustled in our black dress shoes and stained wool pants through dirty fields and grassy yards. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I got through the whole dress rehearsal playing Ariel the Fairy while wearing bright yellow tights with white feathers on the...well, The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She’d stuck a fresh peony at the front of the crown to dress it up. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she heard that, for days she lay in bed crying and knitting dresses for her Baby Jesus doll. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bloomer published an article about the dress in her temperance newspaper, the Lily, and before long it was known as the “bloomer outfit.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She wanted to buy me a fancy dress because we were going to see Phantom of the Opera for her birthday. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He rose slowly and began to dress, ignoring me; he did not utter a word for five minutes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she twirled the wire hanger to make the dress revolve in front of Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

They’re all dressed in red and smoking something that looks like cigarettes, but I know better. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"I'm certain your father is well," Sansa told her when she had finally gotten the dress buttoned right. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Underneath I had on my oldest cotton dress. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s satiny and puffy and looks like one of those bridesmaid’s dresses people make fun of in movies. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Underneath she wore an austelle dress with a broad embroidered collar. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the girl in this old-fashioned dress they had voted for. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carry her suitcase until a block away, and then watch as she crosses the lot and disappears into her dressing tent. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A young girl in her Sunday dress and patent shoes selects shells along the shore, filling her limitless pockets. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a dressing gown of quilted black satin, holding it close under her chin. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same dress every year, posing with a different Miss Teen Blue Bonnet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She was moving fast, almost running, and her long braid swept back and forth across the pale blue of her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Although he dressed as carefully as ever, his trim suits now served as a constant reminder of his breakdown. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Specialist, Fifth Class Judy Duncan looked sharp in her dress uniform as she leaned against the Coke machine. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you think?” she said, twirling to make the dress billow. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in Levi’s and a sweater, along with sandals and socks, even though it was a cold day. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d more or less dressed themselves when Mr. Jack came back, just as though for the first time, and pretended to be surprised and shocked. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do I tell you how to dress? Che pallet. Don’t go sounding like your mother.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

There were women among them, dressed in gowns of surpassing loveliness. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As he dressed, he realized that coming out of a shower full of boys he felt both the cleanest and the dirtiest of any other time in his life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes!” the girls screamed, except for one confused nymph in a yellow dress who squeaked, “Team Leo!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Pale and slightly pimply face, carelessly dressed; you can tell his boots haven’t been cleaned in a long time; his socks are bunched up around the ankles.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mother has excellent taste in dresses,” said the tailor. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Straight-backed and severe, revolvers strapped to their belts, they moved with tranquil authority through the mass of somber battle dress and grimy faces, looking from side to side as if conducting a count. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Without a word, I stood up, dressed, gathered my books and left for Granny’s place; it was five o’clock in the morning. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a fine suit; he wore watches on both wrists; and his hair, though quite wet as Kate had mentioned, was perfectly combed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘Ten dollars a week would buy about fifteen fried chickens. Or five pairs of shoes or five dresses. Or installments on a radio.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And since most of the silk available came from underclothing and evening dresses, the quilt was glorious in strips of flesh pink and orchid and pale yellow and cerise. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be called to the pulpit at Temple Judea at 10:15, so that’s when I have to be dressed and ready in the living room. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I emerged from the store a few minutes later dressed in my new threads. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was strange how someone else’s dress made her feel new. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was dressed like the rest of them, black beret, black jacket, black shoes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was finespun in the way that used to make Olanna wonder if she wasn’t uncomfortable, dressing up every day and simply sitting at home. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Why, honey, don't you want to get dressed?" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We retrieved our bags, and Mom pulled out her traditional cotton dresses. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen this dress—a sea-foam-green sequined bodice with a chiffon skirt—so many times that it’s not even pretty anymore. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In our Belle-trunks, little stone mortuary tablets are packed alongside our dresses, in memory of our mothers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

One of them was dressed in mourning, the other in white, turbaned, her brown skin a shimmer. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

At the top, two flight attendants dressed in impeccable uniforms give me dazzling smiles and a bow of their heads. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hagar stood at the door of the little cardboard closet, running her hands over the shoulders of dresses. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore an elegant sleeveless dress of woven gold, her dark hair piled into a cone, encircled with diamonds and emeralds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I need help with my dress,” she whispered. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The chariot rides—in which the District 12 kids are dressed in awful coal miners’ outfits—and the interviews flash by. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

We rushed to the doorknob; Aaron gave a look, pulled it toward him, and there she was—in a green dress with a rainbow of fuzzy anklets on one leg. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was wonderful because the dress was pretty and Sasha was pretty and the room was pretty and Nemo was pretty. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Getting to his feet, Rick made his way backstage to the dressing rooms; he followed the tail end of the cast, taking his time and thinking, It’s better this way, getting it immediately over with. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Maggie’s super nervous, even though she did awesome at dress rehearsal today. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her exaggerated hips were even more exaggerated by the wavy stripes of white on her purple dress. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

After school, alone in her simulated classroom, she would talk like them, dress like them, and assign herself homework she would never complete. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to see how the cop responds to a black man wearing a Confederate T-shirt over a black dress.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Before us walk three men dressed in green clothes with funny round cone-shaped hats on their heads. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We bring news of—” “Why are you dressed like that?” asked the thing in the dark. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I need a dress, I need something to wear. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

His kid was very handsome, well dressed, and quite refined. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t stop staring at her knees—the way the skirt of her dress drapes over them, fanning gently across the grass. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he is dressed in a plain suit, and the next time he will be black with dirt and smelling bad and in the overalls he wears to work. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Their fine silk dresses were now tattered and faded. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And that, my friend, is why I’m not going to dress differently. Eighth grade boys think they’re so cool. A dance sounds like torture.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My mother and Ultima dressed in black because so many women of the town had lost sons or husbands in the war and they were in mourning. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His question curls around me like smoke, sliding over and under my skin, and through my dress. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Once, he had snapped at her and worried the sleeve of her dress. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think my old jeans and stained sweatshirts are gross? Don’t you think I should dress nicer?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As much as he could, Bran preferred to dress himself, but there were some tasks—pulling on breeches, lacing his boots—that vexed him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care about the dress. It’s not that at all. It’s what has happened, what I did. I can’t come down now, Beatrice, I can’t.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As for Nicolas, he was dressed in white, like a doctor, with amulets around his neck. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, the sky was dark, furious clouds stampeding across the sky, and the wind tore at the threadbare dress Ophie wore. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I follow behind Katherine, who looks absolutely stunning in a day dress bedecked with applique roses along the hem. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

"Of course you do," said the woman in the red dress, and her fidgeting fingers brushed the black knives impatiently, as if there were something she could not wait to be doing. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The important foreigners and school officials sit in the front rows in their suits and fancy dresses. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded the red velvet embroidered dress that her faraway relatives had stitched for her long ago. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

People are everywhere, all dressed in black, all shouting and talking, expressive, gesturing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He came with Momma at Christmas, dressed in embroidered Western shirts and pointy-toed leather boots. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Lou is twenty-five years old, dressed in a leather jacket, handsome, cradling Tommy in the crook of his arm in the bleachers at a high school football game. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

"You can change the dress about this way, put different sleeves on. Have you got it?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor's mom was the maid of honor—in a dark green dress, with a white flower in her hair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Jane and Michael could see blue fires in her eyes as though they reflected the blue of the child’s dress and her brightness. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

With a flourish, he folded the dress into a compact square, then dried a second dress and folded it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I dressed up for our New York date, putting on a black cocktail dress and lipstick, styling my hair in an elegant updo. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"I'm not going to see him after lunch until the fight. His people come in and dress him. They're very angry about me, he says." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He is dressed up in a crisp navy suit with brown suede elbow pads and dark-brown penny loafers. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then, Patrick got dressed and walked around the house to go into the party from a different direction than his bedroom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Jenny Early,” Mrs. Murphy sighs, fingering a particularly pretty yellow floral dress. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“That dress has very tight sleeves!” she whispered. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was already up and dressed and gathering my notebooks. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But now he was standing up really straight, dressed in a tight fitting blue uniform with gold buttons, like the ones servants wear in a banking company. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The collar to his dress whites fit so tightly that it was an act of semi-strangulation to put it on. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Good-bye," said Aravis, "and I thought your dresses lovely. And I think your house is lovely too. I'm sure you'll have a lovely life—though it wouldn't suit me. Close the door softly behind me." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Mami dressed nicely for the welfare office and insisted that I do too. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Is that how you fellas dress these days, Agent?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The white people had to wash her, dress her, prepare her and finally lower her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mark Antony traded his Roman clothes for the Greek style of dress that Alexandrians favored, and he was soon taking full advantage of the wealth and privilege Cleopatra enjoyed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

One morning, as she was getting me dressed for school, I pointed to her stomach, then covered my eyes as if the sight were too much to look at. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He looked as though he was laughing at himself and the way he was dressed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is how, twenty minutes later, I’m in a dressing room wearing that taffeta shitshow of a gown. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning when it was still dark we got all cleaned up and I dressed in my old jeans and a Penn State T-shirt for the bus ride. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dressed and attended the meeting that was to make the final decision to dissolve the clubs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their industrious need made me light-headed: my dresses would be curtains, and my curtains, dresses. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I agreed to go on the condition that we do the skit dressed as boys. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she got up and went over to where she'd put her dress down, on the bed. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

You take most little kids, even if their parents are wealthy and all, they usually have some terrible dress on. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He walked across to the dressing station, stepping carefully among the wounded. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“The people who come in here want dolls, not rabbits. They want baby dolls or elegant dolls such as myself, dolls with pretty dresses, dolls with eyes that open and close.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“Remember,” Mrs. Johnson said, “when you shop for your audition dress, look for something very simple in dark colors.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Though he spoke little, she was glad to be out of her rooms, and dressed in one of her new gowns—a lovely lilac silk dress with pale pink lace accents and pearl beading. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Once she stood on the porch for a moment brushing the dust from her summer dress. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Abandoned buildings were seen less often, die naked children vanished, the bravos in the doorways seemed more sumptuously dressed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was dressed casually—in blue jeans and a denim shirt and hiking boots—but something about the . woman radiated power. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Across the room, Will stands with a woman in a blue dress. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Moon Orchid only laughed when Brave Orchid scolded, “Oh, stop that with the dishes. Here. Take this dress and hem it.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get there, she’s waiting eagerly, wearing a light blue summer dress and holding a present. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The público made many stops on the way, to pick up and drop off passengers, most of them, like us, dressed for a journey. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She wore her bright cotton dress and the mules with the red ostrich feathers. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom lets me get dressed in her room so I can use the big mirror. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I got a new dress for Dinah, a tiny scrap of yellow trimmed in red polka dots. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Black shadows hung in the adjoining room where the bed had been spread with Ellen’s newest quilt and the pillows dressed in fresh covers in honor of the guest. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifty-six years old, conservatively dressed, and well over six feet tall, he appeared a giant next to Bobby. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When she was completely dressed, she leaned against the bed of the truck and stared at Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then he dressed himself in his blue gown and went into the town. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

You won’t find half so much fault in me if you think of me in my forge dress, with my hammer in my hand, or even my pipe. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Singer was dressed they went out together. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Once, the Durham White Supremacy Club sponsored a parade float with sixteen young women dressed in virginal white and sporting banners with the slogan “Protect us with your vote.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She’s dressed up in red wool pants despite the sweltering heat and has Daddy’s old Kappa Alpha blanket draped on the chair. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth stands, holds up a green church dress with a round white collar. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A few days after the baby’s birth, though, Weylin called him into the library and gave him a new dress for Carrie, a new blanket, and a new suit of clothes for himself. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before she slipped a fresh pink linen dress over her head, she sprinkled violet sachet powder on a square of cotton and tucked it inside her brassiere. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another dressed him in his mother's clothing and paraded him through the bailey to shame him into valor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She is dressed in the same clothes she wore the last time I saw her, Abnegation gray, stained with her blood, with bare arms to show her tattoo. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Actually, it would also probably be a fun body to—well...anyway, it's a fun body to dress. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Someone made a grab for her, tearing her dress, but she managed to get out of the building. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She too was dressed in an outfit similar to the man’s, except hers had a few cheap embroideries. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell both of them about seeing the first spot at Gram’s funeral and then the next ones in the dressing room at the mall. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Briana is dressed like the astronaut Sally Ride and has a jumpsuit covered with homemade patches that say NASA. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Sasha had been identifying as agender for almost a year by now, but they still dressed the same as they always had—like a boy. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

While the dog whined, pawing uselessly at the fence, she stood rigid, staring at the toad, wiping her hand again and again on the skirt of her dress. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As dawn breaks, I open the windows to my bedroom and let the last of the cool night air flow in as I strip off my Court dress. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Francie was the only one wearing a gingham wash dress and she felt like a silly baby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some are respectably dressed, in tailored Harris tweed coats and matching gloves and tidy no-nonsense hats with small brisk feathers jauntily at one side. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Worm was dressed in neon track pants and a shirt that read I I, uh . Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When she was a little girl, on one moonlit night Fernanda saw a beautiful woman dressed in white crossing the garden toward the chapel. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Kaltain swept past them, the skirts of her dress floating in the air around her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ginika was buying a dress for a dinner party, hosted by the lawyers she was interning with. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Maria, however, grew less and less interested in dressing up and accompanying her husband to seek patrons among the rich and influential. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She dressed in tattered clothes that left her arms and legs bare, was shorter than me by almost a foot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At last, Gabriel, dressed in an old white shirt and short linen pants, stood on the edge of the water. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“That morning,” she told me, “Cynthia walked out the front door, and I called her back into the house. ‘Little lady,’ I said, ‘is that your slip I see showing below your dress?’ While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed a gray-templed man, nattily dressed, standing to my left. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She wore a shapeless brown-gray dress with many patches. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were no daring helicopter rescues, no tunnels, no ingenious plans to dress up as a guard and stroll out through the front door. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Her cane testing, the wet hem of her dress swinging, the white pillowcase held aloft. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She imagines a diminutive pianist, dressed in a tuxedo, playing inside the machine. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They did not wear men’s clothes like me, but rode as women in black and red dresses. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was up to Lori, Brian, and me to get her out of bed and see to it that she was dressed and at school on time. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"They need a run-through without me. Otherwise, they may mutiny. We'll do the dress a little later tonight." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Two tuxedos, complete with shoes, and a beautiful rose silk dress with beading on its neck and hemline. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He’s eight years old and dressed in a white dress shirt and black dress slacks that are both too big for him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Her female crew consisted entirely of maidservants dressed as sea nymphs. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

For him, the hallway was a minefield, and there were hundreds of active mines dressed in T-shirts and jeans. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Tommie’s first attempt at a dress for home economics lay before them on the table, a malformed monstrosity. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at the yellow legs sticking out of the unfamiliar white silk pajamas they had dressed me in. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She rolled up the sleeve of her gingham dress, all the way to the shoulder joint, revealing a bony arm with stringy muscles. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dress was fantastic last night,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Brown taught me how to curtsy, holding my dress out sideways and dipping at the knees. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In the school library that day, I joined a circle of twenty-two Harper students—all African American, mostly juniors and seniors—who were seated in chairs and on couches, dressed in khakis and collared shirts. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The third man was dressed in shirt and trousers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But neither does she, dresses and socks and ribbons, our hair pressed and curled. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Donna has picked out my clothes for a birthday party—a new black dress that’s so tight, it looks like another layer of skin. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They sat there, silent, until he stood back up, shoved all the folded dresses into Anya’s bag, and then pointed at the door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Get dressed and wake up Mustafa,” she says as she wipes her nose. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We squatted, our dresses bunched around our waists, to relieve ourselves. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They were all beautiful, like models, and they were barely dressed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Amelia and the Rutland girl, whose name was Prudence Allen, offered to take her shopping for a proper dress, work apron, shoes, and bonnet. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing worse than trying on dresses is hearing a bunch of skinny girls trying on dresses next door. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I have a thing about wedding dresses, you know? Ever since I was a bitty girl.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The dress that had belonged to his mother. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At first she made things just for her family—dresses for Lou’s sister, Rosemary, wedding gowns for cousins and nieces. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ma kept her head down as she added a few last stitches to her dress for the wedding. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

They came together amid the throngs of people dressed in crimson and purple and rich black velvet. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shifting to lie on her side to ease the pain in her dressed and bound back, she ran her hand down the mattress, and blinked at the freeness of movement. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But the truth is, I’m one of the only girls on the bus not dressed in indfgena clothes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We all bear scars, Dorian. Mine just happen to be more visible than most. Sit there if you like, but I’m going to get dressed.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And we use fitted when we speak of someone whose clothes are, shall we say, under construction: Alice was fittedfor a new dress. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I seem frilly and shallow, twirling and giggling in my dress, although the others assure me I am charming. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She hugged me, and I breathed in the sweet orange scent of her hair dressing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The child made no move to help, and Hannah had to dress her as if she were a doll, pushing her arms into the sleeves of the blouse as gently as she could. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed for work in a crisp shirt and tie, a fancy watch flashing at his wrist. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded, and, hand in hand, they walked to the dressing rooms in the back. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the corridor I passed a gaunt, sixtyish woman—print dress, harlequin glasses, sharp nasty face like a poodle—carrying a stack of folded towels. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It fit because of where and how it was ripped—the dress she’d worn to the Winter Ball her first year. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to go,” I said, happy that I was already dressed. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There were guys like me dressed in street clothes who had been out on bail and were now sentenced. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I began to daydream that I had a pretty modern house and a pretty modern dress just like the people on the screen. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My dress is too tight and too short and I don’t want Dray’s piercing eyes on me, not even the blue-cap boy’s, Kasim. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I do look pretty bad, hooked back up to the ventilator and a dozen other tubes, the dressing from my latest surgery seeping blood. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dress front was nearly dry by the time my house came into view. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The door to the dressing room opened, startling Billy. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other people who had taken the time to dress had dressed in the oddest things, choosing things they wanted to save rather than what would be appropriate for a disaster. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she has the nerve to tell me that my plain taffeta dress is unsuitable for the Tropicana. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still she took it and put it in a deep pocket in a very loose fitting white dress that she had made herself from the cloth that I had brought her on my last visit. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“She was just a cockney in a nice dress. Until she believed in herself. Then it didn’t matter what dress she wore.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The woman was dressed in a servant uniform and had tightly clenched fists, mahogany skin, and a French accent. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Who even this gigantic white boy, wit’ his sorry, trashy self say is talking proper and dressing good as a prince and doing jus’ fine, and writing us letters in his own hand! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Then she could buy the dress and everyone would be happy. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in fine clothes—white shirt, black trousers, shoes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The following day, when doctors dressed the wound, they found a tiny piece of rib bone and more fibers discharged with the pus. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Stella looked down and tried to smooth her wrinkled dress, suddenly regretting that she had not taken the time to change her clothes. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Ah! I may mention without indiscretion, I hope, that I noticed the colour of your dressing gown on the way from Aleppo to Stamboul. A pale mauve, I believe.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cecilia was getting to her feet without any particular hurry, and was retying the silk cord of her dressing gown. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ll wrap her in the blanket for now and dress her properly when it’s aired out a bit or washed if we can.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sarai stepped out of her clammy, wet slip and let it fall to the floor of her dressing room. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in jeans, a sweater, and a light jacket. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But the situation was not normal; her mother spoke to her from the floor of the bathroom, where she crouched, hand up under her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Doctorita wanders to the table in her bathrobe, still clutching her knitting needles, half a yellow Baby Jesus dress draped over her arm. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My palms are sweating, and I wipe them on my dress. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as his breath sounded peaceful and regular, Elinor took off the stupid dress, got into her own clothes, combed her tousled hair, and wrote him a note. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A group of nicely dressed Negro women solicited contributions for missionary activities. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in his uniform—choking high collar, ill-fitting tunic, and wrapped leggings. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have to hurry up and wash my hair and get dressed before Kasim gets here. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If only I could be Joan of Arc, cut off my hair and dress like a boy, just to be on the safe side. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

A young blond woman I’ve never seen before stands in the parlor, dressed in the clothes of a shopgirl or store clerk. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Vivienne goes through my jewelry cabinet, finding nothing adequately matching her ghostly dress in her own. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The huntress was standing at the end of the table talking with another young woman, who was dressed similarly in hunting green. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Different people dress or behave or look differently. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She took a step nearer to the screen and inquired, “Alexander? Beowulf? Are you almost dressed?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He’s as sharply dressed as he was when he visited Wisconsin last year, although he’s thinner now. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know the pile of clothes bursts into flames and my red dress melts like plastic in the fire. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her white dress dances with the ocean breeze, her silver wings shimmer in the sunlight. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After a while she rose and smoothed the front of her cotton dress. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled a brown tonic bottle out of her dress pocket. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

A day or two after I had started living with my uncle, Allie gave me my first pair of dress shoes, a dress belt, and a stylish shirt. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Madame,” Poirot waved an airy hand, “detectives have to ask all sorts of questions. For instance, perhaps you will tell me the colour of your dressing gown?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much to Lyddie’s distress, it took all the money she had left, including the coachman’s dollar, to dress her in a manner that satisfied Amelia and Prudence. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her back arched a little as his fingers climbed the front of her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You know hair dye is against the dress code,” Selena said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Nice look, Ron ... go well with your dress robes, that will.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her attention was fixed on the three sisters with the flared-sleeve dresses and their round, curly Afros. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked elegant in a knee-length tan dress. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

María stood on the shore wearing a lovely white dress of her own. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He dressed in black, as befitted a man of the Night's Watch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Clouds, which had shadowed the monument, skittered away to the north, and the late-afternoon sun broke through to bathe the reflecting pool and shine on the gaily dressed Easter crowd. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

And she also did this fancy sweep of a curtsy, so that the fluffy skirt of her white dress cascaded slowly to the floor like the petals of a large carnation. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a green dress with a red hat and shoes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Grandma’s dress was beautiful, too; a dark blue calico with autumn-colored leaves scattered over it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have privacy to try on a new dress and twirl in the mirror to see if I like it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Qareeb’s hard work finding a manufacturer, there was a quick turnaround for our dress samples. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then I found Madge in her room, sitting at her dressing table, brushing out her wavy blond hair before a mirror. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in her Girl Scout uniform, which she had sewn herself, and it made her look like a shiny green leprechaun. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

So while Kevin got ready to go to the library, I sat on the bed, fully dressed, stuffing a comb, a brush, and a bar of soap into my canvas bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Kainene dusted herself down carefully, but the ground was wet and the mud had stuck to her clothes; her blue dress looked designed with chocolate-colored smudges. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I think you look lovely,” said Mother, stepping back to admire the dress. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She saw rows and rows of finely dressed people kneeling with their heads on the ground in front of the king. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He saw various women of indecipherable age, their skin dry and cracked, some apparently pregnant, all of them barefoot and dressed in faded rags. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran behind my mother and cowered behind her long dress. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him, a boy dressed in a loose, sapphire blue pirhan-tumban followed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of her in her wet, raggedy dress tears my own heart to shreds. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She notices how the teenager, who comes from his uncle Marco’s wealthier neighborhood, is neatly dressed and immaculately clean, and wears his hair long. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The Meecham family prepared for midnight Mass. Mary Anne and Ben, fully dressed, knelt before the Christmas tree rattling presents that bore their names. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ordered that I be bought a new bag-wig, and my mother a whole series of costly dresses a la mode du beau monde. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The shop is too busy. We can’t close up or turn away customers. Besides, the Ogilvie girls are snobs. Why would they invite us, except to make fun of our dresses? I’m staying here.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Jack shuts off the engine, a girl springs from the backseat, wearing a blue-striped dress and white sneakers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I would wave at the general, perpetually dressed in his shiny over­pressed gray suit, and he would wave back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Odile looked in horror at the prospect of being long without fashionably dressed people. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Ma rolls the wheelchair back so we have enough space to slide out of the pew without tripping or brushing against the wheels of her chair and dirtying up our holy dresses. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She strokes the curls poking out of her long dark braid, and tucks a book into her dress sash. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They woke me and helped me get dressed and wheeled me into the captain’s kitchen. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t he even dressed by now? What’s everybody been doing all morning?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a while, I got up, dressed, found the Hotel Filosoof stationery, and wrote him a love letter. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Into the house, into Adam’s bedroom, came a captain of cavalry and two sergeants in dress uniform of blue. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know everything I saw, when I dressed Mirjam on the table yesterday. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The berries dropped down the front of my dress and rolled across the floor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There stood Mrs. Weasley, short, plump, and wearing an old green dressing gown. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They dress the baby in the Limerick lace dress we were all baptized in. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not finely dressed as the others had been, in fact only one step from being ragged. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"No need to check. I want to go inside, get out of this dress, and get back to the party." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in high-waist pants, a canary-yellow T-shirt, and ugly brown loafers. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She wore casual clothes to visit instead of dressing up. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

On the fringes of the crowd a tall woman with short cropped hair, a black lace dress, and black open-toed shoes leaned against a beam that had been painted yellow. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She carefully removed the hard lump of sweetness from her mouth, stuck it back in its leaf just inside the pocket of her dress. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I left home wearing six pairs of underdrawers, two half-slips and camisoles; several dresses one on top of the other, with pedal pushers underneath; and outside of everything an all-weather coat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had to be a good dress, for Uncle Michael and Auntie Joan were going to present me to Queen Elizabeth in Buckingham Palace. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes he emerged, dressed in striped overalls and a white cap which had “Ford” printed on the front of its crown. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wore chunky silver jewelry, a bright batik dress, and the kind of sturdy sandals I would guess an anthropologist might wear. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Who dressed you in this, for God’s sake?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She is wearing her dress for the May ball. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike most American weddings I’ve attended, Iranian weddings call for formal clothing—it’s a cardinal sin to show up wearing a summer dress or something perfectly appropriate for a Sunday church service. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I did like having others to play with and enjoyed girly activities, like having my nails polished or my hair done and dressing up like a princess. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Her whole dress is pale blue tulle, light as air, with straps crossed neatly between her shoulder blades. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

When I return, Tris is already fully dressed, perched on the edge of one of the cots, like she’s ready to leap to her feet at any moment. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then they would dry him, powder his body, and dress him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She rushes to the bed and grabs the dress, pressing it to her body and twirling. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her Mama smoothed her dress over her knees and took a quick, short breath. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the dining room, she spilled blobs of soup on to the front of her dress, and when Kingshaw had looked up, she had been staring at him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She was short like me, and wore faded dresses that she’d bought way before I was born. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a little silly in my shiny new dress and my perfectly done hair all of a sudden. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her own garment for the feast was a deep blue dress; she entwined blue ribbons through the straps of her sandals and in her long hair. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Amaka put the comb down and pulled her dress over her head. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the soft white dress in its folds of tissue paper, and how it would hide my flat dull figure, my rather sloping shoulders. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He does not wish that Vincent dressed better or acted in a more “normal” way. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In one room he sees an oil portrait of a small girl he assumes is Maxine, sitting in the lap of a stunning, youthful Lydia, wearing a yellow sleeveless dress. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dolores says, walking into the living room dressed in one of the dark pantsuits she wears to weddings. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He called me “Shiver My Timbers,” after the character in Treasure Island, because of my habit of dressing in a blazer no matter how hot it was. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Native Mexican women dressed in pale tunics slid their paddles into the lake and rowed slowly, serenely across the water toward what could only be described as densely vegetated islands floating on the water. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She had dressed carefully, in dark jeans and the black Charlie Chaplin T-shirt her mom had given her for her birthday. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Today, it’s a skintight navy-blue jean dress, with thick gold buttons. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I came from the dressing room, I could feel the strain in my leg muscles, and my right arm ached from the effort. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I have to be fed and dressed so I can spend another long day in the happy-face room at Spaulding Street School. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Jenna, fully dressed, has joined us at the mirror to put on mascara. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was suddenly conscious of how richly he was dressed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But pretty soon, he laid all that aside and went about his business dressed all in white. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Slithering the skinny dress over the doll’s head and arms and snapping the tiny fasteners was more than her chubby six-year-old fingers could manage. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Padma wears a bright purple dress with an empire waist that falls in a clean line to the floor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He dresses for the party as he normally does, in Levi’s and boat shoes and a checkered flannel shirt. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would be a lot cuter without it, but I promised to wear it this way when Mama agreed to let me get the dress. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When we ran out of hot water, Charlie dressed and followed me to his room. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Whipped his way through the dress shirts and slacks. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Still dressed, she paced back and forth in her front hall. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, after lunch, Concha took Lupita to a discount store close to the motel and helped her pick out a dress. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Ishtar stood there in silver high heels and a dress that shimmered as if made of starlight. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Besides, we were only able to dress up as biblical characters. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was a short man, with round, pink features, always immaculately dressed, always smoking long, expensive cigars. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was standing on a chair in front of the stove, wearing a pink dress my grandmother had bought for me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Back in her dressing room, she put on a slip. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Better just to imagine the dress looks amazing. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He had been dressed in his special ninja pajamas with the words Silent Killah stitched over the breast pocket. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Apparently she felt that I had the right to go, too, just like everyone else, and that I was wrongfully discriminated against because of the way I was dressed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The poor man took this the wrong way and apologized for not bringing a prettier dress! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Then he loped towards me, and stood up, pawing at my dress. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The hair on his neck was bristling, and he was looking up at Alice, who wiped a wet and soapy hand on her dress before stroking his head with it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

On the balcony Goebbels, dressed in a light-colored trench coat and a fedora, applauded theatrically, almost clownishly, as each German boat crossed the line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was the last time Mom had dressed up. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Might as well enjoy myself before you start measuring me for this dress.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up and smooth my dress down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Flopping down on my bed an hour later, I decide that I am not going to even take off the blue silk dress I am wearing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Later, he mounted her and relieved himself with wordless haste, fully dressed save for his tumban, not removed but pulled down to the ankles. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Rue, who is dressed in a gossamer gown complete with wings, flutters her way to Caesar. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing another interesting outfit today: white button-up shirt with a light blue tie, polyester khakis, and, of course, black dress socks. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“That dress was made for you,” the girl said to Mrs. Trepid. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He placed it respectfully over the hideous features, then proceeded to dress the wounds. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell him it just came out of woods. There have always been poachers back up that way. He can dress it out and we can use the meat since he’s leaving for a while.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Always wore big flowered hats and bright-colored dresses, never “quiet” clothes like nice ladies were supposed to wear on the street. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I need to dress differently?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I imagined her dress to be a pale, listless yellow from too many washings. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Emma wiped her hands on her dress, held them to her nose, and made a face. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were still looking at dresses when Deedee and the kids came to find them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Also, that the guys get to wear regular clothes and the women have to cover their heads and wear the heavy dresses.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Olanna pretended not to have heard and instead said to Baby, “Now, look what you did to your dress! Hurry inside so we can wash it off!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you get dressed again, and then we’ll talk? Mr. and Mrs. Talbot, maybe we can step out into the hall for a moment.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And then there was lunch to make and, after lunch, work to be done on the bridesmaids’ dresses for Beverly’s wedding, which she had designed and was sewing herself. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, to us she was not truly a cheerleader, but Stargirl dressed like one. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Scrubbed clean at Lombardy’s behest, Bobby was dressed in a dark shirt and starched khaki pants for the first evening of play. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them, a woman in a pale dress came running, screaming at the boys, begging them to stop. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Eventually everybody cleared the room and took showers and got dressed and ate breakfast, and after breakfast we did our chores. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I thought about getting dressed, but I wasn’t expecting to see anybody. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was immediately struck by the number of young Englishmen dotted about; all well dressed, all looking a little hungry and all talking in low earnest voices to solid and prosperous Americans. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then I cleaned the make-up off my face that I had put on for the fancy dress. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She reappeared in under a minute dressed in a tight-fitting silk rucked bathing dress. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I stand in the wings, dressed in a lush black tutu embellished with black feathers and blood-red flowers. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it would be time to get dressed and face the music, so to speak, but not yet. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I was at the studio with Eva and Taylor and Hattie, all of us dressed in the same white leotards and pink tights. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was a little child’s dress of silk brocade stiff with seed-pearls, stained with salt, yellow with years. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the dress code requires them to look as dull as humanly possible. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If Johnny was home when the signal came, he jumped out of bed like a fireman, dressed hurriedly and ran to the bank as though his life depended on it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

An orderly came over with my clothes, and I began to dress. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Beauty Minister steers me to the apartment's dress salon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"I just gotta get dressed, man. Give me like twenty minutes." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t done anything to me, and the smutch of the mud against her blue gown — the prettiest dress I ever saw. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

These villagers are all dressed in the familiar loose-fitting black pajama pants and shirts with a red-and-white checkered scarf wrapped across their shoulders or around their head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The physician gave me a cursory examination, and then one of the warders told me to get dressed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No!” whispered Montag, “The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at. dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would be dressing for dinner, you see, and the house filled with guests. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She held up a dress finer than the others, white going yellow with age. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I peel off my mother's blue dress and take a hot shower. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Rita was dressed in a bark sarong and couldn’t stop grinning. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lights dim, and a youthful figure wearing a simple dress and horn-rimmed glasses takes center stage. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Five thousand yellow chairs stood on the red-carpeted speaker’s platform, and in these chairs sat businessmen dressed in black, and foreign commissioners and clerics in scarlet, purple, green, and gold. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Next to her on our bed, Chou worked on getting Geak dressed. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I’d be engaged to Stuart and I wouldn’t wear short dresses, only short hair, or consider doing anything risky like write a book about colored housekeepers, too afraid he’d disapprove. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You lying. You don’t have no pretty dresses.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Industry was dressed in a gray suit and shiny black shoes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have a piece of turkey in my mouth and I’m not dressed properly. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As he approached nearer, Jody saw that he was dressed in blue jeans and in a coat of the same material. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor was dressed in a gray suit like a picture in a magazine, and he was eating breakfast at a table on the porch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it does feel lovely to be dressed!” she said. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s in one of her best dresses, sky blue with embroidery in white along the edges of the veil: flowers and fretwork. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles was wearing a white tennis sweater, and Camilla a sun dress with a sailor collar, and a straw hat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She scraped every exposed inch of her skin, and her dress tore as she rolled. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The dress is plain black, with a V-neck that shows the tattoos on my collarbone, and goes down to my knees. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"Anita, it is now to be a dress of dancing, no longer for kneeling in front of an altar." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I put on my Sunday dress and the three of us walked to church. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She wore a sleeveless summer dress, a row of white plastic beads, and spectacles on a chain that hung like a swing against her chest. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Each one is dressed from head to toe in the hottest fashion of the season. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dimple felt warm in spite of the cool breeze; the gauze of Celia’s dress seemed to cling tighter to every part of her body. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Then get dressed, my dear fellow, and off to old Helvetia.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

"Bring me a day dress instead. The lavender one. No, the buttercup yellow with the ruffled sleeves." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I slip the dress over my head and hand her the towel from around my waist before digging my keys out of my purse. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I fold up the three dresses I made, one of which, the blue chambray, I haven’t finished, plus my other dress from the Children’s Aid. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Leo didn’t know if the Kerkopes were telling them the truth, but it was hard to stay mad at weeping dwarfs, no matter how annoying and badly dressed they were. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He bounded up the few stairs to the verandah, holding his soutane up like a bride holding a wedding dress. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She also got a music school to set up a stage outside, where our band and chorus would hold a winter concert dress rehearsal. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Miss Lilian was peering out from the dark, watching me go by dressed in her clothes, loathing me even more than before. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Some of the prisoners were half-naked, others dressed as they went. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

One dress, in a pale, sea-green color, made Stella trace its outline with longing. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Music from a jukebox blared from the windows; men in stained overalls, factory workers, and women in frayed dresses were sitting on the crumbling front steps. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Did they even make prom dresses in her size? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I took off my white piqué dress, which was no longer clean and starched. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He unties the knot at the back of her dress with difficulty, then swiftly undoes the long zipper, leaving a small black pool at her feet. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were mock lectures and sermons, and then Kerr, the second engineer, made an entrance dressed as a tramp and began singing a ridiculous rendition of “Spagoni the Toreador.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to meet Helene outside the barracks, and I'm not even dressed yet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Daddy, I want to sing and dress up like Miss America. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She wore a black dress with a scoop back and wide shoulders so her long neck had the appearance of a swan gliding on a lake. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My fingernails were stained yellow from the turmeric when I dressed in my best salwar kameez, and I didn’t even try to wash it off. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, yeah, I know you know the song. What are the words after ‘this something, this something, this dress. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She has quick movements, her dress swings loosely about her legs. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shoulda known something like this was gonna happen with your dirty pictures and running off dressed up like a Mardi Gras.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dressed and went outside to go to the bathroom. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The dress fits perfectly, as though it were made for me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you get it? We can go as best girl friends. We can dress up and everything!” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I think it would be easier to fight in a dress,” says Marlene, tapping her chin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sunday, March 31,1935 When the nine-thirty boat pulls up, Piper is dressed for charm school: white gloves, white hat, pink sweater, pink hair ribbon. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small girl dressed in a man’s white undershirt opened the door and stared at them in puzzlement. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Of course I shall be ready, Mother,” Ana said, tossing her head as if the task was no more difficult than selecting which dress to wear on the appointed evening. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hickock, too, was sharply dressed in clothes provided by his parents: trim blue-serge trousers, a white shirt, a narrow dark-blue tie. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I draw them in old-fashioned clothing, with long skirts, pinafores and puffed sleeves, or in dresses like Jane’s, with big hairbows on their heads. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would you set that dress on fire?” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Your aunt has daughters. Wear one of their dresses.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He wore his jet-black hair stylishly long, but not too long, and you could tell he cared about how he looked and dressed. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The rest of her family was dressed in black or gray, their hair neatly combed, the boys’ heads shimmering with brilliantine. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Madam walked in from the front hall, her hair halffallen out of her cap, and stains of sweat under the arms of her dress. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did the best he could, drying himself on the increasingly bloodied towels, and then dressed in his new clothes, trying not to make them bloody too. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby, dressed conservatively, stood somewhat nervously at his side. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Every afternoon she has us put on our coolest dresses and run away from our malignant house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had dressed, Frodo found that while he slept the Ring had been hung about his neck on a new chain, light but strong. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Sure. When girls dress up, they wear skirts. I have a lot to teach you about being a girl, Geor—Oh.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The bed is dressed with warm towels and pillows. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I walked into class that first day with my new pink polka-dotted dress on and black patent leather shoes. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Grandma had offered to buy me a new store-bought dress—I couldn’t believe my ears. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why you all dressed to leave? You going somewhere?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The men—two truck farmers, a retired crabber, a bookkeeper, a carpenter, a boat builder, a grocer, and a halibut schooner deckhand—were all dressed in coats and neckties. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The woman dressed as a queen smiled at her and asked, “Are you hungry?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You all knew that. What was done was an act of war. An enemy in civilian dress is a spy. Spies, when found, are executed.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

These were security guards, dressed in the same uniforms as the men at the gate. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Not silk or velvet, just a simple calico dress, a dress that would have immediately revealed that she was a woman. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Delsa and Norma, who liked to dress like princesses whenever possible, wore out their three good dresses in no time. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

After I'm prepped and dressed in a full-length silver gown, I've still got an hour to kill before the dinner, so I slip off to find her. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

For months, I've worn that threadbare dress, and part of me is glad to be rid of it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She examines my hand, then scrunches back the ruffled sleeves on her dress to expose a series of scars that look like quill scratches and bite marks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In that night’s Lemoncello commercial, Keeley—the ringleader of the group that had “defeated” Charles in the Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library game—looked ridiculous dressed up in goofy goggles like a flying squirrel. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Pita was especially joyful to be wearing a new dress, although she rejected the one with a silky red bow at the collar, saying she was too old to wear moños. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Aberzombies began to make their way out of the dressing room. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Just seeing you dressed that way,” Momma says, “makes me...” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to try on your wedding dresses?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

While I dress, a message pops into my view from Hideo. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m tired of being dowdy, so I dressed up as a change. You always make yourself nice for table, no matter how tired you are, so why shouldn’t I when I have the time?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since then, there’s been the process of narrowing down the designs, creating the dresses, and choosing the accessories. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He and the Fruit of Islam were dressed in dark suits, white shirts, and bow ties. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I can accompany Sophia into a dressing room and slip out a back exit? The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, with the sun beginning to decline behind the Olympic flame, a choir of thousands dressed in white rose en masse and began to sing the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

People only looked at her funny sometimes because she chose to dress differently, with her long dresses and her parasol. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a tan jacket and pants and strode with a gait as free as Sam’s. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to wear a dress to work. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

One is wearing a faded and billowy black dress, and the other wears a saggy skirt that looks like an old curtain. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And how my mother would come running toward her in the sun—her bright yellow dress—to see her return. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them marveled over ladies who sported hair curled tightly into the latest bobs, high-heeled shoes, and dresses made of cotton and crepe. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After we shower, we get dressed and sit in the hall to wait for Ty and the morning sing. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see the details of her long tunic dress from this distance, but I could tell it was old and graying. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed in big, drooping pants that show his underwear. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

First of all, Emma wanted to say, I dressed up as a scientist in a lab coat for Halloween in kindergarten, when the other girls were wearing princess crowns. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure she even knew why the dress was a mess. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She dressed the dish with some green onion and herbs and then slapped the man's back. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Is it the idea of wearing nothing under your graduation gown and then having to drive to New York while all the people in passing cars assume you’re wearing a dress?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I dressed myself and walked out to the wagon on my own two feet. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach inside the dressing gown and scratch my stubbly balls. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

To spare her the embarrassment of undressing before him and to spare himself the pain of seeing her in tht nude, he helped her lie down fully dressed on the operating table. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was very quick about it, for he was dressed in clean clothes and was having his cup of coffee before the music was completed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She does not dress up or alter her shape. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He scowls as if the sight of such a thing turns his stomach, then balls up the dress in his hand and throws it on top of the pile. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands clench in fists; I continue to stare at my dress. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he changed into civilian dress, had a bath, and waited for King Bagdemagus. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, it was still dark and she was already dressed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I have nowhere to go, each morning I hurriedly dress myself so I can catch a glimpse of Pa before he goes off to work. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fiona gave the girls two simple dresses, one of blue calico and the other of brown flannel. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dress was ripped and slightly scorched and she wore only one shoe. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

After I’m dressed, Amara says, “The only way to deal with fear is to treat it like an unwelcome guest. If you keep entertaining it, you’ll never be rid of it.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Heather continues, “okay, so a bowling alley. That’s...different. But you can still dress up; it’s a wedding!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She was tall, dressed in white, wearing a pith helmet with veils that floated across her face, settled around her shoulders, and trailed down her back. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t tell me that I had to dress up.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The children were dressed in their Sunday best, and I, in a flight of patriotism, had tied a red, white, and blue ribbon to my best hat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m even wearing a new red dress that Ma has made for this special occasion. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five people sat there, all shabbily dressed and wearing straw hats—two middle-aged men and three middle-aged women. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

We arrange ourselves in alphabetical order, according to the last names we may leave behind today I stand between Caleb and Danielle Pohler, an Amity girl with rosy cheeks and a yellow dress. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Candice wore a red dress that was much too long for her short legs. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Very respectable-looking, with her hair dragged back from her face and her black dress. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

A boy dressed like a poor orphan in one of Charles Dickens’s novels, carrying the letter “E.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

But as she was sorting through her not-very-many dresses and deciding that the note to strike should be serious and quiet, her letter box clattered. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

So I took off the dress and picked up the scissors Mabel kept on her desk and I cut the dress right below the waist. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Naomi slipped on her dress and shoes and tiptoed into the bathroom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I did not call you here to talk of dresses. I'm sending you both back to Winterfell." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He liked to shoot pool in his spare time, he played cards and dressed like a man from a much flashier part of the country. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dress made her look older and even a bit forbidding. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

On Friday morning, I put on my best dress, long and flowered with narrow lace trim around the neckline and a fitted waist. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been his idea to meet at the diner, but as soon as she’d put on this dumb dress, she knew she wanted to do all the things everyone else did. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then he would pluck and dress the body, working with such speed and authority that his boss no longer came muttering down the stairs, but only shouted from the landing for a count. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he was dressed, his squire had laid out his armor, such that it was. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were mostly thin, beautiful women in formfitting dresses, and heavyset men in what Luke’s dad and brothers called sissy clothes—shiny shoes and clean, dressy pants and jackets. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes volley between her and the princess, who squirms and fusses with the ruffles of her dress. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She is dressed as she had been during her performance, in a white gown covered in a pattern of unassembled puzzle pieces, falling together into darkness along the hem. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a suit and red tie and seemed thoroughly jacked up on adrenaline. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Their wives did not like the trembling unhampered breasts under her dress, and told her so. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you didn’t go into details before, when I saw you. Who are you dressed as?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I dressed and combed my hair, and she helped me pin the mantilla to the top of my head. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

One day she saw her walk into the sewing room in her party dress and was astonished to discover that that tall, dark lady was her little Blanca. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leapt to her feet and began pacing, hands on hips, dressing gown flapping. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“She wants me to buy her a dress.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Turning he saw a man dressed in grey, who carried a staff of heavy wood that was not a wizard’s staff. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton opens the door of the dressing room, and I can hear the chaos inside. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Also, I insisted on choosing my own outfits, wearing dresses by Jason Wu and Narciso Rodriguez, a gifted Latino designer, for the photo shoot. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But when the camera zoomed out there were ten women standing behind us, wearing the same white dress. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He likes colors—he calls them “hues”—so he might wear lavender and chartreuse together, partly for fashion, but I swear he dresses funky so we can have new vocabulary words. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The figure stopped, and at the moment a ray of moonlight fell upon the masses of driving clouds and showed in startling prominence a dark-haired woman, dressed in the cerements of the grave. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I remember when she came to visit us in Boston. She was dressed in a pink romper suit and her hair stuck up straight off her head. Johnny wasn’t born till three weeks later.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

"Let’s ask your mom if we can borrow something. I'm sure she’s got something nice. I mean, this is like a dress rehearsal for our quinces." The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You need a cocktail dress for a cocktail party,” Janae says, ignoring my question. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The dress selection wasn’t large, but both of them found a few things to try on. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There were no oilskins, and the men were dressed in wool, which got wet and stayed wet for the duration of the voyage. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The dance floor was crowded with kids dressed in every imaginable disguise. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I gave that dress to Sylvia, so your cousin Lily can get some use out of it.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Her waist is impossibly small, and she loves to show it off in half shirts and skintight dresses. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“She came to the last one, she said, and enjoyed it very much. I did not know you have fancy dress dances here, Frank.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She sat in the front pew in a red dress suit, hands folded in her lap, listening to her husband preach about September 11. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her elegant black dress and perfect posture, her matching black handkerchief to wipe her tears, her shoes with heels that punched holes in the grass. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

If I passed a Catholic sister or mother dressed in black and smiled and allowed her to see my teeth, I would surely die. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was after church, and I was leaning against the brick wall wearing a dress with stiff white petticoats. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls at the long sleeves of her dress, even though a fine sweat covers her forehead. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Dill’s mother, dressed in her maid’s uniform, walked in and looked around, her face grim. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

On the small vidscreen a man dressed like a vet appeared. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“A coronation means a month of balls. We will need new dresses.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was pregnant again, and her belly pressed against the fabric of her dress and strained the seams that zigzagged down the sides, where bits of flesh showed pale and soft between the stitches. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

This was a guerrilla force, and they were soldiers who had won their stripes in the fire of batde, who cared more about fighting and tactics than dress uniforms and parades. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We called for help,” she said, bending over slightly, the hem of her flower-print dress swaying below her knees. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo saw a woman in a print dress and white apron emerge from a room at the back of the house. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Imp was mounted on a red stallion, armored more plainly than the king in battle gear that made him look like a little boy dressed up in bis father's clothes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then bandage them and change the dressings twice a day. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Piani laid his head down, wiped at his face, with a piece of the emergency dressing, then let it alone. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“No. No crying. You are not fitting into this dress, okay? It’s not going to happen.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Most of the lads in my new school spoke in quick, sharp bursts and dressed in stiff, new clothes and wore braces on their teeth. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Some older women in blue gingham dresses nailed white-and-blue bunting to the bandstand. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But first, they had to wear the wedding dresses or the troll would shut down the challenge. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The woman collapsed onto the floor, and the lifeless creature rolled out of her arms, leaving a glistening crimson trail down the front of her dress. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“That was from eighth grade. We found her mom’s old wedding dress and so she made me go home and get a red sari so I could pretend to be a bride too.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Kainene leaned against Olanna and then, as if she had suddenly remembered something, she got up and straightened her dress; Olanna felt the slow sadness of missing a person who was still there. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sun was up and I was already dressed and ready to go, but Kermit refused to get out of bed. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed differently than the ones around us: instead of a helmet he wore a black-brimmed officer’s hat, and instead of a rifle he carried a holstered revolver. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As we waited for an answer all I could think of was Conchetta’s ripped dress—the one Helen Kazinski had demolished. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Belle-apartment doors reopen, and his dandies push in massive bell jars that hold three dress stands. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She felt the warmth of the stone she was sitting on creep through the fabric of her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is more a delicate swathe of red silk held in place by a tightly laced corset than a proper dress. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That night the house was full of light and noise, with people dressed as soldiers and queens and dancers and chieftains. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a dark blue dress and her hair was neatly piled on top of her head. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I rise, dress, and braid back my hair. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cajazeira carefully cleaned and dressed Roosevelt’s bloody wound before the expedition got back in the canoes and headed down the river. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

A red silk dressing gown that is wide open. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Under Anya’s dress, the key Lena had given her hung heavy against her skin. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

After what seemed like hours, she threw off her blankets and packed up her bedroll, dressing quickly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The right-hand page had an illustration on it, showing women in magnificent dresses, a fire-eater, acrobats, and a man who looked like a king. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“They gave her wonderful things: a fancy shawl, a silver dress, beauty—” Ben interrupted. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Alex reaches down into the front of his dress shirt and finds the chain with his fingers, pulls it out carefully. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This morning we had got up early, dressed up nice and took the subway down to Midtown, 47th Street. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I steered her behind a tree, pulled my own dress over my head and threw it over hers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mama wore her black dress without her hat this time, and the breeze, mild for early December, ruffled her pressed hair. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I take the pouch, grab my notebook, and drag myself upstairs to get dressed. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mami is going with me to the hospital, all dressed up as usual, with no one to admire her and tell her how pretty she is, except me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t mean to go down, having no dress. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Johnny told me how you ripped up an old dress of yours and made kitchen curtains out of it. He said it made the kitchen look fine, like the inside of a Gypsy wagon.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, no smells of dressing and sauce and pie drifted to his room—only the strong silent smell of fear and secrets. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I pick my mom up from work the next day, she’s got a dress bag draped over her arm. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I have that dress from my aunt’s shower. The baby-blue one. Remember?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He got up, dressed, went for a last look at the Fire-bolt, and was just wondering where he’d have lunch, when someone yelled his name and he turned. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Nearly everyone was ugly, and would still have been ugly even if dressed otherwise than in the uniform blue overalls. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that might be something to search for. A tortoiseshell hair comb. Next to a gray bureau in the far back corner. That’s where I got this fabulous dress,” she said, twirling. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We got dressed and drove back into town. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He dressed in women’s clothes and spoke in a high-pitched voice. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Mama pulled a long sewing needle from her dress front and poked the small end of the tail hair through the eye, I knew then. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a flowing, bright yellow dress, and her blonde hair was perfectly coiffed in a thick chignon. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Once when she came to visit, Mom sang a song about how God lifts people from the garbage and cleans and dresses them. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Out dashed armed men dressed in green uniforms. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She ran, the colors of her dress flaring flamelike in the bright places of the dark. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched as Mrs. Sen laughed and chatted, when it was her turn in line, with a man with a bright red face and yellow teeth, dressed in a black rubber apron. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some days Angela would come in dressed simply, khaki pants and a blouse, no jewelry. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The hem of her dress fluttered abstractly in the breeze. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

"That's not true, Darnell. I like girls to look stylish. My daughters always dressed fashionably—I made their clothes myself. Sometimes they even wore skirts as short as the dress your visitor was wearing." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The men were grizzled and sharp-eyed, dressed in dark, heavy- knit clothes built to hide layers of road dust. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hell’s yes,” Miss Ohio said, lowering the neckline on her ratty dress. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

As she dressed a sudden notion came to her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A man dressed in black appeared, a long-haired fellow, whose piercing eyes looked down upon me out of an intense and friendly face. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding? I had this pretty yellow and white dress that matched my purse perfectly. No one says you can’t rebel in style.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She wore a dark dress, unlike the other girls in their white cotton or pastel flowery prints, so she stood out like a mourner at a wedding. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His dress was up over his head and he could see nothing. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

In my nightmare, I’m dressed in the silk bridal gown, but it’s torn and muddy. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My new blue dress fits me a little tight in the armpits, but I like the way I look. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I remember several of the dresses being dense, but this one feels like it weighs a ton. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I put on a dress too, run a comb through my hair until it cooperates. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

A woman with a taste for brightly colored dresses is there whose breasts are probably soft sealskin purses now, and who may need a few things. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Nkrumah wore ordinary dress, his hand was extended and a smile was on his sensitive face. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Then the war hits, and he's overthrown. Saddam goes into hiding, and when he's eventually found, months later, he's filthy, dressed in rags, and living in a hole in the ground." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her body under the red dress looks very thin, skinny almost, and she’s lost that pregnant glow. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d be wearing a beautiful long dress, something made especially for me, copied from one of the latest Parisian designs. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The woman wore black boots and a plain gray shift dress. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Seen by the dim light of the dips, their number to me appeared countless, though not in reality exceeding eighty; they were uniformly dressed in brown stuff frocks of quaint fashion, and long holland pinafores. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She ran into the bathroom and powdered her face and the front of her dress, drew a surrealistic version of a mouth beneath her nose, and dashed into her bedroom to find a coat. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In fact, she was all dressed up in one of her Floating Dresses, looking spectacular.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

On her way to the washhouse one morning after breakfast Fujiko had seen her middle daughter—she was only fourteen—standing in a group that included four boys dressed nattily in Eisenhower jackets. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

After Ivy changed, Robin took the dress to the register and paid for it before Ivy could even blink. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Stop fussing,” she says, glancing pointedly down at my dress. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she used some of the water to wash her own face, changed from her nightgown to the maid’s dress she wore for her usual chores, and finally made her way to the kitchen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Momma said, “Well, that’s all right then. Sister, go and change your dress. You going to Sister Flowers’s.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are girls in skirts, dresses, and leggings. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was plain and comfortable, unlike my stiff and fashionable courtly dress, and it gave me an ease of movement that I relished. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I'm wearing one of the Fashion Minister's latest creations—a honey-and-marigold bustle dress with a waffle texture and a waist-sash of striped fur. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Albert binds up my wound with his field dressing. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tried Polish on Billy Pilgrim first, since he was dressed so clownishly, since the wretched Poles were the involuntary clowns of the Second World War. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Hirsch will shave his beard, and they will both dress as workers, like Max did. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At the end of the period, I quickly took a shower, got dressed, and rushed to the main office to pick up a petition. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that in churches, you know, sometimes the angels are women in long dresses, and sometimes they are babies, and—” “Oh. Churches. I do not know about all those angels.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I'd nod my head, envisioning a pair of glistening lips lying forsaken on the floor of some nightclub dressing room. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The neighbors, watching Kino’s door through the crevices in their brush houses, were dressed and ready too. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we go to my room and take off the dress, Mrs. Walton says the next step is to get a manicure and pedicure. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But Louisiana was gone, running down the hallway, her sequined dress glowing and glittering in a purposeful way. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then he put on this very tight black evening dress. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Enough to buy a shirt and a dress and to send some to Mamá. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

One particularly disgusting conglomeration— oyster dressing—looked like baked barf. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Her rotund figure dressed in hospital gown and slippers at the head of the demonstrators inspired many less committed Hayti residents to battle on. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I must tell you this amusing story, the wife of an important business associate gave her an Old German bisque Doll dressed in a Hulu Grass skirt... The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people’s educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They ate fish and chips in a pub, a thin crust of grime on the sides of the wood table, while she talked about her love of fashion and asked him about Nigerian traditional dress. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Wash assumed that she meant something like a dress or hair ribbons. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alexander Helios wore the native dress of the Median king. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

And as soon as she says that, I realize I have no idea how much the dress costs. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Liyana had a little picture of Sitti in her wallet, standing in a long dress in the archway entrance to her house. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The band was dressed as Apache dancers and three of the female teachers came modestly attired in cancan outfits. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead the dress goes up with ease. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It’s like a masquerade party; they are like oversize children, dressed up in togs they’ve rummaged from trunks. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like makeup and dresses, and I will shave my legs and armpits, but everything else is such an ordeal. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I got up and had my bath and dressed, and went down to breakfast at nine o’clock as usual. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mama made me a sling out of the same bolt of cloth she brought over to make the bed sheets and baptizing dresses for the African girls. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were a strange mix to see, ranging from grubby, shoeless urchins like myself, to reasonably well- dressed, well-scrubbed children who probably had parents and homes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was Lancelot, no longer in armour but dressed in a magnificent velvet robe, scalloped and diapered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a dress I bought for my fifteenth birthday party. But I don’t wear it on dates.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Without another word, we returned to our rooms, Dad and I. We got dressed. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girls wore beautiful flowered dresses and high heels that made them taller than some of the boys they were with. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Mother, this is what I’m wearing. What’s the point of getting dressed up to buy new clothes?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There were men with blankets over their shoulders and rifles in their arms, men wearing headbands or tall black hats, women in long colorful dresses with shawls. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you think I would look in one of those dresses and bonnets?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

To me, a day was mapped out and dressed for; I called it my POD—plan of the day. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

"But why are you dressed like that, Grummore? You have got spots, or something. And what has Palomides got on his head?" The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I call I am told to come in at three sharp and to be sure to “dress professional.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if I was dressed,” Santa told the man, “I’d go in and pay my respects. Me and my friends here just on our way to a picture show. Thank you.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the people in the crowd were men; however, she did see a poorly dressed white girl about her own age standing near a wagon. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She decided to change her shoes because they didn’t match her dress, and left to catch her bus. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay on his bed dressed in blue jeans and a T-shirt, a small man with scarred and wiry arms and prominent collarbones. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Her bra strap was left bare over her shoulder and Aileen had fastened the dress to the bra with a safety pin, just to keep it from sliding down. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The colors were unfurled, the lines were dressed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poorly dressed one shrugged his shoulders pleasantly. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had thought long and hard about wanting to dress grown-up. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s almost as though I catch the sound of her dress sweeping the stairs as she comes down to dinner.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The family dressed in the usual all black, the women with big hats, the men with shined shoes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I notice nothing unusual but a few rose petals withering on her dressing table. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Madge doesn't wait for an answer, she just leans in and fixes the bird to my dress. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Tonight she is wearing green and gold, a mossy dress with an elaborate shining collar that makes the pink of her mouth, her ears, and her eyes stand out. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I got out of bed and dressed and dashed to the kitchen where Mom gave me half of her egg and butter sandwich. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A damask dressing gown—and Mr. Lyte’s best wig on a wig rest. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dressed him in the finest clothes, the kind a highborn goddess would wear to her wedding. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Not just a young man—a Candor, dressed in black and white from head to toe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A different, more ominous-looking forest backdrop had been unfurled, and an actor dressed as a young girl in red cape and hood entered, carrying a basket. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“She wasn’t too crazy over me having a half-naked girl in my room. Even if she was 2D. This was her compromise. Every time I take it down, she cuts a new dress.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He lifts the paper bag dress to reveal a low cut crop top and olive green shorts so tiny they could be underwear. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She wore a perfectly ironed, cream-colored linen dress, and her eyes sparkled with excitement, as if she were about to go to her first dance. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I'm six today, walking into Papa's rehearsal with my new red dress and hair ribbon. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her brown dress is a smudge of chocolate against the wine red of the carriage's interior. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A girl who was sitting near me in the balcony follows it out under the lights—scrawny, in a black dress that just hangs straight down. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And there, on the foot of my bed, is a folded-up dress of homespun with the royal crest that servants of the princes and princesses wear. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I dress quickly, the movement tugging the scabs in an uncomfortable, but not painful, way. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She arranged her dress so he wouldn’t splash the potion vials in her pocket. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

At home, Eang and her friend measure me up and down to make the dress. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies at the church saw to it that she got her dresses and lessons. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Just before the closing of the casket, when the people who were going to faint fainted and the women in white dresses were fanning them. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was black, with a hundred men and women dressed in white on the cover. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I suppose Bigwig’s going to dress up as a hrududu and drive all the does across the field.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She probably didn’t realize that kids dressed a little differently in Hollywood. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dined on these occasions in the kitchen, and adjourned, for the nuts and oranges and apples to the parlour; which was a change very like Joe’s change from his working-clothes to his Sunday dress. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of them, dozens of varieties, spiking, trailing, billowing, they dressed the colonnade in a forest of blooms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She stepped out of the room to give Ivan a chance to get dressed, and then they ran down the stairs. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

For the most part they were dressed more poorly than others I had seen. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was no longer wearing her servants’ dress; instead, her clothes were all black. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The frozen automaton was dressed in a black top hat and a bright red ringmaster jacket. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Still, drool runs down her chin and the front of her calico dress. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Or this apartment before which a white man stood, dressed in a brilliant uniform? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“That’s right. It turned out to be your wife dressed in your flight suit. We recognized her by her mustache,” Major Reynolds, Bull’s executive officer, shot back. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the chorus, dressed all in black for the moment. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

When the word spread, numbers of persons who had come before returned for another wait in the long, slowly moving line, wanting to see the Moslem burial dress. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had two grocery stores, one hardware store, one shoe store, one pawn shop and one dress store. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say, ‘Here, dress up like I think you should.’ Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I warn you. You’ll get the surprise of your life when you do see me in my fancy dress.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sprawled out on the table in front of us are snapshots of Mrs. Dryver dressed as all different incarnations of Dolly Parton. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

From my parents, I got a dress of the finest white lace-trimmed lawn and a new pair of winter slippers made of rabbit fur to replace the ones I’d outgrown. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Lister developed a device to spray the acid solution in the air around an open wound when surgeons operated and changed dressings. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Rita made a face and hid the little bag of chicken droppings inside her dress. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if Diego was joking about the dress code, but I would have worn clown shoes and a tutu to get out of my house. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I lit a cigarette and got all dressed and then I packed these two Gladstones I have. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She was behind us, running as only the dead can run, tirelessly, her white hair wild and loose in the wind, her gray dress fluttering. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

For months now she can barely drag herself from bed in the mornings, and after school she flops right back in, frantically knitting Baby Jesus dresses and ranting about thieves. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s dressed in a skirt the color of ivy, with stitching picking out a pattern of falling leaves. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The silver cocktail dress hung in her closet, the tag dangling from the seam. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

As they approached, a man dressed much like the other one came out holding a piece of bread and butter in one hand, and without a word looked at their papers and nodded. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I was little, the wall had been covered with a picture of a woman dressed in a cook’s white uniform and white hat, and holding a large tray of food. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right on schedule, Ryan came running into the lobby, warmly dressed to go to that mysterious place known as school. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He claws at her dress like it's a present he's desperate to unwrap. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

While August is off doing God knows what to Rosie, Marlena and I crouch on the grass in her dressing tent, clinging to each other like spider monkeys. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

One by one, wizards and witches in dressing gowns and slippers descended from the upper floors to leave the bus. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had trimmed his beautiful beard and was dressed in a bureaucrat’s gray suit and a faded tie of the same color. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes in all the dark suits and dresses, the tearstained faces and shaking shoulders, and the collective sorrow hits him so hard, the room blurs out of focus. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her blue dress makes her look like a bird, caught before she could take flight. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton darts from the register and stops in front of a mannequin dressed in an ivory princess-style gown. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Bull ordered his son to dress on the double, to meet him at a muster formation in the kitchen, or be put on report. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wandered in for lunch to find Rosaleen wearing a new dress and her hair freshly plaited. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly, she finished hitching up her silly tights, then swished her hands under the faucet, beginning to dry them on her dress, but remembering after an initial swipe, the towels. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Now she was dressed like she was going to an interview: a gray pencil skirt and heels and a blouse as black as her hair. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then one day, the drüskelle had crowded into the hold dressed in freshly pressed uniforms of black and silver, the white wolf’s head on their sleeves. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a severe gray suit and was sucking a peppermint. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They wear dresses and their hair is long and it’s pulled into shapes behind their heads or on either side. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a fine black dress with jetbeads sewn on the front, and Matt thought she looked strange without her apron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a sleeveless tank dress that hugged my hips, but the back of the gown was what sealed the deal for me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Any old color is fine; just don’t wear a wedding dress or your torn shorts. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

One white-faced woman yanked Violet’s arms up and pulled her nightgown off over her head, and thrust a dirty, lacy white dress at her to put on. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She popped the elastic waistband on her dress. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The moment I stood before that glittering crowd of sumptuously dressed courtiers, I lapsed into a sort of dream. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She swung over the side to find herself in her underclothes, and saw the dress and the wolfskin coat folded at the end of her bunk together with her shopping bag. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He fell to pawing at the pockets of the rusty black dressing sacque she wore. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He appeared to be in his early fifties and was well enough dressed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl in a gorgeous gold retro dress, blue braids, and makeup that looked airbrushed on walked by, proving her point. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“She liked that picture because of the dress,” he went on. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I need a sequined dress, or at the very least, regular mestiza clothes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wished she had stayed in her dressing room instead of having to be around all these people. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But when he later ran into Zafoona, wandering in a daze among rows of little girls’ pink party dresses, he wanted to go home and hide in the kitchen pantry. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She would be walking around all day dressed as a girl. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She has on an ankle-length Chinese dress with modest vents at the side. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will look pretty in my flower girl dress. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was American, just like the friendly, longhaired men and women we always saw hanging around in Kabul, dressed in their tattered, brightly col­ored shirts. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their black hair in stiff curls down over their shoulders, their pink dresses made of crinoline and satin. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

When she splits the book open, I watch her flip through sketches of cartoonish women, all dressed like futuristic gangsters and armed with some kind of weapon or another. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I convinced Dadi to loan me some money to buy a dress. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were dressed alike in bright yellow skirts and white blouses, though they wore different hats, at least. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could come dressed as you pleased, fancy formal wear not required,” Mrs. Hidalgo said with a nod. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Without waiting to see what would happen, Coraline reached up to the mantelpiece and closed her hand around the snow globe, pushing it deep into the pocket of her dressing gown. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It pushed their dresses into the creases of their behinds, then lifted the hems to peek at their cotton underwear. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And Daisy was dressed in her bridal gown and wore a white lace veil. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then she said, “I love this white dress you got me” and “This scene is so incisive!” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In a feathered hat and banana-yellow dress dragging past her feet, one woman waddled to her seat. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

"Your dress is half unbuttoned," she yells out with a laugh. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then his hands left her hips and traced the line of her waist and traveled along up under her dress to the clasp on her bra. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now the girls’ game’s about half over so let’s start gettin’ dressed for war. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dress, pull on my sneakers, take me a slice of bread from the loaf on the counter and a peach off the tree in the yard. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground rippled as the grass became folds of silk—the dress of a massive goddess. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I saw her there, dressed in rags, her face thin and worn. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She did not answer, and her hand kept opening and shutting against her dress. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At the far end, against the wall, was a middle-aged woman dressed in black with a broad expressionless face. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I put Dinah’s old dress, which Mama had washed and ironed, back on her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"Camellia, time to get dressed," Bree calls from outside the bathing chamber door. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Other than how she dressed, that she believed in Vonetta before I did, and that she thought women could run things. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When you’re dressing up a hamburger, you don’t use bearnaise sauce. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I was dressed I was pushed out onto the school yard. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked to be about seven years old, and dressed in his grandfather’s clothes. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The compound is thick with people this morning, all dressed in green or dark blue uniforms that pool around the ankles or stop several inches above the shoe, depending on the height of the person. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mundín turned to me, and they say boys don’t cry, so maybe it was because he was dressed as a girl, but there were tears in my big brother’s eyes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I feel like he’s more comfortable dressed like that. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Prosper wondered in desperation while he got dressed. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t dressed for the bank, which made sense when I remembered it was Saturday. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She was all dressed up, for Judy, and she had her head to the side attempting to fasten an earring. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She liked clingy wraparound dresses with plunging necklines, black silk and lace slips, which I sometimes borrowed and wore as outdoor clothing. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Sahil and I both went to get it, and as I reached over, his legs got tangled in the long dress I was holding. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She wore a long one-piece dress, tied around the middle with a piece of rope. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the little line about myself at the bottom, saying who Maxim had married as his second wife, and how he had just given the fancy dress ball at Manderley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The men, wearing their white tuxedos, and the women, wearing silky silver, spaghetti-strapped dresses, complained about having to sit on the slushy curb in their wedding outfits. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

‘How can anyone let himself be dressed up like that? Like a clown. Don’t you ever get a job where you have to put on a uniform.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a cityfied, stylish dressed man with his hat set at an angle that didn’t belong in these parts. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Moreover, I now realized he was not alone, but attended by men dressed in the same livery as those the great lady I had seen had about her person. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like the way the boys dressed—the ghetto look, with those low-hanging pants and untucked T-shirts—or their braids. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She wore a diagonally striped dress that had been dyed black, worn by use, and a pair of scaly patent leather boots. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She took hold of her dress with one hand and bobbed a curtsey, somehow managing to make it look graceful and mocking and playful all at once. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I ask him why he’s so dressed up, he laughs and asks, “Why not?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a plaid bathrobe and bunny slippers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Hair uncombed, dresses falling apart, shoes untied and caked with dirt. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silk dresses she gave me are tiny. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red-faced, like all the Lees, white-bearded, dressed in an old gray coat and a gray felt hat, without insignia, so that he is mistaken sometimes for an elderly major of dignity. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ah, she was from another world, a world of beautiful dresses of muted greens and garnets. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the warmth of him like a heat-lantern, the sensation pushing through the back of my dress. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She wore a flowered dress and a white, white apron. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, the dancers appeared dressed as flappers, twirling wildly to jazzy music. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then I take off the dress itself and slip the thin sequined straps over my shoulders. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to dress and eat breakfast before going to find him. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Waiting together, we look like the families I see at the mall posing with Santa, dressed in their holiday best, even though it’s only the first week of October. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He had once jumped out of the window of a burning house dressed only in shorts and the “Handbook.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I was dressed in my usual costume of overalls and chauffeur’s cap. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Magpie stood behind him, appearing little more than a washed-out face above a black dress in the dim light. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was thinner than the other man, and he too was dressed in black. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

How could she sleep on the ground in a dress, climb in and out of a potato hole in long skirts? Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She broke a window and put on the brightest dress she could find. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And now, little brother, pray excuse me. I need to bathe and dress for the feast. I wonder if I still have that chainmail gown I like to wear over my boiled leather smallclothes?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I went and got her dress for her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs and got dressed for the day, jeans and a t-shirt, since I was staying indoors. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She looks at me and seems to see me for the first time, takes in that I am dressed like her, like a servant, but that there’s something off about me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But soon a group of men dressed in white came running in with a stretcher. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a shimmering tunic of gold and green jade. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I am told that you spend your days in the country with a common boy, that you dress like some farmer's daughter.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

On the Wall hang the three women from this morning, still in their dresses, still in their shoes, still with the white bags over their heads. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed from head to foot in black satin, and many magnificent opals gleamed at her throat and on her thick fingers. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sitting here now she felt the night air tickle the hem of her dress against her shin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She wore rainbow tie-dyed dresses and was always bringing in cookies that were made with granola and flax and had no taste. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I was a living experiment dressed in white corduroys and a Fair Isle sweater. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Josef takes me to the Park Plaza Hotel Roof Garden, in my new purple dress. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her old school had been kindergarten through eighth grade, and that was back when she and Lauren were inseparable, even dressing alike when they were really young. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

CONCLUSION: In speech, mannerisms, and dress, the subject manifests a feminine gender identity and role, despite a contrary chromosomal status. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I say, placing my face near the opening of Marlena’s dressing tent. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I wore a sleeveless aubergine dress to Barack’s address to the joint session of Congress and a sleeveless black sheath dress for my official White House photo, and suddenly my arms were making headlines. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He quickly got dressed and put his knife in his pocket. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

He taught me how to eat avocados by melting grape jelly and french dressing together in a saucepan and filling the cup of the pear with the garnet sauce. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Plus, some of us wanted to wear sneakers with our dresses.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

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

Though she is only a few inches smaller than me, she seems tiny somehow, her stick-thin body swimming in her dress, her face pinched and frightened, like that of a starved mouse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When I race back into the dressing room, my mom is near hysterics. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ever the independent spirit, Mary eschewed the traditional all-white bridal gown for a shorter white dress with black sequins, topped off with black gloves, black pumps, and a red rose corsage. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Quite right too,” said Giles, “Maxim is too superior altogether. The fact is he’s jealous, wishes he was dressing up like the rest of us, and doesn’t like to say so.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I slid back slightly, not wanting his usual messes to land on my beautiful dress. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon of April 12, 1945, Vice President Harry Truman strode through the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., dressed in his usual gray suit and bow tie. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dream I’m putting on my winter clothes, in Toronto, but my dress doesn’t fit. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom shook me awake and sent me up to bed, where I crashed onto the pillow, still dressed, pockets full of bills. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in jeans and boots and his counselor’s T-shirt from Camp Half-Blood, which seemed like an insult now that we knew he was a spy. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

If you dress like a thug, she would insist as she opened the trash barrel, of course you act like a thug. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She wears gloves and dark-colored dresses made for her by a seamstress in Charleston. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It will be like the old days. Remember when you used to come? Sitting there in your dresses.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Then transpired my confusion, for I wore them, and knew not how with delicacy to change my dress with the ladies present. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There was a girl in a long, fringed dress who wore a giant python around her body, which wriggled and danced at her command. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Let’s clean your dressings this morning,” she said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I tucked my remarks into the pocket of my new dress along with a freshly folded Snowberger’s handkerchief. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I dress and leave the hall as quietly as I can. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

We all stand there for a minute in our dresses and tuxes. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Just after the curtains opened, Aunt Loma marched in from backstage, dressed fit to kill in black silk and importance, and sat down in the aisle seat that the Tuttles had saved for her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Those who were staying wore long evening dresses while those who were going had on short print dresses and looked very pretty. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s in a group of other women, dressed in the same fashion; she’s holding a stick, no, it’s part of a banner, the handle. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The working people were dressed muchly as we did out in the country, but there were a few gentry who stuck out of the crowd like peacocks wandering in the chicken pen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You should take this one,” she said, passing me a navy dress with white braided cords arranged across the bodice. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Those people dressed in white, what game are they playing?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm showered and dressed now; my window lets in daylight. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Naomi and several of the women dressed for dinner, but I put this aberrant behavior down as a sign of approaching old age. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I struggle to my feet, tying the dressing gown. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my soft blue denim dress and headed for the bathroom. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The back cover showed a woman wearing a white apron and a flowered dress. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I changed out of the dress and walked outside to meet Mother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And, of course, Seanie was dressed like a flasher, wearing a long yellow raincoat with what looked like nothing on underneath it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If she spoke to her sister before the duel, perhaps she could change her mind, she thought as they dressed her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Fadi stumbled for a moment, eyeing the girl’s bright pink dress. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I already have salad dressing on my fork and I know better than to lick it off and place the fork back on the table, so I just freeze. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was dressed up, and he looked like he was ready to give some orders and sort things out. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grab her dress tail and pull She stand there in her slip. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madoc sits down on the goat-footed stool in front of my dressing table and stretches out his bad leg, looking for all the world as though he’s about to tell me a bedtime story. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A bite of turkey with mashed potato and gravy and dressing. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Mami stood in the middle of the room, her dress bunched on her hips, hands holding fast a long-line brassiere that didn’t want to contain her. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

On New Year’s Eve the parlor was deserted, for the two younger girls played dressing maids and the two elder were absorbed in the all-important business of ‘getting ready for the party’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We heard the clanking of the drabware behind us, and turned, startled, to confront a young man of fashionable dress and perhaps twenty summers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He wore his signature black work boots, black Wranglers, and baggy black dress shirt buttoned all the way up. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Once I put on my only decent black dress, I text Lorena to come get me, and she says she and Juanga will be here in five minutes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As she made herself comfortable, she inched her dress up a little. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yanked off my nightgown, threw on a dress, and flew down the stairs without my shoes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t meant to annoy her with talk about the dress—though it was outdated—nor had he known she’d be that irritated about not being invited to the feast, but... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give up so quickly,” Habiba said, pulling me back to the rack of dresses. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I always dressed well when I made calls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I love best about Sundays is that not only is Pop Pop sober, but we get to pretend like we’re something special, dressed in our Sunday best. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A few paces in front of me Camilla struggled on tiptoe to pull down her umbrella, which dragged her along in little skipping steps—Mary Poppins in her black funeral dress. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t be taking my Zoloft in line behind Bobby, who is dressed in my shirt for his interview. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She had worn a long dark dress that covered her from neck to feet. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had on a long brown dress with a white lace collar that fell all the way to her waist and was fastened down with a silk rose. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m dressed in my training uniform and a black and red vest with my boots laced and my hair tied back in a tight ponytail. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The stranger was dressed in feathers and in furs, and there were small bones braided into his long hair. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

With armies, big ones, and cannons and flags and drums and dress parades! The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

I picked out a blue-and- white dress and tied a blue scarf around my head. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She wore the same kind of simple brown dress as she had before, but she was a grown woman now. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

An’t please your honor, this was the dress was laid out.’ The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I saw children dressed in rags chasing a soccer ball outside the huts. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We would stay up all night gabbing, sometimes while Rosa pinned wedding dresses on me that she was altering for work. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She already dislikes her mom because she thinks she wears way too much makeup and dresses like a teenager. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you like the dress,” I manage. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Could they not take him in and dress his wound and perhaps give him a bite to eat at least? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She’s exhausted, a skeleton in a white dressing gown with absurdly fancy ribbons and starched lace. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Girls like Jenna step out of dressing rooms, and people gasp and applaud. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Where the one in the white dress has scissors, this one has something else. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And spreading out her dress, she chasséed across the room till, having reached Mr. Rochester, she wheeled lightly round before him on tip-toe, then dropped on one knee at his feet, exclaiming— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Before today Jody had been a boy, dressed in overalls and a blue shirt—quieter than most, even suspected of being a little cowardly. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kat is not very heavy; so I take him up on my back and start off to the dressing station with him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped into Porter and Irvine’s and looked at dresses and sometimes made a purchase— elastic, safety pins, a veil, a pair of gloves. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He dressed conservatively in the styles of the day: tailcoat, fine linen shirt with standing collar, and tall hat. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cars would peel off to the side and unload the nicer dressed men. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

But what are the livestock keepers from District 10, who are dressed as cows, doing with flaming belts? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I did not look into the mirror until I finished dressing and had packed my duffel bags. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hat was an enchanting confection of plumes and gossamer silk, dyed to match her dress. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In reality there were about fifteen or twenty of them, all gentlemen in green hunting dress, with their horses; some in the saddle and some standing by their horses' heads. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She all dressed up in her League outfit and her noisy high heels and she head straight for the living room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The dress hugs her frame, a tornado of tulle and lace in emerald, turquoise, plum, cobalt, and gold. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Young females in tiny dresses, their breaths and bellies sucked in, trooped across to say hello to him and to flirt, asking if he remembered them, Ashleigh's friend from high school, Ashleigh's roommate in college. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As the fuse burned shorter, he tore off his clothes, turned each piece right side out, and dressed again. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

For Dicey and Maybeth there were dresses, for the boys shirts and trousers. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My yellow dress stood out like a shout I tried to quiet by draping my black mantilla over my shoulders. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women wore bright, flowing dresses, their long hair held back by scarves. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I remembered seeing Colonel Julyan at the ball dressed as Cromwell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I must have been a strange sight, always dressed in men’s work clothes, my hands as rough and weathered as the sides of the crab house where I worked. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey—ever heard of asking before you barge into a lady’s dressing tent?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Henrietta climbed out of the bathtub, dried herself off, and dressed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Staring at the dress I realize it will never be the dress Ma made for me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was never better dressed than at that time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Your goddaughter will wear that white dress for her christening. Thank you so much, Sister.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Inside the circle of men, the women in long dresses and ropes of beads had joined arms and were dancing around one older woman who was wearing a regular cotton dress. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

They help me find three dresses they called jumpers. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The starched gauze or lace on the cotton dress irritated any embrace. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a cloudless day in late September, cold enough to justify a coat, but warm enough that a sleeved dress with tights could be managed. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Are we supposed to be having mind-blowing sex in the dressing room right now? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

When I come out of the dressing room, Amá shakes her head. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

At the pond, the girls run into the water still fully dressed, splashing and laughing at each other’s attempt to swim. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman, dressed in a simple green calico dress and a bonnet to match, was standing in front of the house and waving to them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rustling sound of pants being pulled to the waist like the fitting of a wedding dress. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to borrow one of Lorena’s dresses, which isn’t easy because her closet is full of glittery clothes with wacky patterns. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I asked her if that was in the dress code, not to be a smart aleck but because I didn’t remember seeing cutoffs listed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Much of this she could effect with her dress, but as the girl grew older, more elaborate specifications had to be put in place. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in her finest clothing—a new, silky blue blouse and a blue pleated skirt decorated with bands of gold ribbons. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked unreal, and she felt, herself, unreal, waking where she had, with her hair wild and her dress all crumpled. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kristina is lying on my bed, dressed in sweats, looking awesome, even though I know she probably rolled out of bed five minutes ago, hasn’t showered and probably hasn’t even brushed her teeth. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The mischief-makers planned to return to the scene of their tricks the next night, Halloween, dressed in costume, innocently asking the neighbors for treats. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

So we shopped all morning, and by the time we headed back to Colby, I had two new dresses and a lavender cardigan sweater. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She gingerly eased herself out of bed to avoid waking Gwen, and dressed as quietly as possible. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom wore a black dress and pearls, and she cooked this fancy meal. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried not to look, but I noticed that she was dressed in real nice clothes. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With deep satisfaction, she wiped her filthy hands on the shredded remains of her party dress. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

There was no way he’d walked by himself out to the cliffs at night dressed like that. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The Ancestors had sent him home dressed in a navy blue blazer, a white shirt with a button-down collar, and a necktie. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you marry me?” the kid in the dress asked. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled wide when Aech and I emerged from the dressing rooms a few minutes later, each dressed in brand-new haptic suits and gloves. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The woman in long black dresses that reached down to her shoes. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pretty dress. Hair done up like Diana Ross....” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The flapper dresses the contestants wore back then were wack like that! Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They dressed alike in baseball jerseys, baggy jeans, and Timberlands. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

My mother has fit in her old pageant dress every year since she was crowned. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Almost dressed, Jack reached for his jacket, making sure the letter was in the pocket, then grabbed Jakob’s hand and followed Mama through the door. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep my balance, but my penny loafers had no grip, and a second later I lay in the mud, too, my flowered dress splattered with gunk. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Her Bargain Mart vest, her flowery dress, even her tusks were decorated with 50% off stickers. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Winnie always dressed up for prison visits, and tried to wear something new and elegant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a copy of the school’s dress code. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

By the time we leave, I have red lips and curled eyelashes, and I’m wearing a bright red dress. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kallner, with his baldness glistening, and his dress uniform oddly unsuited to the general mood, began with uneasy directness. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you want to dress up for the trick-or-treaters?” she says. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“My precious. We still have to get a dress for the party.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

From the side, he might have passed for human—until he turned, and Percy saw that his upper body was split into three different chests, each one dressed in a different-color Western shirt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I think of all the other dresses hanging in my closet, waiting to be worn, the slippers waiting to be danced in. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I search my mother’s suitcase for one of her dresses—a red one with tiny flowers. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

‘Bless me! It’s Master Merry, to be sure, and all dressed up for fighting!’ said old Hob. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It’s a Sunday afternoon, and folks are dressed up in their churchgoing fineness. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the clatter of five girls dressing and squabbling over a single basin, Lyddie was forced fully awake and began to remember where she was. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I wanted pants-style pockets that hung inside my dress like goat udders. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

A tall woman dressed in man’s clothes would look small.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

People came and went, dressed in their Sunday clothes, some looking as if they were going somewhere, others wrinkled and worn, as if they’d already been away and couldn’t wait to get home. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It opens with a blonde girl in a burgundy dress, running across a lush green field filled with wildflowers. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A doorman, dressed up as a dignitary with a flaming red band across his white ruffled shirt, opened the car door for them. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

John Jones joined them, opening a tailor shop to clean and repair elegant suits and dresses for the wealthy whites in town. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

One is old enough to re member his mother’s face, another her laugh, her favorite shade of lipstick, how her dress felt as she stood at the stove patting tortillas. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The nurse tucked it into her dress, and sighed again. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was enormous, fat, and horribly ugly, wearing a chain-mail dress like a muumuu—but next to the giant she looked like a child. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But the sidewalk below my building is deserted, the windows across the street rows of dead eyes, dark with curtains and dresses and rugs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, indeed, Madame. By the way, have you a scarlet silk dressing gown?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you hit me, you’ll just be hitting me in the wrong,” the poorly dressed Negro said, looking calmly up at Christophe. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

While her sisters fussed over which of the dolls to choose, Sandi grabbed the one dressed exactly like the dancers in the floor show. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

As I approached, the woman rubbed her hands on her dirty dress and then made shooing motions at me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He got up, dressed in the pale dawn light, left the dormitory without waking Ron, and went back down to the deserted common room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Our room isn’t very large, but there are huge vents, safety mats leaning against the wall, and an instructor who’s dressed like an aviator, with her curly brown hair pulled back in a ponytail. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Angel and Kiara, dressed in matching jeans and shirts, walked back and forth to the refreshment stand ten or fifteen times, giggling and hoping they were being noticed. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It dropped to the floor, skidded, and rolled under her dressing table. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I got out shoes and breeches and my fur lined winter hieb, and dressed, there in the cold, dark country silence, while Siuwensin smoldered half a mile behind me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody seems to notice how dressed up we are today. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He is dressed like a New Englander, in a parka and a scarf. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Never learning how to dress properly, or how to act at a formal dance. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

With Stick’s gun tucked secretly under my dress clothes, I was one of them, wasn’t I? The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They lined up on either side of the door, and the magic queens came in behind them, all dressed in their best clothes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fleur was wearing a very simple white dress and seemed to be emitting a strong, silvery glow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They consisted of a bedroom with an attached bathing chamber and a dressing room, a small dining room, and a music and gaming room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t say a word and I wonder if she’s going to the post office to denounce me for sleeping in my grandmother’s bed and wearing her black dress. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Please be in your ‘good dresses’ tomorrow evening to meet my guest.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“No, indeed. I have a good comfortable dressing gown of Jaeger material.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in four rows in front of us are a group of people, mostly dressed in black and white, spaced two feet apart, guns held up and ready. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My pearls, my belts, my cardigans, my off-the-rack dresses from J.Crew, my apparently brave choice of white for an inaugural gown—all seemed to trigger a slew of opinions and instant feedback. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He bought me a suitcase and some clothes, mostly long-sleeved shirts, dress pants, and traditionally waxed, colorful cotton suits with intricate embroidery on the collars, sleeves, and hems of pants. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I point to a light-blue dress with red flowers and the pleated navy-blue one trimmed with ivory ribbon around the edges. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

One witness reported seeing a group of well- dressed people from a German saloon singing one tune after another while, a few tombstones away, a small congregation of Methodists held a prayer meeting. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The dresses, too. And you need new dresses for each pageant.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Candy answers the door in a dress and her pig slippers. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a white shirt worn buttoned to the throat and gray, neatly pressed trousers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mabel sighed and stormed up the stairs, and I found myself still standing before them, wearing the same dress as their daughter and waiting for them to tell me something. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Pretty girls in their best summer dresses begged for funds with which to equip troops, and they blushed happily at the enthusiastic cheers of the young men for whose cause they pled. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Christmas Day 1860, Anthony dressed the runaways like beggars and escorted them aboard a southbound train. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They stood like that until Papa’s gaze went bleary from the drink in his veins and dropped to the damp shirt, to the blood still spattering onto Mama's dress. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent and flicked away a green aphid that had perched on her dress before she walked away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She fed and dressed the kids, trying not to think about the fact that her husband hadn’t called the afternoon before. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But I had several special church dresses and one pair of black patent leather shoes I saved just for Sunday church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, I managed to get myself dressed: gray socks, tan pants, white long-sleeved shirt, black and royal blue striped school tie, dark navy sweater vest, black shoes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

La Chilindrina always wore a red sweater twisted in the back—like she couldn’t figure out how to dress herself—thick, black-framed glasses, and her hair in two ponytails. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She pulled the necklace that Lena had given her out from under the dress fabric, appreciating the smooth weight of the key. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Benny stung Robbie with that one, but before Robbie could snap back, Mr. Ray came out of the church with two other guys also dressed in black suits. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Before when Ophie had seen her she’d been dressed like a fine lady about to go out on the town, her bob curled and styled, bright red lipstick covering her lips. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in Greek combat armor—sandals, kilt, and greaves, a breastplate decorated with elaborate sea monster designs—and everything he wore was gold. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After I showered and dressed, I watched from the balcony, staying back by the wall where I could not be seen. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully, I peeled back the dressing and saw that, although the wound wasn’t oozing, her entire calf was purple now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, with great clarity, she saw another scene superimposed upon it: two laughing girls at a water fountain dressed in bright blue pants and cotton sweaters. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in years when there wasn’t much money, they managed to have a wonderful Christmas, with Aunt Queen always stretching the cookie dough and the turkey dressing just enough to make ends meet. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finally wind up sneaking into Beth’s room and taking her blue-and-white-striped dress from the back of her closet. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Day is good for forcing me into this dress, I want to say, but instead I just smooth down the already smooth fabric of my gown. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I hate them too, and dressing up,” Jackson said. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They’ve both dressed up for the occasion—when she emerges from the bathroom she sees that he is wearing the shirt she’s given him, moss-colored with a velvet Nehru collar of slightly darker green. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a green-and-white sleeveless gingham dress and short braids that stuck straight out all over her head. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Makes me feel like no matter how dressed up we are, no matter how respectful we are, some people will only see what they want to see. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was handsome and clean and dressed well and spoke in fine sentences. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"We were invited to court to see the princess's wedding dress," Mirabelle says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It’s like an actor remaining in character and refusing to leave his dressing room, or a writer refusing to leave his garret after finishing a book. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I went on in the room and started dressing for school. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And if he was a visitor to Corabel, why did he look like he had just stepped out of his house in his dressing gown? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her torn dress and undergarments, her shoes and her little red socks were thrown on an ash heap. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t insist that I dress up, as long as my clothes were neat and clean. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She'd probably just gotten up out of bed now and hadn't even started to get dressed yet. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us in matching Halloween costumes the year we dressed as pieces of sushi. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Bessie opened the trunk at the foot of her bed and removed the blue dress she bought her second week in South Carolina. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Only when they ordered him to put his back to the wall did Arcadio see Rebeca, with wet hair and a pink flowered dress, opening wide the door. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

As I looked at the fire, I saw a little girl in a brown dress tending the flames. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was not sure if it was because the woman was asking for the dress or because she had brought up America. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I use her dress to create a new one, stretching it over her frame and letting it bell out at her waist like a parasol. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The chain straps of the dress were as light as paper clips against her collarbone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a red dress and she looked awesome, but I’d seen her real form. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The newspapers had pointed out that the fourolds were also reflected in clothing, and now high school students had taken responsibility for eliminating such dress. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She is dressed in skins just like the men,” Ulape said. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had filled out and become a man; he was charming, friendly, always well dressed—and still in his physical prime. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

By now, Simon and the rest of the cast are holed up in the dressing rooms, so I say good-bye to Nora and follow Bram out through the atrium. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“The bishop’s wife wants to know when we are going to give a fancy dress ball at Manderley,” I said, watching him out of the tail of my eye. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The girls wore organdy dresses and party shoes and ribbons in their hair, or hats. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab the loose Halloween picture of Esme dressed in waders, holding a fishing pole, and Henry dressed as a giant fish. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Longstreet got the rest of the information and went back to his tent and dressed quickly. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in front of a mirror looking at my dress and my first shoes with a heel on them. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The only shoes I can find are my dress shoes, worn to Dr. Minerva’s office this afternoon, a lifetime ago. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The dragon appeared and threatened Billy, who was dressed as a girl; the angel with a sword and lantern descended from heaven. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mother is wearing a traditional dress of beaded silk and Venetian lace, with a neckline that sits above her collarbone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The doctor discharges me three days later, on the condition I return daily to have my dressings changed and breathing monitored. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She has an easy Southern smile, calculating eyes, and usually dresses like she’s on her way to a business meeting. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

"But for now, it's time to dress the Belles, and for the whole world to find out who has been chosen." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Marlena is there, dressed in street clothes and lined up for food. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I dress quickly and go up on deck to help load the longboat. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She had responded by showing up with her dresses hemmed from the bottom and scalloped from the top, threatening, as Mr. Turner lectured her, “to meet somewhere in the middle.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The men tended to be taut and well built regardless of age, dressed in beige or gray pants the color of the plains and cowboy boots that were worn for function. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought perhaps she was dozing off; it had to be why she was not talking about somebody’s ghastly dress or the unimaginative hors d’oeuvres that had been served. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know what she planned to do now that she was dressed, especially if she’d probably have to change before the competition started, but— Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s almost a hundred degrees outside, and Charlise is dressed in a white button-down shirt and black pants as if she’s coming home from a job on Wall Street. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We step into the huge terminal, filled with people of all shapes and colors—wealthy women in furs trailed by servants, men in top hats and morning coats, shop girls in bright dresses. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

By the surgeon’s directions, her bed was carried into that room and laid upon the great table, which happened to be well suited to the dressing of her injuries. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mama and I went to the kitchen and found Jay was already dressed and waiting at the table. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby, dressed in a red velvet suit, escorted his now very pregnant wife into the room. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s because of me. Yesterday when they made me wear that gross sweatshirt from the lost and found? I told them I had never even heard of their stupid dress code.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sat on a low chair just inside the dressing room, by the three-way mirror, trying to control my fuming. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was only one person in Bone Gap who drove a moped while dressed like a serial killer. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her dress was too small for her, and she was barefoot on a dirt road, standing in front of a little hut. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Hanako felt instantly regretful that she was dressed differently from everybody else. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They came in silence and departed the same way, dressed in black garments that showed only their eyes. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a pale girl running in a white dress with a dog at her side. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Lilian’s hands strayed from her pearls to her hair and then to her dress, smoothing, twitching, tweaking, never still. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even Father’s walking the riverbank talking to himself, and our mother drifting around half dressed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed very smartly, in a navy suit, but with fuzzy pink slippers over her fleshtone nylons. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mother sits in a chair in the dressing lounge and I choose the first LadyJDay suit I try on, light blue poplin with a round-collar jacket. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Connor, dressed in a black suit with a red tie, actually looks good. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was well built, well dressed, and well mannered, with nothing foolish or humble about him, despite the fact that he had just fallen into a ditch and been relieved of his weapon. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He left the doorway to come meet us halfway up the sidewalk, and Mamá, looking beautiful in her blue Sunday dress with the ruffled neckline, seemed surprised to see him there. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There should be something about candy accessories and misspelled words on clothes in the dress code. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Trip was right, though: Lexie was suddenly, furiously interested in all things baby, even going to Dillard’s to buy a frilly and thoroughly impractical lavender dress as a present for Mirabelle. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She thought all she had to do was drink malts full of Dr. Dee’s Nerve and Flesh Builder, eat pork, and she’d put on enough weight to fill out the back of her dress. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This room was filled with Lkossa’s elites, people dressed in their finest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I still think that purple dress is the prettiest dress I’ve ever seen. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

One of the white-faced women put a flowered headdress on Violet, who realized in horror that the dress she had changed into was a bridal gown. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He shaved and dressed quickly, watching the mist roll back over the fields and the early morning sun break through. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Most Sundays, he shows up in a polo and dress pants. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was awake and dressed, pacing the narrow corridor between the beds, before the four-thirty bell. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I'm sending along some money for a new dress. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I soothed myself by spending time choosing a dress to wear for my birthday dinner. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The smith was squat and broad, plainly dressed in wool and leather, but his arms were as thick as a bull's neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Now, one after the other she threw back the lids and lifted the filmy dresses, holding them up to the dim light. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The Dime Lion led them around the tunnel to the third archway, where a prison guard dressed in a blue-and-gray uniform was posted, rifle slung across his back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I refused to answer, she finished dressing and went downstairs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was someone standing behind the Conte, smaller than him, dressed in black from head to toe, their face hidden beneath a hood. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

While I was dressing she’d come back from the bathroom to accuse me from the doorway, “What did you do with the shampoo?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My mom gets dressed and we head down from our rooftop in the middle of Old San Juan. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Students flock around someone short and bald, dressed in a navy blue blazer that seems right out of a catalogue. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Blue dress flouncing, a couple of hundred strands of pearls draped around her, an ivory cane that she didn’t really need. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even the scratch on her face and the tears in her dress seemed to have healed themselves. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Otherwise they looked exactly like Mrs. Dodds—same gnarled hands, paisley handbags, wrinkled velvet dresses. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mom walks to the edge of the ocean in her silk dress and stockings, her pleated skirt ballooning like a spinnaker, and flings the picture into the sea. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zvezda nibbled on her dress again, and she pushed his head away. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Laying the cloth on the arm of her chair, he said, ‘Well, you’ve been wanting a new dress. Here is enough cloth to make half a dozen dresses.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a black suit and there was a tiny pink flower in the lapel of his coat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They are ashamed of the way they dress, talk, and even wear their hair. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She pawed through Miss Lilian’s silk dresses, her velvet gowns, her wool coats, setting them swinging and swaying like ghosts. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard and smooth the skirt of my dress. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby’s sitting on the ledge by the sinks, toes turned out like a ballerina, jelly flats peeking out from under her dress. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Girls she saw every day asked her where she got her dress, as if they didn’t all get them there: “Ginsberg’s. Calpurnia took it up,” she said. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The crowds that pressed around the cars were so dense there was no space between people and they blended into one another, wrappers blended into T-shirts, trousers into skirts, dresses into shirts. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the yard, Aziza lay in a wicker bassinet, dressed in layers of clothing, a winter muffler wrapped snugly around her neck. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing a motorcycle jacket over her cocktail dress and has a slight posture he recognizes from his own mother as a reformed chainsmoker. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the gateway stood a tall man dressed, down to his bare feet, in a robe colored like autumn leaves, leaning on a straight staff. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He had abandoned the Wonder Woman outfit and was dressed in sweats. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Each item is easily worth thousands—shirts, jeans, dresses, coats, shoes, purses and clutches, belts and jewelry. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The whole point of Easter in July was supposed to be an altar call, followed by a joyful procession down to the river with children dressed all in white getting saved. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps some nice boy will see you in that dress and want you for his novia.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She had daisies in her hair; and she drifted over to us, her eyes all dreamy as she danced in her flowing, paint-splattered dress. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look like I've made the least effort for this party compared to my sisters, who are dressed like they're heading to prom. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You looked under my dress when I was buttoning my shoes!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He dove behind a rack of wedding dresses. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mother dressed the leg in mullein and comfrey salve, her own recipe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He paused near me; then crossed the room, at which corner I could see him from my hiding place: a youth of my years, perhaps, dressed as might befit an apprentice at some trade. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I waded into the black water in my dress. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She had a compact body, a straight back that looked straighter in her stiff orange-print dress, the body of a questioner whom one dared not question back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If I ever have a line of dresses like Grandma, I’m calling it: That Girl. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My patience was as frayed as my second-best dress. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But at that moment, I was wearing the dress to cook hot dogs, watching them swell and bob in the boiling water as the late-morning sunlight filtered in through the trailer’s small kitchenette window. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Apollo 9 was the first test flight of the lunar module, in earth orbit, and Apollo 10 was to be a dress rehearsal in lunar orbit, involving a rendezvous but not a landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They danced in silence for a moment or two with Ben watching his feet and Lillian smiling at his adolescent discomfiture in formal dress. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But since she determined we were elegant ladies, too big to get our dresses dirty crawling around on the floor, we had to find a better spot. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Robin found a green dress on the sale rack. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She opened her eyes and saw Haiyi, the servant, cringing in the corner, and two richly dressed figures standing over her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’d be a shame to waste such a pretty dress” is all I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Comfort has its place, but it seems rude to visit another country dressed as if you've come to mow its lawns. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Footsteps, dainty and thin, came along the hall, and a kind-faced lady of some forty years, dressed in a sort of dress you might expect in the year 1909, peered out at them. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything looks really good so far. Both the dresses are a little big on me now. TJ has to take them in and add a few more sequins.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The others didn’t pay him as much attention as they did when the rebel dressed in the army suit spoke. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Hermione had just come in, wearing her dressing gown and carrying Crookshanks, who was looking very grumpy, with a string of tinsel tied around his neck. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“What a lovely pattern for a summer dress, María. You look beautiful.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

After a hurried dinner and a swift face-washing there was just enough time to change into the only nice dress I have before the carriage came. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Can I wear a sparkly dress?” asked Laney. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Norma had to dress well; the house had to have fine furniture; Charlie had to be kept inside so that other people wouldn’t know anything was wrong. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Black satin, the remnants of my dress, now made waves at the bottom of the canvas. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Struggling with her steak, Mary Anne looked hunched and bruised beneath the pale blue dress that covered her delicately, as though the dust had been scraped from a butterfly wing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helen is about sixty years old and is wearing the most colorful patchwork dress I’ve ever seen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Despite this morning's revelation about Peeta's character, I'm actually relieved when he shows up, dressed in an identical costume. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Marian wore a new powder blue dress, “very smart without being gaudy.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The woman, wearing a plain black dress, looks like a sterner version of Miss Larsen. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The two were dressed in orange jumpsuits, with stunned and sleepy looks on their faces. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They ordered two steaks medium rare, baked potatoes, French fries, fried onions, succotash, side dishes of macaroni and hominy, salad with Thousand Island dressing, cinnamon rolls, apple pie and ice cream, and coffee. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Families sat crowded on the hot little porches, cotton lint from twelve hours in the mill still clinging to their hair and overalls and dresses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I wore my brand-new Easter dress to church this morning. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Six women go in, six come out. Who looks at serving girls? We’ll dress the Stark girl up as Squirrel.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The men dressed in neat white shirts and ties, and the women wore sleeved blouses and long skirts in solid, dull colors year-round. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Andrew asked, walking to the stove and shivering, dressed to do battle with the snow drifts. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There we discovered pitcher-plant bogs where we’d hike up our dresses, sink on our knees in the rich black muck, and stare carnivory right in the lips, feeding spiders to the pitcher plants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that funny white dressing on it, they would never notice if a few vegetables were white. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ron undid his trunk, pulled out his maroon dress robes, and flung them over Pigwidgeon’s cage to muffle his hooting. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Some were naked and carrying their clothes; others half-naked, or more or less dressed, in school uniforms, grey, blue, fawn, jacketed or jerseyed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In her early fifties, she wore a powder-blue dress and stylish glasses, and her long black glossy hair was pulled back in a ponytail. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Barack and I walked across the marble floors leading to the East Room to find the party in full swing, drinks flowing and elegantly dressed people swirling beneath the sparkling chandeliers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She was fixing my black dress that I knew I would be wearing to the funeral. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The teacup elephant scratches her blue-painted nails on my dress, and flashes me the chrysanthemum flower on her belly. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“But that’s no reason to lose our heads. People are being downright careless, out on the streets in broad daylight, not even dressed in Muggle clothes, swapping rumors.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They were dressed in jeans of that light blue, lighter and a little frayed at the seams, that can be achieved only by a hundred washings. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I looked with loathing on new dresses that required a hateful bath in a galvanized zinc tub before wearing. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ushers the attendants into the apartment's dressing salon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She wears a flowered dress with a pinafore and her mouth gapes, a toothless black hole. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rannells and Georgie headed off to a morning of fancy dresses, and the guys went to explore the world’s best literature. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She observed, “You are dressed to go outside. Where do you think you’re going?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized that though I was well dressed for a Negro, my appearance looked shabby for a white man. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z